Ruins of Alph
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| Location: | Southeast of Violet City | |||
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| Region: | Johto | |||
| Generations: | II | |||
 Location of Ruins of Alph in Johto. | ||||
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The Ruins of Alph (Japanese: アルフのいせき Ruins of Alph) are located in Johto, with entrances to the south and west of Violet City. The ruins are filled with Unown once slide puzzles have been activated.
If a trainer listens to the PokéGear radio while near or inside the ruins, they will hear strange noises generated by it on channel 13.5.
There are several scientists in the area listening and studying the ruins to discover more about them. They say it is more than it seems and that the puzzles in the caves must have something to do with the mystery of the past of the Ruins of Alph. In the area there are several small caves with puzzles; solving the puzzles cause Unown to appear in the main ruins. Pokémon Crystal later explains that these puzzles are signals that summon the Unown.
In Pokémon Crystal, patterns appear on the walls of the puzzle chambers. When the patterns' directions are followed, doorways to hidden rooms appear, and the player can learn some of the history of the Unown. In Pocket Monsters Crystal, a scientist theorizes that the sudden appearance of these patterns is related to the newly-built PokéCom Center and the radio waves emanating from it.
There is a secret entrance to a small part of the Ruins of Alph in Union Cave near Violet City, which leads to a patch of grass full of Natu and Smeargle.
Hidden Rooms
In Crystal, it is possible to access hidden rooms from the puzzle chambers.
In the northernmost chamber, the far wall reads "ESCAPE" upon inspection.
Using an Escape Rope there opens a secret room upon re-entering. Inside this room are four items:
Falling through to the floor below reveals the following message spelt out on the ground in unown:
"OUR WORDS SHALL
REMAIN HERE FOR
THE AGES"
Pokémon
style="background: #5ED0FF;" style="background: #003366; color: #FFFF99;"| Name | Games | Location | Levels | Rate | |||
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| Natu | G | S | C | Grass | 18-24 | 90% | |
| Smeargle | G | S | Grass | 20-22 | 10% | ||
| Poliwag | G | S | C | Old Rod | 10 | 15% | |
| G | S | C | Good Rod | 20 | 65% | ||
| G | S | C | Super Rod | 40 | 80% | ||
| Magikarp | G | S | C | Old Rod | 10 | 85% | |
| G | S | C | Good Rod | 20 | 35% | ||
| G | S | C | Super Rod | 40 | 20% | ||
| Wooper | G | S | C | Surfing | 15 | 60% | |
| Quagsire | G | S | C | Surfing | 15-20 | 40% | |
| Unown | G | S | C | Inside | 5 | 100% | |
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| Smeargle | C | Grass | 20-22 | 10% | |||
| Night | |||||||
| Wooper | C | Grass | 22 | 5% | |||
| Quagsire | C | Grass | 22 | 5% | |||
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