Burned Tower

Burned Tower Brass Tower やけたとう Burned Tower "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A tower that was hit by lightning, and subsequently caught fire and burned.
Location:	Ecruteak City
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
Location of Burned Tower in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The Burned Tower (Japanese: やけたとう Burned Tower) is a location in Ecruteak City formerly as tall as the Bell Tower to the east. It burned down due to a lightning strike 150 years prior to the events of the Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal and their remakes. Before the great fire that caused its destruction, the tower was called Brass Tower (Japanese: カネのとう Gong Tower).

According to some legends, Lugia once perched here. However, when the tower burned down, Lugia fled to the Whirl Islands to live, while Ho-Oh, which lived in the Bell Tower, flew away in search of a pure-hearted Trainer. Three unnamed Pokémon perished in the fire; Ho-Oh returned briefly to revive them after the fire had been put out. These Pokémon, the Legendary beasts Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, were destined to speed across the land since their revival.

In the games

The beasts in the Burned Tower in HeartGold and SoulSilver

In Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, the player encounters Raikou, Entei, and Suicune for the first time in the basement of the Burned Tower, who then flee. This is also where the player's rival will challenge them once again, with the second form of the starter he stole. In Gold and Silver, it is not required to access the Burned Tower (and thus, battle with the rival) as part of the storyline.

In Crystal, it is said that, before it burned down, the tower was known as the Brass Tower, with gleaming golden panels of brass to complement the Tin Tower's silvery panels of tin. However, this detail was not mentioned in the remakes, and the Tin Tower's name was changed to "Bell Tower", removing any connection the two had to the names of the games.

History

The tower was built 700 years before the time of Generations II and IV alongside its twin, the Bell Tower. The two towers were meant to foster friendship between people and Pokémon. Many people, mostly ancestors of Ecruteak Gym Leader Morty, traveled to the tops of these towers to commune with the Legendary Pokémon residing there.

Suddenly, 150 years before the events of the games, this tower burned down in a mysterious fire, ignited by a bolt of lightning and put out by a sudden downpour. This fire caused three nameless Pokémon to perish. Ho-Oh, fleeing from its perch, granted new life to the Pokémon, making them into the Legendary beasts before flying in search of a pure-hearted Trainer. The three events of the fire, the lightning bolt, raging blaze, and sudden downpour, are said to have some relation to the three beasts.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Ultra Ball	1F; dead end east of entrance, near a breakable rock (hidden)	C
	Burn Heal	1F; dead end at the northeastern corner (requires Rock Smash)	G  S
	HP Up	1F; dead end at the northeastern corner (requires Rock Smash)	C
	Ether	1F; in the small indent at the dead end in the center of the room (requires Rock SmashGS) (hidden)	G  S  C
	X Speed	1F; in the center area (requires Rock Smash)	G  S
	Ether	1F; dead end at the northern side (hidden)	HG  SS
	Antidote	1F; on the "bridge" on the northern side	HG  SS
	Ultra Ball	1F; one tile north and one tile east of the southernmost breakable rock (hidden)	HG  SS
	HP Up	1F; behind a breakable rock in the southwestern corner (requires Rock Smash)	HG  SS
	Burn Heal	B1F; in the area accessed by dropping through the hole east of the entrance (hidden)	G  S
	TM20 (Endure)	B1F; in the area accessed by dropping through the northeastern hole (requires Strength)	G  S  C
	Ultra Ball	B1F; in the area accessed by dropping through the hole west of the entrace (hidden)	G  S
	HP Up	B1F; in the area accessed by dropping through the northwestern hole	G  S
	Nugget	B1F; where Entei, Raikou, and Suicune were (hidden)	G  S
	Antidote	B1F; in a boulder just east of the northwestern pillar (hidden)	HG  SS
	TM12 (Taunt)	B1F; in the northwestern corner (requires Strength)	HG  SS
	Revive	B1F; in a boulder just west of the breakable rocks in the southeastern corner(hidden)	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	G		S		C		1F	13-15	50%
Rattata	G		S		C		1F	13-15	55%
Raticate	G		S		C		1F	15	5%
Zubat	G		S		C		1F	14	10%
Koffing	G		S		C		1F	14-16	35%
Koffing	G		S		C		1F	14	30%
Rock Smash
Krabby	G		S		C		Rock Smash	15	90%
Shuckle	G		S		C		Rock Smash	15	10%
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.

B1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	G		S		C		B1F	14-16	40%	35%	40%
Rattata	G		S		C		B1F	14	30%
Zubat	G		S		C		B1F	15	5%
Zubat	G		S		C		B1F	15	10%
Koffing	G		S		C		B1F	14-16	50%
Koffing	G		S		C		B1F	12-16	59%
Weezing	G		S		C		B1F	16	1%
Magmar	G		S		C		B1F	14	5%	0%	5%
Magmar	G		S		C		B1F	16	0%	10%	0%
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

1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	HG			SS			1F	13-15	50%
Raticate	HG			SS			1F	15	5%
Zubat	HG			SS			1F	14	10%
Koffing	HG			SS			1F	14-16	35%
Special Pokémon
Zigzagoon	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	13-14	20%
Spinda	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	15	20%
Meditite	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	15	20%
Chatot	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	14	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.

B1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	HG			SS			B1F	14-16	40%	0%	40%
Rattata	HG			SS			B1F	14	0%	35%	0%
Zubat	HG			SS			B1F	15	5%
Koffing	HG			SS			B1F	14-16	50%
Magmar	HG			SS			B1F	14	5%	0%	5%
Magmar	HG			SS			B1F	16	0%	10%	0%
Special Pokémon
Suicune	HG			SS			Only one	40	One
Zigzagoon	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	14	20%
Spinda	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	16	20%
Meditite	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	16	20%
Chatot	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	14	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.

Trainers

Generation II

If the player chose Chikorita:

Silver Burned Tower Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1320

Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.20 Lick Ghost   --       Spite Ghost   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Curse ???   --       Types: Poison Flying Held item: None Zubat♂ Lv.20 Leech Life Bug   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Electric Steel Held item: None Magnemite Lv.18 Tackle Normal   --       ThunderShock Electric   --       Supersonic Normal   --       SonicBoom Normal   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Quilava♂ Lv.22 Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       SmokeScreen Normal   --

If the player chose Cyndaquil:

Silver Burned Tower Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1320

Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.20 Lick Ghost   --       Spite Ghost   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Curse ???   --       Types: Poison Flying Held item: None Zubat♂ Lv.20 Leech Life Bug   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Electric Steel Held item: None Magnemite Lv.18 Tackle Normal   --       ThunderShock Electric   --       Supersonic Normal   --       SonicBoom Normal   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: None Croconaw♂ Lv.22 Water Gun Water   --       Leer Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Rage Normal   --

If the player chose Totodile:

Silver Burned Tower Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1320

Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.20 Lick Ghost   --       Spite Ghost   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Curse ???   --       Types: Poison Flying Held item: None Zubat♂ Lv.20 Leech Life Bug   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Types: Electric Steel Held item: None Magnemite Lv.18 Tackle Normal   --       ThunderShock Electric   --       Supersonic Normal   --       SonicBoom Normal   --       Type: Grass Unknown Held item: None Bayleef♂ Lv.22 Razor Leaf Grass   --       Growl Normal   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Reflect Psychic   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Rock Smash
Firebreather NedGS トシヤ Toshiya Reward: $720	Koffing♂ Lv.15 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.15 No item
	Growlithe♂ Lv.16 No item
Firebreather DickGS マサノリ Masanori Reward: $816	Charmeleon♂ Lv.17 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

If the player chose Chikorita:

Rival Silver Burned Tower HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $1408

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gastly♂ Lv.20 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Curse ??? Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Zubat♂ Lv.20 Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magnemite Lv.18 ThunderShock Electric Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       SonicBoom Normal Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Quilava♂ Lv.22 Flame Wheel Fire Physical   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --       Ember Fire Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --

If the player chose Cyndaquil:

Rival Silver Burned Tower HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $1408

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gastly♂ Lv.20 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Curse ??? Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Zubat♂ Lv.20 Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magnemite Lv.18 ThunderShock Electric Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       SonicBoom Normal Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Croconaw♂ Lv.22 Water Gun Water Special   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --

If the player chose Totodile:

Rival Silver Burned Tower HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $1408

Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gastly♂ Lv.20 Lick Ghost Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Curse ??? Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Zubat♂ Lv.20 Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull Held item: None Magnemite Lv.18 ThunderShock Electric Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       SonicBoom Normal Special   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Bayleef♂ Lv.22 Reflect Psychic Status   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       PoisonPowder Poison Status   --       Synthesis Grass Status   --

Trainer	Pokémon
Firebreather Ned トシヤ Toshiya Reward: $512	Koffing♂ Lv.16 No item
	Growlithe♂ Lv.17 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.16 No item
Firebreather Richard マサノリ Masanori Reward: $576	Charmeleon♂ Lv.18 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Preview

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  Morning (Magmar)

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  Day (Koffing)

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  Evening (Koffing)

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  Night (Raticate)

Layout

Version	Outside	1F before rival battle	1F after rival battle	B1F
Gold
Silver
Crystal
HeartGold
SoulSilver

In the anime

Main series

The Burned Tower in the anime

The Burned Tower in its debut

The Burned Tower exists in the anime's interpretation of Ecruteak City as well, but it was the only tower initially, and was the Bell Tower itself. When it burned down due to a war for Ho-Oh's power, a second, new Bell Tower was built to the east, in the hope that Ho-Oh would return, though it never did.

In A Ghost of a Chance, Ash, Misty, and Brock traveled to the Burned Tower by accident, thinking it was the Ecruteak Gym. While here, they were frightened by the many Gastly who took up residence here, as they had made an illusion of fire. With Morty's help, they were able to calm down the ghosts and get out. In the process, Morty also mentioned that the fire that destroyed the tower happened some 300 years prior, instead of 150 as stated in the games.

The Burned Tower later made a brief cameo in An Egg Scramble! during Lyra's presentation of Johto at the Johto Festival.

Pokémon Generations

Burned Tower in Pokémon Generations

Brass Tower in Pokémon Generations

The Burned Tower appeared in The Reawakening, where Eusine went over the legend of the Legendary beasts while exploring the tower. He also had a momentary encounter with Suicune, making him hopeful that the Legendary beasts would start trusting in humans again.

The Brass Tower was also seen in a flashback during Eusine's tale before it burned.

In the manga

The Burned Tower in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

The Burned Tower was first seen in Slugging It Out With Slugma, where three balls of light were seen flying out of the ruins.

In Buzz Off, Butterfree!, the aforementioned events were shown in more detail. When Yellow and Wilton passed through Ecruteak City, they met Jasmine, with whom they talked about things related to the earthquake that had struck the city some time earlier. During their discussion, the Burned Tower unexpectedly caught fire. Yellow managed to put out the fire, but was then pulled into the tower by an unseen force. She mysteriously ended up falling through a rock and into a mysterious void, where she encountered Raikou, Entei, and Suicune, who thanked her for saving them and burst out of the rock, escaping into the outside world once again and started roaming around Johto. After Yellow came out of the rock too and told Wilton and Jasmine what she had seen, Jasmine told her and Wilton the story behind the three Legendary Pokémon.

The Burned Tower in Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

The Pokémon Summit stadium in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

In Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys, the legend passed down in Ecruteak City is that the Brass Tower was burned down intentionally by people long ago, as they felt they had lost their connection to the Legendary Pokémon it was built to honor. As a result, the golden Pokémon returned to the skies and broke all ties with humankind.

Unlike in the games, there are no ruins where the Burned Tower used to stand. Instead, a stadium was built on the site of the tower. It is used to house the Pokémon Summit.

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

The Burned Tower appeared in The Johto Region's Disaster!!.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards named Burned Tower.

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	#
Burned Tower	St	Undaunted		71/90	Reviving Legends		078/080

Trivia

• In Pokémon Gold and Silver, the exterior of the Burned Tower depicts it as being a short, common tower. However, in Crystal Version the top of the tower is destroyed, showing the inside, and the interior uses darker colors to produce a charred look, thus making it more akin to the storyline. The Crystal exterior design was then updated and reused in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, while the interior combines elements of both designs from Generation II.
• In Pokémon Gold and Silver, upon losing to the player, Firebreather Dick, claims he just got burned. To go with this, his overworld sprite's palette is swapped with a gray one.
• In Pokémon Crystal, because Silver doesn't battle the player immediately after entering the Burned Tower, the player can enter the tower and speak with Eusine, and see that Silver is in the middle of the tower, waiting for the player. However, if the player leaves and proceeds to Olivine City, when the player arrives Silver appears there, exiting the Olivine Gym, and then talks to the player before leaving. If the player returns to the Burned Tower, Silver will still be waiting for the player there.
• The music used in the Burned Tower is a slower, more melancholic version of the theme of the Bell Tower, indicating their connection.
• The tower's original name of "Brass Tower" is only referenced in Pokémon Crystal and in Pokémon Masters EX, once in each game.
• After the player has captured or defeated Ho-Oh in HeartGold and SoulSilver, several citizens of Ecruteak mention that there are plans to rebuild the tower.
• It is actually possible to use Dig to escape from the Burned Tower—even the basement—and return to the entrance; this is because, as can be seen from the in-battle background used in Generation IV, the Burned Tower is classified as a cave area, rather than a building, likely to allow wild Pokémon to be found. This is also the case with the Bell Tower and Sprout Tower.
  • Due to this, unlike other buildings, Burmy will take on its Sandy Cloak, rather than its Trash Cloak, if it battles here.

Origin

A Buddhist temple in the real world city of Kyoto, covered in gold leaf, is known as Kinkaku-ji. Like this tower, it was burned down; however, unlike it, it was reconstructed. The likeness of a phoenix rests atop the tower.

Name origin

While the Burned Tower is named quite obviously in both English and Japanese, the original Japanese name of the tower, revealed in Pokémon Crystal, was カネのとう Kane no Tou. The kana for kane can refer to 金 metal, hence the English version's translation as Brass Tower, a golden-colored metal, to counter the silver-colored tin used on the other tower. Kane can also, like the suzu of the Bell Tower, refer to 鐘 / 鉦 kane, a type of gong-like bell used in Japanese ritual. As it was not mentioned in HeartGold and SoulSilver, it did not receive a more accurate name as Bell Tower did, and is still called the Brass Tower in Pokémon Masters EX.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 燒焦塔 Sīujīu Taap Mandarin 燒焦塔 / 烧焦塔 Shāojiāo Tǎ * 烧毁的塔 Shāohuǐ-de Tǎ * Finnish Palanut torni French Tour Cendrée German Turmruine Italian Torre Bruciata Korean 불탄탑 Bultan Tap Polish Spalona Wieża Brazilian Portuguese Torre Queimada Spanish Torre Quemada Swedish Det brända tornet Vietnamese Tháp Cháy

Brass Tower

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 鐘之塔 Jūng-jī Taap Mandarin 鐘之塔 Zhōng-zhī Tǎ French Tour de Cuivre German Bronzeturm Italian Torre d'Ottone Korean 종의탑 Jong-ui Tap Spanish Torre Latón

See also

• Bell Tower

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