Castelia City

Castelia City ヒウンシティ Hiun City "A City of Grandeur"

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Map description A big city with skyscrapers piercing the clouds.

Castelia City Gym - Unova Gym #3 Burgh Bug-type specialist Gym Insect Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 4   Castelia City Skyarrow Bridge →   Castelia Sewers* ↓

Location Location of Castelia City in Unova.

Castelia City in Black 2 and White 2

Castelia City (Japanese: ヒウンシティ Hiun City) is a large seaside city located in south central Unova. Unlike other cities, Castelia is a huge, sprawling metropolis, sporting many towering skyscrapers and other tall buildings. It is the heart of business and economy of the Unova region, as opposed to its sister city, Nimbasa City, which is the heart of leisure and entertainment. Most of its city streets are crowded with different people rushing around, trying to get to work, home, or other places, creating a hustle and bustle scene for city life. The city exists on the bottom of Unova's central peninsula, south of the desert and north of the sea, making for a perfect harbor city.

The city has only two possible entrances on foot, from Route 4, a harsh desert in the north, and from the Skyarrow Bridge, a large suspension bridge that connects the southern part of the eastern peninsula to the central peninsula and provides a scenic view of Castelia's vast skyline, which spans off in the east. There are several other ways to enter the city. Tourists and businessmen travel to Castelia City from other regions by boat and stop at Castelia's harbor side.

Castelia City is geographically the largest city in the Unova region and contains many structural elements that have not been seen in cities in other regions. The city's core is a central business district, with huge skyscrapers and other commercial buildings; a series of alleyways lead into this core, where smaller shops are set up among city traffic. The city's outskirts are bounded on all sides by harbor, where ships provide traffic to other regions in the Pokémon world.

Despite its economic encouragement, Castelia also offers a worldly aspect. The city is a melting pot, incorporating cultures and foods from other regions. From across the globe, artists also flock to Castelia to open their art galleries, offering a different sort of entertainment in comparison to Nimbasa City.

Places of interest

A map of Castelia City in Pokémon Black and White

Oceanfront Road

Due to the geography of the central peninsula, Castelia City's wharf is shaped so it extends all the way around the southern half of the city. The wharf is considered the outer layer of the giant city, where many tall skyscrapers and important buildings stand. The Pokémon Center can be found along the eastern side of the wharf, as well as several other company buildings, for example, the Battle Company, and Passerby Analytics HQ.

Battle Company

	Battle Company Talented Trainers Welcome!

The Battle Company is a multi-story building located on the corner of Mode Street along the wharf. The company is one of the lead researchers of battle items, and assists in the development of other items such as Poké Balls, as well as goods for Pokémon and Trainers. An essential part of the research the company does is through battling, so most of the employees, who are usually Clerks and Scientists, are looking for a battle when they work. The stronger the employee is, the higher the floor they work on. Only three floors are accessible to Trainers and visitors, however: the ground floor, 47th floor, and 55th floor. The floors are all connected by an elevator at the back of the building. The ground floor is reception and the visitors' floor, where there are a few tables set up and a television. The 47th floor contains many Battle Company employees who will battle visitors. The head of the company works on the 55th floor.

The 47th floor contains six^BW/five^B2W2 employees, most of whom can be battled. There are many office desks and cubicles, as well as computer systems and servers. The 55th floor is very much similar to the 47th floor, with several desks, cubicles and meeting places. In Black and White, there are four employees working on this floor, as well as the president, who sits at the back of the room behind a desk. In Black 2 and White 2, only the new president and the janitor occupy the 55th floor.

In Black and White, the president is an elderly man who disguises himself as a Janitor to trick people. He will give the player an Exp. Share after he is defeated. In Black 2 and White 2, it is revealed that the old president has retired to become a full-time janitor. His successor is his grandson, School Kid Neil. The janitor cannot be battled, but will still give the player an Exp. Share when they enter the building.

Item		Location	Games
	Revive	Lower-left corner of Battle Company's 47F	B  W
	Hyper Potion	Center of Battle Company's 55F	B  W
	Exp. Share	Reward from the Janitor/President on Battle Company's 55F upon defeating him	B  W
	Quick Ball ×3	Received from a Clerk ♂ in the upper-right corner of Battle Company's 47F	B  W
	Timer Ball ×3	Received from a Clerk ♂ in the upper-right corner of Battle Company's 47F	B  W
	Scope Lens	Received from a Scientist in the lower-right corner of Battle Company's 47F	B  W  B2  W2
	Exp. Share	Received from the Janitor/President upon entering Battle Company	B2  W2
	Miracle Seed	Received from an Ace Trainer on 1F if the first option is chosen	B2  W2
	Mystic Water	Received from an Ace Trainer on 1F if the second option is chosen	B2  W2
	Charcoal	Received from an Ace Trainer on 1F if the third option is chosen	B2  W2
	Guard Spec.	In lower left corner on 47F	B2  W2
	Quick Ball ×2	Reward for defeating Clerk Clemens	B2  W2
	Timer Ball ×5	Reward for defeating Clerk Warren	B2  W2
	Ether	In upper left corner on 55F	B2  W2

Passerby Analytics HQ

Main article: Passerby Analytics HQ

	Passerby Analytics HQ ...People pass by as they walk along.

The Passerby Analytics HQ is located on the corner of the street where Castelia Gym is. This is the place where the player may accept requests to conduct surveys, answer questionnaires or change his or her greeting or thanking phrase.

Ocean Piers

Liberty Pier with a boat

There are five piers on the waterfront based on five human fingers where certain ferries are docked.

Liberty Pier

Liberty Pier is opposite the street in which the Gym resides. The ferry found here will take the player to Liberty Garden if the player has a Liberty Pass. In Black 2 and White 2, the Liberty Pass is no longer required.

Unity Pier

Unity Pier is across from Narrow Street, and its ferry is transport to Unity Tower, which is only available after making an international trade.

Prime Pier

Prime Pier is across from Mode Street. In Black and White, the Plasma Ship is occasionally docked here, a black boat that Team Plasma uses to get to Liberty Garden. A few of the local citizens noticed the strange black boat and become concerned. In Black 2 and White 2, this is where Pop Roxie docks his boat and where the Plasma Frigate can be initially seen.

Cruise Dock

The Cruise Dock is opposite Castelia Street. It is where the Royal Unova docks. In Black and White, the player can only ride it in the evening after defeating Ghetsis and Team Plasma at N's Castle.

Thumb Pier

Thumb Pier lies directly south of the Bridge Gate. In Black and White, a person will give away an evolutionary stone, depending on whether the Trainer wants to evolve a Pansage, Pansear, or Panpour. In Black 2 and White 2, the entrance to the Castelia Sewers is located here.

Castelia Street

Castelia Street has many people coming and going, especially during the evenings when people are going home from work. This street has many tall skyscrapers and large buildings. The Game Freak HQ is on this street, as well as a building where, in Black and White, one Pokémon per day can receive a massage to increase its friendship. The second building also has an elevator allowing access to its 11th floor, where a person will give away TM44 (Rest).

Game Freak

The Game Freak headquarters are located in a large building on Castelia Street's right side. The building has only one accessible floor—22F—where the Game Freak developers can be found.

In Black and White, a girl on the ground floor will tell a story about a Pokémon that can cause illusions and then show the player a photo of Zorua, thus adding it to the Pokédex. Next to her is a young boy who does not talk. If the player has a fateful encounter Celebi in his or her party and talks to the boy, Celebi will come out of its Poké Ball, and the boy will reveal himself to actually be a Zorua, who will then join the player if they have a regular Poké Ball.

The office on the 22nd floor is similar to the Battle Company's, with computers, cubicles, desks and servers around the place. Here is where the Game Freak developers are working on the game. The Game Director at the back of the room will give the player a Diploma if they complete the Regional Pokédex, as well as another Diploma if they fill up the National Pokédex.

In Black and White, after defeating Ghetsis and Team Plasma at the Pokémon League, another Game Designer, Morimoto, will battle the player once per day. The Sound Director will play a special Team Rocket theme. In Black 2 and White 2, Morimoto and Nishino can be battled once per day here, but unlike Pokémon Black and White, they will battle the player at any stage in the game.

Item		Location	Games
	Revive	22F, near Morimoto	B2  W2

Mode Street

Mode Street is another commuter-heavy street, but it is not as large or as busy as Castelia Street. Many trees and plants line its sides, giving the street a feeling of nature. Along the west side of Mode Street is the famous Casteliacone stand, and along the east side is Studio Castelia, a popular art gallery where people go to enjoy local artwork.

Studio Castelia

Studio Castelia is a small art gallery in central Castelia which displays and showcases many painting from artists who live in Castelia; however, it does not display any of Burgh's paintings, as he prefers to hang them in the Castelia Gym. Many artists from around Unova come to Castelia to get inspiration from Burgh, and their paintings are hanging here. In Black and White, the studio is currently exhibiting works in the motif of legends of the Unova region, which have more to do with the myths of Reshiram and Zekrom. In Black 2 and White 2, the current focus is works by up-and-coming young artists. The owner of the studio likes to take walks along the Central Plaza and enjoys taking in the scenery and landscape with people and Pokémon. Every day, a Harlequin^BW /Clerk^B2W2 inside will ask the player to bring him a Pokémon of a certain type, and for doing so he will reward the player with their choice of one of the first five Berries.

Item		Location	Games
	Cheri Berry	Received from clownBW/ClerkB2W2	B  W  B2  W2
	Chesto Berry	Received from clownBW/ClerkB2W2	B  W  B2  W2
	Pecha Berry	Received from clownBW/ClerkB2W2	B  W  B2  W2
	Rawst Berry	Received from clownBW/ClerkB2W2	B  W  B2  W2
	Aspear Berry	Received from clownBW/ClerkB2W2	B  W  B2  W2

Casteliacone

Casteliacone

Castelia's Famous Casteliacone Closed during Winter.

Castelia's Famous Casteliacone

Casteliacone is a popular ice cream stand in Castelia City, which sells ice creams with the same name as the store. In Black and White, a single Casteliacone can be purchased once per week every Tuesday for $100, except in winter when the stand is closed. Due to its tremendous popularity, Casteliacone sells out very quickly, with crowds of people coming from all across Unova, even as far as Accumula Town, just to have a taste. The line for the famous sweet is always long and the ice cream is often unavailable.

In the two years between Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the ice cream has diminished in popularity. In Black 2 and White 2, the player can either purchase one or a dozen Casteliacones, is no longer limited by day of the week, and the stand remains open even in winter, but the player may still only make one purchase per day. Initially, the stand has no line, but after the player has defeated the Champion, a long line will again appear in front of the stand (if the player has bought a Casteliacone sometime previously), and the player must talk to the last person in line to get in line.

The ice cream has the ability to cure a single Pokémon of all status conditions.

Casteliacone
Casteliacone $100	Casteliacone* $1200

Narrow Street

Narrow Street is a back alley with a number of dumpsters and rubbish bins lined up against its sides. Like the name suggests, the street is very narrow, containing dark buildings, and shady people. Unlike any of the other streets, it is poorly lit and contains very few people. A man hidden behind one of the dumpsters will give the player TM70 (Flash). Some thugs can be seen hanging around the street not saying much, just laughing and smirking. In Black and White, one of the city's three Dancers is originally located here. There is only one accessible building on this street, a small café called Café Sonata.

Café Sonata

Café Sonata is a small café on the right side of Narrow Street. Many people come to the café to relax after a tiring day of work, and to listen to the Musician's guitar rhythm, who believes that a beautiful melody makes people happy and a sad melody makes people sorrowful. If a Trainer brings Meloetta to the Musician, he will teach it Relic Song. The manager of the café will give Trainers a Lemonade in Black and White and Moomoo Milk in Black 2 and White 2 for coming into the store for the first time; however, no drinks or items can be bought after this.

Gym Street

Gym Street is a large street which contains its namesake, the Castelia Gym. Another building is also on the west side of the street, being only an empty building in Black and White while in Black 2 and White 2 it contains the Medal Office and many people.

Castelia City Gym

Main article: Castelia Gym

The Castelia Gym is the official Gym of Castelia City, located on the western-most street above the Liberty Pier. The Gym also doubles as a working art gallery. It is based on Bug-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Burgh.

The Castelia Gym is designed like a huge beehive in Black and White. It contains many small hexagonal rooms, several which are cut off by walls of honey which are at first barricaded by gates. There are buttons which are placed in the center of most of the rooms, and if certain buttons are stepped on, they trigger the gates to descend. However, not all the buttons trigger the doors to descend; some instead make Trainers appear who will then challenge the player. The player is able to walk through any wall of honey, as long as there is not a raised gate over it, allowing the player to navigate through the Gym and eventually reach Burgh. The Gym is also decorated with pictures painted by Burgh himself. For defeating Burgh, Trainers receive the Insect Badge and TM76 (Struggle Bug).

In the two year gap in the series, Burgh's Gym gets a redesign, now featuring cocoons (perhaps created using String Shot) which a player uses much like elevators to reach Burgh.

Medal Office

This building is located on the opposite side of the street from the Gym.

In Black and White, when following a Team Plasma Grunt to try to retrieve Bianca's Munna, it is discovered that the strange, seemingly deserted building is currently hiding Ghetsis, Bronius and Rood, along with several Team Plasma Grunts. Ghetsis reveals that they are using the building as a hideout as they thought it would be ironic to have a hideout opposite a Gym, but they had not expected to be discovered so soon. Team Plasma then leaves the building, leaving only a Smoke Ball.

In Black 2 and White 2, the second floor of this location has been turned into the Medal Office. The Name Rater, Pokémon massager, and Feeling Reader can be found on the first floor, while Fennel and Amanita are on the third floor. After the player has entered the Hall of Fame, Amanita will give the player an Eevee she received from a friend in the Kanto region. This Eevee has its Hidden Ability and is always male.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Eevee	B2			W2			Gift	10	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.

Central Plaza

Central Plaza in the anime

The Central Plaza, also known as the Castelia Central Area, is a park located at the intersection of all the streets in Castelia City. There is a large flowing fountain that is said to bring people and Pokémon together. There are vending machines located here that sell drinks. In Black and White, a Dancer named Mickey will give the player an Amulet Coin if they can round up two other Dancers in Castelia to form a dance team with him. The two other dancers that are located around the city are Edmond and Raymond, and they are located on Narrow Street and Unity Pier respectively.

To the north of Central Plaza is another street with several tall skyscrapers that leads out to Route 4. Three buildings may be accessed from this street.

On the west side is a building that contains many useful services in Black and White. On the ground floor is the Name Rater, where Trainers may change the nicknames of their Pokémon, as well as the Feeling Reader, who offers advice about using the Feeling Check on the C-Gear. On the 11th floor is the Relocator, which requires a password to be used. The Relocator is used to transfer any of the four Pokémon distributed to commemorate the anime movie Zoroark: Master of IllusionsーCelebi and the Shiny legendary beasts, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. Also on the 11th floor is Mr. Lock, the "magical clown who can open anything." Using the Relocator, the player can transfer the Lock Capsule, an event item that was never given an official distribution, to Black or White. After giving the Lock Capsule to Mr. Lock, the player will receive TM95 (Snarl), which was locked within the Lock Capsule to protect it from Team Rocket. In Black 2 and White 2, an old man on the ground floor will give the player an Amulet Coin.

The southernmost building on the east side of the street is hosting a party on its 47th floor. After getting past the guard on the ground floor who frisks anyone for suspicious items, the player may go up the elevator and talk with people at the party, some of whom speak in foreign languages. Some of the people upstairs will give away items or TMs.

The northernmost building on the east side of the street is full of people on the ground floor, one of whom is a Scientist who will give the player an Eviolite if they have seen enough Pokémon. On the 47th floor, a man will explain the effects of each of the eight Badges.

Castelia Park

Only accessible via the Castelia Sewers in Black 2 and White 2, Castelia Park is a small area enclosed by buildings. Similar to (but much smaller than) the National Park in Johto, it is shaped like a Poké Ball. Dark grass is on the right, with regular tall grass on the left and a tree in the middle. It is said to be "where it all began" for Castelia City.

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	B2			W2			Grass	15-16	30%
Eevee	B2			W2			Grass	18	5%
Skitty	B2			W2			Grass	15-16	15%
Buneary	B2			W2			Grass	15-16	15%
Pidove	B2			W2			Grass	15-16	15%
Cottonee	B2			W2			Grass	15-17	35%
Petilil	B2			W2			Grass	15-17	35%
Dark grass
Rattata	B2			W2			Dark grass	16-17	30%
Eevee	B2			W2			Dark grass	19	5%
Skitty	B2			W2			Dark grass	16-17	15%
Buneary	B2			W2			Dark grass	16-17	15%
Pidove	B2			W2			Dark grass	16-17	15%
Cottonee	B2			W2			Dark grass	16-18	35%
Petilil	B2			W2			Dark grass	16-18	35%
Rustling grass
Delcatty	B2			W2			Rustling grass	18	5%
Lopunny	B2			W2			Rustling grass	18	5%
Audino	B2			W2			Rustling grass	15-18	90%
Whimsicott	B2			W2			Rustling grass	18	5%
Lilligant	B2			W2			Rustling grass	18	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.

Pokémon Center

A lady next to the PC will ask whether the Pokémon leading the team at that moment is the player's favorite Pokémon. This will change the favorite Pokémon's sprite in the Trainer's Profile from the Vs. Recorder. This action can be repeated anytime the player wants to change the favorite Pokémon again.

Demographics

Castelia City's population is 127. Castelia City is the second most populous city in the Pokémon world, behind its northern rival city, Nimbasa City while beating Goldenrod City's population of 126.

Poké Mart

Lower cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball* $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion* $1200
Max Potion* $2500	Full Restore* $3000
Revive* $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal* $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel* $500
Max Repel* $700

Upper cashier
Heal Ball $300	Net Ball $1000
Nest Ball $1000	BridgeMail S* $50
Greet Mail $50	Favored Mail $50
RSVP Mail $50	Thanks Mail $50
Inquiry Mail $50	Like Mail $50
Reply Mail $50

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Leaf Stone	Received from a man on the pier to the south of the city entrance	B  W
	Fire Stone	Received from a man on the pier to the south of the city entrance	B  W
	Water Stone	Received from a man on the pier to the south of the city entrance	B  W
	Eviolite	Received from a scientist on the first floor of the northeastern building on the street connecting to Route 4, if over 25BW/40B2W2 Pokémon have been seen in the Pokédex	B  W  B2  W2
	Charcoal	On the 47th floor of the northeastern building on the street connecting to Route 4	B2  W2
	Rare Candy	Reward for finding all Harlequins	B2  W2
	TM44 (Rest)	Received from a HikerBW/GuitaristB2W2 on the 11th floor of the building on the western side of Castelia Street	B  W  B2  W2
	Lemonade	Received from the manager at the café on Narrow Street	B  W
	TM70 (Flash)	Received from a man behind a dumpster on Narrow Street	B  W  B2  W2
	Amulet Coin	Reward from Dancers after defeating all three	B  W
	TM95 (Snarl)	Received from Mr. Lock via the Lock Capsule	B  W
	TM45 (Attract)	Received from a girl on the 47th floor of the southeastern building on the street connecting to Route 4	B  W  B2  W2
	Soda Pop	Reward for answering all the surveys at the Passerby Analytics HQ	B  W  B2  W2
	Rare Candy	Reward for completing all survey requests at the Passerby Analytics HQ	B  W  B2  W2
	Yache Berry	Received from Iris after defeating Team Plasma	B  W
	Smoke Ball	In Team Plasma's hideout	B  W
	Heart Scale	On southern part of Prime Pier	B2  W2
	Destiny Knot	Given by a woman on Unity Pier	B2  W2
	Bicycle	Received from a Harlequin near Prime Pier	B2  W2
	Moomoo Milk	Received from the manager at the café on Narrow Street	B2  W2
	Amulet Coin	From a man in the building on the west side of the street connecting to Route 4	B2  W2
	Quick Claw	Received from a Clerk♀ in Bridge Gate	B2  W2
	MiracleSeed	In the park area, accessible from the Castelia Sewers	B2  W2
	Repel	In the back-alley area with Trainers; it can only be accessed from the Castelia Sewers (requires Surf)SpringSummer	B2  W2
	BlackGlasses	In the back-alley area with Trainers, near the Trainers; it can only be accessed from the Castelia Sewers (requires Surf)SpringSummer	B2  W2

Man in Pokémon Center

In the upstairs of the Pokémon Center, a man wearing a black suit will give the player some rare items based on how many different outsider ID numbers the player has in their possession (despite his claim it is based off the number of trades), acting as a Generation V equivalent to the Lucky Channel and its successors. These items are usually acquired by battling on the Battle Subway. If the player has not traded with enough people to receive an item, the man suggests players use the GTS.

Item		Location	Games
	Wide Lens	Player has 5 different outsider IDs	B  W
	Everstone	Player has 10 different outsider IDs	B  W
	Zoom Lens	Player has 20 different outsider IDs	B  W
	Choice Scarf	Player has 30 different outsider IDs	B  W
	PP Max	Player with 40 different outsider IDs	B  W
	Master Ball	Player has 50 different outsider IDs	B  W

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Zorua	B			W			Gift	10	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

Pokémon Black and White

Castelia City image from a TV commercial

If the player chose Snivy:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Castelia Gate Black and White Reward: $2000

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Dewott♂ Lv.20 Water Sport Water Status   --       Focus Energy Normal Status   --       Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.18 Odor Sleuth Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansear♂ Lv.18 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Incinerate Fire Special   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Munna♀ Lv.18 Yawn Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Imprison Psychic Status   --       Moonlight Normal Status   --

If the player chose Tepig:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Castelia Gate Black and White Reward: $2000

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Servine♂ Lv.20 Wrap Normal Physical   --       Growth Grass Status   --       Leaf Tornado Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.18 Odor Sleuth Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Panpour♂ Lv.18 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Water Gun Water Special   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Water Sport Water Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Munna♀ Lv.18 Yawn Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Imprison Psychic Status   --       Moonlight Normal Status   --

If the player chose Oshawott:

PKMN Trainer Bianca Castelia Gate Black and White Reward: $2000

Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Pignite♂ Lv.20 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Arm Thrust Fighting Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.18 Odor Sleuth Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansage♂ Lv.18 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Vine Whip Grass Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Munna♀ Lv.18 Yawn Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Imprison Psychic Status   --       Moonlight Normal Status   --

Game Freak

GAME FREAK Morimoto Castelia City Black and White Reward: $6160

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Limber Held item: None Liepard♂ Lv.75 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Petaya Berry Simipour♂ Lv.75 Surf Water Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Petaya Berry Simisear♂ Lv.75 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Petaya Berry Simisage♂ Lv.75 Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Unaware Held item: None Swoobat♂ Lv.75 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Psyshock Psychic Special   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Lightningrod Held item: None Zebstrika♂ Lv.77 Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Wild Charge Electric Physical   --

Battle Company

47F

Trainer	Pokémon
Clerk ♀ Ingrid ミチコ Michiko Reward: $760	Herdier♀ Lv.19 No item
Clerk ♂ Clemens カツノリ Katsunori Reward: $760	Timburr♂ Lv.19 No item
Scientist Randall ナオユキ Naoyuki Reward: $912	Roggenrola♂ Lv.19 No item
Clerk ♀ Alberta モモコ Momoko Reward: $720	Petilil♀ Lv.18 No item
	Cottonee♀ Lv.18 No item
Clerk ♂ Warren ヒロノブ Hironobu Reward: $680	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.17 No item
	Basculin♂ Blue-Striped Form Lv.17 No item
	Basculin♂ Red-Striped Form Lv.17 No item

55F

Trainer	Pokémon
Clerk ♂ Ivan カズヤ Kazuya Reward: $800	Woobat♂ Lv.20 No item
Scientist Samantha アカリ Akari Reward: $960	Munna♀ Lv.20 No item
Scientist Steve スティーブ Steve Reward: $960	Sewaddle♂ Lv.20 No item
Clerk ♂ Wade コウイチ Kōichi Reward: $1520	Pansear♂ Lv.19 No item
	Pansage♂ Lv.19 No item
	Panpour♂ Lv.19 No item
Janitor Geoff シンノスケ Shinnosuke Reward: $4000	Trubbish♂ Lv.20 No item
	Minccino♀ Lv.20 No item

Gym Street

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Plasma Grunt Reward: $680	Sandile♂ Lv.17 No item
	Sandile♂ Lv.17 No item

Central Plaza

Trainer	Pokémon
Dancer Mickey ミッキー Mickey Reward: $672	Pansage♂ Lv.21 No item

Narrow Street

Trainer	Pokémon
Dancer Edmond エドモンド Edmond Reward: $672	Panpour♂ Lv.21 No item

Unity Pier

Trainer	Pokémon
Dancer Raymond レイモンド Raymond Reward: $672	Pansear♂ Lv.21 No item

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Area accessible from sewers

These three Trainers are in area accessible only from the Castelia Sewers. Defeating the three Trainers earns the player the Castelia Boss Medal. The area can only be accessed when the sewers are flooded, so can only be accessed in spring and summer and requires Surf. However, it is possible to change seasons to autumn or winter while entering the area from the sewers.

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Roughneck Ricky リッキー Ricky Reward: $768	Scraggy♂ Lv.32 No item
Dancer Jean-Paul ベルモンド Belmondo Reward: $1024	Darumaka♂ Lv.32 No item
Guitarist Tina ティナ Tina Reward: $1056	Krokorok♀ Lv.33 No item
	Liepard♀ Lv.33 No item
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Battle Company

47F

Trainer	Pokémon
Clerk ♂ Clemens カツノリ Katsunori Reward: $640	Growlithe♂ Lv.16 No item
Clerk ♂ Warren ヒロノブ Hironobu Reward: $640	Marill♂ Lv.16 No item
Clerk ♀ Britney サトコ Satoko Reward: $640	Budew♀ Lv.16 No item
Clerk ♂ Gilligan シゲオ Shigeo Reward: $1360	Pidove♂ Lv.17 No item

55F

Trainer	Pokémon
School Kid Neil ノボル Noboru Reward: $340	Eevee♂ Lv.17 No item
	Herdier♂ Lv.17 No item

Game Freak

Pre-Hall of Fame

GAME FREAK Morimoto Castelia City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $1120

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Oran Berry Pansage♂ Lv.14 Vine Whip Grass Physical   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Oran Berry Pansear♂ Lv.14 Incinerate Fire Special   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Oran Berry Panpour♂ Lv.14 Water Gun Water Special   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Fury Swipes Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

GAME FREAK Nishino Castelia City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $1280
Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: Leftovers Clefairy♀ Lv.16 Growl Normal Status   --       DoubleSlap Normal Physical   --       Follow Me Normal Status   --       Encore Normal Status   --

Post-Hall of Fame

GAME FREAK Morimoto Castelia City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $6240

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Unburden Held item: None Liepard♂ Lv.76 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Petaya Berry Simipour♂ Lv.76 Surf Water Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Petaya Berry Simisear♂ Lv.76 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: Petaya Berry Simisage♂ Lv.76 Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Acrobatics Flying Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Unaware Held item: None Swoobat♂ Lv.76 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Psyshock Psychic Special   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Motor Drive Held item: None Zebstrika♂ Lv.78 Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Giga Impact Normal Physical   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Wild Charge Electric Physical   --

GAME FREAK Nishino Castelia City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $6240

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: Leftovers Clefable♀ Lv.76 Cosmic Power Psychic Status   --       Sing Normal Status   --       Metronome Normal Status   --       Stored Power Psychic Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Huge Power Held item: Leftovers Azumarill♂ Lv.76 Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Bulldoze Ground Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Own Tempo Held item: Leftovers Lickilicky♂ Lv.76 Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Power Whip Grass Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: Leftovers Wigglytuff♀ Lv.76 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Hyper Voice Normal Special   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Hydration Held item: Leftovers Alomomola♂ Lv.76 Wish Normal Status   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Leftovers Snorlax♂ Lv.78 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

In the anime

Castelia City in the anime

Like in the games Castelia is a big city with an abundance of huge, colorful skyscrapers and shops with a long wharf. The Castelia Gym is located there. In the middle of Castelia City is a huge circular park called the Central Plaza this is where all the streets of Castellia link up to. Here there are trees, a lake, a few buildings and a huge fountain in the middle. A Pokémon Center is nearby. The Desert Resort can be seen in the horizon.

It made a brief cameo in The Lost World of Gothitelle! where a few skyscrapers can be seen from the Skyarrow Bridge, and again in Sally's flashback of Gothitelle in the alleyways. It appeared fully in A Venipede Stampede! when Ash, Iris and Cilan arrived there. Cilan talks about its famous ice cream: Casteliacone. Ash and his friends suddenly meet Burgh at the Central Plaza. Burgh is sensing something is wrong and they go down the underground sewage system that goes past the outskirts of Castelia to find the problem. Here they find an injured Venipede. Suddenly a massive group of Venipede storm in and attack the city.

Burgh becomes somewhat angry to find out that the mayor plans to get rid of the Venipede using force and protests the idea. The mayor eventually decides to let him handle it. His idea was to find the leader of the Venipede and have Nurse Joy's Audino use Heal Pulse on it. He, Ash, and Iris eventually locate the leader only to see it be attacked by Trip and his Lampent. Burgh orders him to stop and tells him that he is only making things worse.

Once Nurse Joy's Audino uses Heal Pulse on the leader, Burgh plays his Insect Pipe and leads the Venipede out of the City. In a now-deleted scene from the episode (the episode's original ending), he sees Ash and his friends off when they decided to go with Professor Juniper to investigate the Desert Resort.

Ash and his friends arrive back in Castelia City in Battling For The Love of Bug-Types! for a Gym battle with Burgh. The Castelia Gym is located on Gym Street. Ash won against Burgh and his Sewaddle evolved into a Swadloon.

A fishing contest in A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition! was supposed to take place in Castelia City, but the episode was delayed in Japan until June 23 because of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, and the contest was relocated to an unnamed city.

Castelia City briefly appeared again at the end of The Name's N!. Here, N gets off the ship where he met Ash, Iris and Cilan and bids farewell to them.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Castelia City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Amoonguss		Next Destinies		9/99	Hail Blizzard		008/052
Growlithe		Next Destinies		10/99	Hail Blizzard		009/052
Simisear		Next Destinies		16/99	Psycho Drive		011/052
Lapras		Next Destinies		25/99	Hail Blizzard		015/052
Simipour		Next Destinies		29/99	Psycho Drive		017/052
Vanillite		Next Destinies		31/99	Hail Blizzard		016/052
Vanillish		Next Destinies		32/99	Hail Blizzard		017/052
Ralts		Next Destinies		55/99	Hail Blizzard		026/052
					Master Deck Build Box EX		015/046
Meowth		Next Destinies		80/99	Psycho Drive		045/052
		Miscellaneous Promotional cards
Pokémon Center	St	Next Destinies		90/99	Hail Blizzard		051/052
Riolu		BW Black Star Promos		BBW33	BW-P Promotional cards		104/BW-P
Meowth		BW Black Star Promos		BW35	BW-P Promotional cards		105/BW-P
					BW-P Promotional cards		204/BW-P
Muk		Plasma Freeze		46/116	Thunder Knuckle		024/051
Kyurem		Legendary Treasures		43/113	EX Battle Boost		035/093

Trivia

Pikachu inside the building

• Castelia's Japanese motto is ヒウンは 飛ぶ雲 めでたい雲 "Hiun is soaring clouds, auspicious clouds".
• Even though it was officially stated that no Pokémon from previous generations would appear in Pokémon Black and White before obtaining the National Pokédex, a Pikachu can be seen with a Hiker inside the same building as the Name Rater in Castelia City. However, the developers most likely meant that players could not obtain or battle any such Pokémon before the National Pokédex.
  • Even in Black 2 and White 2, Pikachu is not in the New Unova Pokédex. The Hiker's Pikachu is also replaced with a Minccino.
• The Game Freak headquarters in Castelia City is a direct reference to the Carrot Tower in Setagaya, Tokyo. The 22nd floor of the Carrot Tower is the current headquarters of the game development company Game Freak, which is the same floor that the Game Freak members are located on in the game.
• Castelia City is based off the island of Manhattan, which is one of the five New York City boroughs.
  • Castelia Park also represents New York City's Central Park.
• Several locations in Castelia City are different than they are in other cities and towns: the Pokémon Center is located underneath another building, not a standalone building; the Gym faces the left, while others face south.
• The "Moves for Living" TV program broadcast around Unova features Dr. Technic Al'Machine, a professor from Castelia University.
• Despite the Casteliacone stand closing in Winter, it will still be advertised on TV and bulletin boards during that season.
• Because of the many different camera angles used in the city, using Fly in Castelia City causes an abrupt change in the camera angle in order to center the player in the screen and zoom in on him or her. Other places in the game with multiple camera angles also employ this technique.
• The man who gives the player TM70 (Flash) says the target's accuracy is lowered to half after Flash is used two times, but this is false; it must actually be used three times.
• A painting of Castelia City is on display in Lumiose Museum in Pokémon X and Y.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ヒウンシティ Hiun City	飛雲文 hiunmon, a type of pattern based around swirling clouds (example). 飛雲 hiun translates to "soaring clouds".
English	Castelia City	From castellanus, a cloud species. Also, from the Latin for castle.
French	Volucité	From volume or volute (swirl), and cité, city.
German	Stratos City	Probably from Stratus cloud or from Stratosphere
Italian	Austropoli	From australe (southern), ostro wind, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Spanish	Ciudad Porcelana	From porcelana, porcelain.
Korean	구름시티 Gureum City	구름 (gureum) means cloud.
Chinese (Mandarin)	飛雲市 Fēiyún Shì	From 飛雲 hiun. Also translates to "soaring clouds".

References

Unova
Settlements Nuvema Town • Accumula Town • Striaton City • Nacrene City • Castelia City • Nimbasa City • Anville Town Driftveil City • Mistralton City • Icirrus City • Opelucid City • Pokémon League • Lacunosa Town • Undella Town Black City • White Forest • Aspertia City • Floccesy Town • Virbank City • Lentimas Town • Humilau City Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 Bridges and tunnels Skyarrow Bridge • Driftveil Drawbridge • Tubeline Bridge • Village Bridge • Marvelous Bridge • Marine Tube Landmarks Dreamyard • Wellspring Cave • Pinwheel Forest • Liberty Garden • Desert Resort • Relic Castle • Battle Subway • Lostlorn Forest Cold Storage • Mistralton Cave • Chargestone Cave • Celestial Tower • Twist Mountain • Dragonspiral Tower • Moor of Icirrus Challenger's Cave • Victory Road (BW • B2W2) • N's Castle • Royal Unova • Giant Chasm • Undella Bay • Abyssal Ruins Abundant Shrine • Poké Transfer Lab • P2 Laboratory • Entralink • Unity Tower • Floccesy Ranch • Pledge Grove • Virbank Complex Pokéstar Studios • Castelia Sewers • Join Avenue • Cave of Being • Pokémon World Tournament • Reversal Mountain • Plasma Frigate Clay Tunnel • Underground Ruins • Strange House • Relic Passage • Seaside Cave • White Treehollow • Black Tower Access to Nature Preserve Other Blueberry Academy • Terarium

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