Cipher Lab

The Cipher Lab (Japanese: シャドーのラボ  Lab), known as the Shadow Pokémon Lab or Shadow PKMN Lab (Japanese: ダークポケモン研究所  Laboratory) or the Mystery Lab (Japanese: なぞの研究所 Mysterious Laboratory) in, is a facility built by Cipher in the middle of the Orre desert. It was at this lab that Ein converted snagged Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon.

In, the newly-constructed laboratory has several levels and seven s, including Skrub guarding the lab from intruders. Several also populate the lab and will attempt to stop intruders from interfering. The elevators and security doors create a maze-like pathway. In addition, an alarm system is in place to alert seen intruders. The only way to enter Ein's private laboratory is to enter the names of the three whose DNA is hidden throughout the Shadow PKMN Lab. Beneath the laboratory is the end of The Under Subway, which was used to transport Shadow Pokémon to The Under and from there to Pyrite Town.

Later in the game, after Evice has been defeated and the Snagem Hideout has been cleared out for the first time, the Cipher Peons that initially guarded the lab, excluding Skrub, return along with an additional one, who has a Shadow and attempts to recover the data on how to create Shadow Pokémon. The undefined again takes all of them down and the lab is seemingly abandoned.

In, Lovrina has brought the Lab back into use after five years of dormancy. During this time, she and her team researches a way to make Shadow Pokémon impossible to purify. As the electric fence no longer works, the lab can be accessed from the main entrance. As such, the lab security seems to run backwards during this time: Ein's laboratory is one of the first rooms that the player enters, as opposed to being one of the last.

The lab isn't well-concealed, and it can easily be seen from Agate Village and Mt. Battle.

First visit







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Post-game
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Before snagging
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After snagging















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Rematch (without Shadow Pokémon)





















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Inside








In other languages
Crypto-Labor Laboratorio de Pokémon oscuros Laboratoire de Pokémon Obscurs Laboratorio di Cripto ダークポケモン研究所