Iron Island

Iron Island こうてつじま Steel Island "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A small, ore-rich island that is off the coast of Eterna City. Inside the island are remnants of an iron ore mining operation from the past.
Location:	Off the west coast of Sinnoh
Region:	Sinnoh
Generations:	IV
Location of Iron Island in Sinnoh.
Pokémon world locations

Iron Island (Japanese: こうてつじま Steel Island) is an island off the northwestern coast of Sinnoh, which is only accessible by boat from Canalave City.

It was once a prosperous ore mine, but was shut down after the ore reserves dried up. Since then, it was kept open as a training area and habitat for wild Pokémon. Byron, Riley, and the members of the Canalave Gym come here to train, as did Roark in his childhood. Galactic Grunts are also found within the abandoned mine.

Geography

Exterior

The main point of access to Iron Island is at its southern-west corner, which has a dock for access by boat from Canalave City. One of the openings to the inside of the island is blocked by ledges, and thus its role is more like that of an exit. In front of the dock is two sets of stairs, separated by a landing on which a cabin apparently owned by Canalave Gym Leader Byron is located. The stairs lead to another cave opening, the only other way to enter the island.

Interior

The cave inside the island is brown in Diamond and Pearl, and black in Platinum. In all three games, the floor of the cave throughout the island is lined with oil drums and I-beams, with the former occasionally serving as obstacles which the player must navigate around in order to access certain parts of the cave sections.

When the player first enters, a pair of stairs facing left and right provide access to the first basement of the island. The left stair leads to a dead-end section, in which a single Camper can be battled. The right stair leads to a larger cave section with several Trainers, where a platform lift at the end can be used to gain access to the second basement of the cave. Once again, there are two sets of stairs facing left and right at the end of the platform lift; this time the right one leads to a dead-end section, where two Workers can be battled. The left stair leads to the largest single cave section of the island, where Riley will partner the player the first time he or she enters it, participating in Tag Battles with his Lucario. Following this point, the remaining Trainers present in the cave are set up in a way such that tag battles against them with Riley as partner are possible, though strictly optional save for the battle with the two Galactic Grunts at the end of the section.

After the battle with the Galactic Grunts, Riley will cease his partnership with the player, and presents him or her with a Riolu Egg as a parting gift; if the player's party is full, he will remain until the player returns with an empty slot in his or her party. The departure of the two Galactic Grunts will also allow the player to access another platform lift that takes him or her down to the third basement. A cave opening in the wall leads to the exit section with another lift, which will take the player straight back to entrance level, where he or she can leave the inside of the island. In Pokémon Platinum, this section also contains the entrance to the Iron Ruins, where Registeel can be battled if the player has a fateful encounter Regigigas in their party.

Riley

When entering Iron Island for the first time, Riley will offer to travel through the mine with the player, participating in wild Double Battles with his Lucario. At the end of their travels, he will give the player a Riolu Egg, if the player has a space for it in his/her party; if not, he will wait until the player returns with an empty space. Like all stat Trainers, he will fully heal all of a player's Pokémon after each battle.

PKMN Trainer Riley Iron Island Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Reward: N/A
Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Steadfast Held item: None Lucario♂ Lv.34/41 Metal Claw Steel Physical   --       Bone Rush Ground Physical   --       Force Palm Fighting Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Max Ether	Outside the cave on the small rock in front of the house (hidden)	D  P
	Star Piece	Outside the cave on the small rock in front of the house (hidden)	Pt
	Metal Coat	In house from Byron after obtaining the National Pokédex	D  P  Pt
	HM04 (Strength)	Outside, from Riley when the player first arrives on the Island	Pt
	Iron Ball	B1F; raised part of left section	D  P
	Protector	B1F; raised part of left section	Pt
	Yellow Shard	B1F; left section	Pt
	Escape Rope	B1F right; north-west of the lift	D  P  Pt
	Revive	B1F right; left of lift	Pt
	Super Repel	B1F right; in front of stone north-east of Picnicker Summer	D  P
	Max Repel	B1F right; in front of stone north-east of Picnicker Summer	Pt
	TinyMushroom	B1F right; on pile of beams next to Picnicker Summer (hidden)	D  P
	Star Piece	B1F right; to the right of the three barrels north-west of Picnicker Summer (hidden)	Pt
	Max Ether	B2F right; east of Worker Willy	D  P
	Elixir	B2F right; East of Worker Noel	Pt
	TM23 (Iron Tail)	B2F right; in western half of pit south-east of Worker Braden	D  P  Pt
	Iron	B2F right; in eastern half of pit south-east of Worker Braden (hidden)	D  P
	Star Piece	B2F right; in eastern half of pit south-east of Worker Braden (hidden)	Pt
	Full Restore	B2F left; on barrel south of Hiker Maurice past a raised section of rock (hidden)	D  P
	Magnet	B2F left; north-east of Black Belt Kendal and Battle Girl Tyler	D  P
	Ultra Ball	B2F left; north-east of Black Belt Kendal and Battle Girl Tyler	Pt
	Ultra Ball	B2F left; north-west corner beside two steel drums	D  P
	Dusk Ball	B2F left; north-west corner beside two steel drums	Pt
	Max Potion	B2F left; south-west of Ultra BallDP/Dusk BallPt near two small rocks	D  P  Pt
	Magnet	B2F left; south-west of Max Potion	Pt
	Star Piece	B2F left; on the raised platform South of Worker Brendon and Worker Quentin (hidden)	Pt
	Iron Plate	B2F left; in pit in south-east corner (hidden)	D  P  Pt
	Revive	B2F left; on barrel next to Ace Trainer Jonah (hidden)	D  P
	Star Piece	B2F left; on small rock right of Ace Trainer Jonah and Ace Trainer Brenda (hidden)	Pt
	HP Up	B2F left; just north of the two Galactic Grunts	D  P  Pt
	Red Shard	B2F left; just north-east of Worker Brendon and Worker Quentin	Pt
	Shiny Stone	In last room	D  P  Pt
	Metal Coat	In Registeel's cave	Pt
	Nugget	In Registeel's cave (hidden)	Pt

Pokémon

Outside

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Tentacool	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-30	60%
Tentacruel	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-40	5%
Wingull	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-30	30%
Pelipper	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-40	5%
Fishing
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Old Rod	3-10	100%
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Good Rod	10-25	65%
Finneon	D		P		Pt		Fishing Good Rod	10-25	35%
Gyarados	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	30-40	60%
Qwilfish	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	20-40	5%
Lumineon	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	20-50	35%
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.

Cave

Pokémon located in B2F left (excluding swarm, Poké Radar and Dual-slot Pokémon) will be faced in Double Battles with Riley as partner.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
1F
Zubat	D		P		Pt		Cave	30	10%
Golbat	D		P		Pt		Cave	31	10%
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	29-31	35%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	31-33	35%
Onix	D		P		Pt		Cave	32-33	10%
B1F
Golbat	D		P		Pt		Cave	30-32	20%
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	31	1%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	29-33	69%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	29-33	70%
Onix	D		P		Pt		Cave	32-33	10%
B2F Right
Golbat	D		P		Pt		Cave	31	10%
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	31	1%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	29-33	49%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	29-33	40%
Onix	D		P		Pt		Cave	32-33	30%
Steelix	D		P		Pt		Cave	33-35	10%
B2F Left
Golbat	D		P		Pt		Cave	31-32	20%
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	32	1%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	30-34	39%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	30-34	40%
Onix	D		P		Pt		Cave	32-33	30%
Steelix	D		P		Pt		Cave	33-35	10%
B3F
Golbat	D		P		Pt		Cave	31-32	20%
Geodude	D		P		Pt		Cave	32	1%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	30-34	39%
Graveler	D		P		Pt		Cave	30-34	50%
Onix	D		P		Pt		Cave	33-35	30%
Steelix	D		P		Pt		Cave	33-35	10%
Steelix	D		P		Pt		Cave	33-35	30%
Gift Pokémon
Riolu	D		P		Pt		Egg	1	One
Special Pokémon
Sableye	D		P		Pt		Dual-slot Sapphire	31-34	8%
Mawile	D		P		Pt		Dual-slot Ruby	31-34	8%
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

Note: Trainers listed below may be battled either in Single or in Double Battle mode, optionally with Riley as partner.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Camper Lawrence セイギ Seigi Reward: $496	Luxio♂ Lv.31 No item
	Stunky♂ Lv.31 No item
Picnicker Summer ナルミ Narumi Reward: $496	Staravia♀ Lv.31 No item
	Cherrim♀ Lv.31 No item
Worker Willy テツジ Tetsuji Reward: $1240	Onix♂ Lv.31 No item
	Graveler♂ Lv.31 No item
Worker Braden ミチテル Michiteru Reward: $1320	Graveler♂ Lv.33 No item
Hiker Damon カツオ Katsuo Reward: $992	Zubat♂ Lv.28 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.31 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.31 No item
Hiker Maurice カンタロウ Kantarō Reward: $1024	Graveler♂ Lv.30 No item
	Machoke♂ Lv.32 No item
Black Belt Kendal タケノリ Takenori Reward: $840	Croagunk♂ Lv.35 No item
Battle Girl Tyler キリカ Kirika Reward: $544	Medicham♀ Lv.34 No item
Worker Brendon ヤスオ Yasuo Reward: $1320	Onix♂ Lv.29 No item
	Steelix♂ Lv.33 No item
Worker Quentin トモヒコ Tomohiko Reward: $1240	Geodude♂ Lv.27 No item
	Graveler♂ Lv.31 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.31 No item
Ace Trainer Jonah カツヨシ Katsuyoshi Reward: $2040	Ponyta♂ Lv.31 No item
	Haunter♂ Lv.31 No item
	Floatzel♂ Lv.34 No item
Ace Trainer Brenda レイナ Reina Reward: $1980	Pelipper♀ Lv.33 No item
	Sudowoodo♀ Lv.33 No item
Galactic Grunt Reward: $2640 (w/ Galactic Grunt)	Zubat♂ Lv.31 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.31 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.34 No item
Galactic Grunt Reward: $2640 (w/ Galactic Grunt)	Glameow♀ Lv.32 No item
	Croagunk♂ Lv.32 No item
	Stunky♂ Lv.32 No item

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Camper Lawrence セイギ Seigi Reward: $576	Aipom♂ Lv.34 No item
	Floatzel♂ Lv.36 No item
Picnicker Summer ナルミ Narumi Reward: $592	Raichu♀ Lv.37 No item
Worker Noel ヨシミツ Yoshimitsu Reward: $1440	Magnemite Lv.34 No item
	Magnemite Lv.36 No item
Worker Braden ミチテル Michiteru Reward: $1480	Steelix♂ Lv.37 No item
Hiker Damon カツオ Katsuo Reward: $1088	Nosepass♂ Lv.35 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.33 No item
	Steelix♂ Lv.34 No item
Hiker Maurice カンタロウ Kantarō Reward: $1120	Graveler♂ Lv.35 No item
	Rhyhorn♂ Lv.35 No item
Black Belt Kendal タケノリ Takenori Reward: $912	Toxicroak♂ Lv.38 No item
Battle Girl Tyler キリカ Kirika Reward: $608	Medicham♀ Lv.38 No item
Worker Brendon ヤスオ Yasuo Reward: $1440	Geodude♂ Lv.33 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.33 No item
	Machoke♂ Lv.36 No item
Worker Quentin トモヒコ Tomohiko Reward: $1360	Magnemite Lv.34 No item
	Graveler♂ Lv.34 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.34 No item
Ace Trainer Jonah カツヨシ Katsuyoshi Reward: $2280	Quagsire♂ Lv.35 No item
	Staraptor♂ Lv.36 No item
	Hippopotas♂ Lv.38 No item
Ace Trainer Brenda レイナ Reina Reward: $2100	Lopunny♀ Lv.38 No item
	Medicham♀ Lv.35 No item
	Kirlia♀ Lv.36 No item
Galactic Grunt Reward: $1360	Zubat♂ Lv.34 No item
	Houndour♂ Lv.34 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.34 No item
Galactic Grunt Reward: $1360	Glameow♀ Lv.34 No item
	Croagunk♂ Lv.34 No item
	Stunky♂ Lv.34 No item

Layout

Outside and 1F-B1F

Version	Outside	1F	B1F L	B1F R
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum

B2F, Exit room. and Registeel's room

Version	B2F L	B2F R	Exit room	Registeel's room
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum

In the anime

Iron Island in the anime

Iron Island was featured in the anime in Steeling Peace of Mind! and Saving the World From Ruins! where, in a mission led by Mars, Team Galactic was trying to activate the ruins present in the island with the Spear Key to search for the Spear Pillar in Mt. Coronet.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Byron sent Diamond to train here with Riley, under his supervision due to his lack of training compared to the other Sinnoh Pokédex holders. It was here that Diamond's Tru learned how to attack fast despite lacking in speed.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Hareta went to train at Iron Island after losing to Byron in a Gym battle. He met Riley, who gave him an Egg which soon hatched into a Riolu. After capturing several Pokémon, he drove off a Team Galactic Grunt, at which point his Shinx evolved into Luxio.

Trivia

• Worker Willy (renamed Worker Noel in Pokémon Platinum) calls himself as a "working class hero," which may be a reference to the John Lennon song Working Class Hero. In Pokémon Platinum, the name may also refer to Noel Gallagher formerly of Oasis, who was often called the "working class hero" in his heyday.
• In Pokémon Platinum, Ace Trainer Brenda's team consists of the members of Team Charm. However, Gardevoir is replaced with its pre-evolution Kirlia.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 鋼鐵島 Gāngtiě Dǎo Finnish Iron-saari European French Île de Fer German Eiseninsel Italian Isola Ferrosa Korean 강철섬 Gangcheol Seom European Spanish Isla Hierro

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