Crystal Pool

The Crystal Pool (Japanese: てらす池 Illuminating Pool) is a large pool located at Oni Mountain summit in the center of Kitakami. It is one of the Six Wonders of Kitakami.
==Geography==
The Crystal Pool is a large area at the top of Oni Mountain. A small, man-made bridge has been built around a longer strip of water. Glowing crystals, like the ones found in Area Zero can be found at the bottom of the pool, rising upwards to the surface. When travelling there with Carmine, during the events of The Teal Mask, she mentions a rumor about the Crystal Pool where you can happen to meet people here who have passed away. Briar refers to the area as "sacred ground" upon her arrival. According to her, the crystals emit energy of the same wavelength as stal energy. She doesn't understand why this is the case, but hopes to figure that out to stabilize the Terastal phenomenon in regions other than Paldea. After Carmine leaves, Briar also mentions that her research here could bring her one step closer to , suggesting the Pokémon and the area itself may be related. 
Sparkling Crystal Clusters can be found within the pool, with the player receiving one after being attacked by a during the events of The Teal Mask.
==Places of interest==
===Lake caves===
On the far side of the area, there's a small hole beneath the ground that the player can enter. It will take them to an underground lake beneath the river, where Pokémon such as Feebas may spawn.
Inside the caves beneath the lake
===Post DLC===
Following the events of The Indigo Disk, a strange mist will appear at the Crystal Pool when the player returns there. The player must have either in their party or Pokémon Storage System for the cutscene to activate. The player, as well as /, is then able to meet the real Professor Sada/Turo from some point in space-time, who has not yet completed their time machine. After a brief conversation implying that Paradox Pokémon come from parallel timelines, the player will be prompted to exchange Briar's Book for the Scarlet/Violet Book. The player cannot deny the request made by Sada/Turo to trade books. Following this scene, the player will be returned to a permanently different main menu, where the Book will be visible again, featuring a new arrangement of the main Pokémon theme.
Even before this point, the player is able to read the Professor's notes in the Area Zero Underdepths, noting that they received a white book from a child in an eastern land. Since the Professor doesn't seem to have given Koraidon/Miraidon their name yet at this point in their life, (referring to them as the /) it is implied that this encounter inadvertently triggered a by telling them what their Legendary Pokémon was called and inspiring the Professor to continue their research on Area Zero or possibly creating an AI, if the player references it in their dialogue. 
Talking to Arven in his dorm at the Academy (provided the player has formed close bonds with him) reveals different dialogue about the location of the book as a result of this interaction.
 	
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==Items==
===Cave biome===
===Lake biome===
===Rocky Area biome===
==Pokémon==
===Lake Caves===
==Special encounters==
After Kieran and Carmine's grandpa offers to fix 's mask, the player and Carmine head to the Crystal Pool to obtain a Crystal Cluster, where a ambushes them. Milotic's stats are different if the player has not yet finished , but it always has 20 s in each stat. It cannot be caught, and is coded to never be .
After it is defeated, it drops a Crystal Cluster.
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==Trainers==
===Multi Battle partners===
Carmine joins the as a Multi Battle partner against the special encounter.
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==Music==
Games	Location 	Song name (Japanese)	Song name (English)	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Everywhere	てらす池 	Crystal Pool 	Toby FoxGō Ichinose	Gō Ichinose
==In animation==
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The Crystal Pool was first mentioned in HZ069, where Carmine revealed that Briar was currently there. In HZ071, Liko, Roy, Dot, and Friede arrived there and met Briar following a brief against a stallized . The Rising Volt Tacklers members subsequently shared with Briar what they knew about , and Briar, in return, shared with them the story of her ancestor, Heath, and her research into Terapagos. After nightfall, they visited the shore of the Crystal Pool in the hopes that the legend about the place allowing one to meet those who have died was true and they'd be able to meet Lucius. However, nothing happened, so the group left Briar's camp the next morning.
In HZ074, Liko, Roy, Dot, and Friede returned to the Crystal Pool alongside Diana, hoping to learn more about one of Lucius's fellow adventurers, Rystal. This time, the pond's rumored power worked and brought Rystal in front of them, along with her baby. From her they learned that had originally been her partner Pokémon. When she referred to her baby as Leila, Dianne identified it as the name of her mother. Rystal then revealed that Leila was the daughter of her and Lucius, meaning that Liko was Lucius's direct descendant, much to her shock. In the following episode, Rystal told everyone how the original Explorers, which consisted of her, Lucius, and Gibeon, had discovered the Laqua paradise and what they had experienced there. Just before she and Leila disappeared back into the past, Rystal told Liko to take care of Terapagos. As such, Terapagos subsequently requested to be by Liko, which she happily agreed to.
====Pokémon seen in the Crystal Pool====
			
====Gallery====
Signpost	Pagogo summoning Rystal
 	
==Trivia==
* The overall layout of the Crystal Pool resembles a smaller version of Area Zero, with the location resembling a crater surrounded by a ring of jagged mountain-like rocks, akin to the Great Crater of Paldea, and containing a lower subsurface area in the center filled with crystals, similar to Area Zero's depths.
* Although it is never shown to the player in-game, the special Milotic encounter is programmed to have a Tera Type, which may imply that the rumor about seeing the deceased at the Crystal Pool (as mentioned by Carmine) is true.
** In , however, the Milotic that appears out of the Crystal Pool does Terastallize into a Ghost Tera Type.
==In other languages==
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Scarlet and Violet locations
Category:Lakes
de:Kristallsee (Kitakami)
es:Lago Cristalino
fr:Lac Cristallin (Septentria)
it:Lago Cristallìo
ja:とこしえの森
zh:晶光池