Viridian City

For the song, see Viridian City (song)

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Viridian City in Generation I.

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Viridian City in Generation II.

Viridian City (Japanese: トキワシティ Tokiwa City) is a small city located in western Kanto. In the Generation I and Generation III games, Team Rocket leader Giovanni serves as Leader of the Ground-specialist Viridian Gym, but the Gym is locked until the player can gain all seven other League Badges. Blue becomes the Gym Leader in the Generation II games and trains a variety of Pokémon.

Three paths, all major, lead from the city center. To the north is Route 2, as well as Viridian Forest, which lies in the middle of Route 2 south of Pewter City. To the south is Route 1, which leads to Pallet Town. To the west is Route 22, leading to the Indigo Plateau and the Pokémon League.

Places of interest

Pokémon Academy

Main article: Pokémon Academy

Much like the Pokémon Academy in Violet City, this building, located in the center of Viridian in Generation III only, is dedicated to teaching the basics of Pokémon to inexperienced trainers. Many trainers that pass through Viridian fall under this category, making the city an ideal location. In Generation II this school was rebuilt and tuned into the Trainer House.

Trainer House

Main article: Trainer House

A unique attraction in Generation II-era Viridian is the Trainer House, a location where trainers from far and wide can battle one trainer per day. Trainers will face the last trainer they used Mystery Gift with, along with that trainer's party. If they have yet to unlock or use Mystery Gift, the opposing trainer will have a trio of Level 50 Pokémon, namely Meganium, Typhlosion and Feraligatr.

Viridian Gym

Main article: Viridian Gym

Poké Mart

Generation I

Item	Price ($)
Balls
Poké Ball	200
Recovery items
Antidote	100
Burn Heal	250
Parlyz Heal	200
Potion (in Yellow)	300

Generation II

Item	Price ($)
Balls
Ultra Ball	1,200
Recovery items
Antidote	100
Awakening	250
Burn Heal	250
Full Heal	600
Hyper Potion	1,200
Parlyz Heal	200
Revive	1,500
Other items
Flower Mail	50

Generation III

Item	Price ($)
Balls
Poké Ball	200
Recovery items
Antidote	100
Parlyz Heal	200
Potion	300

Items

Generation I

• TM42 (Dream Eater): In the lower left hand corner after cutting a bush.
• Potion: Inside a bush in the upper left hand corner.

Pokémon

Wild Pokémon can be found in a pond located in southeast Viridian City.

Generation I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Poliwag	R	B	Y	Fishing	15	50%
	Poliwag	R	B	Y	Fishing	5-15	100%
	Tentacool	R	B	Y	Fishing	15	50%
	Poliwag	R	B	Y	Good Rod	10	50%
	Goldeen	R	B	Y	Good Rod	10	50%
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 II

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	80%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	20%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	80%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	20%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	80%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	20%
	Poliwag	G	S	C	Surfing	5-14	90%
	Poliwhirl	G	S	C	Surfing	10-14	10%
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 III

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
	Psyduck	FR	LG	Surfing		100%
	Slowpoke	FR	LG	Surfing		100%
	Magikarp	FR	LG	Old Rod		100%
	Poliwag	FR	LG	Good Rod		60%
	Goldeen	FR	LG	Good Rod		20%
	Magikarp	FR	LG	Good Rod		20%
	Psyduck	FR	LG	Super Rod		5%
	Poliwag	FR	LG	Super Rod		40%
	Poliwhirl	FR	LG	Super Rod		40%
	Slowpoke	FR	LG	Super Rod		5%
	Gyarados	FR	LG	Super Rod		15%
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.

Trainer Tips

FireRed and LeafGreen

• The battle moves of Pokémon are limited by their Power Points, PP. To replenish PP, rest your tired Pokémon at a Pokémon Center.
  
• Catch Pokémon and expand your collection. The more you have, the easier it is to battle.

In the anime

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The outskirts of Viridian City.

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Viridian City's Pokémon Center.

Viridian City is first visited in Pokémon Emergency!, when Ash Ketchum takes his sick Pikachu to the Pokémon Center.

In the Pokémon Special manga

Viridian Ciy is first visited in the Bulbasaur, Come Home! round of the Red, Green & Blue chapter when Red and Professor Oak chase the Pokémon that escaped of his laboratory. They enter the abandoned Viridian City Gym and fight with the only resident of that building, an angry Machoke.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	トキワシティ Tokiwa City	常磐色 (tokiwa iro) refers to the green color of evergreen trees.
English	Viridian City	From viridian, a blue-green color.
French	Jadielle	From jade.
German	Vertania City	From French vert, green.
Italian	Smeraldopoli	From smeraldo, emerald, and the suffix -poli, meaning city.
Spanish	Ciudad Verde	Means green city.
Korean	상록시티 Sangrok City
Chinese (Mandarin)	常磐市 Chángpán Shì
Chinese (Cantonese)	常青市 Soengceng Si

References

• Psypoke Psydex - Pokémon catch rates

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.