Spikemuth
Spikemuth (Japanese: スパイクタウン Spike Town) is a small town located at the eastern end of the Galar region, to the west is Route 9. It is Marnie's hometown and the home base of Team Yell.
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Spikemuth Gym - Galar Gym #7
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Spikemuth Gym - Galar Gym #7
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Location ![]() Location of Spikemuth in Galar. |
Slogan
This rocking town has a punk vibe and streets crammed with shops lined up cheek by jowl. (Japanese: 多くの 店が 雑然と 並ぶ どこか パンクな 雰囲気の 町 A town with a punk vibe where the streets are crammed with many shops.)
Places of interest
Poké Mart
This Poké Mart is located inside the Pokémon Center.
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Gym
Spikemuth Gym スパイクジム Spike Gym | |
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Location | Spikemuth |
Gym Leader | Piers Marnie (Successor) |
Badge | Dark Badge |
Dominant Type | Dark |
Region | Galar |
Spikemuth is the only leg in the Gym Challenge without a stadium or a Power Spot to facilitate Dynamax. Instead, the player's Gym mission begins soon after passing the Pokémon Center, where they must fight a gauntlet of Team Yell Grunts, who reveal themselves to be the Gym Trainers of Spikemuth and formed Team Yell to support the Gym Leader's younger sister Marnie. Occasionally, a Kantonian Mr. Mime will block the path with an invisible wall, forcing the player to defeat a Grunt before they can proceed. The battle against the Gym Leader, Piers, takes place at the battlefield at the end of the town.
During the post-game, Marnie is revealed to have accepted her older brother's request to replace him as the Spikemuth Gym Leader, and can be challenged to an exhibition match at the Gym once per day.
Demographics
Pokémon Sword and Shield
Spikemuth has a population of 29, making it the third-smallest settlement in Galar in terms of population after Postwick and Freezington.
Items
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Piers's League Card | From Marnie before starting the Gym mission | Sw Sh |
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Max Revive | On the main way | Sw Sh |
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Dark Uniform | Reward for defeating Piers | Sw Sh |
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TM85 (Snarl) | Reward for defeating Piers | Sw Sh |
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Choice Specs | South of the stage | Sw Sh |
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Marnie's rare League Card | From Marnie after defeating her | Sw Sh |
Pokémon
A male Team Yell Grunt in the booth at the Gym arena will offer to trade the player his Kantonian Mr. Mime nicknamed "Mymo" in exchange for an Obstagoon.
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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 manga

Sword & Shield chapter
Spikemuth first appeared in PASS23, when Henry and Casey entered it. Soon after entering, a Golisopod and a Bronzong came after them, with their Trainers using communication devices attached on them to demand they hand over the data card that held information about their plans. However, when they found out that the data had been too corrupted by their earlier attack on the card for the remaining information to be any threat to them, they started to leave, only for Casey to demand they return the Pokémon they had stolen from her a year earlier in Slumbering Weald. When they refused, Casey attacked the Pokémon with her Raboot and destroyed the communication devices on them, forcing their Trainers, Sordward and Shielbert, to talk to them directly and thus unwittingly reveal their location to Piers's accurate ears. They revealed that they had stolen Casey's Pokémon due to her full strength posing a threat to their plan, as Zacian and Zamazenta had taken an interest in her and Henry.
After Sordward and Shielbert had left, Leon contacted Piers and told him how Sonia had found out that the two self-proclaimed celebrities were working together with Chairman Rose to bring about the Darkest Day. As such, an agreement was made to put the Gym Challenge on hold and have all the Gym Leaders gather at Rose Tower to verify the information.
In the TCG

- Main article: Spikemuth (Darkness Ablaze 170)
Spikemuth was introduced as a Stadium card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Sword & Shield Series (the Japanese Sword & Shield Era). It was first released in the Japanese Infinity Zone expansion and the English Darkness Ablaze expansion, with artwork by 5ban Graphics. It makes the players put two damage counters on any Active Pokémon that moves to the Bench on their turn.
Trivia
- The Spikemuth Gym is the only known Gym to specialize in the Dark type.
- Despite replacing Piers as the Gym Leader during the post-game, Marnie never uses the Gym Leader Trainer class when battled here.
Name origin
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | スパイクタウン Spike Town | From spike (attack in volleyball) or spikes (racing shoes) |
English, Brazilian Portuguese |
Spikemuth | From spike and mouth (British toponym for river mouth or bay) |
German | Spikeford | From Spike and ford (British toponym for shallow crossing) |
Spanish | Pueblo Crampón | From crampón (crampon) |
French | Smashings | From smash (shot in tennis) and -ings (British town suffix for people of) and possibly from Hastings |
Italian | Spikeville | From spike and ville (common town suffix) |
Korean | 스파이크마을 Spike Maeul | From its Japanese name |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 尖釘鎮 / 尖钉镇 Jiāndīng Zhèn | From 尖釘 / 尖钉 jiāndīng / jīmdēng (sharp spike) |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 尖釘鎮 Jīmdēng Jan |
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This article is part of Project Cities and Towns, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every city and town in the Pokémon world. |