Driftveil City

Driftveil City (Japanese: ホドモエシティ Hodomoe City) is a major ocean port city in western Unova. It has strong wind currents popular with sail-boaters. More importantly, its ports are used by freighters and fishing boats that import and export goods such as vegetables in and out of Unova. A large market offering a variety of useful items occupies part of the city. Driftveil is typically subject to precipitation year-round, but remains dry throughout the .
In , the Cold Storage is located south of the city, where cargo ships deposit shipping containers to be frozen before its contents are used for commercial use. In , the Cold Storage no longer exists, and in its place now stands the Pokémon World Tournament. The PWT attracts tourists from across the world, and its success can be reflected by the city's rapid development.
In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, several craters have appeared throughout the city and its associated establishments, indicating an increase in mining activity in the city. One of the craters in particular, Clay Tunnel (named after the city's Gym Leader), connects the city to an underground mining cave that stretches to the nearby Mistralton Cave, Twist Mountain, and Underground Ruins. Another crater, located west of the PWT, leads to Castelia Sewers and the Relic Castle.
In Pokémon Black and White, the houses in Driftveil City all have orange-colored roofs so they look bright at sunset. However, in Black and White 2, this style has changed, and the city now sports very large emerald-colored towers, which are hotels to house the visitors of Driftveil City for the Pokémon World Tournament. Inside are tables and other furniture all covered in emeralds, which could be a result of Clay's mining operation success in Black and White two years ago; however, this is not confirmed.
The city has two possible entrances on foot: from to the west and from the Driftveil Drawbridge to the east, which leads to Unova's central peninsula. In Black 2 and White 2, the city can also be accessed by traversing through Clay Tunnel.
A inside Pinwheel Forest says that trees that are cut down are sent from Driftveil City to the rest of the .
==Slogan==
A City of Billowing Sails (Japanese: Ship sails and swirling water.)
==Places of interest==
===Driftveil Market===
The Driftveil Market (Japanese: ホドモエマーケット Hodomoe Market) is located on the western side of the city. Herbal medicine and Moomoo Milk can be bought here. In Black and White, after defeating Ghetsis and obtaining the National Pokédex, a former starts selling incenses here for 9600 each. In Black 2 and White 2, the National Pokédex requirement is removed, and incenses can be bought at any point of the game.
The flowers and vegetables at the market change between Black and White Versions.
Charles, a locally well-known Motorcyclist and self-proclaimed heartbreaker, can be found cruising on the west side of the market, and will ask the to participate in a Triple Battle/Rotation Battle.
===Lighthouse===
In Black and White, Driftveil City had a small barren beach located east of the Pokémon Center. If the player s directly off the beach, they can find the lighthouse, which has a Water Stone on its shore. The beach and the lighthouse are no longer present in , for unknown reasons.
===Southern section===
South of Driftveil City, an establishment can be found here which are associated with the city or Clay himself. 
In Black and White, the Cold Storage is located here. The player must explore this area during their initial visit to the city in order to find and apprehend a group of Team Plasma members.
In Black 2 and White 2, the Cold Storage has been demolished and replaced with the PWT. Several kiosks can be found here, housing people such as the Move Deleter and the Move Reminder. The Relic Passage can be accessed here. Directly south of the facility, docks are placed to welcome tourist boats. It is also utilized by the Plasma Frigate.
===Move Tutor===
In , the Move Tutor's house is the house to the right of the market. He will teach , , or to a friendly first partner Pokémon.
In , the Move Tutor is in a house west of the Pokémon Center. He teaches 15 moves for 2, 4, 6, 8, or 10 Red Shards. In these games, he is the only Shard Move Tutor to not teach a status move.
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===Driftveil Gym===
The Driftveil Gym is the official Gym of Driftveil City. The Gym Leader is Clay, who uses Pokémon. s who defeat him are awarded the , as well as as a reward.
===Move lover's house===
In the house north/south of the Driftveil Market, there is a girl who requests to see a certain random TM or HM move every day. When the player presents a Pokémon that knows the move she asked for, she will reward the player with a Heart Scale. The girl will only request moves from TMs or HMs the player currently owns.
===Team Plasma's safehouse===
At the northern end of the city, a house is located atop a hill.
In Black 2 and White 2, it acts as a sanctuary for former Team Plasma members. Rood, one of the Seven Sages, will battle the player before allowing them to enter the building. He will also give the player the option to adopt N's Zorua. Anthea and Concordia remain here as well, staying in the new lower section of the house constructed within the two year period between the games.
==Demographics==
====Pokémon Black and White====
Driftveil City is a large city with a population of 55.
====Pokémon Black 2 and White 2====
Driftveil City's population increases with larger population of 70.
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This Zorua is coded never to be , and has N as the Original Trainer.
==Trainers==
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==In the spin-off games==
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Artwork depicting Team Plasma's safehouse in Driftveil City is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
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 and arrived in Driftveil City in The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!. They met a local named Charles, who was secretly the superhero "Mighty Accelguard", and aided him and in capturing Cryogonal Man and Team Vanillite, a group of frozen food thieves who were planning world domination.
In A Call for Brotherly Love!, following consecutive defeats as a Gym Leader, Chili visited the city to battle his brother .
The group left Driftveil in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1 and Part 2, and traveled to Milos Island to get some Revival Herbs for Clay. The group returned to the Driftveil Gym in Battling the King of the Mines!, where Clay, having already declined Ash's request for a battle twice, finally accepted his challenge. The match ended in Ash's victory, earning him his fifth Unova League Badge.
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Driftveil City was mentioned in Flash of the Titans!, where was revealed to have won the Pokémon World Tournament there.
The city reappeared in Everybody's Doing the Underground Shuffle!, where Ash, Goh, and Chloe visited it to investigate rumors about a new evolution, which turned out to have been just a joke made to promote Klink-shaped cookies. Ash, Goh, Chloe, , and their Pokémon ended up getting lost and mixed up in a series of tunnels underneath the city, which turned out to be a nest, before eventually escaping and reuniting with their respective friends and Pokémon.
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Pokémon Center	Market	Cold Storage	Driftveil Gym
 	 	 	
==In the manga==
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Driftveil City debuted in Fight in a Cold Climate, where arrived in the city, meeting soon after his arrival. The two visited the local Move Tutor together to teach Pledge moves to their respective first partner Pokémon. Afterwards, Cheren's Snivy was stolen by a pair of s, whom Black and Cheren chased down to the Cold Storage. After retrieving Snivy and defeating the Grunts, the two Nuvema Town s parted ways once again.
In Mine Mayhem, Black went to challenge Clay at the Driftveil Gym, eventually emerging victorious and earning his fourth Badge. He and Clay subsequently departed Driftveil City together, heading to Mistralton City to join a meeting between Unova's Gym Leaders.
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The Driftveil Market was mentioned by in Movie Panic.
In Deduction Time, Hugh and Rood traveled to white Team Plasma's hideout in Driftveil City after acquiring the memory card needed to operate a machine that neutralizes the Colress Machine's power to control Pokémon. The machine was successfully activated in the next chapter, causing Colress to lose control over at the Giant Chasm.
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Move Tutor's house	Cold Storage	Pokémon World Tournament	Driftveil Gym
 	 	 	
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Driftveil City in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* In response to news that the city's soundtrack was similar to traditional Vietnamese wedding music, Hitomi Satō revealed that it was written with inspiration from the upbeat music in a Thai restaurant.https://twitter.com/musashino_alps/status/1532566073710481408
===Name origin===
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ホドモエシティ Hodomoe City 	From 帆巴 hodomoe ( with a sail motif)
English 	Driftveil City 	From cloud drift and
German 	Marea City 	From mare (Latin for sea)
Spanish 	Ciudad Fayenza 	From fayenza ()
French 	Port Yoneuve 	From port, porion (miner master), and neuve (new)
Italian 	Libecciopoli 	From (Mediterranean wind blowing from the southwest direction) and the suffix -poli (city)
Korean 	물풍경시티 Mulpunggyeong City 	From 물가풍경무늬 mulgapunggyeong-munui (pattern based on waterside landscape)
Chinese () 	帆巴市 Fānbā Shì 	From the Japanese name 帆巴 Hodomoe. Contains 帆 fān / fàahn (sail).
Chinese () 	帆巴市 Fàahnbā Síh 	From the Japanese name 帆巴 Hodomoe. Contains 帆 fān / fàahn (sail).
Brazilian Portuguese	Cidade de DriftveilCidade Driftveil	From its English name
Vietnamese 	Thành phố Hodomoe 	Transcription of its Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Black and White locations
Category:Black 2 and White 2 locations
Category:Cities
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