Mt. Moon

Mt. Moon		おつきみやま Mt. Otsukimi
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"

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Location:

Route 4

Region:

Kanto

Generations:

I, II, III

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Location of Mt. Moon in Kanto.

Pokémon world locations

Mt. Moon (Japanese: おつきみやま Mt. Otsukimi) is a mountain located in northern Kanto, between Pewter City in the west and Cerulean City in the east. Climbing it is not possible. To get past it, travelers need to travel through the caves.

Mt. Moon is known for being one of the few places that wild Clefairy can be found and for its frequent meteor falls. The shards of meteorites that fall here become Moon Stones, thus giving it the name Mt. Moon. The mountain is also known for being home to Pokémon fossils. Brock digs for fossils here in his spare time.

Generation I

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Mt. Moon in Generation I

In Generation I, Mt. Moon is a large cave with many floors and connectors. The interior of the mountain is comprised of caves spanning three separate floors. As being the first cave the player will come across in Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon Yellow, Mt. Moon has a very long and complex structure. The first floor contains several trainers. While the basement floor contains members of Team Rocket who are trying to steal fossils from Mt. Moon for unknown reasons. Upon the player's way out to Cerulean City, the player will find two fossils, the Dome Fossil and the Helix Fossil, that another trainer claims to found first. Reaching a compromise, the trainer lets the player choose a fossil and the trainer will take the other. In Pokémon Yellow, after the player obtains one of the fossils, Jessie and James will appear for the first time and battle the player.

Items

Pokémon

1F

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Sandshrew	R	B	Y	Walking	12	4%
	Clefairy	R	B	Y	Walking	8	1%
	Clefairy	R	B	Y	Walking	9-11	1%
	Zubat	R	B	Y	Walking	6-11	79%
	Zubat	R	B	Y	Walking	6-11	75%
	Paras	R	B	Y	Walking	8	5%
	Geodude	R	B	Y	Walking	8-10	15%
	Geodude	R	B	Y	Walking	10	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
	Clefairy	R	B	Y	Walking	9	4%
	Clefairy	R	B	Y	Walking	10-12	5%
	Zubat	R	B	Y	Walking	7-11	60%
	Zubat	R	B	Y	Walking	8-11	65%
	Paras	R	B	Y	Walking	10	10%
	Paras	R	B	Y	Walking	9-11	10%
	Geodude	R	B	Y	Walking	7-9	26%
	Geodude	R	B	Y	Walking	10-11	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.

B2F

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Clefairy	R	B	Y	Walking	10-12	6%
	Clefairy	R	B	Y	Walking	9-13	10%
	Zubat	R	B	Y	Walking	9-12	54%
	Zubat	R	B	Y	Walking	10-13	60%
	Paras	R	B	Y	Walking	10-12	15%
	Paras	R	B	Y	Walking	13	15%
	Geodude	R	B	Y	Walking	9-10	25%
	Geodude	R	B	Y	Walking	11	15%
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 II

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Mt. Moon in Gen II

In Generation II, Mt. Moon has dramatically decreased in size from Generation I. It now has only one base floor with a couple of connectors. On the heights of Mt. Moon is Mt. Moon Square, a ritual place for Clefairy to worship the moon. This is also a spot where your rival is training near the entrance and he will battle the player for the sixth time during the game.

Mt. Moon Square

Main article: Mt. Moon Square

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Mt. Moon Square

Mt. Moon Square is an area in the heights of Mt. Moon. On Monday nights, Clefairy will dance and pray to a large Moon Stone in the square. By interrupting the dance and breaking the stone using Rock Smash, trainers can always find a normal Moon Stone below the rock. There is also a small shop here that sells a variety of goods.

Pokémon

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Clefairy	G	S	C	Walking	8	5%
	Zubat	G	S	C	Walking	6-8	40%
	Paras	G	S	C	Walking	12	15%
	Geodude	G	S	C	Walking	8-10	40%
Morning
	Clefairy	G	S	C	Walking	8	5%
Night
	Clefairy	G	S	C	Walking	8-12	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.

Generation III

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Mt. Moon in Generation III

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Mt. Moon in Generation III

Mt. Moon in Generation III is much like the Mt. Moon in Generation I. The only difference between Generations is the items found within the cave. The first floor contains several trainers. While the basement floor contains members of Team Rocket who are trying to steal fossils from Mt. Moon for unknown reasons. Upon the player's way out to Cerulean City, the player will find two fossils, the Dome Fossil and the Helix Fossil, that another trainer claims to found first. Reaching a compromise, the trainer lets the player choose a fossil and the trainer will take the other.

Items

Rare Candy
TM09 (Bullet Seed)
Potion
Escape Rope
Moon Stone x2 (1 hidden)
Parlyz Heal
Star Piece
TM46 (Thief)
Revive
Antidote
Ether (hidden in rock in the same room as TM46)

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
	Clefairy	FR	LG	1F, B2F	8-12	5%
	Zubat	FR	LG	1F, B2F	7-10	70%
	Paras	FR	LG	1F, B2F	8-12	10%
	Paras	FR	LG	B1F	5-10	100%
	Geodude	FR	LG	1F, B2F	7-10	15%
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

1F

Trainer

Pokémon

Bug Catcher Kent
	Bug Catcher Kent トモミチ Tomomichi Reward: $132

	Weedle♂	Lv.11
	No item

	Kakuna♂	Lv.11
	No item

Lass Iris
	Lass Iris ナホ Naho Reward: $224

	Clefairy♀	Lv.14
	No item

Super Nerd Jovan
	Super Nerd Jovan キミタカ Kimitaka Reward: $264

	Magnemite	Lv.11
	No item

	Voltorb	Lv.11
	No item

Bug Catcher Robby
	Bug Catcher Robby ノリオ Norio Reward: $120

	Caterpie♂	Lv.10
	No item

	Metapod♂	Lv.10
	No item

	Caterpie♂	Lv.10
	No item

Lass Miriam
	Lass Miriam ルリ Ruri Reward: $176

	Oddish♀	Lv.11
	No item

	Bellsprout♀	Lv.11
	No item

Youngster Josh
	Youngster Josh タロウ Tarō Reward: $160

	Rattata♂	Lv.10
	No item

	Rattata♂	Lv.10
	No item

	Zubat♂	Lv.10
	No item

Hiker Marcos
	Hiker Marcos カツト Katsuto Reward: $360

	Geodude♂	Lv.10
	No item

	Geodude♂	Lv.10
	No item

	Onix♂	Lv.10
	No item

Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

BF2

Trainer

Pokémon

Team Rocket Grunt
	Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $352

	Sandshrew♂	Lv.11
	No item

	Rattata♂	Lv.11
	No item

	Zubat♂	Lv.11
	No item

Team Rocket Grunt
	Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $352

	Zubat♂	Lv.11
	No item

	Ekans♂	Lv.11
	No item

Team Rocket Grunt
	Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $416

	Rattata♂	Lv.13
	No item

	Sandshrew♂	Lv.13
	No item

Team Rocket Grunt
	Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $416

	Rattata♂	Lv.13
	No item

	Zubat♂	Lv.13
	No item

Super Nerd Miguel
	Super Nerd Miguel ミツハル Mitsuharu Reward: $288

	Grimer♂	Lv.12
	No item

	Voltorb	Lv.12
	No item

	Koffing♂	Lv.12
	No item

Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

In the anime

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Mt. Moon in the anime.

Ash and his friends have visited Mt. Moon twice. Once was early in Clefairy and the Moon Stone, when they helped protect the Clefairy from Team Rocket and watched many evolve into Clefable. Also, it was here that Brock captured a Zubat. Ash, Misty and Brock are hiking towards Mt. Moon. Near the foot of the mountain, they encounter Seymour being attacked by a flock of Zubat. Ash saves him and Seymour tells him that he is upset because someone has strung lights inside the nearby cave, disrupting the Pokémon who live inside. Seymour believes the attackers are after the Moon Stone. He says it's a massive boulder, believed to be older than a million years old, and hidden deep in the caves under the mountain. Fragments of the Stone can increase Pokémon's power. Seymour theorizes this is because both the Pokémon came from outer space, and the Moon Stone was their spacecraft - which means the Stone belongs to the Pokémon, and the humans must leave it alone. Teak Rocket freely admits to putting up the lights; Meowth even says they want a Moon Stone so they can power up their Pokémon. Ash and Brock battle Jessie and James, defeats both their Pokémon. They arrive at another cave, where they find the core of the Moon Stone. Clefairy adds its stone to the ring at the base of the core, completing the circuit. All the small stones, then the large core, begin to glow blue in the moonlight. Dozens of Clefairy approach and begin to dance around the Moon Stone. Misty, Ash and Brock play "charades" with Pikachu to learn that the Clefairy are praying to the Stone. Seymour concludes that humans are supposed to ride the Stone back out to the stars, but his rapture is interrupted by the return of Team Rocket, who try and take the stone again.

Later, in A Real Cleffa-Hanger, they encountered the Clefairy and Clefable again and helped the fairy Pokémon reunite with a young Cleffa. Team Rocket attack with their vacuuming mecha, trying to steal the Pokémon from Mt. Moon. Max is about to be sucked up, but suddenly May appears and grabs his hand. Team Rocket says their motto and starts the suction again, but Azurill uses Bubble and breaks the mecha. Team Rocket then attacks with Seviper and James's Cacnea, but Cleffa, Clefairy, and Clefable call their friends, who appear and begin using Metronome. May's Munchlax escapes from its Poké Ball and begins to wave its arms with the other Pokémon. Team Rocket starts dancing and tries to send Seviper and Cacnea to attack, but then the Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, and Munchlax use SolarBeam and send them flying. Cleffa, Clefairy, and Clefable then march off to Mt. Moon. Ash and friends follow them and watch the Pokémon do a ritual dance around a meteorite.

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Mt. Moon is first visited and debuts in the Red, Green & Blue chapter in Raging Rhydon; however it is first mentioned in the previous round, Gyarados Splashes In! by Professor Oak. The mountain consists of several interconnected caves, which are the home of wild Pokémon like Zubat, Diglett and Geodude. Its importance resides in being the place where the Moon Stone can be found. For this reason Red and Misty enter Mt. Moon. Here is where the first confrontation between Red and Team Rocket takes place. Mt. Moon is also where Red battles Bruno in the beginning of the Yellow saga.

Electric Tale of Pikachu

Mt. Moon appears in the third chapter of Electric Tale of Pikachu, Clefairy Tale. Ash tries to catch a Clefairy in the Mt. Moon area, but cannot find one. Although he's discouraged, Pikachu pumps Ash up by telling him that Clefairy are definitely somewhere in the Mt. Moon, and that Ash should never give up. Ash and Pikachu soon despair when they realize how big Mt. Moon is. After three agonizing weeks in the wilderness, Pikachu and Ash finally spot a Clefairy wearing a necklace. The duo scrambles after the Fairy Pokémon, only to have it hop away into a cave. Ash and Pikachu suddenly realize they're in peril, when they find that they're inside an Onix nest. Ash and Pikachu are driven further into the maze of tunnels the Onix has created. Ash checks his Pokédex and discovers that Brock's Onix was at a lower level than this wild Onix, which is why they were able to defeat it. After rejecting using Fearow, Beedrill, or Pikachu, Ash decides to use his Butterfree. Butterfree uses Psychic, which weakens Onix, but also confuses it — causing it to thrash around and cause a cave-in that buries Pikachu and Ash under a pile of rocks.