Cianwood City

Cianwood City タンバシティ Tanba City "A Port of Crashing Waves"

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Map description A beachside city that has benefitted greatly from the sea.

Cianwood City Gym - Johto Gym #5 Chuck Fighting-type specialist Gym Storm Badge

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Connecting locations ← Cliff Edge Gate* Cianwood City Route 41 →

Location Location of Cianwood City in Johto.

Other generation maps Gen II

Cianwood City (Japanese: タンバシティ Tanba City) is located in on the far western edge of Johto, apparently on a totally different landmass than the rest of the region. Its English motto in Generation II is "A Port Surrounded by Rough Seas!" whereas in HeartGold and SoulSilver, it's "A Port of Crashing Waves". Due to Cianwood City being at a dead end location in the Johto region, it was not a popular destination. However, in Generation IV it became a notable destination due to the addition of the Safari Zone located to the west of the city.

Tales of Lugia and the whirlpools it creates circulate among the sailors that stop in this port town.

Places of interest

Kirk's house

Kirk (Japanese: セイジ Seiji), known as Mania (Japanese: マニア Mania) in Generation II, is a PokéManiac who lives in the house directly south from the Gym. Before the player meets him, he is bullied by the player's rival into giving up his rare Pokémon—Sneasel. To prevent Silver from coming back to steal any more Pokémon, Kirk wants to give the player his Shuckle, nicknamed Shuckie (Japanese: ネッシー Nessie), for safekeeping. This Shuckle has Kirk's Trainer ID number and will act like an outsider in battle.

He will later ask for Shuckie back. If the player agrees, he will let him/her keep it if it has high friendship, otherwise he will take it back. Before taking back, he will ask the player to take the Berry Juice held by Shuckie. However, he will accuse the player of stealing if Shuckie is not returned.

Photo Studio/Cameron's house

In Generation II, the Photo Studio is where pictures of Pokémon can be taken. This is meant to work with the Game Boy Printer peripheral. The player can print out their Pokédex or the stats of one specific Pokémon. Mail can also be printed.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, this building is Cameron's house. He has a camera set up outside so the player can take a picture with their party for their Photo Album, which can be seen on the PC. One of Cameron's relatives resides inside the house.

This is the house of Cameron,
the Photographer.
Take a Snapshot as a Keepsake!

Cianwood City Pharmacy

Cianwood City Pharmacy is a small pharmacy that is over 500 years old. The Cianwood City Pharmacy sells remedies exclusive to the town. Jasmine will ask the player to fetch her Ampharos some medicine from there.

After giving Jasmine the medicine, players can return to the Pharmacy to find that Potions and Full Heals are in stock. If the player goes to Cianwood City before speaking with Jasmine at the Glitter Lighthouse in Olivine City, Potions and Full Heals will be in stock and the SecretPotion will be unavailable.

Cianwood City Pharmacy
500 Years of Tradition
We Await Your Medicinal Queries

Potion $300	Super Potion $700
Hyper Potion $1200	Full Heal $600
Revive $1500

Area north of the city

Area north of Cianwood City in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In the very north of the city, there is a small area with a ledge where Suicune will be at a certain point in Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver. Eusine will appear after it runs away, and will battle the player in an effort to prove himself to Suicune.

Pokémon Seer

In the very north of the city, there is a small house with an elderly woman who can tell where and when a Pokémon in the Trainer's party has been caught. She will also comment about how much Pokémon's level has grown from when it was caught. The Pokémon Seer can only be found in Crystal. Unlike the Generation III and later games, the player is unable to find out where they caught their Pokémon by looking at their Pokémon's status; hence, the Pokémon Seer is the only way the player can tell where they caught their Pokémon. If a Pokémon traded from another game or an in-game traded Pokémon is shown to her, she will not be able to identify any details about it.

Cianwood Gym

Main article: Cianwood Gym

The Cianwood Gym is the official Gym of Cianwood City. It is based on Fighting-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Chuck, whom the Trainer will see either lifting a boulder in Generation II or meditating under a waterfall in HeartGold and SoulSilver. Trainers who defeat him receive the Storm Badge. Obtaining this Badge is usually the only reason that people travel to Cianwood City. Outside the Gym is Chuck's wife, who will give the player HM02 (Fly) after defeating Chuck.

The Gym guide for the Cianwood Gym is inside the local Pokémon Center rather than the Gym itself. This is played for humor, with the guide claiming that he is afraid of the Gym's tough Trainers.

Entrance to Cliff Edge Gate

Main article: Cliff Edge Gate

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, to the west of Cianwood City is an entrance to Cliff Edge Gate, a small cave located between the city and Route 47, which leads to the Safari Zone. The entrance is initially blocked but the player will be able to go through once Jasmine's Amphy is healed in Olivine City.

Entrance to the road for the
Safari Zone.
Experience thrilling encounters
with wild Pokémon for heart-to-heart
contact!
The Safari Zone is just around the
corner from this entrance!

Demographics

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Cianwood City has a population of 27. This makes it an average-sized city. It has little immigration, because of its remote position in Johto. Cianwood City is strongly related to Olivine City, as the only route to Cianwood is via Olivine.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, a Safari Zone was added to the west of Cianwood City, meaning that those heading for the Safari Zone would have to pass through Cianwood City.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Revive	Requires Rock Smash (hidden)	G  S  C
	Max Ether	Requires Rock Smash (hidden)	G  S  C
	Stardust	In front of the second drying rack from the top (hidden)	HG  SS
	Revive	Next to northernmost house (requires Rock Smash) (hidden)	HG  SS
SecretPotion	SecretPotion	From the Cianwood City Pharmacy	G  S  C  HG  SS
	HM02 (Fly)	Gift from Chuck's wife for defeating him	G  S  C  HG  SS

Rock Smash

Item		Location	Games
	Red Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Blue Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Yellow Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Green Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Heart Scale	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Revive	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Max Ether	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Star Piece	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	15-24	90%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	10%
Fishing
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	55%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	0%	0%	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%	10%	0%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Kingler	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	0%	0%	30%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%	30%	0%
Rock Smash
Krabby	G		S		C		Rock Smash	15	90%
Shuckle	G		S		C		Rock Smash	15	10%
Gift Pokémon
Shuckle	G		S		C		Gift	15	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.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Surfing	10-25	90%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Surfing	15-25	10%
Fishing
Krabby	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Krabby	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	37%
Staryu	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	0%	0%	3%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Corsola	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	3%	3%	0%
Krabby	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	67%
Kingler	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	3%
Staryu	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	0%	0%	30%
Corsola	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	30%	30%	0%
Rock Smash
Krabby	HG			SS			Rock Smash	15-24	90%
Shuckle	HG			SS			Rock Smash	23-29	10%
Gift Pokémon
Shuckle	HG			SS			Gift	20	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

Generation II

Mysticalman Eusine Cianwood City Crystal Mysticalman and Professor Eusine Oak Cianwood City Crystal Reward: $2500

Type: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Drowzee♂ Lv.23 Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Disable Normal   --       Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.23 Lick Ghost   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Curse ???   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Type: Electric Unknown Held item: None Electrode Lv.25 Thunder Electric   --       Rollout Rock   --       SonicBoom Normal   --       Screech Normal   --

Generation IV

Mystery Man Eusine Cianwood City HeartGold and SoulSilver Mystery Man and Professor Eusine Oak Cianwood City HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $3240

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Drowzee♂ Lv.25 Disable Normal Status   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Dream Eater Psychic Special   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.25 Mean Look Normal Status   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Curse ??? Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Electrode Lv.27 Thunder Electric Special   --       Screech Normal Status   --       SonicBoom Normal Special   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --

Trivia

• Cianwood City is the only city in the entire Pokémon franchise that takes place on a land modeled after Shikoku.
• Cianwood was the first Fighting-type Gym where the player received an official League Badge, due to Saffron City's Fighting Dojo losing its official status before the events of Generations I and III.
• Like Cianwood City, Dewford Town, home of Hoenn's Fighting-type Gym, is also separate from the mainland and lacks a Poké Mart.
• Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum have a reference to Cianwood City. After meeting up with Cynthia, she will give the player a SecretPotion. The SecretPotion's description mentions that it was dispensed by the pharmacy in Cianwood City.
• Its English Generation II motto was "A Port Surrounded by Rough Seas!"

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	タンバシティ Tanba City	From 胆礬 tanban, chalcanthite. Can also be from 淡泊 tanpaku (light color) and 波 ha (wave).
English	Cianwood City	From the words "cyan" and "wood".
French	Irisia	From iris, a kind of flower.
German	Anemonia City	From German Anemone (not to be confused with Anemone), a collective term for several species e.g. the Sea Anemone.
Italian	Fiorlisopoli	From fiordaliso, cornflower, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Spanish	Ciudad Orquídea	From orquídea, orchid.
Korean	진청시티 Jincheong City	진청(Jincheong) means "azure."
Chinese (Mandarin)	湛藍市／湛蓝市 Zhànlán Shì	湛藍/湛蓝 (zhànlán) means "deep blue" or "azure", A reference to the color of chalcanthite.
Chinese (Cantonese)	湛藍市 Jaamlaam Si	Same as the Mandarin name.

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

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