Mahogany Town

A town with a suspicious air to it. It's a hiding place for ninjas.

## Location

Location of Mahogany Town in Johto

Mahogany Town is a small town in northern Johto where ninjas once resided in what eventually became the Team Rocket HQ. There are three exits out of town. To the west is Route 42, to the east is Route 44, and to the north is Route 43, which leads directly to the famous Lake of Rage.

## Description

Pokémon Trainers must come to Mahogany Town in order to win the Glacier Badge from Pryce, the Mahogany Gym Leader who specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. Mahogany is a quiet, relaxed town, and has no Pokémon MART. Instead, there is a shop used by Team Rocket as a base. After Team Rocket is defeated, it is converted into a store run by a little old lady.

When the town is first entered, there is a man blocking the eastern exit to Route 44 and the Ice Path who wants to sell the player a RageCandyBar. The man will then say that the player needs to see the attractions in the town and the surrounding area, and he will continue to block the eastern exit until the player has defeated Team Rocket at the Goldenrod Radio Tower.

## Points of Interest

### Just a Souvenir Shop

In lieu of a Pokémon MART in Mahogany Town is a small shop in the middle of town which is known as Just a Souvenir Shop. It is a convenience store that sells supplies necessary for Pokémon training. The shop is run by a creepy old man who seems very suspicious. However, the shop is actually just a front for the Team Rocket HQ, whose hideout is accessible by a stairway concealed under a gold cabinet. After Team Rocket is run out of town, the old man abandons the shop, which is later occupied by an old lady who sets up a small shop selling items that "nobody else has".

Inside the little store are tables of random assortments of items. On the northern wall stands a giant gold cabinet, which conceals an entryway to an underground base. When the cabinet was moved by Lance, the secret entrance was discovered, and remains uncovered when the old lady runs the store. The counter is located on the western side of the shop, where the shopkeeper serves various items. There is also a calculator and a radio on the counter of the shop.

Outside the shop, the old lady's granddaughter sits and promotes the store. She claims that her grandmother sells stuff that nobody else has; however, nothing that her grandmother sells is unique to the shop. While inside, the old lady, who makes whistling noises with her false teeth, serves people with items similar to those which a Pokémon MART would sell.

### Team Rocket HQ

*Main article: Team Rocket HQ*
The Team Rocket HQ is the headquarters and a hideout for Team Rocket, located beneath the heart of Mahogany Town, and the entrance is located under a cabinet in the souvenir shop. The hideout was originally used as a base for ninjas that once resided here; however, after the ninjas left, Team Rocket used the headquarters as a power source to send out high-frequency sound waves, which disturbed the Pokémon in Mahogany Town, Lake of Rage, and other surrounding locations, and affected their evolution patterns. It is also the source of the problems occurring at the lake, involving the appearance of a Red Gyarados.

The upper floor of the base contains Persian statues with security cameras in their eyes—walking past one triggers two Team Rocket Grunts to battle the player until they deactivate the cameras using a switch in the center of the area. The far left hallway bypasses most of the Persian cameras, but the floor is booby-trapped with Koffing, Voltorb and Geodude, which battle the player and have a tendency to Selfdestruct. The second floor contains the generator room where six Electrode power the radio transmitter. The room is locked and requires a password to open. The third floor contains workstations, and a passage back onto the second floor leads to the rear of the hideout where the main office is located. The office is also locked and requires two passwords to open.

### Mahogany Gym

*Main article: Mahogany Gym*
The Mahogany Gym is the official Gym of Mahogany Town. It specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. The Gym Leader is Pryce. Trainers who defeat him receive the Glacier Badge. Pryce cannot be challenged the first time the player arrives in Mahogany Town. A man is blocking entry to the Gym: he will only leave once Team Rocket has been defeated at their headquarters and the Gyarados at the nearby Lake of Rage have been calmed.

The maze comprises of several rooms. After Gym Leader Pryce is defeated, he will give the player the Glacier Badge and an Ice-type and TM - Hail.