Secret Base

A Secret Base (Japanese: ひみつきち Secret Base) is a special area that the can create in Hoenn- and Sinnoh-based games to decorate with various accessories, furniture, and Pokémon dolls. While the name is retained as the same between Hoenn and Sinnoh, the only real similarity between the two is in the manner in which they are decorated.
==In the core series games==
===Generation III===
:See also: Decoration
Most routes in the Hoenn region feature several areas which can be converted into a Secret Base, with small indents in walls being able to be carved out into a cave, tall trees being able to drop down vines, and clumps of grass being able to be moved. These areas become accessible to this conversion only if the Trainer has a Pokémon that can use , available via TM43.
Trainers can decorate their Secret Base in any way they please, being able to put up to 16 decorations into the area. Trainers can run while inside of a Secret Base, but cannot ride a bike. A boy in Mossdeep City reminds players of where their own Secret Base is.
If a player mixes records with other Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald game cartridges, Secret Bases will copy over between them (even those from other players who have previously mixed records). Secret Bases in the same spot as the player's will not be copied over, however bases may exist within the same Tree or Shrub as long as the entrances are on different tiles. Inside of Secret Bases that do not belong to the player, an NPC can be found to represent the person that took that Secret Base as their own. After the Elite Four have been defeated, the player can battle the NPC, who will have the party of the person who owns that Secret Base as of the time of record mixing. These battles award money, experience, and all other things that normal battles with NPCs do, but they can only occur once per day, with the time resetting at midnight. This restriction is reset upon mixing records again, allowing for multiple rematches within the same day. Regardless of the NPC's assigned trainer class, the base payout will always be 20. Items stolen from the NPC's Pokémon using are not kept afterwards. Should the NPC win, the player will not "black out" and return to the last visited Pokémon Center, nor lose any money.
====Locations====
There are 75 locations where Secret Bases can be made:
Route	Base type 	Layout 	Location
 	Tree 	Split (left) 	On an island south of the northern gatehouse. Requires Surf.
 	Tree 	3‑room (right)	On an island south of the northern gatehouse. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (yellow)	Horseshoe 	Central area of the eastern wall in the desert region. East of Mirage Tower.
 	Cave (yellow) 	Divided 	Central area of the northern wall in the desert region. East of the southern dirt slope.
 	Cave (yellow) 	Square 	Eastern area of the northern wall in the desert region. Far east of the southern dirt slope.
 	Cave (red) 	2-room 	On the mountain south of the rest house. Northeast of the southern dirt slope. Requires Mach Bike.
 	Cave (yellow) 	2-room 	On the mountain southeast of the rest house. East of the southern dirt slope. Requires Mach Bike.
 	Tree 	Square (left) 	West of the rest house.
 	Tree 	Square (right)	West of the rest house.
 	Cave (red) 	Tall 	On the mountain northeast of the rest house. East of the northern dirt slope. Requires Mach Bike.
 	Cave (red) 	Square 	East of the Glass Workshop.
 	Tree 	Split (left) 	On an island west of the bridge. Requires Surf.
 	Tree 	3-room (right) 	On an island west of the bridge. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (brown) 	Square 	Western side of the mountainous area. Southwest of Lanette's House. North of Meteor Falls.
 	Cave (brown) 	Divided B 	Eastern side of the mountainous area behind two breakable rocks. South of Lanette's House. Northeast of Meteor Falls. Requires Rock Smash.
 	Cave (brown) 	2-room 	Eastern side of the mountainous area. South of Lanette's House. Northeast of Meteor Falls.
 	Cave (brown) 	2-room 	Southern part of the mountainous area beyond a breakable rock. Southeast of Meteor Falls. Requires Rock Smash.
 	Cave (brown) 	Divided A 	Slightly east of Meteor Falls behind a breakable rock. Requires Rock Smash.
 	Cave (red) 	Divided 	Southwest of Meteor Falls along the beach central.
 	Cave (brown) 	Divided B 	Southeast of Meteor Falls, head east after passing the first set of steps leading to Meteor Falls.
 	Cave (brown) 	Square 	East of Meteor Falls, before the second set of steps leading to Meteor Falls.
 	Cave (yellow) 	Divided 	Along the western portion of the northern beach. Requires Surf.
 	Tree 	Tall (left) 	From the northern beach head into the forested area and take the western path. Requires Surf.
 	Tree 	Split (right) 	From the northern beach head into the forested area and take the western path. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (brown) 	Square 	In the northern mountainous area, west of the dirt slope. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (brown) 	Divided B 	In the northern mountainous area, south and down the steps from the dirt slope. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (brown) 	Divided A 	In the northern mountainous area, southwest and down the steps from the dirt slope. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (brown) 	2-room 	In the northern mountainous area, up the dirt slope and to the east. Requires Surf and Mach Bike.
 	Cave (brown) 	Divided A 	In the northern mountainous area, up the dirt slope and to the south. Requires Surf and Mach Bike.
 	Cave (blue) 	2-room 	Southeast of the western Rusturf Tunnel entrance.
 	Cave (blue) 	Winding 	East of the western Rusturf Tunnel entrance, up two sets of steps.
 	Cave (blue) 	Wide 	East of the eastern Rusturf Tunnel entrance.
 	Cave (blue) 	Square 	Northeast of the eastern Rusturf Tunnel entrance, up two sets of steps.
 	Cave (yellow) 	Square 	In the northwestern part of the eastern beach.
 	Cave (red) 	Square 	In the southeastern part of the eastern beach.
 	Tree 	Tall (left) 	Between the loamy soil and the path to Route 119.
 	Tree 	Square (right) 	Between the loamy soil and the path to Route 119.
 	Cave (red) 	Tall 	East of the path to Route 119.
 	Shrub 	Wide 	West from the house of Wingull, across the river.
 	Cave (red) 	Divided 	East of the southern waterfall, to the north of southernmost loamy soil.
 	Cave (blue) 	Winding 	West of the southern waterfall, across the white railing. Requires Acro Bike.
 	Shrub 	Square 	West of the southern waterfall, across the white railing. Surrounded by trees and tall grass. Requires Acro Bike.
 	Tree 	3-room (left) 	Can be reached by surfing in the section of the river between the two waterfalls. Located just above and to the west of the southern waterfall. Requires Surf.
 	Tree 	Tall (right) 	Can be reached by surfing in the section of the river between the two waterfalls. Located just above and to the west of the southern waterfall. Requires Surf.
 	Shrub 	2-room 	Can be reached by surfing in the section of the river between the two waterfalls. Northeast of the southern waterfall beyond some tall grass. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (blue) 	2-room 	Can be reached by surfing in the section of the river between the two waterfalls. Between the Weather Institute and the northern waterfall. Requires Surf.
 	Shrub 	Divided 	South from Fortree City. East of the northern waterfall. Surrounded by long grass.
 	Shrub 	Square (left) 	Northwestern corner of the map. Up the northern waterfall and across two sets of white railing. Requires Surf, Waterfall, and Acro Bike.
 	Shrub 	2-room (right) 	Northwestern corner of the map. Up the northern waterfall and across two sets of white railing. Requires Surf, Waterfall, and Acro Bike.
 	Shrub 	Divided (left) 	Northwestern area. Up the northern waterfall and across three sets of white railing. Requires Surf, Waterfall, and Acro Bike.
 	Shrub 	Wide (right) 	Northwestern area. Up the northern waterfall and across three sets of white railing. Requires Surf, Waterfall, and Acro Bike.
 	Cave (blue) 	Wide 	North of Scorched Slab, along the water's edge and at the bottom of the steps.
 	Shrub 	Divided 	Northeast of Scorched Slab, north of the eastern end of the northern bridge.
 	Shrub 	Wide 	Between Scorched Slab and northern loamy soil, behind a cuttable tree. Requires Cut.
 	Shrub 	Square 	In the southeastern part of the tall grass maze, east of Ancient Tomb.
 	Cave (blue) 	Winding 	North of the southern bridge, across the lake, the left of the two indents. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (blue) 	2-room 	North of the southern bridge, across the lake, the right of the two indents. Requires Surf.
 	Shrub 	Square 	South of Ancient Tomb and just north of the central loamy soil.
 	Shrub 	2-room 	South of the southern bridge, just west of Route 121.
 	Cave (red) 	Divided 	Up the first set of steps and west of Mt. Pyre Pier, beyond a cuttable tree. Southwest of the Safari Zone. Requires Cut.
 	Cave (red) 	Tall 	Up the first set of steps and east of Mt. Pyre Pier. South of the Safari Zone.
 	Tree 	Tall (left) 	Down the first set of steps and east of the Safari Zone.
 	Tree 	Square (right) 	Down the first set of steps and east of the Safari Zone.
 	Cave (blue) 	Square 	The eastern indent on the small rocky area. Requires Surf to reach this area of the route.
 	Cave (blue) 	Wide 	The middle indent on the small rocky area. Requires Surf to reach this area of the route.
 	Cave (blue) 	Square 	The western indent on the small rocky area. Requires Surf to reach this area of the route.
 	Cave (yellow) 	2-room 	On an island south of Shoal Cave. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (yellow) 	Divided 	West of Shoal Cave, on the same land mass. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (red) 	Square 	The left of the two indents on an island northeast of Shoal Cave. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (red) 	2-room 	The right of the two indents on an island northeast of Shoal Cave. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (yellow) 	Square 	The eastern indent on an island to the east of the western tree island. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (yellow) 	Horseshoe 	The western indent on an island to the east of the western tree island. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (red) 	2-room 	The northwestern indent on an island to the south of the eastern tree island. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (yellow) 	Horseshoe 	The southwestern indent on an island to the south of the eastern tree island. Requires Surf.
 	Cave (yellow) 	2-room 	The eastern indent on an island to the south of the eastern tree island. Requires Surf.
 	 	 	
====Layouts====
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====Representative Trainer Class====
The Trainer the player is seen as on other games is dependent on the player's gender and the Trainer's ID number 256 modulo 10 (or the last decimal digit of the lowest byte).
Gender	Last digit of ID #	Last digit of ID #	Last digit of ID #	Last digit of ID #	Last digit of ID #
Gender	0 or 5 	1 or 6 	2 or 7 	3 or 8 	4 or 9
Male 	 	 	 	 	
Female	 	 	 	 	
===Generation IV===
Unlike in Generation III, the Secret Bases in Generation IV are found in the Underground, and instead of NPCs being used to represent other players, the other players can be encountered face-to-face using DS Wireless Communication. In addition, all Secret Bases in Generation IV are all the same shape and size, unlike Generation III bases which can vary in size and shape.
Secret Bases are dug by using a Digger Drill while facing a wall. Initially, there are many Big Boulders in the base. As more flags are obtained, boulders can be removed. Initially, only 10 goods can be placed in a Secret Base, but as the flag is upgraded, the limit increases to 15.
Players cannot battle each other for money underground. However, if a player enters another's Secret Base while they are not decorating (as that requires the entrance be closed), they can attempt to steal their flag and take it to their own Secret Base for rewards, from decorations to a star.
===Generation VI===
Secret Bases return in as Super-Secret Bases (Japanese: スーパーひみつきち Super Secret Base). To make a Secret Base, the player can use (TM94) on a Secret Spot. If the player already has an established Secret Base, they will be asked if they want to relocate to the new spot.
A Secret Base can be decorated using decorations the player has bought or received, it can be filled with Secret Pals, and its rank can be upgraded by capturing flags from the Secret Bases of other players.
Other players' bases may be imported into the player's game by StreetPassing players (on the PSS or local Wi-Fi) or by scanning a QR Code on the Secret PC in the player's base. A player can create a QR Code for their base at the Secret PC, where it will be saved to an SD card, or by syncing their game to the Pokémon Global Link, where the QR Code can be viewed on the player's Profile. However, QR Codes cannot be successfully scanned using the same 3DS they were produced from.
A player's appearance as the owner of their Secret Base in another player's game will match the Public Icon on their PSS Profile. This can either be changed directly in the PSS, or indirectly by talking to a man in a suit in the Rustboro City Pokémon Center, to a at the Secret Base Guild Headquarters in Fortree City, or—prior to obtaining the —to a man in the Petalburg City Pokémon Center. This influences their team if they are battled as a Grunt and the special skills they can perform as a Secret Pal.
====Daily events====
Certain events at the player's base or other players' bases are limited to once a day.
At the player's base:
* Battle Secret Pals
* Ask Secret Pals to perform a skill
** Secret Pals may use two skills if the base has reached the Platinum Rank
At other players' bases:
* Receive a welcome gift (decoration) from the base's owner
* Battle the base's owner or Grunts
* Capture the base's flag
When a normal QR Code is scanned, no daily events will be possible with the scanned base or with its owner until the next day. The exception is QR Codes for the special Mossdeep City Secret Base. Daily events in bases scanned for Mossdeep are possible immediately after the base is scanned in; however, the daily events for all bases in Mossdeep City are persistent. That is, the game remembers which daily events have been done for the Mossdeep Secret Base, for its owner, or for its grunts and only allows each different event to be done once per day, even if the base changes.
====Decorating====
The Secret Base can be decorated with various decorations using the Secret PC. In addition to positioning decorations, the player may also alter the positions of their Secret Pals and their own position (for when other players visit the player's Secret Base). Only the base's Secret PC, flag, and the square mat they sit on cannot be moved. Up to 25 decorations may be placed in the base (including the five Welcome Mats that are set out by default for Secret Pals, but which may be put away if they are unused).
====Rank====
The player's Secret Base rank depends on the number of flags they have captured. The Secret Base rank can only be increased by speaking to Aarune at the Secret Base Guild in Fortree City after capturing the required number of flags. The Secret Base rank limits how many special skills Secret Pals can use and influences which items are available for sale at the Secret Base Guild's shops.
Rank 	Flags required
Normal 	—
Bronze 	30
Silver 	100
Gold 	500
Platinum	1,000
====Secret Base Trainers====
The owner of a Secret Base uses the Trainer class "Secret Base Trainer" and they use three of their own Pokémon to battle when challenged, with the level of their Pokémon limited by the number of Badges the player has (unless a Level Release is activated). When a base owner is recruited and battled as a Secret Pal, they will also use the same team.
When the player visits another player's Secret Base, that player's Secret Pals will not use their original teams. Instead, they will use a preset team based on their representative Trainer class (which also matches that Trainer's Public Icon on the PSS). They are also only identified as a "Secret Base Trainer Grunt".
After a battle with any Secret Base Trainer, the player will be healed.
====Secret Pals====
Secret Pals are owners of other Secret Bases in the player's game that the player has recruited into their own Secret Base. Once a day, a Secret Pal may be battled (regardless of whether they were battled at their base) or asked to perform a special skill. If the player's base has reached the Platinum Rank, Secret Pals may use a skill twice a day. Occasionally, a Secret Pal will also gift the player with a number of flags they have collected (ranging from 1 to 30) the first time the player speaks to them.
=====Special skills=====
The special skills a Secret Pal can perform depends on the they are represented as (which also matches that Trainer's Public Icon on the PSS), and, depending on the rank of the player's base, they know between one and four different skills.
Secret Pal appearance	Secret Pal appearance	Normal 	Bronze 	Silver 	Gold 	
Male 	Female 	Normal 	Bronze 	Silver 	Gold 	
 	 	Massage a Pokémon	Make some goods 	Pick something up	Take care of an Egg	
 	 	Schoolkid 	Make some goods 	Pick something up	Pick up stones 	Gather Berries
 	 	Do some training 	Massage a Pokémon 	Make some goods 	Do some exercise 	
 	 	Make some goods 	Tell my fortune 	Pick up stones 	Search for treasure	
 	 	Poké Fan 	Massage a Pokémon 	Gather Berries 	Take care of an Egg	Make some goods
 	 	Pokémon Ranger 	Gather Berries 	Pick up stones 	Make some goods 	Do some exercise
♂ 	 	Make some goods 	Pick something up 	Tell my fortune 	Search for treasure	
 	 	Ace Trainer 	Do some exercise 	Make some goods 	Do some training 	Take care of an Egg
 	 	Make some goods 	Search for treasure	Pick up stones 	Do some training 	
 	 	Expert 	Do some training 	Massage a Pokémon	Do some exercise 	Make some goods
 	 	Make some goods 	Search for treasure	Pick up stones 	Massage a Pokémon 	
 	 	Make some goods 	Pick up stones 	Gather Berries 	Pick something up 	
 	 	Make some goods 	Pick something up 	Tell my fortune 	Search for treasure	
 	 	Pokémon Breeder 	Massage a Pokémon 	Do some exercise 	Take care of an Egg	Make some goods
 	 	Gather Berries 	Make some goods 	Pick something up	Search for treasure	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
* Do some exercise: increases the effort values for a chosen stat on a chosen Pokémon in the player's party by 30.
* Do some training: increases the level of a chosen Pokémon in the player's party by 1.
** When leveling up in this manner, no moves will be learned and evolution will not occur.
* Gather Berries: the player receives a Berry.
** , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 
** In aggregate, the first nine Berries listed above (through Sitrus) appear approximately 80% of the time, while the rarer seven appear approximately 20% of the time. Individually, the more common nine generally appear at least twice as often as the rarer seven.
* Make some goods: the player receives a decoration.
** Refer to List of Decorations in Generation VI for a list of receivable decorations.
* Massage a Pokémon: increases the friendship of a chosen Pokémon in the player's party by 30.
* Pick something up: the player receives a miscellaneous item.
** , , , , , , , , , , Ultra Ball
** Escape Rope and Ultra Ball together have approximately a 50% chance of appearing, with Escape Rope twice as common as Ultra Ball. Of the rest, Master Ball and PP Max are among the rarest.
* Pick up stones: the player receives an Evolution stone.
** , , , , , , , , , 
** Everstone is the most common result, appearing approximately 50% of the time. The elemental stones (Fire, Leaf, Thunder, and Water) are the next most common, followed by all of the remaining stones.
* Search for treasure: the player receives an item, usually a valuable item.
** , , , , , , , 
** Float Stone appears the most commonly, at approximately a 30% chance.
* Take care of an Egg: decreases the Egg cycle count of a chosen in the player's party by half of its species' base Egg cycle value (rounded up).
* Tell my fortune: the player receives a MAX-strength O-Power
** Bargain Power MAX, Capture Power MAX, Full Recovery Power, Prize Money Power MAX
** All of the powers appear at approximately even rates.
====Secret Spots====
There are 82 Secret Spots where the player can establish a Secret Base, and an 83rd spot in Mossdeep City reserved for Secret Bases from special QR Codes. There can only be about 30 secret bases in a game at the same time, with any additional bases causing the deletion of older bases.
Location 	Location 	Layout 	Description
Mossdeep City	In the house south of the Poké Mart	Variable	In a certain house in Mossdeep there is a door that will not open, beyond which lies a super-secret Secret Base.
 	
{| 	 	South of Cycling Road's northern entrance; requires
====Layouts====
 
In general, layouts for Secret Bases are not restricted to a given type of base (such as blue caves or trees), but some layouts do only occur in one type, such as the Square C layout, which is only in shrub bases.
Layout type	Description
2-level 	This layout has two levels, but a Stairs Decoration is required to access the top level. The entrance, Secret PC, and flag are all in the bottom level.
2-room 	This layout has two large areas in the north and south, but a Solid Board decoration is required to access the north area. The entrance, Secret PC, and flag are all in the south area.
3-room 	This layout has three large areas approximately in a Y shape, but a Solid Board decoration is required to access either of the northern areas. The entrance, Secret PC, and flag are all in the south area.
Diagonal 	This layout has a large area at the entrance and a large area to the northeast or northwest, with the base narrowing slightly between the two areas.
Divided 	This layout has a large area separated from the entrance by a narrow passage. In the Divided B and C layouts, the entrance area is also a large area. The Divided B layout is divided into north and south areas, while A and C have east and west areas.
Split 	In this layout, the entrance passage leads north and then branches to two large areas to either side of the entrance.
Square 	This layout has one simple area, with dimensions that are roughly square.
Tall 	This layout has one simple area, significantly taller than it is wide.
Wide 	This layout has one simple area, significantly wider than it is tall.
Winding 	This layout has two large areas in the north and south, but they are connected by a narrow, twisting passageway.
 	
2-level 	2-level 	2-level	2-level
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Brown cave	 	 	
===Generation VIII===
==In animation==
===Pokémon animated series===
Secret Bases first appeared in A Three Team Scheme. While staying in Dewford Town, and stumbled across Keanu's Secret Base, which he had created with the help of his . Later in the episode, also found the Secret Base and stole Keanu's Pokémon, which Ash and his friends helped him to get back. It was later destroyed when Team Magma drilled with their large orange boring machine.
Team Rocket also had their own Secret Base in A Six Pack Attack!, which was located in a cave behind a waterfall. By the end of the episode, it was completely destroyed, greatly displeasing when he was later informed of the incident.
===POKÉTOON===
In PT17, and a he befriended set up a Secret Base in a small cave.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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 has a Secret Base at , which first appeared in Making Mirth with Mightyena. She uses it to observe wild Pokémon in order to help her father with his research. After saving from two , she brought him to her Base, where the two arranged a bet, with Ruby swearing to collect all of Hoenn's Ribbons in 80 days, while Sapphire promised to collect all of Hoenn's Gym Badges in the same amount of time.
In It All Ends Now VIII, Ruby and Sapphire met each other at Sapphire's Secret Base, with both of them having succeeded in their respective goals within the time limit. To Sapphire's shock, Ruby had taken the liberty to decorate the base while waiting for Sapphire to arrive.
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In PS612, was revealed to have built himself his own Secret Base at with the help of Aarune. After Sapphire was defeated by Zinnia, Aarune found her and took her to Wally's Base to recover. She was later located there by Ruby and through 's ring. The Base was later destroyed when Hoopa transported to Route 120 through its ring.
==Trivia==
* In the Underground, it is possible for a spot to spawn on the same spot as the player's Secret Base.
==In other languages==
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Flag
==Related articles==
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*Decoration
*Underground
*Grand Underground
*Digger Drill
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