Dragon's Den

Dragon's Den りゅうのあな Dragon's Den "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 Den) is a location in Blackthorn City in the Johto region.

In the games

The Dragon's Den is inaccessible before defeating Clair in the Blackthorn Gym, as it is blocked off by a man in front of the cave. After defeating Clair, it must be traversed to obtain the Rising Badge.

In Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, several Trainers can be found in the cave. The Dragon Shrine (Japanese: りゅうのほこら Dragon Shrine) is located in the south end (blocked off by a whirlpool), where the Master will quiz the player on their attitude towards and treatment of their Pokémon. After the completes the quiz, they will be rewarded with a Dratini. If they got all the answers right the first time, the Dratini will know ExtremeSpeed.

Silver can be found here contemplating his training on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Clair will visit to reward the player with the Rising Badge she refused to award in the Blackthorn Gym, as well as TM24 (DragonBreath)^GSC or TM59 (Dragon Pulse)^HGSS. This requires completing the quiz described above. In Pokémon Gold and Silver, where the Dragon Shrine is closed and everything related to it is unavailable, Clair will instead give the Rising Badge to the player after they collect the Dragon Fang.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, after the player battles Silver at Mt. Moon, they can participate in a Multi Battle with him against Lance and Clair here. Also, in these games, if the player receives the Rising Badge from Clair and then leaves the Dragon's Den with Dig, Teleport, or an Escape Rope, then they must return to her Gym in order to collect the TM.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Revive	East of the entrance (hidden)	G  S
	Revive	East of the house (hidden)	C
	Revive	West of the Ace Trainer Kobe on a rock (hidden)	HG  SS
	Calcium	East of entrance	C  HG  SS
	Max Elixer	North wall of water near Dragon Fang (hidden)	G  S  C
	Max Elixer	Near Twins Lea & Pia	C
	Max Elixir ×2	Near Twins Clea & Gil At southeast corner of shrine (hidden)	HG  SS
	Max Potion	On rock north of shrine island (hidden)	G  S  C
	Max Potion	On rock south-west of Ace Trainer Piper (hidden)	HG  SS
	TM24 (DragonBreath)	Gift from Clair after obtaining the Rising Badge	G  S  C
	TM59 (Dragon Pulse)	Gift from Clair near entrance after obtaining the Rising Badge	HG  SS
	Dragon Fang	On the eastern coast (requires Whirlpool)	G  S  C  HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Surfing	10-19	90%
Dratini	G		S		C		Surfing	10-14	10%
Fishing
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	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
Magikarp	HG			SS			Surfing	5-20	90%
Dratini	HG			SS			Surfing	5-15	10%
Fishing
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	3%
Special Pokémon
Dratini	HG			SS			Gift	15	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

Trainer	Pokémon
Cooltrainer DarinC リュウ Ryū Reward: $1776	Dragonair♂ Lv.37 No item
Cooltrainer CaraC ユミコ Yumiko Reward: $1680	Horsea♀ Lv.33 No item
	Horsea♀ Lv.33 No item
	Seadra♀ Lv.35 No item
Twins Lea & PiaC ハナとヒナ Hana and 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 リュウ Ryū Reward: $2220	Dragonair♂ Lv.37 No item
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 ハナとヒナ Hana and 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.

After defeating Silver at Mt. Moon

Silver will work as the player's partner during the Multi Battle against Clair and Lance.
If the player chose Chikorita:

Rival Silver Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver

Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: None Typhlosion♂ Lv.60 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Will-O-Wisp Fire Status   --       Swift Normal Special   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.58 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.56 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --

If the player chose Cyndaquil:

Rival Silver Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: None Feraligatr♂ Lv.60 Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.58 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.56 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --

If the player chose Totodile:

Rival Silver Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: None Meganium♂ Lv.60 Synthesis Grass Status   --       Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Petal Dance Grass Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Crobat♂ Lv.58 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Gengar♂ Lv.56 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --

Leader and Champion Clair Lance Dragon's Den HeartGold and SoulSilver 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   --

Master's quiz

In Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is possible to obtain a Dratini with ExtremeSpeed, a move it cannot normally learn in Generation II and IV.

Type: Dragon Unknown Held item: None Dratini♂/♀ Lv.15 ExtremeSpeed Normal   --       Wrap Normal   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Twister Dragon   --

Type: 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 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?	PalC / AllyHGSS Friend	UnderlingC / JuniorHGSS
What helps you to win battles?	Strategy RaisingC / TrainingHGSS	Cheating
What kind of Trainer do you wish to battle?	AnybodyC / AnyoneHGSS	Tough personC / StrongHGSS Weak personC / WeakHGSS
What is most important for raising Pokémon?	Love Knowledge	Violence
Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. Which is more important?	Both	ToughC / StrengthHGSS WeakC / WeaknessHGSS

After completing the quiz, the player will then need to receive TM24 (DragonBreath)^C or TM59 (Dragon Pulse)^HGSS from Clair. After this, returning to the Master will result in him giving the Dratini to the player.

Layout

Of note is that Pokémon Crystal's redesign of the Dragon's Den added Headbutt trees to the back of the Dragon Shrine. Despite this, no Pokémon can be found hiding in them. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver's redesign, the Headbutt trees are absent, much like in its original design from Pokémon Gold and Silver.

Version	Entrance	Lower entrance	Main room	Dragon Shrine
Gold
Silver
Crystal
HeartGold
SoulSilver

Preview

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  Morning (Dratini)

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  Day/Evening (Dratini)

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  Night (Dragonair)

Walking Pokémon quotes

Walking Pokémon can have reactions unique to Dragon's Den.

Pokemon	Area	Quote	Automatic?
HeartGold		SoulSilver
Any Pokémon	Dragon's Den	"Your Pokémon is cautious about the confined area!"	No
Any Pokémon	Dragon's Den	"Your Pokémon is walking along cautiously!"	No
Dragon-type Pokémon	Dragon's Den	"Your Pokémon suddenly howled!"	No
Water-type Pokémon	Dragon's Den	"Your Pokémon seems happy to be all wet!"	No
Rock-type Pokémon	Dragon's Den	"Your Pokémon seems seems very happy and is rolling around!"	No

In the anime

The Dragon's Den in the anime

The Dragon's Den appeared in Fangs For Nothin', where it was reduced to a series of tunnels leading to the Dragon Holy Land. The Dragon Holy Land takes over for the Dragon's Den's other roles in the anime, including the location of the Dragon Shrine and the Dragon Fang.

In the manga

The Dragon's Den in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

The Dragon's Den appeared in Debonaire Dragonair. Clair encountered and battled Suicune here, but failed to defeat and catch it. According to Clair, only the Pokémon living on the site with her family are allowed here.

Trivia

• Dragon's Den is the only location where the player obtains a Gym Badge that is not a Gym.
• In Pokémon Crystal, if the player whites out due to poison damage while still inside the Dragon Shrine after receiving the Rising Badge, they can return to the Blackthorn Gym to receive the reward TM from Clair. However, if the player then returns to Dragon's Den and stands on the tile directly in front of the Dragon Shrine's door, Clair will appear again and give the player another TM24.

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In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 龍穴 Lùhng Yuht * 龍之洞窟 Lùhng-jī Duhngfāt * Mandarin 龍穴 / 龙穴 Lóngxuè / Lóngxué * 龍之洞窟 Lóng-zhī Dòngkū * Czech Dračí sluj French Antre du Dragon German Drachenhöhle Italian Tana del Drago Korean 용의 굴 Dragon's Den Polish Jaskinia Smoka Portuguese Toca do Dragão Spanish Guarida Dragón Vietnamese Lỗ Rồng

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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