Sootopolis City

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Sootopolis City ルネシティ Rune City "The mystical city where history slumbers."

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Map description This city, which rises from the crater of a great meteoroid crash, can only be reached through the sea or from the sky.

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Connecting locations   ↑ Cave of Origin   Sootopolis City   Route 126 ↓

Location Location of Sootopolis City in Hoenn.

Sootopolis City (Japanese: ルネシティ Rune City) is a city located to the east of the Hoenn mainland.

Sootopolis City plays a major part in the games, as it is the location where the player has their encounter with the Legendary Pokémon Groudon^ROR or Kyogre^SAS, and obtain their final Badge.

Sootopolis City has a fantastic nighttime view, with stars peering in through the top of the crater.

In the games, Sootopolis City can only be reached by diving through Route 126, or by Flying or soaring. Sootopolis is surrounded by Route 126.

During the story, after Kyogre and/or Groudon is awakened, the weather in Sootopolis is temporarily changed to harsh sunlight^R/extremely harsh sunlight^OR, rain^S/heavy rain^AS, or abnormal weather^E. The weather returns to normal once the crisis is over.

Slogan

The mystical city where history slumbers. (Japanese: れきしが　ねむる　しんぴの　まち The mystical city where history slumbers.)

History

The great tree that stands in the center of Sootopolis City in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

Sootopolis City is located inside of a giant crater.

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the crater is that of an underwater volcano which erupted and forced itself out of the sea many years ago, eventually filling with rainwater, also known as a caldera.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the crater was formed by a giant meteorite impact into the ocean of the Hoenn region a thousand years ago, eventually filling with rainwater. People soon began to dwell in the crater for its warm, fresh water and a city soon came forth. The great tree in front of the Cave of Origin was received from AZ when he visited from the Kalos region. The seal on Sky Pillar can also only be opened by a descendant of the ancient Sootopolitans.

To navigate the city, people have to climb many flights of stairs and Dive under the sea. This causes many of the locals to get into good shape.

Role

Delta Episode

During the Delta Episode, after Steven has informed Wallace of the plan to enter the Sky Pillar, Wallace is outside the Cave of Origin talking to the guard about the great tree. He invites the player to follow him to the Sky Pillar's entrance on Route 131, then leaves.

Places of interest

Cave of Origin

Main article: Cave of Origin

The Cave of Origin is located in Sootopolis City. Inside, the player can meet either Groudon^ROR, Kyogre^SAS, or Wallace wondering about Rayquaza's whereabouts^E.

Competitive brothers

In the house northeast of the Pokémon Center, there are two brothers who are arguing over two different species of Pokémon. The younger brother is a Fisherman, while the older brother is a Hiker. In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, the younger brother prefers Barboach and the older brother prefers Shroomish. In Pokémon Emerald, the younger brother prefers Seedot and the older brother prefers Lotad.

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the brothers are arguing over the sizes of their favorite Pokémon. If a brother is shown a Pokémon of the species he prefers, he will calculate its size and give the player an Elixir if it is larger than any he has seen before. The initial record is held by Marco, and is the average height of the species being argued over, which is 15.7 in (40.0 cm) in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and 19.6 in (50.0 cm) in Pokémon Emerald.

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the brothers are arguing over the cuteness of their favorite Pokémon. If a brother is shown a Pokémon of the species he prefers with an Affection of at least level 4, he will give the player a Max Elixir. Unlike the Generation III games, each brother will only give away an item once.

Sootopolis Gym

Main article: Sootopolis Gym

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, and Alpha Sapphire, Wallace is the Gym Leader in this city. He uses Water-type Pokémon, and is the one who hands out the Rain Badge.

In Pokémon Emerald, Wallace is the former Gym Leader, with his former mentor Juan resuming the role due to Wallace moving on to become Champion.

Move Tutor

In Pokémon Emerald, inside the Pokémon Center there is a trainer who will teach a compatible Pokémon Double-Edge one time only.

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, in the northeastern part of Sootopolis City there is a house with an elderly gentleman within it. If the player talks to him with a Dragon-type Pokémon with high friendship, he will offer to teach it Draco Meteor.

Backdoor house

In Pokémon Emerald, the house with a back door which hosts e-Reader battles is southeast of the Pokémon Center. Its original location in Mossdeep City in Ruby and Sapphire was superseded by a Game Corner.

Demographics

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the population of Sootopolis City is 39. This is a middling population in Hoenn, despite its near isolation from the rest of the region.

Pokémon Emerald

In Pokémon Emerald, the population of Sootopolis City is 43.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire

In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Sootopolis City has a total population of 42.

Poké Mart

Generation III
Ultra Ball $1200	Hyper Potion $1200
Max Potion $2500	Full Heal $600
Revive $1500	Max Repel $700
X Attack $500	X Defend $550
Shadow Mail $50

Generation VI
Poké Ball $200	Great Ball $600
Ultra Ball $1,200	Potion $300
Super Potion $700	Hyper Potion $1,200
Max Potion $2,500	Full Restore $3,000
Revive $1,500	Antidote $100
Paralyze Heal $200	Awakening $250
Burn Heal $250	Ice Heal $250
Full Heal $600	Escape Rope $550
Repel $350	Super Repel $500
Max Repel $700

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM31 (Brick Break)	Given by the Black Belt with the Kecleon in the northwestern house (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Wailmer Doll	Given by girl in the house just east of the Pokémon Center	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Super Potion	North of Kiri (requires Surf) (hidden)	OR  AS
	Protein	Behind the house southeast of the Pokémon Center (hidden)	OR  AS
	HM07 (Waterfall)	Gift from Wallace in front of the Gym after calming Groudon and Kyogre (requires Surf)	E
	Elixir	From a Fisherman if shown a record-breaking BarboachRS/SeedotE (repeatable)	R  S  E
	Elixir	From a Hiker if shown a record-breaking ShroomishRS/LotadE (repeatable)	R  S  E
	Max Elixir ×2	From a Fisherman if shown a Barboach with Affection of at least level 4 From a Hiker if shown a Shroomish with Affection of at least level 4	OR  AS
	TM83 (Infestation)	From a Collector in the Poké Mart for answering "Lisia" to his question (requires Surf)	OR  AS
	Sablenite	In the southeast of the area with the entrance to the Cave of Origin (requires Surf)	OR  AS
	Magma Suit	From Maxie before entering the Cave of Origin, after Groudon has been awoken (requires Surf)	OR
	Aqua Suit	From Archie before entering the Cave of Origin, after Kyogre has been awoken (requires Surf)	AS
	Red Orb	From Maxie after defeating or capturing Groudon (requires Surf)	OR
	Blue Orb	From Archie after defeating or capturing Kyogre (requires Surf)	AS
	Eon Flute	From Steven after defeating or capturing GroudonOR/KyogreAS (requires Surf)	OR  AS

Berries from Kiri

Kiri will give the player two Berries each day. Kiri is not present while Groudon^ROR/Kyogre^SAS is causing abnormal weather in Sootopolis City. She will not give out Berries while Groudon and Kyogre battle, or immediately after Rayquaza appears.^E

In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, she gives one Berry from among the Pomeg, Kelpsy, Qualot, Hondew, Grepa, Tamato, Cornn, Magost, Rabuta, or Nomel Berries; and the other from the Figy or Iapapa specimens.

Item		Location	Games
	Figy Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Wiki Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	OR  AS
	Mago Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	OR  AS
	Aguav Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	OR  AS
	Iapapa Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Razz Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	OR  AS
	Pomeg Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Kelpsy Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Qualot Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Hondew Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Grepa Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Tamato Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Cornn Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Magost Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Rabuta Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Nomel Berry	Obtained from Kiri in the southwest part of city (requires Surf)	R  S  E  OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation III

No surfing Pokémon can appear during the battle between Groudon and Kyogre^E.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Magikarp	R		S		E		Surfing	5-35	100%
Fishing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	70%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	100%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	30-35	80%
Gyarados	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	5-45	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.

Generation VI

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Surfing
Magikarp	OR			AS			Surfing	25, 30, 35	100%
Fishing
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Old Rod	5, 10, 15	100%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Good Rod	25	100%
Magikarp	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	30, 35	95%
Gyarados	OR			AS			Fishing Super Rod	40	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.

Layout

Game	Surface	Underwater
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
Omega Ruby
Alpha Sapphire

In the anime

Sootopolis City in the anime

In the anime, the volcano Sootopolis City is built upon opens up at one side, giving access to ships and boats. After leaving Izabe Island, Ash and his friends arrived in Sootopolis City in The Great Eight Fate!. Ash was planning to challenge the local Gym Leader to a battle in order to obtain his eighth Gym Badge, which would qualify him to compete in the Hoenn League Championships.

Upon arriving, May, Max, and Brock saw fireworks and realized an event was being held in the city, so they ran to join the attendees. It was soon revealed that the Mayor of Sootopolis City was inaugurating a water-themed theater and that Juan, the Leader of the Sootopolis Gym, would put on a show with his Water-type Pokémon as part of the festivities. May was amazed at how beautifully Juan's Pokémon took the stage and Brock commented on how they had been well-raised. Throughout Juan's presentation, May was even more impressed and said Juan could be a great Pokémon Coordinator.

Ash holding the Rain Badge

Team Rocket was also impressed by Juan and they decided to steal his Pokémon, but Juan managed to send them blasting off with minimum effort. After that, Ash approached Juan saying he would like to have a battle with him, and once Juan agreed, the group was taken to the Gym on a boat. While on their way to the Sootopolis Gym, the group discovered that Juan is a former winner of the Grand Festival, having received the Ribbon Cup and the title of Top Coordinator years ago. They also learned why he specializes in Water-type Pokémon.

When they got to the Gym, they were greeted by Sebastian, Juan's butler and assistant, who explained to Ash the rules of the Sootopolis Gym. The Gym battle is divided into four rounds; the first is a Double Battle held in a large swimming pool with floating platforms and the other three are Single Battles conducted on a battlefield resembling a lake surrounded by land. Ash won the battle in Eight Ain't Enough!, earning the Rain Badge, his eighth Hoenn Badge overall, which allowed him to compete in the Ever Grande Conference. After that, the group left for Pacifidlog Town, the site of an upcoming Pokémon Contest which May wanted to enter in order to obtain her fifth Ribbon.

In Our Cup Runneth Over!, Wallace was mention to have been the Gym Leader of Sootopolis before he became the Hoenn League Champion. After being replaced as the reigning Champion by Steven sometime prior to Mega Evolution Special II, Wallace returned to being the Sootopolis Gym Leader, as shown in Reuniting for the First Time!.

Gallery

Sootopolis Amphitheatre	Sootopolis Gym

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Sootopolis City in Pokémon Adventures

Ruby & Sapphire arc

Sootopolis City was first mentioned in Stick This in Your Craw, Crawdaunt! I, where Mr. Briney mentioned how his Whiscash, Whisko, had sensed multiple earthquakes happening in Sootopolis.

After Maxie awakened Groudon and Kyogre at the Seafloor Cavern, the two Legendary Pokémon confronted each other in Sootopolis City in The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon XII, where they began a fierce battle with each other. In order to prevent the immense energy resulted by the battle from going out of control, Steven, Wallace, and the Elite Four used the legendary giants' Superpower to contain the energy in Sootopolis City. Due to the containment field created by the giants covering the city everywhere above it, the excess energy from the battle was forced downwards, causing the entire city to rise into the air. In It All Ends Now IV, the battle was stopped by Ruby and Rayquaza, bringing the city back down to its proper place.

However, as Groudon and Kyogre headed to their sleeping grounds, it turned out that the stress of controlling the legendary giants had caused Steven to die, while the same soon also happened to Norman, due to him having controlled Rayquaza, causing the Legendary Pokémon to escape. In It All Ends Now V, Archie and Maxie emerged from the Cave of Origin and stole the Red and Blue Orbs from Ruby, intending to restart the crisis. In It All Ends Now VI, Wallace, who had recently inherited Steven's Champion title, arrived to fight Archie and Maxie, but he was forced to surrender when they took Winona, his beloved, as a hostage. In It All Ends Now VIII, Ruby and Sapphire started battling against the villainous team leaders, who soon decided to retreat. The Trick Master, along with Plusle and Minun, was able to stop them from escaping, after which Ruby used his previously unrevealed sixth Pokémon, Celebi, to swipe the Orbs and destroy them. Celebi subsequently transported Ruby and Sapphire to a slightly alternate future, reviving those who had died during the final battle.

After peace had returned to Hoenn, Giovanni was seen picking up the shattered remains of the Orbs, revealing that the formed gemstones were, in fact, the Orbs' true forms, which he intended to use in his newest plan.

Sootopolis City in the Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

In PS615, Zinnia was taken to Sootopolis after Rayquaza rejected her offer to join her in order to destroy the meteoroid headed for Hoenn. Upon Emerald's request, Zinnia agreed to work alongside the Stones, Joseph and Steven, for a solution to avert the impending apocalypse. Eventually a plan was devised, which involved the Hoenn Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and Frontier Brains, as well as the Draconids, Red, and Green, all standing by at Sootopolis to launch a combined attack towards the meteoroid, while Ruby and Sapphire would ride Rayquaza into space to strike the meteoroid directly with Dragon Ascent. The plan was executed successfully, saving the Hoenn region from yet another disaster, despite the unexpected emergence of a Deoxys from within the meteoroid upon its destruction.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards related to mentioning or featuring Sootopolis City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Pokémon in Sootopolis City Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Gligar		Roaring Skies		36/108	Emerald Break		032/078
Golett		Ancient Origins		34/98	Bandit Ring		034/081
Golurk		Ancient Origins		41/98	Bandit Ring		041/081
Wailmer		Celestial Storm		39/168	Sky-Splitting Charisma		025/096

Merchandise

Sootopolis City made an appearance in the Ride with Latias and Latios line, drawn by Sanosuke Sakuma.

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Trivia

• Kiri was named after Junichi Masuda's daughter, born right before the Japanese release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
• In the flower patch next to the big tree AZ gave, there is a flower in the patch that is the same design as the flower on the Eternal Flower Floette, the Floette that befriended AZ in the Pokémon X and Y storyline.
• This is the only city in the Pokémon world which requires the use of Dive in order to be reached for the first time.
• There is a minor collision error on one of the rocks in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.
• In Pokémon Emerald, the Seedot received from Kobe at Rustboro City is exactly 0.01 meters larger than the size requirement for the Elixir.
• In Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, the initial record holder's Trainer is named Marco. This is likely based on "macro," a Greek prefix that means large.

Origin

Sootopolis City appears to be based on the Greek island of Santorini, also known as Thera.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ルネシティ Rune City	Possibly from 流 ru (flow), 瑠璃色 ruri-iro (lapis lazuli blue), and 涅 ne (underwater black soil traditionally used as dye)
English	Sootopolis City	From soot and polis (Greek for city)
German	Xeneroville	From xeno- (foreign), cenere (Italian for ash), nero (Italian for black), and the town suffix -ville
Spanish	Arrecípolis	From arrecife (coral reef) and polis (Greek for city)
French	Atalanopolis	From Atlantide (Atlantis) and polis (Greek for city)
Italian	Ceneride	From cenere (ash) and Atlantide (Atlantis)
Korean	루네시티 Rune City*	Transcription of its Japanese name
	루네도시 Rune Dosi*
Chinese (Mandarin)	琉璃市 Liúlí Shì	From 琉璃 liúlí / làuhlèih (colored glaze; transparent blue gemstone associated with lapis lazuli)
Chinese (Cantonese)	琉璃市 Làuhlèih Síh
Polish	Sootopolis	From its English name
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de Sootopolis	From its English name
Vietnamese	Thành phố Rune	Transcription of its Japanese name

References

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