Slateport City

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Slateport City カイナシティ Kaina City "The port where people and Pokémon cross paths."

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 110   Slateport City Route 134 →   Route 109 ↓

Location Location of Slateport City in Hoenn.

Slateport City in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, with the Pokémon Contest House

Slateport City (Japanese: カイナシティ Kaina City) is a port town on the southern coast of Hoenn. It is the ninth largest city in the Pokémon world.

Slateport was created because the clean water made the food abundant in the area, so a local market started to grow. The city then soon became a harbor where ships and boats come and go. There is a lighthouse near the south of Slateport that illuminates the sea for passing ships. It is a great shopping destination with a local Slateport Market. Captain Stern is a big name in Slateport. He is an undersea explorer who runs Stern's Shipyard, the local Oceanic Museum and also working on the S.S. Tidal which runs in and out of Slateport City after its completion.

The city has three major entrances, one from the north of Slateport City is Route 110, which has a bicycle route as well as a path to Mauville City, one that is directly south of the city is the beach of Route 109, and one that is east of the city is the ocean path of Route 134, but the water's current is too strong to Surf east.

Places of interest

Slateport Market

The Slateport Market is an open-air bazaar featuring items that can't be easily found anywhere else. The Slateport Markets have been in business since the creation of Slateport City itself as the clean water made the food abundant in the area, so a local market started to grow. The Slateport Markets are situated next to the ocean, so the scent of the salty sea seeps through the air. There is a place to buy Secret Base decorations, vitamins and fresh seaweed there.

Doll shop

There is a shopkeeper at the Slateport Market in the bottom-left corner that sells Dolls.

Dolls
Azurill Doll $3000	Marill Doll $3000
Skitty Doll $3000

TM shop

There is another shopkeeper at the Slateport Market in the middle-right side that sells TMs. This shopkeeper only appears after the player obtains TM43 (Secret Power) on Route 111.

TMs
TM10 (Hidden Power) $3000	TM43 (Secret Power) $3000

Energy Guru

After defeating the Elite Four, the Energy Guru will occasionally announce a sale on television, when he will sell everything at half price.

Energy Guru
Protein $9800	Iron $9800
Carbos $9800	Zinc $9800
Calcium $9800	HP Up $9800

Additionally, the woman standing next to the Energy Guru will award the Pokémon in front of the player's party with an Effort Ribbon, provided that the Pokémon does not have the Ribbon already and the Pokémon has previously acquired 510 effort values.

Secret Power Club shop

Secret Power Club shop
Red Brick $500	Blue Brick $500
Yellow Brick $500	Red Balloon $500
Blue Balloon $500	Yellow Balloon $500
C Low Note Mat $500	D Note Mat $500
E Note Mat $500	F Note Mat $500
G Note Mat $500	A Note Mat $500
B Note Mat $500	C High Note Mat $500

Oceanic Museum

Main article: Oceanic Museum

The Oceanic Museum is a large two-floored museum located in the eastern district of Slateport. The museum was built by Captain Stern to teach others of the ocean and the ocean floor. There is a $50 entrance fee which must be paid upon entry. The first floor contains information about the sea. There are seven exhibits, each with a different piece of information about the sea. On the western wing, there are experiments and displays involving Whirlpools, Waterfalls, buoyancy, and fossilization. While, on the eastern wing, there are displays and samples of ancient beach sand, and old sedimentary rocks, as well as fun facts about the sea. On the second floor, there are nine more exhibits, which include models of the Hoenn region and the ship S.S. Anne. The museum can be entered free of charge before Team Magma or Team Aqua leave, as the reception believes that the player is part of their group. However, it only works if he/she lacks the money needed for the $50 fee, which will prompt the receptionist to believe that the player is part of either Team Magma or Team Aqua.

Pokémon Fan Club

Main article: Pokémon Fan Club

Slateport is the home to the headquarters for the Hoenn branch of the Pokémon Fan Club. The Fan Club is basically a place for people to meet and chat about their favorite Pokémon and to show off their collections to each other. In general, the members are usually more oriented to unevolved, cute Pokémon and Pokémon Contests than Pokémon battles. The people in the Fan Club adore their Pokémon and give friendly advice. One of the women in the fan club will give away a Soothe Bell if the player's Pokémon has a high happiness. In Emerald, people show off their Pokémon in Contests because the Pokémon Contest hall in Lilycove City is too far to travel. Gabby and Ty often visit the Club House in Hoenn to do interviews with enthusiastic Trainers. Trainers of the Poké Fan Trainer class are members of the Pokémon Fan Club. The Hoenn Pokémon Fan Club Chairman sits in the center of the club house. He claims to have raised over 100 different Pokémon in his lifetime. He travels across the nation on his Fearow.

Stern's Shipyard

Main article: Stern's Shipyard

Stern's Shipyard is a building owned by Captain Stern. Stern's Shipyard is a large brown building located next to the ocean. In front of the building are two houses, and around the building are three small wooden boats. It is located in the eastern part of Slateport City, and is where the S.S. Tidal was constructed. The Shipyard also takes old boats and sinks them, to make habitats for the Pokémon who live around the city and its neighboring beaches.

Slateport Harbor

The Harbor is located at the northeast of Slateport. This is where Captain Stern can be found most of the time, trading the Scanner for a DeepSeaScale or DeepSeaTooth. Events such as the stealing of Submarine Explorer 1 by Team Aqua^SE/Magma^R take place there. After entering the Hall of Fame, Captain Stern is here, asking the player to go on a cruise on the S.S. Tidal.

Name Rater

Main article: Name Rater

The Name Rater of Hoenn lives in northern district of Slateport City. As always, he allows Trainers to change the nickname of any Pokémon they captured or received in-game. Those traded from outside sources will not be able to be renamed. If the Pokémon was caught by the player that currently owns it, he'll say that the name could be better and offer the player the option of changing it. If the Pokémon he's judging was obtained via a trade, he will say that the name is perfect and refuse to change it. However, if both players have identical Trainer IDs and secret IDs, he will allow name changes.

Pokémon Contest Hall

The Hyper Rank Pokémon Contest is located in Slateport. Only Pokémon who have beaten the Super Rank can perform here. It is replaced by the Battle Tent in Emerald.

Battle Tent

Main article: Battle Tent

The Battle Tent can only be found in Pokémon Emerald. It is one of the three Battle Tents found in Emerald. Entrants pick out three Pokémon from a list of 6 random rentals, all at level 30. Then, three Trainers battle, having a chance after each battle to possibly trade a Pokémon for one from the person that was just defeated.

Beach

The beach is the first section of Slateport City that the player explores and disembarks Mr. Briney's ship here as part of the storyline. There are many Tubers here, hiding under umbrellas and waiting for a battle. In the house on the west side of the beach, a man inside will offer six bottles of Soda Pop once all the Trainers in the room are defeated.

Demographics

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

The population of Slateport City is 76, making it the second largest city in Hoenn, behind Lilycove City. Slateport City's high population can be attributed to a number of reasons, including its market, beach, and shipyard.

Poké Mart

Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Potion $300	Super Potion $700
Antidote $100	Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200
Repel $350	Escape Rope $550
Harbor Mail $50

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Soothe Bell	Obtained from a woman in Pokémon Fan Club	R  S  E
	Red Scarf	Obtained from a man in Pokémon Fan Club if the player's lead Pokémon has maxed out Coolness	R  S  E
	Blue Scarf	Obtained from a man in Pokémon Fan Club if the player's lead Pokémon has maxed out Beauty	R  S  E
	Pink Scarf	Obtained from a man in Pokémon Fan Club if the player's lead Pokémon has maxed out Cuteness	R  S  E
	Green Scarf	Obtained from a man in Pokémon Fan Club if the player's lead Pokémon has maxed out Smartness	R  S  E
	Yellow Scarf	Obtained from a man in Pokémon Fan Club if the player's lead Pokémon has maxed out Toughness	R  S  E
	TM46 (Thief)	Obtained from a Team MagmaR/Team Aqua GruntSE inside the museum	R  S  E
	TM41 (Torment)	Obtained from a sailor in the Contest HallRS/Battle TentE	R  S  E
	Pokéblock Case	In the Contest Hall	R  S
	Powder Jar	Woman in the upper-right market stall	E
	DeepSeaScale	Obtained from Captain Stern in exchange for the Scanner (choice between this or the DeepSeaTooth)	R  S  E
	DeepSeaTooth	Obtained from Captain Stern in exchange for the Scanner (choice between this or the DeepSeaScale)	R  S  E
	Full Heal	Reward for completing the Battle Tent	E

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Surfing	5-35	60%
Wingull	R		S		E		Surfing	10-30	35%
Pelipper	R		S		E		Surfing	25-30	5%
Fishing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	70%
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	60%
Wailmer	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Wailmer	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	20-45	100%
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.

In the anime

Slateport City

Slateport City's Contest stadium

In the anime, Slateport City is a large city on a cliff overlooking a beautiful beach. Ash and company visited it during Now That's Flower Power! to The Spheal of Approval. May entered her first Pokémon Contest and met up with her first Pokémon Contest rival, Drew. In The Spheal of Approval, Ash and Max visited the Oceanic Museum and met Captain Stern, but they were caught in an attack by Team Magma.

Slateport City is also the location of the Hoenn Grand Festival in the anime, and was revisited from Hi Ho Silver Wind! to Rhapsody in Drew. Additionally, Slateport City is Harley's hometown.

Trivia

• Slateport's Japanese motto is ヒトと ポケモンが いきかう みなと "The port where people and Pokémon cross paths".
• In the anime, Slateport City is the hometown of one of May's rivals, Harley.
• As Hoenn coincides with Kyushu, Slateport coincides with Nagasaki's location.
• Though the beach that lies south of Slateport appears to be a part of it, the beach shares the same music and is technically a part of Route 109.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	カイナシティ Kaina City	Possibly from 灰 kai (gray) or 海 kai (sea) and 腕 kaina (arm)
English	Slateport City	From slate (a type of rock) and port.
French	Poivressel	From poivre et sel, pepper and salt.
German	Graphitport City	From Graphit (graphite) and port.
Italian	Porto Selcepoli	From porto (port) and selce (flint)
Spanish	Ciudad Portual	Portual means of the port.
Korean	잿빛시티 Jaetbit City	From 잿빛 jaetbit, gray color
Chinese (Mandarin)	凱那市／凯那市 Kǎinà Shì	Transliteration of its Japanese name

Hoenn
Settlements Littleroot Town • Oldale Town • Petalburg City • Rustboro City • Dewford Town • Slateport City • Mauville City • Verdanturf Town Fallarbor Town • Lavaridge Town • Fortree City • Lilycove City • Mossdeep City • Sootopolis City • Pacifidlog Town • Ever Grande City Battle Frontier • Battle Resort Routes 101 • 102 • 103 • 104 • 105 • 106 • 107 • 108 • 109 • 110 • 111 • 112 • 113 • 114 • 115 • 116 • 117 • 118 119 • 120 • 121 • 122 • 123 • 124 • 125 • 126 • 127 • 128 • 129 • 130 • 131 • 132 • 133 • 134 • Underwater Landmarks Petalburg Woods • Rusturf Tunnel • Island Cave • Granite Cave • Abandoned Ship • Sea Mauville • Oceanic Museum Seaside Cycling Road • Trick House • Mauville Game Corner • New Mauville • Trainer Hill • Desert Ruins • Mirage Tower • Fiery Path Jagged Pass • Mt. Chimney • Desert Underpass • Meteor Falls • Weather Institute • Scorched Slab • Ancient Tomb • Safari Zone • Mt. Pyre Lilycove Museum • Shoal Cave • Team Aqua Hideout • Team Magma Hideout (Lilycove • Jagged Pass) • Mossdeep Space Center • Seafloor Cavern Cave of Origin • Mirage Island • Sky Pillar • Victory Road • Pokémon League • Sealed Chamber • Artisan Cave • Altering Cave • Southern Island Marine Cave • Terra Cave • Contest Hall • Battle Maison • Battle Tower • Battle Tent • Secret Islet • Secret Meadow • Secret Shore Mirage spots Mirage Caves • Mirage Forests • Mirage Islands • Mirage Mountains Crescent Isle • Fabled Cave • Gnarled Den • Nameless Cavern • Pathless Plain • Trackless Forest Access to Birth Island • Faraway Island • Navel Rock • Sky

This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world.