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The Cold Storage (Japanese: 冷凍コンテナ Freezing Container) is a building in Pokémon Black and White found inside of an area of warehouses to the south of Driftveil City. After defeating Ghetsis, Zinzolin of the Seven Sages can be found and arrested here.
During the two-year gap between Black and White and Black 2 and White 2, the facility was demolished to make room for the Pokémon World Tournament.
Geography
Despite being a series of buildings, only one of the Cold Storage warehouses can be entered. Inside this warehouse, some of the floors are frozen over, resulting in ice skating puzzles. There are multiple Workers inside the warehouse who will battle the player. In the back of the warehouse is a container, where Zinzolin is encountered for the first time and later during the post-game.
Outside the warehouses, there are additional Trainers who can be battled, as well as some tall grass and a Vending Machine.
Items
Exterior
Storage Building
Pokémon
Exterior
Pokémon
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Games
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Location
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Levels
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Rate
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B
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W
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21-23
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35%
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B
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W
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21,22
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20%
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B
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W
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20
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15%
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B
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W
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20-23
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30%
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Dark grass
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B
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W
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25-27
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35%
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B
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W
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24
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20%
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B
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W
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25-26
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15%
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B
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W
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24-27
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30%
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Rustling grass
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B
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W
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23
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5%
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B
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W
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20-23
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90%
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B
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W
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23
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5%
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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.
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Trainers
Trainer
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Pokémon
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Exterior
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Storage Building
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Worker Victor カツジ Katsuji Reward: $960
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Worker Glenn エイサク Eisaku Reward: $960
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Worker Filipe ゲンタ Genta Reward: $1000
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Worker Patton ノリヒロ Norihiro Reward: $960
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Container
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Layout
In the anime
The Cold Storage in the
anime
The Cold Storage appeared in The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!, where Dr. Ferrara, also known as Cryogonal Man, planned to steal the frozen treats stored there to attract Pokémon. However, his plans were foiled by Ash and his friends, along with Charles and Linda.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Black and Cheren went to the Cold Storage in Fight in a Cold Climate, following a pair of Team Plasma Grunts who had stolen Cheren's Snivy. Thanks to the two's teamwork, Snivy was recovered, after which the two defeated the Grunts' two Beartic with their newly learned Grass Pledge–Fire Pledge combo. The Grunts were then ordered to retreat by Zinzolin.
In True Friends, Cheren revealed that he had later returned to the Cold Storage to learn more about Team Plasma's motives. At the Cold Storage, he had met Zinzolin, who had taken him to see how N awakened Zekrom. Upon seeing this, Cheren had chosen to start following Team Plasma's ideals.
The Cold Storage was revealed to have been abandoned while the Pokémon World Tournament construction had begun nearby. In Angry Boy, Colress confronted Zinzolin inside the building, asking him to tell him what he knew about Kyurem, which he had been searching for in disregard of Ghetsis's orders. Colress eventually figured out that Zinzolin had in fact managed to find and capture Kyurem, which was confirmed by Zinzolin himself, revealing that Kyurem was with them in the Cold Storage as they were speaking. As Zinzolin refused to hand over Kyurem to Colress, the two started battling, with Colress eventually defeating Zinzolin with Thundurus and Landorus.
The noises of the battle caught the attention of Blake, who had come through the Relic Passage, following the cold air produced by Kyurem. Noticing Blake, Colress used the Reveal Glass to transform Thundurus and Landorus into their Therian Formes and had them attack him. Per Ghetsis's orders, he then used the Colress Machine to take control of Kyurem and had it board the Plasma Frigate. However, Blake was able to sneak aboard the flying ship with Kelden, leaving his other Pokémon behind to battle the Legendary Pokémon and the Shadow Triad. After defeating Blake's Pokémon in Pink Slip, the Shadow Triad departed to rendezvous with the Plasma Frigate in Undella Town.
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Cold Storage in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Trivia
- The in-game maps show the Cold Storage to be on the mainland of Unova. However, the facility is actually on an island.
- Worker Patton mentions that he has trained at the Icirrus Gym.
- If a Pokémon caught in the Cold Storage is traded to Black 2 and White 2, its status screen will say it was caught at the "PWT". This is due to the Cold Storage and PWT being at the same codepoint (0x0024) on the location list.
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