Mt. Silver シロガネやま
Mt. Shirogane
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location: West of Victory Road
Region: Johto
Generations: II, IV
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Location of Mt. Silver in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

Mt. Silver, also known as Silver Cave (Japanese: シロガネやま Mt. Shirogane) is a large mountain in Johto located west of Victory Road and the Indigo Plateau. Mt. Silver can be reached from Kanto via Route 28 after receiving the sixteen gym badges of both Johto and Kanto. At the very summit of Mt. Silver, the player may battle with Red. In the anime, it is the home of Silver Town. It is based on Mt. Fuji in the real-world Japan.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Moltres can also be found here.

Geography

In the games, Mt. Silver is off-limits to all but the most skilled of Trainers. After Ethan or Kris has received all sixteen badges of Johto and Kanto, Professor Oak will give him or her permission to travel here.

The route to the area is rough, though no HMs are explicitly required to reach the Pokémon Center just outside the entrance. Inside, however, the cave is dark, requiring Flash to see. Many high-level Pokémon reside in the cave, including rare Pokémon not found elsewhere in the Johto region, like Larvitar and Misdreavus.

The cave has only one entrance, unlike all other caves found in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, but goes deep into the mountain. In the cave's final room, the player will encounter a familiar face who will, wordlessly, challenge him or her to what is the highest-leveled Trainer battle in the history of the Pokémon series.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Mt. Silver is much larger. The higher sections of the cave where Red is located require Rock Climb to access. At times the player must also venture onto the slopes on the mountain's sides in order to climb higher.

Gallery

Items

Entrance Cave (First Floor)

Item Location Games

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Inner Cave

  • PP Up: In that small area next to the southwestern Interior cave. (Crystal only)
  • Ultra Ball: Upper right corner of the entrance. (Crystal only)
  • Calcium: Near the entrance of the northeastern Interior cave. (Crystal only)

Interior Cave (southwestern)

Interior Cave (northeastern)

Pokémon

Outside

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Ponyta G S C Grass 42 30%


  Rapidash G S C Grass 44 10%


  Tangela G S C Grass 39-41 30%


  Ursaring G S C Grass 42 20%


  Donphan G S C Grass 42 20%
Day


  Arbok G S C Grass 42 20%


  Ponyta G S C Grass 42 30%


  Rapidash G S C Grass 44 10%


  Doduo G S C Grass 41 5%


  Dodrio G S C Grass 43 5%
Night


  Golbat G S C Grass 40-44 30%


  Poliwhirl G S C Grass 42-44 40%


  Sneasel G S C Grass 38-42 10%
Surfing and Fishing


  Poliwag G S C Old Rod 10 15%


  Magikarp G S C Old Rod 10 85%


  Poliwag G S C Good Rod 20 65%


  Magikarp G S C Good Rod 20 35%


  Poliwag G S C Super Rod 40 70%


  Magikarp G S C Super Rod 40 20%


  Poliwhirl G S C Super Rod 40 10%


  Poliwag G S C Surf 35-39 10%


  Poliwhirl G S C Surf 25-44 90%


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.

Entrance Cave

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Golbat G S C Walking 45 5%


  Graveler G S C Walking 43 30%


  Onix G S C Walking 42 30%


  Onix G S C Walking 42 20%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 44 30%


  Donphan G S C Walking 44 30%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Day


  Golbat G S C Walking 45 5%


  Magmar G S C Walking 45 10%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 44 30%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Night


  Golbat G S C Walking 45 45%


  Golduck G S C Walking 45 5%


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.

Inner Cave

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Golbat G S C Walking 48 5%


  Parasect G S C Walking 46-48 15%


  Golduck G S C Walking 48 30%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 47 20%


  Donphan G S C Walking 47 20%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Day


  Golbat G S C Walking 48 30%


  Machoke G S C Walking 38 30%


  Quagsire G S C Walking 45 40%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 47 20%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Night


  Golbat G S C Walking 46-48 50%


  Golduck G S C Walking 48 30%


  Quagsire G S C Walking 45 30%


  Misdreavus G S C Walking 45 10%
Surfing and Fishing


  Golduck G S C Surfing 35-39 30%


  Goldeen G S C Surfing 35-39 10%


  Seaking G S C Surfing 35-44 90%


  Seaking G S C Surfing 35-44 60%


  Goldeen G S C Old Rod 10 15%


  Magikarp G S C Old Rod 10 85%


  Goldeen G S C Good Rod 20 65%


  Magikarp G S C Good Rod 20 35%


  Goldeen G S C Super Rod 40 70%


  Seaking G S C Super Rod 40 10%


  Magikarp G S C Super Rod 40 20%


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.

Up waterfall

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Golbat G S C Walking 48-51 50%


  Golduck G S C Walking 51 5%


  Graveler G S C Walking 48 20%


  Onix G S C Walking 48 30%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 50 20%


  Donphan G S C Walking 50 20%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Day


  Golbat G S C Walking 51 30%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 50 10%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 9%


  Pupitar G S C Walking 20 1%
Night


  Golbat G S C Walking 51 45%


  Golduck G S C Walking 45 5%


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.

Beyond waterfall

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Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
All times


  Golbat G S C Walking 48 5%


  Parasect G S C Walking 46-52 20%


  Golduck G S C Walking 48 30%


  Ursaring G S C Walking 47 20%


  Donphan G S C Walking 47 20%


  Larvitar G S C Walking 15-20 5%
Day


  Golbat G S C Walking 46-50 80%


  Quagsire G S C Walking 45 40%
Night


  Golbat G S C Walking 48-50 50%


  Quagsire G S C Walking 45 10%


  Misdreavus G S C Walking 45 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.

Generation IV

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate


  Golbat HG SS Cave 45-51 Unknown


  Golduck HG SS Cave 48-51 Unknown


  Graveler HG SS Cave 42-43 Unknown


  Onix HG SS Cave 42-48 Unknown


  Quagsire HG SS Cave 45 Unknown


  Misdreavus HG SS Cave 45 Unknown


  Steelix HG SS Cave 20-48 Unknown


  Sneasel HG SS Cave 45-50 Unknown


  Teddiursa HG SS Cave 48 Unknown


  Ursaring HG SS Cave 44-50 Unknown


  Phanpy HG SS Cave 43-48 Unknown


  Donphan HG SS Cave 44-50 Unknown


  Larvitar HG SS Cave 15-48 Unknown


  Pupitar HG SS Cave 45 Unknown


  Makuhita HG SS Hoenn Sound 43 Unknown


  Absol HG SS Hoenn Sound 42-44 Unknown


  Chingling HG SS Sinnoh Sound Unknown Unknown


  Bronzor HG SS Sinnoh Sound Unknown Unknown


Special Pokémon


  Moltres HG SS Inside 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.

Moltres

 
Types:
Fire Flying
Ability:
Pressure
Held item:
None
Moltres Lv.50
Air Slash
Flying Special
Safeguard
Normal Status
Flamethrower
Fire Special
AncientPower
Rock Special

Trainers

Gold, Silver, and Crystal



HeartGold and SoulSilver



Eyecatch

In the anime

In the anime, Mt. Silver is the home of Silver Town, a city that boasts at least 30 inhabitants. Silver Town's main attraction is the Silver Conference, the Johto League's yearly tournament that brings tourism to the city. Oddly, the anime depicts the mountain to be much smaller than shown in promotional maps.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In the Gold, Silver & Crystal arc of Pokémon Adventures, Red goes to the springs in Mt. Silver to recuperate from injuries he suffered from being frozen by Lorelei's Pokémon during the Yellow arc. While there, he meets Sabrina, a former enemy of his, who is there to recuperate from similar injuries.

Later, Red and Gold leave to Mt. Silver to train together.

Trivia

 
Though Mt. Silver appears relatively deep into Kanto, it is identified as a Johto location by the Pokégear.
  • Mt. Silver was called Shirogane Mt. in the Gold and Silver deluxe edition of the Pokémon Master Trainer board game. Because its release predated that of the games, it used the Japanese name.
  • Despite appearing to be closer to the Johto-Kanto border on the Pokégear map, the entrance to the Pokémon Center is 17 steps from the border when factoring in only horizontal distance, making it 10 steps farther from Kanto than the doorway of the player character's house.
  • Red's Pikachu, who can be fought here at level 88, is the highest-leveled Pokémon of any in-game Trainer in the series. However, this only applies to HeartGold and SoulSilver as Red's Pikachu is at level 81 in the original Gold and Silver (and by extension, Crystal).
  • In the original player's guide to Gold and Silver, there is mention of a "?" Pokémon that appears near the waterfalls in Mt. Silver at midnight or very early in the morning; however, this is a false rumor. The guide also claimed that the unknown Pokémon was supposed to represent legendary Pokémon found in Generation I that did not appear in Gold and Silver (which were programmed in and tradable from Generation I anyway).
  • Like Snowpoint City, Mt. Silver's summit features diamond dust on certain special days in Generation IV, including the anniversary of Gold and Silver's original release.
    • If Red is engaged in battle on a day with diamond dust, there will be no Hail condition during the battle. As no battles could be conducted in Snowpoint City's diamond dust, this is the first indication of its in-battle effect.
  • Mt. Silver is marked as a Johto location by the Pokégear; however, all squares immediately surrounding it (including those to the west of it) are marked as Kanto areas by the Pokégear in Generation IV. This issue was not present in the Generation II map, which placed it directly above New Bark Town.
  • The exterior of Mt. Silver is the only Johto area with Kanto characteristics, like the rocks, tall grass, trees, and the Pokémon Center itself. However, in Generation IV, the only major differences are the rock and trees.
    • Strangely, in Generation IV, the trees placed in the high exteriors of the mountain itself are the ones commonly found in Johto.
  • In Generation IV, despite locations nearby, such as the Route 26 entrance to the Pokémon League and the Indigo Plateau itself being able to be flown to from either Kanto or Johto, and players already there being able to fly to either region, Mt. Silver is strictly a Johto location, while Route 28 is strictly a Kanto location. This means that a player cannot fly to Mt. Silver from Route 28 (if he or she has already been to the Pokémon Center outside) even though one can walk between the two locations rather easily.
  • In Generation IV, whenever the player is in or on the mountain, the location bar will always say "Mt. Silver Cave", even when the player is not inside the cave.
  • The background music used in this place is remixed in a part of the Gym Leader battle theme of Diamond, Pearl and Platinum.
  • The regions of Kanto and Johto, as well as Mt. Silver, are also shown on the Orange Archipelago map. Interestingly, the mountain lies within the same meridian as Shamouti Island, one of the archipelago's important islands.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Monte Plateado or Cueva Plateada
  • Italian: Monte Argento
  • German: Silberberg or Silberberghöhle
  • French: Grotte Argentée
  • Chinese (Mandarin): 白銀山


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Kanto Seafoam IslandsPower PlantVictory RoadCerulean Cave
Route 10Route 25Pewter CityRoaming Pokémon
Sevii Islands Mt. EmberNavel RockBirth Island
Johto Ilex ForestBell TowerWhirl IslandsMt. Silver Cave
Burned TowerEmbedded TowerRoaming Pokémon
Hoenn Desert RuinsIsland CaveAncient TombCave of OriginMarine Cave
Terra CaveSky PillarSouthern IslandSea MauvilleScorched Slab
Pathless PlainNameless CavernFabled CaveGnarled Den
Trackless ForestCrescent IsleSkyRoaming Pokémon
Sinnoh Acuity CavernValor CavernSpear PillarTurnback Cave
Rock Peak RuinsIceberg RuinsIron RuinsSnowpoint Temple
Stark MountainNewmoon IslandFlower ParadiseHall of Origin
Ramanas ParkFloaroma TownRoaming Pokémon
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Giant ChasmDragonspiral TowerLiberty GardenRoute 11Route 13Route 22
Route 23Celestial TowerNacrene CityUnderground RuinsTwist Mountain
DreamyardMarvelous BridgeReversal MountainCoastal BiomeRoaming Pokémon
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Unknown DungeonRoaming Pokémon
Alola Route 16Altar of the SunneAltar of the MooneMount LanakilaMahalo Trail
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Ten Carat HillResolution Cave
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Frigid SeaLakeside CaveBallimere LakeFreezingtonRoaming Pokémon
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Lava Dome SanctumMoonview ArenaSnowpoint TempleTurnback CaveBonechill Wastes
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South Province (Area Five)Dalizapa PassagePokémon LeagueSocarrat Trail
Kitakami Paradise BarrensWistful FieldsOni MountainDreaded DenLoyalty Plaza
Other Faraway IslandDistortion WorldSinjoh RuinsUltra Space Wilds


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Settlements
New Bark TownCherrygrove CityViolet CityAzalea TownGoldenrod CityEcruteak City
Olivine CityCianwood CityMahogany TownBlackthorn CitySafari Zone GateFrontier Access
Routes
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Landmarks
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Goldenrod TunnelNational ParkPokéathlon DomeBell TowerBellchime TrailBurned TowerMoomoo FarmOlivine Lighthouse
Battle Tower (CrystalHGSS)/FrontierCliff Edge GateCliff CaveEmbedded TowerSafari ZoneWhirl Islands
Mt. MortarLake of RageTeam Rocket HQIce PathDragon's DenS.S. AquaMt. Silver (Cave)
Access to
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