Driftveil City

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Driftveil City ホドモエシティ Hodomoe City "A City of Billowing Sails"

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Map description A port town distributing many goods, and a gateway to the Unova region.

Driftveil City Gym - Unova Gym #5 Clay Ground-type specialist Gym Quake Badge

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Connecting locations ← Route 6 Driftveil City Driftveil Drawbridge →   Cold Storage* and Pokémon World Tournament* ↓

Location Location of Driftveil City in Unova.

Driftveil City (Japanese: ホドモエシティ Hodomoe City) is a major ocean port city in western Unova. It has strong wind currents popular with sailboaters. More importantly, its ports are used by freighters and fishing boats that import and export goods such as vegetables in and out of Unova. A large market offering some useful items occupies part of the city. Driftveil is typically subject to precipitation year-round. In Black 2 and White 2, several strange craters have appeared throughout the city.

The city has two possible entrances on foot: from Route 6 to the west and from the Driftveil Drawbridge to the east, which leads to Unova's central peninsula.

A hiker inside Pinwheel Forest says that trees that are cut down are sent from Driftveil City to the rest of the world.

Places of interest

Market

The market is located on the western side of the city. Herbal medicine and Moomoo Milk can be bought here. After defeating Team Plasma and obtaining the National Pokédex, a former Team Plasma Grunt sells incense for $9600 each.

Herb Shop
Energy Root $800	EnergyPowder $500
Revival Herb $2800	Heal Powder $450

Moomoo Milk shop
Moomoo Milk $500	Moomoo Milk* $6000

Incenses
Full Incense $9600	Lax Incense $9600
Luck Incense $9600	Odd Incense $9600
Pure Incense $9600	Rock Incense $9600
Rose Incense $9600	Sea Incense $9600
Wave Incense $9600

Driftveil City Market in the anime

Lighthouse

Driftveil City has a small beach. If the player Surfs directly off the beach, they can find the lighthouse, which has a Water Stone on its shore. The lighthouse is not present in Black 2 and White 2.

Docks

There is a large shipping dock located directly south of the city. The Cold Storage can be found here.

Move Tutor

In Pokémon Black and White Versions, the Move Tutor's house is the house to the right of the market. He will teach Grass Pledge, Fire Pledge, or Water Pledge to a friendly starter Pokémon.

In Pokémon Black and White Versions 2, the Move Tutor is in a house near the Pokémon Center. He teaches 15 moves for 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 Red Shards.

Moves taught

Black and White

Move Type Cat. Grass Pledge  Grass  Special Fire Pledge  Fire  Special Water Pledge  Water  Special

Black 2 and White 2

Move Type Cat. Shards Covet  Normal  Physical 2 0 0 0 Bug Bite  Bug  Physical 2 0 0 0 Drill Run  Ground  Physical 4 0 0 0 Bounce  Flying  Physical 4 0 0 0 Signal Beam  Bug  Special 4 0 0 0 Iron Head  Steel  Physical 4 0 0 0 Super Fang  Normal  Physical 6 0 0 0 Uproar  Normal  Special 6 0 0 0 Seed Bomb  Grass  Physical 6 0 0 0 Dual Chop  Dragon  Physical 6 0 0 0 Low Kick  Fighting  Physical 8 0 0 0 Gunk Shot  Poison  Physical 8 0 0 0 Fire Punch  Fire  Physical 10 0 0 0 ThunderPunch  Electric  Physical 10 0 0 0 Ice Punch  Ice  Physical 10 0 0 0

Driftveil Gym

Main article: Driftveil Gym

The Driftveil Gym is the official Gym of Driftveil City. The Gym Leader is Clay, who uses Ground-type Pokémon. Trainers who defeat him are awarded the Quake Badge, as well as TM78 (Bulldoze) as a reward.

Move lover's house

In the house north of the Driftveil Market, there is a girl who requests to see a certain random TM move every day. When the player presents a Pokémon that knows the move she asked for, she will reward the player with a Heart Scale. The move requested will always be one that can be taught via a TM the player currently owns.

Demographics

Driftveil City is a large city with a population of 55.

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
Net Ball $1000	Nest Ball $1000
Dusk Ball $1000	BridgeMail D $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

Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
									Sp	Su	Au	Wi
Surfing
Frillish	B			W			Surfing	10-25	100%
Alomomola	B			W			Rippling water	10-30	95%
Jellicent	B			W			Rippling water	10-30	5%
Fishing
Krabby	B			W			Fishing	35-55	65%
Chinchou	B			W			Fishing	35-55	30%
Luvdisc	B			W			Fishing	35-55	5%
Chinchou	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	60%
Luvdisc	B			W			Rippling water	35-60	30%
Kingler	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	5%
Lanturn	B			W			Rippling water	35-70	5%
Special Pokémon
Basculin	B			W			Trade Minccino	25	One
Basculin	B			W			Trade Minccino	25	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.

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Zorua	B2			W2			Gift	25	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

Motorcyclist Charles

Motorcyclist Charles asks the player to try a new kind of battling. In Pokémon Black, Charles has a Rotation Battle with the player, while in Pokémon White, he has a Triple Battle with the player. In both versions, he uses the same team.

Motorcyclist Charles Driftveil City Black and White Motorcyclist and Professor Charles Oak Driftveil City Black and White Reward: $864

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Motor Drive Held item: None Zebstrika♂ Lv.27 Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Flame Charge Fire Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Spark Electric Physical   --       Types: Ground Dark Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Krokorok♂ Lv.27 Assurance Dark Physical   --       Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Embargo Dark Status   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Adaptability Held item: None Basculin♂ Lv.27 Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Chip Away Normal Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

Bianca

After the player obtains the Quake Badge, Bianca will ask for a battle just before the player advances onto Route 6. She rewards the player with HM02 (Fly) upon defeat.

If the player chose Snivy:

Pokémon Trainer Bianca Driftveil City Black and White Pokémon Trainer and Professor Bianca Oak Driftveil City Black and White Reward: $2800

Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.26 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Dewott♂ Lv.28 Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Fury Cutter Bug Physical   --       Water Pulse Water Special   --       Revenge Fighting Physical   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansear♂ Lv.26 Yawn Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Flame Burst Fire Special   --       Amnesia Psychic Status   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.26 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

If the player chose Tepig:

Pokémon Trainer Bianca Driftveil City Black and White Pokémon Trainer and Professor Bianca Oak Driftveil City Black and White Reward: $2800

Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.26 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Servine♂ Lv.28 Leaf Tornado Grass Special   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Slam Normal Physical   --       Types: Water Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Panpour♂ Lv.26 Water Sport Water Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Scald Water Special   --       Taunt Dark Status   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.26 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

If the player chose Oshawott:

Pokémon Trainer Bianca Driftveil City Black and White Pokémon Trainer and Professor Bianca Oak Driftveil City Black and White Reward: $2800

Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♀ Lv.26 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Pignite♂ Lv.28 Arm Thrust Fighting Physical   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Types: Grass Unknown Ability: Gluttony Held item: None Pansage♂ Lv.26 Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Seed Bomb Grass Physical   --       Torment Dark Status   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Forewarn Held item: None Musharna♀ Lv.26 Defense Curl Normal Status   --       Lucky Chant Normal Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

Post-game

After trading with Kyle and stopping Team Plasma, Kyle will challenge the player to a battle in which he uses the evolved form of the Minccino that the player traded to him.

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Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Charles can be found again behind the Driftveil Market as he was in Pokémon Black and White. In Pokémon Black 2, he and the player have a Triple Battle, and in Pokémon White 2, they have a Rotation Battle. Charles uses the same team he did on Route 5.

Motorcyclist Charles Driftveil City Black 2 and White 2 Motorcyclist and Professor Charles Oak Driftveil City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $832

Types: Rock Flying Ability: Defeatist Held item: None Archen♂ Lv.26 Agility Psychic Status   --       Ancientpower Rock Special   --       Pluck Flying Physical   --       Quick Guard Fighting Status   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Held item: None Sigilyph♂ Lv.26 Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Psybeam Psychic Special   --       Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Water Rock Ability: Held item: None Tirtouga♂ Lv.26 Wide Guard Rock Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Pokémon Trainer Rood Driftveil City Black 2 and White 2 Pokémon Trainer and Professor Rood Oak Driftveil City Black 2 and White 2 Reward: $2700

Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Herdier♂ Lv.27 Helping Hand Normal Status   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Work Up Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Psychic Flying Ability: Unknown Held item: None Swoobat♂ Lv.27 class="roundy" width="50%" style="background: #Template:Phychic color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Phychic color dark" | Heart Stamp class="roundybl" width="50%" style="background:#Template:Phychic color; line-height:12px;" | Phychic Physical   --       Imprison Psychic Status   --       Air Cutter Flying Physical   --       Attract Normal Status   --

In the anime

Driftveil City in the anime

Ash and his friends were in Driftveil City from The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue! until Battling the King of the Mines!, except in Stopping the Rage of Legends! (Part 2) where they stayed on Milos Island the whole time.

Here Ash met a local biker named Charles whose secret identity was "Mighty Accelguard" and aided him in battling Cryogonal Man and Team Vanillite. In A Call for Brotherly Love!, Chili visited the city in order to battle his brother, Cilan. The group also met Clay during this time who denied Ash a battle twice before finally accepting his challenge in Battling the King of the Mines!.

Trivia

• Driftveil City's Japanese motto is 船の帆と　渦巻く水のこと.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ホドモエシティ Hodomoe City	帆巴 hodomoe, "sail swirl": a mon that resembles sails set in a circle (example).
English	Driftveil City	From cloud drift and the word "veil". May also be from velum (sail-shaped cloud).
French	Port Yoneuve	From port, porion (miner master) and neuve (new).
German	Marea City	From the Latin mare (sea).
Italian	Libecciopoli	From Libeccio.
Spanish	Ciudad Fayenza	From fayenza, faience.
Korean	물풍경시티 Mulpunggyeong City	Possibly from 물 (mul) water and 풍경 (風景) punggyeong, landscape.
Chinese (Mandarin)	帆巴市 Fānbā Shì	From 帆巴 hodomoe. 帆 fān means "sail".

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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