Circhester

Circhester キルクスタウン
Circus Town
"Buildings from an age long gone still stand about the steaming hot spring that covers the town."
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Circhester Gym - Galar Gym #6Sw
Gordie
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specialist Gym
Rock Badge
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Circhester Gym - Galar Gym #6Sh
Melony
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Ice-type
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Ice Badge
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Circhester Gym - Galar Gym #6Sw
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Circhester
 
Route 8 and Route 9
 
Location
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Location of Circhester in Galar.

Circhester (Japanese: キルクスタウン Circus Town) is a relatively large, old, peaceful city situated in a cold, mountainous part of the northeastern Galar region. The town is accessible by land via Route 8 and Route 9, both to the south. The city has three main north-south avenues and three oriented from east to west, all of which are paved with stone. Circhester's buildings are all constructed out of stone bricks and feature old-fashioned designs. A large hot spring runs underneath the city and surfaces at various locations including a pond in the middle of a large roundabout in the south, and in the ancient Hero's Bath structure in the city center. Due to the cold climate, Circhester experiences perpetual snowfall. Piles of snow are found on the pavement, roofs and trees, and several Ice-type Pokémon can be seen around the city.

Gordie serves as Circhester's Gym Leader in Pokémon Sword, and specializes in Rock-type Pokémon. In Pokémon Shield, the Ice-type specialist Melony is the Gym Leader instead.

Slogan

Buildings from an age long gone still stand about the steaming hot spring that covers the town. (Japanese: い 建物が ぶ 温泉町 A hot springs town lined with old buildings.)

Demographics

Circhester comprises a Pokémon Center, Circhester Stadium, the Hero's Bath, Hotel Ionia, a boutique, a hair salon, a steak restaurant named Bob's Your Uncle, and six houses. The total permanent population of the city is 92.

Places of interest

Circhester Stadium

Main article: Circhester Stadium

Circhester Stadium is the site at which the sixth installment in the Galar region's Gym Challenge takes place. It is located in the northernmost part of the town, up a long ramp leading past the Hero's Bath. In Pokémon Sword, Gordie is the city's Gym Leader, specializing in Rock-type Pokémon. The Ice-type specialist Melony is the Gym Leader in Pokémon Shield. Upon defeating the Gym Leader, the player receives the Rock Badge in Pokémon Sword and the Ice Badge in Pokémon Shield.

As with every Stadium in the region, the Circhester Stadium contains a Poké Mart and a uniform shop. The Ball Guy in this Stadium gives the player a Moon Ball.

Boutique

The boutique is located on the eastern side of Circhester, to the east of the Hero's Bath.

Male clothing

Type Item Brand Patterns Price
Tops Torn Top Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png White, Black, Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face $21,400
Tops Three-Fourths Sleeve Button-Front Top Company Icon Porcini.png White, Black, Maroon, Candy Stripe, Paisley Pattern $22,900
Tops Casual Tee Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face $15,800
Tops Casual Tee Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png Dynamax Band $17,000
Outerwear Satin Varsity Jacket Company Icon Jetsetter2.png Bitter Rock $88,000
Footwear Casual Trainers Company Icon DENSOKU.png White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan $6,800
Footwear Casual Trainers Company Icon Other3.png Ball Bonanza, Lovely Nightmare, Logo Lined, Leppa Laden, Berry Forest $13,800
Bags Canvas Travel Bag Company Icon Other3.png Leppa Laden, Ball Bonanza, Logo Lined $18,160
Headwear Trapper Hat Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan $35,800
Eyewear Wraparound Sunglasses Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png White, Black, Mottled, Red, Green, Blue $21,000
Gloves Patterned Gloves Company Icon Other3.png Eternal Sleep, Mischief Maker, Gullet Glam $5,020

After obtaining the Style Card (IoA)

Type Item Brand Patterns Price
Tops Casual Tee Company Icon Daily Discovery.png Ramblin' Rondelands, Penguin $980
Tops Cable-Knit Sweater Company Icon Celebrity.png White, Black, Gray, Maroon, Navy $25,000
Tops Knit Sweater Company Icon Celebrity.png Peaceful Pastures, Rad Applin, Tapping Feet $41,000
Tops Vest and Tie Ensemble Company Icon Jetsetter2.png White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan $78,300
Bottoms Punk Trousers Company Icon Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce.png Faded Black, Light Blue, Red $4,300
Footwear Punk Boots Company Icon Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce.png Blue, Pink, Yellow $4,600
Gloves Punk Gloves Company Icon Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce.png Black $15,000

Female clothing

Type Item Brand Patterns Price
Tops Torn Top Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png White, Black, Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face $21,400
Tops Three-Fourths Sleeve Button-Front Top Company Icon Porcini.png White, Black, Maroon, Candy Stripe, Paisley Pattern $22,900
Tops Casual Tee Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png Nasty Plot, Astonished Eevee, Pikachu Payback, Night Shade, Scary Face $15,800
Tops Casual Tee Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png Dynamax Band $17,000
Outerwear Satin Varsity Jacket Company Icon Jetsetter2.png Bitter Rock $88,000
Outerwear Fuzzy Pastel Parka Company Icon Other3.png White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan $23,000
Dresses Pleated Dress Company Icon Porcini.png White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan $52,400
Footwear Casual Trainers Company Icon DENSOKU.png White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan $6,800
Footwear Casual Trainers Company Icon Other3.png Ball Bonanza, Lovely Nightmare, Logo Lined, Leppa Laden, Berry Forest $13,800
Footwear Fur-Lined Boots Company Icon Daily Discovery.png Brown, Sand, Black, White, Navy, Maroon $19,200
Bags Frilly Rucksack Company Icon Other3.png Brown, Sand, Black, White, Navy, Maroon $18,160
Headwear Trapper Hat Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png White, Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, Navy, Purple, Pink, Gray, Tan $35,800
Eyewear Wraparound Sunglasses Company Icon HIJIKI OKA.png White, Black, Mottled, Red, Green, Blue $21,000
Gloves Patterned Gloves Company Icon Other3.png Eternal Sleep, Mischief Maker, Gullet Glam $5,020

After obtaining the Style Card (IoA)

Type Item Brand Patterns Price
Tops Knit Sweater Company Icon Celebrity.png Tapping Feet, Rad Applin, Peaceful Pastures $41,000
Tops Cable-Knit Sweater Company Icon Celebrity.png White, Black, Gray, Maroon, Navy $25,000
Outerwear Punk Vest Company Icon Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce.png Faded Black, Light Blue, Red $7,500
Bottoms Punk Skirt Company Icon Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce.png Faded Black, Light Blue, Red $4,300
Legwear Punk Tights Company Icon Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce.png Pink, Blue, Yellow $1,200
Footwear Punk Boots Company Icon DENSOKU.png Pink, Blue, Yellow $46,000
Gloves Punk Gloves Company Icon Spikemuth Chamber of Commerce.png Black $15,000

Hair salon

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The hair salon is located in the southeastern corner of Circhester, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from Route 9 to the south.

Male options

The player can change the style or color of their hair for $3,000. For $1,000, the player can apply makeup to change the style of their eyebrows, the tint of their eyebrows or the color of their contact lenses.

Hairstyle options:

  • Short style
  • Caesar cut
  • Medium and wavy
  • Braids
  • Side part
  • Undercut
  • Bowl cut
  • Long hair

Eyebrow style options:

  • Normal eyebrows
  • Thick eyebrows
  • Thin eyebrows

Hair color and eyebrow tint options:

  • Black
  • Gold
  • Dark brown
  • Ash brown
  • Caramel blond
  • Platinum blond
  • Pink-brown
  • Wine red
  • White
  • Green
  • Blue
  • Red
  • Pink

Contact lens options:

  • Hazel
  • Gray
  • Green
  • Pale blue
  • Black
  • Yellow
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Brown
  • Ultramarine
  • Yellow-green
  • Lavender ice
  • Poppy red
  • White
  • Multicolor swirl
  • Total dark
  • Burning passion
  • Lovely hearts
  • Star studded

Female options

Hero's Bath

The Hero's Bath, also known as Circhester Bath, is an ancient stone pillar structure containing a rectangular hot spring located in the center of Circhester. According to legend, the two heroes who saved Galar from the Darkest Day bathed in the Hero's Bath to heal and rest.

Move tutor

The old man standing on the western edge of the water in the Hero's Bath will teach the move Draco Meteor to an eligible Pokémon in the player's party or in the Pokémon Storage System. Unlike in previous games, it is no longer required that the selected Pokémon has maximum Friendship.

Hotel Ionia

Icon of Hotel Ionia

Hotel Ionia is a lavish hotel located in the southern part of Circhester, on the northern side of the roundabout. It is split into a western building and an eastern building whose layouts are mirror images of each other. The hotel buildings each have a lobby and one accessible floor containing four hotel rooms which can be reached by taking an elevator from the lobby.

The two hotel rooms on the left in the western building are populated by NPCs based on the development team for Pokémon Sword and Shield at GAME FREAK. Once the player has become the Champion, a Police Officer named Morimoto in the second room from the left will challenge the player to a daily Double Battle. He will also give the player an Oval Charm the first time he is beaten. The game director, located in the leftmost room, will give the player a Catching Charm when first spoken to, and a Shiny Charm once the Pokédex has been completed. Morimoto and the game director are based on Game Freak's Shigeki Morimoto and Shigeru Ohmori, respectively.

The player can undertake a small side quest in the second room from the left in the hotel's eastern building. A man named Howses is interrogating three suspects to determine who ate the hotel's basket of berries. After enlisting the player's assistance, Howses instructs the player to speak to each suspect and determine the culprit. A Skwovet belonging to one of the suspects then appears with berries in its mouth. After selecting the Skwovet as the culprit, the player receives a Wide Lens from Howses for solving the case.

Bob's Your Uncle

Icon of Bob's Your Uncle

Bob's Your Uncle is a restaurant located southwest of Circhester Stadium. After the player has defeated the Circhester Gym Leader, Sonia will invite the player and Hop to eat there, discovering a lost tapestry from Hammerlocke vault from there in the process. According to a Cook in the restaurant, he found it at an antique market.

Pokémon Center

The Pokémon Center is located in the southwestern corner of Circhester, and is the first building that the player arrives at upon entering the town from Route 8 to the south.

The man behind the left counter in the Pokémon Center performs the duties of the Name Rater, memory reader, Move Reminder and Move Deleter. Unlike in previous games, making a Pokémon remember a move does not require the payment of a Heart Scale. The Pokémon Storage System can be accessed from the Rotomi to the left of the Pokémon Center lady's counter. This PC also enables access to the Loto-ID, as well as Poké Jobs and the League Card Maker.

Poké Mart

This Poké Mart is located at the right counter in the Pokémon Center.


Items

Item Location Games
Snowball Snowball Down the western stairs in front of the Hero's Bath (hidden)  Sw  Sh 
Poké Doll Poké Doll Down the eastern stairs in front of the Hero's Bath (hidden)  Sw  Sh 
Lemonade Lemonade On the western side of the Hero's Bath (hidden)  Sw  Sh 
TM Ice VI TM51 (Icicle Spear) On the eastern side of the Hero's Bath  Sw  Sh 
X Sp. Atk X Sp. Atk ×2 In front of a pile of snow in the corner to the west of Circhester Stadium (hidden)  Sw  Sh 
TM Ice VI TM27 (Icy Wind) From the man in the southernmost house on the western side of the city  Sw 
TM Rock VI TM48 (Rock Tomb) From the man in the southernmost house on the western side of the city  Sh 
Catching Charm Catching Charm From the game director in the leftmost room on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's western building  Sw  Sh 
Oval Charm Oval Charm From Morimoto in the second room from the left on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's western building after beating him in battle for the first time after becoming Champion  Sw  Sh 
Shiny Charm Shiny Charm From the game director in the leftmost room on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's western building after showing him a completed Pokédex  Sw  Sh 
TM Dark VI TM47 (Fake Tears) From the Musician in the rightmost room on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's eastern building  Sw  Sh 
TM Normal VI TM16 (Screech) From the Hiker in the second room from the right on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's eastern building  Sw  Sh 
Wide Lens Wide Lens From Howses in the second room from the left on the top floor of Hotel Ionia's eastern building after identifying that the berries were eaten by a Skwovet  Sw  Sh 
Full Heal Full Heal ×3 In an indent to the left on the southeasternmost side of Circhester, just before Route 9 (hidden)  Sw  Sh 

Pokémon

An ice cream seller in the city square will offer to trade the player his ThrohSw/SawkSh nicknamed "Reddos"Sw/"Blubop"Sh in exchange for a Vanillish.

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate
Special Pokémon
Sw Sh
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37 One
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37 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

Pre–Hall of Fame

Grookey If the player chose Grookey:



Scorbunny If the player chose Scorbunny:



Sobble If the player chose Sobble:



Post–Hall of Fame

Morimoto will face the player in a Double Battle once per day at Hotel Ionia once they have become Champion. He will Dynamax his Snorlax at the first opportunity.



In the manga

Circhester in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Sword & Shield arc

Circhester debuted in Shocking!! Reunion in the Forest, where Melony switched turns with her son Gordie in leading the Circhester Stadium, with it being converted to match Gordie's Rock theme in the process.

In Crunch!! Snowy Battle, Professor Magnolia and Casey were seen relaxing at the Hero's Bath after arriving in the town. Later, Sonia visited Bob's Your Uncle to investigate the fifth tapestry from the Hammerlocke vault.

In Cracking!! Brilliant Tap-Dancing, Sonia met up with Henry and Casey, telling them about the statues found behind the mural at Stow-on-Side and taking them to see the tapestry at Bob's Your Uncle. She theorized that both the statues and the tapestry had been hidden so that they would disappear from history. Afterwards, Henry challenged and successfully defeated Melony at the Circhester Stadium, allowing him to move on in his Gym Challenge.

In Splash!! The Return of the Two Pokémon, the disposal of the fifth tapestry was revealed to have been the work of Sordward and Shielbert's family in order to hide Zacian and Zamazenta's role in Galar's history and make the family's ancestors seem like the true heroes.

Gallery

Stadium (Ice-type) Stadium (Rock-type) Hero's Bath Bob's Your Uncle
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Trivia

  • Hotel Ionia has floor and carpet decorations that resemble Unown.
  • Hotel Ionia has wallpaper in the left side of the lobby that has oranges and grapes, referencing the next main generation games, Scarlet and Violet.

Origin

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

Circhester is based on Bath, a city in the county of Somerset in southwest England.[1][2]

Name origin

Language Name Origin
Japanese キルクスタウン Circus Town From circus (open-air sports arena in the ancient Roman empire)
English, German, Italian,
Brazilian Portuguese
Circhester From circus and -chester (British town suffix for fortification of Roman origin)
Spanish Pueblo Auriga From auriga (charioteer)
French Ludester From ludi (public games in the ancient Roman empire) and -chester (British town suffix for fortification of Roman origin)
Korean 키르쿠스마을 Circus Maeul From its Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin) 戰競鎮 / 战竞镇 Zhànjìng Zhèn From 戰 / 战 zhàn / jin (battle) and 競技場 / 竞技场 jìngjìchǎng / gihnggeihchèuhng (stadium, arena, circus)
Chinese (Cantonese) 戰競鎮 Jingihng Jan

References

Galar
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Settlements
PostwickWedgehurstMotostokeTurffieldHulburyHammerlocke
Stow-on-SideBallonleaCirchesterSpikemuthWyndon
Routes
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Landmarks
Slumbering WealdGalar MineGalar Mine No. 2Motostoke Outskirts
Glimwood TangleRoute 9 TunnelRose Tower/Battle TowerEnergy PlantTower Summit
Wild Area
Meetup SpotRolling FieldsDappled GroveWatchtower RuinsEast Lake AxewellWest Lake Axewell
Axew's EyeSouth Lake MilochGiant's SeatNorth Lake MilochMotostoke RiverbankBridge Field
Stony WildernessDusty BowlGiant's MirrorHammerlocke HillsGiant's CapLake of Outrage
Isle of Armor
Fields of HonorMaster DojoSoothing WetlandsForest of FocusChallenge BeachTower of WatersBrawlers' Cave
Challenge RoadTower of DarknessCourageous CavernLoop LagoonTraining LowlandsWarm-Up Tunnel
Potbottom DesertWorkout SeaStepping-Stone SeaInsular SeaHoneycalm SeaHoneycalm Island
Crown Tundra
Slippery SlopeMax LairFreezingtonFrostpoint FieldGiant's BedRock Peak RuinsIron RuinsOld Cemetery
Snowslide SlopeIceberg RuinsTunnel to the TopPath to the PeakCrown ShrineGiant's FootRoaring-Sea Caves
Frigid SeaThree-Point PassSplit-Decision RuinsBallimere LakeLakeside CaveDyna Tree Hill


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