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Turffield (Japanese: ターフタウン Turf Town) is a small town located in central Galar. It is home to the Galar region's Grass-type Gym, Turffield Stadium. To the south is Route 4 and to the east is Route 5.
Slogan
A town nestled within the nurturing bowl of our many terraced farming fields. (Japanese: 段々畑の あいまに 家が 並ぶ すりばち状の 町 A town with houses lined up like a mortar within the terraced fields.)
Places of interest
Turffield Stadium
- Main article: Turffield Stadium
Turffield Stadium is Turffield's official Pokémon Gym, specializing in Grass-type Pokémon. Its Leader is Milo, who hands out the Grass Badge to those who defeat him. It is the first Gym that Gym Challengers have to face.
Turffield Geoglyph
On a hillside to the west of town is a massive geoglyph that depicts a gigantic Pokémon beneath a swirling cloud of darkness. It also depicts figures fleeing from the Pokémon. The geoglyph can be observed from a hilltop, where a Stonjourner face board can also be found and interacted with.
Pokémon Center
Poké Mart
This Poké Mart is located inside the Pokémon Center.
Demographics
Pokémon Sword and Shield
Turffield has a population of 36.
Items
Item
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Location
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Games
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Energy Root
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Against the fence in the southeast of town, just east of the Pokémon Center (hidden)
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Sw Sh
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Everstone
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Southeast of the Turffield Stadium, at the end of a short path forking off the path towards the stadium (hidden)
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Sw Sh
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TM97 (Brutal Swing)
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On the southeast section of the path encircling the Turffield Stadium, in the fenced-off area
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Sw Sh
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Max Revive
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On the southwest section of the path encircling the Turffield Stadium, in the fenced-off area
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Sw Sh
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X Attack ×3
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Near the hilltop, next to the Flying standing stone
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Sw Sh
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Leaf Stone
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Near the hilltop, south of the Water standing stone (hidden)
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Sw Sh
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Milo's League Card
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From Sonia at the hilltop
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Sw Sh
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Revive ×2
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From Sonia at the hilltop
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Sw Sh
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Fresh Water
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In the smallest of the drinking fountains at the hilltop (hidden)
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Sw Sh
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Expert Belt
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Automatically obtained after reading the Grass, Water, and Fire standing stones in the said order, after being told about the legend by the girl at the hilltop
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Sw Sh
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TM11 (Solar Beam)
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On an isolated section of land in the northeast of town (requires an upgraded Rotom Bike)
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Sw Sh
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Pokémon
- Crawdaunt appears in the river, near the dead end (requires an upgraded Rotom Bike). It does not respawn.
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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Sw
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Sh
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Wanderer
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50
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One
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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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In the anime
Turffield geoglyph in the
anime
Turffield appeared in Sword and Shield: The Darkest Day!, where Goh and Sonia visited the town to see its famous geoglyph, theorizing what connection it could have to Dynamax and the Darkest Day. Afterwards, they headed to Wedgehurst together.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Turffield first appeared in Chomp!! Defeat Drednaw, where Milo was informed of the new Gym Challengers endorsed by Leon.
In Watch Out!! Strong Rivals, Professor Magnolia mentioned that she had been given permission to investigate the Turffield geoglyph, but as she was unable to arrange enough time to visit it, she asked Henry, Casey, and Sonia to investigate it in her stead.
In Blinding!! The End of the Battle, after Henry had beaten Milo, Sonia took him and Marvin to see the geoglyph.
Trivia
Origin
Name origin
Language
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Name
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Origin
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Japanese
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ターフタウン Turf Town
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From turf, referring to sports turf such as those used in golf and horse racing
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English, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish
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Turffield
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From turf and -field (British town suffix for open land)
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Spanish
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Pueblo Hoyuelo
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From hoyuelo (dimple, referring to the holes of the golf ball)
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French
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Greenbury
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From green (smooth area surrounding the hole in a golf course) and -bury (British town suffix for fortified enclosure)
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Korean
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터프마을 Turf Maeul
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From its Japanese name
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Chinese (Mandarin)
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草路鎮 / 草路镇 Cǎolù Zhèn
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From 草 cǎo / chóu and 路 lù / louh
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Chinese (Cantonese)
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草路鎮 Chóulouh Jan
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References