Mossdeep City

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Mossdeep City トクサネシティ Tokusane City "Our slogan: Cherish Pokémon!"

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Map description Research is underway day and night in this city, all in the hope of understanding the distant reaches of space.

Mossdeep City Gym - Hoenn Gym #7 Tate and Liza Psychic-type specialist Gym Mind Badge

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Connecting locations   ↑ Route 125   ← Route 124 Mossdeep City   Route 127 ↓

Location Location of Mossdeep City in Hoenn.

Mossdeep City (Japanese: トクサネシティ Tokusane City) lies on an island along the eastern edge of the Hoenn mainland. Many divers live at Mossdeep, and it is the fourth largest city in Hoenn. One of the city's attractions is Wailmer watching. A deep underwater trench runs between Mossdeep City and Sootopolis City. This cavern was found by Captain Stern in his submarine. Mossdeep City has a Pokémon Gym whose Gym Leaders are Tate and Liza.

The island of Mossdeep is covered in plants and flowers. Its weather is mainly sunny, and its winds are stable. This clear weather made Mossdeep the ideal location to build a space center to launch large rockets. In Mossdeep, there is a white rock which holds a special meaning to the people at the space center. They placed the rock outside of the space center as a symbol of their wish for their rockets to fly safely. After defeating the Elite Four, the player can obtain a level 5^RSE/1^ORAS Beldum from Steven's house.

Mossdeep City is the hub area of Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire's Special Demo Version

North of Mossdeep is the Shoal Cave, on Route 125. To the west is Route 124, and Route 127 lies to the south.

Places of Interest

Space Center

Main article: Mossdeep Space Center

Mossdeep was the ideal location to build a space center which launches huge rockets because of the stable weather conditions. The Space Center is successfully sending rockets into space. In Emerald, the Space Center plays a big part in the plot, where Team Magma attempts to steal rocket fuel while a rocket begins to launch into space. On the second floor, the player will meet with Steven and battle two Team Magma Grunts. The Space Center also plays a key role in the Delta Episode of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

Steven's house

The possibility of rare stones in the cavern has attracted the attention of Steven Stone, who owns a cottage here where he keeps part of his rock collection. He will leave behind a rare Beldum after the player defeats the Elite Four. Steven will also give the player HM08 (Dive) here in Ruby and Sapphire. In Emerald, however, he will give the player HM08 after defeating Team Magma at the Space Center.

Residential houses

There is a boy living in Mossdeep who will remind Pokémon Trainers of where their Secret Base is located, in case they forget. There is also a Black Belt who will identify which Pokéblocks Pokémon like. In Pokémon Emerald, the player will see a Black Belt on the shore in the western part of the city who will teach a compatible Pokémon DynamicPunch. Moreover, in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire only, a house run by an old man who organizes e-Reader battles for his amusement can be found.

Game Corner

A Game Corner is located here in Pokémon Emerald. It replaces the old man's house in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. It allows players to interact with Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and other copies of Emerald in two mini-games, Pokémon Jump and Dodrio Berry Picking. Connections are made with the GBA Wireless Adapter.

Mossdeep Gym

Main article: Mossdeep Gym

Demographics

Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the population of Mossdeep City is 45. Despite it being on an island in the middle of the sea, its population is fairly large, and it is Hoenn's fourth most populous city.

Poké Mart

Mossdeep is the only location in Hoenn where the rare Net Ball and Dive Ball are sold.

Ultra Ball $1200	Net Ball $1000
Dive Ball $1000	Hyper Potion $1200
Full Heal $600	Revive $1500
X Attack $500	X Defend $550
Max Repel $700

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Big Pearl	In the middle of the beach	OR  AS
	Net Ball	In the southeast corner of the city	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Star Piece	East of Steven's house (hidden)	OR  AS
	King's Rock	Obtained from a boy outside of Steven's house	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Sun Stone	Obtained from a Sailor inside the Space Center	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Revive	South of the Fisherman's house	OR  AS
	Iron	Northeast corner of the rocket launch pad (hidden)	OR  AS
	TM60 (Quash)	Gift from a woman inside the Poké Mart	OR  AS
	HM08 (Dive)	Received from Steven in his house*	R  S  E
	HM07 (Dive)	Received from Steven in his house after defeating the Mossdeep Gym	OR  AS
	Devon Scuba Gear	Received from Steven in his house after defeating the Mossdeep Gym	OR  AS
	Super Rod	Received from the Fisherman in the northernmost house	R  S  E  OR  AS
	Iron Plate	Held by Steven's gift Beldum	OR  AS

Pokémon

Generation III

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Surfing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Surfing	5-35	60%
Wingull	R		S		E		Surfing	10-30	35%
Pelipper	R		S		E		Surfing	25-30	5%
Fishing
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	30%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Old Rod	5-10	70%
Tentacool	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Magikarp	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	60%
Wailmer	R		S		E		Fishing Good Rod	10-30	20%
Sharpedo	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	30-35	40%
Wailmer	R		S		E		Fishing Super Rod	25-45	60%
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Beldum	R		S		E		Gift	5	One
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Generation VI

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style="background: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" colspan="15" | Gift Pokémon
Beldum	OR			AS			Gift	1	One
class="roundybottom" style="background: #Template:City color light; color: #000000" colspan="14" | 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.

In the anime

Mossdeep City in the anime

Ash and his friends arrived in Mossdeep Island in It's Still Rocket Roll to Me!. They met up with the local Gym Leaders Tate and Liza and explored Mossdeep's famous Space Center. In Solid as a Solrock, Ash battled the Gym Leaders and won, claiming his seventh Hoenn League Badge.

Appearance

Ruby	Sapphire	Emerald

Trivia

• Mossdeep's Japanese motto is 「ポケモンを たいせつに！」が あいことば "Our slogan: Cherish Pokémon!"
• Due to an oversight, below Steven's house there is an NPC that walks through a tree.

Name origin

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	トクサネシティ Tokusane City	Possibly from 木賊色 tokusairo (teal green) and 嶺 ne (peak)
English	Mossdeep City	From moss and deep, referring to the many areas where Dive can be used near the island
French	Algatia	From algue, seaweed
German	Moosbach City	From Moos (moss) and Bach (a rivulet)
Italian	Verdeazzupoli	From verde (green) and azzurro (azure)
Spanish	Ciudad Algaria	From alga, seaweed
Korean	이끼시티 Ikki City	From 이끼 ikki, moss
Chinese (Mandarin)	綠嶺市／绿岭市 Lǜlǐng Shì	綠嶺／绿岭 lǜlǐng means "green mountain ridge"

Hoenn
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