It hasn’t escaped anyone’s notice: Mauville City has had a complete makeover. So much so that it now has far more to see than before…

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Map of the new Mauville City

Far from the near-village it was in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald, Mauville City has grown into a metropolis that could easily be called a mini Lumiose City. And for good reason: among the bridges built between ORAS and XY, Mauville City and Lumiose City are now twinned, as shown by the statue of the Prism Tower in the middle of the city. On top of that, the city now spreads over three levels: the ground floor with the city itself, the second floor called “Mauville Residence” since it holds the residents’ apartments, and the rooftop, which is a park open to the sky.

Here are maps of the ground floor and the second floor to avoid any confusion.


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The new locations

For those nostalgic for Generation III, there is one place that will tug at the heartstrings: the Game Corner. Located in the west of Mauville City, it is actually closed, with just a little note from its former managers. Outside, a man will give you the Treecko, Torchic and Mudkip Dolls. Among the more incidental places, there is also the massage parlor (which still raises your Pokémon’s happiness) and the mirror shop, which simply lets you get the Reveal Glass once you have gathered Tornadus, Thundurus and Landorus. The PokéMiles Club, like the characters formerly found in Pokémon Centers, lets you buy a few small items.

Two of the Move Tutors are also here, each teaching very particular moves. The “La Voix” café, in the south-west corner, lets you teach Relic Song to Meloetta and Secret Sword to Keldeo.

In the north of the city, to the right of the exit to Route 111, the Mauville TV building is the one that runs the Play Nav programs, among other things, and is in many ways reminiscent of the Jubilife TV buildings in Sinnoh.

The other buildings are exact copies of, or inspired by, those in Lumiose City.

  • The Battle Institute, in the north-east corner, lets you test your team in a series of battles against the game’s AI.
  • The Inverse Battle Service, beyond the simple duel against Jeremiah in XY, lets you face a series of Trainers in battles where type effectiveness is inverted. You will win an item depending on the number of super effective hits dealt/taken.
  • The Mauville Canteen is reminiscent of the restaurants in Lumiose City. You order your menu, of course, and depending on the menu you pick, you will face Trainers under set conditions.

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The apartments on the 2nd floor

When Mauville City was being developed, one man had the bright idea of buying the land around it. That is how, in the days of ORAS, he ended up the happy owner of all the apartments in what is plainly called the Mauville Residence. Arranged in a square around the central courtyard, it has sixteen apartments, twelve of them occupied. You will only have access to this area after talking to Wattson in the inner courtyard, once you have battled Groudon/Kyogre.

  • Apt 1 – Rotation Granny: as the name more or less suggests, this is an old lady who specializes in Rotation Battles. You can battle her in her home. She has the three elemental monkeys, namely Simisage, Simisear and Simipour, at level 42.
  • Apt 2 – Fine Ribbons: here, you can receive ribbons, specifically one per day. These are the ones that have been obtainable daily since Generation IV. For more information on the day and the ribbons to obtain, we invite you to read the dedicated article.
  • Apt 3 – The Uncles: this is where you will find the Uncles you talked to in the Mauville City Pokémon Center. Once they are all there, you will also find the O-Power expert, who will give you the Hatching O-Power.
  • Apt 5 – Composer: a composer, apparently mostly a pianist, lives here. You can only talk to him through the intercom, where he refuses to see you and complains about all the fans who come to see him.
  • Apt 6 – Warm-hearted Young Woman: the woman who lives here is a little friendlier, but above all a fan of the composer. She won’t be the most pleasant either, because no one is a bigger fan of the composer than she is!
  • Apt 7 – Dreamy Man: an apartment you can enter without ringing the intercom. A scientist (the one from ORAS?) is practicing giving a HM Rock Smash to Trainers.
  • Apt 9 – Cranky Young Woman: no long conversation with her. You can only talk to her through the intercom, and only long enough for her to say “What is it? We don’t need anything here!”.
  • Apt 10 – Man Watching Who Walks Down the Hallway: impossible to enter. If you talk to him through the intercom, he orders you to step aside because he is using its camera to watch the hallway.
  • Apt 11 – Man Without Qualities: go in to find a single man in the bottom-right corner, not very talkative and not very self-assured.
  • Apt 12 – Scaredy-cat: the man who lives here refuses to let anyone in. The first time you come, he will be talking with a man in black. Talk to the latter a second time to get the Lopunnite.
  • Apt 13 – Wattson: the Gym Leader lives here with his wife. After you check the state of the generator, he gives you the TM Thunderbolt.
  • Apt 14 – Ice Cream Addict: the little girl who lives here proclaims her love of ice cream, but doesn’t give or ask for anything in particular.

Apartments 4, 8, 15 and 16 are unoccupied, and it is impossible to visit them.

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The open-air rooftop

Mauville City’s lush green rooftop is open to the sky, and many NPCs stroll around it. The first time you come here, a stranger gives you a Nugget. On the bench in the north-west, an old man also tells you about a man who worked on Sea Mauville and was fired following serious negligence. If you read the documentation in the wreck, you will see that this man is not entirely unknown to you.

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New Mauville

You will only have access to this place after you have battled Groudon/Kyogre. First go and talk to Wattson in the inner courtyard then, at his invitation, go and see him in apartment 13 of the Mauville Residence. He will scan your iris, since the traditional key has been replaced by a more modern optical scan. Then go to Route 110 and Surf from a spot near the entrance to the Cycling Road. A little to the east is the entrance to New Mauville.

Smaller and less labyrinthine than before, New Mauville has only two rooms. In the first, a number of items and Voltorb lie on the ground. In the second, besides more items and the sparkle that marks the Ampharosite, on the right, there is the generator. Examine it to see that everything is normal, then go back to see Wattson. He will give you the TM containing Thunderbolt.

This is also where Nosepass and Magneton can evolve.

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