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 Facility or 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, where Shadow Pokémon are created.
In Pokémon Colosseum, the Shadow PKMN Lab is connected to The Under via The Under Subway, allowing Shadow Pokémon created at the Lab to be distributed to s in The Under and Pyrite Town. The infiltrates the laboratory after obtaining the key to unlock the Lab's main gate, only to find out that most Shadow Pokémon produced there have already been shipped elsewhere. The player must collect three randomly placed DNA Samples from around the Lab and use a DNA Analyzer to find out which they've been taken from in order to unlock a locked door leading to the mastermind and leader of the Lab, Ein.
During the infiltration, Kotan will turn on an alarm that will remain in effect until the end of the game. While he claims that this alarm will prevent the player from escaping the Lab, this is untrue, as the player can leave the facility at any point.
During the post-game, the player must return to the Lab in order to snag a Shadow Johto first partner Pokémon from a whom they didn't choose to battle in Phenac City close to the start of the game.
In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Cipher Admin 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. The electric fence around the Lab no longer works, allowing it to be immediately accessed from the main entrance. The player must enter the Lab in order to rescue Professor Krane, whom Cipher had kidnapped in an attempt to advance their purification-resistant Shadow Pokémon research.
==Items==
==Trainers==
===Pokémon Colosseum===
====First visit====
 If was not snagged during the first battle against Skrub, it will replace his here.
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====Post-game====
If a 's Shadow Pokémon wasn't snagged during the main game, it will replace the last Pokémon in their party here. They can be rematched until their Shadow Pokémon has been snagged.
 If Bluno was battled in Phenac City:
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 If Verde was battled in Phenac City:
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 If Rosso was battled in Phenac City:
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===Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness===
====Outside====
=====Before snagging=====
The must defeat at least one of the Hexagon Brothers in order to enter the lab.
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=====After snagging=====
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=====Rematch (without Shadow Pokémon)=====
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====Inside====
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==Layout==
===West Building===
Game 	Exterior	1F 	B1F 	B2F 	Station
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	  	 	 	 	 
===East Building===
Game 	1F 	B1F 1 	B2F 	B1F 2
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 
==Trivia==
* When leaving the elevator in Pokémon Colosseum to battle Researcher Kotan, there is a blank box to the left of the elevator with no textures covering the small square space.
==In other languages==
Shadow Pokémon Lab	
Mystery Lab	
Cipher Lab
==Related articles==
Category:Orre locations
Category:Colosseum locations
Category:XD locations
Category:Research centers
Category:Villainous team bases
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ja:ダークポケモン研究所