Goldenrod Tunnel

This article is about the location known as "the Underground" in Generation II. For the Underground in Sinnoh, see Underground.
Goldenrod Tunnel
The Underground
コガネちかつうろ
Kogane Tunnel
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Goldenrod Tunnel HGSS.png
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Location: Downtown Goldenrod City
Region: Johto
Generations: II, IV
Johto Goldenrod City Map.png
Location of Goldenrod Tunnel in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The Goldenrod Tunnel (Japanese: コガネちかつうろ Kogane Tunnel), known as the Underground (Japanese: ちかつうろ Underground Path) in Generation II, is a shopping district stretching below Goldenrod City. The shops that are open in the Tunnel depend on the days of the week and, in some cases, the time of day.

Signs

Generation II Generation IV

UNDERGROUND
ENTRANCE

Northern entrance

Watch Out!
Get Off Your Bike in the Tunnel

Southern entrance

Be Careful!
Get Off Your Bike in the Tunnel

Places of interest

Shops

Goldenrod Tunnel contains a barber shop, a Bargain Shop that sells valuable items, and an Herb Shop. Each shop has set hours of operation and all three are never open at the same time.

Day Pokémon Salon Bargain shop Herb shop
Sunday Younger brother Open
Monday Open mornings
Tuesday Older brother
Wednesday Younger brother
Thursday Older brother
Friday Younger brother
Saturday Older brother Open


Pokémon Salon

Main article: Haircut brothers

Once a day when the shop is open, the player may have one of the brothers give a Pokémon a haircut. This increases the Pokémon's friendship. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, it also raises the Pokémon's Beauty stat.

The younger of the Haircut brothers is cheaper at $300, but his service is often less satisfactory. However, the younger brother has a chance of occasionally increasing a Pokémon's friendship to a greater degree than the older brother is capable of. The older brother is more reliable but more expensive at $500.

Bargain shop

On Monday mornings, a man sells a set of valuable items for a discount. Each item can only be purchased once per week. The man can still sell his items on other mornings provided the player has saved in front of him and does not walk away and remove him from the screen. The prices here are approximately 10% cheaper than the items' normal sell prices.

Bargain shop


Kanpo

Kanpo (Japanese: カンポーや Kampo Medicine Store) is a shop that sells herbal medicine.

The name of the herb shop is mentioned in dialogue in the Japanese versions of the games, but was omitted from the English versions. This store is named Kanpo in English, per the Pokémon Gold and Silver: Official Nintendo Player's Guide and Pokémon Crystal: Official Nintendo Player's Guide.

Herb shop


Goldenrod Department Store basement

The Goldenrod Department Store's basement opens up onto the Goldenrod Tunnel. Although the basement is accessible from the main store right from the start, the back entrance is initially occupied by Team Rocket and cannot be accessed until later. Petrel hides the Goldenrod Radio Tower Director here while he impersonates him but will give the player the Basement Key upon being defeated. Inside, there are Team Rocket Grunts and Silver to battle and a series of switches to turn ON/OFF in order to navigate through the basement completely.

Some rare items can be found in this section of the Department Store's basement.

Photo booth

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, there is a photo booth at the northern end of the Tunnel. Trainers can dress up and photograph their own Pokémon using Accessories, and a man offers to take photographs of Trainers with their on-hand party. This photo opportunity is unique, as players can wear themselves a Team Rocket Grunt costume.

During Team Rocket's invasion of the Goldenrod Radio Tower, the player must wear this uniform as a disguise to enter the Radio Tower. They will not battle in this costume nor can they (legitimately) leave Goldenrod City while wearing it.

Photo gallery

The saved photo of a dressed-up Pokémon from the photo booth is displayed in the photo gallery. In addition, photos from up to ten players that have mixed records with will also have their photos displayed here.

A Hiker appears in the photo gallery who runs an Accessory drawing. The player can apply for $100, having the chance to win a random Accessory.

Items

Item Location Games
  Fashion Case Entrance (either); from Lyra/Ethan upon entering for the first time  HG  SS 
  Coin Case B1F; south of the three shops  G  S  C 
  Parlyz Heal B1F; space between top two shops (hidden)  G  S  C 
  Super Potion B1F; middle of the floor between bottom two shops (hidden)  G  S  C 
  Antidote B1F; near the basement door (hidden)  G  S  C 
  Full Heal B2F; northeastern part  G  S  C  HG  SS 
  Smoke Ball B2F; southwestern corner of the door maze (reached by activating/deactivating switches in order 1-3-2-1-3)  G  S  C  HG  SS 
  Revive B2F; northwestern part of the door maze (in the same room as Switch 3) (hidden)  G  S  C 
  Max Potion B2F; in the middle of the door maze (hidden)  G  S  C 
  Coin Case B2F; south part (Japanese versions only)  HG  SS 
  Ultra Ball Warehouse; west part  C  HG  SS 
  Max Ether Warehouse; southeastern corner  G  S  C  HG  SS 
  Max Potion Warehouse; in the middle of the mostly empty hallway (hidden)  HG  SS 
  Revive Warehouse; in the center of four boxes that are in a C-shape (hidden)  HG  SS 
  TM35 (Sleep Talk) Warehouse; next to the Radio Director  G  S  C 
  TM82 (Sleep Talk) Warehouse; next to the Radio Director  HG  SS 
  Card Key Warehouse; from the Radio Director  G  S  C  HG  SS 

Trainers

Generation II

B1F

Trainer Pokémon
 
PokéManiac Donald
ヒロアキ Hiroaki
Reward: $600
  Slowpoke Lv.10
No item
  Slowpoke Lv.10
No item
 
Super Nerd Teru
テルキ Teruki
Reward: $288
  Magnemite Lv.7
No item
  Voltorb Lv.11
No item
  Magnemite Lv.7
No item
  Magnemite Lv.9
No item
 
PokéManiac Issac
マサシ Masashi
Reward: $720
  Lickitung Lv.12
No item
 
Super Nerd Eric
カズヒト Kazuhito
Reward: $352
  Grimer Lv.11
No item
  Grimer Lv.11
No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.


B2F

  If the player chose Chikorita:



  If the player chose Cyndaquil:



  If the player chose Totodile:




Trainer Pokémon
 
Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1080
  Rattata Lv.27
No item
 
Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1000
  Muk Lv.23
No item
  Koffing Lv.23
No item
  Rattata Lv.25
No item
 
Rocket Grunt
Reward: $960
  Koffing Lv.24
No item
  Muk Lv.24
No item
 
Burglar Eddie
ノリオ Norio
Reward: $2112
  Growlithe Lv.26
No item
  Koffing Lv.24
No item
 
Burglar Duncan
ヤスジ Yasuji
Reward: $2024
  Koffing Lv.23
No item
  Magmar Lv.25
No item
  Koffing Lv.23
No item
 
Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1000
  Gloom Lv.25
No item
  Gloom Lv.25
No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.


Warehouse

Trainer Pokémon
 
Rocket Grunt
Reward: $960
  Raticate Lv.24
No item
  Golbat Lv.24
No item
 
Rocket Grunt
Reward: $920
  Grimer Lv.26
No item
  Weezing Lv.23
No item
 
Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1000
  Koffing Lv.25
No item
  Koffing Lv.25
No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.


Generation IV

B1F

Trainer Pokémon
 
PokéManiac Donald
ヒロアキ Hiroaki
Reward: $704
  Slowpoke Lv.11
No item
  Slowpoke Lv.11
No item
 
Super Nerd Teru
テルキ Teruki
Reward: $432
  Magnemite Lv.7
No item
  Magnemite Lv.7
No item
  Magnemite Lv.9
No item
  Voltorb Lv.11
No item
 
PokéManiac Issac
マサシ Masashi
Reward: $768
  Lickitung Lv.12
No item
 
Super Nerd Eric
カズヒト Kazuhito
Reward: $528
  Grimer Lv.11
No item
  Grimer Lv.11
No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.


B2F

  If the player chose Chikorita:



  If the player chose Cyndaquil:



  If the player chose Totodile:




Trainer Pokémon
 
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1080
  Rattata Lv.27
No item
 
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1000
  Muk Lv.23
No item
  Koffing Lv.23
No item
  Rattata Lv.25
No item
 
Burglar Duncan
ヤスジ Yasuji
Reward: $2024
  Koffing Lv.23
No item
  Koffing Lv.23
No item
  Magmar Lv.25
No item
 
Burglar Orson
ゴロゾー Gorozō
Reward: $2110
  Growlithe Lv.26
No item
  Koffing Lv.24
No item
 
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $960
  Koffing Lv.24
No item
  Muk Lv.24
No item
 
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1000
  Gloom Lv.25
No item
  Gloom Lv.25
No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.


Warehouse

Trainer Pokémon
 
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $960
  Raticate Lv.24
No item
  Golbat Lv.24
No item
 
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $920
  Grimer Lv.26
No item
  Weezing Lv.23
No item
 
Team Rocket Grunt
Reward: $1000
  Koffing Lv.25
No item
  Koffing Lv.25
No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.


Layout

Version B1F B2F Warehouse
Gold      
Silver
Crystal
HeartGold      
SoulSilver
 

Walking Pokémon effects

When interacting with walking Pokémon in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Pokémon may occasionally show an altered mood specific to this location.

  • The walking Pokémon pokes at garbage.

In the anime

 
The Underground Path in the anime

The Underground Path appeared in A Goldenrod Opportunity, where Ash and his friends explored it along with Whitney. She took them through the shopping plaza as an attempted shortcut to the Goldenrod Galleria, but got them lost several times along the way.

In the anime, the Underground Path is portrayed as much larger than it is in the games, but staples from them still appear, including both Haircut brothers.

In the manga

 
The Underground Path in Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

The Underground Path appeared in Don't Accuse Me. The shopkeepers there framed Red and his Pokémon for being bad, but after Clefairy defeated their Feraligatr, they started to respect him and built an underground area in a department store, which ended up being accidentally destroyed by Clefairy.

In other languages

Goldenrod Tunnel

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 滿金地下道 Múhngām Deihhahdouh
Mandarin 滿金地下道 Mǎnjīn Dìxìadào*
满金地道 Mǎnjīn Dìdào*
  French Doublon-Tunnel
  German Dukatia-Passage
  Italian Fiortunnel
  Korean 금빛지하통로 Geumbit Jihatongno
  Polish Metro Goldenrod
  Spanish Túnel Trigal

Underground

Language Title
  French Souterrain
  German Untergrund
  Italian Sotterranei
  Korean 지하통로 Jihatongno
  Spanish Subterráneo



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