Postwick

Postwick (Japanese: ハロンタウン Furlong Town) is a small town located at the southern end of the Galar region. It is the hometown of the Galarian player character and their rival, Hop. To the north is Route 1 and to the west is the Slumbering Weald.

Postwick ハロンタウン Furlong Town "A farming town since days of old, where people and their Pokémon live in close harmony."

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 1   ← Slumbering Weald Postwick

Location Location of Postwick in Galar.

Slogan

A farming town since days of old, where people and their Pokémon live in close harmony. (Japanese: 昔から　牧場を　営み　ポケモンたちと　ともに暮らす　町 A farming town since days of old, where people and Pokémon live together.)

Places of interest

The player's house

Player's house

Main article: Player's house

The player character lives in this house with their Mum and her Munchlax.

Hop and Leon's house

Hop and Leon live here with their parents and grandparents. After fetching Leon from Wedgehurst, the Champion will give the player and Hop their first partner Pokémon at the front yard.

After the player becomes the new Champion, Leon will leave a Poké Ball containing a Charmander on the floor in his room on the second floor with a letter. This Charmander can Gigantamax once it evolves into Charizard.

Demographics

Postwick's population is 5 (not counting the player, Hop and Leon), likely owing to its lack of amenities such as a stadium or Pokémon Center and its relative isolation. This makes it the smallest town in Galar as well as the smallest town in the entire Pokémon world.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Potion ×3	Player's house, in the Bag when obtained	Sw  Sh
	Adventure Guide	Player's house, in the Bag when obtained	Sw  Sh
	Fishing Rod	Player's house, in the Bag when obtained	Sw  Sh
	$30,000	Player's house, from Mum when departing for Wedgehurst to obtain the Pokédex	Sw  Sh
	Poké Ball ×5	Player's house, from Mum when departing for Wedgehurst to obtain the Pokédex	Sw  Sh
	Max Revive ×3	From Sonia after Rose interrupts the Champion Cup	Sw  Sh
	Master Ball	Player's house, from Professor Magnolia after becoming Champion	Sw  Sh

Pokémon

All gift Pokémon here are coded never to appear as Shiny.

Pokémon	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
First partner Pokémon
Grookey	Sw	Sh	Gift	5	One
Scorbunny	Sw	Sh	Gift	5	One
Sobble	Sw	Sh	Gift	5	One
Gift Pokémon After becoming Champion
Charmander Gigantamax Factor	Sw	Sh	Gift	5	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.

Trainers

If the player chose Grookey:

Pokémon Trainer

Hop

'

Postwick

Sword and Shield

Reward:
$400

Wooloo♂ Lv.3

Type:

Normal

Ability:

Run Away

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Tackle

Normal

Physical

Sobble♂ Lv.5

Type:

Water

Ability:

Torrent

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Pound

Normal

Physical

Growl

Normal

Status

If the player chose Scorbunny:

Pokémon Trainer

Hop

'

Postwick

Sword and Shield

Reward:
$400

Wooloo♂ Lv.3

Type:

Normal

Ability:

Run Away

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Tackle

Normal

Physical

Grookey♂ Lv.5

Type:

Grass

Ability:

Overgrow

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Scratch

Normal

Physical

Growl

Normal

Status

If the player chose Sobble:

Pokémon Trainer

Hop

'

Postwick

Sword and Shield

Reward:
$400

Wooloo♂ Lv.3

Type:

Normal

Ability:

Run Away

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Tackle

Normal

Physical

Scorbunny♂ Lv.5

Type:

Fire

Ability:

Blaze

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Tackle

Normal

Physical

Growl

Normal

Status

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting Postwick is seen in Hop's mindscape.

Hop & Zamazenta

In animation

Postwick in Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Pokémon: Twilight Wings

Postwick appeared in Buddy, where Hop's Wooloo ran away from home and subsequently began exploring the town. Later, Hop ran across the town, asking people if they had seen Wooloo.

In the manga

Postwick in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

Postwick first briefly appeared in a flashback in Ooh Shiny!! Legendary Equipment. One year earlier, Henry had traveled through the town towards the Slumbering Weald in the hopes of seeing the legendary Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield. As he approached the gate leading to the forest, he saw something falling from the sky and into the forest. Casey suddenly appeared, bashing through the gate with her Pokémon. She had recognized the falling objects as Wishing Stars and wanted to get her hands on them. With both of their objectives lying inside the forest, the two Trainers entered it together.

In Rumble!! The Darkest Day Returns, the effects of the Darkest Day's second coming were shown to have reached Postwick, resulting in the local Pokémon Dynamaxing involuntarily.

In the TCG

Postwick in the TCG

Main article: Postwick (Journey Together 154)

Postwick was introduced as a Stadium card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Battle Partners expansion and the English Journey Together expansion, with artwork by AYUMI ODASHIMA. It is a card that exclusively benefits the "Hop" Trainer's Pokémon archetype in the TCG; as long as the Postwick Stadium card is in play, each player's Hop's Pokémon do 30 more damage against their opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Main article: Training Court (Rebel Clash 169)

The battle court outside of Hop and Leon's house is introduced in the Pokémon Trading Card Game earlier as a Stadium card named Training Court during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese VMAX Rising subset and the English Rebel Clash expansion, with artwork by 5ban Graphics. Once during each player's turn, if Training Court is in play, they may use the card to put a Basic Energy card from their discard pile into their hand.

Trivia

Concept sketch by Shigeru Ohmori

• Postwick shares its name with the real-life village of Postwick in the English county of Norfolk.

Origin

Main article: Pokémon world in relation to the real world → Galar

In a Game Informer feature, Pokémon Sword and Shield director Shigeru Ohmori shared a concept sketch he drew in late September 2016, based on the scenery he saw in Windermere. This sketch ended up serving as a basis for Postwick's design. The Cumbrian town of Keswick has also been cited as an influence on Postwick's design.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ハロンタウン Furlong Town	From furlong (imperial unit of distance formerly used in measuring open fields) or ハロン棒 furlong-bō (distance pole used in horse racing)
English, Brazilian Portuguese	Postwick	From post and -wick (British town suffix for "place")
German, Italian	Furlongham	From furlong and -ham (British town suffix for "farm" and "homestead")
European Spanish, Latin American Spanish	Pueblo Yarda	From yarda (yard, English unit of length)
French	Paddoxton	From paddock (small enclosure for horses) and -ton (British town suffix for "enclosure", "estate", and "homestead")
Korean	펄롱마을 Furlong Maeul	From 펄롱 furlong
Chinese (Traditional)	化朗鎮 Huàlǎng Zhèn / Falóhng Jan	From 化朗 huàlǎng / falóhng (furlong)
Chinese (Simplified)	化朗镇 Huàlǎng Zhèn
Indonesian	Kota Postwick	From its English name
Thai	เฟอร์ลองทาวน์ Furlong Town	Transcription of its Japanese name

Related articles

Galar
Settlements Postwick • Wedgehurst • Motostoke • Turffield • Hulbury • Hammerlocke Stow-on-Side • Ballonlea • Circhester • Spikemuth • Wyndon Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 Landmarks Slumbering Weald • Galar Mine • Galar Mine No. 2 • Motostoke Outskirts Glimwood Tangle • Route 9 Tunnel • Rose Tower/Battle Tower • Energy Plant • Tower Summit Wild Area Meetup Spot • Rolling Fields • Dappled Grove • Watchtower Ruins • East Lake Axewell • West Lake Axewell Axew's Eye • South Lake Miloch • Giant's Seat • North Lake Miloch • Motostoke Riverbank • Bridge Field Stony Wilderness • Dusty Bowl • Giant's Mirror • Hammerlocke Hills • Giant's Cap • Lake of Outrage Isle of Armor Fields of Honor • Master Dojo • Soothing Wetlands • Forest of Focus • Challenge Beach • Tower of Waters • Brawlers' Cave Challenge Road • Tower of Darkness • Courageous Cavern • Loop Lagoon • Training Lowlands • Warm-Up Tunnel Potbottom Desert • Workout Sea • Stepping-Stone Sea • Insular Sea • Honeycalm Sea • Honeycalm Island Crown Tundra Slippery Slope • Max Lair • Freezington • Frostpoint Field • Giant's Bed • Rock Peak Ruins • Iron Ruins • Old Cemetery Snowslide Slope • Iceberg Ruins • Tunnel to the Top • Path to the Peak • Crown Shrine • Giant's Foot • Roaring-Sea Caves Frigid Sea • Three-Point Pass • Split-Decision Ruins • Ballimere Lake • Lakeside Cave • Dyna Tree Hill

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