Lake of Rage

This article is about the location in Johto. For the episode of Pokémon Generations titled "The Lake of Rage", see PG04.

Not to be confused with the Lake of Outrage, a zone in the Galar region's Wild Area.

Lake of Rage Gyarados Lake いかりのみずうみ Lake of Rage "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A huge lake full of clear, blue water.
Location:	North of Mahogany Town
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
Location of Lake of Rage in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The Lake of Rage (Japanese: いかりのみずうみ Lake of Rage), also known as Gyarados Lake (Japanese: ギャラドスこ Gyarados Lake), is a location in Johto. It is located just north of Mahogany Town, connecting it with Route 43, making it the northern-most accessible point of the Johto region. A large lake spans the area of the Lake of Rage, with a few residents living nearby. It is said to be the largest lake in the region. West of the lake lies a labyrinth of trees, which hides a house.

It is said the Lake of Rage was created the last time many Gyarados got together and stirred up a storm. The crater that remained filled with rainwater and became the Lake of Rage. In the middle of the lake dwells a Shiny Gyarados that had recently became irritable due to the radio waves transmitted by Team Rocket from their hideout in Mahogany Town. The Lake of Rage was considered a dangerous place to go, as the red Gyarados started tipping over boats and scaring swimmers.

Geography

In Generation II

In Generation IV

The Lake of Rage is located north of Route 43. Along the way to the Lake of Rage, the player will meet several members of Team Rocket. By surfing into the middle of the lake, the player will encounter a red Gyarados. After catching, defeating or fleeing from it, the player will receive a Red Scale. Lance, of the Elite Four, will be waiting for the player on the shore afterwards, and will speak of the secret Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, it will rain at the lake every day. After catching, defeating, or fleeing from the Gyarados, it will not rain on Wednesday, and the water level will drop. Different items are accessible and different Trainers appear depending on the weather.

To the northwest of the lake, there is a house hidden within a labyrinth of trees. Inside, a man will give players TM10 (Hidden Power) for locating the reclusive house. The path to this house begins in Route 43, on the western side. In Generation II, crossing the lake is not required, but it is the opposite in Generation IV, as the house is only reachable when the Lake is flooded. On Wednesdays, Wesley is found near this house, and will give the player a Black Belt the first time they meet, and then a Downcast Ribbon every week after having met all seven siblings (Generation IV only).

Southeast of the lake is another house, where a Fishing Guru resides. His greatest dream is to see the world's largest Magikarp, and he regularly measures those brought to him in order to realize it. If he is shown a Magikarp, he will calculate its size and give the player an Elixir if it is bigger than the largest one he had seen before. Initially, this record is 3'6" and held by Ralph.

The player can also Fly to the Lake of Rage; in Generation II, it is the only destination in any game that can be flown to where the player will not land in front of a building, but in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player lands in front of the Fishing Guru's house.

Items

Normal Lake appearance (top) and flooded appearance (bottom) in Generation IV

Item		Location	Games
	TM43 (Detect)	At the northeast corner of the maze (requires Cut)	G  S  C
	TM43 (Secret Power)	On a patch of land northeast of the northwestern house, accessible when the lake is flooded (requires Surf)	HG  SS
	TM10 (Hidden Power)	From the man in the northwestern house (requires Cut)	G  S  C
	TM10 (Hidden Power)	From the man in the northwestern house, accessible when the lake is flooded (requires Surf)	HG  SS
	Max Ether	Within the tree maze west of the lake (requires Cut)	G  S
	Elixir	Within the tree maze west of the lake (requires Cut)	C
	Red Scale	Automatically obtained after battling the Red Gyarados (requires Surf)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Ether	From the Fishing Guru for showing him a larger Magikarp than the one listed (initially 41.9 inches)	G  S  HG  SS
	Elixir	From the Fishing Guru for showing him a larger Magikarp than the one listed (initially 41.9 inches)	C
	Full Restore	On the southwest dead end path to the lake, between two ledges (hidden)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Rare Candy	Northwestern corner of the maze, west of the northwestern house (hidden) (requires Cut) (cannot be obtained while Wesley is present)	G  S  C
	Rare Candy	In a small gap southeast of the lake (hidden)	HG  SS
	Black Belt	From Wesley in the northwestern corner (requires CutGSC)We	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Downcast Ribbon	From Wesley after meeting all the week siblingsWe	HG  SS
	Max Revive	In the maze of trees to the west; accessible when the lake is not flooded (requires Cut)	HG  SS
	Red Flute	On a small section of land on the west side of the lake, accessible when the lake is flooded (requires Surf)	HG  SS
	Choice Specs	On a small patch of land on the northeast side of the lake, accessible when the lake is flooded (requires Surf)	HG  SS
	Max Potion	At the northeast corner of the lake (hidden)	G  S  C
	Max Potion	On the patch of land northeast of the lake, accessible when the lake is flooded (hidden) (requires Surf)	HG  SS
	Full Heal	Near the old man standing near the lake; accessible when the lake is not flooded (requires Surf)	HG  SS
	Full Restore	In the northeast corner of the maze of trees to the west; accessible when the lake is not flooded (requires Cut)We	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Surfing	10–19	90%
Gyarados	G		S		C		Surfing	15–19	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	100%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	90%
Gyarados	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Gyarados	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Headbutt tree (Moderate chances of battle)
Caterpie	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	65%
Metapod	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Butterfree	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	5%
Weedle	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	65%
Kakuna	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Beedrill	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	5%
Venonat	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Exeggcute	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Exeggcute	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	20%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	65%
Headbutt tree (Low chances of battle)
Caterpie	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Butterfree	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	5%
Weedle	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Beedrill	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	5%
Exeggcute	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Exeggcute	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	20%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Pineco	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	30%
Special Pokémon
Gyarados Shiny	G		S		C		Only one	30	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.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Surfing	5-20	90%
Gyarados	HG			SS			Surfing	10-20	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	100%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	97%
Gyarados	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	3%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	90%
Gyarados	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Headbutt
Venonat	HG			SS			Headbutt	17-19	15%
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	14-19	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	14-16	50%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	17-19	65%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	14-16	30%
Special Pokémon Respawns if not caught after defeating the Elite Four
Gyarados Shiny	HG			SS			Only one	30	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

These Trainers will appear only after the defeat of Team Rocket at the Team Rocket HQ.

Generation II

Trainer	Pokémon
Cooltrainer Aaron ユウ Yū Reward: $1152 Requires Cut	Ivysaur♂ Lv.24 No item
	Charmeleon♂ Lv.24 No item
	Wartortle♂ Lv.24 No item
Fisher Raymond ケイゾウ Keizō Reward: $880	Magikarp♂ Lv.22 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.22 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.22 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.22 No item
Fisher Andre ショウジ Shōji Reward: $1080	Gyarados♂ Lv.27 No item
Cooltrainer Lois チヒロ Chihiro Reward: $1200	Skiploom♀ Lv.25 No item
	Ninetales♀ Lv.25 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.

Generation IV

Trainer	Pokémon
Fisherman Andre MoTuThFrSaSu ショウジ Shōji Reward: $864	Gyarados♂ Lv.27 No item
Fisherman Raymond MoTuThFrSaSu ケイゾウ Keizō Reward: $704	Magikarp♂ Lv.22 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.22 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.22 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.22 No item
Ace Trainer Lois チヒロ Chihiro Reward: $1500	Mareep♀ Lv.25 No item
	Ninetales♀ Lv.25 No item
Ace Trainer AltonWe ユウ Yū Reward: $1440	Ivysaur♂ Lv.24 No item
	Charmeleon♂ Lv.24 No item
	Wartortle♂ 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.

Layout

Lake of Rage while dry

Generation II Generation IV

In the anime

Lake of Rage in the anime

A map of Lake of Rage in the anime

In the main series

The Lake of Rage, referred to as Lake Rage in the anime, appeared in Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution and Rage Of Innocence. Ash, his friends, and Lance learned that Team Rocket was conducting experiments at the lake as a part of Project R, which involved forcing Pokémon to evolve. Since the Red Gyarados was the only Pokémon in the lake to have been affected by their experiments, Team Rocket captured it for further studying. However, their project ended in a failure when Lance destroyed Team Rocket's research facility at the lake, followed by the Red Gyarados escaping and getting caught by Lance.

Lake of Rage in Pokémon Generations

In Pokémon Generations

The Lake of Rage appeared in The Lake of Rage. Lance had briefly encountered and battled the Red Gyarados before at the lake, motivating him in investigating the Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town. After the radio wave generator that had forced Gyarados to evolve had been destroyed, Lance revisited the lake to see that the Red Gyarados had calmed down.

In the manga

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga

The Lake of Rage appeared in JBA4, where Team Rocket targeted the Red Gyarados.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Gold follows Silver to the Lake of Rage. Looking for him, Gold is surprised by a group of Gyarados thrashing around in the water. The locals flee, but Gold spots Silver running towards the lake. Nearly crushed by a glancing attack, Silver tells Gold that there are strange radio waves in the area, forcing the wild Pokémon to evolve. Silver flies off to find the source of the radio waves, leaving Gold alone to deal with multiple angry wild Gyarados by himself.

Interference on their Pokégear reveals the source to be a Red Gyarados in the center of the swarm. Silver captures it, thus stopping the rest from rampaging. But it's only a matter of seconds before the two boys begin arguing again.

Suddenly, a fog covers the area. Gold instantly recognizes it as that of the Masked Man. Secretly setting up a ring of razor-sharp icicles around them, the two boys fight alongside each other, before the Mask's taunting gets the better of Silver. Chasing after him alone, Silver calls upon all of the wild Gyarados in the Lake (as the Red Gyarados is the leader of them) and uses their combined strength to attack the Mask.

Meanwhile, Gold is busy dealing with some of the Mask's Pokémon by himself. After cleverly defeating them, he hurries after Silver, only to find the entire lake frozen solid. Silver and his Gyarados are knocked out. Gold runs to him, only to see a giant chunk of ice smash into Silver, throwing him into the water. Claiming that Silver was being punished, the Mask then attacks Gold as well. The last few panels show Gold and his Aipom the instant before a giant chunk of ice is about to hit them, and the impact. Gold's hat and goggles are seen tossed into the air.

Many weeks later, Lt. Surge returns to the battle site to find the Red Gyarados frozen in the lake, and managed to procure both the boys' belongings and the Gyarados itself when it knocks itself out trying to smash open a mass of ice containing Gold and Silver's baggage.

Trivia

A possible prototype of the Lake of Rage

• Unused debug text in Japanese Crystal spells the lake's name as 「イカリのみずうみ」, with ikari in katakana (イカリ) as opposed to the usual hiragana (いかり). Additionally, there is a leftover map in Gold and Silver that includes a Pokémon Center, Poké Mart, and even a Pokémon Gym surrounding a lake that is a similar size and shape to the Lake of Rage.
• Sevii Islands in FireRed and LeafGreen (listen) is a rearrangement of Route 42 from Gold and Silver (listen), which is shared with the Lake of Rage.
• Even though it is said that Team Rocket's radio signal is evolving all the Magikarp in Lake of Rage, Magikarp can still be found there at any time. Even if the radio signal is being listened to on the Poké Gear, Gyarados do not show up more often.
• Ace Trainer Lois mentions having seen a pink Butterfree, possibly as a reference to the one that appeared in Bye-Bye Butterfree.

In other languages

Lake of Rage Language Title Mandarin Chinese 憤怒之湖 Fènnù-zhī Hú Dutch Meer van Razernij European French Lac Colère German See des Zorns Italian Lago d'Ira Korean 분노의 호수 Bunno-ui Hosu Polish Jezioro Wściekłości Brazilian Portuguese Lago da Fúria European Spanish Lago de la Furia Vietnamese Hồ Ikari

Gyarados Lake Language Title Mandarin Chinese 暴鯉龍之湖 / 暴鲤龙之湖 Bàolǐlóng-zhī Hú European French Lac Leviator German Garados-See Italian Lago dei Gyarados Korean 갸라도스호 Gyarados Ho Brazilian Portuguese Lago dos Gyarados European Spanish Lago de Gyarados

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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