Goldenrod City

Template:Infobox town Goldenrod City (Japanese: コガネシティ Kogane City) is a sprawling metropolis located in western Johto. It is the largest city in the region, rivaling Saffron City, the largest city in Kanto and Goldenrod's "sister city" in many ways in size. Goldenrod is the center of the region's economy and telecommunications. Major attractions for trainers include the Johto Radio Tower, the city's Department Store, Game Corner, Name Rater, and Gym.

Pokémon Trainers often come to Goldenrod City in order to win the Plain Badge from Whitney, the Goldenrod Gym Leader, who specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon.

Places of interest

Bike Shop

The lone Bike Shop in Johto is located in an isolated neighborhood in east Goldenrod. The owner of the shop moved his business from Cerulean City to Goldenrod in between Generation I and Generation II.

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Goldenrod City in the anime

Goldenrod Department Store

Main article: Goldenrod Department Store

The Goldenrod Department Store, located in the city center, claims to have a full selection of Pokémon Goods for Trainers. Though the store does not carry vital items such as Hyper Potion, Full Restore, or Ultra Ball, it does back up its claim by boasting the widest selection of specialty items in Johto.

The store is composed of nine levels, including two basements and six shopping floors. The uppermost floor features a rooftop square, complete with binoculars to view locations off in the distance.

The basements of the store connect to the Underground Path, which encompasses most of western Goldenrod.

Goldenrod Game Corner

Main article: Goldenrod Game Corner

Johto's installment of the Game Corner is located in Goldenrod across the main north-south road from the department store. The parlor features slot machines among other varieties of games. In Pokémon Crystal, the Move tutor can be found standing outside the building on Wednesdays.

Johto Name Rater

Main article: Name Rater

The Johto Name Rater is located in a house near the guard house separating Goldenrod from Route 35. Here, trainers can have the nicknames of their Pokémon rated and, if the Pokémon's ID number matches the trainer's ID number, the nickname can be changed.

Johto Radio Tower

Main article: Johto Radio Tower

The Johto Radio Tower, located at the west end of the main east-west path through the city, is the source of all PokéGear broadcasts in Johto. An antenna on top of the tower transmits three radio programs daily, with a fourth program being aired between 6 PM and 12 AM every night. The building has three studios spread over five floors.

Magnet Train station

Main article: Magnet Train

Saffron City and Goldenrod City are linked by not only their mammoth sizes, but also by the Magnet Train, a high-speed train that runs regularly between the two cities. The train follows no set schedule, making the Magnet Train an ideal way to travel between Kanto and Johto.

Underground Path

Main article: Underground Path (Goldenrod)

An underground path, often called the "Underground", runs from the southwestern side of the city to the northwestern area, with a branch leading from the Underground to the department store. A pair of groomers in the tunnel will groom Pokémon, increasing the friendship value for the groomed Pokémon, for a small fee.

Pokémon

Gift Pokémon

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Machop	G	S	C	House	The same as the Traded Pokémon	Trade Drowzee
	Machop	G	S	C	House	The same as the Traded Pokémon	Trade Abra
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.

Notes

• Goldenrod is the hometown of Bill, the inventor of the Kanto and Johto PC Storage System, as well as the rest of his family, who lives in a small house near the Underground's southern entrance. However, some of his family also lives in Fuchsia City.
• Other locations of interest in Goldenrod include a flower shop in the northeast area of the city as well as a woman who is able to determine the happiness of a Pokémon located in a house near the Bike Shop.
• The city's suburbs also feature a pair of notable locations. The National Park is located north of Goldenrod off of Route 35 while the Pokémon Daycare is just south of the city on Route 34.
• In the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal, the Pokémon Center was much larger since it had machines to use the Pokémon Mobile System's capabilities, and it was known as the Pokémon Communication Center

Demographics

Goldenrod City's population is about 77, making by far the largest city in Johto. Its population is more than double the second-most-populous city in Johto, Violet City. This number also makes Goldenrod the biggest city in the Pokémon world, with 6 more than Lilycove City, the second biggest. This high number is likely due to Goldenrod being the biggest city in the Pokémon world in terms of area and volume.

Name origin

Goldenrods are a type of yellow-colored flowering plant. Kogane (黄金) means gold.

In other languages

• Spanish: Ciudad Trigal
• Italian: Fiordoropoli
• Brazilian Portuguese: Cidade de Quinhão Dourado
• German: Dukatia City

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

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.