Terarium

Terarium テラリウムドーム
Terarium Dome
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location: Blueberry Academy
Region: Unova
Generations: IX

Location of Terarium in Unova.
Pokémon world locations

The Terarium, also referred to as the Terarium Dome (Japanese: テラリウムドーム Terarium Dome), is a facility of Blueberry Academy which sustains a variety of artificial biomes for Pokémon.

In the games

 
A Ditto Block found in the Terarium

A world-renowned undersea facility constructed as a supportive learning environment for strong Trainers, the Terarium is divided into four areas: a Savanna Biome, a Coastal Biome, a Canyon Biome, and a Polar Biome. Each biome has different climates, ecosystems, and wild Pokémon, even including foreign regional form Pokémon such as Alolan Exeggutor, Galarian Slowpoke, Hisuian Qwilfish, and first partner Pokémon. The temperature of each area is also carefully regulated. The facility is enclosed within an artificial sky dome that changes to simulate the weather and time of day.[1] In the center of the facility, is Central Plaza, a lobby area for students to take breaks between classes, as well as an easy way to travel from biome to biome.

The Terarium is located at the deepest end of the school, taking place beneath the school's classrooms and dorms, which are also underwater. Each biome contains small classrooms as well, allowing for students to learn within the biomes and environments that the Terarium provides. There is also multiple biome centered plazas, one for each of the Elite Four member. Each plaza, including Central Plaza, includes a battle field used for battling other students and Elite Four Members. Each of the Elite Four members have their trial in their respective themed biomes. Smaller healing stations and shelters are also seen throughout the Terarium, allowing the students and Trainers to take rest and recover.

 
The Terarium Core

The Terarium Core that hangs from the roof of the Terarium is filled with a mixture of Paldean soil and water from the Crystal Pool in Kitakami, which is what stabilizes the Terastal phenomenon at Blueberry Academy. After the events of The Indigo Disk, crystals from the Area Zero underdepths are added to the mixture which allows wild Pokémon to Terastallize into the Stellar type. The Terarium core is designed and maintained by Briar.

Throughout the Terarium, the player can complete Blueberry Quests to earn BP, these quests can range from numerous objectives, such as taking pictures, catching or defeating of certain Pokémon in specific ways; collecting items, or making TMs. Several block-like formations taking the form of shelters, bridges, platforms and other formations are spread out through the Terarium. These blocks are said to give off infrared and ultraviolet rays, which apparently help Pokémon and plants grow. As a part of group quests, various Ditto Blocks[2] can be found in these formations, where Ditto will seemingly transform into one of these large cubes with rounded edges. Despite being milestones for the player to obtain, and not actually obtainable themselves, they can still be Shiny.[3]

When in the Terarium, the player can talk to Synclaire in order to access the Synchro Machine, a device created by her which allows them to see the world through the eyes of their Pokémon.

Due to being located in Unova, Pokémon with regional forms cannot produce offspring that are regional forms themselves without the use of an Everstone and any Pokémon who evolves into another Pokémon with a regional form (such as Exeggcute or Pikachu) cannot evolve into said regional forms, even if the biome has an environment set for them.

Items

Item Location Games
  Ability Patch At the top of the Terarium Core  S  V 
  Gold Bottle Cap At the top of the Terarium Core  S  V 
  Stellar Tera Shard ×50 At the top of the Terarium Core  S  V 

Music

Games Location Song name(Japanese) Song name(English Translation) Composition Arrangement
 S  V  When in the tunnel
to the Terarium for the first time
ドームへ To the Dome Gō Ichinose Gō Ichinose
Upon exiting the tunnel
for the first time
ここがテラリウムドーム! This is the Terarium Dome! Gō Ichinose Gō Ichinose
When in the Savanna Biome ドーム・サバンナエリア Terarium (Savanna Biome) Gō Ichinose
Junichi Masuda
Shota Kageyama
Hitomi Satō
Gō Ichinose
When in the Coastal Biome ドーム・コーストエリア Terarium (Coastal Biome) Gō Ichinose
Junichi Masuda
Shota Kageyama
Hitomi Satō
Gō Ichinose
When in the Canyon Biome ドーム・キャニオンエリア Terarium (Canyon Biome) Gō Ichinose
Junichi Masuda
Shota Kageyama
Hitomi Satō
Gō Ichinose
When in the Polar Biome ドーム・ポーラエリア Terarium (Polar Biome) Gō Ichinose
Junichi Masuda
Shota Kageyama
Gō Ichinose
When in a Plaza
or the tunnel
ドーム・センタースクエア Terarium (Central Plaza) Gō Ichinose
Junichi Masuda
Shota Kageyama
Hitomi Satō
Gō Ichinose
When battling a wild Pokémon 戦闘!ドームのポケモン Battle! (Pokémon in the Terarium) Junichi Masuda Go Ichinose
When battling a wild Tera Pokémon 戦闘!ドームのテラスタルポケモン Battle! (Tera Pokémon in the Terarium) Junichi Masuda Go Ichinose
Upon interacting with a Trainer
in the Terarium
視線!学園のトレーナー Trainers' Eyes Meet (Academy Trainer) Junichi Masuda Haruka Soeda
When battling a Trainer
in the Terarium
戦闘!学園のトレーナー Battle! (Academy Trainer) Junichi Masuda
Minako Adachi
Haruka Soeda

Trivia

  • Despite being located in the Unova region, any Pokémon caught there will be displayed as being met in the Paldea region in Pokémon HOME. The same is also true for Kitakami, which is not part of Paldea.
  • The music that plays during the biomes is a rearranged medley of music from Pokémon Black and White Versions:
    • In all biomes, an arrangement of the music that played in Route 6 and Route 4 is played.
    • The Savanna and Canyon biome feature an arrangement of the music that played on Route 2.
    • In the Coastal Biome, the Route 2 segment is replaced with Driftveil City's theme, and in the Polar Biome, it is replaced with Opelucid City's theme in Pokémon White.
    • Additionally, the wild Pokémon battle and Trainer battle themes are rearrangements of the themes from those games.

Origin

Name origin

Terarium and Terarium Dome are derived from terrarium and possibly the Terastal phenomenon.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 生態巨蛋 Sāangtaai Geuihdáan
Mandarin 生態巨蛋 / 生态巨蛋 Shēngtài Jùdàn
  French Terra-Dôme
  German Tera-Kuppel
  Italian Bioterarium
  Korean 테라리움 돔 Terarium Dome
  Spanish Biodomo

References

See also


Blueberry Academy
         
Blueberry Academy

CafeteriaClub Room

Terarium
Canyon BiomeCanyon PlazaCentral PlazaChargestone Cavern
Coastal BiomeCoastal PlazaPolar BiomePolar Plaza
Savanna BiomeSavanna PlazaTorchlit Labyrinth
Access to
PaldeaKitakami


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