Team Rocket HQ

This article is about the one of Team Rocket's headquarters in the core series games. For Team Rocket headquaters in the anime, see Team Rocket HQ (anime).

If you were looking for the the Celadon City base, see Rocket Hideout.

Team Rocket HQ Rocket Hideout ロッケトだんアジト Team Rocket Hideout "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	"Just a Souvenir Shop" in Mahogany Town
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
Location of Team Rocket HQ in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The Team Rocket HQ (Japanese: ロッケトだんアジト Team Rocket Hideout), called the Rocket Hideout in Generation II, is the headquarters and a hideout for Team Rocket in the Johto region, located beneath "Just a Souvenir Shop" in Mahogany Town.

In the games

For a period of time in the Generation II and IV games, Team Rocket used these headquarters as a power source to send out high-frequency sound waves, which disturbed the Pokémon in Mahogany Town, Lake of Rage, and other surrounding locations, affecting their evolution patterns. It is also the source of the problems occurring at the lake, involving the appearance of a red Gyarados.

After the player encounters the red Gyarados, Lance requests the player's help to stop Team Rocket's plans. After Ariana is defeated, she explains that they were trying to evolve the Magikarp living in the Lake of Rage because Gyarados are far more profitable and rare than their pre-evolutionary form. Team Rocket abandon the headquarters and search for their next course of action.

When Lance and the player invade the HQ, the player must defeat the male and female Team Rocket Grunts on the third floor to acquire the two passwords to the main office. In Generation II, after defeating the Rocket Executive here, the Murkrow next to his desk tells the player that the password to the generator room is "Hail Giovanni". In Generation IV, Petrel tells the player the password but also tells he/she the door to the generator only opens when he speaks the password. After defeating him, the Murkrow reveals its ability to mimic voices, and will lead the player to the generator door and opening it by speaking the password in Petrel's voice. In Generation II, the player battles a female Rocket Executive at this point, while in Generation IV, the player and Lance battle Ariana and a male Team Rocket Grunt. Once the Electrode powering the generator are defeated, Lance gives the player the HM containing Whirlpool as thanks for the assistance.

Though Lance instructs the player to knock out the Electrode powering the generator, the player is able to catch them if they choose to do so, and the result will be the same as if they had knocked them out.

Geography

The transmitter room

According to the Team Rocket Grunts found inside the HQ, it was once used as a ninja base, and was presumably renovated by Team Rocket sometime in the past.

The upper floor of the base contains Persian statues with security cameras in their eyes; walking past one triggers two Team Rocket Grunts that battle the player until they deactivate the cameras using a switch in the center of the area. The far left hallway bypasses most of the Persian cameras, but the floor is booby-trapped with Koffing, Voltorb, and Geodude, which battle the player and have a tendency to Selfdestruct.

The second floor contains the generator room where six Electrode power the radio transmitter. The room is locked and requires a password to open.

The third floor contains workstations, and a passage back onto the second floor leads to the rear of the HQ, where the main office is located. The office is also locked and requires two passwords to open.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	X Accuracy	B1F; in the room with the computer	G  S  C
	Guard Spec.	B1F; in the room with the computer	HG  SS
	Hyper Potion	B1F; in the east	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Nugget	B1F; in the southwest corner	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Revive	B1F; within the traps (hidden)	G  S  C
	Revive	B1F; southeast (hidden)	HG  SS
	Full Heal	B2F; in the south, east of the stairs leading up, in the middle of three boxes (hidden)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	X Sp. Def	B2F; in the northeast, in a machine next to a computer (hidden)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	TM46 (Thief)	B2F; in the isolated room near southwest	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Full Heal	B3F; eastern corridor	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Ice Heal	B3F; in the northwest corner of the corridor around the room	G  S  C
	TM49 (Snatch)	B3F; in the northwest corner of the corridor around the room	HG  SS
X Special	X Special	B3F; in the southwest corner	C  HG  SS
	Dire Hit	B3F; in the southwest corner	G  S
	Protein	B3F; in the southwest corner	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Ultra Ball	B3F; dead end of the corridor in the west, in front of Petrel's room	G  S  C  HG  SS
	HM06 (Whirlpool)	Given to the player by Lance after defeating the Electrode	G  S  C
	HM05 (Whirlpool)	Given to the player by Lance after defeating the Electrode	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

All the Pokémon found on the trap floor know the move Selfdestruct and cannot be fled from in this generation.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Geodude	G		S		C		Trap floor	21	Seven
Voltorb	G		S		C		Trap floor	23	Eight
Electrode	G		S		C		Transmitter room	23	Three
Koffing	G		S		C		Trap floor	21	Seven
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.

Wild Pokémon appear on the trap floor in the following arrangement. It is necessary to encounter at least four of them in order to traverse the trap floor.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Geodude	HG			SS			Trap floor	21	Five
Voltorb	HG			SS			Trap floor	23	Six
Electrode	HG			SS			Transmitter room	23	Three
Koffing	HG			SS			Trap floor	21	Five
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.

Wild Pokémon appear on the trap floor in the following arrangement. It is possible to traverse the trap floor without encountering any Pokémon.

Trainers

Generation II

B1F

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Grunt Reward: $640	Rattata♂ Lv.16 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.16 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.16 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.16 No item
Scientist Jed フジオ Fujio Reward: $2000	Magnemite♂ Lv.20 No item
	Magnemite♂ Lv.20 No item
	Magnemite♂ Lv.20 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.

Guards

These two Team Rocket Grunts will appear when the player crosses a statue for the first time, until he or she^C presses the secret switch.

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Grunt Reward: $760	Drowzee♂ Lv.17 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.19 No item
Rocket Grunt Reward: $720	Zubat♂ Lv.16 No item
	Grimer♂ Lv.17 No item
	Rattata♂ 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.

B2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Grunt Reward: $720	Venonat♂ Lv.18 No item
	Venonat♂ Lv.18 No item
Rocket Grunt Reward: $720	Golbat♂ Lv.18 No item
Rocket Grunt Reward: $680	Rattata♂ Lv.17 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.17 No item
	Rattata♂ 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.

Rocket Executive Rocket Hideout Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1800

Type: Poison Unknown Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.23 Leer Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Wrap Normal   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: None Gloom♀ Lv.23 Sweet Scent Normal   --       Absorb Grass   --       Acid Poison   --       Sleep Powder Grass   --       Types: Dark Flying Held item: None Murkrow♀ Lv.25 Peck Flying   --       Haze Ice   --       Pursuit Dark   --       Struggle Normal   --

B3F

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Grunt Reward: $720	Ekans♂ Lv.18 No item
	Gloom♂ Lv.18 No item
Rocket Grunt Reward: $760	Raticate♂ Lv.19 No item
Scientist Ross ヤスフミ Yasufumi Reward: $2200	Koffing♂ Lv.22 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.22 No item
Scientist Mitch ノブヒロ Nobuhiro Reward: $2400	Ditto Lv.24 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.

Rocket Executive Rocket Hideout Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1584

Types: Poison Flying Held item: None Zubat♂ Lv.22 Leech Life Bug   --       Bite Dark   --       Supersonic Normal   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Type: Poison Unknown Held item: None Koffing♂ Lv.22 Smog Poison   --       Tackle Normal   --       Sludge Poison   --       Selfdestruct Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Held item: None Raticate♂ Lv.24 Hyper Fang Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --

Generation IV

B1F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $640	Rattata♂ Lv.16 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.16 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.16 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.16 No item
Scientist Gregg フジオ Fujio Reward: $640	Magnemite Lv.20 No item
	Magnemite Lv.20 No item
	Magnemite Lv.20 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.

Guards

These two Team Rocket Grunts will appear in succession every time the player is in front of a statue until he/she presses the secret switch.

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $760	Drowzee♂ Lv.17 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.19 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $720	Zubat♂ Lv.16 No item
	Grimer♂ Lv.17 No item
	Rattata♂ 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.

B2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $720	Venonat♂ Lv.18 No item
	Venonat♂ Lv.18 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $720	Golbat♂ Lv.18 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $680	Rattata♂ Lv.17 No item
	Rattata♂ Lv.17 No item
	Zubat♂ 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.

Lance battles alongside player against Ariana and a Team Rocket Grunt.

PKMN Trainer Lance Team Rocket HQ HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: N/A
Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♂ Lv.40 Fly Flying Physical   --       Twister Dragon Special   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --

Executive and Team Rocket Ariana Grunt Team Rocket HQ HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $2960

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arbok♀ Lv.25 Glare Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Wrap Normal Physical   --       Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Types: Grass Poison Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Gloom♀ Lv.25 Sweet Scent Normal Status   --       Mega Drain Grass Special   --       Acid Poison Special   --       Sleep Powder Grass Status   --       Types: Dark Flying Ability: Super Luck Held item: None Murkrow♀ Lv.27 Night Shade Ghost Special   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Pursuit Dark Physical   --       Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Drowzee♂ Lv.18 Disable Normal Status   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Poison Gas Poison Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Stench Held item: None Grimer♂ Lv.20 Mud-Slap Ground Special   --       Disable Normal Status   --       Minimize Normal Status   --       Sludge Poison Special   --

B3F

Trainer	Pokémon
Scientist Ross ヤスフミ Yasufumi Reward: $704	Koffing♂ Lv.22 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.22 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $720	Ekans♀ Lv.18 No item
	Gloom♀ Lv.18 No item
Scientist Mitch ノブヒロ Nobuhiro Reward: $768	Ditto Lv.24 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $760	Raticate♂ Lv.19 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.

Executive Petrel Team Rocket HQ HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $880

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Zubat♂ Lv.22 Astonish Ghost Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: None Koffing♂ Lv.22 Smog Poison Special   --       SmokeScreen Normal Status   --       Assurance Dark Physical   --       Selfdestruct Normal Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Guts Held item: None Raticate♂ Lv.24 Hyper Fang Normal Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Scary Face Normal Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

Layout

Version	1F before infiltration	1F after infiltration	B1F	B2F	B3F
Gold
Silver
Crystal
HeartGold
SoulSilver

In the anime

The Team Rocket research facility in the anime

In Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage Of Innocence, a research facility at Lake Rage appeared, where it was emitting radio signals that forced the Pokémon to evolve, as part of Project R. This facility was guarded by Persian statues with cameras in them, like the Team Rocket HQ in the games. The actual headquarters were mentioned and Professor Sebastian headed there to await the red Gyarados's transport there, where he intended to study it.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Team Rocket HQ in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Team Rocket HQ appeared in Stop the Strange Sonic Sound!!.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 火箭隊本部 Huǒjiànduì Běnbù French Repaire Rocket German Rocket-Versteck Italian Rifugio del Team Rocket Spanish Escondite Team Rocket

Related articles

• Team Rocket HQ (anime)

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