Mt. Mortar

Mt. Mortar スリバチ山 Mt. Suribachi "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A naturally large cavern that is incredibly spacious.
Location:	Route 42, between Ecruteak City and Mahogany Town
Region:	Johto
Generations:	II, IV
Location of Mt. Mortar in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

Mt. Mortar (Japanese: スリバチ山 Mt. Suribachi) is a large cave in Johto with three entrances on Route 42. Part of the large range of mountains north of the Johto region, it is known to be a confusing maze-like area with an interior cave known as the Waterfall Cave. It is an optional cave to enter, but contains many valuable items and Pokémon. The player can pass through the mountain caves to bypass the lakes on Route 42. It is the training place of Kiyo, the Karate King from Saffron City. He will reward the player with a level 10 Tyrogue upon defeat.

Geography

Mt. Mortar has three entrances and is huge inside, one of the largest of all caves in the games. It has four floors, and its high Pokémon-encounter rate makes getting lost very costly. It has Surfable waterways, Waterfalls, Strength puzzles, and multiple levels. It is usually considered to be one of the toughest caves to navigate. The cave also provides limited vision in Gold and Silver unless Flash is used, but is already lit in Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver.

The Karate King

The Karate King, Kiyo, is the leader of the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City. In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, he has gone to Mt. Mortar to train. In order to find him, the player must use the center entrance which offers access to water, then Surf ahead and climb a Waterfall. Then they must make their way to the bottom of the cave, where they will eventually find him waiting to be challenged. Kiyo uses a Hitmonchan and a Hitmonlee, and once they are defeated, he will give the player a Tyrogue as a reward. However, if the player does not have an empty slot in their party, Kiyo will tell them to make room for it, then come back.

Items

1F (entrance)

Item		Location	Games
	Hyper Potion	Right entrance near water, on a rock (hidden)	G  S  C
	Guard Spec.	East of the waterfall, accessible from the southeastern ladder of 1F (back)	G  S
	Hyper Potion	East of western entrance (hidden)	HG  SS
	Ether	West side, atop a ladder from 1F (back)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Revive	East side, just south of a ladder from 1F (back)	C  HG  SS
	Revive	East side, north of an exit to the outside (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)	HG  SS

1F (back)

Item		Location	Games
	Hyper Potion	In the center, between two ledges and south of two rocks forming a column (requires Strength)	G  S  C
	Max Repel	Northeast area, inside a lone rock, accessible from 2F (hidden) (requires Surf and Waterfall)	G  S  C
	Max Revive	East of ladder from 2F, below a rockGS/group of rocksC (requires Surf and Waterfall)	G  S  C
	Max Potion	Center of the area, on a stray path accessed from 2F (requires Surf and Waterfall)	C
	Max Repel	Beyond the Strength rock behind Poké Maniac Harrison (hidden)	HG  SS
	Max Potion	Beyond the Strength rock	HG  SS
	Ultra Ball	Beyond the Strength rock; on the second platform with stairs	C
	Ultra Ball	Beyond the Strength rock	HG  SS
	Escape Rope	East of Super Nerd Markus (requires Strength)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Nugget	Northeast of Super Nerd Markus; south of northernmost ledge (requires Strength)	C
	Nugget	North of Super Nerd Markus (requires Strength)	HG  SS
	Ether	On a hill southeast of the ladder from 2F (requires Surf and Waterfall) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Iron	South of the ladder from 2F (requires Surf and Waterfall)	C  HG  SS
	Iron Ball	Southeast of the hidden Ether (requires Surf and Waterfall)	HG  SS
	Max Revive	West of the ladder down to B1F and Karate King Kiyo (requires Surf and Waterfall)	HG  SS
	Full Incense	East side (requires Rock Climb)	HG  SS
	Nugget	On the east side of the room (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Ultra Ball	In a rock on the way to where the Protector is (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Protector	North of the western entrance (requires Rock Climb)	HG  SS
	Rare Candy	West of the Protector (requires Rock Climb) (hidden)	HG  SS

2F

Surf and Waterfall are required to reach this area.

Item		Location	Games
	TM40 (Defense Curl)	In the center, on the L-shaped raised section	G  S  C
	Escape Rope	On the raised section in the northeast corner	G  S  C
	Full Restore	The right tile in-between the ledges east of the Dragon Scale (hidden)	G  S
	Full Restore	Northern area, on a rock east of the T-shaped raised platform (hidden)	C
	Dragon Scale	On the raised section in the northwest corner	G  S  C
	Elixer	In the northwest corner, southeast of the ladder leading to 1F (back)	G  S  C
	Rare Candy	In the southwest corner, east of a ledge and below two rocks	G  S
	Rare Candy	Southwest corner	C  HG  SS
	Max Potion	Northeast of the entrance, below the second ledge from the bottom and east of the rectangular raised section	G  S  C
	Max Potion	Northeast of the entrance	HG  SS
	Hyper Potion	South of the Max Potion (hidden)	HG  SS
	Full Restore	On a stalagmite north of a pond on the eastern edge of the room (hidden)	HG  SS
	HP Up	On a rock southeast of TM40 (hidden)	HG  SS
	TM40 (Aerial Ace)	Northeast of Super Nerd Hugh	HG  SS
	Escape Rope	Near northeast corner	HG  SS
	Full Heal	On a stalagmite east of the ladder to 1F (back) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Dragon Scale	East of the ladder to 1F (back)	HG  SS
	Elixir	Southeast of the ladder to the 1F (back)	HG  SS

B1F

Item		Location	Games
	Full Restore	Across the water to the east of the ladder from the middle entrance (requires Surf)	C  HG  SS
	Hyper Potion	The dead end in the center of the cave (requires Surf)	G  S
	Max Ether	Northeast corner (requires Surf)	C  HG  SS
	PP Up	North of the ladder from the middle entrance (requires Surf)	C  HG  SS
	Carbos	To the west of the middle entrance, across a patch of water (requires Surf)	C  HG  SS
	Full Heal	The far dead end on the left edge of the cave across a pool of water (requires Surf)	G  S
	Max Revive	In a rock in the middle of a room west of Karate King Kiyo (hidden) (requires Surf and Waterfall)	G  S  C
	Hyper Potion	In area southwest of Max Ether (requires Surf)	C  HG  SS
	Ultra Ball	In the wall, west of the ladder from the middle entrance (requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Max Revive	On a boulder west of Karate King Kiyo (requires Surf and Waterfall) (hidden)	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

1F (entrance)

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	G		S		C		Cave	14-16	14%
Rattata	G		S		C		Cave	14	30%
Raticate	G		S		C		Cave	16	5%
Zubat	G		S		C		Cave	13-15	60%
Zubat	G		S		C		Cave	13	30%
Golbat	G		S		C		Cave	13	10%
Machop	G		S		C		Cave	14	20%
Machop	G		S		C		Cave	14	20%	20%	0%
Geodude	G		S		C		Cave	14	5%
Marill	G		S		C		Cave	15	1%
Marill	G		S		C		Cave	14	0%	0%	20%
Surfing
Goldeen	G		S		C		Surfing	15-24	90%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Surfing	15-19	60%
Seaking	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	10%
Marill	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	30%
Fishing
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Seaking	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
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.

1F (back)

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	G		S		C		Cave	14	10%
Rattata	G		S		C		Cave	14	30%
Raticate	G		S		C		Cave	14	0%	10%	20%
Zubat	G		S		C		Cave	14	5%
Zubat	G		S		C		Cave	15	0%	5%	10%
Golbat	G		S		C		Cave	15	5%
Machop	G		S		C		Cave	13-15	35%
Machop	G		S		C		Cave	15	0%	20%	0%
Geodude	G		S		C		Cave	13-15	50%
Geodude	G		S		C		Cave	13	30%
Marill	G		S		C		Cave	15	0%	0%	5%
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.

2F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Raticate	G		S		C		Cave	30	10%
Raticate	G		S		C		Cave	30	0%	10%	20%
Golbat	G		S		C		Cave	30	5%
Golbat	G		S		C		Cave	30	0%	5%	15%
Machop	G		S		C		Cave	28	5%
Machop	G		S		C		Cave	28	0%	5%	0%
Machoke	G		S		C		Cave	32	30%
Machoke	G		S		C		Cave	32	30%	30%	0%
Geodude	G		S		C		Cave	31	20%
Geodude	G		S		C		Cave	31	0%	20%	30%
Graveler	G		S		C		Cave	31	30%
Marill	G		S		C		Cave	28	0%	0%	5%
Surfing
Goldeen	G		S		C		Surfing	20-29	90%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	60%
Seaking	G		S		C		Surfing	25-29	10%
Marill	G		S		C		Surfing	25-29	30%
Fishing
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Seaking	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
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.

B1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	G		S		C		Cave	16	20%
Raticate	G		S		C		Cave	16	5%
Raticate	G		S		C		Cave	18	5%
Zubat	G		S		C		Cave	15-17	60%
Golbat	G		S		C		Cave	17	20%
Machop	G		S		C		Cave	16	10%
Machop	G		S		C		Cave	16	0%	10%	0%
Geodude	G		S		C		Cave	16	5%
Marill	G		S		C		Cave	16	0%	0%	10%
Surfing
Goldeen	G		S		C		Surfing	15-24	90%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Surfing	15-19	60%
Seaking	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	10%
Marill	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	30%
Fishing
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Seaking	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Gift Pokémon
Tyrogue	G		S		C		Gift	10	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

1F (entrance)

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	HG			SS			Cave	14, 16	19%
Zubat	HG			SS			Cave	13, 15	60%
Machop	HG			SS			Cave	14	20%
Geodude	HG			SS			Cave	14	5%
Marill	HG			SS			Cave	15	1%
Surfing
Goldeen	HG			SS			Surfing	10-25	90%
Seaking	HG			SS			Surfing	15-25	10%
Fishing
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	90%
Seaking	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	4%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	6%
Special Pokémon
Marill	HG			SS			Swarm	13-15	40%
Makuhita	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	14	20%
Absol	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	13-15	20%
Chingling	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	14	20%
Bronzor	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	13-15	20%
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.

1F (back)

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	HG			SS			Cave	14	10%
Zubat	HG			SS			Cave	13-15	5%
Machop	HG			SS			Cave	13-15	35%
Geodude	HG			SS			Cave	13-15	50%
Special Pokémon
Makuhita	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	15	20%
Absol	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	13	20%
Chingling	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	15	20%
Bronzor	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	13	20%
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.

2F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Raticate	HG			SS			Cave	30	10%
Golbat	HG			SS			Cave	30	5%
Machop	HG			SS			Cave	28	5%
Machoke	HG			SS			Cave	32	30%
Geodude	HG			SS			Cave	31	20%
Graveler	HG			SS			Cave	31	30%
Surfing
Goldeen	HG			SS			Surfing	10-15	90%
Seaking	HG			SS			Surfing	15	10%
Fishing
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	90%
Seaking	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	4%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	6%
Special Pokémon
Makuhita	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	31	20%
Absol	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	31-32	20%
Chingling	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	31	20%
Bronzor	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	31-32	20%
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.

B1F

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	HG			SS			Cave	16	20%
Raticate	HG			SS			Cave	16	5%
Zubat	HG			SS			Cave	15-17	60%
Machop	HG			SS			Cave	13-16	10%
Geodude	HG			SS			Cave	13-16	5%
Surfing
Goldeen	HG			SS			Surfing	10-15	90%
Seaking	HG			SS			Surfing	15	10%
Fishing
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	90%
Seaking	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	4%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	6%
Special Pokémon
Makuhita	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	15	20%
Absol	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	13	20%
Chingling	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	15	20%
Bronzor	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	13	20%
Gift Pokémon
Tyrogue	HG			SS			Gift	10	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

1F

Trainer	Pokémon
PokéManiac MillerC ナオト Naoto Reward: $1020	Nidoking♂ Lv.17 No item
	Nidoqueen♀ Lv.17 No item
Requires Strength or Surf and Waterfall
Super Nerd MarkusC ガクジ Gakuji Reward: $608	Slowpoke♂ Lv.19 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.

2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Surf and Waterfall
Super Nerd HughC タカフミ Takafumi Reward: $1248	Seadra♂ Lv.39 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.

B1F

Requires Surf and Waterfall

Blackbelt Kiyo Mt. Mortar Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $816
Type: Fighting Unknown Held item: None Hitmonlee♂ Lv.34 Jump Kick Fighting   --       Hi Jump Kick Fighting   --       Focus Energy Normal   --       Mind Reader Normal   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Held item: None Hitmonchan♂ Lv.34 Mach Punch Fighting   --       ThunderPunch Electric   --       Ice Punch Ice   --       Fire Punch Fire   --

Generation IV

1F

Trainer	Pokémon
Poké Maniac Harrison ナオト Naoto Reward: $1088	Nidoking♂ Lv.17 No item
	Nidoqueen♀ Lv.17 No item
Requires Strength or Rock Climb or Surf and Waterfall
Super Nerd Markus ガクジ Gakuji Reward: $912	Slowpoke♂ Lv.19 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.

2F

Trainer	Pokémon
Requires Surf and Waterfall
Super Nerd Hugh タカフミ Takafumi Reward: $1872	Seadra♂ Lv.39 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.

B1F

Requires Surf and Waterfall

Black Belt Kiyo Mt. Mortar HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $816

Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Reckless Held item: None Hitmonlee♂ Lv.34 Focus Energy Normal Status   --       Mind Reader Normal Status   --       Hi Jump Kick Fighting Physical   --       Feint Normal Physical   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Iron Fist Held item: None Hitmonchan♂ Lv.34 Vacuum Wave Fighting Special   --       ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --

Preview

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  Morning (Seaking)

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  Day (Marill)

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  Evening (Marill)

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  Night (Golbat)

Layout

Version	1F (entrance)	1F (back)	2F	B1F
Gold
Silver
Crystal
HeartGold	|	|	|	|
SoulSilver

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

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Mt. Mortar was where Crystal trained her Pokémon-catching skills in the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc. A wild Arcanine scared the young Crystal, chasing her away from the mountain, during which she fell and broke her arms. When she awakened, Crystal found a Natu, Parasect, Hitmonchan and Cubone all tending to her injuries. She also discovered that the four Pokémon were also being chased by the wild Arcanine. When Arcanine reappeared, Crystal noticed that an injury to Arcanine's right eye had caused Arcanine to become enraged, and convinced the Parasect that helped heal her earlier to heal Arcanine. The healing toned down Arcanine's aggression, and all five Pokémon became members of Crystal's team.

Under her mother's guidance, Crystal returned to Mt. Mortar after the battle with Suicune drained her confidence and made her lose her ability to capture even weak Pokémon. At Mt. Mortar, Crystal had her arms bandaged, as like before, it would have helped her gain the skills with her feet. During her re-training, Crystal encountered a wild Larvitar which turned out to have caused Archy's eye injury years earlier. Megaree evolved and helped defeat Larvitar, and Crystal was able to rediscover her capturing touch as she captured Larvitar with the first kick of the ball.

Trivia

• There is a volcano, also called Mt. Suribachi, in Iwo Jima, Japan.
• In the Japanese version of the anime, Casey mentions this cave in the first line of her Electabuzz baseball team theme song.
• Pitchstone is present in Mt. Mortar.

Name origin

Mt. Mortar is named after a mortar bowl used for grinding and mixing substances. A suribachi is the Japanese equivalent of a mortar bowl. Mortar is also a mixture of cement and water that is used to bind and fill gaps between construction bricks.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 擂鉢山 Léibō Shān (manga) 研缽山* Yánbō Shān (anime) European French Mont Creuset German Kesselberg Italian Monte Scodella Korean 절구산 Jeolgu San European Spanish Mt. Mortero Vietnamese Núi Suribachi

References

• Psypoke Psydex - Pokémon catch rates

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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