=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Pokemon Blue FAQ/Walkthrough (GB) Time I Started This Guide: 6/18/07 Version: 1.1 Author: KoritheMan E-Mail: verykoolguy2002@yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ------------------------------------ | Table of Contents | ------------------------------------ | 1. Introduction | | 2. Version History | | 3. Storyline | | 4. Controls | | 5. Game Basics | | 6. Walkthrough | | 7. Side Quests | | 8. Pokemon List | | 9. Items | | 10. TMs | | 11. HMs | | 12. Ability Descriptions | | 13. Shops | | 14. Gameshark Codes | | 15. FAQs | | 16. Codes n' Secrets | | 17. Copyright | | 18. Contact Info | | 19. Credits | |__________________________________| |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | 1. Introduction | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| Pokemon Blue was a game released in the late 1990s for the Gameboy portable system from Nintendo. The game, the cartoon, the trading card game, etc., grew quite popular among people. Pokemon's popularity has waned in recent years, though Diamond and Pearl should help to raise its popularity back up, at least some. In Pokemon Blue, you play the role of a young lad named Ash Ketchum, who wants to become a Pokemon Master. You will explore different towns, fight other Pokemon Trainers, and also catch and raise up to 151 kinds of Pokemon in this game. This game is quite old, but R/B/Y and G/S/C is where it is all at in the Pokemon world even now. The new ones just don't have the feel of a Pokemon game, I guess you could say. Even though the other Pokemon games are out now, and this one along with Red, is quite old, this is one game I'd definitely recommend you try. It's even more fun if you have friends you can link up and play with! |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | 2. Version History | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| Version 1.1 / Added the three legendary birds side quest. GGFan/KomodoTheNinja gets credit for the walkthrough's on how to get the birds, since I was too lazy to add it myself. I had forgot in the initial release. Version 1.0 / Completed the guide. |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | 3. Storyline | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| This game has no story really. Professor Oak asks you your name, and a few more details about yourself when you start the game, then after you tell him all of that, the game starts with you in control of Ash. You'll have to face many Pokemon Trainers and your rival Gary throughout the game many times, so be sure to raise your Pokemon like a real trainer would. ;) After you beat the Elite Four and Gary in the Indigo Plateau, if you have a link cable and a friend or friend(s), you can trade Pokemon, and battle with your Pokemon. |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | 4. Controls | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| Out of Battle Controls ---------------------- A: Talk to people, pick up items, confirm selected actions, scroll through sentences B: Cancel selected actions L: Does nothing R: Does nothing Start: Brings up the menu Select: Arrange items D-Pad: Moves character, moves cursor Inside Battle Controls ---------------------- A: Confirm selected actions B: Cancel selected actions L: Does nothing R: Does nothing Start: Does nothing Select: Use this along with the D-Pad to rearrange your ability list if you like in battle D-Pad: Moves cursor |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | 5. Game Basics | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| This section will teach you the basics of Pokemon Blue (and Pokemon Red, since they are the same thing). Read on if you are a new player, since this game has quite a bit of things to explain before you can get used to the game. Pokemon ------- There are a total of 151 Pokemon in the game that you can catch and raise. You can get more Pokemon by catching them in what are known as "Poke Balls", "Great Balls", "Ultra Balls", and "Master Balls". You can buy more advanced version of Poke Balls (e.g. Great Ball) as you advance through the game. You can only obtain one Master Ball, however. This, of course, is all assuming you don't use Gameshark, which a lot of people use in this game. After all, what is the sense of playing normally after you've beaten the game, since there is nothing else you can do except use Gameshark to capture the remaining Pokemon you never caught, or battle and trade with your friends? Yeah, that's what I thought. Anyway, each time you catch a Pokemon, data about that Pokemon is added to your Pokedex (more on that below). Unfortunately, Pokemon Blue and Pokemon Red may be the same games, but each version has some Pokemon that you can only catch in a specific version of the game. This is probably another reason that people use Gameshark, and I know I'd use it if I didn't have access to a friend who could trade with me from Pokemon Red. I am a greedy man who wants all 151 Pokemon in his Pokedex! Don't we all, though? In order to get a complete Pokedex full of all 151 Pokemon, you will need to either use Gameshark, or trade with a friend who has Pokemon Red. Having 151 Pokemon in your Pokedex isn't mandatory, and certainly doesn't affect the outcome of the game. Still, it gives you a nice warm feeling inside collecting all 151 Pokemon, EVEN if you don't use them. Always remember, though: no one is going to make fun of you if you use Gameshark (at least I know I won't). You have to do what you have to do. Also, another thing: Each Pokemon fights the balls you throw at them, and depending on how hard they fight, they can be quite hard to catch. Pokemon such as Pidgey or Rattata aren't hard to catch at all, and you will not even have to damage them or anything else to catch them. However, some more tougher Pokemon, such as Voltorb, Electabuzz, Pikachu, etc., may require more than just throwing a ball at them to catch them. On the tougher Pokemon, you will generally need to damage them, and in some cases, on the REALLY tough Pokemon, inflict negative status aliments on them via the use of a status- inflicting moves from your Pokemon, such as Sleep Powder. If you weaken a Pokemon AND cast negative status aliments on it, there is no guarantee you'll catch the Pokemon (I tried to do that on Mewtwo quite a number of times with an ULTRA BALL of all things, and he got out of it with little effort, even being asleep and almost dead). Keep trying and you'll get it, though. Never just give up. Finally, since you only get one Master Ball in the entire game, I'd recommend saving it for Mewtwo. Your Pokemon gain levels by you using them in battle. A Pokemon that defeats a Pokemon that another trainer sends out, at the end of the battle, if your Pokemon is still alive, that Pokemon will gain experience points. You can split experience points between all your Pokemon by bringing out all of your Pokemon in battle. Even if all your Pokemon don't actually "hit" the Pokemon you are fighting against, you can still gain experience at the end of the battle with each and every Pokemon you sent out, assuming they don't die. Splitting experiences sucks in my opinion, and you should only split between two Pokemon in each battle at maximum, unless you have to use more, which is not likely. When playing against a friend, experience points aren't gained. The maximum level a Pokemon can get to is 100, and after that, experience points won't level you up. Each time you level up, your Pokemon's four stats: Attack, Defense, Speed, and Special, go up. Each Pokemon excel in different stats. Some are weaker in other areas, some are not. If your Pokemon are in Bill's PC, they won't gain experience points from the battles you win. Also, you cannot catch a Pokemon Trainer's Pokemon. Lastly, to take out a Pokemon when it gets stored in Bill's PC, go to a Poke Center, examine the PC on the far eastern part of the Poke Center, select Bill's PC, then withdraw a Pokemon. If you want to deposit a Pokemon in Bill's PC, choose "Deposit" instead of "Withdraw". Also, you get 12 boxes in Bill's PC. Each box can hold up to 25 Pokemon. To switch boxes, select "Change Box" from Bill's PC. If you have 6 Pokemon with you, when you catch another one, it'll be transferred to Bill's PC in whatever box you have it set to. NOTE: There are a few Pokemon you can catch only in the Safari Zone. These can be caught only via the use of a Safari Ball. You can throw rocks or use bait to distract the Pokemon, and thus catch it. You can't damage Pokemon in the Safari Zone. This makes catching Safari Zone-exclusive Pokemon rather difficult. Use Gameshark if you have to. Experience Points ----------------- As I explained above, experience points are vital to leveling up in Pokemon Blue and Pokemon Red. When you examine your Pokemon via the menu screen, you can see how much experience points your Pokemon needs before it goes up a level. Each Pokemon, as well as Pokemon Trainers' Pokemon, give you different amounts of experience points, depending both on the level and how well-trained the Pokemon is. Wild Pokemon don't give as much experience as Pokemon from trainers do. Keep that in mind. Pokedex ------- Your Pokedex is given to you by Professor Oak shortly after you begin the game. It records a picture of each Pokemon you have encountered. If you catch a Pokemon, not only is the picture added for it, but the data as well. Only when you catch a Pokemon, is data about the Pokemon added. It also counts as you catching a Pokemon if one is traded to you, either by friend or by an NPC in the game. Though the number "151" isn't on the Pokedex initially, if you get Mew, 151 is added, as is the picture and data for Mew. Evolution --------- When your Pokemon reach certain levels, they can evolve into a different Pokemon, although they will keep the same type (e.g. if Bulbasaur evolves into Ivysaur, he will keep the Grass type, just become stronger than Bulbasaur was). Not all Pokemon evolve, but most do. Also, some Pokemon do not evolve unless you use a stone, such as a Moon Stone, on them. Finally, four Pokemon are evolved from trading to a friend: Kadabra, Graveler, Haunter, and Machoke. Types of Pokemon ---------------- Throughout this game, you'll find Pokemon that share different types. For example, Venasaur is a Grass-type Pokemon, meaning that it does well against Water-type Pokemon, but does not do good against a Fire-type Pokemon. There are quite a number of types in this game. Also, some Pokemon share up to two types. Exeggutor is not just a Grass-type Pokemon, but a Psychic-type Pokemon as well, meaning his type would be "Grass/Psychic". Below are a list of all the types of Pokemon in this game. Grass Fire Water Fighting Psychic Flying Bug Poison Normal Rock Ground Ghost Dragon Electric Ice Money ----- Throughout the game, you'll earn money to buy items with (obviously). Items help your success in the game, so money is a necessity. You gain money by winning battles from wild Pokemon (though only with the use of Pay Day, which only Meowth can use) and Pokemon Trainers. You can also gain money by selling old items that you don't want, although some items cannot be sold. Stones ------ There are four types of stones that can evolve certain Pokemon. They are: Fire Stone, Water Stone, Thunder Stone, and Moon Stone. Moon Stone's are in short supply in this game, and can only be found in very few places. On the other hand, you can buy the other stones at the Market in Celadon City. Linking With A Friend --------------------- In this game, if you have a link cable and someone else that has a Game Boy and Pokemon Red, Blue, or Yellow (Gold, Silver, and Crystal are not compatible). The two of you need to turn your Game Boy's on (OH MY, THAT TAKES ROCKET SCIENCE TO FIGURE OUT *gasp*) with your Pokemon games in there. After that, both of you go into a Poke Center. Once there, talk to the lady at the entrance of the Cable Club at the same time on each Game Boy. If done correctly, you'll be asked if you want to trade or go to the colosseum to do battle. I'll explain each below: NOTE: Link cables can be purchased at just about any store that has a video game section. Wal-Mart, K-Mart, EBGames, you get the picture... Trade ----- You can trade with your friends using this option. Simple. Both of you turn the PC on to begin the trade. Then, one player selects a Pokemon he/she wants to trade, and the other player does likewise. After the two come to an agreement on what to trade, the trade is confirmed, and the Pokemon are sent to each other via the link cable. Finally, you can't just give a Pokemon to a player; you HAVE to trade. It sucks. If a friend is giving you a Pokemon, but since you can't actually "give", just trade him a crappy Pokemon like Pidgey (if he doesn't mind, of course). IMPORTANT NOTE: Pokemon that are traded to you in R/B/Y gain "boosted" experience points, meaning that Pokemon gets double the amount of experience it would normally get if it wins a battle. I've heard that boosted experience Pokemon are weaker, though I've never been able to confirm it myself. Colosseum --------- In the colosseum, you can battle with your friends here. It works just like a normal battle in that both trainers send out each of their Pokemon until one trainer wins. This is what makes the game of Pokemon right here. If you have friends who also own this game, there's no reason for you to sell, get rid of, or not buy this game, since this is where the game shines. Like in the trade arena, turn on the PC to begin fighting. Also, be sure to get the Pokemon you want to get out before the fight, since you can't change in battle! Fishing ------- In this game, you can obtain a few types of fishing rods from various fisherman in the game. This is the only way to catch Water-type Pokemon. Each rod catches different Pokemon. They are: Old Rod Catches: Magikarp Good Rod Catches: Poliwag, Goldeen, Magikarp Super Rod Catches: All Pokemon that appear in the water Finally, below is a list of locations with water that certain Water-type Pokemon appear in. They are: Pallet Town Catches: Poliwag, Tentacool Viridian City Catches: Poliwag, Tentacool Cerulean City Catches: Krabby, Goldeen, Psyduck Vermilion City Catches: Krabby, Shellder Celadon City Catches: Poliwhirl, Slowpoke Fuschia City Catches: Krabby, Goldeen, Magikarp, Seaking Route 22 Catches: Goldeen, Poliwag Route, 4, 24, & 25 Catches: Krabby, Goldeen, Psyduck Route 6 & 11 Catches: Krabby, Shellder Route 10 Catches: Poliwhirl, Slowpoke Routes 12, 13, 17, & 18 Catches: Goldeen, Tentacool, Krabby, Magikarp Route 19 Catches: Shellder, Goldeen, Staryu, Horsea, and Tentacool Safari Zone Catches: Slowpoke, Dratini, Psyduck, Krabby, Dragonair NOTE: Not only can you catch Water-type Pokemon with rods, but with Surf (HM03), as well. Old Rod guarantees Magikarp catches, by the way. Also, I will not list which Pokemon you can get in the locations listed here within the Walkthrough section. Look at this area if you want to see where to get them. Abilities --------- Your Pokemon can learn up to four abilities. They can learn them from gaining levels, or from TMs (Technical Machines) and HMs (Hidden Machines). Below is an explanation of TMs and HMs: TMs --- There are a total of 50 TMs in the game. Each TM is scattered throughout the game, and each TM can only be used once, so use them carefully, and make sure you use a TM on the Pokemon you want to use it on. Certain Pokemon can learn certain moves. There is not a single Pokemon in the game who can learn every TM in the game. You can also buy a few TMs in Celadon City's Market. HMs --- There are a total of 5 HMs in the game. Unlike TMs, HMs allow you to teach your Pokemon a move that stays there (you can replace TM-taught abilities if you want). This is good, yet bad. HMs are mandatory, and so you're going to have to teach them to your Pokemon in order to progress through the game. I strongly recommend teaching HMs to Pokemon you'll never use, unless you know for sure you want to teach an HM to a Pokemon. Teach an HM to a Pokemon such as Pidgey, so that you don't make a bad choice and end up teaching something like Fly to a Pokemon like Zapdos. Again, if you _want_ to teach a Pokemon an HM, be sure it's what YOU WANT, and that it's actually a wise decision, or you'll end up regretting it later, believe me. Status Aliments --------------- Below is a list of all of the negative status aliments in Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow. All negative status aliments can be cured via a Poke Center, or via the necessary item (e.g. Burn Heal cures Burn). All status aliments last outside of battle, so take note of that. Burn Description: If you get burned, your Pokemon's HP will gradually deplete each turn until you cure it. Cured By: Burn Heal Freeze Description: When your Pokemon gets frozen, it won't be able to move until it gets unfrozen by Fire-type attacks, or just gets defrosted automatically. Cured By: Ice Heal Paralyze Description: When your Pokemon is paralyzed, it has a chance to not be able to move when you try and attack with it, but it also has a chance to attack like normal. Cured By: Paralyze Heal Poison Description: Poison gradually depletes the HP of the Pokemon who has it upon itself, just like Burn does. If you have Poison inflicted on you by the Toxic ability, it will gradually damage you more each turn. Cured By: Antidote Sleep Description: When a Pokemon is put to sleep, it could range from 1 turn or several turns. You can't move make any attacks with your Pokemon during this time until you heal it with Awakening, or it just wears off normally. Cured By: Awakening NOTE: Confuse is not listed as one of the negative status aliments in this game, because it doesn't appear over your level number in battle. It wears off normally, and cannot be cured with any item. |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| | 6. Walkthrough | |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| Here is a complete walkthrough for this from beginning to end. IMPORTANT NOTE: This walkthrough covers how to beat the game from the best of my knowledge. It may not tell you how to fight EVERY trainer, find every single item, etc., but I tried. This is to help you beat the game, not be a completionist for no apparent reason. Do you wanna waste 30 hours of your life on the RPG-element of the game when you could be battling with friends? Thought so. Also, if I have made any mistake somewhere around here, in this section or the FAQ for that matter, or you want to e-mail me something I need to add, feel free to do so! I do add what people send me and fix the errors they send me, and I credit them as well. :) When you start a new game, Professor Oak will tell you about the world being inhabited by Pokemon, and that he himself studies Pokemon as a profession. You will then be asked what your name is. Ash is your character's real name, so I will refer to him by that name throughout this FAQ. You'll have to name your rival, too. His real name is Gary, so I'll refer to him by that name. After the naming is done, you'll appear in your house in Pallet Town. Pallet Town ----------- Available Pokemon: Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle (can only get one) When you finally gain control of Ash, go north and examine the PC in the northwest corner of your room, then withdraw the Potion from it. Then, go downstairs and exit the house. When you get outside, go north and try go into the grass. As you do, Professor Oak sees you and stops you, saying that grass has wild Pokemon in them. He'll bring you into his lab to get a Pokemon. When you get inside Professor Oak's lab, dialogue will commence. After it's over, you'll regain control and get to choose one of the three Pokemon Oak has left. Approach one of the three Poke Balls on the table to the right, then press A when you are in front of a Poke Ball. You can get only one Pokemon out of the three. There are three Pokemon you can get here: Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. Bulbasaur is the best starter, since it can easily take down the first two Gym Leaders with little effort. Charmander has a hard time with the first two Gym Leaders. Finally, Squirtle can easily dispatch the first Gym Leader, but after that, you'll notice that he sucks the worst. I recommend you choose Bulbasaur. After you choose a Pokemon, Gary will choose one too. Also, whatever Pokemon you chose, Gary will always choose the one that will outdue your Pokemon in terms of type-specific abilities (e.g. if you pick Bulbasaur, he'll pick Charmander, and later on he'll use Ember, a Fire- type Pokemon move that is super effective against Bulbasaur, since he is a Grass-type Pokemon). Once you and your rival both choose, go south and try to exit. As you do, Gary stops you and challenges you to a duel. Whether or not you win will not affect the outcome of the game. If you win however, you get 175 bucks. Try and win. After the battle is over, Gary will leave to go train his Pokemon some more. Continue south and exit the lab. When you get back outside again, go into the grass that you went into when Oak stopped you earlier. Route 1 ------- Available Pokemon: Pidgey, Rattata When you get here, you can battle (and later catch) two wild Pokemon here. You cannot capture them just yet, but you can battle them for experience points. I recommend getting to at least Level 7 or 8. There is a guy wandering around this area that gives you a Potion if you talk to him, so definitely talk to him. At any rate, once you are done leveling up here, follow the path north out of this area, and into Viridian City. Viridian City ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A When you arrive here, you'll notice that this city is the first place with a Poke Center to heal your Pokemon's HP/PP fully, as well as cure any negative status aliments on them. You'll also notice that this is the first town with a Market and a Pokemon Gym. You can't get in the Gym for awhile, so don't worry about it yet. First off, go to the Poke Center and heal your Pokemon. Then, go into the Market. Once inside the Market, you'll recieve Oak's Parcel. After getting it, take it to Professor Oak back in Pallet Town. Pallet Town ----------- Available Pokemon: N/A Once inside Professor Oak's lab, talk to him and you'll give him the parcel. In return, Oak will give you the Pokedex, but Gary gets one too, the arrogant wannabe Pokemon Trainer. Grrr... Once Gary leaves and you regain control, exit the lab and head over to the house above Professor Oak's laboratory. Inside, talk to the girl sitting at the table, who will give you a Town Map. After you get that, exit the house and head back through Route 1 and back into Viridian City. NOTE: You can talk to your mom from here on out in the house left of the one you got the Town Map in, and she'll fully restore all your Pokemon's HP/ PP, and negative status aliments, just like a Poke Center. Stop by and recover yourself when you are in the area. :) Viridian City ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Back in Viridian City, go to the Market and buy a few Poke Balls. I recommend that you buy at least five Poke Balls (only 1000 bucks), since you need to catch a lot of Pokemon at this point in the game, since relatively difficult trainers are coming up (not difficult per se, but with just your starting Pokemon only, they are). Anyway, after stocking up on Poke Balls, rest at the Poke Center and go back to Route 1 and catch a Pidgey and a Rattata. After you catch those, train them a bit (gain about 2 levels with each, so fighting alone instead of splitting experience is the best bet to make things go much faster; your main Pokemon should be strong enough by now), then rest at the Poke Center again. Now, you can go and fight Gary again, which this FAQ is going to assume you are doing. To do that, go due west of the Market until you come across an area with trees known as Route 22. Route 22 -------- Available Pokemon: Rattata, Spearow, Nidoran F, Nidoran M When you arrive here, head west across the path and once you exit the small grassy square in the enclosed area, go left more and you'll encounter Gary. Do not go here unless you are least Level 8 with one Pokemon, and at least 6 with another. Gary has a Level 9 and Level 8 Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Gary Location: Route 22 Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L9, Bulbasaur L8, Charmander L8, or Squirtle L8 (depending on who you picked at the start) Reward: $275 Strategy: This is a relatively easy battle. Still, you should come in with your main Pokemon at Level 8 at the least, followed by another strong Pokemon at at least Level 6, since Gary's two Pokemon are quite high for this point in the game. First up is Gary's Pidgey. It uses Gust and Sand-Attack, go figure. Gust itself isn't the real problem, since if you have a Potion, you can just heal yourself if you get too low on HP. Sand-Attack is the real problem, since it lowers your Pokemon's accuracy for physical and special attacks. If you don't have a Potion to heal with, just keep attacking. Once Pidgey is taken care of, Gary sends out his Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle, depending on who you picked at the start. Like you did with Pidgey, just attack this Pokemon. However, it is VERY important that you use your alternate Pokemon for Gary's last Pokemon, since if you use the one you got at the start of the game, Gary will exploit a weakness to that Pokemon, and your main one will perish. Gary shouldn't be too hard if you follow this strategy. Upon defeating Gary, you can go back into the square grassy area and capture a Nidoran M, Nidoran F, a Rattata (which you should already have), and finally a Spearow. I found the male Nidorans to be very rare, just to warn you. After you are done Pokemon-catching, head back to Viridian City. Viridian City ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Back in this city yet again, heal your Pokemon at the Poke Center. Then, go all the way north from the south entrance of the town until you reach Route 2. Route 2 ------- Available Pokemon: Caterpie (Blue Version Only), Weedle (Red Version Only), Pidgey, Rattata Once here, try catching a Caterpie or a Weedle, depending on which version you have. Don't worry, you'll be able to get them both later regardless of version. Once you are done with the Pokemon-catching, go all the way north and when you reach a building, go in it. Once inside, go north and exit through the door to reach Viridian Forest, your next destination. Viridian Forest --------------- Available Pokemon: Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Pikachu I suggest you level up a few of your Pokemon to at least Level 9. This is quite high and could take awhile, so just fight with one Pokemon only instead of splitting. If you have a very low Pokemon though (3 or 4), then splitting is probably better until it gets a little stronger. You can keep going back to the Poke Center in Viridian City and healing, although this can get quite repetitive and tedious. The trainers in here give good experience (even better than the wild ones), as well, so remember that. Anyway, when you enter here, go left, up, and left to find a Poke Ball. After you get that, go back to the start. From there, head right and up to find an Antidote. On the way, you will find some Pokemon Trainers that you'll have to fight, so be aware of that. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Viridian Forest Trainer's Pokemon: Weedle L6, Caterpie L6 Reward: $75 Strategy: This Pokemon Trainer is rather easy. If you have Charmander, use Ember to easily dispatch of Weedle and Caterpie. If not, any other Pokemon will do. Just keep attacking. Their attacks do very little damage. If you have Bulbasaur, take note that Vine Whip is very ineffective against these Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Viridian Forest Trainer's Pokemon: Weedle L7, Kakuna L7, Weedle L7 Reward: $70 Strategy: Like the previous trainer before him, this Bug Catcher is a pushover Pokemon Trainer. Again, if you have Charmander at your disposal, use Ember for super effectiveness. If you don't have Charmander, just keep attacking with any other Pokemon to easily win. Vine Whip with Bulbasaur doesn't work too well, so don't use that. After defeating the two Bug Catchers, go up from the second trainer and then keep following the path to the west, which will eventually lead you out of this forest. However, there is a Potion on the southern side of the area where the third and final Bug Catcher is, right at the exit of the forest. Grab it, and then continue to where the trainer is. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Viridian Forest Trainer's Pokemon: Weedle L9 Reward: $90 Strategy: The simplest trainer in the forest without a doubt. He may have the highest Pokemon out of the three Bug Catchers here, but given that he only has one Pokemon, this battle is unremarkable. Use Ember if you have Charmander. Otherwise, just attack. This battle should take little effort. Once you defeat that last trainer, continue north and out of the forest and the building you come to. After exiting the building, go north into the town. Pewter City ----------- Available Pokemon: Caterpie (Blue Version Only), Weedle (Red Version Only), Pidgey, Rattata When you arrive in Pewter City, go to the Market and buy a few Potions. Then, rest at the Poke Center. Afterward, head into the Pokemon Gym located at the western portion of town. Once inside the Gym, go north and fight the Pokemon Trainer. You can sneak behind him if you don't want to fight, but I suggest you do fight just for the experience. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Male) Location: Pewter City Trainer's Pokemon: Diglett L11, Sandshrew L11 Reward: $220 Strategy: This trainer could be your first difficult trainer. Save before fighting him if you choose to fight him. He sends out a Diglett first off, which is a Ground-type Pokemon you haven't seen yet. This Pokemon has high speed, so he'll more than likely, unless you are terribly overleveled on the order of Level 16 or so, get the first turn, so be careful. Vine Whip is super effective against Diglett if you have Bulbasaur. If you have Charmander, Ember works fine. If you have Squirtle, Bubble is super effective as well. With other Pokemon aside from your starters, just use your strongest attacks and keep healed. Note that Poison Sting does not work well on Diglett. Next up is Sandshrew. Like Diglett, Sandshrew is a Ground-type Pokemon. Thankfully, he is fast, but not quite as fast as Diglett. The same strategy for Diglett applies to Sandshrew, so use it. Keep healed as well. Once the first trainer is taken care of, go to the Poke Center and heal up. Then, get prepared to face Brock, the leader of the Pewter City Pokemon Gym. Gym Leader: Brock Location: Pewter City Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L12, Onix L14 Reward: Boulderbadge, $1366 (correct me if I'm wrong, didn't catch it), TM34 Strategy: Brock is a pushover if you have Bulbasaur or Squirtle. Use Vine Whip and Bubble if you have either one of them to make quick work of Brock's Geodude and Onix. If not, Charmander is a bad choice, since all of his attacks (including Ember) are not very effective against Brock's Rock-type Pokemon. First up is Geodude. Geodude will most of the time use Defense Curl, which increases his physical defense. If you have to rely on physical attacks to win (a rather risky thing to do), this is pure anal pain. But if you are relying on specials (which you should, since that is the element of this game), then Defense Curl is nothing to worry about. Otherwise, Geodude attacks with Tackle. After Geodude is gone, Onix is Brock's last Pokemon. Onix has extremely high Defense, and a very strong physical attack, as well. Onix can use Tackle and Bide. Bide is what you need to fear, since when Onix releases the energy from it, he will easily hurt you around 20-30 in damage. The same strategy for Geodude applies to Onix; Bulbasaur and Squirtle make quick work of him. Charmander has trouble with him, though. Be sure to heal yourself when necessary (especially after Bide, assuming you survive) and you should come out on top. Note that perhaps you should train a Caterpie (if you have Blue Version) to a Butterfree and let it learn Confusion. That'll make this fight much easier. After defeating Brock, you get the Boulderbadge and your Pokemon can use the move Flash anytime now. You don't have the HM for Flash though, so you cannot use it yet. Aww. Brock will also give you TM34, which contains Bide. Yay! Anyway, exit the Gym after defeating Brock. Back in Pewter City, you can visit the Museum if you like for $50. It's located on the far northern part of the town. The only thing you can do here is waste 50 bucks to go see fossils of prehistoric Pokemon. This can be useful later, but not now. When you are done with your errands in Pewter City, head east to Route 3. Route 3 ------- Available Pokemon: Pidgey, Rattata, Spearow, Jigglypuff, Magikarp In this area, there are many Pokemon Trainers to fight, which is quite good, considering they all give fair to good experience. Anyway, just go east the entire time you are here in Route 3, since that is the only direction to take. I will take the time of doing the tedious task of writing down all of the Pokemon Trainers you fight here: Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 3 Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L9, Pidgey L9 Reward: $135 Strategy: This battle is simple. Very simple. Use your strongest attacks with any Pokemon you have and this battle will be over quickly. Vine Whip and Poison Sting don't work well here though, so avoid using those. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Route 3 Trainer's Pokemon: Caterpie L10, Weedle L10, Caterpie L10 Reward: $100 Strategy: This pushover wannabe Pokemon Trainer from Viridian Forest hasn't changed much. Use your strongest attacks to defeat him quickly. Vine Whip won't work well here, so remember that. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 3 Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L11, Ekans L11 Reward: $165 Strategy: This is another easy fight, although he does have one Pokemon that could do some slight damage to you, and that is Ekans, a Poison-type Pokemon that you haven't seen before. First up is Rattata, and this rat is no stranger to us Pokemon players, now is he? He isn't that hard, so just pound him with your strongest attacks and you'll win. After Rattata is Ekans, a snake Pokemon. By the way, Ekans is "Snake" spelled backwards. Defeat Ekans the same way you did with Rattata, and that's by using your strongest attacks. Ekans can give you trouble if he gets a turn in first, or if he uses Wrap before you kill him. Still not too hard, though. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Route 3 Trainer's Pokemon: Weedle L9, Kakuna L9, Caterpie L9, Metapod L9 Reward: $90 Strategy: Another simple fight. Use your strongest attacks to win. Kakuna and Metapod can't attack anyway, so what are you worried about? Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 3 Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L10, Nidoran M L10 Reward: $150 Strategy: This is another easy trainer. First up is Rattata. Use your best attacks to take it down. You should know this by now. As for Nidoran M, he can be a bit harder than Rattata, so be careful. Use your strongest attacks and keep your HP up to win. He can do some damage. Bubble is super effective to Nidoran M, by the way, so use that if you have Squirtle. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 3 Trainer's Pokemon: Spearow L14 Reward: $210 Strategy: This trainer would be hard if it weren't for him only having one decent Pokemon. Keep healed with Potions, since Spearow is quite strong with his Peck attack. Use your strongest attacks to beat it. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Route 3 Trainer's Pokemon: Caterpie L11, Metapod L11 Reward: $110 Strategy: This fight is a rather simple one. No need for a strategy. He's easy enough. After you defeat all the trainers in Route 3, you'll find a patch of grass where you can catch Jigglypuff, a new Pokemon. It's rare, but possible to find. It's hard to catch too, so weaken it first. After you catch a Jigglypuff Pokemon, talk to the girl in the grass to start a Pokemon Battle. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 3 Trainer's Pokemon: Jigglypuff L14 Reward: $210 Strategy: This trainer can be a bit hard, due to how strong Jigglypuff is. Jigglypuff has low Defense despite high Attack, so taking it down with physical attacks should be no problem. Keep healed, and you'll win. An important thing to note also is that Jigglypuff's main move is Sing, which puts you to sleep and potentially for numerous turns. Pound is a powerful physical Jigglypuff will nail you with. Careful. Once you defeat Lass, head east, then north and enter the Poke Center you come to. In there, heal your Pokemon, then talk to the old man and buy his Magikarp for $500. While you can get it later, there is no reason why you shouldn't pay $500 now, since not only is it not a lot, but it's also good to start trainin one as soon as possible, since its evolved from, Gyarados, is reached at Level 20, and it doesn't that long to get to Level 20. Magikarp can't use anything but Splash by the way, and all that does is do...well, nothing. >_> Anyway, after getting Magikarp, exit the Poke Center and head into nearby Mt. Moon, your next destination. Mt. Moon -------- Available Pokemon: Clefairy, Zubat, Paras, Geodude NOTE: Since there are so many, to avoid confusion, I'll list all Pokemon Trainers in Mt. Moon before I get on with the walkthrough. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Mt. Moon Trainer Pokemon's: Weedle L11, Kakuna L11 Reward: $110 Strategy: This guy isn't hard, but his Weedle uses Poison Sting, and can give Poison to one of your Pokemon, which gradually drains your HP until death, both in and out of battle. Not good. Use an Antidote at the end of the fight, not during, incase Weedle uses Poison Sting again, to cure the Poison. You should've gotten an Antidote from Viridian Forest. Weedle and Kakuna are easy enough to beat. You should know how by now. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Clefairy L14 Reward: $210 Strategy: Not too hard of a fight, if I do say so myself. Clefairy has Pound and Growl, respectively. Pound is the thing you need to worry about. Growl isn't too much of a problem, given that specials are more widely used than physicals. Use your strongest Pokemon to take it down. Pokemon Trainer: Super Nerd Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Magnemite L11, Voltorb L11 Reward: $275 Strategy: This fight is not hard at all. Use your strongest attacks to win. You may get damaged a decent amount in this fight, although you should still easily win. Bring Squirtle (or Wartortle, since that's possible at this point in the game) into the fight if you'd like, since Magnemite and Volorb, although Electric-type Pokemon, do not use moves like Thundershock, at least with this particular trainer. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Oddish L11, Bellsprout L11 Reward: $165 Strategy: If you have Charmander or Charmeleon, this fight is a breeze. Use Ember if you have Charmander or Charmeleon. If you have Squirtle, beating Lass could be hard, since Bubble is not very effective against Oddish and Bellsprout, being that they are Grass-types. If you have Squirtle or Bulbasaur, Tackle is your best bet. They can take awhile to take down, so be careful. With other Pokemon, use your strongest attacks (except for Poison Sting and Thundershock) to win. Keeping healed is also not a bad idea. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L10, Rattata L10, Zubat L10 Reward: $150 Strategy: This trainer is a pushover. Use your strongest attacks to take it down. He has a Zubat, but that's nothing to worry about. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L10, Geodude L10, Onix L10 Reward: $350 Strategy: This battle is a cake walk if you have Squirtle or Wartortle. Even if you have Bulbasaur or Ivysaur, Vine Whip makes quick work of these unworthy foes. If you have Charmander or Charmeleon, things could be rather difficult. Use your strongest Pokemon, and use only special attacks. A Butterfree with Confusion works well here. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Sandshrew L11, Rattata L11, Zubat L11 Reward: $330 Strategy: If you have a Water-type Pokemon, this is a breeze. That is also the case if you have a Grass-type Pokemon. Use your strongest Pokemon to win here, and avoid using Poison Sting to Sandshrew and Zubat. Thundershock against Sandshrew is also unwise. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Raticate L16 Reward: $480 Strategy: This could be a bit tough, since Raticate, the evolved form of Rattata, is quite tough at this point in the game, especially when you consider the fact that its a Level 16 Pokemon. Since you really have no types that are "super effective" to Raticate right now, use your strongest Pokemon, and definitely keep healed. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L13, Zubat L13 Reward: $390 Strategy: This is easy. Use your strongest attacks to take both of them down with little effort. This is getting a bit boring, don't you think? Pokemon Trainer: Super Nerd Location: Mt. Moon Trainer's Pokemon: Grimer L12, Voltorb L12, Koffing L12 Reward: $300 Strategy: This fight could be a bit tough. The levels of his Pokemon are not that high, but this guy has some rather impressive Pokemon. First up is Grimer. To defeat Grimer, simply use your strongest Pokemon. You have no type of Pokemon right now that's super effective to it. For Voltorb, if you have Geodude with you, Rock Throw works excellent, and will take down Voltorb in no time. Otherwise, avoid using Squirtle or Wartortle, and just use your best Pokemon. Finally, to win against Koffing, a new Pokemon, just use your strongest attacks. As was the case with Grimer, you have nothing to really hurt Koffing a whole lot, so just pound him. There are four new Pokemon to catch here. The two most useful overall would be Clefairy (very rare) and Geodude (very common). Anyway, Mt. Moon is a maze cave, so nagivating through it can be difficult. Luckily, I've got directions for you. The guidance you seek, young Padawan, within my hands, it is. There are a ton of items to get here, however, so I don't suggest you just rush through the mountain without getting anything at all. These items are actually pretty useful, believe it or not. They are: Potion (x2), Escape Rope, Moon Stone, HP Up, Rare Candy, TM01, and TM12. I cannot give specific directions on how to get the items, since, again, this cave is a maze, so navigating and finding everything can be quite difficult. Sorry, but you'll have to look for the items on your own. Be careful not to let all your Pokemon get low on HP or die, since the Pokemon here are a bit tough. Whether or not you choose to get the items, to get out, head all the way to the extreme northwest corner of the first room that you appear in, ignoring all other stairs you come across unless you want items. Once there, take out the Hiker (you'll have to fight trainers along the way to the Hiker, by the way), then grab the Moon Stone in the upper-left corner above where he was. Then, go down the stairs and follow the path through the remainder of the level. Soon enough, you'll come across members of Team Rocket, who will attack you. Eventually, after the Rockets are gone, you'll run into another Super Nerd Pokemon Trainer. Take him out, then you can get one of two fossils: the Helix Fossil or the Dome Fossil. The Helix Fossil gives you the Pokemon Omanyte much later in the game, and the Dome Fossil gives you the Pokemon Kabuto much later in the game. I recommend grabbing the Dome Fossil; Kabuto is better, in my opinion. If you want the other fossil, then either use Gameshark, or trade with one of your friends who has the Pokemon you don't. Either way, after choosing a fossil, simply go left, down the stairs, then out of this place. Route 4 ------- Available Pokemon: Pidgey, Rattata, Spearow, Ekans (Red Version Only), Sandshrew (Blue Version Only) When you arrive at Route 4, head all the way east into Cerulean City, picking up TM04 as you do. You can also use the patch of grass in the area if you want to catch an Ekans or a Sandshrew, depending on your version. Cerulean City ------------- NOTE: There is a glitch called the "Mew Glitch" you can do right here to get Mew. Mew is normally not accessible, except for with Gameshark. Refer to this FAQ for more information: http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gameboy/file/pokemon_mew_glitch.txt Available Pokemon: Mew (glitch) When you arrive here, rest at the Poke Center. Then, head over to the Market and restock on some items (including Poke Balls). Afterward, enter the Pokemon Gym to the right of the Poke Center. Inside the Gym, face all of the Pokemon Trainers in the Gym (never just avoid them). Eventually, you'll reach the leader of the Gym, Misty. Pokemon Trainer: Swimmer Location: Cerulean City Trainer's Pokemon: Horsea L16, Shellder L16 Reward: $80 Strategy: This guy has two new Pokemon that you haven't yet seen. He should be quite easy, though. Ivysaur (you should have one by now) can easily dispose of both his Pokemon with Vine Whip. If you have Wartortle, Tackle is your best bet, since Bubble and Water Gun are ineffective. If you have Charmeleon, avoid using him at all costs. You should win by using your strongest attacks with any of your Pokemon you choose to send out. It should be obvious which Pokemon to use, since you should know what is weak against what by now. Be warned that Horsea uses Bubble, and that's why I said to avoid using Charmeleon. Shellder has high Defense, so keep that in mind. If you have Pikachu, he can make quick work of Horsea and Shellder with Thundershock. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Cerulean City Trainer's Pokemon: Goldeen L19 Reward: $380 Strategy: Goldeen is yet another Pokemon you have yet to see in the game. She has quite a high level Pokemon, so watch out. Goldeen attacks with Peck, which by the way, is super effective to Ivysaur. Use him if you want though, since Vine Whip kills Goldeen faster than Peck kills Ivysaur. Charmeleon is a bad choice; Wartortle is a so-so choice. Use Tackle if you use him. Pikachu can make quick work of Goldeen using Thundershock. Just use your strongest Pokemon if you don't have Pikachu or Ivysaur, and keep your HP up, and you'll win. Gym Leader: Misty Location: Cerulean City Trainer's Pokemon: Staryu L18, Starmie L21 Reward: Cascadebadge, $2079, TM11 Strategy: The fight against Misty is so very easy if you have trained a highly Pikachu or an Ivysaur. Thundershock can make quick work of Staryu and Starmie, two very godly Water-type Pokemon. Better yet, it can inflict the Paralyze status aliment on them, and that gives a good chance of a Pokemon not attacking that much in battle! Vine Whip also makes quick work of both of them, and Water Gun and Bubblebeam, both of which Misty is fond of using, is not very effective against Ivysaur, so he can take more damage than Pikachu and still inflict super effective attacks. If you don't have Pikachu or Ivysaur, I'd suggest training a Butterfree to about Level 18-20, or a Beedrill to Level 18-20, depending on which version you have. Misty is also fond of using X Defend on her Pokemon, which raises their defense to physical and special attacks, so watch out. Also, Bubblebeam is a very devastating attack, and can easily kill you in one or two hits even if it doesn't register as super effective. After you beat Misty, you get the Cascadebadge, which allows all Pokemon up to Level 30 obey you. Nifty. You also get TM11, which teaches Bubblebeam, which happens to be one of my favorite Water-type Pokemon moves. Also, you can use Cut anytime outside of battle now, but only when you acquire the HM for it, which you don't have yet. Exit the Gym and go back and rest at the Poke Center. Now, head north to Nugget Bridge. Once there, you'll run into Gary. Pokemon Trainer: Gary Location: Nugget Bridge Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgeotto L18, Abra L15, Rattata L15, Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle L17 Reward: $595 Strategy: Gary is a little tough this time around. However, if you have the right type of Pokemon, he's easy. Pidgeotto can die by Pikachu's Thundershock easily, Abra can die by any Pokemon you have, and Rattata is a joke, so just pound him. Bulbasaur can go down easily if you have Charmeleon, since Ember is super effective. Geodude's Rock Throw is also good if you have him. Charmander can go down with Bubblebeam, even if you don't have Wartortle or a Pokemon with high Special, Bubblebeam will only take 1-2 hits to kill Charmander. Finally, Squirtle can be beaten with Thundershock very easily. Nugget Bridge ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A After you defeat Gary, continue north across the Nugget Bridge, fighting the five Pokemon Trainers you come across. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Nugget Bridge Trainer's Pokemon: Caterpie L14, Weedle L14 Reward: $140 Strategy: This guy is simple. Just pound him. You shouldn't have trouble. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Nugget Bridge Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L14, Nidoran F L14 Reward: $210 Strategy: Thundershock makes quick work of Pidgey if you have a Pikachu. Otherwise, use your strongest Pokemon to take Pidgey and Nidoran F down. Not hard at all. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Nugget Bridge Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L14, Ekans L14, Zubat L14 Reward: $210 Strategy: Rattata can be taken down very easily. Ekans is harder, because of Wrap, so be careful. If you have Potions, use them to heal with cause Wrap can really damage you. Zubat can be taken care of with Thundershock or with your strongest Pokemon (except Ivysaur). Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Nugget Bridge Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L16, Nidoran F L16 Reward: $240 Strategy: Lass is very easy. Pidgey can be taken care of very easily. As for Nidoran F, just use Bubblebeam with whoever you taught it to, or just use your strongest Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Male) Location: Nugget Bridge Trainer's Pokemon: Mankey L18 Reward: $360 Strategy: He has a Mankey, which is a Fighting-type Pokemon, the first one we've seen, actually. Mankey's Karate Chop attack hurts a lot, too, so be careful. Take him down with your strongest attacks. Bubblebeam will suffice. Once you defeat all 5 Pokemon Trainers, go north more and you'll receive a Nugget from a member of Team Rocket. When you refuse to join, he'll fight you. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Nugget Bridge Trainer's Pokemon: Ekans L15, Zubat L15 Reward: $450 Strategy: An easy enough battle. Ekans uses Wrap, so be aware of that. Heal if need be. For Zubat, Thundershock and Bubblebeam work well. If you have neither of those, your strongest attacks will work fine. Upon defeating the evil member of Team Rocket, continue onward to Route 25. Route 25 -------- Available Pokemon: Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Pidgey, Oddish (Red Version Only), Abra, Bellsprout (Blue Version Only) Once here, check out the patch of grass to the left and try and catch an Abra, since he is the first Psychic-type Pokemon available to you in the game. You should catch Oddish or Bellsprout as well, depending on your version. Once you are done Pokemon catching, initiate a fight with the Pokemon Trainer in the grass. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Male) Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L14, Ekans L14 Reward: $280 Strategy: Rattata is a Pokemon we've dealt with far too much. You should know how to beat it. Ekans is fairly easy, too. Just pound it and heal if needed. After the fight, head north into the fenced area and grab TM45. Now, go back south, then head east and you'll have to battle a huge amount of Pokemon Trainers. As always, I'll list them all for your convenience. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L15, Geodude L15 Reward: $525 Strategy: Machop is another Fighting-type Pokemon, who unfortunatly knows Karate Chop, the same move Mankey did. He is defeated with your strongest attacks. Keep healed though, since Karate Chop is very dangerous. As for Geodude, Bubblebeam will suffice, as will Vine Whip if you have Ivysaur. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L15, Spearow L15 Reward: $225 Strategy: This guy is a piece of cake. Rattata is simple enough. Spearow can be taken down with Thundershock, or your strongest Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Onix L19 Reward: $595 Strategy: You've dealt with Geodude's and Onix's enough to know how to win. Water Gun, Bubblebeam, Vine Whip will all be enough to win. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Slowpoke L17 Reward: $255 Strategy: Slowpoke is a Psychic-type AND Water-type Pokemon. It can be beaten via Thundershock, Vine Whip, or Rock Throw with Geodude. Slowpoke does not use any Water-type attacks in this fight, so Geodude can survive. Slowpoke uses Confusion, which is a Psychic-type move. Be careful, since it is super effective to Ivysaur or Bellsprout. Vine Whip works, but it's far too risky. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Nidoran M L15, Nidoran F L15 Reward: $225 Strategy: This fight is easy. Bubblebeam works wonders on both of them, as do your strongest Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L13, Geodude L13, Machop L13, Geodude L13 Reward: $455 Strategy: Water Gun, Bubblebeam, Vine Whip (noticing a pattern)? Machop is the only Pokemon who actually poses a threat, but even it isn't too hard to take down, though do watch your HP. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Male) Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L14, Ekans L14 Reward: $280 Strategy: Very easy fight. Attack, keep your HP up. I tire of this. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Ekans L14, Sandshrew L14 Reward: $210 Strategy: Ekans can be taken of, via your strongest attacks. Sandshrew can be taken care of with Water Gun, Bubblebeam, or Vine Whip. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 25 Trainer's Pokemon: Oddish L13, Pidgey L13, Oddish L13 Reward: $195 Strategy: Oddish can be taken care of, via Ember or Rock Throw. Pidgey can be taken care of with Thundershock, Bubblebeam, etc. After you get through the intense amount of Pokemon Trainers, enter the house you come across. It's Bill's house. Sea Cottage - Bill's House -------------------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Once inside Bill's house, talk to the Pokemon-lookalike and it'll reveal itself as Bill, who has failed an experiment and turned himself into a Pokemon! Bill will then go into the machine on the right, and tell you to activate the teleporter on his PC to turn him back to normal. So go left and examine the keyboard left of the PC monitor to turn him back to normal. In return, he gives you the S.S. Ticket, which will let you ride the S.S. Anne ship in Vermilion City. Now, you can exit and reenter and then examine the PC to see pictures of four Pokemon Bill loves: Eevee, Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon, all of whom's photos will be added to your Pokedex (though not the data). Your business is done here, so exit the house and head south, all the way west, all the way south, then jump over the fence you come across to get back into Cerulean City with a shortcut. Cerulean City ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Back in Cerulean City, heal your Pokemon at the Poke Center, then head into the house behind the Pokemon Gym (this building was previously blocked off by a guard). Inside, you'll learn that a TM was stolen. Go through the hole in the back of the house, and talk to the Team Rocket member outside to initiate a fight with him. Beat him to get TM28, which teaches Dig, a quite good move, I might add. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Cerulean City Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L17, Drowzee L17 Reward: $510 Strategy: This could actually prove to be a somewhat tough fight. You don't have to worry that much, but one of your Pokemon (possibly two) could easily die. Machop, as we know, uses Karate Chop, which is a very potent physical attack. Use your strongest attacks to defeat it (Bubblebeam works well). Next up is Drowzee, another Psychic- type Pokemon. It uses Confusion, and that's bad too. Keep healed, and use your strongest attacks, such as Bubblebeam to win. After getting TM28, head east and all the way, south, then keep following the path south to reach Route 5. Route 5 ------- Available Pokemon: Pidgey, Oddish (Red Version Only), Meowth (Blue Version Only), Mankey (Red Version Only), Bellsprout (Blue Version Only) Once here, you can jump over the fences to the left and walk around in the grass to find some new Pokemon. Meowth and Mankey are available here, depending upon your version. Both are good, but Meowth is better. Catch the new Pokemon that you can get, then jump across the rest of the fences and you will see a house. This is the Pokemon Daycare Center, where an old man levels up your Pokemon for you. Sounds good, right? Unfortunately, you don't get to control which moves your Pokemon learn, so leave the daycare alone, and head into the building east of it. In there, go downstairs and follow the path to another building. Once you are in that building, go south and exit the building to reach Route 6. Route 6 ------- Available Pokemon: Pidgey, Oddish (Red Version Only), Meowth (Blue Version Only), Mankey (Red Version Only), Bellsprout (Blue Version Only) When you arrive here, head south into Vermilion City. You'll have to fight a few trainers along the way, though. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Route 6 Trainer's Pokemon: Weedle L16, Caterpie L16, Weedle L16 Reward: $160 Strategy: This is a very easy fight. Use your best Pokemon to take these wimps down to the grave where they belong. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Route 6 Trainer's Pokemon: Butterfree L20 Reward: $200 Strategy: Butterfree is not as bad as it may seem. However, Butterfree will use Stun Spore, which can inflict Paralyze on you, so watch out. To win, use Thundershock if you have Pikachu, Rock Throw if you have Geodude, Ember if you have Charmeleon... You get the picture. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Route 6 Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L16, Pidgey L16, Pidgey L16 Reward: $320 Strategy: Use your strongest Pokemon to win this fight easily. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Male) Location: Route 6 Trainer's Pokemon: Spearow L16, Raticate L16 Reward: $320 Strategy: This guy's easy. Spearow can be defeated with anything you've got. Raticate, on the other hand, might be a bit tougher, but it's not much to worry about even so. Use your strongest attacks with your strongest Pokemon, such as Bubblebeam, Water Gun, etc. to win. Vermilion City -------------- Available Pokemon: Farfetch'd Once here, go into the building west of the Poke Center and talk to the old man, who happens to be the Fishing Guru. He'll give you an Old Rod, which you can use to catch Water-type Pokemon! Unfortunately for you, you can only catch Magikarp with this rod. Meh... oh well. Now, go to the building directly to the south of the one you just entered. In there, talk to the old man sitting on the couch and listen to his long and boring story to get a Bike Voucher. After getting that, go back to Cerulean City and enter the building west of the Mart and talk to the guy behind the counter in the building with the bikes and he'll give you a Bicycle for free (normally, they cost $1,000,000)! Bicycles allow you to ride a bicycle on land, meaning you can travel faster. Nifty. Once you get that, head back to Vermilion City and then you should know that you can trade a Spearow for a Farfetch'd Pokemon in the building east of the one you got the Bike Voucher in. I'd recommend doing it, since Spearow can be re-caught, and since Farfetch'd will gain a "boosted experience" in battle, meaning twice the amount it would normally. You can board the S.S. Anne after you do all this, but I'd suggest going into Diglett's Cave east of the city to catch Diglett or possibly Dugtrio (though I'd recommend catching a Diglett and training it from there). Also, going to Route 11 to catch new Pokemon wouldn't be a bad idea, either. Let's go to Diglett's Cave first, shall we? So, head east of the city and into the cave. Diglett's Cave -------------- Available Pokemon: Diglett, Dugtrio Once here, go down the stairs into the main part of the cave. Once there, walk around until you find a Diglett. Catch it after weakening it some. Don't bother with catching a Dugtrio, since it's better just to train a Diglett to a Dugtrio. After your business here is done, exit the way you came and then head eastward to Route 11. Route 11 -------- Available Pokemon: Spearow, Ekans (Red Version Only), Sandshrew (Blue Version Only), Drowzee Catch a Drowzee here. Afterward, fight all the Pokemon Trainers in this area to get some good experience before boarding S.S. Anne. I'll list them all below for your convenience. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Ekans L21 Reward: $315 Strategy: This guy is easy enough, just watch out for Wrap. Pokemon Trainer: Gambler Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Poliwag L18, Horsea L18 Reward: $1260 Strategy: This guy has strictly Water-type Pokemon. You've dealt with these back in Cerulean City's Pokemon Gym, so you should know how to win. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Nidoran M L18, Nidorino L18 Reward: $270 Strategy: Hmm, he has a Nidorino, which is an evolved Nidoran M. Nidoran M should be taken care of very easily. Nidorino is slightly harder, so watch out. It uses Horn Attack, which is a fairly powerful physical move. Heal if you get too low on HP or just switch Pokemon. Also, watch out for Poison Sting, since you can get Poison inflicted on you. Water Gun, Bubblebeam, or your strongest attacks should be enough. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Sandshrew L19, Zubat L19 Reward: $285 Strategy: Sandshrew can be taken care of with Water Gun, Bubblebeam, or Vine Whip, or your strongest attacks with your strongest Pokemon. Zubat is defeated by your strongest Pokemon or with Pikachu's Thundershock attack. Pokemon Trainer: Gambler Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Bellsprout L18, Oddish L18 Reward: $1260 Strategy: Bellsprout uses Wrap and it can use Sleep Powder too, so definitely watch out for that. Take it out quick with Ember or your strongest non Grass-type and non Water-type moves. Do the same for Oddish. His Oddish isn't quite as hard as his Bellsprout was, so you should be okay. Pokemon Trainer: Gambler Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Growlithe L18, Vulpix L18 Reward: $1260 Strategy: This guy has all Fire-type Pokemon. Growlithe or Vulpix shouldn't be hard at all. Use Water Gun, Bubblebeam, Vine Whip, Rock Throw... you get the picture. Pokemon Trainer: Engineer Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Magnemite L21 Reward: $1050 Strategy: He has a Magnemite, an Electric-type Pokemon you have not yet seen. It isn't too tough to defeat, so just use your strongest attacks to win. Heal if necessary. Pokemon Trainer: Engineer Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Magnemite L18, Magnemite L18, Magneton L18 Reward: $900 Strategy: Alright, this can be a pain in the butt. Take out the two Magnemites he's got using your strongest Pokemon and your strongest moves. Keep healed and you should be okay. The real problem comes with Magneton. Magneton uses Sonicboom, a Normal-type Pokemon move that drains a lot of HP away from your Pokemon each time it's used. Magneton is also very fond of using Thundershock, so avoid using Water-type Pokemon for this. If you caught a Diglett and it had Dig, use that. Rock Throw with Geodude also works well. Pokemon Trainer: Gambler Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Voltorb L18, Magnemite L18 Reward: $1260 Strategy: This is an easy enough fight. Use your strongest attacks to win. Heal when necessary. Simple, eh? Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: Route 11 Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L17, Rattata L17, Raticate L17 Reward: $255 Strategy: This guy is very simple, although you may have to switch to another Pokemon if you have no Potions, since all three of his Pokemon use Hyper Fang, which is quite powerful. Use your strongest Pokemon and you should come out on top with little or no problems. After defeating the trainers in the area, head west, past the Diglett's Cave, then head south and follow the path across the bridge you come across. When you come across the guy blocking the entrance to S.S. Anne, Ash will show him the ticket to get in automatically. He'll let you through, so board the ship. S.S. Anne --------- Available Pokemon: N/A NOTE: If your Pokemon need to recover, you can leave now and go to the Poke Center in Vermilion City to recover. When you arrive on the S.S. Anne (this gets me in the mood for a cruise to a Carribean Island >_>), you should battle all of the Pokemon Trainers in here before venturing onward to Gary and getting HM01 (Cut), so that you are prepared for the next Gym Leader in Vermilion City. I will list all of the Pokemon Trainers you can fight in here. After that, I'll tell you where you can find the items in the ship. Just for reference, you can go to different areas of the ship aside from the main one by going down sets of stairs in the ship. There are many stairways in this ship, although this ship is far from a maze. Also, most Pokemon Trainers are located in the small rooms in the ship, although there is a hidden room with a few more Pokemon Trainers. To get there, go down the stairway left of the entrance, then go south down another set of stairs. After that, go all the way left, past the guy walking around to reach a hidden room. Neat, huh? :) Pokemon Trainer: Gentleman Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Nidoran M L19, Nidoran F L19 Reward: $1330 Strategy: This guy is a walk in the park. Bubblebeam, Water Gun, Vine Whip, Dig, all work very good here. Pokemon Trainer: Youngster Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Nidoran M L21 Reward: $315 Strategy: Bubblebeam, Water Gun, etc... You get the picture. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L18, Nidoran F L18 Reward: $270 Strategy: Not too hard of a Pokemon Trainer for someone who collected these Pokemon from "around the world", is she? Use your best Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Gentleman Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Growlithe L18, Growlithe L18 Reward: $1260 Strategy: Use Water-type Pokemon, Ground-type Pokemon, or Grass-type Pokemon to win very easily. Pokemon Trainer: Sailor Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Horsea L17, Horsea L17, Horsea L17 Reward: $510 Strategy: Very easy fight. Thundershock, Vine Whip, Rock Throw, all work good. Pokemon Trainer: Sailor Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Tentacool L18, Staryu L18 Reward: $540 Strategy: Another easy fight. Use the same strategy as you did for the previous Sailor, except Vine Whip is not very effective to Tentacool so I would avoid using that. Pokemon Trainer: Fisherman Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Tentacool L17, Staryu L17, Shellder L17 Reward: $595 Strategy: Same strategy as the above two trainers. Pokemon Trainer: Sailor Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L20 Reward: $600 Strategy: This can be a bit tough, since Karate Chop is quite deadly coming from a Level 20 Machop. Be careful, and use your strongest attacks to defeat it. Jigglypuff is not a good choice, being that Karate Chop is super effective to it. Pokemon Trainer: Sailor Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Horsea L17, Shellder L17, Tentacool L17 Reward: $510 Strategy: You should know how to defeat these watery foes by now, though do be careful, since Tentacool could prove to be a bit tough due to Supersonic. Pokemon Trainer: Sailor Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Shellder L21 Reward: $630 Strategy: Quite an easy fight, despite Shellder being Level 21. Use Vine Whip, Thundershock, stuff like that... Physical attacks are not too good against Shellder. Pokemon Trainer: Fisherman Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Goldeen L17, Tentacool L17, Goldeen L17 Reward: $595 Strategy: Thundershock is your best friend, as is Rock Throw. Otherwise, use your strongest attacks and keep healed if need be. Pokemon Trainer: Gentleman Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Pikachu L23 Reward: $1610 Strategy: This guy is fairly easy. A Ground-type Pokemon with Dig is a good bet here, as is Geodude with Rock Throw. Otherwise, your strongest Pokemon (aside from Water-types, of course) will be enough to win. Pokemon Trainer: Gentleman Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Growlithe L17, Ponyta L17 Reward: $1120 (didn't catch how much exactly, so e-mail me if I'm wrong) Strategy: This guy is a piece of cake. Ground-type Pokemon, as well as Rock- type Pokemon, Grass-type Pokemon, and Water-type Pokemon will own him. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L18, Pikachu L18 Reward: $270 Strategy: A very easy fight. Rattata is beaten with your best Pokemon. As for Pikachu, beat him with a Ground-type Pokemon with Dig, or with Rock Throw from Geodude. Hidden Room Trainers -------------------- Pokemon Trainer: Sailor Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L17, Tentacool L17 Reward: $510 Strategy: This guy is a joke. Machop is a Pokemon we've dealt with for a long time, so it should be easy to defeat it now. Use your strongest Pokemon against Machop (except for Grass-types). As for Tentacool, it can be beaten with Thundershock, or Dig. Pokemon Trainer: Sailor Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L18, Shellder L18 Reward: $540 Strategy: This fight is another easy one. Use the same strategy as above to win. Once you defeat all the trainers, it's time to loot this ship of its treasure. Starting off, there is an item to be collected in the fourth room from the left in the room with the entrance to this ship. In that room, you should find TM08. For the next item, take the stairs in the southeast corner of the main room of the ship. After that, enter the first door you come to and grab the Max Potion. After you get the Max Potion, exit the room and go left and enter the second door you come across (meaning ignore the first, but enter the one after). In that room, grab the Ether. For the next item, go through the door directly to the left of the one that contained the Ether to get TM44. After getting that, go back to the main room of the ship. Once there, head west then south, ignoring the stairs you come across. Go through the entrance to another room when you come across it. In this room full of chefs and tables, go to the eastern area of the room and you should see three trash cans. Examine the bottom one to get a Great Ball. Nice. Now, go back to the main room, then take the stairs to the left that you ignored earlier. Afterward, go south, ignoring the next set of stairs you come across, as that leads you to the hidden room of the S.S. Anne. Instead, head east and enter the second door you come across. In there, you can get a Max Ether. For the next item, keep going east, being sure to ignore the next door you come across, but being sure to enter the one after that one. In this room, you can get a Rare Candy. Now, exit this room and head east, then up at the split to find Gary. He'll fight you, as always. Pokemon Trainer: Gary Location: S.S. Anne Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgeotto L19, Raticate L16, Kadabra L18, Ivysaur, Charmeleon, or Wartortle L20 Reward: $1300 Strategy: This never gets old, does it? Gary comes packed with basically the same litter as before, with the exception of Kadabra and his evolved starter. Pidgeotto can be taken down with Thundershock or Rock Throw quite easily. Raticate can be taken down with your strongest Pokemon, although I warn you that Raticate's Hyper Fang is quite strong, so watch out. Kadabra can be taken care of with your best Pokemon, just like Raticate. This time around though, Kadabra has more than just Teleport; it uses Confusion, too. Finally, Ivysaur can be dispatched with Ember, Dig, Rock Throw (though it's risky due to Geodude's weakness to Grass-type Pokemon), and Peck if you have Spearow or Fearow. Charmeleon can be taken care of with Water Gun, Bubblebeam, Rock Throw, Dig, etc. Wartortle can be taken care of with Thundershock quite easily. Upon defeating Gary, he runs off, so go down the nearby set of stairs into the Captain's room. Inside there, talk to the Captain, who happens to be seasick. Ash will rub his back and he'll say that he feels much better and he'll give you HM01, which teaches Cut. Nifty. Now go back to the entrance of the ship and exit it, and you'll watch it take off. Vermilion City -------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Now, I suggest you don't teach Cut to a Pokemon just yet. Instead, catch a crappy Grass-type Pokemon, like Oddish or Bellsprout and teach it to that Pokemon. I'm telling you this because HM's cannot be deleted from your move list, so you should only teach it to Pokemon you know you'll never use. Anyway, after teaching Cut to a Pokemon, head over to the Pokemon Gym in the southwestern corner of Vermilion City. There, stand in front of the tree and use Cut to break the tree. With the tree out of the way, enter the Pokemon Gym. Inside, defeat the Pokemon Trainers in the room before unlocking the door leading to Lieutenant Surge. Pokemon Trainer: Sailor Location: Vermilion City Trainer's Pokemon: Pikachu L21, Pikachu L21 Reward: $630 Strategy: An easy fight if you have a Rock-type Pokemon. A Ground-type Pokemon with Dig also works wonders. Otherwise, use your strongest Pokemon, and avoid using Water-type Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Rocker Location: Vermilion City Trainer's Pokemon: Voltorb L20, Magnemite L20, Voltorb L20 Reward: $520 (didn't get exact amount; e-mail if I messed up) Strategy: Use the same strategy as above. Don't use Water-type Pokemon, by the way. Pokemon Trainer: Gentleman Location: Vermilion City Trainer's Pokemon: Pikachu L23 Reward: $1610 Strategy: Another terribly easy fight. Use the same strategy as you did for the above two trainers, and don't use Water-type Pokemon. After defeating the Pokemon Trainers in the Gym, it's time to unlock the door leading to Lt. Surge, this Gym's leader. Examine all of the trash cans until you find a switch inside. After that, examine the trash can next to the one that had the switch in it. For example, if you found a switch in a trash can that was located to the right, the one on the left will have the other switch in it, and vise versa. Once you flip both switches, the door to Lt. Surge opens. Enter the door where he awaits and talk to him to initiate a fight with the third Gym Leader. Gym Leader: Lt. Surge Location: Vermilion City Trainer's Pokemon: Voltorb L21, Pikachu L18, Raichu L24 Reward: Thunderbadge, $2376, TM24 Strategy: Lt. Surge is remarkably easy for leading a Gym full of Electric-type Pokemon. If you have Diglett (or Dugtrio) or anyone else with Dig, use it, as that will practically make you infallible. Rock Throw with Geodude (or Graveler, if you have it) works well, and moves like Thundershock can't even touch Ground-type Pokemon and Rock-type Pokemon. If you don't have a Ground-type or Rock-type Pokemon, use any other type of Pokemon except for a Water-type Pokemon. Lt. Surge doesn't start getting hard until he sends out his Raichu, an evolved Pikachu. Raichu uses Thundershock and Thunderbolt. Raichu can easily dispatch one or two of your Pokemon if they are even relatively weak, so watch out. Keep healed, and use Ground or Rock-type Pokemon and you are guaranteed a win here. When you defeat Lt. Surge, you'll get the Thunderbadge, which ups the Speed of your Pokemon. You'll also TM24, which teaches Thunderbolt. If you have a Pikachu, teach it to it immediately, since it doesn't learn Thunderbolt on its own. Now, exit the Gym and go heal your Pokemon at a Poke Center. After that, head through Diglett's Cave and you'll appear outside in an area near Viridian Forest. Viridian Forest Area -------------------- Available Pokemon: Mr. Mime Once here, you can visit the house to the south (nice ryhme, eh? :P) and trade an Abra for a Mr. Mime. Whether or not you do it, from the house, head south, use Cut on the tree, then continue south and enter the building you come to. There, talk to Professor Oak's Aide and if you have at least 10 Pokemon, he will give you HM05, which contains Flash. Seriously buddy, if you haven't caught at least 10 Pokemon yet, you might as well give up now. :P After getting HM05, teach it to a Pokemon you won't use, then go south and exit the building, then grab the two items, which are HP Up and Moon Stone. Once you do that, go back to Vermilion City. Vermilion City -------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Back in Vermilion City, head east to Route 11. Route 11 -------- Available Pokemon: Spearow, Ekans (Red Version Only), Sandshrew (Blue Version Only), Drowzee, Nidorina (boy in building trades it) Back in Route 11, head all the way east and examine the lone tree above the building to get an Escape Rope. Then, go inside the neary building. Once inside, go upstairs and talk to another one of Professor Oak's Aides to get the Itemfinder, though only if you have caught at least 30 kinds of Pokemon (this FAQ will be assuming that you have). After getting the Itemfinder, you can trade a Nidorino for a Nidorina to the boy in here if you want. Either way, go back to Cerulean City (I'd suggest using the Bicycle). Cerulean City ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Back in Cerulean City, follow the path back to the main part of the city. Along the way, you'll encounter a split to the right. Take it and use Cut on the tree to get it out of the way. Now that that's done, head east to Route 9. Route 9 ------- Available Pokemon: Rattata, Spearow, Ekans (Red Version Only), Sandshrew (Blue Version Only), Voltorb When you arrive at Route 9, make your way eastward across Route 9, grabbing the TM30 item you come across along the way (it's to the south of the first Pokemon Trainer you come across in the area). Eventually, you'll reach an area of grass by a river. Here is where you can catch Voltorb. Do so. After doing that, head south and enter the Poke Center. There, heal up and leave. Now, go south, west, then north and enter Rock Tunnel. Along the way, you'll fight another Pokemon Trainer. As always, below is a list of the trainers you fight in Route 9, as well as the one before Rock Tunnel, just so you don't get confused of where you are in the walkthrough. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Oddish L18, Bellsprout L18, Oddish L18, Bellsprout L18 Reward: $360 Strategy: She's very easy. Your strongest Pokemon will suffice. Use Ember if you have Charmeleon, Rock Throw with Geodude or Graveler, and Dig with Diglett or Dugtrio. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L20, Onix L20 Reward: $700 Strategy: This guy is a piece of cake. You should know how to defeat both of them. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Male) Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Growlithe L21, Charmander L21 Reward: $420 Strategy: This guy is easy, too. Use Water-type Pokemon, Ground-type Pokemon, and Rock-type Pokemon to win easily. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Beedrill L19, Beedrill L19 Reward: $190 Strategy: This guy has two Beedrills, which you probably already have. They are nothing special, and should be easily defeated. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L21, Onix L21 Reward: $735 Strategy: This guy is easy. Water, Grass, Ground, all will do just fine. Pokemon Trainer: Bug Catcher Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Caterpie L20, Weedle L20, Venonat L20 Reward: $200 Strategy: This is easy. Caterpie and Weedle should go down VERY quickly. As for Venonat, Fire, Ground, and Rock-type Pokemon will be sufficient to defeat it. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Male) Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L19, Diglett L19, Ekans L19, Sandshrew L19 Reward: $380 Strategy: This guy has weak Pokemon, so taking him down should be no problem whatsoever. Your strongest Pokemon should take this guy down fast. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L20, Machop L20, Geodude L20 Reward: $700 Strategy: Another easy battle. Why should I bother with a strategy? Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Meowth L23 Reward: $460 Strategy: She has a Meowth, which is sort of unusual considering how many weak Pokemon these Pokemon Trainers usually have. However, aside from it using Pay Day to scatter coins everywhere, there's not much to worry about, in all honesty. Just use your strongest Pokemon and you'll be okay. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Route 9 Trainer's Pokemon: Pikachu L20, Clefairy L20 Reward: $400 Strategy: Pikachu can be beaten with Ground or Rock-type Pokemon. Clefairy can be beaten with your strongest Pokemon. Be careful though, since Pikachu can use Thunder Wave and inflict Paralyze on you. Rock Tunnel ----------- Available Pokemon: Zubat, Machop, Geodude, Onix You can and should teach a Pokemon Flash (although one you don't care about) if you haven't done so already. Flash isn't mandatory for navigating through here, but it does certainly help a lot. Be sure to capture a Machop and an Onix. I don't have to give specific directions on how to get out of here, because Flash illuminates the place and the cave is very straight-foward. You shouldn't have any trouble finding your way out of the cave on your own. I'll list the trainers you fight here below. Pokemon Trainer: Pokemaniac Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Cubone L23, Slowpoke L23 Reward: $1150 Strategy: Cubone can be defeated with Water, Ground, or Grass-type Pokemon. Slowpoke can be defeated with Electric-type Pokemon, Rock-type Pokemon, or your strongest Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Pokemaniac Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Slowpoke L25 Reward: $1250 Strategy: This guy has quite a high level Slowpoke, so watch out. Confusion is the only thing Slowpoke really does. Electric or Rock-types are your best bet. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Oddish L22, Bulbasaur L22 Reward: $440 Strategy: She's very easy. Fire-type Pokemon, or your strongest Pokemon are your best bet. Don't use Water, Ground, or Rock, though. Pokemon Trainer: Pokemaniac Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Charmander L22, Cubone L22 Reward: $1100 Strategy: This guy is simple. Water-type, Rock-type, Grass-type or Ground- type Pokemon are best for Charmander. For Cubone, Water-types or Grass-types are best. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L20, Onix L20 Reward: $700 Strategy: This guy is easy, too. Machop can be dealt with using your best Pokemon. As for Onix, Grass, Water, and Ground-type Pokemon all work very effectively. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L25 Reward: $875 Strategy: You should know how to win by now. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L19, Machop L19, Geodude L19, Geodude L19 Reward: $665 Strategy: Use your strongest Pokemon. This fight won't take long. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Onix L20, Onix L20, Geodude L20 Reward: $700 Strategy: The same strategy as the above two trainers applies here. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L21, Graveler L21 Reward: $735 Strategy: Use the same strategy as you have for the last three trainers. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Jigglypuff L21, Pidgey L21, Meowth L21 Reward: $420 Strategy: This trainer isn't too hard. Jigglypuff can go down by you using your strongest Pokemon, as can Pidgey and Meowth. Just be sure to keep healed and you should be fine. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L21, Geodude L21, Graveler L21 Reward: $735 Strategy: Another very easy trainer. You should know how to defeat this guy. Pokemon Trainer: Pokemaniac Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Slowpoke L20, Slowpoke L20, Slowpoke L20 Reward: $1000 Strategy: He has three Slowpokes, so do watch out. Confusion can be deadly by itself, but with 3 Slowpokes to take down, the threat is doubled. Use Electric, Ground, or Grass-type Pokemon to easily win here. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Bellsprout L22, Clefairy L22 Reward: $440 Strategy: Bellsprout can be defeated with Fire-type Pokemon, Ground-type Pokemon, or Rock-type Pokemon. Clefairy can be taken down by your strongest Pokemon. Definitely an easy battle. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L19, Rattata L19, Rattata L19, Bellsprout L19 Reward: $380 Strategy: The first three Pokemon should fall easily. Bellsprout will fall with Fire, Ground, or Rock-Type Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Rock Tunnel Trainer's Pokemon: Meowth L20, Oddish L20, Pidgey L20 Reward: $400 Strategy: Meowth can be taken care of with your strongest Pokemon. Oddish can be beaten with Fire-type Pokemon or Ground-type Pokemon. Pidgey can be beaten with your strongest Pokemon. Route 10 -------- Available Pokemon: N/A Once here, head east and examine the tree to get a Max Ether. Once you get that, defeat all of the trainers in the area. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L21, Pidgeotto L21 Reward: $420 Strategy: Electric or Rock-type Pokemon serve you well here. Your strongest Pokemon will also be sufficient. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Geodude L21, Onix L21 Reward: $735 Strategy: This guy is easy. Water-type Pokemon and Grass-types are your best bet. Ground-types work too. Pokemon Trainer: Hiker Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Onix L19, Graveler L19 Reward: $665 Strategy: Another very easy fight. Use the same strategy as the above fight. Pokemon Trainer: Pokemaniac Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Cubone L20, Slowpoke L20 Reward: $1000 Strategy: For Cubone, use Water, Ground, or Grass-type Pokemon. For Slowpoke, Electric-type, Rock-type, Grass-type, or Ground-types are good. After defeating all the Pokemon Trainers, head into nearby Lavender Town. Lavender Town ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Once here, heal at the Poke Center. Then, go to the Market and buy a lot of Great Balls and Super Potions. Then, head west into Route 8, since you can't do anything else here just yet. Route 8 ------- Available Pokemon: Pidgey, Ekans (Red Version Only), Sandshrew (Blue Version Only), Vulpix (Blue Version Only), Meowth (Blue Version Only), Mankey (Red Version Only), Growlithe (Red Version Only) When you arrive here, simply head west through the entire area, battling the trainers as you go. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Clefairy L22, Clefairy L22 Reward: $330 Strategy: This fight isn't too hard. Your Pokemon should easily be Level 25 or so by now. To win, just use your strongest Pokemon. You can't really exploit a weakness, but that's not a problem. Pokemon Trainer: Gambler Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Growlithe L24, Vulpix L24 Reward: $1680 Strategy: This is another easy fight. Water, Ground, or Rock-type Pokemon are great here. Pokemon Trainer: Super Nerd Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Grimer L22, Muk L22, Grimer L22 Reward: $550 Strategy: This trainer is tougher than the previous two, but you should still be fine. Grimer can be defeated with a Psychic-type Pokemon, such as Kadabra or Hypno. Muk can be defeated the same way, but Muk may be a bit tougher. Watch out for Poison Gas, since that inflicts Poison on you. Muk can also use Disable, so watch out for that too. The last Grimer can be taken out the same way as the first one. Pokemon Trainer: Super Nerd Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Koffing L26 Reward: $650 Strategy: This shouldn't be too hard, but it may take a few strong attacks to kill a Level 26 Koffing. Psychic-type Pokemon work well against it. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgey L19, Rattata L19, Nidoran M L19, Meowth L19, Pikachu L19 Reward: $285 Strategy: This is an easy fight, despite the fact that she has 5 Pokemon. You have dealt with them before, you can do it again. Use your strongest Pokemon and you should have no trouble at all dealing with Lass. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Meowth L24, Meowth L24, Meowth L24 Reward: $360 Strategy: Three Meowths, eh? Not too smart. Even though they are all Level 24, they shouldn't be that bad, though do watch your HP. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Nidoran F L23, Nidorina L23 Reward: $345 Strategy: This is another simple fight. Nidoran F can be taken care of with your strongest Pokemon. The best are Psychic-type Pokemon. The same strategy applies to Nidorina, although Nidorina is a bit stronger. Pokemon Trainer: Gambler Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Poliwag L22, Poliwag L22, Poliwhirl L22 Reward: $1540 Strategy: Not too bad. The two Poliwags can be taken care of with Electric- type Pokemon or Grass-type Pokemon. The same strategy applies to Poliwhirl, though do watch out, since Poliwhirl can use Hypnosis and put your Pokemon to sleep, which is never good. Poliwhirl will also take longer to defeat then the two Poliwags did. Pokemon Trainer: Super Nerd Location: Route 10 Trainer's Pokemon: Voltorb L20, Koffing L20, Voltorb L20, Magnemite L20 Reward: $500 Strategy: The two Voltorbs can be beaten with Ground or Rock-type Pokemon. As for Koffing, Psychic-type Pokemon work the best, as do Ground-types and Rock-types. Use Ground-type or Rock-type Pokemon for Magnemite too. Upon defeating all of the Pokemon Trainers in Route 10, use Cut on one of the sides of the grass patch in the middle of the area, then search around until you find Growlithe or Vulpix, depending on your version and catch them. After that, head back west and go through into the small building you come across. Once in there, go down the stairs into an underground passage. There, follow the path and up the next set of stairs, then exit the building. Route 7 ------- Available Pokemon: Pidgey, Ekans (Red Version Only), Sandshrew (Blue Version Only), Vulpix (Blue Version Only), Meowth (Blue Version Only), Mankey (Red Version Only), Growlithe (Red Version Only) Once here, simply head west into nearby Celadon City. That was hard. Wow... Celadon City ------------ Available Pokemon: Eevee NOTE: Eevee can evolve into Flareon with a Fire Stone, Vaporeon with a Water Stone, and Jolteon with a Thunder Stone. All of these can be bought at the huge Mart in Celadon City. You can evolve your Eevee now if you want. If you want more Eevee's to get all of its evolution and the normal Eevee, you either have to trade with friends or use Gameshark. When you arrive here, you should know that this is the biggest town in the game. Celadon City has much to offer, including the biggest Mart in the game, and it is there you can buy almost everything, it seems. Celadon offers a Pokemon Gym on the south side of town, a Pokemon Mansion where you can get an Eevee. Finally, Celadon offers the Game Corner, a place where you can play slot machines to earn tokens to get Pokemon and TMs. First off, let's head into the mansion, but from the back entrance. To get into the back of the mansion, go to the entrance of town and go around to the back (the path starts by going behind the Poke Cener), then enter it when you reach it. Then, just make your way to the top floor, where you'll see a Poke Ball on the table. Take it to get Eevee. Now, head back into the actual town. Then, go into the Pokemon Gym. To get there, head all the way to the southeast portion of town, where you should find a tree. Use Cut on it, then follow the path to another tree. Cut it and then go west and follow the path into the Pokemon Gym. Inside the Gym, defeat all the trainers, then make your way to Erika, the Gym leader. I'll list all the trainers below, as usual. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Celadon City Trainer's Pokemon: Bellsprout L23, Weepinbell L23 Reward: $345 Strategy: She isn't too bad, although you should still be careful, since she can have her Bellsprout and Weepinbell use Wrap or Poisonpowder. Use Fire-type or Psychic-type Pokemon to win here. Pokemon Trainer: Beauty Location: Celadon City Trainer's Pokemon: Oddish L21, Bellsprout L21, Oddish L21, Bellsprout L21 Reward: $1470 Strategy: Use the same strategy as above, though do watch out, since she is VERY fond of inflicting Paralyze on you, or putting you to sleep. This is definitely one battle you want to keep your HP up for. Pokemon Trainer: Beauty Location: Celadon City Trainer's Pokemon: Bellsprout L24, Bellsprout L24 Reward: $1680 Strategy: The same strategy as above applies here. Watch out for Poisonpowder and Sleep Powder, though. Pokemon Trainer: Jr. Trainer (Female) Location: Celadon City Trainer's Pokemon: Bulbasaur L24, Ivysaur L24 Reward: $480 Strategy: This is another very easy fight, where Fire-type and Psychic-type Pokemon are sufficient. Keep healed though, since Ivysaur can be a bit tough. Generally though, you shouldn't have any problems here. Pokemon Trainer: Cooltrainer (Female) Location: Celadon City Trainer's Pokemon: Weepinbell L24, Gloom L24, Ivysaur L24 Reward: $840 Strategy: Surprisingly, all her Pokemon are evolved, so watch out. They can all be defeated by Fire-type or Psychic-type Pokemon quite easily, though. Watch out for Stun Spore and Poisonpowder, and keep healed and you should win. This fight is more difficult than the others, so watch out. Pokemon Trainer: Lass Location: Celadon City Trainer's Pokemon: Oddish L23, Gloom L23 Reward: $345 Strategy: The same strategy as above applies to this battle. Oddish should be no problem, although Gloom is slightly tougher. Gloom also uses Poisonpowder, so be careful. Pokemon Trainer: Beauty Location: Celadon City Trainer's Pokemon: Exeggcute L26 Reward: $1820 Strategy: Exeggcute is a Grass-type Pokemon and Psychic-type Pokemon, so you should avoid using Psychic Pokemon here. Fire-type Pokemon are the best here. Be careful, since Exeggcute can use Hypnosis and it uses Barrage quite a lot, which is an attack that can hit you numerous times before it stops. Gym Leader: Erika Location: Celadon City Trainer's Pokemon: Victreebel L29, Tangela L24, Vileplume L29 Reward: Rainbowbadge, $2871, TM Strategy: This is the hardest Gym Leader you've faced up until this point, so definitely be careful. Fire-type and Psychic-type Pokemon are your best bet here. Victreebel is first up, and Victreebel can use Razor Leaf, so definitely watch out for that, as it's quite powerful. It can also use status-inflicting moves as well, so watch out. Victreebel should go down quite easily, though. Next up is Tangela, a Pokemon who, surprisingly, is not a Grass-type. Fire-type Pokemon are your best bet on taking out Tangela. Finally, Erika's last Pokemon is Vileplume. Vileplume hapens to be the hardest Pokemon Erika has. It uses Petal Dance, which is a Grass-type move that hurts quite a bit. After using it, Vileplume will continue hitting you for a few turns, which can be dangerous, so use Super Potions in between turns when you need to. After the thrashing is over, Vileplume becomes confused, and that's about the only good thing that comes out of Petal Dance. Finally, Vileplume can also use Mega Drain, a much more powerful version of Absorb. Use Fire-type or Psychic-type Pokemon to take Vileplume down quickly. Be sure to keep your HP up, as well. After you defeat Erika, you get the Rainbowbadge and TM21, which teaches Mega Drain. Also, you'll be able to use Strength outside of battle now, but too bad you don't have the HM yet. Anyway, exit the Gym, and Cut your way back to the main part of the town. There, rest at the Poke Center and head into the Game Corner, which is located in the building just east of the lake in the town. Game Corner ----------- Available Pokemon: N/A There are many things you should know about the Game Corner. First off, not only do you have to go here right now, but you can also do a lot of other things here. The object here is to win coins, so that you can trade them at the Exchange Corner, located to the east of this building, for Pokemon and TMs. Depending on your version, the Pokemon you can get will vary. To win coins at the Game Corner, you need a Coin Case to hold your coins. To get that, go into the building directly below the Exchange Corner and talk to the old man sitting in the upper-left corner of the building to get a Coin Case. After getting that, you can go back into the Game Corner and begin to play slot machines to win coins by sitting at any seat in the Game Corner and then pressing A to start one of the slots. It should be obvious how to play slots, so I won't give you an explanation on that, sorry. You can get coins by winning at slot machines. You can also talk to the people in here and get some coins from two of them, for a total of 40 coins. That's not that good, but hey, it's free, and life doesn't come free these days. Now, you can talk to the guy behind the counter in the upper-left corner of the building and buy 50 coins for $1000. That's a complete ripoff, so avoid doing that, since your money should be used for more meaningful things. Remember, after you win coins, you can take them next door to the Exchange Corner and exchange them for Pokemon and TMs, depending on your version. Below is a list of what you can exchange coins for in each version. Blue ---- Abra Coins: 120 Clefairy Coins: 750 Nidorino Coins: 1200 Dratini Coins: 4600 Pinsir Coins: 2500 Porygon Coins: 6500 TM23 Coins: 3300 TM15 Coins: 5500 TM50 Coins: 7700 Red --- Abra Coins: 120 Clefairy Coins: 500 Nidorina Coins: 1200 Dratini Coins: 2800 Scyther Coins: 5500 Porygon Coins: 9999 TM23 Coins: 3300 TM15 Coins: 5500 TM50 Coins: 7700 Now that I've explained everything, onto our main quest. In the Game Corner, talk to the member of Team Rocket who is standing east of the counter in the upper-left corner of the room. He'll start a fight with you, since he is "guarding" the poster. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Game Corner Trainer's Pokemon: Raticate L20, Zubat L20 Reward: $600 Strategy: This guy is easy. Raticate should fall quickly with your strongest Pokemon, as should Zubat. After defeating the Team Rocket member, examine the poster he was guarding to reveal a switch, which Ash will automatically press. Now, go east and enter the hidden Team Rocket hideout. Team Rocket Hideout ------------------- Available Pokemon: N/A When you arrive here, you should know that there are MANY items for you to collect in here. They are: Super Potion (x2), Hyper Potion, Escape Rope, Rare Candy, Lift Key, HP Up, Silph Scope, Nugget, TM02, TM07, TM10. Quite a bit of items, eh? Well since it is way too tedious and hard to explain on how to get to these items, just find them for yourself. It may take awhile, and you don't have to get all of them if you don't want to, though do try and get the TMs. Anyway, I'll tell you to beat this level, but not get the items. I WILL list the trainers before I get on with the walkthrough, though. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Raticate L21, Raticate L21 Reward: $630 Strategy: This guy may be a bit tough because of Raticate's Hyper Fang attack, but you should come out on top if you use your strongest Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Drowzee L21, Machop L21 Reward: $630 Strategy: Drowzee should go down quite easily with your strongest Pokemon, since you should be much higher than Level 21 by now. Machop can go down with Psychic-type Pokemon, or your strongest Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Zubat L17, Koffing L17, Grimer L17, Zubat L17, Raticate L17 Reward: $510 Strategy: Easy. That's all I can say. You should win this fight very easily. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Grimer L20, Koffing L20, Koffing L20 Reward: $600 Strategy: Psychic-type Pokemon are your best bet here. Otherwise, your most powerful Pokemon should be enough. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L19, Raticate L19, Raticate L19, Rattata L19 Reward: $570 Strategy: This is another ridiculously easy fight. Use your strongest Pokemon to win. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L21, Machop L21 Reward: $630 Strategy: Psychic-type Pokemon are best here. Your strongest Pokemon aside from the Psychic-type should be more than enough to take the two Machop's down if you don't have Psychic, though, so don't despair. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Rattata L20, Raticate L20, Drowzee L20 Reward: $600 Strategy: This is another very easy fight. You shouldn't difficulty here. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Koffing L21, Zubat L21 Reward: $630 Strategy: Yet another fight with more wimpy Pokemon. Too easy. You shouldn't have trouble at all, especially against Zubat. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Grimer L22, Koffing L22 Reward: $660 Strategy: Psychic-type Pokemon, as always, will merit use here. Your strongest Pokemon are sufficient if you don't have Psychics. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Sandshrew L23, Ekans L23, Sandslash L23 Reward: $690 Strategy: The first two Pokemon can be disposed of quite easily. As for the last one, Sandslash, use Water or Grass-Type Pokemon to win easily. Sandslash is more powerful than Sandshrew or Ekans, so be cautious. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Ekans L23, Sandshrew L23, Arbok L23 Reward: $690 Strategy: An easy enough fight. Ekans and Sandshrew will fall easily. This will be your first battle against an Arbok, so be careful. Arbok is not too much to worry about if you use Psychic-type and Ground-type Pokemon, though. Rock-types also work well. Starting off, head down the nearby set of stairs into the next area. In this area, follow the path west and north, and go behind the Rocket, then go down the stairs you come across into the next room. In this room, you'll have to go through a maze of tiles with arrows on them. Each arrow corresponds to a different direction, as I'm sure you're aware of. I can't really explain this too good without a map, which I happen to suck at, by the way, so I'm afraid you'll have to figure out how to get through this area on your own. It's not that hard, so don't worry. After navigating through the tile maze, go down the nearby set of stairs into another new area. In this new area, go north and west and take out the Team Rocket guard. He'll leave behind the Lift Key if you talk to him again, so pick it up. Once you get the Lift Key, head back into the previous room where the tile maze is. Navigate through it. Once you navigate through it, go up the stairs to the right into the next area. In that area, go west and you'll have to navigate through another tile maze. This one is easy too, so don't worry. After you navigate through the tile maze, go east, north, then east, past the stairs, and into the elevator. When you get inside the elevator, choose to go to Basement 4. Once there, talk to the two Rocket guards surrounding the closed door and fight each of them. Once you do that, the door opens, leading the way to...Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket. This won't be your last encounter with him, by the way. Talk to him to start the fight. As always, below is the strategy for defeating him. Pokemon Trainer: Giovanni Location: Team Rocket Hideout Trainer's Pokemon: Onix L25, Rhyhorn L24, Kangaskhan L29 Reward: Silph Scope, $2871 Strategy: Giovanni is not as hard as you may think he is, being that he is the leader of Team Rocket. This'll be a rather boring fight, to say the least. First up is Onix, who we've dealt with far too often. Onix should go down quite easily with a Water, Grass, or Ground-type Pokemon. Next up is Rhyhorn, who should go down just as fast as Onix if you use the same strategy (which you should). The last Pokemon Giovanni sends out is Kangaskhan, who is a whopping Level 29. It should be easy to defeat Kangaskhan, although you can't exploit its weaknesses unless you use a Fighting-type Pokemon. Also, you should be careful since Giovanni can use Guard Spec. on his Pokemon. Also, Kangaskhan will take longer to kill than Onix or Rhyhorn did. Keep healed, since you could take a good bit of damage in this fight from Kangaskhan. Once you defeat Giovanni, he'll give you the Silph Scope, which lets you identify Ghost-type Pokemon in Lavender Town's Pokemon Tower. Now that you are done here, exit this annoying place completely, and exit the Game Corner, too. Celadon City ------------ Available Pokemon: N/A Back in Celadon City, go to the Market. There, go to the third floor and talk to the person behind the counter to get TM18, which, ironicially, teaches the move Counter. After you get that, head up to the fifth floor. Once there, go up the stairs leading into the 6th floor, the only floor that cannot be accessed via elevator. On that floor, examine one of the vending machines and buy some Fresh Water, as you'll need this later. Now, exit the Market and head all the way east back to Lavender Town. I should not have to explain how. Lavender Town ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A When you arrive here, head into the Pokemon Tower, the cave with the huge tower atop it. Pokemon Tower ------------- Available Pokemon: Gastly, Haunter, Cubone Upon arrival, head upstairs into the main part of the tower. Once there, you will have to fight Gary again, as usual. Pokemon Trainer: Gary Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Pidgeotto L25, Growlithe L23, Exeggcute L22, Kadabra L20, Ivysaur, Charmeleon, or Wartortle L25 Reward: $1625 Strategy: You should be used to this loser by now. Pidgeotto can be taken down with Lightning-type Pokemon or Rock-type Pokemon. Growlithe can be taken out with Water-type Pokemon. Exeggcute can be taken out with Fire-type Pokemon or Rock-type Pokemon. Kadabra can be taken out with your strongest Pokemon. As for Ivysaur, use Fire, Ground, or Rock-type Pokemon. Charmeleon can be defeated with Water-type or Ground-type Pokemon. Finally, Wartortle can be taken care of with Lightning-type Pokemon or your strongest Pokemon. Once you defeat Gary, head west and up the stairs to the third floor. Here, you can catch Gastly's or Haunter's if you are really lucky, although in my opinion it's better just to catch a Gastly and train it from there. Cubone is also an available Pokemon here, so catch it. Anyway, after you get in the third floor, simply head east through the room into the next floor, beating all of the Pokemon Trainers you come across, although they can be avoided. Also, the first trainer is located by going east, then north, then east again when you get into this room. An Escape Rope is also there, so get it. When you get into the next floor, simply keep going up every floor in the area, and collecting all the items you come across. There is also a healing area you can step on to recover all your Pokemon on one of the floors too, so use that if you need healing. Anyway, after going up all floors, you'll eventually reach some stairs and as you try to go up them, you'll be attacked by a ghost. Since you have the Silph Scope, the ghost will be identified as Marowak. You can capture of defeat this Marowak, although catching a Cubone can get you a Marowak eventually anyway, so it's up to you. After you defeat or capture Marowak, go up the stairs into the top floor of the Pokemon Tower. Once there, head north, beating all of the Rocket guards you encounter. Once you beat them all, talk to Mr. Fuji, who will take you out of the tower and into his home. Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L23 Reward: $690 Strategy: Gastly can be beaten easily with Psychic-type Pokemon. Don't use physical attacks, since Gastly can't be hurt by them. If you do not have a Psychic-type Pokemon in your possession, other Pokemon types work just fine, though never use physical moves, do you hear me? Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L24 Reward: $720 Strategy: Same strategy as above applies to this fight. Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L22 Reward: $660 Strategy: This is another easy fight. This Gastly is even lower than the previous two, so it should be even easier to defeat. Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L23, Gastly L23 Reward: $690 Strategy: Once again, use the same strategy you've been using. Two Gastly's shouldn't pose more of a problem than one. Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L22 Reward: $660 Strategy: Use same old strategy... Yeah, I'm getting lazy... Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L24 Reward: $720 Strategy: Should I really say? See above. Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L22 Reward: $660 Strategy: See above. >_> Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Haunter L23 Reward: $690 Strategy: Use the same strategy you've been using. From this point on, I will include no strategy for this level unless I have to. Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L24 Reward: $720 Strategy: N/A Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Haunter L22 Reward: $660 Strategy: N/A Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L22, Gastly L22, Gastly L22 Reward: $660 Strategy: N/A Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L24 Reward: $720 Strategy: N/A Pokemon Trainer: Channeler Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Gastly L24 Reward: $720 Strategy: N/A Top Floor Trainers ------------------ Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Zubat L25, Zubat L25, Golbat L25 Reward: Didn't get it (e-mail me) Strategy: Psychic-type and Ground-type Pokemon work well here, so use them. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Koffing L26, Drowzee L26 Reward: $780 Strategy: Koffing can be defeated by Ground-type Pokemon or Rock-types. As for Drowzee, just use your strongest Pokemon. Be careful though, since Drowzee is harder than Koffing. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Pokemon Tower Trainer's Pokemon: Zubat L23, Rattata L23, Raticate L23, Zubat L23 Reward: $690 Strategy: Another easy fight. Use your strongest Pokemon and you'll win quite easily. Lavender Town ------------- Available Pokemon: N/A Inside Mr. Fuji's house, talk to Mr. Fuji to get a Poke Flute. You'll need this later. After getting it, exit the house and head back to Celadon City by going due west. Celadon City ------------ Available Pokemon: N/A Once here, go all the way west and into Route 16. Route 16 -------- Available Pokemon: Rattata, Raticate, Spearow, Doduo Once here, Cut down the tree to the west, then go north and west and enter the back of the huge building, then go west when you get into the building. This will lead you outside. Outside, head west some more and enter the small house you come to. Inside, talk to the girl to get HM02, which teaches Fly. Teach it to a bird Pokemon you won't really use. Fly enables you to fly instantly to cities you have already been to in the game. Very useful. After getting Fly, head east and through the back of the building again. Then, go into the grass and catch Doduo. After that, head back to Celadon City, then eastward to Route 7. Once you reach Route 7, go into the big building south of the grass patch, then inside, try and head east through the building and Ash will automatically give the guard the Fresh Water you bought at Celadon earlier. He'll share it with the other guards, so don't worry about buying more. Once he lets you through, you'll arrive at Saffron City, your next destination. Saffron City ------------ Available Pokemon: Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan (can only get one) When you arrive here, head into the extreme northern part of town, where you should find two Pokemon Gyms. The one on the right is unaccessible, and will remain so for a little while. Enter the left one. This is not a Gym that has a Gym Leader with a Pokemon League Badge, but nevertheless, it is a Gym, and this one is a Fighting-type Pokemon Gym, so if you haven't trained a Psychic Pokemon yet, now is the time, since Fighting Pokemon are quite hard, given that these guys have Pokemon over Level 30. Anyway, when you enter the Gym, you can avoid all the trainers by going behind them, but I don't recommend doing so. Beat all the trainers, then talk to the leader to initiate a battle with him. Pokemon Trainer: Blackbelt Location: Saffron City Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L31, Mankey L31, Primeape L31 Reward: $775 Strategy: If you have Psychic-type Pokemon, just use Psychic-type moves to win easily. If not, use your strongest, and only your strongest, Pokemon and their strongest moves. Watch your HP. Pokemon Trainer: Blackbelt Location: Saffron City Trainer's Pokemon: Machop L32, Machoke L32 Reward: $800 Strategy: Use the same strategy as above, though do watch your HP carefully, since Machoke is quite powerful. Pokemon Trainer: Blackbelt Location: Saffron City Trainer's Pokemon: Primeape L36 Reward: $900 Strategy: The same strategy as above applies here, too. You may want to switch in another Pokemon if your HP happens to get too low. Level 36 is quite high right now, and you may not even be that high yet. Do be careful. Pokemon Trainer: Blackbelt Location: Saffron City Trainer's Pokemon: Mankey L31, Mankey L31, Primeape L31 Reward: $775 Strategy: This fight is the same as the first one. Use the same strategy as you did for the first one. Gym Leader: Blackbelt Location: Saffron City Trainer's Pokemon: Hitmonlee L37, Hitmonchan L37 Reward: $925 Strategy: Psychic-type Pokemon will make this fight a breeze, despite the high levels of these two Fighting-type Pokemon. If you don't have a Psychic-type Pokemon though, this fight may be quite hard. I suggest training one if you don't have one just yet. Level 30 should be fine, maybe less, depending on what moves your Psychic Pokemon has. After you defeat the leader, you get to choose either Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan as a Pokemon. I personally prefer Hitmonlee better, but that's just me. Use Gameshark or trade to get the other one. After you choose the Pokemon, rest at the Poke Center. Then, head into the huge tall building in the center of town to reach Silph Co., your next destination. Silph Co. --------- Available Pokemon: Lapras Once here, you should know that there are a ton of items and TMs to be collected. Like I did in Celadon City, I won't tell you how to get all of the items in here, since it would be very hard to explain, and may even confuse you. Below is a list of trainers, like always, although you don't have to fight very many of them to beat this place. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Silph Co. Trainer's Pokemon: Golbat L25, Zubat L25, Zubat L25, Raticate L25, Zubat L25 Reward: $750 Strategy: This fight should be finished very quickly with a Psychic-type Pokemon, or just your strongest Pokemon in general. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Silph Co. Trainer's Pokemon: Cubone L29, Zubat L29 Reward: $870 Strategy: Cubone can go down with Water-type Pokemon quite easily. Zubat can be defeated with your best Pokemon. Grass-type Pokemon also do well against Cubone. Pokemon Trainer: Scientist Location: Silph Co. Trainer's Pokemon: Magnemite L28, Voltorb L28, Magneton L28 Reward: $1400 Strategy: This fight may actually be a bit tough, to be honest. The two Magnemites and the Magneton both use Thundershock and Sonicboom, both of which hurt quite a bit. Be careful, and watch your HP. Use Ground-types and Rock-types to win here. Pokemon Trainer: Scientist Location: Silph Co. Trainer's Pokemon: Grimer L28, Electrode L28 Reward: $1450 Strategy: Grimer can be defeated with your strongest Pokemon. As for Electrode (who you likely haven't seen yet), defeat it with Ground or Rock- type Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Silph Co. Trainer's Pokemon: Weezing L28, Golbat L28, Koffing L28 Reward: $840 Strategy: Weezing isn't too powerful in terms of damaging attacks, though his Smog attack can inflict Poison on you, so watch out for that. It can be defeated easily with Psychic, Rock, or Ground-type Pokemon. As for Golbat, it can be defeated with Electric or Rock-type Pokemon. Use the same strategy you did for Weezing when fighting Koffing. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket Location: Silph Co. Trainer's Pokemon: Raticate L26, Zubat L26, Golbat L26, Rattata L26 Reward: $780 Strategy: These guys can be easily defeated. Just use your best Pokemon. Pokemon Trainer: Rocket L