Hammerlocke

Hammerlocke (Japanese: ナックルシティ Knuckle City) is a city situated in the center of the Galar region.
==Slogan==
A city of great history, living and thriving within castle walls that date back to the middle ages. (Japanese: A historic city that takes advantage of its castle walls from the middle ages.)
==Places of Interest==
===Boutique===
The boutique is located on the west side of the lower tier's main road.
====Male Clothing====
After obtaining the Style Card ()
====Female Clothing====
After obtaining the Style Card ()
===Salon===
===Move Tutor===
Down the stairs leading to the moats on the leftmost part of the town, there is a Move Tutor who will teach , , or to any evolutionary form of first partner Pokémon. In addition, Grass Pledge can also be taught to .
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===Friendship Rater===
===Hammerlocke Vault===
Hammerlocke Vault is a building located on the west side of the city and is supervised by Raihan. It houses four tapestries depicting the history of Galar and the Darkest Day.
The 's Hammerlocke Gym mission takes place at the vault.
===Battle Café===
The Battle Café is located on the west side of the city.
===Pokémon Center (South)===
This Pokémon Center is located in the south of the city, just north of the Wild Area entrance.
====Poké Mart====
This Poké Mart is located inside the Pokémon Center.
===Hammerlocke Stadium===
Hammerlocke Stadium is the official Pokémon Gym of Hammerlocke. The Gym Leader, Raihan, specializes in Pokémon. He also specializes in Double Battles and weather manipulation. It is the last Gym that s have to face. He hands out the to those who defeat him.
The stadium also houses the Macro Cosmos Energy Plant, which can be accessed by taking an elevator from the lobby. The Energy Plant also has another elevator that leads to the tower summit at the top of the stadium.
===Hammerlocke Station===
Hammerlocke Station is located in the northeast of the city. The train can be ridden from here once the player has earned the .
The can catch a train from this station to the following locations:
* Wedgehurst Station
* Wild Area Station (Wild Area)
* Motostoke Station 
* Hulbury Station 
* (once the player has earned the and talked with Hop and Raihan, which only triggers after walking into the station and not from taking the train.)
* Wyndon Station (once the player has visited Wyndon)
* Armor Station (once the player has visited Armor Station from Wedgehurst Station)
* Crown Tundra Station (once the player has visited Crown Tundra Station from Wedgehurst Station)
====Poké Mart====
This Poké Mart is the eastmost storefront inside the station.
=====Vending Machine=====
A vending machine is located inside Hammerlocke Station.
===Pokémon Center (West)===
This Pokémon Center is located on the upper tier, in the northwest of the city.
====Poké Mart====
This Poké Mart is located inside the Pokémon Center.
===Pokémon Center (East)===
This Pokémon Center is located in the east of the city, just next to the exit.
====Poké Mart====
This Poké Mart is located inside the Pokémon Center.
==Demographics==
The population of Hammerlocke is 72, not including the employees of the Pokémon Center, the train station, or Raihan.
==Items==
==Pokémon==
A woman in front of the vault will offer to trade the player her Togepi nicknamed "Snips" in exchange for a Toxel.
==Trainers==
===Hammerlocke vault===
Three s are battled at the vault during Hammerlocke Stadium's Gym mission.
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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Hammerlocke was one of the main settings of the Sword and Shield arc, first appearing in Sword and Shield, Slumbering Weald!, as a burst of Galar particles escaped from the Energy Plant. The same happened again in the following episode, prompting to investigate Rose's actions. In Sword and Shield: "From Here to Eternatus!", escaped from the Energy Plant and started the Darkest Day. While Leon engaged Eternatus above the Hammerlocke Stadium and battled Rose at the Stadium battlefield, Sonia and Goh arrived in the city and busted through the barrier of guarding the Stadium entrance. As Goh entered the Stadium and started battling Oleana, Sonia was joined by Raihan, who easily defeated the Macro Cosmos employees, before heading off to deal with rampaging Dynamax Pokémon.
In Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!, after defeating Rose and Oleana respectively, Ash and Goh rushed to the summit of Hammerlocke Stadium just in time to see Leon being defeated by Eternatus. Using the Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield Goh had found at the Slumbering Weald, they summoned and to their aid and succeeded in defeating and Eternatus, ending the Darkest Day.
In Catching the Aura of Fate!, Raihan was seen in Hammerlocke, preparing for his upcoming World Coronation Series match with Ash. The match occurred in the following episode, taking place at the Hammerlocke Stadium. After a challenging battle, Ash was able to best Raihan in the season's last entrance battle, granting him a place in the Masters Eight.
In Paring Pokémon While Parrying!, Eternatus, while being observed by Professor Magnolia at the Energy Plant, reacted to the intense energy created by Ash and Leon's Masters Eight Tournament battle at Wyndon Stadium and broke out of its containment before flying to Wyndon.
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===Pokémon Horizons: The Series===
In Reunion at the Ancient Castle!, Liko, Roy, and Friede took a train to the Hammerlocke Station to get to the ancient castle where Diana was hiding.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Hammerlocke first appeared in Gulp Gulp!! Pokémon, where Raihan was seen examining the progress of the remaining s.
In Thump!! The Gazing Sage, when arrived at the Hammerlocke entrance, Raihan challenged him to a battle and beat him. He explained that due to him constantly losing against Leon, he was in need of material of himself being victorious in battle to post in the social media. Afterwards, he took Henry to the vault, where they found Sonia being attacked by a . When Sonia explained that it had started attacking her after she had accidentally stepped on its fan, Henry figured out that it was mad because the fur on its fan had gotten messed up. After he had tidied up the fan with a brush, Oranguru calmed down and even asked to be by Henry, which he agreed to. Afterwards, they entered the vault and examined the four tapestries present there. After rejoining with and meeting Opal, Henry traveled to Stow-on-Side with them.
In Rising!! Opal of Ballonlea, Bede was in Hammerlocke after Chairman Rose had revoked his Gym Challenger status, receiving a letter sent for him by Opal just as a big quake shook the city. In Stealth!! Infiltrate the Energy Plant, Raihan managed to convince Leon into focusing his attention on protecting the civilians while he investigated what had happened, sneaking into the Energy Plant. He was soon found out by Chairman Rose, who explained the quake away as a failed experiment, although Raihan didn't buy it.
After Sonia had been attacked on , Leon took her and the of her Flying Taxi to a hospital in Hammerlocke in Unbelievable!! The Shocking Truth. Once she could talk again, Sonia told Leon how she had overheard Chairman Rose talking with Sordward and Shielbert about their plans to bring about the Darkest Day.
In Rumble!! The Horrific Darkest Day, following Chairman Rose starting the Darkest Day, a pair of started a live broadcast from Hammerlocke to cover the event, soon noticing flying down from the sky. They were then approached by Sordward and Shielbert, who revealed Eternatus's identity to them and presented themselves as descendants of the heroes who had once defeated it in the ancient past. Later, most of the Galar Gym Leaders, Henry, Casey, Leon, Sonia, Hop, Marnie, and Bede pursued them to the Energy Plant, where they encountered Chairman Rose, who let them observe a live feed of Sordward and Shielbert battling Eternatus on the tower summit. When the two brothers failed to defeat Eternatus, Rose challenged it himself, but was defeated as well, leaving it to the Gym Leaders and their allies to battle the . During the battle, it transformed into its form.
The Gym Leaders were eventually defeated by Eternatus, following which and joined the battle. In Oh My!! The Disappearance of Henry, when the legendary heroes attacked Eternatus, the three Legendary Pokémon, along with Henry and the Rusted Sword and Shield, disappeared in a brilliant flash of light. While the people who had been injured the worst during the battle were being treated at the Hammerlocke hospital, Casey reviewed the Drone Rotom footage of the battle, noticing that Henry and the artifacts had actually disappeared moments before Eternatus, which led her to figuring out that he was likely ed away by an unseen Pokémon.
In PASS35, the antidote for Eternatus's poison was shared amongst the people recovering in Hammerlocke, though its side effect caused everyone's hair to grow to drastic proportions.
In PASS41, Eternatus was revealed to have reappeared at Hammerlocke, with a group of Gigantamax Pokémon having gathered around the stadium to protect it. A group of Sordward and Shielbert's supporters tried to demand the two's release from prison, but Oleana refused to accept their demands. With Henry, Casey, and Marvin's own Gigantamax Pokémon defeating the Pokémon guarding Hammerlocke and Bede's Gigantamax forcing Eternatus down from the clouds, Zacian and Zamazenta were able to reach and defeat it. Following Casey's pleads, Macro Cosmos agreed to leave Eternatus free in the hopes of people learning to coexist with it. While the press tried to praise Henry, Casey, and their friends as heroes, Casey, Leon, and Piers gave that honor to Zacian and Zamazenta instead, not wanting to risk more people like Sordward and Shielbert coming about by starting to label more humans as heroes.
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==Trivia==
* Hammerlocke has the fewest stores than any other city in the Galar region, with just three: the cafeteria, the salon, and the boutique.
* As seen from afar, the city is shaped like a flying dragon, with the entrance being the head, the platforms forming its wings, and the castle towers resembling its tail.
* As mentioned in the city slogan, the appearance of Hammerlocke takes its inspiration from .
* Hammerlocke is tied with Lumiose City for having the most Pokémon Centers in a single city, with three.
* It is possible that Hammerlocke University is based on either Cambridge or Oxford University; both prestigious institutions founded in the Middle Ages.
===Origin===
Hammerlocke is likely based off of , due to its extensive canal network.
====Name origin====
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ナックルシティ Knuckle City 	From
English, Polish,Brazilian Portuguese	Hammerlocke 	From (a form of shoulder lock) and locke (toponym for a lockable enclosure)
German 	Claw City 	From claw
Spanish 	Ciudad Artejo 	From artejo (knuckle)
French 	Kickenham 	From kick, -ham (British town suffix for farm, homestead) and possibly
Italian 	Knuckleburgh 	From knuckle and (British town suffix for fortified enclosure)
Korean 	너클시티 Knuckle City 	From its Japanese name
Chinese () 	拳關市 / 拳关市 Quánguān Shì 	From 拳 quán / kyùhn (fist) and 指關節 / 指关节 zhǐguānjié / jígwāanjit (knuckle)
Chinese () 	拳關市 Kyùhngwāan Síh 	From 拳 quán / kyùhn (fist) and 指關節 / 指关节 zhǐguānjié / jígwāanjit (knuckle)
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