Eterna City

Eterna City ハクタイシティ Hakutai City "History Living"

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Map description An old city that shows fading and almost-forgotten vestiges of ancient history. A Gym is indispensible in any town that has many people coming and going. This city is no exception. The Cycle Shop is located here. There is also a big building with a slightly sinister atmosphere. A statue of an ancient Pokémon is prominently and reverently displayed.

Eterna City Gym - Sinnoh Gym #2 Gardenia Grass-type specialist Gym Forest Badge

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Connecting locations ← Route 205 Eterna City Route 211 →   Route 206 ↓

Location File:Eterna City.png Location of Eterna City in Sinnoh.

Eterna City (Japanese: ハクタイシティ Hakutai City) is a city in the region of Sinnoh; it is an older city, showing the signs of history.

There is a rather large statue of an ancient Pokémon (in Diamond, it is named as Dialga, in Pearl, Palkia, and in Platinum, it is a combination of both) on the east side of town. The statue was once the main center of festivals in the town, although signs of the town's culture and rituals have started to slip away. Of late, both Team Galactic and Cynthia become interested in the statue. After the National Pokédex has been obtained and the player has visited the Pal Park, Professor Oak appears in the southernmost house in the city.

A woman in the Pokémon Center will give the player Pokétch app #6, the Friendship Checker. Beside the Pokémon Center is the Underground Man's House, where the Explorer Kit can be obtained. The kit gives access to the Underground.

The player may rename their Pokémon, as well as trade their Buizel for a Chatot, in a building next to the Poké Mart.

In Pokémon Platinum, after the player clears out the Galactic Eterna Building in the city and approaches the Bicycle Shop, Cynthia will appear and give him/her an egg which will hatch into a Togepi.

Places of interest

Eterna Condominiums

Main article: Eterna Condominiums

In this building, Sinnoh's Name Rater can be found, as well as a person named Norton who will trade a Chatot for a Buizel, and yet another who will give away TM67 (Recycle).

Eterna Gym

Main article: Eterna Gym

The Eterna Gym is one of the Gyms located in the Sinnoh region, and run by the Gym Leader Gardenia, who specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon. Defeating Gardenia yields the Forest Badge, TM86 (Grass Knot), and the ability to use Cut outside of battle.

Eterna Museum

Main article: Eterna Museum

Galactic Eterna Building

Main article: Galactic Eterna Building

One of the two Team Galactic Headquarters in located here, adding a dark and sinister atmosphere in the city. In Pokémon Platinum, the building looks vastly different from its appearance in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. To reach the building, the move Cut must be used on a small tree blocking the entrance.

Herb Shop

Main article: Herb Shop

The Herb Shop is a shop that sells effective, yet inexpensive herbs. A lady runs it.

Herb Shop
Energy Root $800	EnergyPowder $500
Revival Herb $2800	Heal Powder $450

Rad Rickshaw's Cycle Shop

Main article: Rad Rickshaw's Cycle Shop

This Bicycle Shop is a store where Bicycles are sold. However, the player is never able to purchase a bicycle from here, as one is obtained for free once the store's owner is rescued from the Galactic Eterna building.

Ancient Statue

This Pokémon Statue is up a little hill to the east of Eterna City. In Diamond and Pearl, the statue has a plate (dependent on the game), while in Pokémon Platinum the plate has been torn off the statue. It was once the centerpiece of many festivals. A man in the house just south of the statue will tell the player the two inscriptions. In the Team Galactic HQ building in Veilstone City, a report can be found with missing text generated with a machine (indicated by "...") when described by the man in the house. The text extracted by the machine is written in bolded text.

The first one says this:
The creation of DIALGA,
The giver of time...
In laughter, there is tears...
And, likewise it is with time.
The same time flows on.
For it is the blessing of DIALGA.

The second one says this:
The birth of PALKIA.
The creator of parallel dimensions...
Alive, yet not alive...
Everything drifts in space...
To arrive in the same universe.
It is the blessing of PALKIA.

Demographics

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

In Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Eterna City has 51 residents, with the majority of the population in buildings on the main street.

Poké Mart

Poké Ball $200	Heal Ball $300
Net Ball $1000	Nest Ball $1000
Potion $300	Super Potion $700
Antidote $100	Parlyz Heal Parlyz Heal $200
Awakening $250	Burn Heal $250
Ice Heal $250	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Air Mail $50

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Chatot	D		P		Pt		Trade Buizel	The same as the Traded Pokémon	One
Togepi	D		P		Pt		Egg	1	One
Fishing and Surfing
Psyduck	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-40	90%
Psyduck	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-30	90%
Golduck	D		P		Pt		Surfing	20-40	10%
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Old Rod	3-10	100%
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Old Rod	3-15	100%
Magikarp	D		P		Pt		Fishing Good Rod	10-25	65%
Barboach	D		P		Pt		Fishing Good Rod	10-25	35%
Gyarados	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	30-55	65%
Whiscash	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	20-50	35%
Whiscash	D		P		Pt		Fishing Super Rod	30-55	35%
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.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The statue as it appears in Pokémon Adventures

Eterna City first appears in VS Roserade I where Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Berlitz arrive while on their journe through the Sinnoh Region. In this canon the statue is neither Dialga or Palkia but a combination of the two statues (similar to how it appears in the games).

Trivia

• Eterna's Japanese town motto is むかしを いまにつなぐ まち.
• In Pokémon Platinum, there is a man in Eterna that states there was another Plate, other than Dialga and Palkia's plate, but he has never seen it. It may be for Giratina.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ハクタイシティ Hakutai City	百代 (hakutai) means eternal.
English	Eterna City	Eterna is a shortening of eternal, a word that is synonymous with forever.
French	Vestigion	From Vestige, remain.
German	Ewigenau	From Ewig, forever.
Italian	Evopoli	From evo, era, epoch.
Spanish	Ciudad Vetusta	Vetusta means very ancient.
Portugese	Eterna City	Same as English name.
Korean	영원시티 Yeongweon Shiti	영원 (yeongweon) means eternal.
Chinese (Mandarin)	百代市 Bǎidài Shì	From 百代 hakutai. Literally means "Hundred generation city".
Chinese (Cantonese)	百代市 Baakdoi Si	Same as Mandarin name.

Sinnoh
Settlements Twinleaf Town • Sandgem Town • Jubilife City • Oreburgh City • Floaroma Town • Eterna City • Hearthome City Solaceon Town • Veilstone City • Pastoria City • Celestic Town • Canalave City • Snowpoint City • Sunyshore City Pokémon League • Fight Area • Survival Area • Resort Area Routes 201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229 • 230 Landmarks Lake Verity (Lakefront) • Oreburgh Gate • Oreburgh Mine • Oreburgh Mining Museum • Global Terminal/Global Wonder Station Ravaged Path • Floaroma Meadow • Valley Windworks • Eterna Forest • Old Chateau • Underground/Grand Underground Wayward Cave • Mount Coronet • Amity Square • Lost Tower • Hallowed Tower • Solaceon Ruins • Maniac Tunnel • Lake Valor (Lakefront) Great Marsh • Pokémon Mansion • Trophy Garden • Fuego Ironworks • Iron Island • Lake Acuity (Lakefront) • Spear Pillar • Victory Road Pal Park/Ramanas Park • Contest Hall • Battle Zone • Battle Park • Battle Tower/Battle Frontier • Stark Mountain • Snowpoint Temple Spring Path • Sendoff Spring • Turnback Cave • Fullmoon Island • Newmoon Island • Seabreak Path • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin Access to Distortion World See also Hisui

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