Faraway place

Faraway place (Japanese: faraway place) is a location placeholder found in the core series games, first used in the Generation IV games. This placeholder data is used when a Pokémon is traded from a newer Pokémon game to an older game if the met location is not present in the older game.
Faraway place is also occasionally used as a location for Pokémon events, and has no corresponding location in any game.
==Mechanics==
Faraway place is the met location displayed when a Pokémon is met in a location in one game, then viewed in a game in which that location does not exist. For example, a Pokémon met in the Distortion World or T.G. Eterna Bldg that is traded to Diamond or Pearl will display "Faraway place" as its met location, because in Diamond and Pearl the location either does not exist or is not treated as an individual location, respectively.
This is usually only relevant for Pokémon traded within a generation, as Pokémon transferred from earlier generations simply display the region corresponding to their game of origin.
In Pokémon Sword and Shield, any Pokémon caught in a later release (, , or ) are listed as being met in "the Faraway place", while using the origin mark of Pokémon Sword and Shield.
In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, the term "faraway place" is not used; Pokémon first met in Pokémon Legends: Arceus display as being met in the "Sinnoh region of old", whereas Pokémon met in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are instead listed as being met in "a distant land". In Pokémon Legends: Arceus, "a distant land" is used for Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet.
===Location compatibility===
While locations newly introduced within a generation are usually displayed as "Faraway place" in earlier games, in some cases a new location is treated as equivalent to an existing location, and will display as the name of that existing location in the older games.
* Generation IV: 's Global Terminal and Rotom's Room are treated as the same locations as 's. However, the Global Terminal is treated as a different location to 's GTS.
* Generation V: The Pokémon World Tournament is treated as the same location as Cold Storage.
* Generation V: Treasure Hunter (used for the Egg received on ) is treated as the same origin as Breeder (used for the Egg received in the ).
* Generation VII: The Ula'ula Beach is treated as the same location as Secluded Shore.
* Generation VII: Ultra Deep Sea is treated as the same as Ultra Space.
However, other similarly named locations are not treated as being the same.
* Generation IV: is treated as a separate location to .
* Generation V: 's is treated as a separate location to 's . The small segment of Black and White's Victory Road that is still present in Black 2 and White 2 is treated the same as the Black and White location, however.
* Generation VI: is treated as a separate location to .
* Generation VI: is treated as a separate location to the .
==Locations that are treated as faraway place==
===Generation IV===
# 	Diamond and Pearl	Platinum 	HeartGold and SoulSilver
0112	Faraway place 	 	
0113	Faraway place 	 	
0114	Faraway place 	Battle Castle 	Battle Castle
0115	Faraway place 	Battle Arcade 	Battle Arcade
0116	Faraway place 	Battle Hall 	Battle Hall
0117	Faraway place 	Distortion World	Distortion World
0118	Faraway place 	Global Terminal 	Global Terminal
0119	Faraway place 	Villa 	Villa
0120	Faraway place 	Battleground 	Battleground
0121	Faraway place 	ROTOM's Room 	ROTOM's Room
0122	Faraway place 	T.G. Eterna Bldg	T.G. Eterna Bldg
0123	Faraway place 	 	
0124	Faraway place 	 	
0125	Faraway place 	 	
0126	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	New Bark Town
0127	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Cherrygrove City
0128	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Violet City
0129	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Azalea Town
0130	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Cianwood City
0131	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Goldenrod City
0132	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Olivine City
0133	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Ecruteak City
0134	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Mahogany Town
0135	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Lake of Rage
0136	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Blackthorn City
0137	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Mt. Silver
0138	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Pallet Town
0139	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Viridian City
0140	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Pewter City
0141	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Cerulean City
0142	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Lavender Town
0143	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Vermilion City
0144	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Celadon City
0145	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Fuchsia City
0146	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Cinnabar Island
0147	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Indigo Plateau
0148	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Saffron City
0149	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0150	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0151	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0152	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0153	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0154	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0155	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0156	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0157	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0158	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0159	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0160	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0161	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0162	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0163	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0164	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0165	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0166	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0167	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0168	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0169	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0170	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0171	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0172	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0173	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0174	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0175	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0176	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0177	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0178	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0179	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0180	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0181	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0182	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0183	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0184	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0185	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0186	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0187	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0188	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0189	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0190	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0191	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0192	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0193	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0194	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0195	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0196	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0197	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	DIGLETT's Cave
0198	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Mt. Moon
0199	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Cerulean Cave
0200	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Rock Tunnel
0201	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0202	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0203	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Seafoam Islands
0204	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Sprout Tower
0205	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Bell Tower
0206	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Burned Tower
0207	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	National Park
0208	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Radio Tower
0209	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Ruins of Alph
0210	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Union Cave
0211	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	SLOWPOKE Well
0212	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Lighthouse
0213	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Team Rocket HQ
0214	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Ilex Forest
0215	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Goldenrod Tunnel
0216	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Mt. Mortar
0217	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Ice Path
0218	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Whirl Islands
0219	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Mt. Silver Cave
0220	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Dark Cave
0221	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	
0222	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Dragon's Den
0223	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Tohjo Falls
0224	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Viridian Forest
0225	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Pokéathlon Dome
0226	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	S.S. Aqua
0227	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Safari Zone Gate
0228	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Cliff Cave
0229	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Frontier Access
0230	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Bellchime Trail
0231	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Sinjoh Ruins
0232	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Embedded Tower
0233	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Pokéwalker
0234	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Cliff Edge Gate
2011	Faraway place 	Cynthia 	Cynthia
2013	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Mr. Pokémon
2014	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Primo
3002	Faraway place 	Faraway place 	Faraway place
===Generation V===
 	 	
00002	Faraway place	Faraway place
00117	Faraway place	Aspertia City
00118	Faraway place	Virbank City
00119	Faraway place	Humilau City
00120	Faraway place	Pokéstar Studios
00121	Faraway place	Join Avenue
00122	Faraway place	Floccesy Town
00123	Faraway place	Lentimas Town
00124	Faraway place	
00125	Faraway place	
00126	Faraway place	
00127	Faraway place	
00128	Faraway place	
00129	Faraway place	Castelia Sewers
00130	Faraway place	Floccesy Ranch
00131	Faraway place	Virbank Complex
00132	Faraway place	Reversal Mountain
00133	Faraway place	Strange House
00134	Faraway place	
00135	Faraway place	Plasma Frigate
00136	Faraway place	Relic Passage
00137	Faraway place	Clay Tunnel
00139	Faraway place	White Treehollow
00140	Faraway place	Black Tower
00141	Faraway place	Seaside Cave
00142	Faraway place	Cave of Being
00143	Faraway place	Hidden Grotto
00144	Faraway place	Marine Tube
00145	Faraway place	Virbank Gate
00146	Faraway place	Aspertia Gate
00147	Faraway place	Nature Preserve
00148	Faraway place	Medal Office
00149	Faraway place	Underground Ruins
00150	Faraway place	Rock Peak Chamber
00151	Faraway place	Iceberg Chamber
00152	Faraway place	Iron Chamber
00153	Faraway place	Pledge Grove
30015	Faraway place	Pokémon Dream Radar
40002	Faraway place	Faraway place
===Generation VI===
 	 	
00004	Faraway Place	Faraway Place
00170	Faraway place	Littleroot Town
00172	Faraway place	Oldale Town
00174	Faraway place	Dewford Town
00176	Faraway place	Lavaridge Town
00178	Faraway place	Fallarbor Town
00180	Faraway place	Verdanturf Town
00182	Faraway place	Pacifidlog Town
00184	Faraway place	Petalburg City
00186	Faraway place	Slateport City
00188	Faraway place	Mauville City
00190	Faraway place	Rustboro City
00192	Faraway place	Fortree City
00194	Faraway place	Lilycove City
00196	Faraway place	Mossdeep City
00198	Faraway place	Sootopolis City
00200	Faraway place	Ever Grande City
00202	Faraway place	
00204	Faraway place	
00206	Faraway place	
00208	Faraway place	
00210	Faraway place	
00212	Faraway place	
00214	Faraway place	
00216	Faraway place	
00218	Faraway place	
00220	Faraway place	
00222	Faraway place	
00224	Faraway place	
00226	Faraway place	
00228	Faraway place	
00230	Faraway place	
00232	Faraway place	
00234	Faraway place	
00236	Faraway place	
00238	Faraway place	
00240	Faraway place	
00242	Faraway place	
00244	Faraway place	
00246	Faraway place	
00248	Faraway place	
00250	Faraway place	
00252	Faraway place	
00254	Faraway place	
00256	Faraway place	
00258	Faraway place	
00260	Faraway place	
00262	Faraway place	
00264	Faraway place	
00266	Faraway place	
00268	Faraway place	
00270	Faraway place	
00272	Faraway place	Meteor Falls
00274	Faraway place	Rusturf Tunnel
00276	Faraway place	???
00278	Faraway place	Desert Ruins
00280	Faraway place	Granite Cave
00282	Faraway place	Petalburg Woods
00284	Faraway place	Mt. Chimney
00286	Faraway place	Jagged Pass
00288	Faraway place	Fiery Path
00290	Faraway place	Mt. Pyre
00292	Faraway place	Team Aqua Hideout
00294	Faraway place	Seafloor Cavern
00296	Faraway place	Cave of Origin
00298	Faraway place	
00300	Faraway place	Shoal Cave
00302	Faraway place	New Mauville
00304	Faraway place	Sea Mauville
00306	Faraway place	Island Cave
00308	Faraway place	Ancient Tomb
00310	Faraway place	Sealed Chamber
00312	Faraway place	Scorched Slab
00314	Faraway place	Team Magma Hideout
00316	Faraway place	Sky Pillar
00318	Faraway place	Battle Resort
00320	Faraway place	Southern Island
00322	Faraway place	S.S. Tidal
00324	Faraway place	
00326	Faraway place	Mirage Forest
00328	Faraway place	Mirage Cave
00330	Faraway place	Mirage Island
00332	Faraway place	Mirage Mountain
00334	Faraway place	Trackless Forest
00336	Faraway place	Pathless Plain
00338	Faraway place	Nameless Cavern
00340	Faraway place	Fabled Cave
00342	Faraway place	Gnarled Den
00344	Faraway place	Crescent Isle
00346	Faraway place	Secret Islet
00348	Faraway place	Soaring in the sky
00350	Faraway place	Secret Shore
00352	Faraway place	Secret Meadow
00354	Faraway place	Secret Base
40002	Faraway place	Faraway place
60004	Faraway place	
===Generation VII===
 	 	
00004	Faraway place	Faraway place
00194	Faraway place	
00195	Faraway place	
00196	Faraway place	
00197	Faraway place	
00198	Faraway place	Big Wave Beach
00200	Faraway place	Sandy Cave
00202	Faraway place	Heahea Beach
00204	Faraway place	Poni Beach
00206	Faraway place	Ultra Megalopolis
00208	Faraway place	Megalo Tower
00210	Faraway place	Ultra Plant
00212	Faraway place	Ultra Crater
00214	Faraway place	Ultra Desert
00216	Faraway place	Ultra Forest
00218	Faraway place	Ultra Jungle
00220	Faraway place	Ultra Ruin
00222	Faraway place	Ultra Space Wilds
00224	Faraway place	Team Rocket's Castle
00226	Faraway place	Plains Grotto
00228	Faraway place	Pikachu Valley
00230	Faraway place	
00231	Faraway place	
00232	Faraway place	Dividing Peak Tunnel
30017	Faraway place	the Johto region
==Equivalent in other generations==
In , the Poké Seer will respond "Whaaaat? I can't tell a thing!" if she is inquired about the origin of a Pokémon that was obtained in , or that has ever been in a Generation I game (whenever it was traded from Crystal to a Generation I game or caught in Generation I)
In , Pokémon whose met location corresponds to index numbers above 087 will display "obtained in a trade" rather than the location name. Likewise, in , Pokémon whose met location corresponds to index numbers below 088 or above 195 will display "Met in a trade" rather than the location name; however, in the trade center, unlike in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, if the trade partner is the Original Trainer of the Pokémon whose location does not exist in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the game will display the met or hatched location as "Somewhere". In , any Pokémon that was not captured in or Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness will display the correct met location.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
* Distant land
* Strange Ball
* List of locations by index number in Generation IV
* List of locations by index number in Generation V
* List of locations by index number in Generation VI
* List of locations by index number in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon
* List of locations by index number in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
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