Dragon's Den

Dragon's Den りゅうのあな Dragon's Hole "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Underneath Blackthorn City
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
Location of Dragon's Den in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The Dragon's Den (Japanese: りゅうのあな Dragon's Hole) is a location in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver.

It is inaccessible before defeating Clair in the Blackthorn Gym, as it is blocked off by a man in front of the cave, and then it must be traversed to finally obtain the Rising Badge.

In Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, many strong Trainers can be found within the cavern. The Master of the Dragon User Clan is located here, and he will quiz the player on their attitude towards and treatment of their Pokémon. If the player gives compassionate answers, the player will be rewarded with a Dratini that knows ExtremeSpeed (though this requires speaking to Clair on the way to the cave exit, and then returning to speak with the Master once more).

Silver can be found here, contemplating his training on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Clair will visit to reward the player with the Rising Badge she refused to award in the Gym, as well as TM24 (DragonBreath)^{Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.} or TM59 (Dragon Pulse)^{Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.}.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, after the battle against Silver at Mt. Moon, Lance and Clair will appear to challenge the player and Silver to a tag battle.

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing and Fishing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Surfing	10-19	90%
Dratini	G		S		C		Surfing	10-14	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	100%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	90%
Dratini	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Dratini	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Dragonair	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Special Pokémon
Dratini	G		S		C		Gift	15	Only One
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 IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing and Fishing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Surfing	6-20	90%
Dratini	HG			SS			Surfing	5-15	10%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	100%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	90%
Dratini	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	10%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Dratini	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Dragonair	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Special Pokémon
Dratini	HG			SS			Gift	15	Only One
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.

Trainers

Generation II (Crystal only)

Trainer	Pokémon
Cooltrainer Darin Cooltrainer Darin リュウ Ryū Reward: $1776	Dragonair♂ Lv.37 No item
Cooltrainer Cara Cooltrainer Cara ユミコ Yumiko Reward: $1680	Horsea♀ Lv.33 No item
	Horsea♀ Lv.33 No item
	Seadra♀ Lv.35 No item
Twins Lea & Pia Twins Lea & Pia ハナとヒナ Hana & Hina Reward: $700	Dratini♀ Lv.35 No item
	Dratini♀ Lv.35 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

Trainer	Pokémon
Ace Trainer Kobe Ace Trainer Kobe リュウ Ryū Reward: $2220	Dragonair♂ Lv.37 No item
Ace Trainer Piper Ace Trainer Piper ユミコ Yumiko Reward: $2100	Horsea♀ Lv.33 No item
	Horsea♀ Lv.33 No item
	Seadra♀ Lv.35 No item
Twins Clea & Gil Twins Clea & Gil ハナとヒナ Hana & Hina Reward: $1120	Dratini♀ Lv.35 No item
	Dratini♀ Lv.35 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

File:ClairHGSS.gif Leader Clair Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Champion Clair Lance Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver File:LanceHGSS.gif Reward: $22200

Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Dragonair♀ Lv.52 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Types: Water Dragon Ability: Sniper Held item: None Kingdra♀ Lv.56 Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Yawn Normal Status   --       DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Dragonite♀ Lv.60 Protect Normal Status   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       DragonBreath Dragon Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.68 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Types: Fire Flying Ability: Blaze Held item: None Charizard♂ Lv.68 Dragon Claw Dragon Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --       Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Sitrus Berry Dragonite♂ Lv.75 Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Safeguard Normal Status   --       Hyper Beam Normal Special   --

Elder's quiz

In Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is possible to obtain a Dratini with ExtremeSpeed:

Types: Dragon Unknown Held item: None Dratini Lv.15 Wrap Normal   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Twister Dragon   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal   --

Types: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Dratini Lv.15 ExtremeSpeed Normal Physical   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Twister Dragon Special   --       Dragon Rage Dragon Special   --

It is a prize for correctly answering the questions given by the Dragon Master in the Dragon Shrine. If any wrong answers are given, the player will still receive a Dratini but it will have Leer instead of ExtremeSpeed.

Question	Correct answer(s)	Wrong answer(s)
What are Pokémon to you?	Pal/Ally Friend	Underling/Junior
What helps you to win battles?	Strategy Raising/Training	Cheating
What kind of Trainer do you wish to battle?	Anybody/Anyone	Tough person Weak person
What is most important for raising Pokémon?	Love Knowledge	Violence
Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. Which is more important?	Both	Tough/Strength Weak/Weakness

After completing the quiz with the correct answers shown above, the player will then need to receive the TM from Clair. After this, returning to the Dragon's Den elder will result in him giving the Dratini to the player.

Layout

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Version
Gold
Silver
Crystal

Eyecatch

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  Morning (Dratini)

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  Day/Evening (Dratini)

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  Night (Dragonair)

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 龍穴 Lóngxuè European French Antre du Dragon German Drachenhöhle Italian Tana del Drago Brazilian Portuguese Toca do Dragão European Spanish Guarida Dragón

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

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