Oreburgh City

Oreburgh City クロガネシティ Kurogane City "City of Energy"

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Map description A vibrant and energetic mining town that is blessed with a precious natural resource. There is a Gym where mine workers take breaks in between their exhausting work shifts. There is a museum that specializes in exhibits related to the town's coal mine. Huge deposits of coal still sleep underneath the ground. The entrance to the Oreburgh Mine is here.

Oreburgh City Gym - Sinnoh Gym #1 Roark Rock-type specialist Gym Coal Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 207   ← Oreburgh Gate Oreburgh City   Oreburgh Mine ↓

Location Location of Oreburgh City in Sinnoh.

Oreburgh City (Japanese: クロガネシティ Kurogane City) is a city located in central Sinnoh. Oreburgh is first accessible via the Oreburgh Gate, which is to the west of the city. This is one of two connecting routes to the city, the other being Route 207 to the city's north. Oreburgh is a mining town blessed with significant natural resources. Prominent vents throughout the city exchange the stale air from the mines below with fresh, above-ground air.

In the city's southern section are the Oreburgh Mines, and Oreburgh is also the location of the first Gym in Sinnoh, led by Roark. It is there where Trainers can earn the Coal Badge, the first Badge available to Trainers seeking to conquer the Sinnoh region's Pokémon League. Other points of interest include the Oreburgh Mining Museum. The miners often take breaks in the Gym between the work shifts and, similarly, Roark allows the citizens of the town to train their Pokémon in the mines.

There is a girl in the city who will trade her Abra for the player's Machop.

Slogan

City of Energy (Japanese: エネルギー みなぎるばしょ A place full of energy.)

Places of interest

Oreburgh Mining Museum

Main article: Oreburgh Mining Museum

Oreburgh Mining Museum
"Coal Mining and You!"

The Oreburgh Mining Museum is a museum located north-east of Oreburgh City. The Oreburgh Mining Museum is a large, one floor museum that contains many visual displays as well as facts about coal and the Oreburgh Mine. There is also a man at the front desk who will revive Fossils in the party for free. Unlike other museums, the Oreburgh Mining Museum is free to enter. The Oreburgh Mining Museum's primary importance is the resurrection of Fossils, which is done with the help of the man near the counter. He will be able to revive these Fossils for free but only one at a time. He is very bossy, annoyed when the player comes by too early or late, and gets disappointed when the player doesn't give him a Fossil.

Oreburgh Mine

Main article: Oreburgh Mine

The Oreburgh Mine is located at the far south of Oreburgh City. It is run by Roark, who is also the Gym Leader of the city. It is the livelihood of the town. Vents in the town allow steam to escape and fresh air to enter the mine, likely also clearing the mine of any poison gas. The mine is operated with the utmost care to avoid causing damage to the natural habitats of wild Pokémon. The system of taking coal out of the mine is automated. Roark lets Trainers from the town train their Pokémon in the mine. The mine itself extends not only under the town, but the seafloor as well. All of the miners have their own Pokémon, usually Machop, to assist them in the mine.

Oreburgh Gym

Main article: Oreburgh Gym

Oreburgh Pokémon Gym
Leader: Roark
"Call me Roark the Rock!"

The Oreburgh Gym is the official Gym of Oreburgh City. It is based on Rock-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Roark. Trainers who defeat him receive the Coal Badge. The Oreburgh Gym is a narrow building built of stone. Two paths exist, a raised path that avoids the Trainers and a middle path that takes challengers straight through the Gym. Roark waits on a raised hill at the end of the paths. Although only two Trainers actually appear in the Gym, most of the miners in the Oreburgh Mine are also members who relax at the Gym in their free time. After Roark is defeated, he will give the player the Coal Badge, which is the first Badge one can earn in the conquest of the Sinnoh region's Pokémon League, TM76 (Stealth Rock), and the ability to use Rock Smash outside of battle.

The player's rival blocks access to the Gym until Roark is visited in Oreburgh Mine.

In-game trade

In a large two story house, north-west of Oreburgh City is a woman that wants to trade the player an elusive Abra for a Machop. The Abra will be nicknamed "Kazza", and it will be holding an Oran Berry. The Original Trainer will be "Hilary" and its ID will be 25643. The Pokémon's level will be the same as the one that the player traded.

Demographics

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

The population of Oreburgh City is 57, making it a fairly large city. Its large population may be due to the large number of workers in town.

Pokémon Platinum

The population of Oreburgh City is 75, making it a large city. Its large population may be due to the large number of workers.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

The population of Oreburgh City is 56.

Poké Mart

Generation IV

Left cashier
Tunnel Mail $50	Heal Ball $300
Net Ball $1000

Right cashier
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball3 Badges $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $1200	Potion $300
Super Potion1 Badge $700	Hyper Potion5 Badges $1200
Max Potion7 Badges $2500	Full Restore8 Badges $3000
Revive3 Badges $1500	Antidote $100
Parlyz Heal $200	Awakening1 Badge $250
Burn Heal1 Badge $250	Ice Heal1 Badge $250
Full Heal5 Badges $600	Escape Rope1 Badge $550
Repel1 Badge $350	Super Repel3 Badges $500
Max Repel7 Badges $700

Generation VIII

Poké Ball $200	Great Ball3 Badges $600
Ultra Ball5 Badges $1,200	Heal Ball $300
Net Ball $1,000	Potion $300
Super Potion1 Badge $700	Hyper Potion5 Badges $1,200
Max Potion7 Badges $2,500	Full Restore8 Badges $3,000
Revive3 Badges $1,500	Antidote $100
Paralyze Heal $200	Awakening1 Badge $250
Burn Heal1 Badge $250	Ice Heal1 Badge $250
Full Heal5 Badges $600	Escape Rope1 Badge $550
Repel1 Badge $350	Super Repel3 Badges $500
Max Repel7 Badges $700

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Oran Berry	Held by Kazza, an Abra the player can obtain in a trade	D  P  Pt  BD  SP
	Dusk Ball	Obtained from a Lass on the second floor of the northwestern-most building	D  P  Pt  BD  SP
	Heal Ball	Obtained in the house to the left of the Poké Mart, from a man on the second floor if shown a ZubatDPBDSP or GeodudePt	D  P  Pt  BD  SP
	Great Ball	Obtained in the building southeast of the Museum, from a Youngster on the second floor	D  P  Pt  BD  SP
	Super Potion	Obtained from a Worker in the bottom right corner of the town by the Mine entrance	D  P  Pt  BD  SP
	Stardust	At the left corner of the slag heap in the mining section (hidden)	D  P  BD  SP
	Dire Hit	By the slag heap in the mining section	Pt
	Yellow Shard	To the left of the Dire Hit by the slag heap in the mining section	Pt
	Heart Scale	In the middle of the slag heap in the mining section (hidden)	Pt
	Pearl	On the left side of the slag heap in the mining section (hidden)	Pt

Pokémon

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Abra	D		P		Pt		Trade Machop	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 VIII

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Special Pokémon
Abra	BD			SP			Trade Machop	9	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

Pokémon Platinum

On certain days, the player can challenge a Trainer who appears in the Pokémon Center. Depending on the game's progress, the Trainer will have teams with higher-level Pokémon upon rematch.

Trainer	Pokémon
Tuesday and Thursday
Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $1512	Clefairy♀ Lv.21 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.21 No item
Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $2434	Clefairy♀ Lv.32 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.32 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.32 No item
Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $3096	Clefairy♀ Lv.43 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.43 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.43 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.43 No item
Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $3456	Clefairy♀ Lv.48 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.48 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.48 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.48 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.48 No item
Idol Grace* リエコ Rieko Reward: $3816	Clefairy♀ Lv.53 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.53 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.53 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.53 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.53 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.53 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Gallery

Artwork

Concept art from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Layout

Diamond	Pearl	Platinum

In the anime

Main series

Oreburgh City in the anime

Ash, Dawn, and Brock arrived in Oreburgh City in Shapes of Things to Come!, where they met up with Paul again. Like Ash, Paul was in the city to challenge the Oreburgh Gym. His battle against the Gym Leader Roark ended in a victory for him and thus he earned the Coal Badge, his first Sinnoh League Badge. Even after winning, Paul remained in the city to watch Ash's Gym battle, which took place in the following episode. During the match, Ash was focusing too much on besting Paul and this affected his judgment. As a result, he lost in front of his main rival.

In Wild in the Streets!, Ash began training for his rematch at the Oreburgh Gym, whereas Dawn decided to practice for her next Pokémon Contest challenge. During this time, Team Rocket stole the Fossil-reviving machine from the Oreburgh Mining Museum. Inside the machine was an Old Amber undergoing regeneration. When the process was over, an Aerodactyl came out of the machine and caused chaos in Oreburgh, leading Officer Jenny to order all citizens to evacuate. The incident was resolved after Dawn's Piplup and Buneary knocked Aerodactyl down, allowing Dr. Kenzo to catch it.

The spinning dodge technique Dawn used to get past Aerodactyl's attack was later used by Ash in O'er the Rampardos We Watched!, where he re-challenged Roark. Ash knew Roark's Cranidos was even stronger after evolving into Rampardos, but all of the hard training and help from friends paid off as he managed to defeat Roark and get his first Badge in the Sinnoh region. After that, the group left Oreburgh.

In The Arceus Chronicles (Part 2), Ash, Dawn, and Goh arrived in Oreburgh City after their Pokémon had sensed something unusual radiating from the direction of Mount Coronet. After stopping a fight between a Bronzong and a group of Chingling, the group was shown a vision by the lake guardians and Arceus. When they later took one of the Chingling to a Pokémon Center, they unexpectedly met Brock, who was working there as a Doctor. He agreed to help them investigate the mysterious activity around Mount Coronet, taking them there aboard a small shuttle that he uses for house calls.

Gallery

Oreburgh Gym	Oreburgh Mine	Oreburgh Mining Museum	Pokémon Center

Pokémon Evolutions

Oreburgh City in Pokémon Evolutions

Oreburgh City appeared in a flashback in The Rival, where Barry was seen visiting the Oreburgh Gym, emerging victorious against Roark with his Piplup and earning his first Badge.

In the manga

Oreburgh City in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Diamond & Pearl arc

Oreburgh City first appeared in Putting a Crimp in Kricketot, where Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum arrived there. When Platinum went to check out the Oreburgh Mine, she was attacked by a swarm of Kricketot and Kricketune. Despite Platinum's Piplup fighting hard against the Bug types, the Penguin Pokémon was eventually overcome by their sheer numbers. In order to restore Piplup's wounded pride, Platinum decided to challenge the local Gym Leader, Roark.

Oreburgh City in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

In A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium, after some battle practice with Diamond and Pearl, Platinum challenged Roark at the Oreburgh Gym. The Gym statue had Diamond and Pearl thrown out of the Gym to avoid them giving Platinum unfair advice during the Gym battle, but they still managed to conceal advice into their manzai routine, which they performed through the Gym window. Thanks to it, Platinum was able to win and earn herself the Coal Badge.

The city briefly reappeared in Brash Bronzong I, where Roark's Cranidos was shown evolving into Rampardos, just as Roark had been expecting to happen.

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!

Oreburgh City appeared in Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle!!, where Hareta was taken there by a pair of Team Galactic Grunts who had stolen his Piplup. After Hareta had been freed by Roark, Hareta had his first-ever Pokémon battle against the Oreburgh Gym Leader, emerging victorious and earning himself a Coal Badge.

Trivia

• Oreburgh's name may be a nod to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The city is commonly referred to as the "Steel City" thanks to its former steel manufacturing base. Pittsburgh is also the most well known of the few United States "bərɡ" cities whose suffix ends with an "h", as does Oreburgh.
• A boy near the Oreburgh Gate entrance to the town encourages the player to advance in the game to avoid being like a "total noob" in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. However, he doesn't say this in Pokémon Platinum.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	クロガネシティ Kurogane City	From 黒鉄 kurogane (iron)
English	Oreburgh City	From ore and the city suffix burgh, possibly in reference to the "Steel City" Pittsburgh
German	Erzelingen	From Erz (ore) and the suffix -ingen (descendant of)
Spanish	Ciudad Pirita	From pirita (pyrite), a mineral containing iron
French	Charbourg	From charbon (coal) and bourg (market town) and possibly Cherbourg
Italian	Mineropoli	From minerale (mineral) and the city suffix -poli
Korean	무쇠시티 Musoe City	From 무쇠 musoe (pig iron)
Chinese (Mandarin)	黑金市 Hēijīn Shì	From 黑金 hēijīn (archaic word for iron)
	鋼鐵市 / 钢铁市 Gāngtiě Shì	From 鋼鐵 / 钢铁 gāngtiě (steel)
Chinese (Cantonese)	黑金市 Hāakgām Síh	From 黑金 hāakgām (archaic word for iron)
	鋼鐵市 Gongtit Síh	From 鋼鐵 gongtit (steel)
Polish	Oreburgh	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Oreburgh	From its English name
Russian	Оренборо Сити Orenboro Citi	From its English name
Vietnamese	Thành phố Kurogane	Transcription of its Japanese name

Sinnoh
Settlements Twinleaf Town • Sandgem Town • Jubilife City • Oreburgh City • Floaroma Town • Eterna City • Hearthome City Solaceon Town • Veilstone City • Pastoria City • Celestic Town • Canalave City • Snowpoint City • Sunyshore City Pokémon League • Fight Area • Survival Area • Resort Area Routes 201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215 216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229 • 230 Landmarks Lake Verity (Lakefront) • Oreburgh Gate • Oreburgh Mine • Oreburgh Mining Museum • Global Terminal/Global Wonder Station Ravaged Path • Floaroma Meadow • Valley Windworks • Eterna Forest • Old Chateau • Underground/Grand Underground Wayward Cave • Mount Coronet • Amity Square • Lost Tower • Hallowed Tower • Solaceon Ruins • Maniac Tunnel • Lake Valor (Lakefront) Great Marsh • Pokémon Mansion • Trophy Garden • Fuego Ironworks • Iron Island • Lake Acuity (Lakefront) • Spear Pillar • Victory Road Pal Park/Ramanas Park • Contest Hall • Battle Zone • Battle Park • Battle Tower/Battle Frontier • Stark Mountain • Snowpoint Temple Spring Path • Sendoff Spring • Turnback Cave • Fullmoon Island • Newmoon Island • Seabreak Path • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin Access to Distortion World See also Hisui

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