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Mt. Silver

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Mt. Silver シロガネやま
Mt. Shirogane
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
HGSS Mt. Silver-Day.png
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Location: West of the Pokémon League Reception Gate
Region: Johto
Generations: II, IV
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Location of Mt. Silver in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

Mt. Silver, also known as Silver Cave (Japanese: シロガネやま Mt. Shirogane) is a large mountain in Johto located west of Victory Road and the Indigo Plateau. Mt. Silver can be reached from Kanto via Route 28 after receiving the sixteen gym badges of both Johto and Kanto. At the very summit of Mt. Silver, the player may battle with Red. In the anime, it is the home of Silver Town. It is based on Mt. Fuji in the real-world Japan.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Moltres can also be found here.

Geography

In the games, Mt. Silver is off-limits to all but the most skilled of Trainers. After Ethan or Kris has received all sixteen badges of Johto and Kanto, Professor Oak will give him or her permission to travel here.

The route to the area is rough, though no HMs are explicitly required to reach the Pokémon Center just outside the entrance. Inside, however, the cave is dark, requiring Flash to see. Many high-level Pokémon reside in the cave, including rare Pokémon not found elsewhere in the Johto region, like Larvitar and Misdreavus.

The cave has only one entrance, unlike all other caves found in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, but goes deep into the mountain. In the cave's final room, the player will encounter a familiar face who will, wordlessly, challenge him or her to what is the highest-leveled Trainer battle in the history of the Pokémon series.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Mt. Silver is much larger. Flash is no longer needed to light up the cave. The higher sections of the cave where Red is located require Rock Climb to access. At times the player must also venture onto the slopes on the mountain's sides in order to climb higher.

Gallery

Pokémon Gold and Silver

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    Exterior

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    First floor

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    Second floor

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    Interior cave

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    Interior cave

  • Pokemon-GSC-Johto-MtSilver-3.png

    Third floor

Items

Item Location Games

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Pokémon

Generation II

Outside

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Ponyta G S C Grass 42 30%


  Rapidash G S C Grass 44 10%


  Tangela G S C Grass 39-41 30%


  Ursaring G S C Grass 42 20%


  Donphan G S C Grass 42 20%
Day


  Arbok G S C Grass 42 20%


  Ponyta G S C Grass 42 30%


  Rapidash G S C Grass 44 10%


  Doduo G S C Grass 41 5%


  Dodrio G S C Grass 43 5%
Night


  Golbat G S C Grass 40-44 30%


  Poliwhirl G S C Grass 42-44 40%


  Sneasel G S C Grass 38-42 10%
Surfing and Fishing


  Poliwag G S C Old Rod 10 15%


  Magikarp G S C Old Rod 10 85%


  Poliwag G S C Good Rod 20 65%


  Magikarp G S C Good Rod 20 35%


  Poliwag G S C Super Rod 40 70%


  Magikarp G S C Super Rod 40 20%


  Poliwhirl G S C Super Rod 40 10%


  Poliwag G S C Surf 35-39 10%


  Poliwhirl G S C Surf 25-44 90%


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.

Cave entrance

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Golbat G S C Walking 45 5%


  Graveler G S C Walking 43 30%


  Onix G S C Walking 42 30%


  Onix G S C Walking 42 20%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 44 30%


  Donphan G S C Walking 44 30%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Day


  Golbat G S C Walking 45 5%


  Magmar G S C Walking 45 10%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 44 30%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Night


  Golbat G S C Walking 45 45%


  Golduck G S C Walking 45 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.

Inner cave

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Golbat G S C Walking 48 5%


  Parasect G S C Walking 46-48 15%


  Golduck G S C Walking 48 30%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 47 20%


  Donphan G S C Walking 47 20%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Day


  Golbat G S C Walking 48 30%


  Machoke G S C Walking 38 30%


  Quagsire G S C Walking 45 40%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 47 20%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Night


  Golbat G S C Walking 46-48 50%


  Golduck G S C Walking 48 30%


  Quagsire G S C Walking 45 30%


  Misdreavus G S C Walking 45 10%
Surfing and Fishing


  Golduck G S C Surfing 35-39 30%


  Goldeen G S C Surfing 35-39 10%


  Seaking G S C Surfing 35-44 90%


  Seaking G S C Surfing 35-44 60%


  Goldeen G S C Old Rod 10 15%


  Magikarp G S C Old Rod 10 85%


  Goldeen G S C Good Rod 20 65%


  Magikarp G S C Good Rod 20 35%


  Goldeen G S C Super Rod 40 70%


  Seaking G S C Super Rod 40 10%


  Magikarp G S C Super Rod 40 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.

Up waterfall

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Golbat G S C Walking 48-51 50%


  Golduck G S C Walking 51 5%


  Graveler G S C Walking 48 20%


  Onix G S C Walking 48 30%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 50 20%


  Donphan G S C Walking 50 20%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Day


  Golbat G S C Walking 51 30%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 50 10%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 9%


  Pupitar G S C Walking 20 1%
Night


  Golbat G S C Walking 51 45%


  Golduck G S C Walking 45 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.

Beyond waterfall

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Golbat G S C Walking 48 5%


  Parasect G S C Walking 46-52 20%


  Golduck G S C Walking 48 30%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 47 20%


  Donphan G S C Walking 47 20%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Day


  Golbat G S C Walking 46-50 80%


  Quagsire G S C Walking 45 40%
Night


  Golbat G S C Walking 48-50 50%


  Quagsire G S C Walking 45 10%


  Misdreavus G S C Walking 45 30%


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


  Golbat HG SS Cave 45-51 50%


  Golduck HG SS Cave 48-51 50%


  Graveler HG SS Cave 41-43 50%


  Onix HG SS Cave 42-48 40%


  Quagsire HG SS Cave 45 45%


  Misdreavus HG SS Cave 45 10%


  Steelix HG SS Cave 20-48 1%


  Sneasel HG SS Cave 45-50 5%


  Teddiursa HG SS Cave 48 20%


  Ursaring HG SS Cave 44-50 15%


  Phanpy HG SS Cave 43-48 20%


  Donphan HG SS Cave 44-50 5%


  Larvitar HG SS Cave 15-48 5%


  Pupitar HG SS Cave 45 1%


Special Pokémon


  Makuhita HG SS Hoenn Sound 43 5%


  Absol HG SS Hoenn Sound 42-44 5%


  Chingling HG SS Sinnoh Sound 43 5%


  Bronzor HG SS Sinnoh Sound 48 5%


  Moltres HG SS Inside 50 Only 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

Gold, Silver, and Crystal



HeartGold and SoulSilver



Eyecatch

  • Morning (Quagsire)

  • Day/Evening (Larvitar)

  • Night (Misdreavus)

In the anime

In the anime, Mt. Silver is the home of Silver Town, a city that boasts at least 30 inhabitants. Silver Town's main attraction is the Silver Conference, the Johto League's yearly tournament that brings tourism to the city. Oddly, the anime depicts the mountain to be much smaller than shown in promotional maps.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc of Pokémon Adventures, Red goes to the springs in Mt. Silver to recuperate from injuries he suffered from being frozen by Lorelei's Pokémon during the Yellow arc. While there, he meets Sabrina, a former enemy of his, who is there to recuperate from similar injuries.

Later, Red and Gold leave to Mt. Silver to train together.

Trivia

 
Though Mt. Silver appears relatively deep into Kanto, it is identified as a Johto location by the Pokégear.
  • Mt. Silver was called Shirogane Mt. in the Gold and Silver deluxe edition of the Pokémon Master Trainer board game. Because its release predated that of the games, it used the Japanese name.
  • Despite appearing to be closer to the Johto-Kanto border on the Pokégear map, the entrance to the Pokémon Center is 17 steps from the border when factoring in only horizontal distance, making it 10 steps farther from Kanto than the doorway of the player character's house.
  • Red's Pikachu, who can be fought here at level 88, is the highest-leveled Pokémon of any in-game Trainer in the series. However, this only applies to HeartGold and SoulSilver as Red's Pikachu is at level 81 in the original Gold and Silver (and by extension, Crystal).
  • In the original player's guide to Gold and Silver, there is mention of a "?" Pokémon that appears near the waterfalls in Mt. Silver at midnight or very early in the morning; however, this is a false rumor. The guide also claimed that the unknown Pokémon was supposed to represent legendary Pokémon found in Generation I that did not appear in Gold and Silver (which were programmed in and tradable from Generation I anyway).
  • Like Snowpoint City, Mt. Silver's summit features diamond dust on certain special days in Generation IV, including the anniversary of Gold and Silver's original release.
    • If Red is engaged in battle on a day with diamond dust, there will be no Hail condition during the battle. As no battles could be conducted in Snowpoint City's diamond dust, this is the first indication of its in-battle effect.
  • Mt. Silver is marked as a Johto location by the Pokégear; however, all squares immediately surrounding it (including those to the west of it) are marked as Kanto areas by the Pokégear in Generation IV. This issue was not present in the Generation II map, which placed it directly above New Bark Town.
  • The exterior of Mt. Silver is the only Johto area with Kanto characteristics, like the rocks, tall grass, trees, and the Pokémon Center itself. However, in Generation IV, the only major differences are the rocks and trees.
    • Strangely, in Generation IV, the trees placed in the high exteriors of the mountain itself are the ones commonly found in Johto.
  • In Generation IV, despite locations nearby, such as the Route 26 entrance to the Pokémon League and the Indigo Plateau itself being able to be flown to from either Kanto or Johto, and players already there being able to fly to either region, Mt. Silver is strictly a Johto location, while Route 28 is strictly a Kanto location. This means that a player cannot fly to Mt. Silver from Route 28 (if he or she has already been to the Pokémon Center outside) even though one can walk between the two locations rather easily.
  • In Generation IV, whenever the player is in or on the mountain, the location bar will always say "Mt. Silver Cave", even when the player is not inside the cave.
  • The regions of Kanto and Johto, as well as Mt. Silver, are also shown on the Orange Archipelago map. Interestingly, the mountain lies within the same meridian as Shamouti Island, one of the archipelago's important islands.
  • When the player arrives where Red is standing, he appears to be over looking a large body of water. The Pokégear map shows no body of water around Mount Silver, except for the sea route that connect Kanto and Johto. However, the way to get to red leads away from this water.

In other languages

Language Title
  French Grotte Argentée
  German Silberberg or Silberberghöhle
  Italian Monte Argento
  Spanish Monte Plateado or Cueva Plateada


Game locations of Legendary and Mythical Pokémon
Kanto Seafoam Islands • Power Plant • Victory Road • Cerulean Cave
Route 10 • Route 25 • Pewter City • Roaming Pokémon
Sevii Islands Mt. Ember • Navel Rock • Birth Island
Johto Ilex Forest • Bell Tower • Whirl Islands • Mt. Silver Cave
Burned Tower • Embedded Tower • Roaming Pokémon
Hoenn Desert Ruins • Island Cave • Ancient Tomb • Cave of Origin • Marine Cave
Terra Cave • Sky Pillar • Southern Island • Sea Mauville • Scorched Slab
Pathless Plain • Nameless Cavern • Fabled Cave • Gnarled Den
Trackless Forest • Crescent Isle • Sky • Roaming Pokémon
Sinnoh Acuity Cavern • Valor Cavern • Spear Pillar • Turnback Cave
Rock Peak Ruins • Iceberg Ruins • Iron Ruins • Snowpoint Temple
Stark Mountain • Newmoon Island • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin
Ramanas Park • Floaroma Town • Roaming Pokémon
Unova Guidance Chamber • Trial Chamber • Rumination Field • N's Castle • Abundant Shrine
Giant Chasm • Dragonspiral Tower • Liberty Garden • Route 11 • Route 13 • Route 22
Route 23 • Celestial Tower • Nacrene City • Underground Ruins • Twist Mountain
Dreamyard • Marvelous Bridge • Reversal Mountain • Coastal Biome • Roaming Pokémon
Kalos Sea Spirit's Den • Team Flare Secret HQ • Terminus Cave
Unknown Dungeon • Roaming Pokémon
Alola Route 16 • Altar of the Sunne • Altar of the Moone • Mount Lanakila • Mahalo Trail
Ruins of Conflict • Ruins of Life • Ruins of Abundance • Ruins of Hope
Aether Paradise • Ancient Poni Path • Lake of the Sunne • Lake of the Moone
Ten Carat Hill • Resolution Cave
Galar Tower summit • Battle Tower • Master Dojo • Crown Shrine • Max Lair
Rock Peak Ruins • Iceberg Ruins • Iron Ruins • Split-Decision Ruins • Giant's Bed
Frigid Sea • Lakeside Cave • Ballimere Lake • Freezington • Roaming Pokémon
Hisui Seaside Hollow • Temple of Sinnoh • Acuity Cavern • Valor Cavern • Verity Cavern
Lava Dome Sanctum • Moonview Arena • Snowpoint Temple • Turnback Cave • Bonechill Wastes
Cobalt Coastlands • Ramanas Island • Scarlet Bog • Coronet Highlands • Floaro Gardens
Paldea Grasswither Shrine • Icerend Shrine • Groundblight Shrine • Firescourge Shrine
Poco Path • Area Zero • Area Zero Underdepths • Glaseado Mountain
South Province (Area One) • Asado Desert • West Province (Area One) • East Province (Area Three)
Casseroya Lake • North Paldean Sea • South Province (Area Four) • North Province (Area Two)
Alfornada Cavern • Great Crater of Paldea • Tagtree Thicket • East Province (Area One)
South Province (Area Five) • Dalizapa Passage • Pokémon League • Socarrat Trail
Kitakami Paradise Barrens • Wistful Fields • Oni Mountain • Dreaded Den • Loyalty Plaza
Other Faraway Island • Distortion World • Sinjoh Ruins • Ultra Space Wilds


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
  This article is part of Project Locations, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every location in the Pokémon world.

Gen 3 Pokemon Info

In the main article, there is extensive area information regarding available Pokemon in and around Mt. Silver's cave for Generation 2. However, there is VERY little information concerning Generation 4 and the following pokemon from outside are missing entirely from the list: Ponyta, Rapidash, Tangela, Doduo, and Dodrio.

Is there any rhyme or reason that Generation 4 is missing so much information? Because if it's just missing data, then I would be more than glad to gather appearance rates, etc. for SS. I just think it's strange that so much is missing from Mt. Silver's pokemon section at this point in time. Anybody have an explanation?

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