Mt. Silver

:If you were looking for the mountain itself, see Mt. Silver Cave.
Mt. Silver (Japanese: シロガネ Mt. Shirogane) is a large mountain in Johto, located west of and Indigo Plateau.
In , "Mt. Silver" only refers to the outside area at the foot of the mountain; the interior cave, exterior, and summit are all part of Mt. Silver Cave instead. In Generation II, both areas are included under the location header Silver Cave (Japanese: シロガネやま Mt. Shirogane).
In the , it is the home of , where the Johto League's Silver Conference is held.
==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.
The route to the area, Kanto Route 28, is rough, though no HMs are explicitly required to reach the Pokémon Center just outside the entrance of Mt. Silver Cave. 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 .
==Items==
==Pokémon==
===Generation II===
In the Japanese and Korean versions of , appears only in Silver, while appears only in Gold.
===Generation IV===
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting Mt. Silver is seen in the mindscapes of and .
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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 and planned to travel to Mt. Silver for the upcoming Silver Conference, though the addition of to the group gave them another reason to pass through the mountainous area.
They reached the base of Mt. Silver in You're a Star, Larvitar!, and stopped off at the local Pokémon Center. Already competitors for the upcoming Silver Conference were gathering in droves, and Ash had a practice match against another Pokémon Master hopeful, . Witnessing a training his made Ash consider evolving his , but he ultimately decided against it.
In Mother of All Battles!, the group reached Larvitar's home, the Mt. Silver Pokémon Preserve. After defeating the troublesome Pokémon Poacher Brothers, Larvitar was reunited with its mother, . Ranger Mason and crew protect the preservation area, and were pleased to have finally arrested the trio of poachers.
In Pop Goes The Sneasel, the group stopped off at the local Ho-Oh Shrine after the attendant reported a , a , and a were stopping anyone from reaching the Sacred Flame, which was needed for the opening ceremony of the Silver Conference. , a Trainer from the Hoenn region, assisted Ash and his friends in defeating the trio of wild Pokémon, and went on to the Sneasel for himself, allowing the torch relay to begin.
Ash and his friends reached , the host city of the Silver Conference, in A Claim to Flame!. The city boasts at least 30 inhabitants, but the Johto League's yearly tournament brings a large amount of tourism to the city. The event wrapped up by Johto Photo Finish.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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In Raising Raichu, arrived at the hot springs on Mt. Silver to recuperate from the frostbites he had received after being frozen by Lorelei in the . While there, he also met Sabrina, who was there to recuperate from similar injuries she received while battling Lorelei on Cerise Island.
At the end of the arc, Red and went to Mt. Silver to train together. Their training session was seen in two special chapters printed in Pokémon the Comic, during which they battled against a wild and .
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In Pleased as Punch With Parasect, the Radio Director admitted to Gold that he did spy on him training with Red on Mt. Silver. This had inspired the Radio Director to move into the television business with a kids' cartoon called Proteam Omega, whose characters were based on .
===Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure===
Jō went to Mt. Silver following his battle with at the Viridian Gym in The True Road to Becoming the Strongest!!. He discovered on the summit, and challenged him to a battle.
==Trivia==
* Mt. Silver is marked as a Johto location by the Pokégear; however, all squares immediately surrounding it (including those to the west of it) are marked as Kanto areas by the map in . This issue was not present in the map of , which placed it directly north of New Bark Town.
* In , the exterior of Mt. Silver is the only Johto area to use the Kanto tileset. In , the only major differences are the rocks and trees; for example, the trees placed in the high exteriors of the mountain itself are the ones commonly found in Johto.
* The lady inside the Pokémon Center in , which was the only NPC present (other than the Pokémon Center lady), is absent in .
* In the deluxe edition of the board game, Mt. Silver was called Shirogane Mt., based on a romanization of the Japanese name of the mountain; this is presumably because it was released before Gold and Silver were released in English.
* Fresh Water is collected from Mt. Silver, according to its item description in the Japanese and Korean versions of , and . 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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zh:白银山