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Silph Company シルフカンパニー
Sylph Company
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Silph Co. Exterior LGPE.png
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Location: Saffron City
Region: Kanto
Generations: I, II, III, IV, VII
Kanto Saffron City Map.png
Location of Silph Company in Kanto.
Pokémon world locations
Location preview of Silph Co. as seen in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

The Silph Co. (Japanese: シルフカンパニー Sylph Company), also known as simply Silph (Japanese: シルフ Sylph), is a company headquartered at the Silph Co. Office Building or Silph Co. Head Office (Japanese: シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ ビル Sylph Company Main Office Building; シルフほんしゃビル Sylph Main Office Building; シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ Sylph Company Main Office) in Saffron City. The company manufactures a variety of goods, including the Silph Scope, the Master Ball, and the Upgrade.

Terminology

Japanese

Names used for Silph Co. in the Japanese games:

  • シルフカンパニー (Sylph Company)
    This name is often used in the dialogue by multiple characters in several generations.
    This name is seen in the Pokémon's summary if it was originally met in this building (including the gift Lapras, as well as any Eggs hatched here).
    In Generations III and VII (but not in Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold, or SoulSilver), this name is used when the player is entering the Silph Co.
    In Generation III, the floor number appears when the player enters the floor. Each floor is named as "シルフカンパニー 1F", "シルフカンパニー 2F", etc. The elevator is simply named "シルフカンパニー".
  • シルフ (Sylph)
    Sometimes this name is used in character dialogue, such as "おおきく なったら シルフで はたらくと いいよ" ("Come work for Silph when you get older!")
    This name is used in "シルフスコープ", the Japanese name of Silph Scope.
    This name is used in the Trainer class "シルフのチーフ" (Sylph's Chief), that is found in the Generation I game data but is not seen in-game. This Trainer class was translated as simply "Chief" in English.
  • シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ ビル (Sylph Company Main Office Building)
    This name is displayed on the sign at the side of the Silph Co. building, from Generation I to IV.
  • シルフカンパニー 本社(ほんしゃ)ビル (Sylph Company Main Office Building)
    In Generation VII, the name is written with kanji on the sign.
  • シルフほんしゃビル (Sylph Main Office Building)
    This name is displayed in the Generation I Town Map. This may be a shortened version of "シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ ビル", which would not fit in the Town Map due to the limit of 9 characters for each place name.
  • シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ (Sylph Company Main Office)
    In Generation III, this name appears with the floor number, on the sign near the stars on each floor. For instance, "シルフ カンパニー ほんしゃ 4かい" (Silph Company Main Office 4th Floor).
  • Sylph Corpration[sic]
    This name appears in Romaji on the Card Key in its official artwork from Generation I.

English

Names used for Silph Co. in the English games:

  • Silph Co.
    This name is often used in the dialogue by multiple characters in several generations.
    This name is displayed on the Town Map in Generation I. From Generation II onwards, Silph Co. is not named in any form of map equipment.
    This name is seen in the Pokémon's summary if it was originally met in this building (including the gift Lapras, as well as any Eggs hatched here).
    In Generations III and VII (but not in Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold, or SoulSilver), this name is used when the player is entering the Silph Co.
    In Generation III, the floor number appears when the player enters the floor. Each floor is named as "Silph Co. 1F", "Silph Co. 2F", etc. The elevator is simply named "Silph Co."
  • Silph
    Sometimes this name is used in character dialogue, such as "Come work for Silph when you get older!", "You mistook me for a Silph worker?", and "Thank you for saving Silph!" in Generations I and III.
    Used in the name of Silph Scope.
  • Silph Co. Office Building
    This name is displayed on the sign at the side of the Silph Co., in all generations where this building appears.
  • Silph Co. Head Office
    In Generation III, this name appears with the floor number, on the sign near the stairs on each floor. For instance, "Silph Co. Head Office 4F".

For comparison, the name "Silph Company" is not used in any English core series games.

In the core series games

A Silph Co. Master Ball

Headquarters

The Silph Co. Office Building, based in Saffron City, is an eleven-floor skyscraper that is effectively a giant maze.

Generations I, III, and VII

In Generations I, III, and VII, due to Team Rocket having invaded the Silph Co. headquarters in Saffron City, a Team Rocket Grunt is initially guarding the front door, preventing entrance into the building. After the player has saved Mr. Fuji from Team Rocket at the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town, the guard will have fallen asleepRBFRLG, disappearedY, or have been knocked out by Jessie and JamesPE, allowing the player to enter the building.

The player can navigate the building's interior by using warp tiles in order to reach the board room on the top floor. To do this, the player must obtain the Card Key, which unlocks Silph's doors like a hotel key, on the fifth floor of the building. During this time, multiple Trainers occupy the building. These Trainers include numerous Team Rocket Grunts, including the four Rocket BrothersRBYFRLG/Rocket SistersPE and a Juggler, who also appears to be a member of Team Rocket, as well as several Scientists who have defected to Team Rocket. The bed at the bottom-left corner of the ninth floor can be used to heal the player's Pokémon without having to leave the building.

On the second floor, a woman hiding from Team Rocket will give away a TM for Self-Destruct in Generation I and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, she will instead offer to teach the move Thunder Wave to one of the player's Pokémon.

In Generations I and III, Blue will challenge the player to a battle on the seventh floor, while in Generation VII, he challenges both the player and Trace to a battle on the first floor. In Generation VII, Trace stays behind on the seventh floor to stall Archer and give the player time to reach Giovanni.

On the seventh floor, the player can receive a Lapras as a gift from a Silph employee. In the Generation I games, this was the only way to obtain a Lapras. Upon reaching the president's room on the top floor, the player must defeat Giovanni to stop him from stealing the Master Ball. After he is defeated, Team Rocket abandons their plans for Silph and withdraws from the building.

Generations II and IV

A Silph Co. Pokégear, bearing the company's logo

In Generations II and IV, Silph Co. has increased security, and the player is not allowed to enter the upper floors. One of the guards will kindly give the player an Up-Grade for talking to him.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the elevator has broken and is unsafe, denying the player access to the upper floors. However, upon defeating Red, the player can meet the Hoenn League Champion Steven Stone here and receive one of the Hoenn region's first partner Pokémon from him. He will also trade his Beldum for a Forretress after being interacted with at the Pewter Museum of Science.

Generation IV introduced a logo for the company that appears on the Pokégear and has a statue based on it in the company's building.

Rotom's Room

Main article: Rotom's Room

The alternate forms of Rotom may also be accessed here in Generation IV via the broken elevator. When Rotom is in the party, the Silph Co. building will be deserted of all people, including Steven. The notebook present in the room indicates that Charon may have had a past connection to the company.

Russian branch

In the Generation I games and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Scientist Taylor mentions an alleged overseas branch of Silph Co. In the English versions, he states that the Tiksi branch of the company is "in Russian no-man's-land". In the Japanese versions, he states that the Ponaya Tunguska branch (ポナヤツングスカしてん) is located "deep in Russia" (「ロシアの おくの ほうだよ」). Ponaya Tunguska appears to be a shortened form of the transliterated name of Podkamennaya Tunguska in Japanese (ポドカメンナヤツングースカ).

In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, the references to Russia were removed, and the Western and Korean localizations further removed the references to the branch. In the English version, Taylor instead mentions having been sent "off to the boondocks". In the Japanese version, he still mentions the Ponaya Tunguska branch (rendered as ポナヤツングスカ支店 when the Characters setting in Options is set to kanji), which was localized into both Simplified and Traditional Chinese as the Podkamennaya Tunguska River branch (波拿耶通古斯河分公司).

Discoveries and inventions

Within the company, there are three reports of discoveries that serve as in-game trivia for the player, labeled Pokémon Report (Japanese: ポケモン レポート).

In the Generation I games, one report says that only four Pokémon evolve when traded, referring to Kadabra, Graveler, Machoke, and Haunter. In Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, it instead says that some Pokémon evolve when traded without specifying a number.

Another report states the number of moves that Pokémon can learn, referred to as "techniques" in Generations I and III. This number is over 160 in the Generation I games, over 350 in the Generation III games, and over 200 in the Generation VII games.

A third report informs the player that Porygon was created by the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island. In Generation VII, this report instead states that Porygon was created by the research section.

Items

One of the items below is in a different location in the original Red and Green version, and is listed separately. Other items are in the same location.

Item Location Games
X Sp. Atk X Sp. Atk ×2
  • 1F, between the fountains
  • 6F, in the central room
 P  E 
Super Potion Super Potion ×2
  • 2F, in the west area of the floor
  • 6F, next to the southernmost plant
 P  E 
TM Normal TM36 (Selfdestruct) 2F, received from the woman in the northwest room  R  B  Y 
TM Normal VI TM42 (Self-Destruct) 2F, received from the woman in the northwest room  P  E 
Ultra Ball Ultra Ball ×2
  • 2F, on the southern plant in the southwest area of the floor (hidden)
  • 10F, in the southwest area of the floor
 FR  LG 
Fresh Water Fresh Water ×3
  • 2F, on the water dispenser in the south area of the floor (hidden)
  • 4F, on the water dispenser in the middlemost room (hidden)
  • 6F, on the water dispenser in the northwest room (hidden)
 P  E 
X Attack X Attack ×2
  • 2F, in the southeast area of the floor
  • 8F, north of the northern plant in the eastern room
 P  E 
Hyper Potion Hyper Potion 3F, northeast of the Scientist  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
Protein Protein 3F, on the center plant of the three plants in the southeast area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
Silver Razz Berry Silver Razz Berry ×6
  • 3F, in the northwest corner on one of the three plants (hidden) (daily)
  • 8F, on the plant in the southeast corner (hidden) (daily)
 P  E 
Max Lure Max Lure 3F, in the first room to the west  P  E 
X Sp. Def X Sp. Def 3F, in the eastern room  P  E 
Full Heal Full Heal 4F, in the storage room in the west  R  B  Y  FR  LG  P  E 
Escape Rope Escape Rope 4F, in the storage room in the west  R  B  Y  FR  LG  P  E 
Max Revive Max Revive 4F, in the storage room in the west  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
TM Dark TM41 (Torment) 4F, in the southeast area of the floor  FR  LG 
Iron Iron 4F, on the southernmost plant in the southeast area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
Dire Hit Dire Hit 4F, in the southeast area of the floor  P  E 
Star Piece Star Piece 4F, in the storage room in the west  P  E 
Great Ball Great Ball ×8
  • 4F, in the storage room in the west (×5)
  • 9F, on a shelf in the southern room (×3)
 P  E 
Revive Revive ×3
  • 4F, in the storage room in the west
  • 8F, near the northwest corner of the floor
  • 9F, in between beds in the southwest corner
 P  E 
Card Key III Card Key 5F, east of the southernmost Team Rocket Grunt  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
Protein Protein 5F, in the northwest room  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
Elixir Elixer 5F, on the first plant east of the Scientist (hidden)  Rᴶ  G 
Elixir Elixer 5F, on the second plant east of the Scientist (hidden)  R  B  Y 
TM Normal TM09 (Take Down) 5F, in the southwest area of the floor  R  B  Y 
TM Fighting TM01 (Focus Punch) 5F, in the southwest room  FR  LG 
PP Up PP Up 5F, on the first plant south of the staircase leading to 6F (hidden)  FR  LG 
Elixir Elixir 5F, on the southern plant of the two plants in the center area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
Card Key Card Key 5F, from Trace after defeating Archer and a Team Rocket Grunt in a Multi Battle  P  E 
Silver Nanab Berry Silver Nanab Berry ×3 5F, in the two plants on the northern wall, west of the elevator (hidden) (daily)  P  E 
Max Ether Max Ether 5F, in the northwest room  P  E 
TM Steel VI TM54 (Flash Cannon) 5F, in the southwest room  P  E 
Poké Ball Poké Ball ×8
  • 5F, in the southwest room (×5)
  • 9F, in the southern room (×3)
 P  E 
Nugget Nugget 5F, in the narrow corridor in the east  P  E 
Guard Spec. Guard Spec. 5F, in the room in the middle of the floor  P  E 
X Accuracy X Accuracy 6F, in the southwest room  R  B  Y 
HP Up HP Up 6F, in the southwest room  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
Carbos Carbos 6F, on the western plant of the two plants in the northwest area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
X Sp. Atk X Special 6F, in the southwest room  FR  LG 
Silver Pinap Berry Silver Pinap Berry ×3 6F, on the plant in the southeast corner (hidden) (daily)  P  E 
Max Repel Max Repel 6F, in the southwest room  P  E 
Hyper Potion Hyper Potion 6F, in the southwest room  P  E 
PP Up PP Up ×2
  • 6F, in the eastern corridor
  • 7F, in the west area of the floor
 P  E 
Calcium Calcium 7F, northwest of the Scientist  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
TM Normal TM03 (Swords Dance) 7F, in the eastern room  R  B  Y 
TM Fighting TM08 (Bulk Up) 7F, in the eastern room  FR  LG 
Zinc Zinc 7F, on the southern plant of the two plants in the east area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
TM Dragon VI TM34 (Dragon Pulse) 7F, in the eastern room  P  E 
Nanab Berry Nanab Berry ×3 7F, on the southernmost plant in the central hallway (hidden) (daily)  P  E 
Smart Candy Smart Candy ×3 7F, in the southeast corner of the floor  P  E 
Rare Candy Rare Candy 7F, in the room south of the counter  P  E 
Iron Iron 8F, east of the two beds south of the elevator  FR  LG 
Nugget Nugget 8F, on the northern plant of the two plants in the east area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
Max Potion Max Potion 9F, one square south and one square west of the nurse, on the bed (hidden)  R  B  Y 
Max Potion Max Potion 9F, one square east of the boxes (hidden)  FR  LG 
Calcium Calcium 9F, on the eastern plant of the two plants in the northwest area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
Elixir Elixir 9F, between the northern two beds (hidden) (daily)  P  E 
Ultra Ball Ultra Ball ×3 9F, on a shelf in the southern room  P  E 
Rare Candy Rare Candy 10F, in the southwest room  R  B  Y  FR  LG  P  E 
Carbos Carbos 10F, in the southwest room  R  B  Y  FR  LG 
TM Ground TM26 (Earthquake) 10F, in the southwest room  R  B  Y 
HP Up HP Up 10F, on the plant in the eastern area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
X Accuracy X Accuracy 10F, on a box in the northeast room (hidden) (daily)  P  E 
Full Heal Full Heal 10F, in the northwest  P  E 
Max Revive Max Revive 10F, in the southwest room  P  E 
TM Fire VI TM37 (Flamethrower) 10F, in the southwest room  P  E 
Master Ball Master Ball 11F, received from Silph Co.'s president after defeating Giovanni  R  B  Y  FR  LG  P  E 
Zinc Zinc 11F, one square north of the southeast corner of the floor  FR  LG 
Revive Revive 11F, on the center plant of the three plants in the south area of the floor (hidden)  FR  LG 
Max Elixir Max Elixir 11F, near the southeast corner of the floor  P  E 
Up-Grade Up-Grade Received from the guard  G  S  C  HG  SS 
Dawn Stone Dawn Stone Held by Iron, a Beldum the player can obtain in a trade  HG  SS 

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Gift Pokémon
Lapras Lapras
R B Y
Gift 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 III

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Gift Pokémon
Lapras Lapras
FR LG
Gift Gift
25 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
Gift Pokémon
Treecko Treecko
HG SS
Gift Gift
5 One
Torchic Torchic
HG SS
Gift Gift
5 One
Mudkip Mudkip
HG SS
Gift Gift
5 One
Special Pokémon
Beldum Beldum
HG SS
Forretress Trade
Forretress
The same as the traded Pokémon 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 VII

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Gift Pokémon
Lapras Lapras
P E
Gift Gift
34 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

After Giovanni has been defeated, all the Trainers associated with Team Rocket will disappear from the building.

Generation I

2F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $750
Golbat Golbat Lv.25
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.25
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.25
No item
Raticate Raticate Lv.25
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.25
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1400
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.28
No item
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.28
No item
Magneton Magneton Lv.28
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $870
Cubone Cubone Lv.29
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.29
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1300
Grimer Grimer Lv.26
No item
Weezing Weezing Lv.26
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.26
No item
Weezing Weezing Lv.26
No item


3F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $840
Raticate Raticate Lv.28
No item
Hypno Hypno Lv.28
No item
Raticate Raticate Lv.28
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1450
Electrode Electrode Lv.29
No item
Weezing Weezing Lv.29
No item


4F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $840
Ekans Ekans Lv.28
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.28
No item
Cubone Cubone Lv.28
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $870
Machop Machop Lv.29
No item
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.29
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1650
Electrode Electrode Lv.33
No item


5F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $1015
Hypno Hypno Lv.33
No item
Juggler
Juggler
Reward: $1160
Kadabra Kadabra Lv.29
No item
Mr. Mime Mr. Mime Lv.29
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1450
Magneton Magneton Lv.26
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.26
No item
Weezing Weezing Lv.26
No item
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.26
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $990
Arbok Arbok Lv.33
No item


6F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $870
Machop Machop Lv.29
No item
Machoke Machoke Lv.29
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $840
Zubat Zubat Lv.28
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.28
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.28
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1250
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.25
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.25
No item
Magneton Magneton Lv.25
No item
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.25
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.25
No item


7F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $870
Cubone Cubone Lv.29
No item
Cubone Cubone Lv.29
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $780
Raticate Raticate Lv.26
No item
Arbok Arbok Lv.26
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.26
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.26
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1450
Electrode Electrode Lv.29
No item
Muk Muk Lv.29
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $840
Sandshrew Sandshrew Lv.29
No item
Sandslash Sandslash Lv.29
No item


Pokémon Red and Blue

Blue has one Potion per Pokémon, using it 12.5% of the time if their HP falls below 20%.

Bulbasaur If the player chose Bulbasaur:



Charmander If the player chose Charmander:



Squirtle If the player chose Squirtle:



Pokémon Yellow

Blue has one Potion per Pokémon, using it 12.5% of the time if their HP falls below 20%.

Vaporeon If Eevee evolved into Vaporeon:



Jolteon If Eevee evolved into Jolteon:



Flareon If Eevee evolved into Flareon:



8F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $780
Raticate Raticate Lv.26
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.26
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.26
No item
Rattata Rattata Lv.26
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $840
Weezing Weezing Lv.28
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.28
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.28
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1450
Grimer Grimer Lv.29
No item
Electrode Electrode Lv.29
No item


9F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $840
Golbat Golbat Lv.28
No item
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.28
No item
Hypno Hypno Lv.28
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $840
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.28
No item
Grimer Grimer Lv.28
No item
Machop Machop Lv.28
No item
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1400
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.28
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.28
No item
Magneton Magneton Lv.28
No item


10F
Trainer Pokémon
Scientist
Scientist
Reward: $1450
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.29
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.29
No item
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $840
Machoke Machoke Lv.33
No item


11F
Trainer Pokémon
Rocket
Rocket
Reward: $750
Rattata Rattata Lv.25
No item
Rattata Rattata Lv.25
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.25
No item
Rattata Rattata Lv.25
No item
Ekans Ekans Lv.25
No item
Rocket RB
Rocket RB
Reward: $960
Cubone Cubone Lv.32
No item
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.32
No item
Marowak Marowak Lv.32
No item


Pokémon Red and Blue

Giovanni has one Guard Spec. per Pokémon, using it randomly 25% of the time.



Pokémon Yellow



Giovanni has one Guard Spec. per Pokémon, using it randomly 25% of the time.



Generation III

2F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $800
Golbat Golbat Lv.25
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.25
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.25
No item
Raticate Raticate Lv.25
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.25
No item
Scientist Jerry
Scientist Jerry
ヒデオ Hideo
Reward: $1344
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.28
No item
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.28
No item
Magneton Magneton Lv.28
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $928
Cubone Cubone Lv.29
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.29
No item
Scientist Connor
Scientist Connor
ユヅル Yudzuru
Reward: $1248
Grimer Grimer Lv.26
No item
Weezing Weezing Lv.26
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.26
No item
Weezing Weezing Lv.26
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


3F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $896
Raticate Raticate Lv.28
No item
Hypno Hypno Lv.28
No item
Raticate Raticate Lv.28
No item
Scientist Jose
Scientist Jose
トモノリ Tomonori
Reward: $1392
Electrode Electrode Lv.29
No item
Weezing Weezing Lv.29
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


4F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $896
Ekans Ekans Lv.28
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.28
No item
Cubone Cubone Lv.28
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $928
Machop Machop Lv.29
No item
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.29
No item
Scientist Rodney
Scientist Rodney
マサヒロ Masahiro
Reward: $1584
Electrode Electrode Lv.33
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


5F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1056
Hypno Hypno Lv.33
No item
Juggler Dalton
Juggler Dalton
テリー Terry
Reward: $1160
Kadabra Kadabra Lv.29
No item
Mr. Mime Mr. Mime Lv.29
No item
Scientist Beau
Scientist Beau
カズユキ Kazuyuki
Reward: $1248
Magneton Magneton Lv.26
No item
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.26
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.26
No item
Weezing Weezing Lv.26
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1056
Arbok Arbok Lv.33
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


6F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $928
Machop Machop Lv.29
No item
Machoke Machoke Lv.29
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $896
Zubat Zubat Lv.28
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.28
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.28
No item
Scientist Taylor
Scientist Taylor
ソウスケ Sōsuke
Reward: $1200
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.25
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.25
No item
Magneton Magneton Lv.25
No item
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.25
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.25
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


7F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $928
Cubone Cubone Lv.29
No item
Cubone Cubone Lv.29
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $832
Raticate Raticate Lv.26
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.26
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.26
No item
Rattata Rattata Lv.26
No item
Scientist Joshua
Scientist Joshua
シュウイチ Shūichi
Reward: $1392
Electrode Electrode Lv.29
No item
Muk Muk Lv.29
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $928
Sandshrew Sandshrew Lv.29
No item
Sandslash Sandslash Lv.29
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


Bulbasaur If the player chose Bulbasaur:



Charmander If the player chose Charmander:



Squirtle If the player chose Squirtle:



8F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $832
Raticate Raticate Lv.26
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.26
No item
Arbok Arbok Lv.26
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.26
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $896
Weezing Weezing Lv.28
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.28
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.28
No item
Scientist Parker
Scientist Parker
ヒデキ Hideki
Reward: $1392
Grimer Grimer Lv.29
No item
Electrode Electrode Lv.29
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


9F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $896
Golbat Golbat Lv.28
No item
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.28
No item
Hypno Hypno Lv.28
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $896
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.28
No item
Grimer Grimer Lv.28
No item
Machop Machop Lv.28
No item
Scientist Ed
Scientist Ed
スグル Suguru
Reward: $1344
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.28
No item
Magneton Magneton Lv.28
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.28
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


10F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1056
Machoke Machoke Lv.33
No item
Scientist Travis
Scientist Travis
ヨシヤ Yoshiya
Reward: $1392
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.29
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.29
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.


11F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $800
Rattata Rattata Lv.25
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.25
No item
Ekans Ekans Lv.25
No item
Rattata Rattata Lv.25
No item
Rattata Rattata Lv.25
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1024
Cubone Cubone Lv.32
No item
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.32
No item
Marowak Marowak Lv.32
No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.




Generation VII

1F




Trainer Pokémon
After becoming Champion
Master Trainer
Ace Trainer Leopold
Ace Trainer Leopold
ユウマ Yūma
Kingler Kingler Lv.75
Agility Stomp
Scald Guillotine


2F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Raticate Raticate Lv.33
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Koffing Koffing Lv.33
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.33
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.33
No item
Scientist Jerry
Scientist Jerry
ヒデオ Hideo
Reward: $2,100
Electabuzz Electabuzz Lv.35
No item
Scientist Connor
Scientist Connor
ユヅル Yudzuru
Reward: $2,100
Weezing Weezing Lv.35
No item


3F
Trainer Pokémon
Scientist Jose
Scientist Jose
トモノリ Tomonori
Reward: $2,100
Grimer Grimer Lv.35
No item
Magmar Magmar Lv.35
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Haunter Haunter Lv.33
No item


4F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Koffing Koffing Lv.33
No item
Electrode Electrode Lv.33
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Rattata Rattata Lv.33
No item
Grimer Grimer Lv.33
No item
Scientist Rodney
Scientist Rodney
スグル Suguru
Reward: $2,100
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.35
No item
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.35
No item
Electrode Electrode Lv.35
No item
After becoming Champion
Master Trainer
Black Belt Masahiro
Black Belt Masahiro
マサシゲ Masashige
Machop Machop Lv.65
Thunder Punch Poison Jab
Bulk Up -


5F
Trainer Pokémon
Juggler Dalton
Juggler Dalton
テリー Terry
Reward: $1,360
3 Poké Balls
Hypno Hypno Lv.34
No item
Haunter Haunter Lv.34
No item
Kadabra Kadabra Lv.34
No item
Scientist Beau
Scientist Beau
カズユキ Kazuyuki
Reward: $2,100
Muk Muk Lv.35
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Ekans Ekans Lv.33
No item
Hypno Hypno Lv.33
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Zubat Zubat Lv.33
No item
Arbok Arbok Lv.33
No item


Trace joins the player in a Multi Battle against Archer and a Team Rocket Grunt.

Pikachu In Let's Go, Pikachu!:



Eevee In Let's Go, Eevee!:






6F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Meowth Meowth Lv.33
No item
Raticate Raticate Lv.33
No item
Scientist Taylor
Scientist Taylor
ソウスケ Sōsuke
Reward: $2,100
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.35
No item
Magnemite Magnemite Lv.35
No item
Magmar Magmar Lv.35
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Raticate Raticate Lv.33
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.33
No item


7F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Zubat Zubat Lv.33
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.33
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.33
No item
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.33
No item
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.33
No item
Scientist Joshua
Scientist Joshua
シュウイチ Shūichi
Reward: $2,100
Koffing Koffing Lv.35
No item
Magneton Magneton Lv.35
No item


8F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Grimer Grimer Lv.33
No item
Koffing Koffing Lv.33
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Gastly Gastly Lv.33
No item
Persian Persian Lv.33
No item
Scientist Parker
Scientist Parker
ヒデキ Hideki
Reward: $2,100
Electrode Electrode Lv.35
No item
Porygon Porygon Lv.35
No item


9F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Persian Persian Lv.33
No item
Scientist Ed
Scientist Ed
スグル Suguru
Reward: $2,100
Weezing Weezing Lv.35
No item
Electabuzz Electabuzz Lv.35
No item
Electrode Electrode Lv.35
No item
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Koffing Koffing Lv.33
No item
Haunter Haunter Lv.33
No item


10F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Voltorb Voltorb Lv.33
No item
Raticate Raticate Lv.33
No item
Scientist Travis
Scientist Travis
ヨシヤ Yoshiya
Reward: $2,100
Grimer Grimer Lv.35
No item
Muk Muk Lv.35
No item


11F
Trainer Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $924
Drowzee Drowzee Lv.33
No item
Zubat Zubat Lv.33
No item
Golbat Golbat Lv.33
No item







Trainer Pokémon
After becoming Champion
Master Trainer
Lass Yumi
Lass Yumi
ユウミ Yūmi
Wigglytuff Wigglytuff Lv.75
Sing Tri Attack
Disable -


Layout

Inside design

Generations I, III, and VII
1F-6F
Version 1F 2F 3F 4F 5F 6F
Red (JP) Silph Co 1F RBY.png Silph Co 2F RBY.png Silph Co 3F RBY.png Silph Co 4F RBY.png Silph Co 5F RBY.png Silph Co 6F RBY.png
Green
Blue (JP)
Red
Blue
Yellow
FireRed Silph Co 1F FRLG.png Silph Co 2F FRLG.png Silph Co 3F FRLG.png Silph Co 4F FRLG.png Silph Co 5F FRLG.png Silph Co 6F FRLG.png
LeafGreen
Let's Go, Pikachu! Silph Co. 1F LGPE.png Silph Co. 2F LGPE.png Silph Co. 3F LGPE.png Silph Co. 4F LGPE.png Silph Co. 5F LGPE.png Silph Co. 6F LGPE.png
Let's Go, Eevee!
 
7F-11F
Version 7F 8F 9F 10F 11F
Red (JP) Silph Co 7F RBY.png Silph Co 8F RBY.png Silph Co 9F RBY.png Silph Co 10F RBY.png Silph Co 11F RBY.png
Green
Blue (JP)
Red
Blue
Yellow
FireRed Silph Co 7F FRLG.png Silph Co 8F FRLG.png Silph Co 9F FRLG.png Silph Co 10F FRLG.png Silph Co 11F FRLG.png
LeafGreen
Let's Go, Pikachu! Silph Co. 7F LGPE.png Silph Co. 8F LGPE.png Silph Co. 9F LGPE.png Silph Co. 10F LGPE.png Silph Co. 11F LGPE.png
Let's Go, Eevee!
 
Generations II and IV
Version 1F
Gold Silph Co 1F GSC.png
Silver
Crystal
HeartGold Silph Co 1F HGSS.png
SoulSilver
 

Outside design

Silph Co RBY.png Silph Co GSC.png Silph Co FRLG.png Silph Co HGSS.png Silph Co. Exterior LGPE.png
Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation VII

Music

Games Song name Composition Arrangement
 R  G  B  Y  Silph Co. Junichi Masuda Junichi Masuda
 G  S  C  Pewter City Junichi Masuda Go Ichinose
 FR  LG  Silph Co. Junichi Masuda Go Ichinose
 HG  SS  Pewter City Junichi Masuda Takuto Kitsuta
GB Sounds: Go Ichinose
 P  E  Silph Co.
Pewter City Theme
Junichi Masuda Shota Kageyama

In spin-off games

Super Smash Bros. series

Silph Co. in Super Smash Bros.
Main article: Saffron City (stage)

Silph Co. appears in Saffron City as a playable stage in Super Smash Bros. (called Silf in the Japanese version). The battle takes place on the roof of Silph Co. and a few smaller surrounding buildings, along with two small moving platforms. This is the home stage of Pikachu and Jigglypuff in the game.

Certain Pokémon will emerge from the elevator on the Silph Co. building and attack briefly, similar to Pokémon summoned from Poké Balls. Occasionally, Pidgey, Fearow, Butterfree, and other Flying-type Pokémon will appear in the background.

Pokémon Quest

In Pokémon Quest, the MoBee IV drone was manufactured by Silph Co. When the price of the MoBee IV was reduced, Silph Co also reduced the capacity of its battery. Silph Co. does not appear in the game other than being named in reference to MoBee IV.

In the anime

Artwork from the Game Freak website

Main series

According to artwork from the Game Freak website, the P1 Grand Prix is sponsored by Silph Co. and held in the Celadon City Hall.

Silph Co. in Pokémon Origins

Pokémon Origins

Silph Co. appeared in File 3: Giovanni. Like in the games, it was taken over by Team Rocket. Hearing from Silph Co.'s vice-president of how Team Rocket was experimenting on Pokémon in order to accelerate the completion of Master Ball, Red decided to storm the building. Doing so, he freed all the Pokémon and Scientists that were trapped inside, even obtaining a Lapras from one of the Scientists as a thank-you gift. Finally he arrived at the president's office, where he encountered Giovanni. Before Giovanni could escape, Red proclaimed that he would always be out there to stop their plans, irritating the Team Rocket Boss. Wanting to teach Red a lesson, Giovanni challenged Red to a Pokémon battle, which ended with Giovanni's Nidoqueen defeating Red's Charizard and wrecking a big portion of the building in the process. Afterwards, Giovanni escaped with a helicopter, leaving before the police could arrive. It was also mentioned that the development of Master Ball was put on hold for a while due to this incident.

Pokémon Generations

A photograph of Silph Co. appeared in The Chase, where an International Police agent informed Looker about Team Rocket's failed attempt to take over the building while giving him a report about their attempt to locate Giovanni.

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Silph Co. in Pokémon Adventures

Instead of an office building, the Silph Co. in Pokémon Adventures appears to be more like a typical villain base, having multiple traps and specifically designed rooms set up in case of intruders.

Red, Green & Blue arc

Silph Co. first appeared in Holy Moltres, where Team Rocket was shown keeping their base inside the building and having managed to capture the three legendary birds. Later it was revealed that Team Rocket was keeping the kidnapped people of Pallet Town at the building, prompting Red and Blue to break into the Team Rocket-infested Saffron City and storm the Silph Co. building. Green also entered the building, although with much more selfish motives.

Inside the Silph Co. building, Red, Blue, and Green were confronted by Team Rocket's commanders: the evil Gym Leaders Lt. Surge, Koga, and Sabrina. During the conflict, the legendary birds were accidentally fused together by Green's use of the "Badge Energy Amplifier", a device that increases the energy produced by Gym Badges. With their combined efforts, the three Pallet Town Trainers managed to defeat the fusion Pokémon and de-fuse it, allowing the legendary birds to escape. The building collapsed in the ensuing chaos, bringing Team Rocket's plans to an end.

Yellow arc

Two years later in Ponyta Tale, Agatha was seen picking up the Badge Energy Amplifier from the Silph Co. ruins for usage at Cerise Island.

Silph Co. in Pokémon Zensho

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Silph Co. appeared in Finish Off Team Rocket!!, where it was invaded by Team Rocket. Erika's father is the president of Silph Co.

Pokémon Zensho

Silph Co. appeared in PZ07, where Satoshi infiltrated the building to defeat Team Rocket. He soon encountered Sabrina, who also wanted to defeat Team Rocket, and a talking Lapras owned by the company. Satoshi and Sabrina decided to team up against Team Rocket, and used Sabrina's teleportation powers to reach the top floor, where Giovanni was keeping Silph Co.'s president hostage. After defeating Giovanni with Lapras's help, Satoshi obtained the Master Ball from Silph Co.'s president and the Marsh Badge from Sabrina, while Lapras ended up joining his team.

In the magazines

Article about the Master Ball
(Pokémon Power magazine)

Pokémon Power

In Pokémon Power (issue 2, page 3), it is said that Professor Oak invented the Master Ball and licensed its design to Silph Co., and this company's early field tests were said to be promising.

Trivia

Name origin

Silph Co.'s name is a corruption of sylph, a mythological creature.

In Japanese, the company is named シルフ shirufu, which is Japanese for "sylph". However, it has been officially romanized as "Silph", "Silf", and "Sylph".

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 西爾佛公司 Sāiyíhbaht Gūngsī *
西爾佛總公司 Sāiyíhbaht Júnggūngsī *
西佛爾公司 Sāibahtyíh Gūngsī *
史達企業的總公司 Sídaahtkéiyihp-dīk Júnggūngsī *
Mandarin 西爾佛公司 / 西尔佛公司 Xī'ěrfó Gōngsī *
西爾佛總公司 Xī'ěrfó Zǒnggōngsī *
西爾夫公司 / 西尔夫公司 Xī'ěrfū Gōngsī *
希鲁夫总公司 Xīlǔfū Zǒnggōngsī *
希鲁夫公司 Xīlǔfū Gōngsī *
The Czech Republic Flag.png Czech Společnost Silph
France Flag.png French Sylphe SARL
Germany Flag.png German Silph Co.
Italy Flag.png Italian Silph S.p.A. (VII)
Silph SpA (I-IV)
South Korea Flag.png Korean 실프주식회사 Sylph Jusikhwesa
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Silph Co. *
Companhia Silph *
Spain Flag.png Spanish Silph S. A. (VII)
Silph S.A. (I-IV)
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Công ty Sylph

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