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It is an [[event]]-only area, located above the [[Spear Pillar]]. It is accessible only after the player has obtained the [[Azure Flute]] via [[Mystery Gift]] and returns to the Spear Pillar after entering the [[Hall of Fame]] and obtaining the [[National Pokédex]].

Due to the Azure Flute not being officially distributed, it is impossible to legitimately access the Hall of Origin.

When the player returns to the [[Spear Pillar]] with the [[Azure Flute]], {{ga|Lucas|he}} or {{ga|Dawn|she}} will be asked to play it every time they step one tile north from the entrance. Upon doing so, a staircase will appear, leading to an elevated glass platform high above the Spear Pillar, where {{p|Arceus}} awaits the player's challenge. While the player ascends the staircase, the camera will broadly tilt upward and zoom out, giving the player a unique view of the area below. Stepping onto the edge of the glass platform will automatically initiate the encounter sequence and {{pkmn|battle}}. Once Arceus is caught, the Azure Flute will no longer open this staircase and the message "''The Azure Flute echoed hollowly...''" will be shown. Should Arceus be defeated rather than caught, the Azure Flute can be reused so the player can attempt to battle it again.

In terms of game mechanics, when the player accesses the Hall of Origin by playing the Azure Flute, he or she is actually no longer on the Spear Pillar but rather in a completely separate location, as evidenced by the screen fade-out transition and the change in location header. That is, the game does not place stair tiles onto the Spear Pillar map, but rather warps the player to a new map containing the stairs where the surrounding area looks identical to the Spear Pillar. This dispels a rumor that [[cheating]] to reach the Hall of Origin would trap the player on the elevated glass platform without the stairs to lead back down.

Like the [[Spear Pillar]], the Hall of Origin is an internal area separate from [[Mt. Coronet]], so the [[Escape Rope]] as well as {{m|Fly}} cannot be used to leave the location. However, like the Spear Pillar, it is within the range of Mt. Coronet's strong magnetic field and so {{p|Magneton}} and {{p|Nosepass}} will both [[Evolution|evolve]] here if [[Level|leveled up]].

* If the [[Sinjoh Ruins]] event has already been activated with an {{pkmn2|event}} {{p|Arceus}}, another Arceus caught in the Hall of Origin may be used to go back to the Sinjoh Ruins and choose one of the Pokémon that were not chosen previously. The reverse order is also possible. However, the event can only ever be activated twice at most.

** Regardless, it is impossible to battle {{p|Arceus}} even in the real Hall of Origin except through playing the [[Azure Flute]] in [[Spear Pillar]]. Arriving at the Hall of Origin through other means will prevent any of the usual events in the area from triggering, so the camera will not tilt as usual while the player ascends the stairs, and Arceus will not challenge the player when they step onto the glass platform. The Arceus sprite still appears, but just as in the actual event, it cannot be directly interacted with. This makes Arceus inaccessible through the glitches that enable access to {{p|Darkrai}} and {{p|Shaymin}}, such as the [[Surf glitch]] and the aforementioned void glitch. Additionally in {{game|Platinum}}, as with Darkrai and Shaymin, the Arceus sprite will not appear in the area at all unless the player has the Azure Flute in the [[Bag]].

 

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