Entralink

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Entralink		ハイリンク Hilink
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"

Map description:

In the middle of the Unova region, it is a place of mysterious power.

Location:

Central Unova

Region:

Unova

Generations:

V

Location of Entralink in Unova.

Pokémon world locations

The Entralink (Japanese: ハイリンク Hilink) is a clearing that is located in central Unova. It can be accessed via the wireless function of the C-Gear. The Entree Forest (Japanese: ハイリンクの森 Hilink Forest) is located in the north of the Entralink.

Access

The player can enter the Entralink from land in any open area (areas where Fly can be used), except Victory Road. However, several tiles which NPCs may occupy—such as in front of Icirrus Gym and the tile which walking Trainers appear on upon entering the area—cannot be warped from. The player cannot enter Entralink while Surfing.

Features

There are several key features of the Entralink that appear in all Generation V games. The Entree Forest allows players to catch Pokémon met in the Dream World. If there are items from the Dream World waiting to be picked up, a little boy to the left of the Entree Forest's entrance will give the player these "Dream Remnants". The Entree serves as the core of the Entralink and is where the player can accept missions. There is an orange warp tile to the south.

In Black and White, the Entralink is a place where a player can connect to another player's world via the wireless function of the C-Gear.

In Black 2 and White 2, the Entralink serves as the hub for Funfest Missions, but no longer allows the visiting of other players' worlds.

Entree

The Entree is the tree with a blue hexagonal shape on its front, located in the middle of the Entralink. The Entree is used to activate Pass Powers, which are purchased with Pass Orbs, and to accept missions. In Black and White, Entralink Missions can only be accepted at other players' Entrees; in Black 2 and White 2, Funfest Missions are accepted at the player's own Entree, and other players' worlds cannot be visited.

When entering the Entralink for the first time, the Entree is a small tree, but it grows as the player completes missions.

In Black and White, it starts as a circular bud which is slightly grayish in color. As the Entree grows, it spirals outwards and its color changes according to the composition of its ★Black and ☆White levels. Growth of the Entree may only be done by completing missions in other players' worlds.

In Black 2 and White 2 the Entree has been redesigned, and now looks like two twist ties which are black and white twisting around each other with tufts of leaves on top.

Entree Forest

The Entree Forest

The Entree Forest is used to catch Pokémon that the player has encountered in the Dream World. To catch these Pokémon, the player is given a Dream Ball, though using it is not required. When catching a Pokémon in Entree Forest, any Poké Ball, regardless of the type, will catch the Pokémon without fail. There are two places inside known as the Forest Clearing and the Deepest Clearing.

The Forest Clearing consists of multiple clearings in the woods, while the Deepest Clearing is another area, capable of holding up to 10 Pokémon, reached by traveling through the northern parts of the Forest Clearing. Most Pokémon are automatically transferred to the first clearing once materialized from the Dream World; however, some Pokémon such as Arceus are specifically designed to appear in other clearings. To transfer them to the Deepest Clearing, the player must speak to the Pokémon and refuse to catch it; the option will then appear. Alternatively, if the player's party and all of their Boxes are full, then this option will appear by default. Players begin with 6 sections to their Forest Clearing and one Deepest Clearing; however, if they are all full with 20 Pokémon each, the player's forest will grow larger to accommodate more Pokémon.

Pass Powers

Pass Powers are special temporary or one-time bonuses that are purchased using Pass Orbs. When used via the Tag Log, Pass Powers provide useful boosts or effects that affect all nearby people connected wirelessly. Pass Powers are mysterious powers granted by the Entree.

There are a total of 33 Pass Powers and obtaining all of them is a requirement for the player to upgrade their Trainer Card. This is achieved when both the ★Black and ☆White levels of the player's Entree reaches at least 30.

List of Pass Powers

Pass Powers obtained from the Entree can be registered in the C-Gear and shared with other people connected wirelessly using the Tag Log. The effect of these Pass Powers varies from ↑ to ↑↑↑, or ↓ to ↓↓↓ , and lasts only 3 minutes (with the exception of HP and PP Restoring Power, which take effect immediately).

Similar Pass Powers with strengths S and MAX may be used on other players when completing missions in their Entralink. The strength of the Pass Power used (S or MAX) depends on the mission and the level of that player's Entree. Powers with strength S and MAX act identically to their ↑↑↑ counterparts, but for a longer period of time (with the exception of Full Recovery Power).

Pass Power	Pass Orbs needed	Min. Entree level	Description
Encounter Power ↑	2	★Black Lv9 ☆White Lv3	Increases the chance of encountering wild Pokémon a little.
Encounter Power ↑↑	3	★Black Lv12 ☆White Lv8	Increases the chance of encountering wild Pokémon.
Encounter Power ↑↑↑	4	★Black Lv19 ☆White Lv14	Increases the chance of encountering wild Pokémon a lot.
Encounter Power ↓	2	☆White Lv5	Decreases the chance of encountering wild Pokémon a little.
Encounter Power ↓↓	3	☆White Lv10	Decreases the chance of encountering wild Pokémon.
Encounter Power ↓↓↓	4	☆White Lv26	Decreases the chance of encountering wild Pokémon a lot.
Hatching Power ↑	3	☆White Lv13	Helps Eggs hatch a little faster. (1.25× as fast)
Hatching Power ↑↑	4	☆White Lv22	Helps Eggs hatch faster. (1.5× as fast)
Hatching Power ↑↑↑	5	☆White Lv30	Helps Eggs hatch much faster. (2× as fast)
Befriending Power ↑	2	☆White Lv7	Helps Pokémon grow friendly a little faster. (+1 friendship)
Befriending Power ↑↑	3	☆White Lv19	Helps Pokémon grow friendly faster. (+2 friendship)
Befriending Power ↑↑↑	4	☆White Lv25	Helps Pokémon grow friendly much faster. (+3 friendship)
Bargain Power ↑	3	★Black Lv13	Poké Mart gives a 10% discount.
Bargain Power ↑↑	4	★Black Lv22	Poké Mart gives a 25% discount.
Bargain Power ↑↑↑	5	★Black Lv30	Poké Mart gives a 50% discount.
HP Restoring Power ↑	2	None*	Immediately restores the HP of the lead Pokémon a little. (20)
HP Restoring Power ↑↑	3	☆White Lv2	Immediately restores the HP of the lead Pokémon somewhat. (50)
HP Restoring Power ↑↑↑	4	☆White Lv16	Immediately restores the HP of the lead Pokémon very much. (200)
PP Restoring Power ↑	2	★Black Lv7	Immediately restores the PP of the lead Pokémon a little. (5)
PP Restoring Power ↑↑	3	★Black Lv19	Immediately restores the PP of the lead Pokémon somewhat. (10)
PP Restoring Power ↑↑↑	4	★Black Lv25	Immediately restores the PP of the lead Pokémon very much. (all)
Exp. Point Power ↑	2	None*	Increases the Exp. Points from a battle a little. (1.2×)
Exp. Point Power ↑↑	3	★Black Lv2	Increases the Exp. Points from a battle. (1.5×)
Exp. Point Power ↑↑↑	4	★Black Lv16	Increases the Exp. Points from a battle very much. (2×)
Exp. Point Power ↓	2	★Black Lv3 ☆White Lv9	Decreases the Exp. Points from a battle a little. (0.8×)
Exp. Point Power ↓↓	3	★Black Lv8 ☆White Lv12	Decreases the Exp. Points from a battle. (0.66×)
Exp. Point Power ↓↓↓	2	★Black Lv14 ☆White Lv19	Decreases the Exp. Points from a battle very much. (0.5×)
Prize Money Power ↑	2	★Black Lv5	Increases the prize money from a battle a little. (1.5×)
Prize Money Power ↑↑	3	★Black Lv10	Increases the prize money from a battle. (2×)
Prize Money Power ↑↑↑	4	★Black Lv26	Increases the prize money from a battle very much. (3×)
Capture Power ↑	4	★Black Lv5 ☆White Lv5	Increases the chance to catch Pokémon a little. (1.1×)
Capture Power ↑↑	5	★Black Lv11 ☆White Lv11	Increases the chance to catch Pokémon. (1.2×)
Capture Power ↑↑↑	6	★Black Lv30 ☆White Lv30	Increases the chance of catching Pokémon by a lot. (1.3×)
Exploring Power ↑^B2W2	5	None*	Increases the chance of finding rustling grass and dust clouds a little.
Exploring Power ↑↑^B2W2	10	☆White Lv.5	Increases the chance of finding rustling grass and dust clouds.
Exploring Power ↑↑↑^B2W2	15	★Black Lv15 ☆White Lv.15	Increases the chance of finding rustling grass and dust clouds a lot.
Exploring Power S^B2W2	50	☆White Lv.100	Increases the chance of finding rustling grass and dust clouds a lot. The effect lasts 10 minutes.
Grotto Power ↑^B2W2	5	★Black Lv10 ☆White Lv.10	Increases the chance of encountering Pokémon in Hidden Grottoes a little.
Grotto Power ↑↑^B2W2	10	★Black Lv20 ☆White Lv.20	Increases the chance of encountering Pokémon in Hidden Grottoes.
Grotto Power ↑↑↑^B2W2	15	★Black Lv30 ☆White Lv.30	Increases the chance of encountering Pokémon in Hidden Grottoes a lot.
Grotto Power S^B2W2	50	★Black Lv50 ☆White Lv.50	Increases the chance of encountering Pokémon in Hidden Grottoes a lot. The effect lasts 20 minutes.
Lucky Power ↑^B2W2	10	★Black Lv7 ☆White Lv.7	Increases the chance of encountering uncommon Pokémon slightly.
Lucky Power ↑↑^B2W2	20	★Black Lv21 ☆White Lv.21	Increases the chance of encountering uncommon Pokémon a little.
Lucky Power ↑↑↑^B2W2	30	★Black Lv49 ☆White Lv.49	Increases the chance of encountering uncommon Pokémon. (Rare Pokémon become common, and vice versa) Increases shiny rate to 1/4096 & 1/2048 with Shiny Charm
Lucky Power S^B2W2	50	★Black Lv100	Increases the chance of encountering uncommon Pokémon. The effect lasts 10 minutes.

Visiting other players

In Black and White (but not in Black 2 or White 2, where the bridge was removed from the game), players may choose to visit each others' worlds via the Entralink. To do that, one player must be inside the Entralink while another must be located in one of the following locations which form a hexagon surrounding the Entralink:

Nimbasa City
Driftveil City
Mistralton City
Icirrus City
Opelucid City
Lacunosa Town
Undella Town
Black City/White Forest
Marvelous Bridge
Village Bridge
Driftveil Drawbridge
Tubeline Bridge
Routes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16

The other player must not be inside a building.

The visiting player would have to stand on the connecting bridges at the sides of the Entralink to make a connection and the other player's C-Gear must be on as well to establish a connection. Once connected, the visiting player would then be able to enter the other player's Entralink by crossing the barrier.

Upon entering, the visiting player would have their overworld sprite changed and appear in a black-and-white version of Unova. Everything is the same as the original, except that the visiting player cannot enter buildings or certain places, and all the routes and towns are connected via warp portals instead of connectors.

The visiting player can also keep track of the other player's location at the bottom screen and warp to the different towns by simply tapping with the stylus. The visiting player may also access the other player's Entree to register available Pass Powers to their own C-Gear, or to begin missions to help the other player.

Up to two players may connect to the same player's world. The third player may also choose to intercept a mission by completing it before the player who initiated it.

Entralink Missions

In Black and White, the visiting player may choose to accept missions on another player's Entree. There are 6 different missions available for completion, and these require the two players to interact with each other within a specific time limit (with exception of the Item-hiding missions, which fails when the visiting player is talked to).

Upon the successful completion of a mission, the visiting player would be rewarded with Pass Orbs and the growth of the player's own Entree. The growth of the visiting player's Entree depends on the version of the player visited: if the visiting player completed a mission on Pokémon Black, the ★Black level of the visiting player would increase by 1.

Also, completed missions would be indicated on a player's Entree by a black or white marking depending on the version of the visiting player. If the visiting player was playing Pokémon White and completed the top-left mission, the top-left mark of the mission selection screen would 'light up' as White. This has no significance except when a bonus is awarded to the visiting player for completing the last mission: if five missions are 'lit up' as White and the visiting player with Pokémon White completes the last mission, their Entree would have a bonus growth of 6 ☆White levels.

There are 6 different kinds missions for the player to complete. When the visiting player accepts a mission, their sprite will change accordingly to the mission. The 6 kinds of missions are:

Top-left: Help mission. The other player must talk to the visiting player.
Top-right: Help mission. The visiting player must talk to the other player.
Mid-left: Battle mission. The visiting player must challenge the other player to a 2-on-2 flat battle.
Mid-right: Rescue mission. The visiting player helps the other player when battling a wild Pokémon (or when in a battle).
Bottom-left: Item-hiding mission. The visiting player hides an item somewhere for the other player to find.
Bottom-right: Item-selling mission. The visiting player must successfully sell an overpriced item to the other player.

Support Missions

Support Missions give the player the task of having to find the Entralink host and giving them a special power. These powers are enhanced versions of the standard Pass Powers and last longer. The tasks are listed below.

Support Mission	Time limit	Effect time	Effect
Exp. Point Power S	3 minutes	30 minutes	Experience Points received in battle are doubled.
Exp. Point Power MAX	3 minutes	1 hour	Experience Points received in battle are doubled.
Prize Money Power S	3 minutes	30 minutes	Money earned from battles is tripled.
Prize Money Power MAX	3 minutes	1 hour	Money earned from battles is tripled.
Hatching Power S	3 minutes	30 minutes	Eggs hatch a little faster.
Hatching Power MAX	3 minutes	1 hour	Eggs hatch a little faster.
Befriending Power S	3 minutes	30 minutes	Pokémon gain friendship faster.
Befriending Power MAX	3 minutes	1 hour	Pokémon gain friendship faster.
Bargain Power S	3 minutes	30 minutes	All items bought at all Department Stores, Markets, and PokéMarts are 50% off.
Bargain Power MAX	3 minutes	1 hour	All items bought at all Department Stores, Markets, and PokéMarts are 50% off.
Full Recovery Power	3 minutes	One use	HP is fully restored.
Capture Power S	3 minutes	30 minutes	The probability of catching a wild Pokémon is increased.
Capture Power MAX	3 minutes	1 hour	The probability of catching a wild Pokémon is increased.

Item Missions

There are two different kinds of item missions. The first kind of mission requires the player to sell an item to the other player at a price 50% higher than its usual cost. The mission fails if the player is turned down.

The second kind of mission requires the player to hide an item somewhere in the other player's world within 3 minutes. The mission fails if the player is spoken to while completing the mission. This mission cannot be selected if the area the item is supposed to be hidden has not been visited by the player in their own world. The items that can be hidden are Great Ball, Ultra Ball, Heal Ball, Net Ball, Nest Ball, Quick Ball, Dusk Ball, Timer Ball, Repeat Ball, Dive Ball, and Luxury Ball.

The areas and places where the item may be hidden are listed below.

Item Mission	Specific area
Nimbasa City	Between the benches.
Driftveil City	Behind the market building.
Mistralton City	In front of the plane.
Icirrus City	In between the four dancers.
Opelucid City	In front of the northern gate.
Lacunosa Town	By the manhole.
Undella Town	In front of the Villa.
Route 5	In front of Preston the Musician.
Route 6	On the bridge right before Chargestone Cave.
Route 7	In front of the Celestial Tower entrance.
Route 8	In front of the roadsign.
Route 9	In front of trashcan by the vending machine.
Route 11	In front of the trailer.
Route 12	In front of the sign.
Route 13	In front of the tree by the bridge.
Route 14	Whereabouts the beach touches land.
Route 15	In the trashcan by the Poké Transfer Lab.
Route 16	Where the fence divides.

Rescue Mission

Rescue Missions give the player the task of finding the Entralink host during a battle and talking to them. The reward(s) are listed below.

Rescue Mission	Time limit	Effect
Battle HP Restore Power	One use	Heals the Entralink host's Pokémon while in a battle. At the end of the battle, the host receives a Revive.

Battle Mission

Battle Missions require the player to battle the Entralink host in a Flat Battle using the first two Pokémon in their party. Players may battle at level 10, 30, 50 or 100.

Funfest Missions

Main article: Funfest Mission

In Black 2 and White 2, Funfest Missions are used in place of Entralink Missions. They can be activated anywhere in Unova, and can be played either alone or with up to 100 others. The player's first mission will be to find 5 Berries within 3 minutes.

Items

Entralink proper

Item		Location	Games
	Pass Orb ×?	Reward for completing an Entralink^BW/Funfest^B2W2 mission	B W B2 W2

Entree Forest

Item		Location	Games
	Dream Ball	Appears in the Bag during a wild encounter, disappears if not used during the encounter	B W B2 W2

Quotes

Pokémon Black and White

Introduction: "Oh, someone showed up... Welcome to the Entralink."; "Hm?"; "Judging by the look of you, you don't seem to know where you are."; "This is an island called the Entralink. It's located in the center of the Unova region."; "The Entralink is a mysterious place where you can connect with someone's world."; "If you go to someone's world by passing through this island, you will be able to meet an adventurer in the world."; "And you can help that adventurer."; "Yes! If you want to help, cross the bridge in this island and go to someone's world."; "There must be someone who is waiting for you there!"

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Introduction: "Welcome to the Entralink."; "Hmm?"; "Judging by your expression, you don't seem to know where you are."; "This place is called the Entralink... It's a mysterious place that links people."; "It is also a place where you can hone your skills by helping out nearby adventurers."; "...Hmm. It's a bit hard to explain with words."; "As an adventurer, you should test yourself to learn what it is..."; "As a start, talk to this Entree to receive a mission."; "Then deliver your power to it!"

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Black and White by Keiko Moritsugu^[1]

In the manga

The Entree in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Black & White arc

Entralink and the Entree first appeared in Dream a Little Dream, where Black was seen there after he had fainted due to the shock of Musha leaving him.

Entralink appeared again in True Friends, where Black and Cheren fainted during their Pokémon League battle and saw child versions of themselves sitting by the Entree and writing down their dreams about Black aiming to win the Pokémon League and Cheren wanting to support him in achieving his goal.

Black 2 & White 2 arc

In Pink Slip, White traveled to the Entralink at Fennel's request to search for the Light Stone, as she had figured out that the stone was connected to the Pokémon Dream World. Shortly after arriving, White managed to find and retrieve the Light Stone, but was then unexpectedly approached by N and Zekrom. N assured White that he was not against her, and told her how he and Zekrom had encountered the Light Stone while flying through the sky and followed it, until the Light Stone had suddenly changed course and landed at the Entralink, wanting to be found by White.

Trivia

Origin

Entralink draws inspiration from the Tokyo Imperial Palace, and is located where Central Park is in the real world.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	連入 Lìhn Yahp
Chinese	Mandarin	連入 / 连入 Lián Rù
French		Heylink
German		Kontaktebene
Italian		Intramondo
Korean		하일링크 Hilink
Spanish		Zona Nexo