Lake Verity

Lake Verity シンジこ Shinji Lake "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	West end of Route 201
Region:	Sinnoh
Generations:	IV
Location of Lake Verity in Sinnoh.
Pokémon world locations

Lake Verity (Japanese: シンジこ Shinji Lake) is a location in the region of Sinnoh.

The lake, along with Lake Valor and Lake Acuity, is tied to the myth of the creation of the Pokémon world, specifically the creation of spirit.

The lake is home to Mesprit, the guardian of the lake and the Being of Emotion.

Early in the story of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, the player and their rival come here after watching reports of a Red Gyarados on television in hopes of seeing something similarly amazing. This is also where the player will receive their first Pokémon in Sinnoh after being attacked by Starly. Within the cave in the center of the lake resides the legendary Pokémon, Mesprit.

In Platinum, instead, the player and rival meet Cyrus for the first time.

Halfway through the story, Mars of Team Galactic raids the lake and captures Mesprit.

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Outside

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
	Turtwig	D	P	Pt	Rowan's briefcase	5	Starter Pokémon
	Chimchar	D	P	Pt	Rowan's briefcase	5	Starter Pokémon
	Piplup	D	P	Pt	Rowan's briefcase	5	Starter Pokémon
All times
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass	2-4	50%
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	2-4	50%
Morning
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass	2-4	50%
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	2-4	50%
Day
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass	2-4	50%
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	2-4	50%
Night
	Starly	D	P	Pt	Grass	2-4	40%
	Bidoof	D	P	Pt	Grass	2-4	60%
Surfing and Fishing
	Psyduck	D	P	Pt	Surfing	20-30	90%
	Golduck	D	P	Pt	Surfing	20-40	10%
	Magikarp	D	P	Pt	Old Rod	3-15	100%
	Magikarp	D	P	Pt	Good Rod	10-25	65%
	Goldeen	D	P	Pt	Good Rod	10-25	35%
	Gyarados	D	P	Pt	Super Rod	30-55	65%
	Seaking	D	P	Pt	Super Rod	30-55	35%
Special Pokémon
	Surskit	D	P	Pt	Swarms	2-5	40%
	Wobbuffet	D	P	Pt	Poké Radar	3-4	22%
	Lunatone	D	P	Pt	Dongle (Sapphire)	4	8%
	Solrock	D	P	Pt	Dongle (Ruby)	4	8%
	Staravia	D	P	Pt	Dongle (FR, LG or E)	4	4%
	Bibarel	D	P	Pt	Dongle (FR, LG or E)	4	4%
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.

File:Lake Mesprit.png

Mesprit in Verity Cavern

Cavern

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Mesprit	D	P	Pt	Verity Cavern (Only Pokédex)	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.

• Mesprit is only seen here, and will teleport away once interacted with.

Trainers

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Verity Cavern

In Diamond and Pearl

Trainer	Pokémon
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $????	Glameow♀ Lv.33 No item
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $????	Silcoon♀ Lv.32 No item
	Golbat♀ Lv.32 No item
	Glameow♀ Lv.32 No item
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $????	Stunky♂ Lv.32 No item
	Glameow♀ Lv.32 No item
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $????	Beautifly♀ Lv.31 No item
	Glameow♀ Lv.33 No item

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Lake Verity|Lake Verity]] Diamond and Pearl [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and Professor Mars Oak [[Lake Verity|Lake Verity]] Diamond and Pearl Reward: $3120

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.37 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.37 Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.39 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

In Platinum

Trainer	Pokémon
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $1460	Glameow♀ Lv.33 No item
	Golbat♀ Lv.33 No item
	Murkrow♀ Lv.36 No item
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $1460	Croagunk♂ Lv.37 No item
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $1400	Stunky♂ Lv.35 No item
	Houndour♂ Lv.35 No item
Galactic Grunt Galactic Grunt Reward: $1440	Houndour♀ Lv.34 No item
	Glameow♀ Lv.36 No item

File:SpriteMars.png [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] Mars [[Lake Verity|Lake Verity]] Platinum [[Commander (Trainer class)|Commander]] and Professor Mars Oak [[Lake Verity|Lake Verity]] Platinum Reward: $3120

Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Golbat♀ Lv.38 Air Cutter Flying Special   --       Supersonic Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Types: Steel Psychic Ability: Levitate Held item: None Bronzor Lv.38 Iron Defense Steel Status   --       Gyro Ball Steel Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Sitrus Berry Purugly♀ Lv.40 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Slash Normal Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --

Map information

One of the lakes that is symbolic of the water-rich Sinnoh region. There is an odd legend associated with it. It is possible to enter the cave underneath the lake from the island in the middle.

In the anime

Lake Verity in the anime

Lake Verity was briefly visited by Dawn and Piplup in Following A Maiden's Voyage! At the lake they briefly encountered the projected soul of Mesprit.

In Strategy Begins at Home!, Team Rocket fish in the lake looking for Goldeen for the Goldeen Scoop booth at the Twinleaf Festival.

In The Needs of Three! a pink whirlpool appeared in the lake due to Pokémon Hunter J dropping the Galactic Bomb into Lake Valor. From this portal emerged Mesprit, who quickly teleported away to Lake Valor. This was witnessed by Professor Rowan and his aides.

Also in The Needs of the Three!, it was explained that Lake Verity, and indeed all three of Sinnoh's lakes, are the entrances to another world where the Lake Trio lives, and they do not actually live in the lakes themselves.

Trivia

• After the battle between the player and the wild Starly in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, a square of tall grass can be seen to have disappeared when the player and his/her friend walk out of the tall grass. It is where the briefcase which was taken away by Dawn/Lucas was originally. The square remains in Pokémon Platinum even though the same event did not occur in the game.
• At each of Sinnoh's lakes, a TM can be found containing a powerful move of a different elemental type. Lake Verity's TM is the Template:Type2 TM38 (Fire Blast).
• Using the Dongle method, Bibarel and Staravia can be found at level 4, although Bidoof and Starly don't evolve until they reach level 15 and level 14, respectively.
• Lake Verity's Japanese name shares the same Japanese name of Paul.
• When Lake Verity appeared in Following a Maiden's Voyage!, it was extremely small compared to the games or the other lakes, resembling more of a large pond. This changed when it was next seen in Strategy Begins at Home!.

Name origin

Verity means "truth". This is related to Mesprit's status as the Emotion Pokémon, as the truth often conveys strong emotions.

In other languages

• Chinese (Mandarin): 心齊湖 Xīnqí Hú
• French: Lac Vérité
• German: See der Wahrheit
• Italian: Lago Verità
• Polish: Jezioro Prawdy
• Portuguese: Lago da Verdade
• Spanish: Lago Veraz

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