Mt. Silver

Mt. Silver (Japanese: シロガネ Mt. Shirogane) is a large mountain in Johto located west of and Indigo Plateau. The location is also referred to as Silver Cave (Japanese: シロガネやま Mt. Shirogane) in  or Mt. Silver Cave (Japanese: シロガネやまどうくつ Mt. Shirogane Cave) in. Mt. Silver can be reached from Kanto via after receiving the sixteen Gym Badges of both Johto and Kanto. At the very summit of Mt. Silver, the undefined may with. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, can also be found here.

A field based on Mt. Silver also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2's Kanto Gym Leader Castle.

In the, it is the home of , where the Johto League's Silver Conference is held.

Geography
In the games, Mt. Silver is off-limits to all but the most skilled of Trainers. After the undefined has received all sixteen badges of Johto and Kanto, Professor Oak will give the player permission to travel here.

The route to the area is rough, though no HMs are explicitly required to reach the Pokémon Center just outside the entrance. Inside, however, the cave is dark, requiring to see in the first room. Many high-level Pokémon reside in the cave, as well as rare Pokémon not found elsewhere in the Johto region, like and.

The cave has only one entrance, unlike all other caves found in, but goes deep into the mountain. In the cave's final room, the player will encounter, who will wordlessly challenge the player to what is the highest-leveled Trainer battle in the Pokémon series.

In, Mt. Silver is much larger than before. is no longer needed to light up the cave. The higher sections of the cave, where Red is located, require to be accessible. At times, the player must also venture onto the slopes on the mountain's sides in order to climb higher. In addition, a is present at the summit, which assumes the hail weather condition in battle; this weather can become  on certain days.

Lower mountainside
 is required to reach this area.

2F
In HeartGold and SoulSilver, in addition to any moves listed below, is required to reach this area.

Upper (snowy) mountainside
 is required to reach this area.

3F
 is required to reach this area.

Exterior
In the Japanese and Korean versions of, appears only in Silver, while  appears only in Gold.

1F
In the Japanese and Korean versions of, appears only in Silver, while  appears only in Gold.

2F
In the Japanese and Korean versions of, appears only in Silver, while  appears only in Gold.

Summit
In the Japanese and Korean versions of, appears only in Silver, while  appears only in Gold.

Chambers
In the Japanese and Korean versions of, appears only in Silver, while  appears only in Gold.

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In the anime
In the anime, Mt. Silver is the home of, a city that boasts at least 30 inhabitants. Silver Town's main attraction is the Silver Conference, the Johto League's yearly tournament, and it brings a large amount of tourism to the city.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In the, went to the hot springs at Mt. Silver to recuperate from the frostbites he had received after being frozen by Lorelei in the. While there, he also met Sabrina, a former member of Team Rocket, who was there to recuperate from similar injuries she received while battling Lorelei on Cerise Island.

Later, Red and went to Mt. Silver to train together. Their training session was seen in two special rounds printed in Pokémon the Comic. In the, the Radio Director admitted to Gold that he did spy on him training with Red on Mt. Silver. This had inspired the Radio Director to move into the television business with a kids' cartoon called Proteam Omega, whose characters were based on.

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure manga
Jō went to Mt. Silver following his battle with in The True Road to Becoming the Strongest!!. He discovered on the summit, and started a battle with him.

Trivia

 * In, the exterior of Mt. Silver is the only Johto area with Kanto characteristics, like the rocks, tall grass, trees, and the Pokémon Center itself. In , the only major differences are the rocks and trees; for example, the trees placed in the high exteriors of the mountain itself are the ones commonly found in Johto.
 * Mt. Silver is marked as a Johto location by the Pokégear; however, all squares immediately surrounding it (including those to the west of it) are marked as Kanto areas by the map in . This issue was not present in the map of, which placed it directly above New Bark Town.
 * , who can be fought here at level 88 in HeartGold and SoulSilver is the highest-leveled of any in-game  in the core series.
 * In the original player's guide for, there is mention of a "?" that appears near the s in Mt. Silver at midnight or very early in the morning; however, this was a false rumor. The guide also claimed that the unknown Pokémon was supposed to represent Legendary Pokémon found in the Generation I games that did not appear in Gold and Silver (which were programmed in and tradable from Generation I anyway).
 * Like Snowpoint City, Mt. Silver's summit features on certain special days in, including the anniversary of the release of  in Japan.
 * Mt. Silver is also the only location in where a naturally occurring storm can be experienced.
 * In, whenever the player is in or on the mountain, the location header pop-up is always "Mt. Silver Cave", even when the player is not inside the cave. This may possibly be a carryover from the original games, in which the in-game location header was "Silver Cave".
 * The lady inside the Pokémon Center in, which was the only NPC present (other than the Pokémon Center Nurse), is absent in.
 * Mt. Silver was called Shirogane Mt. in the deluxe edition of the  board game. Because its release predated that of the games, it used the Japanese name.

Origin
Mt. Silver is based on in the real-world.

In other languages
Silberberg Monte Plateado Mont Argenté Monte Argento シロガネやま 白银山