Tower of Mastery

The Tower of Mastery (Japanese: マスタータワー Master Tower) is a landmark in Kalos. It is located in Shalour City.
==In the games==
The Tower of Mastery has a major role in the understanding of the concept of Mega Evolution. In it, the learns about the history of Mega Evolution from Korrina's grandfather, Gurkinn. After this, the player fights against / for the Mega Ring so that they can use Mega Evolution, but it is only obtained once Korrina is defeated at the Shalour Gym.
After obtaining the , Korrina will be waiting at the top of the tower, where she will give the player the Mega Ring. She then challenges the player to a battle, which serves as a tutorial for Mega Evolution. The player is loaned one of Korrina's Lucario to use against Korrina and her other in a one-on-one battle. If the player does not Mega Evolve Lucario, Korrina will rebattle the player until they do. After the player has Mega Evolved Lucario in battle, the player can choose to take Lucario with them.
The player isn't allowed to access the tower's upper floors until they've beaten Korrina at her Gym.
==Items==
==Pokémon==
The Lucario gifted here is coded never to appear as .
==Trainers==
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===Top floor===
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==Music==
Games	Situation 	Song name (Japanese) 	Song name (English) 	Composition 	Arrangement
 	Overworld 	マスタータワー 	Tower of Mastery 	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
 	When battling / 	戦闘！ともだち 	Battle! (Friend) 	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
 	After defeating Calem/Serena	ともだちのテーマ「ずっと友達！」 	Friends Theme "Friends Forever"	Shota Kageyama	Shota Kageyama
 	When battling Korrina 	戦闘！継承者コルニ 	Battle! (Successor Korrina) 	Junichi Masuda	Shota Kageyama
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Artwork depicting the Tower of Mastery is seen in 's mindscape.
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==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
According to Gurkinn, Tower of Mastery was built on this specific location due to it being the same place where his ancestor and his once found a Mega Stone and a Key Stone, resulting in the first known Mega Evolution.
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Tower of Mastery was first featured in a flashback in Mega Revelations!, where it was shown how obtained her Key Stone from her grandfather at the tower.
The tower made its present day debut in Origins of Mega Evolution!, where it was also revealed that the Shalour Gym is located inside of it. After spending a night at the tower, prepared to start his Gym battle with Korrina. The battle was conducted in Showdown at the Shalour Gym!, with Ash eventually emerging victorious.
The tower and the Shalour Gym made a brief reappearance in A Diamond in the Rough!, where Alain was shown defeating Korrina in a Gym battle.
In XYS06, mentioned his intention to go see the Tower of Mastery as he left Lumiose City.
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The tower was briefly seen again in Under Color of Darkness! during Ash and Goh's visit to Shalour City.
The tower reappeared in An Adventure of Mega Proportions!, where Ash and Goh visited it to meet Korrina and Gurkinn. After watching Korrina win a Gym battle, Ash told her that he wished to become able to Mega Evolve his for his upcoming World Coronation Series Ultra and Master Class battles. Korrina agreed to help, giving Ash a Mega Glove and accompanying him to Mega Island to find a Lucarionite.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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The Tower of Mastery first appeared in Trevenant Pokes and Heracross Transforms, where it was attacked by Essentia and her in an attempt to find out the secrets of Mega Evolution. Korrina and Gurkinn did their best to defend the tower, but eventually Gurkinn chose to activate the tower's self-destruct mechanism in order to protect its secrets. The tower was collapsed into ruins, allowing the secrets of Mega Evolution to remain hidden, although Gurkinn was sad that the secrets of were also lost in the tower's destruction.
In Malamar Traps, Blaine was revealed to be one of the people whom Gurkinn had taught Mega Evolution to at the Tower of Mastery.
In Magearna Moves, after peace had returned to Kalos, revealed that the reconstruction of the Tower of Mastery was due to start in a month.
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The tower reappeared in a flashback in PS616, where revealed that he had obtained his Key Stone from Gurkinn there.
==Trivia==
* According to the on 4F, Professor Sycamore once trained here in his younger years to learn about Mega Evolution, but left fairly quickly after deciding he didn't have what it takes.
===Origin===
The Tower of Mastery appears to be based on .
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
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de:Turm der Erkenntnis
es:Torre Maestra
fr:Tour Maîtrise
it:Torre Maestra
ja:マスタータワー
zh:精練之塔