Valley Windworks

The Valley Windworks (Japanese: の Valley Powerplant) is a large, wind-powered power plant that lies east of Floaroma Town, just off . It harnesses wind energy via giant windmills and converts it into electricity.
In and , Mars of Team Galactic tries to take over the station to harness its energy, but is chased away by the .
==In the games==
===Geography===
The Valley Windworks is a large wind farm situated in a windy valley close to Mt. Coronet, so as to generate as much electricity as possible. It is located just off , a short walk east from Floaroma Town. In the area, there are nine tall wind turbines which generate energy that is in turn processed by the power plant in the center of the area. West of the plant is a large patch of tall grass, where many wild Pokémon live. To the north of the power plant building is a river which runs onto ; a Max Elixir and can be found by surfing on it.
Inside of the power plant building there are many machines which process the electricity produced and send it out to the cities and towns of the Sinnoh region, while the plant owner and his daughter remain to explain how the plant works and about Drifloon, respectively.
====Team Galactic takeover====
During the course of the game, Team Galactic will take over the Valley Windworks, kidnapping the worker and kicking his daughter out. Their plan is to steal energy to help Cyrus to achieve his plan to create a new world. One Team Galactic Grunt will be standing guard in front of the door to the power plant. When defeated, he will run inside and lock the door, which will not open unless unlocked by the Works Key, one of which is held by a Grunt in Floaroma Meadow. In order to rescue the plant worker, Mars must be defeated. In , Charon is also here, but the player doesn't battle him. During this encounter, it is revealed that he joined the team after Mars. It is also here where the discovers that Charon is in fact, one of the four s.
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===Pokémon===
====Generation IV====
Additionally, wild Pokémon can appear on the Honey Tree.
====Generation VIII====
Additionally, wild Pokémon can appear on the Honey Tree.
===Special encounters===
====Generations IV and VIII====
A appears outside every Friday after Mars has been defeated. If this happens on a Friday, Drifloon will not appear until the next week.
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===Music===
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld (Day) and inside building after defeating Mars 	205ばんどうろ (昼) 	Route 205 (Day) 	Hitomi Sato 	Hitomi Sato
 	Overworld (Night) and inside building after defeating Mars	205ばんどうろ (夜) 	Route 205 (Night) 	Hitomi Sato 	Hitomi Sato
 	Inside building when under Team Galactic's control 	ギンガハクタイビル 	Galactic Eterna Building 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When encountering Team Galactic Grunts 	ギンガ団登場！ 	Team Galactic Appears! 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When battling Team Galactic Grunts 	戦闘！ギンガ団 	Battle! (Team Galactic) 	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
 	After defeating Team Galactic Grunts or Mars 	ギンガ団に勝利！ 	Victory! (Team Galactic) 	Go Ichinose 	Hitomi Sato
 	When battling Mars 	戦闘！ギンガ団幹部 	Battle! (Team Galactic Commander)	Junichi Masuda	Junichi Masuda
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting the Valley Windworks is seen in Mars's mindscape.
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==In animation==
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The Valley Windworks first appeared in Drifloon On the Wind! as Karsten's workplace.
In Gone With the Windworks!, Lyra's Marill wandered inside the Valley Windworks, and Ash and had to go inside to retrieve it. However, due to the power going out, they were temporarily trapped inside. Benjamin guards this location with his multiple and many security cameras, but he is generally asleep.
==In the manga==
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The Valley Windworks appeared in Honey for Combee and Belligerent Bronzor, where , , and went to the site to help find a little girl's father, whose had returned from the Valley Windworks injured, carrying his tattered lab coat. The three Pokédex holders discovered that Mars, one of Team Galactic's s, was holding the little girl's father as a hostage to make him generate electricity for her to steal for the Galactic Bomb, using her 's to speed up the process. Although Mars got away with the electricity stored within her and the Pokédex holders almost got buried in Sandstorm's sand, everybody managed to survive the incident.
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl!===
The Valley Windworks appeared in The Mystery Boy, Jun!!. After hearing of Team Galactic causing trouble at the Windworks, Hareta and headed there and encountered Mars, whom they engaged in a Double Battle. During the battle, Mars had her destroy the electrical grid, plunging the room into darkness and thus leaving her as the only functional Pokémon in the battle. However, Hareta was able to use his newly 's to generate enough light to allow them to finish off Zubat. Following this, Shinx fed enough power to the broken grid to restore the lights, allowing Hareta's Piplup to finish off Purugly and thus forcing Mars to retreat.
==In the TCG==
The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring Valley Windworks in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* In , after defeating Mars, this message will be displayed on both computer screens:
:"The bringer of wars... Your target is the energy of the power plant.The bringer of contentment... Your target is the Pokémon statue of Eterna City.The bringer of aging... Your target is the Pokémon that sleeps on today.The dream energy. Team Galactic."
:This message likely refers to 's orchestral suite . The epithet of each commander corresponds to the first, fourth, and fifth movements of the suite, respectively: , the Bringer of War, , the Bringer of Jollity, and , the Bringer of Old Age. The message shows where each of Team Galactic's three commanders is stationed: Mars was at Valley Windworks gathering power, Jupiter may have been the one to deface the Pokémon Statue (as she is in the city when the player arrives) and Saturn tries to capture the sleeping .
:After battling , the message will change, only saying "The PC screen is filled with numbers upon numbers."
* In Diamond, Pearl, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, if or is battled on a Friday, Drifloon can be seen when the cutscene preceding the battle briefly shows Valley Windworks.
* In Pokémon Masters EX, reveals that he met his as a Drifloon at Valley Windworks.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Sinnoh locations
Category:Diamond and Pearl locations
Category:Platinum locations
Category:Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl locations
Category:Power plants
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fr:Parc Éolien
it:Impianto Turbine
ja:たにまのはつでんしょ
zh:山谷发电厂