Relic Castle

Relic Castle (Japanese: Ancient Castle) is a large castle and the ruins of an ancient city that is over 2,500 years old, located in the middle of Desert Resort. It is made up of several floors and a maze.
==History==
The Relic Castle is what remains of an ancient city built by one of the ancient kings of Unova and his respective legendary dragon at least 2,500 years ago. It was said to have been the heart of a civilization for people and Pokémon in the region. As time went by, the city was buried in the sand.
==Geography==
In , the Relic Castle, although accessible early in the game, cannot be fully explored until after entering the Hall of Fame. Five floors deep, only the first and second floors can initially be entered: a explains that the lower floors are covered in sand and are impassable until he has cleaned up a bit.
The first floor is hazardous, with two patches of quicksand which may suck passersby into the second chamber. A nearby scientist explains that if players walk over the middle of the quicksand, or run anywhere near it, they will fall through the floor. However, walking slowly anywhere besides the middle of the quicksand is safe. Behind the furthest patch of quicksand is a who has found two rare Fossils. To relieve her load, she offers the player one of her Fossils, and notes that one of Lenora's colleagues knows how to revive the Fossil into an extinct Pokémon.
After N has awakened / at Dragonspiral Tower, the next few floors have been cleared up, allowing the player to venture deeper into the castle, which, at this point, is filled with s. At the lowest reachable floor, the player will encounter Alder and Ghetsis, with the latter giving a brief speech before leaving.
After completing the main game, a new entrance will open up on the bottom floor of the castle. The player will enter a complex maze and chase a Team Plasma Grunt, who must be fought to continue through the maze. After defeating the Grunt, he will explain that he was lookout for a sage who was experimenting. The player can find one of the Seven Sages, Ryoku, towards the southern part of the maze. He explains that he wants the Pokémon that lives in Relic Castle to impress Ghetsis. After he is taken away by Looker, the player can continue to the shrine of and battle it. After continuing west through the maze, the player can travel up some stairs to the other exit of Relic Castle, where is found.
In , most of the Relic Castle has become filled with sand and is inaccessible, leaving only the first two floors (which are still accessible via the Desert Resort), and a portion of the lowest floor—including Volcarona's room—which is accessible via the Relic Passage.
==Items==
==Pokémon==
===Pokémon Black and White===
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
==Special encounters==
===Pokémon Black and White===
A appears on the lowest floor after defeating Ghetsis. If defeated or run from, it respawns after entering the Hall of Fame.
===Pokémon Black 2 and White 2===
A appears on the lowest floor after earning the . If defeated or run from, it respawns at a higher level after entering the Hall of Fame.
First encounter	Second encounter
 	
==Trainers==
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==Layout==
===1F and B1F===
Version	1F 	1F 	B1F 	B1F
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
  	 	 	 	 
===B2F and B3F===
Version	B2F 	B2F 	B3F 	B3F
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
  	 	 	 	 
===B4F, B5F, and B6F===
Version	B4F 	B4F 	B5F 	B5F 	B6F 	B6F
 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	
  	 	 	 	 	 	 
===Lowest floor===
Version	Lowest floor	Lowest floor	Lowest floor	Volcarona's room
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
  	  	  	  	 
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
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The Relic Castle was set to play a major role in the original as the location where Team Rocket discovered the Meteonite and James's Yamask first appeared in, but the episode and have since been postponed indefinitely, and were retconned out of continuity when Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot! aired.
===Pokémon Generations===
Relic Castle appeared in The Adventure, where both and his were seen entering the castle. Inside the castle, Pikachu accidentally stepped into a sand pit, causing it to fall down into 's room. Pikachu battled Volcarona and managed to defeat it, but was then suddenly confronted by a , which attacked.
==In the manga==
===Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder===
The Relic Castle appeared in Get the Legendary Pokémon!, where and Alder traveled there in search of the Light Stone. They successfully found it, only for Alder to then seemingly betray Shin and claim the Light Stone for himself. After Shin had defeated Alder's , he revealed that he had only feigned betrayal as a test to see he was worthy to be a Hero. The Light Stone then turned into , and Shin flew off with it to confront N at his castle.
===Pokémon Adventures===
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The entrance to Relic Castle appeared in To Make a Musical, where Ryoku of the Seven Sages prepared to enter the ruins in order to find and catch for Ghetsis.
==Trivia==
* The battled on the lowest floor in has the highest-level Pokémon ever used by a villainous team Grunt in the core series , with his being at level 64.
* In 's room, Dusk Balls never have an increased catch rate modifier, even at night. The only other location to have this distinction is the Strange House.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Black and White locations
Category:Black 2 and White 2 locations
Category:Ruins
Category:Castles
de:Alter Palast
es:Castillo Ancestral
fr:Château Enfoui
it:Castello Sepolto
ja:こだいのしろ
zh:古代城