Azure Flute

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The Azure Flute (Japanese: てんかいのふえ Heaven Flute) is one of the four event-exclusive Key Items meant to be received through a Nintendo event in the Sinnoh-based games (the others being the Secret Key, Member Card, and Oak's Letter) and the only one to not be distributed. It is required to access the Hall of Origin, where Arceus resides in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum.

Azure Flute
てんかいのふえ
Heaven Flute
Bag Azure Flute Sprite.png
Azure Flute
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation IV
Pocket
Generation IV Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items
Generation V Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items
Generation VI Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items
Generation VII Bag Key items pocket icon.png Key items

In the games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SM
N/A N/A

Effect

For the Arceus event, Mystery Gift must be used to receive a Wonder Card with the Azure Flute, which should then be retrieved from the Poké Mart deliveryman (as modifying the save file to directly add the Azure Flute to the Bag will not affect the flag responsible for activating the event). The player must also enter the Hall of Fame and obtain the National Pokédex to be able to use the Azure Flute.

When the player reaches the Spear Pillar at the top of Mt. Coronet and steps one tile north from the entrance, he or she will be prompted to use the flute, which will play a unique and eerie tune and reload the Spear Pillar map with a steep staircase that leads to the Hall of Origin. After it is used and once Arceus is caught, the Azure Flute will no longer trigger the entrance to the Hall of Origin when played at the Spear Pillar and the message "The Azure Flute echoed hollowly..." will appear. Should the player knock out Arceus, then the Azure Flute can be used to summon Arceus again.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
A flute that puts out echoing sounds that do not seem to be of this world. It is unknown who made it.
XYORAS
SM
A flute that puts out echoing sounds that do not seem to be of this world. No one knows who made it.

Distribution

As the Azure Flute was never distributed, it can only be obtained with the use of cheating.

Junichi Masuda revealed in an interview with Nintendo World Report in 2013 that the Azure Flute was thought to be too confusing for players to use, leading to the decision to not distribute it.[1]

Despite the Azure Flute never having been distributed, the Wonder Card text for the Arceus set to be distributed for Pokémon's 20th Anniversary makes reference to it.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 天界之笛 Tīngaai-jī Dehk
Mandarin 天界之笛 Tiānjiè-zhī Dí
  French Flûte Azur
  German Azurflöte
  Italian Flauto Cielo
  Korean 천계의 피리 Cheongye-ui Piri
  Spanish Flauta Azur

See also

References

External links


Event exclusives
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