Mt. Silver

Mt. Silver シロガネやま Mt. Shirogane "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	West of the Pokémon League Reception Gate
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
File:MapSilver.gif Location of Mt. Silver in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

Mt. Silver, also known as Silver Cave (Japanese: シロガネやま Mt. Shirogane) is a large mountain in Johto located west of Victory Road and the Indigo Plateau. Mt. Silver can be reached from Kanto via Route 28 after receiving the sixteen gym badges of both Johto and Kanto. At the very summit of Mt. Silver, the player may battle with Red. In the anime, it is the home of Silver Town. It is based on Mt. Fuji in the real-world Japan.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Moltres can also be found here.

Geography

In the games, Mt. Silver is off-limits to all but the most skilled of Trainers. After Ethan or Kris has received all sixteen badges of Johto and Kanto, Professor Oak will give him or her permission to travel here.

The route to the area is rough, though no HMs are explicitly required to reach the Pokémon Center just outside the entrance. Inside, however, the cave is dark, requiring Flash to see. Many high-level Pokémon reside in the cave, including rare Pokémon not found elsewhere in the Johto region, like Larvitar and Misdreavus.

The cave has only one entrance, unlike all other caves found in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, but goes deep into the mountain. In the cave's final room, the player will encounter a familiar face who will, wordlessly, challenge him or her to what is the highest-leveled Trainer battle in the history of the Pokémon series.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Mt. Silver is much larger. Flash is no longer needed to light up the cave. The higher sections of the cave where Red is located require Rock Climb to access. At times the player must also venture onto the slopes on the mountain's sides in order to climb higher.

Pokémon Gold and Silver

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  Exterior

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  First floor

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  Second floor

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  Interior cave

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  Interior cave

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  Third floor

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Generation II

Outside

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Ponyta	G	S	C	Grass	42	30%
	Rapidash	G	S	C	Grass	44	10%
	Tangela	G	S	C	Grass	39-41	30%
	Ursaring	G	S	C	Grass	42	20%
	Donphan	G	S	C	Grass	42	20%
Day
	Arbok	G	S	C	Grass	42	20%
	Ponyta	G	S	C	Grass	42	30%
	Rapidash	G	S	C	Grass	44	10%
	Doduo	G	S	C	Grass	41	5%
	Dodrio	G	S	C	Grass	43	5%
Night
	Golbat	G	S	C	Grass	40-44	30%
	Poliwhirl	G	S	C	Grass	42-44	40%
	Sneasel	G	S	C	Grass	38-42	10%
Surfing and Fishing
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	15%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	85%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	65%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	70%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	20%
	Poliwhirl	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	10%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Surf	35-39	10%
	Poliwhirl	G	S	C	Surf	25-44	90%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Cave entrance

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	45	5%
	Graveler	G	S	C	Walking	43	30%
	Onix	G	S	C	Walking	42	30%
	Onix	G	S	C	Walking	42	20%
	Ursaring	G	S	C	Walking	44	30%
	Donphan	G	S	C	Walking	44	30%
	Larvitar	G	S	C	Walking	15-20	5%
Day
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	45	5%
	Magmar	G	S	C	Walking	45	10%
	Ursaring	G	S	C	Walking	44	30%
	Larvitar	G	S	C	Walking	15-20	5%
Night
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	45	45%
	Golduck	G	S	C	Walking	45	5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Inner cave

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	48	5%
	Parasect	G	S	C	Walking	46-48	15%
	Golduck	G	S	C	Walking	48	30%
	Ursaring	G	S	C	Walking	47	20%
	Donphan	G	S	C	Walking	47	20%
	Larvitar	G	S	C	Walking	15-20	5%
Day
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	48	30%
	Machoke	G	S	C	Walking	38	30%
	Quagsire	G	S	C	Walking	45	40%
	Ursaring	G	S	C	Walking	47	20%
	Larvitar	G	S	C	Walking	15-20	5%
Night
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	46-48	50%
	Golduck	G	S	C	Walking	48	30%
	Quagsire	G	S	C	Walking	45	30%
	Misdreavus	G	S	C	Walking	45	10%
Surfing and Fishing
	Golduck	G	S	C	Surfing	35-39	30%
	Goldeen	G	S	C	Surfing	35-39	10%
	Seaking	G	S	C	Surfing	35-44	90%
	Seaking	G	S	C	Surfing	35-44	60%
	Goldeen	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	15%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	85%
	Goldeen	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	65%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Goldeen	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	70%
	Seaking	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	10%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Up waterfall

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	48-51	50%
	Golduck	G	S	C	Walking	51	5%
	Graveler	G	S	C	Walking	48	20%
	Onix	G	S	C	Walking	48	30%
	Ursaring	G	S	C	Walking	50	20%
	Donphan	G	S	C	Walking	50	20%
	Larvitar	G	S	C	Walking	15-20	5%
Day
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	51	30%
	Ursaring	G	S	C	Walking	50	10%
	Larvitar	G	S	C	Walking	15-20	9%
	Pupitar	G	S	C	Walking	20	1%
Night
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	51	45%
	Golduck	G	S	C	Walking	45	5%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Beyond waterfall

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	48	5%
	Parasect	G	S	C	Walking	46-52	20%
	Golduck	G	S	C	Walking	48	30%
	Ursaring	G	S	C	Walking	47	20%
	Donphan	G	S	C	Walking	47	20%
	Larvitar	G	S	C	Walking	15-20	5%
Day
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	46-50	80%
	Quagsire	G	S	C	Walking	45	40%
Night
	Golbat	G	S	C	Walking	48-50	50%
	Quagsire	G	S	C	Walking	45	10%
	Misdreavus	G	S	C	Walking	45	30%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation IV

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
	Golbat	HG	SS	Cave	45-51	50%
	Golduck	HG	SS	Cave	48-51	50%
	Graveler	HG	SS	Cave	41-43	50%
	Onix	HG	SS	Cave	42-48	40%
	Quagsire	HG	SS	Cave	45	45%
	Misdreavus	HG	SS	Cave	45	10%
	Steelix	HG	SS	Cave	20-48	1%
	Sneasel	HG	SS	Cave	45-50	5%
	Teddiursa	HG	SS	Cave	48	20%
	Ursaring	HG	SS	Cave	44-50	15%
	Phanpy	HG	SS	Cave	43-48	20%
	Donphan	HG	SS	Cave	44-50	5%
	Larvitar	HG	SS	Cave	15-48	5%
	Pupitar	HG	SS	Cave	45	1%
Special Pokémon
	Makuhita	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	43	5%
	Absol	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	42-44	5%
	Chingling	HG	SS	Sinnoh Sound	43	5%
	Bronzor	HG	SS	Sinnoh Sound	48	5%
	Moltres	HG	SS	Inside	50	Only One
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Gold, Silver, and Crystal

File:GSC Trainer Red.png [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Red [[Mt. Silver|Mt. Silver]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Red Oak [[Mt. Silver|Mt. Silver]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $7700

Types: Electric Unknown Held item: None Pikachu♂ Lv.81 Charm Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Thunder Electric   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Espeon♂ Lv.73 Mud-Slap Ground   --       Swift Normal   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.75 Amnesia Psychic   --       Snore Normal   --       Rest Psychic   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: None Venusaur♂ Lv.77 Sunny Day Fire   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Synthesis Grass   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Types: Fire Flying Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.77 Flamethrower Fire   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Slash Normal   --       Fire Spin Fire   --       Types: Water Unknown Held item: None Blastoise♂ Lv.77 Rain Dance Water   --       Blizzard Ice   --       Surf Water   --       Whirlpool Water   --

HeartGold and SoulSilver

File:RedHGSS.gif [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] Red [[Mt. Silver|Mt. Silver]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[PKMN Trainer (Trainer class)|PKMN Trainer]] and Professor Red Oak [[Mt. Silver|Mt. Silver]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $16,800

Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: Light Ball Pikachu♂ Lv.88 Volt Tackle Electric Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Shell Armor Held item: None Lapras♂ Lv.80 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Brine Water Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Snorlax♂ Lv.82 Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Venusaur♂ Lv.84 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Giga Drain Grass Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Frenzy Plant Grass Special   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.84 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Blast Burn Fire Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Types: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Blastoise♂ Lv.84 Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Hydro Cannon Water Special   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --

Eyecatch

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  Morning (Quagsire)

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  Day/Evening (Larvitar)

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  Night (Misdreavus)

In the anime

In the anime, Mt. Silver is the home of Silver Town, a city that boasts at least 30 inhabitants. Silver Town's main attraction is the Silver Conference, the Johto League's yearly tournament that brings tourism to the city. Oddly, the anime depicts the mountain to be much smaller than shown in promotional maps.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc of Pokémon Adventures, Red goes to the springs in Mt. Silver to recuperate from injuries he suffered from being frozen by Lorelei's Pokémon during the Yellow arc. While there, he meets Sabrina, a former enemy of his, who is there to recuperate from similar injuries.

Later, Red and Gold leave to Mt. Silver to train together.

Trivia

Though Mt. Silver appears relatively deep into Kanto, it is identified as a Johto location by the Pokégear.

• Mt. Silver was called Shirogane Mt. in the Gold and Silver deluxe edition of the Pokémon Master Trainer board game. Because its release predated that of the games, it used the Japanese name.
• Despite appearing to be closer to the Johto-Kanto border on the Pokégear map, the entrance to the Pokémon Center is 17 steps from the border when factoring in only horizontal distance, making it 10 steps farther from Kanto than the doorway of the player character's house.
• Red's Pikachu, who can be fought here at level 88, is the highest-leveled Pokémon of any in-game Trainer in the series. However, this only applies to HeartGold and SoulSilver as Red's Pikachu is at level 81 in the original Gold and Silver (and by extension, Crystal).
• In the original player's guide to Gold and Silver, there is mention of a "?" Pokémon that appears near the waterfalls in Mt. Silver at midnight or very early in the morning; however, this is a false rumor. The guide also claimed that the unknown Pokémon was supposed to represent legendary Pokémon found in Generation I that did not appear in Gold and Silver (which were programmed in and tradable from Generation I anyway).
• Like Snowpoint City, Mt. Silver's summit features diamond dust on certain special days in Generation IV, including the anniversary of Gold and Silver's original release.
  • If Red is engaged in battle on a day with diamond dust, there will be no Hail condition during the battle. As no battles could be conducted in Snowpoint City's diamond dust, this is the first indication of its in-battle effect.
• Mt. Silver is marked as a Johto location by the Pokégear; however, all squares immediately surrounding it (including those to the west of it) are marked as Kanto areas by the Pokégear in Generation IV. This issue was not present in the Generation II map, which placed it directly above New Bark Town.
• The exterior of Mt. Silver is the only Johto area with Kanto characteristics, like the rocks, tall grass, trees, and the Pokémon Center itself. However, in Generation IV, the only major differences are the rocks and trees.
  • Strangely, in Generation IV, the trees placed in the high exteriors of the mountain itself are the ones commonly found in Johto.
• In Generation IV, despite locations nearby, such as the Route 26 entrance to the Pokémon League and the Indigo Plateau itself being able to be flown to from either Kanto or Johto, and players already there being able to fly to either region, Mt. Silver is strictly a Johto location, while Route 28 is strictly a Kanto location. This means that a player cannot fly to Mt. Silver from Route 28 (if he or she has already been to the Pokémon Center outside) even though one can walk between the two locations rather easily.
  • Similarly, the music for wild Pokémon is Kanto-style on Route 28, but Johto-style on Mt. Silver and inside Silver Cave.
    • This makes Moltres the only Kanto legendary Pokémon that uses the Johto battle music.
• In Generation IV, whenever the player is in or on the mountain, the location bar will always say "Mt. Silver Cave", even when the player is not inside the cave.
• The regions of Kanto and Johto, as well as Mt. Silver, are also shown on the Orange Archipelago map. Interestingly, the mountain lies within the same meridian as Shamouti Island, one of the archipelago's important islands.
• When the player arrives where Red is standing, he appears to be over looking a large body of water. The Pokégear map shows no body of water around Mount Silver, except for the sea route that connect Kanto and Johto. However, the way to get to red leads away from this water.

In other languages

Language Title French Grotte Argentée German Silberberg or Silberberghöhle Italian Monte Argento Spanish Monte Plateado or Cueva Plateada

Game locations of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon

Kanto Seafoam Islands • Power Plant • Victory Road • Cerulean Cave Route 10 • Route 25 • Pewter City • Roaming Pokémon Sevii Islands Mt. Ember • Navel Rock • Birth Island Johto Ilex Forest • Bell Tower • Whirl Islands • Mt. Silver Cave Burned Tower • Embedded Tower • Roaming Pokémon Hoenn Desert Ruins • Island Cave • Ancient Tomb • Cave of Origin • Marine Cave Terra Cave • Sky Pillar • Southern Island • Sea Mauville • Scorched Slab Pathless Plain • Nameless Cavern • Fabled Cave • Gnarled Den Trackless Forest • Crescent Isle • Sky • Roaming Pokémon Sinnoh Acuity Cavern • Valor Cavern • Spear Pillar • Turnback Cave Rock Peak Ruins • Iceberg Ruins • Iron Ruins • Snowpoint Temple Stark Mountain • Newmoon Island • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin Ramanas Park • Floaroma Town • Roaming Pokémon Unova Guidance Chamber • Trial Chamber • Rumination Field • N's Castle • Abundant Shrine Giant Chasm • Dragonspiral Tower • Liberty Garden • Route 11 • Route 13 • Route 22 Route 23 • Celestial Tower • Nacrene City • Underground Ruins • Twist Mountain Dreamyard • Marvelous Bridge • Reversal Mountain • Coastal Biome • Roaming Pokémon Kalos Sea Spirit's Den • Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave Unknown Dungeon • Roaming Pokémon Alola Route 16 • Altar of the Sunne • Altar of the Moone • Mount Lanakila • Mahalo Trail Ruins of Conflict • Ruins of Life • Ruins of Abundance • Ruins of Hope Aether Paradise • Ancient Poni Path • Lake of the Sunne • Lake of the Moone Ten Carat Hill • Resolution Cave Galar Tower summit • Battle Tower • Master Dojo • Crown Shrine • Max Lair Rock Peak Ruins • Iceberg Ruins • Iron Ruins • Split-Decision Ruins • Giant's Bed Frigid Sea • Lakeside Cave • Ballimere Lake • Freezington • Roaming Pokémon Hisui Seaside Hollow • Temple of Sinnoh • Acuity Cavern • Valor Cavern • Verity Cavern Lava Dome Sanctum • Moonview Arena • Snowpoint Temple • Turnback Cave • Bonechill Wastes Cobalt Coastlands • Ramanas Island • Scarlet Bog • Coronet Highlands • Floaro Gardens Paldea Grasswither Shrine • Icerend Shrine • Groundblight Shrine • Firescourge Shrine Poco Path • Area Zero • Area Zero Underdepths • Glaseado Mountain South Province (Area One) • Asado Desert • West Province (Area One) • East Province (Area Three) Casseroya Lake • North Paldean Sea • South Province (Area Four) • North Province (Area Two) Alfornada Cavern • Great Crater of Paldea • Tagtree Thicket • East Province (Area One) South Province (Area Five) • Dalizapa Passage • Pokémon League • Socarrat Trail Kitakami Paradise Barrens • Wistful Fields • Oni Mountain • Dreaded Den • Loyalty Plaza Other Faraway Island • Distortion World • Sinjoh Ruins • Ultra Space Wilds

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

This article is part of Project Locations, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every location in the Pokémon world.

Gen 3 Pokemon Info

In the main article, there is extensive area information regarding available Pokemon in and around Mt. Silver's cave for Generation 2. However, there is VERY little information concerning Generation 4 and the following pokemon from outside are missing entirely from the list: Ponyta, Rapidash, Tangela, Doduo, and Dodrio.

Is there any rhyme or reason that Generation 4 is missing so much information? Because if it's just missing data, then I would be more than glad to gather appearance rates, etc. for SS. I just think it's strange that so much is missing from Mt. Silver's pokemon section at this point in time. Anybody have an explanation?