Faraway place

Faraway place is the met location displayed when a Pokémon is met in a location in one game, then viewed in a game in which that location does not exist.

For example, a Pokémon met in the Distortion World or T.G. Eterna Bldg that is traded to Diamond or Pearl will display "Faraway place" as its met location, because in Diamond and Pearl the location either does not exist or is not treated as an individual location, respectively.

Platinum's Global Terminal and Rotom's Room are treated as the same locations as HeartGold and SoulSilver's. However, the Global Terminal is treated as a different location to Diamond and Pearl's GTS.

Kanto Victory Road is treated as a separate location to Sinnoh Victory Road, Black and White's Victory Road is treated as a separate location to Black 2 and White 2's Victory Road, Kalos Victory Road is treated as a separate location to Hoenn Victory Road, and the Kalos Pokémon League is treated as a separate location to the Hoenn Pokémon League.

The Pokémon World Tournament is treated as the same location as Cold Storage, and Pokémon obtained from the Treasure Hunter and Pokémon obtained from the ^P_K^M_N Breeder are treated as being obtained in the same way.

The Ula'ula Beach is treated as the same location as Secluded Shore and Ultra Deep Sea is treated as the same as Ultra Space.

In Pokémon Crystal, the Cianwood seer will respond "Whaaaat? I can't tell a thing!" if she is inquired about the origin of a Pokémon that has been in the Generation I games at any point or was obtained in a game other than Crystal.

In Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Pokémon whose met location corresponds to index numbers above 087 will display "obtained in a trade" rather than the location name. Likewise, in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon whose met location corresponds to index numbers below 088 or above 195 will display "Met in a trade" rather than the location name; however, in the trade center, unlike in Ruby and Sapphire, if the trade partner is the original Trainer of the Pokémon whose location does not exist in FireRed and LeafGreen, the game will display the met or hatched location as "Somewhere". In Pokémon Emerald, any Pokémon that was not transferred from Pokémon Colosseum or Pokémon XD will display the correct met location.

• List of locations by index number (Generation IV)
• List of locations by index number (Generation V)
• List of locations by index number (Generation VI)
• List of locations by index number (Generation VII)

This article is part of Project Locations, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every location in the Pokémon world.