Secret Base

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Brendan's secret base

A secret base (Japanese: ひみつきち secret base) is a special area that the player can create in Hoenn- and Sinnoh-based games to decorate with various accessories, furniture, and Pokémon dolls. While the name is retained as the same between Hoenn and Sinnoh, the only real similarity between the two is in the manner in which they are decorated.

In the games

Generation III

Most routes in the Hoenn region feature several areas which can be converted into a secret base, with small indents in walls being able to be carved out into a cave, tall trees being able to drop down vines, and clumps of grass being able to be moved. These areas become accessible to this conversion only if the Trainer has a Pokémon that can use Secret Power, available via TM43.

Trainers can decorate their secret base in any way they please, being able to put up to 16 decorations into the area. Trainers can run while inside of a secret base, but cannot ride a bike. A boy in Mossdeep City reminds players of where their own secret base is.

If a player mixes records with other Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald game cartridges, secret bases will copy over between them (even those from other players who have previously mixed records). Inside of secret bases that do not belong to the player, an NPC can be found to represent the person that took that secret base as their own. After the Elite Four have been defeated, the player can battle the NPC, who will have the party of the person who owns that secret base as of the time of record mixing. These battles award money, experience, and all other things that normal battles with NPCs do, but they can only occur once per day, with the time resetting at midnight, and items stolen from the NPC's Pokémon using Thief are not kept afterwards. Should the NPC win, the player will not "black out" and return to the last visited Pokémon Center, nor lose any money.

Locations

Route	Entrance	Layout	Location
110	Tree	Alpha	Left side of the tree. On an island south of the northern gatehouse. Requires Surf.
110	Tree	Beta	Right side of the tree. On an island south of the northern gatehouse. Requires Surf.
111	Indent	Epsilon	Central area of the eastern wall in the desert region. East of Mirage Tower.
111	Indent	Zeta	Central area of the northern wall in the desert region. East of the southern dirt slope.
111	Indent	Eta	Eastern area of the northern wall in the desert region. Far east of the southern dirt slope.
111	Indent	Iota	On the mountain south of the rest house. Northeast of the southern dirt slope. Requires Mach Bike.
111	Indent	Theta	On the mountain southeast of the rest house. East of the southern dirt slope. Requires Mach Bike.
111	Tree	Gamma	Left side of the tree. West of the rest house.
111	Tree	Gamma	Right side of the tree. West of the rest house.
111	Indent	Kappa	On the mountain northeast of the rest house. East of the northern dirt slope. Requires Mach Bike.
113	Indent	Lambda	East of the Glass Workshop.
114	Tree	Alpha	Left side of the tree. On an island west of the bridge. Requires Surf.
114	Tree	Beta	Right side of the tree. On an island west of the bridge. Requires Surf.
114	Indent	Nu	Western side of the mountainous area. Southwest of Lanette's House. North of Meteor Falls.
114	Indent	Xi	Eastern side of the mountainous area behind two smashable rocks. South of Lanette's House. Northeast of Meteor Falls. Requires Rock Smash.
114	Indent	Omicron	Eastern side of the mountainous area. South of Lanette's House. Northeast of Meteor Falls.
114	Indent	Omicron	Southern part of the mountainous area beyond a smashable rock. Southeast of Meteor Falls. Requires Rock Smash.
114	Indent	Pi	Slightly east of Meteor Falls behind a smashable rock. Requires Rock Smash.
115	Indent	Mu	Southwest of Meteor Falls along the beach central.
115	Indent	Xi	Southeast of Meteor Falls, head east after passing the first set of steps leading to Meteor Falls.
115	Indent	Nu	East of Meteor Falls, before the second set of steps leading to Meteor Falls.
115	Indent	Zeta	Along the western portion of the northern beach. Requires Surf.
115	Tree	Delta	Left side of the tree. From the northern beach head into the forested area and take the western path. Requires Surf.
115	Tree	Alpha	Right side of the tree. From the northern beach head into the forested area and take the western path. Requires Surf.
115	Indent	Nu	In the northern mountainous area, west of the dirt slope. Requires Surf.
115	Indent	Xi	In the northern mountainous area, south and down the steps from the dirt slope. Requires Surf.
115	Indent	Pi	In the northern mountainous area, southwest and down the steps from the dirt slope. Requires Surf.
115	Indent	Omicron	In the northern mountainous area, up the dirt slope and to the east. Requires Surf and Mach Bike.
115	Indent	Pi	In the northern mountainous area, up the dirt slope and to the south. Requires Surf and Mach Bike.
116	Indent	Rho	Southeast of the western Rusturf Tunnel entrance.
116	Indent	Sigma	East of the western Rusturf Tunnel entrance, up two sets of steps.
116	Indent	Tau	East of the eastern Rusturf Tunnel entrance.
116	Indent	Upsilon	Northeast of the eastern Rusturf Tunnel entrance, up two sets of steps.
118	Indent	Eta	In the northwestern part of the eastern beach.
118	Indent	Lambda	In the southeastern part of the eastern beach.
118	Tree	Delta	Left side of the tree. Between the loamy soil and the path to Route 119.
118	Tree	Gamma	Right side of the tree. Between the loamy soil and the path to Route 119.
118	Indent	Kappa	East of the path to Route 119.
119	Shrub	Phi	West from the house of Wingull, across the river.
119	Indent	Mu	East of the southern waterfall, to the north of southern most loamy soil.
119	Indent	Sigma	West of the southern waterfall, across the white railing. Requires Acro Bike.
119	Shrub	Chi	West of the southern waterfall, across the white railing. Surrounded by trees and tall grass. Requires Acro Bike.
119	Tree	Beta	Left side of the tree. Can be reached by surfing in the section of the river between the two waterfalls. Located just above and to the west of the southern waterfall. Requires Surf.
119	Tree	Delta	Right side of the tree. Can be reached by surfing in the section of the river between the two waterfalls. Located just above and to the west of the southern waterfall. Requires Surf.
119	Shrub	Psi	Can be reached by surfing in the section of the river between the two waterfalls. Northeast of the southern waterfall beyond some tall grass. Requires Surf.
119	Indent	Rho	Can be reached by surfing in the section of the river between the two waterfalls. Between the Weather Institue and the northern waterfall. Requires Surf.
119	Shrub	Omega	South from Fortree City. East of the northern waterfall. Surrounded by long grass.
119	Shrub	Chi	Left side of the shrub. Northwestern corner of the map. Up the northern waterfall and across two sets of white railing. Requires Surf, Waterfall, and Acro Bike.
119	Shrub	Psi	Right side of the shrub. Northwestern corner of the map. Up the northern waterfall and across two sets of white railing. Requires Surf, Waterfall, and Acro Bike.
119	Shrub	Omega	Left side of the shrub. Northwestern area. Up the northern waterfall and across three sets of white railing. Requires Surf, Waterfall, and Acro Bike.
119	Shrub	Phi	Right side of the shrub. Northwestern area. Up the northern waterfall and across three sets of white railing. Requires Surf, Waterfall, and Acro Bike.
120	Indent	Tau	North of Scorched Slab, along the water's edge and at the bottom of the steps.
120	Shrub	Omega	Northeast of Scorced Slab, north of the eastern end of the northern bridge.
120	Shrub	Phi	Between Scorched Slab and northern loamy soil, behind a cuttable tree. Requires Cut.
120	Shrub	Chi	In the southeastern part of the tall grass maze, east of Ancient Tomb.
120	Indent	Sigma	North of the southern bridge, across the lake, the left of the two indents. Requires Surf.
120	Indent	Rho	North of the southern bridge, across the lake, the right of the two indents. Requires Surf.
120	Shrub	Chi	South of Ancient Tomb and just north of the central loamy soil.
120	Shrub	Psi	South of the southern bridge, just west of Route 121.
121	Indent	Mu	Up the first set of steps and west of Mt. Pyre Pier, beyond a cutable tree. Southwest of the Safari Zone. Requires Cut.
121	Indent	Kappa	Up the first set of steps and east of Mt. Pyre Pier. South of the Safari Zone.
121	Tree	Delta	Left side of the tree. Down the first set of steps and east of the Safari Zone.
121	Tree	Gamma	Right side of the tree. Down the first set of steps and east of the Safari Zone.
123	Indent	Upsilon	The eastern indent on the small rocky area. Requires Surf to reach this area of the route.
123	Indent	Tau	The middle indent on the small rocky area. Requires Surf to reach this area of the route.
123	Indent	Upsilon	The western indent on the small rocky area. Requires Surf to reach this area of the route.
125	Indent	Theta	On an island south of Shoal Cave. Requires Surf.
125	Indent	Zeta	West of Shoal Cave, on the same land mass. Requires Surf.
125	Indent	Lambda	The left indent on an island northeast of Shoal Cave. Requires Surf.
125	Indent	Iota	The right indent on an island northeast of Shoal Cave. Requires Surf.
127	Indent	Eta	The eastern indent on an island to the east of the western tree island. Requires Surf.
127	Indent	Epsilon	The western indent on an island to the east of the western tree island. Requires Surf.
127	Indent	Iota	The northwestern indent on an island to the south of the eastern tree island. Requires Surf.
127	Indent	Epsilon	The southwestern indent on an island to the south of the eastern tree island. Requires Surf.
127	Indent	Theta	The eastern indent on an island to the south of the eastern tree island. Requires Surf.

Layouts

Alpha Class Alpha Beta Gamma Delta

Epsilon Class Epsilon Zeta Eta Theta

Iota Class Iota Kappa Lambda Mu

Nu Class Nu Xi Omicron Pi

Rho Class Rho Sigma Tau Upsilon

Phi Class Phi Chi Psi Omega

Generation IV

Unlike in Generation III, the secret bases in Generation IV are found underground, and instead of NPCs being used to represent other players, the other players can be encountered face-to-face using DS wireless communication.

Players cannot battle each other for money underground, however, if a player enters another's secret base while they are not decorating (as that requires the entrance be closed), they can attempt to steal their flag and take it to their own secret base for rewards, from decorations to a Trainer card star.

In the anime

Keanu's secret base

Secret bases first appeared in A Three Team Scheme. While staying in Dewford Town, Ash and his friends stumbled across Keanu's secret base. Later in the episode, Team Rocket also found the secret base and stole Keanu's Pokémon, which Ash and his friends helped him to get back.

Related articles

• Secret Power
• The Underground
• Digger Drill

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