Sky Pillar

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The Sky Pillar (Japanese: Sky Pillar) is a building in Hoenn. It is located on the northern edge of in , , and . appears at the top of the Sky Pillar.
It includes the tower itself, as well as a cave with no wild encounters that is directly connected to Route 131. In the Generation III games, the land on top of the island the Sky Pillar is located on, which is traversed after exiting the cave but before entering the tower, is a part of the Sky Pillar; in the Generation VI games, this area is instead part of Route 131.
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Sky Pillar does not appear on the Town Map until the enters the cave, and cannot be to until the player enters the tower. Additionally, the tower is not visible while soaring in the sky, but the island and the cave are and can be flown to.
Only those who are worthy, such as the Draconid people and the descendants of the original Sootopolitans, are permitted to enter the Sky Pillar.
==In the games==
===Role===
In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, the island on which Sky Pillar is located is blocked off by walls of rocks until the player enters the Hall of Fame. In Pokémon Emerald, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the player can access the land in front of the Sky Pillar immediately, but cannot enter the cave in front of Sky Pillar until reaching a certain point in the storyline.
In Pokémon Emerald, during the conflict in Sootopolis City between and , Wallace and the player travel to Sky Pillar, where Wallace unlocks the door, in order to allow the player to meet at the top. Due to being accessed earlier, the wild Pokémon are at lower levels, and during this visit only, less of the floor is cracked such that the player does not need a Mach Bike to reach the top floor. The seal is up until the player meets Wallace in the Cave of Origin.
In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the entrance is blocked off by a until Wallace removes the seal during the Delta Episode. He will not do so until the player asks for his help while he is admiring the great tree in Sootopolis City in front of the Cave of Origin.
====Delta Episode====
During the Delta Episode, after the player asks for Wallace's help while he is admiring the great tree in Sootopolis City in front of the Cave of Origin, he will open the seal to the Sky Pillar on Route 131. However, he does not allow the player to enter until the player defeats him again.
While climbing the tower, Zinnia will tell the player the player about the history of the Draconid people. At the summit, she summons Rayquaza by using the Key Stones she gathered. She then tries to have it Mega Evolve using her Mega Anklet, but Rayquaza is unable. Rayquaza tells Zinnia that it is not a lack of the human energy from Key Stones that is preventing it from Mega Evolving, but its own lack of energy. The Meteorite in the player's Bag then begins to glow, alerting Zinnia to its presence, who explains that it has the same kind of energy as Mega Stones. Rayquaza then eats the Meteorite from the player's Bag.
With Rayquaza having regained its power, the player must capture Rayquaza to take control of it and save the world; if the player runs away, defeats Rayquaza or is defeated, Rayquaza will remain and be ready for battle again fully healed (its Nature and s reset each time). If the player has no Poké Balls, Zinnia will give the player an Ultra Ball.
After the player successfully captures Rayquaza, they must place it in their party; if they have six Pokémon, they must send one to the PC. Then, Zinnia restores the player's Pokémon to full health and teaches Rayquaza , replacing . She then challenges the player to a battle to prove their worthiness.
Regardless of the outcome of the battle with Zinnia, the player then puts on the Magma Suit/Aqua Suit and rides Mega Rayquaza to the edge of space. Mega Rayquaza flies right through the meteoroid, shattering it completely. However, one triangular piece remains, from which emerges. It then charges at the player and Rayquaza in rage. After the battle with Deoxys, the player returns to the planet, having thwarted the danger imposed by the asteroid.
===Geography===
In Generation III (except the player's first visit in Emerald), s must have the Mach Bike in order to navigate through it fully, as there are cracked tiles on 2F and 4F. On every other floor, there are wild Pokémon, such that only floors without cracked tiles contain wild Pokémon.
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, while there are many holes in the floor and cracks in the floor tiles, the player cannot fall down; the player does not need the Mach Bike, and in fact cannot cycle at all inside the tower. The tower contains a series of ladders which must be climbed to reach the summit. An extremely tall mural painted by the Draconid people that stretches the height of the tower tells the tale of Rayquaza halting the fight between Primal and and the first Mega Evolution. The Draconid people call the top of the tower the Dragonhark altar.
===Battle mechanics===
When any of the are used in battle in the Sky Pillar, they use unique mechanics.
* will change the user's type to .
* will turn into .
* uses the animation of and may lower the target's by 1 stage.
===Items===
===Pokémon===
====Generation III====
====Generation VI====
===Special encounters===
====Generation III====
A appears at the apex after entering the Hall of Fame/dealing with and . If run from, it respawns upon leaving the area.
====Generation VI====
A appears at the apex as part of the Delta Episode. If defeated or run from, it respawns immediately without leaving the area. It is coded to never be .
After it is caught, Zinnia will fully heal the player's party, teach Rayquaza (replacing ), and then battle the player. Additionally, the 31st PC Box will be unlocked to ensure that there is space for the player if they filled up their party and all boxes beforehand.
A appears at the edge of space as part of the Delta Episode. The player can win against, lose to, catch, or run away from Deoxys, and the story will progress regardless of the outcome. If Deoxys is not caught, it will respawn at the apex after the player enters the Hall of Fame again. It is coded to never be .
===Trainers===
====Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire====
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===Layout===
Version	Outside 	Entrance 	1F 	2F 	3F 	4F 	5F 	Apex
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	Before Rayquaza's awakening	Before Rayquaza's awakening	Before Rayquaza's awakening	Before Rayquaza's awakening	Before Rayquaza's awakening	Before Rayquaza's awakening	Before Rayquaza's awakening	Before Rayquaza's awakening
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	After Rayquaza's awakening 	After Rayquaza's awakening 	After Rayquaza's awakening 	After Rayquaza's awakening 	After Rayquaza's awakening 	After Rayquaza's awakening 	After Rayquaza's awakening 	After Rayquaza's awakening
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
  	  	  	  	  	  	  	  	 
===Music===
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese) 	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	えんとつやま 	Mt. Chimney 	Go Ichinose 	Go Ichinose
 	When battling Rayquaza 	戦闘！超古代ポケモン 	Battle! (Super-Ancient Pokémon) 	Junichi Masuda 	Junichi Masuda
 	Entrance 	えんとつやま 	Mt. Chimney 	Go Ichinose 	Minako Adachi
 	1F-5F 	そらのはしら 	Sky Pillar 	Junichi Masuda 	Shota Kageyama
 	When Zinnia talks about her past 	流星哀歌 	The Lament of Falling Stars 	Shota Kageyama 	Shota Kageyama
 	When encountering and battling Rayquaza	戦闘！超古代ポケモン 	Battle! (Super-Ancient Pokémon) 	Junichi Masuda 	Minako Adachi
 	When battling Zinnia 	戦闘！伝承者ヒガナ 	Battle! (Lorekeeper Zinnia) 	Shota Kageyama 	Shota Kageyama
 	Before travelling into space 	悠久を継ぎし者たち 	The Heirs to Eternity 	Shota Kageyama 	Shota Kageyama
 	When travelling into space 	per aspera ad astra！ 	Per Aspera Ad Astra 	Shota KageyamaHideaki Kuroda	Hideaki Kuroda
 	When reading Zinnia’s letter 	はじまりのしらべ ‐theme of Ωα‐ 	Strains of a New Beginning -Theme of Ωrαs-	Shota Kageyama 	Shota Kageyama
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting Sky Pillar is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon Evolutions===
The Sky Pillar appeared in The Wish, where arrived there and met Zinnia, who recited the lore of the Draconid people to her. At the top of the tower, Zinnia summoned in order to destroy the giant meteorite that was threatening Hoenn. However, Rayquaza lacked the energy to Mega Evolve, causing Zinnia to fall into despair. Thanks to May's Meteorite, however, Rayquaza was able to regain the energy it required for Mega Evolution. Zinnia then allowed May to take her place in battling and Rayquaza. Following this, Zinnia challenged May to a as her final duty as the Lorekeeper of the Draconid people.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
The Sky Pillar is a 50-floor-tall tower with a variety of wild Pokémon living inside. The 50th floor is a large puzzle that requires the combined efforts of an adult and child to solve it, where the adult pulls on levers that open a tunnel big enough for the child to move through. Those that solve the puzzle will gain access to the room where sleeps.
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The Sky Pillar first appeared in Dreadful Dealing with Dusclops. was taken there by Norman in order to find and awaken Rayquaza. After traversing its floors and solving the puzzle with Norman, Wally succeeded in the given task. Norman then took Rayquaza to try and stop the battle between and in Sootopolis City.
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In Claydol Unleashes, and traveled to the Sky Pillar by soaring through the skies. There, they encountered Zinnia, who attacked the two under the impression that they were intruding. During the battle, Ruby recognized Zinnia's Salamence as the same that had attacked him and when they were little. After Zinnia had left, Ruby stayed at the tower to examine all the 50 floors and take photos of the giant mural inside before leaving as well.
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Sky Pillar in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* In Generation III, when stopping the bicycle on a certain section of cracked floor tiles on the second floor, it is possible to fall on top of a rock. However, it is possible to walk off the rock, so there is no risk of being stuck there.
* In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Sky Pillar theme is a remix of the song that plays in Emerald when Rayquaza arrives to stop Groudon and Kyogre's fight in Sootopolis City.
* In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, even if Deoxys is caught during the Delta Episode, its met location will still be listed as Sky Pillar.
* In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, the Memory Girl in Lilycove City will refer to Rayquaza and Deoxys's met location as "the inside of a tall building," despite the fact that these Pokémon aren't encountered inside the tower.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Hoenn locations
Category:Ruby and Sapphire locations
Category:Emerald locations
Category:Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire locations
Category:Towers
Category:Ruins
de:Himmelturm
es:Pilar Celeste
fr:Pilier Céleste
it:Torre dei Cieli
ja:そらのはしら
zh:天空之柱