Postwick
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Location Location of Postwick in Galar. | ||||||||||
Postwick (Japanese: ハロンタウン Furlong Town) is a small town located at the southern end of the Galar region. It is the hometown of the Galarian player character and their rival, Hop. To the north is Route 1 and to the west is the Slumbering Weald.
Slogan
A farming town since days of old, where people and their Pokémon live in close harmony. (Japanese: 昔から 牧場を 営み ポケモンたちと ともに暮らす 町 A farming town since days of old, where people and Pokémon live together.)
Places of interest

Player's house
- Main article: Player's house
The player character lives in this house with their Mum and her Munchlax.
Hop and Leon's house
Hop and Leon live here with their parents and grandparents. After fetching Leon from Wedgehurst, the Champion will give the player and Hop their first partner Pokémon at the front yard.
After the player becomes the new Champion, Leon will leave a Poké Ball containing a Charmander on the floor in his room on the second floor with a letter. This Charmander can Gigantamax once it evolves into Charizard.
Demographics
Postwick's population is 5 (not counting the player, Hop and Leon), likely owing to its lack of amenities such as a stadium or Pokémon Center and its relative isolation. This makes it the smallest town in Galar as well as the smallest town in the entire Pokémon world.
Items
| Item | Location | Games | |
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| Potion ×3 | Player's house, in the Bag when obtained | Sw Sh | |
| Adventure Guide | Player's house, in the Bag when obtained | Sw Sh | |
| Fishing Rod | Player's house, in the Bag when obtained | Sw Sh | |
| $30,000 | Player's house, from Mum when departing for Wedgehurst to obtain the Pokédex | Sw Sh | |
| Poké Ball ×5 | Player's house, from Mum when departing for Wedgehurst to obtain the Pokédex | Sw Sh | |
| Max Revive ×3 | From Sonia after Rose interrupts the Champion Cup | Sw Sh | |
| Master Ball | Player's house, from Professor Magnolia after becoming Champion | Sw Sh | |
Pokémon
All gift Pokémon here are coded never to appear as Shiny.
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| Sw | Sh | 5 | One | |||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | 5 | One | |||||||||||
| Gift Pokémon After becoming Champion | ||||||||||||||
| Sw | Sh | 5 | One | |||||||||||
| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here. | ||||||||||||||
Trainers
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In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
Artwork depicting Postwick is seen in Hop's mindscape.
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In animation

Pokémon: Twilight Wings
Postwick appeared in Buddy, where Hop's Wooloo ran away from home and subsequently began exploring the town. Later, Hop ran across the town, asking people if they had seen Wooloo.
In the manga

Pokémon Adventures
Sword & Shield arc
Postwick first briefly appeared in a flashback in Ooh Shiny!! Legendary Equipment. One year earlier, Henry had traveled through the town towards the Slumbering Weald in the hopes of seeing the legendary Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield. As he approached the gate leading to the forest, he saw something falling from the sky and into the forest. Casey suddenly appeared, bashing through the gate with her Pokémon. She had recognized the falling objects as Wishing Stars and wanted to get her hands on them. With both of their objectives lying inside the forest, the two Trainers entered it together.
In Rumble!! The Darkest Day Returns, the effects of the Darkest Day's second coming were shown to have reached Postwick, resulting in the local Pokémon Dynamaxing involuntarily.
In the TCG

- Main article: Postwick (Journey Together 154)
Postwick was introduced as a Stadium card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Battle Partners expansion and the English Journey Together expansion, with artwork by AYUMI ODASHIMA. It is a card that exclusively benefits the "Hop" Trainer's Pokémon archetype in the TCG; as long as the Postwick Stadium card is in play, each player's Hop's Pokémon do 30 more damage against their opponent's Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
Trivia

Origin
- Main article: Pokémon world in relation to the real world → Galar
In a Game Informer feature, Pokémon Sword and Shield director Shigeru Ohmori shared a concept sketch he drew in late September 2016, based on the scenery he saw in Windermere. This sketch ended up serving as a basis for Postwick's design.[1] The Cumbrian town of Keswick has also been cited as an influence on Postwick's design.[2]
Name origin
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ハロンタウン Furlong Town | From furlong (imperial unit of distance formerly used in measuring open fields) or ハロン棒 furlong-bō (distance pole used in horse racing) |
| English, Brazilian Portuguese | Postwick | From post and -wick (British town suffix for place) |
| German, Italian | Furlongham | From furlong and -ham (British town suffix for farm, homestead) |
| Spanish | Pueblo Yarda | From yarda (yard) |
| French | Paddoxton | From paddock and -ton (British town suffix for enclosure, homestead) |
| Korean | 펄롱마을 Furlong Maeul | From 펄롱 furlong |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 化朗鎮 / 化朗镇 Huàlǎng Zhèn | From 化朗 huàlǎng / falóhng (furlong) |
| Chinese (Cantonese) | 化朗鎮 Falóhng Jan | |
| Indonesian | Kota Postwick | From its English name |
| Thai | เฟอร์ลองทาวน์ Furlong Town | From its Japanese name |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shea, Brian (October 4, 2019). "Exclusive Pokémon Sword And Shield Concept Art Gallery." Game Informer (Archived on April 16, 2024.)
- ↑ Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Galar Expedition Guide
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