Hippowdon Temple

	"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A mysterious temple with a Hippowdon motif that sits in the Haruba Desert. There are tales of a precious treasure the lies deep inside the temple.
Location:	North of Haruba Desert
Region:	Almia
Generations:	IV
	; Location of Hippowdon Temple in Almia.
	Pokémon world locations

Hippowdon Temple (Japanese: カバルドンしんでん Kabaldon Temple) is a location in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. Oddly enough, despite its shape and name, no Hippowdon live inside, though there is one of them just outside.

The temple is rigged with many traps, such as Bronzor hiding in the walls, disappearing floors, arrow panels that push the player in various directions, and cannons that launch balls of sand, which can cause damage to the Capture Styler and knock the player off the path that must be followed. A Cresselia appears as the guardian of the Yellow Gem in the final room. This Pokémon cannot be caught anywhere else, excluding the Capture Arena, and cannot be kept. A Starly can be found (if it is not already the player's Partner) in the temple on a quest. Once caught, Starly will join the Partner Farm, as will Hippopotas. After completing the game, a Dusknoir will appear with all the Claydol. Palkia can be found here on a special mission. Once caught, it cannot be kept. It cannot be caught anywhere else.

Upon completing all 60 Quests and completing the Browser, a whirlpool of sand appears in a room deep in the temple, that before was a damage ground, in the room with the arrow panels. If the player enters this whirlpool, they will be dragged to a hidden room containing the inscription "The final Pokémon that should be etched in the memory of the chosen one...the final Pokémon lies asleep inside" and three pedestals. If Regirock, Regice and Registeel are brought to this room and placed on the pedestals, the player may enter a battle with Regigigas. After the first capture, the player may return at any time to challenge Regigigas again, not needing the legendary giants. Regigigas cannot be kept, and this is the only place that it is found.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Poké Assist	Field
	Sandslash	Ground
	Victreebel	Grass
	Golem	Rock
	Magneton	Recharge
	Gengar	Ghost
	Ariados	Bug
	Bellossom	Grass
	Espeon	Psychic
	Tyranitar	Dark
	Sableye	Dark
	Claydol	Psychic
	Banette	Ghost
	Starly *	Flying
	Drifblim	Ghost
	Bronzor	Steel
	Bronzong	Steel
	Gabite	Dragon
	Garchomp *	Dragon
	Hippopotas *	Ground
	Dusknoir *	Ghost
	Palkia *	Dragon
	Regigigas *	Normal
	Cresselia *	Psychic

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Obstacles

Main article: Obstacle


Image	Name	Description	Field Move	Hidden Pokémon
	Boulder	An extremely hard and big boulder. Not many kinds of Pokémon can break this.	Crush
	Sand Cover	It's a suspicious-looking mound of sand. there appears to be something beneath it.	Tunnel

Elevate is required twice to move between floors.
Teleport can be used here to return to the entrance.

Layout

1F

Game	1F
Shadows of Almia

2F West

Game	North Room	Center Room	Northwest Room	South Hallway	Exterior
Shadows of Almia

2F East

Game	Platform Room	Arrow Panel Room	Northeast Room	Auxiliary Rooms
Shadows of Almia

Gem & Regigigas Chambers

Game	Gem Cave		Regigigas Cave
Shadows of Almia

Trivia

In the room with flowing sand and sand cannons, there is a small skip at the beginning of the room. Standing on the top-right corner of the walkable platform just before the first hole and holding up-right allows the player to walk across the sand and land on the platform to the right. This saves a few seconds every time it's done in a speedrun.