Dragon's Den

Dragon's Den		りゅうのあな Dragon's Hole
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"

Location:

Underneath Blackthorn City

Region:

Johto

Generations:

II, IV

Location of Dragon's Den in Johto.

Pokémon world locations

The Dragon's Den (Japanese: りゅうのあな Dragon's Hole) is a location in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver.

It is inaccessible before defeating Clair in the Blackthorn Gym, as it is blocked off by a man in front of the cave, and then it must be traversed to finally obtain the Rising Badge.

In Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, many strong Trainers can be found within the cavern. The Master of the Dragon User Clan is located here, and he will quiz the player on their attitude towards and treatment of their Pokémon. If the player gives compassionate answers, the player will be rewarded with a Dratini that knows ExtremeSpeed (though this requires speaking to Clair on the way to the cave exit, and then returning to speak with the Master once more).

Silver can be found here, contemplating his training on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and Clair will visit to reward the player with the Rising Badge she refused to award in the Gym, as well as TM24 (DragonBreath)^GSC or TM59 (Dragon Pulse)^HGSS.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, after the battle against Silver at Mt. Moon, Lance and Clair will appear to challenge the player and Silver to a Tag Battle.

Items

	Location	Games
Revive	East of the house (hidden)	G S C
Revive	West of the Ace Trainer Kobe on a rock (hidden)	HG SS
Calcium	East of entrance	C HG SS
Max Elixir	North wall of water near Dragon Fang (hidden)	G S C
Max Elixir ×2	Near Twins Clea & Gil At southeast corner of shrine (hidden)	HG SS
Max Potion	On rock north of shrine island (hidden)	G S C
Max Potion	On rock south-west of Ace Trainer Piper (hidden)	HG SS
TM24 (DragonBreath)	Gift from Clair after obtaining the Rising Badge	G S C
TM59 (Dragon Pulse)	Gift from Clair near entrance after obtaining the Rising Badge	HG SS
Dragon Fang	On the eastern coast (requires Whirlpool)	G S C HG SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon

Games

Location

Levels

Rate

Surfing

	Magikarp

G

S

C

Surfing

10-19

90%

	Dratini

G

S

C

Surfing

10-14

10%

Fishing

	Magikarp

G

S

C

Fishing
Old Rod

10

100%

	Magikarp

G

S

C

Fishing
Good Rod

20

90%

	Dratini

G

S

C

Fishing
Good Rod

20

10%

	Magikarp

G

S

C

Fishing
Super Rod

40

60%

	Dratini

G

S

C

Fishing
Super Rod

40

30%

	Dragonair

G

S

C

Fishing
Super Rod

40

10%

Special Pokémon

	Dratini

G

S

C

Gift

15

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 IV

Pokémon

Games

Location

Levels

Rate

Surfing

	Magikarp

HG

SS

Surfing

6-20

90%

	Dratini

HG

SS

Surfing

5-15

10%

Fishing

	Magikarp

HG

SS

Fishing
Old Rod

10

100%

	Magikarp

HG

SS

Fishing
Good Rod

20

90%

	Dratini

HG

SS

Fishing
Good Rod

20

10%

	Magikarp

HG

SS

Fishing
Super Rod

40

60%

	Dratini

HG

SS

Fishing
Super Rod

40

30%

	Dragonair

HG

SS

Fishing
Super Rod

40

10%

Special Pokémon

	Dratini

HG

SS

Gift

15

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

Generation II

Pokémon Crystal

Trainer

Pokémon


	Cooltrainer Darin リュウ Ryū Reward: $1776

	Dragonair♂	Lv.37
	No item


	Cooltrainer Cara ユミコ Yumiko Reward: $1680

	Horsea♀	Lv.33
	No item

	Horsea♀	Lv.33
	No item

	Seadra♀	Lv.35
	No item


	Twins Lea & Pia ハナとヒナ Hana & Hina Reward: $700

	Dratini♀	Lv.35
	No item

	Dratini♀	Lv.35
	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

Trainer

Pokémon


	Ace Trainer Kobe リュウ Ryū Reward: $2220

	Dragonair♂	Lv.37
	No item


	Ace Trainer Piper ユミコ Yumiko Reward: $2100

	Horsea♀	Lv.33
	No item

	Horsea♀	Lv.33
	No item

	Seadra♀	Lv.35
	No item


	Twins Clea & Gil ハナとヒナ Hana & Hina Reward: $1120

	Dratini♀	Lv.35
	No item

	Dratini♀	Lv.35
	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.

Leader	and	Champion
Clair		Lance
Dragon's Den
HeartGold and SoulSilver

Reward:

$22200

Type:
Dragon	Unknown

Ability:

Shed Skin

Held item:

None

Dragonair♀ Lv.52

Thunder Wave
Electric	Status

Flamethrower
Fire	Special

Dragon Rush
Dragon	Physical

Thunderbolt
Electric	Special

Types:
Water	Dragon

Ability:

Sniper

Held item:

None

Kingdra♀ Lv.56

Ice Beam
Ice	Special

Yawn
Normal	Status

DragonBreath
Dragon	Special

Hydro Pump
Water	Special

Types:
Dragon	Flying

Ability:

Inner Focus

Held item:

None

Dragonite♀ Lv.60

Protect
Normal	Status

Thunder
Electric	Special

DragonBreath
Dragon	Special

Hyper Beam
Normal	Special

Types:
Water	Flying

Ability:

Intimidate

Held item:

None

Gyarados♂ Lv.68

Thunder Wave
Electric	Status

Dragon Dance
Dragon	Status

Ice Fang
Ice	Physical

Waterfall
Water	Physical

Types:
Fire	Flying

Ability:

Blaze

Held item:

None

Charizard♂ Lv.68

Dragon Claw
Dragon	Physical

Air Slash
Flying	Special

Flamethrower
Fire	Special

Hyper Beam
Normal	Special

Types:
Dragon	Flying

Ability:

Inner Focus

Held item:

Sitrus Berry

Dragonite♂ Lv.75

Draco Meteor
Dragon	Special

Fire Punch
Fire	Physical

Safeguard
Normal	Status

Hyper Beam
Normal	Special

Elder's quiz

In Pokémon Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is possible to obtain a Dratini with ExtremeSpeed:

Type:
Dragon	Unknown

Held item:

None

Dratini Lv.15

Type:
Dragon	Unknown

Ability:

Shed Skin

Held item:

None

Dratini Lv.15

ExtremeSpeed
Normal	Physical

Thunder Wave
Electric	Status

Twister
Dragon	Special

Dragon Rage
Dragon	Special

It is a prize for correctly answering the questions given by the Dragon Master in the Dragon Shrine. If any wrong answers are given, the player will still receive a Dratini but it will have Leer instead of ExtremeSpeed.

Question	Correct answer(s)	Wrong answer(s)
What are Pokémon to you?	Pal/Ally Friend	Underling/Junior
What helps you to win battles?	Strategy Raising/Training	Cheating
What kind of Trainer do you wish to battle?	Anybody/Anyone	Tough person Weak person
What is most important for raising Pokémon?	Love Knowledge	Violence
Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. Which is more important?	Both	Tough/Strength Weak/Weakness

After completing the quiz, the player will then need to receive the TM from Clair. After this, returning to the Dragon's Den elder will result in him giving the Dratini to the player.

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Version
Gold
Silver
Crystal

Eyecatch

Morning (Dratini)
Day/Evening (Dratini)
Night (Dragonair)

In the anime

Dragon's Den in the anime

The Dragon's Den appeared in Fang's For Nothin', where it was reduced to a series of tunnels leading to the Dragon Holy Land. The Dragon Holy Land takes over for the Dragon's Den's other roles, including the location of the Shrine and Dragon Fang.

Trivia

While the Japanese names of the Trainers battled in the Dragon's Den are the same in both generations that this place is featured, the English names for those Trainers are different.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		龍穴 Lóngxuè
European French		Antre du Dragon
German		Drachenhöhle
Italian		Tana del Drago
Brazilian Portuguese		Toca do Dragão
European Spanish		Guarida Dragón