Circhester (Japanese: キルクスタウンCircus Town) is a relatively large, old, peaceful city situated in a cold, mountainous part of the northeastern Galarregion. The town is accessible by land via Route 8 and Route 9, both to the south. The city has three main north-south avenues and three oriented from east to west, all of which are paved with stone. Circhester's buildings are all constructed out of stone bricks and feature old-fashioned designs. A large hot spring runs underneath the city and surfaces at various locations including a pond in the middle of a large roundabout in the south, and in the ancient Hero's Bath structure in the city center. Due to the cold climate, Circhester experiences perpetual snowfall. Piles of snow are found on the pavement, roofs and trees, and several Ice-type Pokémon can be seen around the city.
Gordie serves as Circhester's Gym Leader in Pokémon Sword, and specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. In Pokémon Shield, the Ice-type specialist Melony is the Gym Leader instead.
Buildings from an age long gone still stand about the steaming hot spring that covers the town. (Japanese: 古い 建物が 立ち並ぶ 温泉町A hot springs town lined with old buildings.)
Demographics
Circhester comprises a Pokémon Center, Circhester Stadium, the Hero's Bath, Hotel Ionia, a boutique, a hair salon, a steak restaurant named Bob's Your Uncle, and six houses. The total permanent population of the city is 92.
Circhester Stadium is the site at which the sixth installment in the Galarregion's Gym Challenge takes place. It is located in the northernmost part of the town, up a long ramp leading past the Hero's Bath. In Pokémon Sword, Gordie is the city's Gym Leader, specializing in Rock-type Pokémon. The Ice-type specialist Melony is the Gym Leader in Pokémon Shield. Upon defeating the Gym Leader, the player receives the Rock Badge in Pokémon Sword and the Ice Badge in Pokémon Shield.
As with every Stadium in the region, the Circhester Stadium contains a Poké Mart and a uniform shop. The Ball Guy in this Stadium gives the player a Moon Ball.
Boutique
The boutique is located on the eastern side of Circhester, to the east of the Hero's Bath.
Male clothing
Type
Item
Brand
Patterns
Price
Tops
Torn Top
White, Black, Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face
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The hair salon is located in the southeastern corner of Circhester, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from Route 9 to the south.
Male options
The player can change the style or color of their hair for $3,000. For $1,000, the player can apply makeup to change the style of their eyebrows, the tint of their eyebrows or the color of their contact lenses.
Hairstyle options:
Short style
Caesar cut
Medium and wavy
Braids
Side part
Undercut
Bowl cut
Long hair
Eyebrow style options:
Normal eyebrows
Thick eyebrows
Thin eyebrows
Hair color and eyebrow tint options:
Black
Gold
Dark brown
Ash brown
Caramel blond
Platinum blond
Pink-brown
Wine red
White
Green
Blue
Red
Pink
Contact lens options:
Hazel
Gray
Green
Pale blue
Black
Yellow
Pink
Purple
Brown
Ultramarine
Yellow-green
Lavender ice
Poppy red
White
Multicolor swirl
Total dark
Burning passion
Lovely hearts
Star studded
Female options
Hero's Bath
The Hero's Bath, also known as Circhester Bath, is an ancient stone pillar structure containing a rectangular hot spring located in the center of Circhester. According to legend, the two heroes who saved Galar from the Darkest Day bathed in the Hero's Bath to heal and rest.
Move tutor
The old man standing on the western edge of the water in the Hero's Bath will teach the move Draco Meteor to an eligible Pokémon in the player's party or in the Pokémon Storage System. Unlike in previous games, it is no longer required that the selected Pokémon has maximum Friendship.
Hotel Ionia
Icon of Hotel Ionia
Hotel Ionia is a lavish hotel located in the southern part of Circhester, on the northern side of the roundabout. It is split into a western building and an eastern building whose layouts are mirror images of each other. The hotel buildings each have a lobby and one accessible floor containing four hotel rooms which can be reached by taking an elevator from the lobby.
The two hotel rooms on the left in the western building are populated by NPCs based on the development team for Pokémon Sword and Shield at Game Freak. Once the player has become the Champion, a Police Officer named Morimoto in the second room from the left will challenge the player to a daily Double Battle. He will also give the player an Oval Charm the first time he is beaten. The game director, located in the leftmost room, will give the player a Catching Charm when first spoken to, and a Shiny Charm once the Pokédex has been completed. Morimoto and the game director are based on Game Freak's Shigeki Morimoto and Shigeru Ohmori, respectively.
The player can undertake a small side quest in the second room from the left in the hotel's eastern building. A man named Howses is interrogating three suspects to determine who ate the hotel's basket of berries. After enlisting the player's assistance, Howses instructs the player to speak to each suspect and determine the culprit. A Skwovet belonging to one of the suspects then appears with berries in its mouth. After selecting the Skwovet as the culprit, the player receives a Wide Lens from Howses for solving the case.
Pokémon Center
The Pokémon Center is located in the southwestern corner of Circhester, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from Route 8 to the south.
The man behind the left counter in the Pokémon Center performs the duties of the Name Rater, memory reader, Move Reminder and Move Deleter. Unlike in previous games, making a Pokémon remember a move does not require the payment of a Heart Scale. The Pokémon Storage System can be accessed from the Rotomi on the left side of the nurse's counter. This PC also enables access to the Loto-ID, as well as Poké Jobs and the League Card Maker.
Poké Mart
This Poké Mart is located at the right counter in the Pokémon Center.
From Morimoto in the second room from the left on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's western building after beating him in battle for the first time after becoming Champion
From Howses in the second room from the left on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's eastern building after identifying that the berries were eaten by a Skwovet
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.
Circhester debuted in PASS15, where Melony switched turns with her son Gordie in leading the Circhester Stadium, with it being converted to match Gordie's Rock theme in the process.
In PASS19, Professor Magnolia and Casey were seen relaxing at the Hero's Bath after arriving in the town. Later, Sonia visited Bob's Your Uncle to investigate the fifth tapestry from the Hammerlocke vault.
Later, Sonia met up with Henry and Casey, telling them about the statues being found behind the mural at Stow-on-Side and taking them to see the tapestry at Bob's Your Uncle. She theorized that both the statues and the tapestry had been hidden so that they would disappear from history. Afterwards, Henry challenged and successfully defeated Melony at the Circhester Stadium, allowing him to move on in his Gym Challenge.
Gallery
Stadium (Ice-type)
Stadium (Rock-type)
Hero's Bath
Bob's Your Uncle
Trivia
Circhester is largely based on Bath, a city in the county of Somerset in southwest England. [1]
It is possible that the fifth tapestry of the restaurant was stolen in ancient times, since an empty space remains on a wall in the Hammerlocke vault, which explains why the tapestry shows signs of having been burned.
If the player chose Scorbunny:
