Almia Castle

	"Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A castle on the distant shore of Icle Lake, which is in the north of Hia Valley. A precious treasure is said to rest in the deepest part of this abandoned edifice.
Location:	North of Ice Lake
Region:	Almia
Generations:	IV
	; Location of Almia Castle in Almia.
	Pokémon world locations

Almia Castle (Japanese: アルミアのおしろ Almia Castle) is a location in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. It is only accessible through the Ice Lake to the south; the player must capture an Empoleon in order to cross the lake and gain access to the castle. The player first arrives at Almia castle after being ordered there to research the Tears of Princes. On this mission, the player must capture a Lucario that is guarding the Blue Gem.

The castle also has a place in Almia's mythology. As described in folktales, this was where the King of Almia lived, along with his son in blue, after his other two sons were banished to Volcano Cave and Hippowdon Temple. In the quest Mischievous Sneasel, the player captures a Sneasel that becomes a new Partner Pokémon. Once it is captured, it goes to Partner Farm and stays there unless the player chooses to take it with them.

Almia Castle is characterized by a large amount of ice and snow present both inside and outside. It is home to several Ice-type Pokémon, along with two Fire-type Pokémon (Vulpix and Ninetales) that provide the field move Burn to clear targets such as unlit torches and large chunks of ice. It is also one of the three locations of a Legendary giant, Regice.

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon		Poké Assist	Field
	Raichu	Recharge
	Vulpix	Fire
	Ninetales	Fire
	Wigglytuff	Normal
	Haunter	Ghost
	Weezing	Poison
	Scyther	Bug
	Jynx	Psychic
	Vaporeon	Water
	Dratini	Dragon
	Dragonair *	Dragon
	Sneasel *	Dark
	Snorunt	Ice
	Glalie	Ice
	Walrein	Ice
	Regice *	Ice
	Mismagius	Ghost
	Riolu	Fighting
	Lucario *	Fighting
	Weavile *	Dark
	Froslass *	Ice
	Dialga *	Dragon

Team Dim Sun

Quests

There is one quest playable in Almia Castle:

Mischievous Sneasel

Almia Castle
Mrs. Winter

Reward:
		New Partner Pokémon

A Sneasel is causing much mischief
on the second floor of Almia Castle.
It's a nuisance. Please do something
about this mischievous Sneasel.

Obstacles

Main article: Obstacle


Name	Description	Field Move	Hidden Pokémon
Ice Block	A looming, mountainous wall of ice. Weak flames won't begin to melt its surface.	Burn
Ice Statue	A statue crafted out of ice. A strange power emanates from it.	Burn	Regice
Sealed Door	A door with an eerie pattern seemingly floating on it. It reacts only to Psy Power.	Psy Power
Torch	An unlit torch. It only needs some fire to light it.	Burn