Crown Tundra
- This article is about the location in the Galar region. For the expansion for Pokémon Sword and Shield, see The Crown Tundra.
The Crown Tundra (Japanese: カンムリ雪原 Crown Snowfield), historically known as the Crown Plains (Japanese: カンムリ高原 Crown Plateau), is a snow-swept realm in the Galar region featured in The Crown Tundra expansion. It is located south of Postwick.
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Design concept
- Main article: Pokémon world in relation to the real world → Galar
The Crown Tundra is based on Scotland.[1] The landmass is rotated 180° together with the Galar region itself, compared to real-world Great Britain. Therefore, the Crown Tundra is the southernmost part of Galar while Scotland is the northernmost country of the United Kingdom.
The design of the Crown Tundra is heavily inspired by the history and landscape of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.[2] The Crown Shrine is based on Edinburgh Castle. Freezington, the area's gateway and major settlement, resembles typical villages found in the Scottish Highlands.
History
Prehistory
At some point, the Crown Tundra was a barren and uninhabitable land, but still, somehow a few humans were able to live there. One day, Calyrex was found by the group of humans in the Crown Tundra, the Pokémon was heavily injured, but after gaining its trust, the humans took care of it and healed it back to its full strength, it emitted a dazzling, blue light. In gratitude for the humans, Calyrex used its powers to turn the frozen tundra they lived in into a habitable land filled with lush and rich soil, which would be named the Crown Plains. This allowed the people to thrive successfully there. Since then, the Crown Tundra's people started worshiping Calyrex and referring to it as the Crown Tundra's king. Calyrex then gained the title of "The King of Bountiful Harvests".
At some point later, Calyrex saved its worshipers once again, this time from a ruffian, known as the Crown Tundra's lord, Glastrier/Spectrier that terrorized the Crown Tundra, before it was defeated and conquered by the King Pokémon, forcing it to become Calyrex's steed. This caused Calyrex's worshipers to start a tradition giving it an offering each year, these being Reins of Unity, crafted using a Radiant Flower and a mane hair of its steed, Black Mane Hair/White Mane Hair, bonding Calyrex to them. At some point, the humans also built the Crown Shrine, giving both Calyrex and Glastrier/Spectrier a home.
Many years after that, humans started to slowly forget about Calyrex, greatly weakening it as its powers are dependent on its worshiper's faith on it. As Calyrex kept growing weaker, its steed eventually abandoned it, leaving the king with a mere fraction of its power. Eventually Calyrex was only seen as legends and fairy tales by the inhabitants of Freezington.
At some point, Regirock was sealed in Rock Peak Ruins, Regice was sealed in Iceberg Ruins, Registeel was sealed in Iron Ruins, and both Regieleki and Regidrago sealed together in the Split-Decision Ruins by people of old for fear of their power. At some point, the Galarian Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres started migrating to the Dyna Tree once every several decades to eat its fruits and even battle each other for the right to eat them.
Contemporary history
Pokémon Sword and Shield
The Crown Tundra
Victor/Gloria travels to the Crown Tundra in southern Galar, where they meet Peony, an enthusiastic former Steel-type Gym Leader and Champion as well as the younger brother of Rose, and take his daughter Peonia's place in his explorations of solving the legends lurking around the Tundra, since Peonia refuses to do so. As such, Peony assigns Victor/Gloria as the leader of his "expedition team" and tasks them with searching for various Legendary Pokémon who are known to reside in the Crown Tundra. One of these Pokémon is the King of Bountiful Harvests, a known figurehead in the Crown Tundra and its small town of Freezington, but one whose stories are now only known to a few. Victor/Gloria eventually meets this Pokémon after restoring its statue, who reveals its name to be Calyrex, while it uses Peony as a means to communicate with them. It reveals that it had lost its power over the years as less and less people believed in it, and it eventually lost the ability to bring bountiful harvests. Calyrex tasks Victor/Gloria with creating the Reins of Unity (which Peony successfully creates) and planting either an Iceroot Carrot or Shaderoot Carrot in hopes of reclaiming its long lost steed, who is later revealed to be Glastrier/Spectrier. They eventually lure the steed into the Crown Shrine, and Calyrex takes its Reins of Unity and bonds with Glastrier or Spectrier once more, achieving its full power again. Now having regained its power, Calyrex allows Victor/Gloria to challenge it to a battle to catch it, and they succeed in doing so. Calyrex thanks the player and looks forward to the journeys they will share.
In the midst of doing so, Victor/Gloria explores the entirety of the Crown Tundra, discovering several ruins that uncover the legendary giants, including two newly discovered ones in Regieleki and Regidrago. They also discover a tree where Galarian forms of the legendary birds come, and chases them all around Galar, one in the Crown Tundra itself, one in the Isle of Armor, and one in Galar's own Wild Area.
In doing all this, Victor/Gloria eventually reports these back to Peony, and eventually they go all the way to the Max Lair and rejoin Peonia, in which they all partake in Dynamax Adventures. In the midst of these, it is revealed a strange Pokémon appeared in the Max Lair and multiple Ultra Beasts came as well: eventually, Victor/Gloria discover that it was in fact Necrozma, and reports it to Peony, which is then noticed by the scientist running the Max Lair.
Geography
Weather
Although the Crown Tundra mainly hails, particularly in the northern area, the weather varies between areas, and each area changes weather when the date changes. The weather determines which wild Pokémon can appear, and it may cause certain weather conditions and terrain to appear in battle. Sandstorm is the only kind of weather not present on the Crown Tundra. Special dates listed below are known dates where the entire region will be forced to have the exact same weather condition.
| Icon | Weather | Common Pokémon | Effect in battle | Prerequisite | Special dates |
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Clear (はれ) | Normal, Grass, Flying | — | — | April 30th December 31st |
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Cloudy (くもり) | Fighting, Poison, Dark | — | — | March 31st October 31st |
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Rain (あめ) | Water, Bug | Rain | — | — |
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Thunderstorm (豪雨) | Water, Electric, Dragon | Rain, Electric Terrain | — | — |
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Snow (ゆき) | Ice | Hail | — | June 30th September 30th |
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Blizzard (吹雪) | Ice, Steel | Hail | Visit Hammerlocke | January 31st February 28th February 29th August 31st November 30th |
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Harsh sunlight (ひでり) | Fire, Ground | Harsh sunlight | — | May 31st |
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Fog (霧) | Psychic, Ghost, Fairy | Misty Terrain | — | July 31st |
Prerequisites
- Main article: Wild Area → Weather → Prerequisites
Notable locations
- Slippery Slope
- Freezington
- Frostpoint Field
- Giant's Bed
- Old Cemetery
- Snowslide Slope
- Tunnel to the Top
- Path to the Peak
- Crown Shrine
- Giant's Foot
- Roaring-Sea Caves
- Frigid Sea
- Three-Point Pass
- Ballimere Lake
- Lakeside Cave
- Dyna Tree Hill
Items
- Main article: Wild Area → Items → Gifts from other players
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
The Crown Tundra first appeared in The Homecoming Crown!. While Ash, Goh, and Chloe traveled there to inspect reports of an unknown Pokémon being sighted in the area, Lillie and her family located her missing father Mohn there. The two groups ended up meeting at a remote house, where Mohn had been living ever since a Shiny Nihilego had rescued him from Ultra Deep Sea, believing the Ultra Beast to be Lillie. Once Mohn's real memories had been restored, he reunited with his family and invited Nihilego to come with them.
In Chasing to the Finish!, Goh revisited the Crown Tundra in order to participate in his last Project Mew Trial Mission at the Split-Decision Ruins. On the site, he was joined by Gary, and they succeeded in completing the mission by catching Regieleki and Regidrago.
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
The Crown Tundra appeared in The Gathering of Stars, where Peony and Peonia were traversing through it aboard a train.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Sword & Shield arc
The Crown Tundra was first mentioned in Oh My!! The Disappearance of Henry. Following the disappearance of Henry and the Rusted Sword and Shield after the battle against Eternatus, Casey was able to figure out that one of the artifacts had wound up at the Crown Tundra, though she was unsure if Henry was there too or at the Isle of Armor.
Hop, Bede, and Marnie subsequently headed to the Crown Tundra in order to try to find the Rusted Sword and Shield. Upon arriving, they met a man named Peony, and took his daughter Peonia's place in investigating the local legends while conducting their own search on the side. During one of these expeditions, an encounter with the Galarian legendary birds resulted in Hop winding up on the Isle of Armor and Marnie winding up on Route 6. Soon afterwards, Henry arrived on the Crown Tundra with Galarian Moltres and joined Peony's expedition team in Hop's place, while Marnie's place was taken by Peonia, who had changed her mind about joining the team after feeling herself getting unlucky at the Max Lair.
The expedition team ended up helping Calyrex, a Pokémon revered in the local legends as the King of Bountiful Harvests, to reunite with its steed, Spectrier. At the same time, the Darkest Day started again, its effects being widespread enough to affect the Crown Tundra, and Henry managed to find the Rusted Sword. Having already found the Rusted Shield on the Isle of Armor, he contacted Casey's group and told them to meet him in Slumbering Weald.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Chinese | Cantonese | 王冠雪原 Wòhnggūn Syutyùhn |
| Mandarin | 王冠雪原 Wángguān Xuěyuán | |
| Czech | Korunní tundra | |
| French | Couronneige | |
| German | Kronen-Schneelande | |
| Hindi | क्राउन टुंड्रा Crown Tundra | |
| Italian | Landa Corona | |
| Korean | 왕관설원 Wanggwan Seorwon | |
| Polish | Koronna Tundra | |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Tundra Coroada |
| Portugal | Tundra da Coroa | |
| Russian | Корона Снежной Земли Korona Snezhnoy Zemli* Горная тундра Gornaya tundra* | |
| Spanish | Nieves de la Corona | |
Crown Plains
| Language | Title | |
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| Chinese | Cantonese | 王冠高原 Wòhnggūn Gōuyùhn |
| Mandarin | 王冠高原 Wángguān Gāoyuán | |
| French | Couroplaine | |
| German | Kronen-Hochlande | |
| Italian | Altopiano Corona | |
| Korean | 왕관고원 Wanggwan Gowon | |
| Spanish | Meseta de la Corona | |
References
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