Mt. Silver Cave

Mt. Silver Cave (Japanese: シロガネやまどうくつ Mt. Shirogane Cave) is the cave system of Mt. Silver in Johto, located west of and Indigo Plateau. It can be entered from the outside area at the foot of the mountain after receiving the sixteen Gym Badges of both Johto and Kanto. In Generation II, both the outside area and the cave system are included under the location header Silver Cave (Japanese: シロガネやま Mt. Shirogane).
At the very summit, the may battle . If defeated, Red vanishes from Mt. Silver Cave, and returns every time the player enters the Hall of Fame.
A field based on Silver Cave also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2's Kanto Gym Leader Castle.
==Geography==
In the games, Mt. Silver is off-limits to all but the most skilled of Trainers. After the has received all sixteen badges of Johto and Kanto, Professor Oak will give the player permission to travel here.
There is a Pokémon Center just outside the entrance of Mt. Silver Cave, at the foot of Mt. Silver. Inside, however, the cave is dark, requiring to see in the first room. Many high-level Pokémon reside in the cave, as well as rare Pokémon not found elsewhere in the Johto region, like and .
The cave has only one entrance, unlike all other caves found in , but goes deep into the mountain. In the cave's final room, the player will encounter , who will wordlessly challenge the player to what is the highest-leveled Trainer battle in the Pokémon series. If defeated, Red will vanish, and will only return for another battle after the player defeats the Elite Four again.
In , Mt. Silver Cave is much larger than before. is no longer needed to light up the cave. The higher sections of the cave, where Red is located, require to be accessible. At times, the player must also venture onto the slopes on the mountain's sides in order to climb higher. In addition, a is present at the summit, which assumes the hail weather condition in battle; this weather becomes on certain days, which disables the hail weather condition in battle.
==Items==
===Generation II===
===Generation IV===
====1F====
====Lower mountainside====
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====2F====
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=====Rock Smash=====
If the rock contains an item, the game will pick one of the following:
====Upper mountainside====
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====3F====
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====Summit====
 is required to reach this area.
==Pokémon==
===Generation II===
In the Japanese and Korean versions of , appears only in Silver, while appears only in Gold.
====1F====
====2F====
====Summit====
====Chambers====
===Generation IV===
====1F====
====Expert Belt chamber====
====Moltres's chamber====
====Lower mountainside====
====2F====
====Upper mountainside====
====3F====
==Special encounters==
===Generation IV===
A appears in a chamber on 1F on the first visit. If defeated or run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.
==Trainers==
===Core series===
====Generation II====
Red has two Full Restores.
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Red has four Full Restores.
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===Side series===
====Pokémon Stadium 2====
=====Round 1=====
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==Walking Pokémon effects==
When interacting with walking Pokémon in , the Pokémon may occasionally show an altered mood specific to this location.
Games	Pokémon	Area 	Quote
 	 	 	
 	 	Anywhere	<Pokémon's name> blew out a plume of fire and looked eager!
 	 	Anywhere	<Pokémon's name> is trembling with eagerness!
 	 	Anywhere	<Pokémon's name> is feeling eager!
==Layout==
===Generation II===
Version	1F 	2F 	Max Revive chamber	Full Restore chamber	Summit	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
  	 	 	  	  	 	 
===Generation IV===
Version	1F 	2F 	Expert Belt chamber	Moltres's chamber	
 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	
  	 	 	  	  	 
Version	3F 	Lower mountainside	Upper mountainside	Summit
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
  	 	  	  	 
==Preview==
File:HGSS Mt. Silver-Morning.png|Morning (Quagsire)
File:HGSS Mt. Silver-Day.png|Day/Evening (Larvitar)
File:HGSS Mt. Silver-Night.png|Night (Misdreavus)
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting Mt. Silver Cave is seen in three of 's mindscapes.
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==Trivia==
* Defeating Red at this location causes the credits to roll. In Generation II, progress is not saved and the player returns to the Pokémon Center outside Mt. Silver. In , progress is saved and the player returns to their home in New Bark Town.
* Red's Pikachu, who can be fought here at level 88 in HeartGold and SoulSilver, is the highest-leveled of any in-game not in a battle facility in the core series, tied with Cynthia's Garchomp in .
* Like Snowpoint City, Mt. Silver's summit features on certain special days in , including the anniversary of the release of in Japan.
** Mt. Silver is also the only location in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver where a naturally occurring storm can be experienced.
* In , whenever the player is in or on the mountain, the location header pop-up is always "Mt. Silver Cave", even when the player is not inside the cave. This may possibly be a carryover from the original games, in which the in-game location header was "Silver Cave".
* Fresh Water is collected from Mt. Silver, according to the Japanese item description in , and . This is also mentioned in the Korean item description in Pokémon Gold and Silver. However, this is not mentioned in the English item descriptions.
===Origin===
Mt. Silver is based on in the real-world .
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Johto locations
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal locations
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver locations
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fr:Grotte Argentée
ja:シロガネやまどうくつ