Temple of Sinnoh
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| Location: | Coronet Highlands | |||
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| Region: | Hisui | |||
| Generations: | VIII | |||
 Location of Temple of Sinnoh in Hisui. | ||||
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The Temple of Sinnoh (Japanese: シンオウ神殿 Sinnoh Temple) is a location on the peak of Mount Coronet in Hisui, built as a monument to Arceus, also know as the Almighty Sinnoh. During the events of the game, the temple is destroyed by Dialga (if the player chose Irida during Mission 14) or Palkia (if the player chose Adaman during Mission 14). Its present-day ruins in the Sinnoh region are known as the Spear Pillar.
As the Temple of Sinnoh is part of Mount Coronet, it has a special magnetic field that causes Magneton and Nosepass to evolve into Magnezone and Probopass repectively.
In the games
The Temple of Sinnoh is located at the peak of Mount Coronet. At the entrance of the temple are statues of the ancient hero's Pokémon: Wyrdeer, Kleavor, Ursaluna, Hisuian Lilligant, Basculegion, Hisuian Arcanine, Sneasler, Hisuian Electrode, Hisuian Braviary, and Hisuian Avalugg.
The player first travels to the temple to prevent Galaxy Team Commander Kamado from recklessly trying to deal with the Pokémon sighted at the space-time rift above Mount Coronet. After being defeated in battle, Kamado sees the error of his ways and apologizes for banishing the player from Jubilife Village. At the end of the temple, either Dialga or Palkia will then emerge from the space-time rift. The player will try to subdue the Legendary Pokémon with the Red Chain created by the lake guardians, but fails, forcing them to fight and catch it.
After the player has caught the Legendary Pokémon, its counterpart will appear and force the player to retreat. Once the player has obtained the Origin Ball, they return to the temple to face the Legendary Pokémon, accompanied by its counterpart. The opposing Legendary Pokémon transforms into its Origin Forme, destroying the temple in the process, and must be quelled using balms before the player can use the Origin Ball to catch it.
During the post-game, the player returns to the ruins of the temple, where Volo reveals that he was the one who sought out Giratina and had it tear open the space-time rift that caused the player to end up in Hisui. Holding the last one of the 18 Plates, he challenges the player to get other 17 Plates from them so he can meet Arceus and use its power to recreate the world. After being defeated, he summons Giratina to his aid, forcing the player to defeat it as well. Once Giratina is defeated, Volo hands the player the last Plate and leaves.
Once the player has caught at least one of every non-Mythical Pokémon in Hisui, they return to the temple once again and play the Azure Flute, revealing a glowing stairway to the Hall of Origin, where Arceus awaits them.
After defeating Arceus, the player can return to the Temple of Sinnoh for rematches with Arceus, as well as Origin Forme Dialga or Palkia.
According to Ingo, the temple was built a long time ago using stone mined out of the Ancient Quarry. According to Old Verse 11, both people and Pokémon worked together to mine the stone, but humans were ultimately responsible for carving the statues of the ancient hero's Pokémon.
Geography
The Temple of Sinnoh is located at the very peak of Mount Coronet, although the north side of the temple stands above a vast snowy valley surrounded by mountain ranges of nearly equal height. It stands in the northwest corner of the Coronet Highlands, completely surrounded by Cloudcap Pass. Since the northern section Cloudcap Pass is completely impassable, the only know entrance to the Temple is through the Stone Portal, a small straight tunnel that passes underneath it. After exiting the Stone Portal, there is a single straight trail upwards to the south side of the Temple. The path widens twice, once halfway up the trail and again at the base of the Temple itself.
Items
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Old Verse 11 | To the right of the stairs at the entrance of the temple (hidden) | LA |
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Ultra Ball ×10 | From Kamado before battling the first Legendary Pokémon | LA |
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Spooky Plate | From Volo after defeating him and Giratina | LA |
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Azure Flute | Replaces the Celestica Flute after obtaining the Spooky Plate | LA |
Pokémon
Mission 18: "Atop Mount Coronet"
| # | Pokémon | Level | Note | |
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| 483 |  |
Dialga | 65 | If the player chose Adaman |
| 484 |  |
Palkia | 65 | If the player chose Irida |
Mission 19: "The Counterpart"
| # | Pokémon | Level | Note | |
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| 483 |  |
Dialga Origin Forme |
65 | If the player chose Irida |
| 484 |  |
Palkia Origin Forme |
65 | If the player chose Adaman |
Trainers
Mission 18: "Atop Mount Coronet"
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Mission 27: "Seeking the Remaining Plates"
Volo summons Giratina immediately after his first team is defeated. If the player is defeated by Giratina, they must battle Volo's inital team again. Giratina changes from Altered Form to Origin Form upon being defeated for the first time and heals itself completely, effectively making the second battle against two Pokémon.
- Part 1
- Part 2
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Trivia
- After the Temple of Sinnoh is destroyed, the ruins resemble the versions of Spear Pillar found in Pokémon Diamond and Brilliant Diamond, regardless of which Pokémon is responsible for destroying it.
- Volo alludes to its present-day name, Spear Pillar, by comparing the destroyed temple's pillars to spears pointing skywards.
In other languages
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