Snowpoint Temple

Snowpoint Temple (Japanese: キッサキ Kissaki Temple) is a location in Snowpoint City. It is home to the Legendary Pokémon . The temple cannot be entered until the has entered the Hall of Fame and obtained the National Pokédex.
In , , , the temple has six floors: one ground floor and five basement levels, and the floors feature many puzzles involving sliding on ice tiles.
In Sinnoh's distant past as Hisui, the Snowpoint Temple is at the far northern end of the Alabaster Icelands above the Pearl Settlement. Its layout is almost inverted from its Sinnoh counterpart—it is five floors high (including the rooftop) and has one basement level. The temple has puzzles which involve observing statues of the legendary giants arranged in specific patterns around the floor. is obtained here as a .
==In the core series games==
===History===
====Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl====
Throughout the temple are puzzles, and at one point is necessary to obtain an item. The wild Pokémon that can be found inside the temple are mostly cave-dwelling and Pokémon. The Snowpoint Temple has no Trainers; only the chosen are permitted to enter the temple. In the deepest room of the temple, resides what appears to be the statue of a Pokémon, but by gathering three of the Legendary giants, the statue will awaken, revealing itself to be the Legendary Pokémon, .
====Legends: Arceus====
In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Snowpoint Temple is a multi-leveled structure with floors full of puzzles and strong wild Pokémon. The first floor has a parallel rows of stone statues facing each other. Each statue is adorned with one of three symbols representing the , , and types, which correspond to , , and , respectively. The next three upper floors have the same statues arranged in specific locations. No wild Pokémon spawn on these floors. The roof of the temple is accessible. Deeper into the temple, there's a large door locked by a puzzle, where the Legendary Pokémon was sealed in.
===Items===
===Pokémon===
====Generation IV====
====Generation VIII====
=====Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl=====
=====Legends: Arceus=====
===Special encounters===
====Pokémon Diamond and Pearl====
A appears on B5F on the first visit. , , and must be in the party in order to battle it. If run from, it respawns upon leaving the area.
====Pokémon Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl====
A appears on B5F on the first visit. , , and must be in the party in order to battle it. If defeated or run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.
Platinum	Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
 	
====Pokémon Legends: Arceus====
The player has to defeat the that will serve as their , during Mission 12: "The Slumbering Lord of the Tundra". If fled from or knocked out, it respawns immediately without leaving the area.
 can be caught during Mission 24: "The Plate of Snowpoint Temple ", which becomes available after completion of Mission 20: "The Researcher of Myths". If fled from or knocked out, it respawns immediately without leaving the area. It is also coded to never be .
===Trainers===
====Pokémon Legends: Arceus====
Electivire and Magmortar have effort level 4 in their Defense and Sp. Defense stats.
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===Layout===
Version	1F 	B1F 	B2F 	B3F 	B4F 	B5F
 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
  	 	 	 	 	 	 
===Music===
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	ハクタイのもり 	Eterna Forest 	Hitomi Sato 	Hitomi Sato
 	When battling	戦闘！伝説のポケモン 	Battle! (Legendary Pokémon)	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Snowpoint Temple briefly appeared in A Pyramiding Rage!, with its guardian being Maria.
In Pillars of Friendship!, the residing in it went on rampage after J destroyed the three pillars that protected it. However, it was calmed down by the end of the episode. later decided to stay at the temple to fix the damage J had caused.
===Pokémon Generations===
Snowpoint Temple appeared in The Adventure. Red's Pikachu was seen battling a outside of the temple, until the commotion caused Regigigas to awaken from its slumber and emerge from the temple to attack the two Pokémon.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Regigigas Major Capture Operation!!===
Snowpoint Temple appeared in the Pocket Monsters Diamond and Pearl: Regigigas Major Capture Operation!! manga, where , , and Kento entered it. With each of them possessing one of the legendary giants, they were able to awaken , which was eventually by Kaito.
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Snowpoint Temple appeared in Bogging Down Quagsire, where sought shelter from a snowstorm inside it after she, Maylene, and Candice had been defeated by Jupiter at Lake Acuity. She heard a rumble coming from farther inside the temple, and assumed it was a wild Pokémon. She prepared to catch it if necessary, but quickly fainted out of exhaustion. The she was holding slipped out of her hand and rolled towards a large dark figure deeper within the temple.
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The temple was mentioned again in All About Arceus IX, where Palmer revealed that he had awakened and caught Regigigas there by borrowing Brandon's legendary giants. However, it had proved too much for him to handle, and he was intending to it back into the temple.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!===
Snowpoint Temple appeared in An Enormous Power Awakens!, where Hareta was taken there by Candice. After Candice had awakened with her legendary giants, Hareta battled against it, eventually managing to convince it to join him in opposing Team Galactic.
==In the TCG==
The following is a list of cards named Snowpoint Temple.
==Trivia==
* In , the Snowpoint Temple is the location of the lowest leveled wild Pokémon in any Pokémon game—. Regigigas is tied with the Resort Area's level 1 and the Nature Preserve's level 1 Magikarp and for lowest leveled wild Pokémon.
* Snowpoint City gets its name from the Snowpoint Temple, rather than the temple being named after the city, as revealed in Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Sinnoh locations
Category:Hisui locations
Category:Diamond and Pearl locations
Category:Platinum locations
Category:Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl locations
Category:Legends: Arceus locations
Category:Temples
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