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Great Marsh

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Great Marsh だいしつげん
Great Marsh
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location: Pastoria City
Region: Sinnoh
Generations: IV
File:Sinnoh Great Marsh Map.png
Location of Great Marsh in Sinnoh.
Pokémon world locations

The Great Marsh (Japanese: だいしつげん Great Marsh) is an area located in Pastoria City. It contains some Pokémon that cannot be found anywhere else in Sinnoh. It is filled with marshy areas, which, unlike normal marsh tiles, have tall grass which are inhabited by wild Pokémon.

Much like other Pokémon preserves in Kanto and Hoenn, the Great Marsh features a Safari Game in which Trainers pay $500 for 30 Safari Balls and a limited amount of time to catch all the Pokémon they can. The time limit is actually calculated in the number of steps the player takes.

When a wild Pokémon appears, no Pokémon may be sent out to battle it: catching Pokémon here, as in all Safari Zones, requires sheer luck. There are four options in the battle screen:

  • throw a Safari Ball,
  • throw bait,
  • throw mud,
  • run from battle.

Throwing bait makes a Pokémon easier to catch, but makes it more likely to run; while throwing mud does the reverse, making it less likely to run but harder to catch.

Similar to the issue in the Pal Park, if the player has an Arceus in the front of their party, holding a plate, and intiates a battle, the game will freeze.

The area was redesigned in Pokémon Platinum to feature slightly upgraded graphics that allow the player to distinguish between deep and shallow mud. The park is still divided into six areas, but the individual areas have slightly different layouts.

Items

Area 1:

Area 2:

Area 3:

Area 4:

Area 5:

Area 6:

Pokémon

In all six areas, the Pokémon able to be caught are exactly the same.

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Psyduck D P Pt Grass 20-30 8%


  Azurill D P Pt Grass 20-30 1%


  Marill D P Pt Grass 20-30 15%


  Wooper D P Pt Grass 20-30 20%


  Quagsire D P Pt Grass 20-30 15%


  Bidoof D P Pt Grass 20-30 1%


  Bibarel D P Pt Grass 20-30 20%


  Carnivine D P Pt Grass 20-30 1%
Morning


  Starly D P Pt Grass 9%


  Budew D P Pt Grass 10%
Day


  Starly D P Pt Grass 9%


  Budew D P Pt Grass 10%
Night


  Hoothoot D P Pt Grass 20-24 10%


  Noctowl D P Pt Grass 26 9%
Special Pokémon


  Arbok D P Pt Dongle
(FireRed) 		8%
Surfing and Fishing


  Magikarp D P Pt Fishing
(Old) 		3-10 100%


  Magikarp D P Pt Fishing
(Good) 		10-25 65%


  Gyarados D P Pt Fishing
(Good) 		10-25 5%


  Barboach D P Pt Fishing
(Good) 		10-25 30%
After getting National Dex


  Gyarados D P Pt Fishing
(Super) 		30-54 5%


  Carvanha D P Pt Fishing
(Super) 		30-54 30%


  Whiscash D P Pt Fishing
(Super) 		21-50 65%


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.


Other Pokémon Groups

These are other groups.

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


  Magikarp D P Pt Fishing
(Old) 		3-10 100%


  Marill D P Pt Grass 20-30 15%


  Wooper D P Pt Grass 20-30 20%


  Bibarel D P Pt Grass 20-30 20%


  Psyduck D P Pt Grass 20-30 8%


  Barboach D P Pt Fishing
(Good) 		10-25 30%


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.

Changing Pokémon

These Pokémon will not always appear in the Marsh. Each day, the Pokémon will change, therefore, to get a new set, players must wait a day. These Pokémon will appear randomly in one of the six areas, some may not appear for a while, while others appear several days in a row or in multiple areas on the same day. Some may not appear until after getting the National Pokédex. The only way to tell which changing Pokémon is available in the areas for the day is to use the lookout upstairs from the entrance. Mixing records also changes the changing Pokémon of the day in the Great Marsh so all players mixing records have the same Pokémon on the same day.

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


Both before and after National Dex


  Golduck D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Yanma D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Roselia D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Staravia D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Skorupi D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Croagunk D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Carnivine D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Carnivine D P Pt Grass 28-30 10%


Only after National Dex


  Paras D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Exeggcute D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Exeggcute D P Pt Grass 20-28 10%


  Kangaskhan D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Yanma D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Shroomish D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Gulpin D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Drapion D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Toxicroak D P Pt Grass 20-26 10%


  Kecleon D P Pt Grass 28-30 10%


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.

In Pokémon Platinum

In Platinum, more Pokémon are available before the National Dex. The new additions are:

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


  Yanma D P Pt Grass 28-30 Unknown


  Tangela D P Pt Grass 28-30 Unknown


  Tropius D P Pt Grass 28-30 Unknown


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.

In the anime

As a boy, James was exploring the Great Marsh, and found a Carnivine stuck in the mud, struggling to get free. James pulled it out, and they became friends. Carnivine has been James's friend ever since, and since he most recently arrived in Sinnoh, has been traveling with James.

In Cream of the Croagunk Crop!, Brock and his Croagunk participate in a Croagunk festival held in the Great Marsh.

Trivia

  • All the main characters in the Pokémon anime (except Dawn, May and Max) have (or had at any point) a Pokémon that can be found in the Great Marsh.
  • A man in the Great Marsh incorrectly states that both the bait and the mud make Pokémon more likely to run but less easy to catch.

In other languages

  • Italian: Gran Palude
  • Spanish: Gran Pantano
  • German: Großmoor


Sinnoh
               
Settlements
Twinleaf Town • Sandgem Town • Jubilife City • Oreburgh City • Floaroma Town • Eterna City • Hearthome City
Solaceon Town • Veilstone City • Pastoria City • Celestic Town • Canalave City • Snowpoint City • Sunyshore City
Pokémon League • Fight Area • Survival Area • Resort Area
Routes
201 • 202 • 203 • 204 • 205 • 206 • 207 • 208 • 209 • 210 • 211 • 212 • 213 • 214 • 215
216 • 217 • 218 • 219 • 220 • 221 • 222 • 223 • 224 • 225 • 226 • 227 • 228 • 229 • 230
Landmarks
Lake Verity (Lakefront) • Oreburgh Gate • Oreburgh Mine • Oreburgh Mining Museum • Global Terminal/Global Wonder Station
Ravaged Path • Floaroma Meadow • Valley Windworks • Eterna Forest • Old Chateau • Underground/Grand Underground
Wayward Cave • Mount Coronet • Amity Square • Lost Tower • Hallowed Tower • Solaceon Ruins • Maniac Tunnel • Lake Valor (Lakefront)
Great Marsh • Pokémon Mansion • Trophy Garden • Fuego Ironworks • Iron Island • Lake Acuity (Lakefront) • Spear Pillar • Victory Road
Pal Park/Ramanas Park • Contest Hall • Battle Zone • Battle Park • Battle Tower/Battle Frontier • Stark Mountain • Snowpoint Temple
Spring Path • Sendoff Spring • Turnback Cave • Fullmoon Island • Newmoon Island • Seabreak Path • Flower Paradise • Hall of Origin
Access to
Distortion World
See also
Hisui
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