Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green FAQ/Walkthrough File Created: 2/05/04 By Stryker Version Final Note: For easy searching, highlight a section name and number(without the spaces at the beginning), press Ctrl + F and paste the section name in the menu. Press find and voila! For Mac users, use the command key in place of the control key. Table of Contents I. Introduction {1.1} About This Game {1.2} Fire Red VS. Leaf Green II. Basics {2.1} Controls {2.2} The Field Screen {2.3} The Battle Screen a. Conditions {2.4} About Your Pokemon {2.5} Catching Pokemon a. Special Pokemon {2.6} Pokedex Information {2.7} Tips and Tricks for Beginners III. Walkthrough {3.1} Pallet Town {3.2} Viridian City a. Viridian Forest {3.3} Pewter City a. Mount Moon {3.4} Cerulean City {3.5} Vermilion City a. S.S. Anne b. Rock Tunnel {3.6} Lavender Town {3.7} Celadon City a. Rocket Base b. Pokemon Tower c. Cycling Road d. Silence Bridge {3.8} Fuchsia City a. Safari Zone {3.9} Saffron City a. Silph Co b. Seafoam Islands c. Route 21 {3.10} Side Quests a. Pewter City Revisited b. Power Plant {3.11} Cinnibar Island a. Cinnibar Mansion {3.12} Viridian City Revisited a. Victory Road {3.13} Indigo Plateau IV. Island Walkthrough {4.1} Island 1 a. Mountain {4.2} Island 2 {4.3} Island 3 {4.4} Island 4 a. Ice Cave {4.5} Island 5 a. Secret Base {4.6} Island 6 {4.7} Island 7 {4.8} Island 8 {4.9} Island 9 V. Aftermath {5.1} Unknown Dungeon {5.2} Elite 4 - Second Wave VI. Items VII. Berries VIII. TM/HM List IX. Abilities X. Moves XI. Breeding XII. Basic Battle Strategy {12.1} Hidden Values {12.2} Team Building XIII. Move Tutor Locations XIV. FAQ XV. Miscellaneous {15.1} Wireless Adaptor {15.2} The Trainer Card XVI. Finishing Comments {16.1} Contact Info {16.2} Credits UPDATES: ============================================================================== Version Final After a year of creating this FAQ, I have made some more updates. I'd like to thank all of you guys for your contributions. Version Final Whew! I finally updated this guide. Many small changes were made. Version 1.3(F) Added some information on the English release of this game in North America. Version 1.2(F) I changed a few things to match the American Version which should be coming out very shortly. Version 1.11(F) Edited some more stuff. The AR codes don't seem to be working anymore, so I added a small notice to them. Version 1.1(F) Edited some crap, added some stuff. Going to edit some parts of the items section soon. Version 1.03(F) Added the location of Metal Coat. I entirely forgot about my unfinished item section, so please, if you know anything I don't, E-mail me. Quick update about Geodude's location in Victory Road. Version 1.02(F) Corrected minor error with Plus. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX {I. Introduction} XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Looking for a walkthrough? A guide with the most complete information, in- depth things, unique items no other guide has? Well, you've picked the right FAQ to read. I'm slowly working on this guide, and I'll work day and night to provide you the information you need. This guide includes a comprehensive walkthrough, section on items, basics, and much more. Read the Table of Contents for anything you're searching for. This guide does contain spoilers, so read at your own risk. You're a young trainer that wants to become a Pokemon Master, and to do that you must travel around the world of Kanto defeating Gym Leaders, and finally the Elite 4. Your rival want to beat you to it, and challenges and obstacles appear on the way of your journey. Will you catch all the Pokemon in the world and fulfill Profressor Oak's dream when he was young? +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {1.1} About This Game | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Many people ask: What is this game? Well, this game is a remake of the original Pokemon Red and Blue for the original black and white Gameboy. It's just like the originals with a few new additions. Almost all additions from Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire are in this game. There's breeding, gender, hold items, and such. TMs/HMs stay the same as R/S. You can catch the original 150 with some extras. Well, if it's just a remake, why would you want to buy this game? It's just the same as the originals with better graphics and sound quality. No new puzzles and such. Well, first, simply because this is a Pokemon RPG. It's just as great as the others, if not better. Second, they do have one new addition unique to the other games. That is the Islands. You can access this later in the game. They have grass containing the old G/S Pokemon and some puzzles and mini-games. It's also where the game makers stuffed most of the additions since G/S, such as breeding. Third reason, the ability to trade with Pokemon Colloseum and Ruby/Sapphire. This is the way to collect all 386 Pokemon in R/S. So naturally, you can trade with R/S. BTW, there are a few remixes of GS music which is quite good and brings back some nostalgia. No original Johto though. There are also still shiny Pokemon, same EV sets as in Ruby/Sapphire. Basically, nothing competitive about the game suchs as IVs has not been changed since R/S. Some of the move animations changed, and there are new animations whenever a Pokemon uses an item outside battle. There are a few setbacks. First, there are no secret bases in this game. That also means no mixing records. The TVs just sit there and rarely have any shows on. No reporters either. No contests and a very easy "Trainer Tower". +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {1.2} Fire Red VS. Leaf Green | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Some of the version exclusive Pokemon has changed a bit, let's take a look at that. Here's also my opinion about who's better than who. (Leaf Green) | (Fire Red) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bellsprout/Weepinbell/Victreebel < Oddish/Gloom/Vileplume/Bellossom Magby/Magmar = Elekid/Electabuzz Slowpoke/Slowbro/Slowking > Psyduck/Golduck Sandshrew/Sandslash > Ekans/Arbok Vulpix/Ninetales = Growlithe/Arcanine Pinsir > Scyther/Scizor Staryu/Starmie = Shellder/Cloyster Azurill/Marill/Azumarill = Wooper/Quagsire Misdreavus > Murkrow Sneasel < Skarmory Remoraid/Octillery = Qwilfish Mantine > Delibird Leaf Green > Fire Red Well, all in all, both have some very good Pokemon. It's really your choice what you get. The only difference is in the version exclusive Pokemon. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX {II. Basics} XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX This is the basics. You know, stuff that comes in a manual guide most sane people already know. But in case you are playing the Japanese person or is not sane, here is the section. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.1} Controls | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ -------------------------------------------------------- |Button | Field Screen | Menu Screen | |-------|------------------------|-----------------------| | A | Talk, Examine | Confirm | | B | Run(With running shoes)| Cancel | | Up | View a sign, move | Move up | | Down | Move down | Move Down | | Left | Move Left | Previous Screen (Pokedex) | | | | | | Right | Move Right | Next Screen(Pokedex) | | R | Help Menu | Help Menu | | L | Help Menu | Help Menu | | Select| Use selected item | Nothing | | Start | Access Menu | Nothing | -------------------------------------------------------- Note: To jump ledges, just move the control pad downwards. You can only jump down ledges, not over. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.2} The Field Screen | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ So, now you know the controls. Now, what do you do? Well, usually, the first thing you do going around town is to explore a bit, but not too much in case an unwanted event is activated. Pokemon Centers are in almost every town. They are the buldings with red roofs. Talk to the nurse behind the counter to heal your Pokemon for absolutely no charge! More about Pokemon centers. To the right, there's a PC. Press A to access the menu. There will then be a menu. Let's go through it step by step. ---------------- ------------------ When any of thse options | Bill's PC | Bills PC -> | Withdraw Pokemon | are selected, they will | Your PC | | Deposit Pokemon | take you to a box. Never | Profressor Oak | | Move Pokemon | press the last option, ---------------- | Release Pokemon | it's Release. ------------------ Your PC --------------- -------------------- | Item | -> | Withdraw item/mail | | Mail | -> | Deposit item/mail | | Return | -------------------- --------------- You shouldn't really worry about the mail. Professor Oak's PC will tell you how you've been doing catching Pokemon and isn't that important. Upstairs is the connecting place. The first lady after the PC lets you battle and the second is to trade. The buldings with blue roofs are Pokemarts. They sell you supplies and also buy from you. When you're there, stock up! The gyms are usually the largest buildings. They say gym on it. Duh. Beat the gym leader to progress through the story. The badges they give have special qualities. Talk to everyone in a city, usually you can get some items or advice. To exit a house, there should be a rectangular red mat. Press down there. To find hidden items, press A on the ground. If there's a hidden item there, you get it! If not, nothing happens. This is usually the case. Normal items also appear on the floor in the shape of a Pokeball. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.3} The Battle Screen | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Pokemon must battle to become stronger and you need to know how in order to progress through the game. The first Pokemon in your party is sent out automatically when any kind of battle starts. Here's the menu: ---------------- | Fight Item | | Pokemon Run | ---------------- When Fight is selected, your Pokemons moves will be displayed. It can only learn 4, after that you must choose whether you would like to keep one and get rid of another or just not learn the move. Choose an attack and the battle sequence begins. Whoever has higher Speed attacks first. Some moves do damage and others do not. Each attack has a type so use them to your advantage. They also have a certain amount of PP, the number next to the attack. That shows how many times you can use the attack. When it reaches 0, you can no longer use it. Generally, stronger moves have less PP. As your PP gets less, the color will change from yellow to orange to red. When Pokemon is selected, you go to a screen of Pokemon. You can select switch in which you switch in a Pokemon and waste a turn, or just check a Pokemon's stats. You always go first when switching unless Pursuit is used. When Item is selected, you can use an item in battle if it can be used, but you can't attack afterwards. You always go first unless Pursuit is used. Run is escape from battle. You don't lose anything. Once in a while, you will fight a double battle. What this is is a two Pokemon on two Pokemon battle. The rules are basically the same. The fastest of the 4 Pokemon attack first. The only difference between this and a normal battle are the effects of some moves, like Earthquake dealing damage to ALL Pokemon and Surf dealing damage to both opponents. You can also attack your partner, although that's a very stupid idea in most cases. Stat definitions: HP: Stands for hit points. When you have 0, your Pokemon faints. Attack: Decides how strong your physical attacks are along with a move's base power. Only decides for Normal, Bug, Rock, Steel, Fighting, Poison, Ghost, flying, and Ground types. Defense: Decides how much damage you take from physical attacks. Special Attack: Decides how strong your special attacks are along with a move's base power. Only decides for Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, Fire, Dragon, and Dark types. Special Defense: Decides how much damage you take from special attacks. Speed: The Pokemon with higher speed goes first. On wild Pokemon battles, if your Pokemon is fast it also has a higher chance of running away when selected. There are two kinds of battles: Trainer and Wild. To start a wild Pokemon battle, just go to a place wild Pokemon may live. They are usually found in grasses but they also live in caves, oceans, abandones buldings, and more. They are random battles consisting of one Pokemon. The only reward you get from winning is experience. Only certain Pokemon are in certain areas. Trainers usually hang out at just about anywhere except cities and towns. To start a battle with them, let them make eye contact with you. Trainer battles are a bit different from wild Pokemon battles. First, you cannot run so make sure you have Pokemon in good shape. Second, they will have more than one Pokemon usually, including Pokemon you cannot find in the wild or that area. They are smarter and are a higher level than those wild Pokemon. Third, you will get both experience and money as a reward. All those Pokemon types do effect the battle. Some types of attacks are strong against others. If the Pokemon is dual type, things aren't much different. If one type is strong against another, it does 2x the damage. If both types are weak to the attack, it does a whopping 4x the damage. If the type is resistant to the attack, it does 1/2 the damage. If the type is immune to the attack, it does no damage. If one type is weak to the attack but the other attack is resistant to it, the damage will be normal. Sometimes critical hits and added effects happen on moves. There are several tactics of battling which will be explained later. ============================================================================== ( a. Conditions ) ============================================================================== When battling sometimes Pokemon have attacks that may change your normal condition. These will haggle your battling abilities are very annoying. There are two kinds of conditions, direct and indirect. You can only have one direct condition at a time and it will say so above your HP. They stay after the battle and when switched and can only be cured when you go to a Pokemon Center or use a special item. These conditions are: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Condition | Effect | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Poison | Takes about 1/16th of your HP per turn. Take 1 HP per 4 | | | steps damage outside of battle. | | Sleep | User usually can't attack. Wakes up after 2-5 turns. | | Frozen | Same as above, except a fire attack will automatically | | | thaw frozen Pokemon whether used by foe or frozen Poke. | | Paralyzed | Paralyzed Pokemon's Speed halves. 30% chance of not | | | attacking. | | Burn | Takes about 1/8 HP damage. Attack is halved. | | Faint | User can't stay in battle. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- There is also a special poison condition when Toxic or Poison Fang is used. This starts off taking only 1/16th of your max HP, but doubles every turn until switched. Unlike the original RBY, this status will stay. Indirect status conditions are not mentioned directly. There are many of these are incurable by item and are nulled by switching or ending the battle. Here's a list of SOME indirect conditions: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Condition | Effect | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Leech Seed | Absorbs 1/8 max HP per turn. Awesome move. | | Confusion | 1/2 of a chance of attacking itself. Damage to itself | | | depends on Attack and Defense. | | Attract | 1/2 chance of not attacking. Can only be used on | | | opposite gender. Nulled if either Pokemon is switched. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.4} About Your Pokemon | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Each Pokemon in the game are unique. They have one to two types and a special ability. They also have personalities which affect their stats. They also grow at different rates, some taking more experience to reach their max level(100) and some taking less. List of Personalities Adamant: +Att -Sp Att Impish: +Def -Sp Att Jolly: +Spd -Sp Att Careful: +Sp Def -Sp Att Bold: +Def -Att Timid: +Spd -Att Modest: +Sp Att -Att Calm: +Sp Def -Att Hardy: EQUAL Docile: EQUAL Serious: EQUAL Bashful: EQUAL Quirky: EQUAL Lonely: +Att -Def Hasty: +Spd -Def Mild: +Sp Att -Def Gentle: +Sp Def -Def Brave: +Att -Spd Relaxed: +Def -Spd Quiet: +Sp Att -Spd Sassy: +Sp Def -Spd Naughty: +Att -Sp Def Lax: +Def -Sp Def Naive: +Spd -Sp Def Rash: +Sp Att -Sp Def Each plus is by 10% and the other decreased by 10%. Pokemon become stronger by battling, whether wilds or trainers. As Pokemon become stronger, they also learn better moves. You can keep up to 4 moves. When you're trying to learn a new move, they will first ask if you want to keep that attack, then you go to a screen where you choose the attack you want to delete. If you select no or the new move, then the game will ask if you are sure you don't want to learn the new move. Say yes or no. At a certain level, most Pokemon evolve into stronger creatures, or evolve. They will have higher stats, but sometimes they will not learn attacks they could only learn in their previous stage and they learn new attacks more slowly Some Pokemon even evolve twice! If you wish to stop evolution, press B when the Pokemon is evolving. Some Pokemon require a certain condition in order to evolve although most evolve with Level. There is: Level: Evolves at a certain level. Stone: You need to use a certain evolution stone. (Ex: Jigglypuff with Moon Stone.) Trade: Trade it with a friend, and get that sucker back. Happiness: Make the Pokemon happy by giving it vitamins, battling with it, and never letting it faint. Probably the hardest to do. Beauty: Only one Pokemon evolves this way and it can only be done in Ruby/Sapphire. Increase its Beauty stat to the max and raise it a level. About techniques. Pokemon learn moves by leveling up, but there are also other ways of learning. One way is to breed. When two Pokemon are in the same breeding group(see breeding section) and the father has a move that the baby can learn only by breeding, it will get it! The baby will always be the species of the mother. For more information on this, check the breeding section. TMs are another way. After you defeat Brock, you get the TM Case. It holds TMs. If the Pokemon can learn it, it will. You can only use a TM once. HMs however can be used as many times as you want although most of them are useless competitively. Sometimes a move(namely HMs) can be used outside of battle. These can be useful in most cases and can be used even if the Pokemon has fainted or ran out of PP for that move. Pokemon cries also vary depending on your health, a new feature since Ruby/ Sapphire. The cry changes when you reach the yellow zone in HP, again in red, and finally once more when it faints. Pokemon also have different growth rates. Some Pokemon get to level 100 with only 600,000 experience, but some can take more than 1.5 million. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.5} Catching Pokemon | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Catching Pokemon is essential. You need to have a wide variety of Pokemon on your Pokemon team and getting all 386 is part of the fun! Here's how to do it. First, get into a wild Pokemon battle. Weaken the Pokemon down to red to low yellow health. Now go to the item screen, press right a few times until you are in the pocket to the very right, and use one of your Pokeballs. Each Pokemon's catch rate can differ. Generally, the higher level the Pokemon and the rarer it is, the harder to catch. Legendaries are by far the hardest Pokemon to catch. Each Pokeball also has a catch rate which can effect the chances of the Pokemon staying in the Pokeball. The basic ones are Pokeball, Great Ball, Ultra Ball, and Master Ball, but there are several others in which you can get. The Pokemon's status can also effect the difficulty of capturing it. Try to get it to fall asleep or even better, frozen. Any other status will work fine but with these two, the Pokemon doesn't have a chance of KOing itself and can not attack. Remember that some Pokemon may be holding items that will help them. ============================================================================== ( a. Special Pokemon ) ============================================================================== Some Pokemon in the wild are special. One kind of special Pokemon is a shiny Pokemon. These are very, very rare and have a different color than normal Pokemon. They also have a special animation when they are sent in to battle. They are ordinary in every other way however. Some Pokemon also hold a special condition called Pokerus. This is rarer than a shiny Pokemon and very helpful. This doubles the EVs that you get from Pokemon. It can be spread to all Pokemon in your party and disappears after a few days. If you can store it in your PC, it will stay. What sucks is that you can't tell if a wild Pokemon has this condition, but there's a chance your Pokemon can catch it. If you have questions about EVs, take a look at the hidden stat section. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.6} Pokedex Information | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ The Pokedex in this game has greatly evolved. This time, you can view the Pokemon by their size, weight, height, type, Pokeball, and so on and it's much easier to use if you want to search for Pokemon you have to use in your team. Here's a list of the categories in game order: Field Forest Lake Ocean Cave Mountain Prairie Town Special +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {2.7} Tips and Tricks for Beginners | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ There are some essential things that you should do that are vital in the game. These tips are sure to help beginning players. 1. Save often. This is a must in every game. Do especially after tough battles and before a legendary or Gym Leader. 2. When you reach a town, the first thing you should do is go to a Pokemon Center and heal your party unless a guide says not to. 3. Have at least 10 balls with you. You never know if a shiny or rare Pokemon comes up. 4. Don't use your Master Ball unless you are facing a legendary that can run or a shiny Pokemon which can selfdestruct. 5. Have a wide variety of moves so that you can have an attack that is super effective to all types. 6. Have HM Slaves. Stick worthless HMs on Pokemon you won't use so that your "good" team won't have useless attacks. 7. Each type of trainer(going by sprite) usually hold specific types of Pokemon. Ex: Hikers usually hold Rock types and Machop/Zubat and have a fat sprite. 8. Search around in each area of grass for new Pokemon. 9. Sometimes you will find dark spots on the ground. These are usually hidden items! Press A on the spot to find an item! Usually they are berries that you can only get in Ruby/Sapphire. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX {III. Walkthrough} XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX OK, so here's the bulk of the guide, where most players will want to view. Here's my format: ROUTE NAME/TOWN NAME _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Pokemon Name | 33%/45% | Easy | |Pokemon Name | 33%/20% | Normal | |Pokemon Name | 33%/35% | Hard | --------------------------------------------------------- Route Name/Town Name - The area the chart covers(and the walkthrough!). Wild Pokemon - The name of the Pokemon that appears there. Appearance Rate - This is the approximate amount that Pokemon will appear in the specified area. The first number is the appearance rate in Fire Red, the second for Leaf Green. If they are both the same, they will appear as the same number. Catch Difficulty - How hard it is to catch the Pokemon. Please note that these are not 100% accurate other than what Pokemon appear there, they're based on what I have seen in the game, not official sources. I also do fishing and Surfing. It's safe to say that Old Rod only hooks Magikarp and the places I don't mention for Surfing and there's water means that there's only Tentacool. PLACES OF INTEREST: 1. Blah 2. Blah Just a quick reference for those who don't really want to get spoiled about the area or don't want commentary. Now, that should be about all you need to know. Let's get on with the walkthrough! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.1} Pallet Town | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Begin your game. Watch the cool new opening video and then start a new game. Scroll through the help menus and listen to Professor Oak, the man who appears on your screen, talk and talk and talk until he is finally finished. There, you'll name your character. After choosing a name, he will ask if you are sure that's your name like you have a mental problem. Choose the top option(Yes) and be on your way. Next, you have to name your rival who you have known for a long time, but remained nameless until now. Name him too and say that you're sure once again(top option). I named my rival Cloud because he looks so much like the Cloud from FFVII. OK, let's begin our adventure now. After you minimize and appear in your room, go to the top left and press A on the PC. Choose the top option, Withdraw, and press A again on the item (Potion). Close the menu and walk downstairs. Talk to you mom and leave your house through the rectangular mat. Outside, talk to as many people as you please. Visit houses and get used to controls. Now, since there's nothing to do, exit the town by walking to the top above. Wait, as you exit, Professor Oak stops you! He says some stuff about Pokemon, and then asks you to follow him. Do so and he will lead you towards his laboratory. Chat with him for a while and rival will ask what took him so long. Chat some more and he will ask you to choose a Pokemon on the table to the right. Now, this is the first decision that will make a huge difference in the game. Will you choose Bulbasaur the Grass type, Charmander the Fire type, or Squirtle, the Water type? STARTER SYNOPSIS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Well, Bulbasaur is a dual type of Grass and Poison and is an awesome choice for beginners since it absolutely pwns the first few gyms. He is not to bad in a final team either. You get to teach him Frenzy Plant later. Bulbasaur can take many Special hits and easily can last its weaknesses. Awesome annoyer in competitive battles. --- Squirtle is a pure Water type. It can take many hits of both physical and special attacks. Its attacking stats aren't too bad, and speed is a little on the slow side. You can teach it Hydro Cannon later. It can be a very good utility Pokemon later in the game. If you like to be safe rather than sorry, here's your Pokemon. --- Charmander is a Fire type, perhaps one of the best in the game. It has low defenses, but high offenses and speed which is extremely handy for sweeping. It is the best starter out of all 3(actually, one of the best Fire types in the entire game). No, this is not an opinion, this is a fact. It can learn very powerful moves by breeding and is seen VERY often on the bots. It evolves into a dual type, Fire/Flying. If pure power is what you're looking for, then choose Charmander. However, it is a bit more difficult to progress through the game with him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ In case you are wondering, I chose Charmander because that's who I chose in the original Red version. You however, can choose whomever you like. Rival will also choose one, always one strong against your type. Once your tough decision is over(OK, maybe as tough as choosing pizza toppings), start to exit the lab. Wait! (Rival song remix starts) rival challenges you! Time to start your first battle! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIVAL BATTLE 1 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< OPPONENT'S POKEMON: Bulbasaur Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Bulbasaur | 5 | ---------------------- Charmander Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Charmander | 5 | ---------------------- Squirtle Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Squirtle | 5 | ---------------------- He should be easy enough. Professor Oak will be coaching you and teaching you the controls throughout the battle and whatever you do. Remember that Potion that you got from your room? Now is the time to use it, if you are in need. If you lose, you don't get a Game Over or lose half your money since it's only practice, so don't worry if you forgot the Potion. It's better to win though to get some money for later on. You should have gotten plenty of money from that battle, some which you will have to spend later. Anyway, rival leaves whether you beat him or not and your game will continue. Head out of the lab and up and out of Pallet Town. PALLET TOWN FISHING, GOOD ROD(for those who returned with a rod) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Krabby | 60% | Easy | |Horsea | 30% | Easy | |Magikarp | 10% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- PALLET TOWN FISHING, SUPER ROD _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Krabby | 30% | Easy | |Kingler | 5% | Hard | |Gyarados | 35% | Normal | |Staryu | 0%/25% | Easy | |Shellder | 25%/0% | Easy | |Slowpoke | 0%/5% | Easy | |Psyduck | 5%/0% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 1 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Pidgey | 50% | Easy | |Rattata | 50% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- You are not able to catch Pokemon yet, so just battle to get experience. Run if you're running low on health. As you walk up the route, you should see a man. Talk to him to get a free Potion. Afterwards, you will get to the beautiful Viridian City. Feel free to explore your new surroundings, but don't go outside the town. Heal in the Pokemon Center and when you're done exploring, hit the Pokemon Mart, or did you already do that? Well, either way, you get a package for Oak. So, time to back to Pallet Town. You have the option of jumping over the ledges this time around, but I don't recommend it since you still need some experience. Now, go to Professor Oak at Pallet Town. At his laboratory, you will see *GASP*! Rival! But don't worry, no battle this time, he just came because Oak told him he wanted to say something to both of you. Skip his blabbering and get your prize - the Pokedex. Get it and scram. You also get a 5 Pokeball bonus, sweet. Now, go all the way back to Viridian, but instead of training, do some catching. It is highly recommended that you start training your new Pokemon immediately, either Pidgey or Rattata or both. Chances are you're going to keep it through the entire game. Now, you start a new chapter in your journey. You will finally be able to catch Pokemon and become a Pokemon Master. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.2} Viridian City | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ You are back at Viridian City. You should know your surroundings by now, there is a Pokemon Center near the entrance, and Pokemart northeast of it and two exits North and West. First, go North. A man will talk to you and show you how to catch a Pokemon, but we all know he's old and wrong since he forgot to weaken it. You recieve a help device you will probably never need afterwards. Anyway,now you can explore the top part of the Viridian. Don't exit yet, just take a look at the top. You should see a closed gym and a school teaching you about status conditions. The gym will reopen later, so let's give it some time and train a bit. Go back to the heart of the town and this time, take the West exit after buying about 5-10 Pokeballs if you can afford it. Go to the patch of grass and train your second Pokemon a bit if you plan on keeping it. Don't leave the patchy grass except to heal. VIRIDIAN CITY FISHING, GOOD ROD(for those who returned with a rod) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Poliwag | 80% | Easy | |Magikarp | 10% | Easy | |Goldeen | 10% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- VIRIDIAN CITY FISHING, SUPER ROD _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Gyarados | 5% | Normal-Hard | |Poliwag | 35% | Easy | |Poliwhirl | 60% | Normal | --------------------------------------------------------- VIRIDIAN CITY, SURF _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Psyduck | 100%/0% | Easy | |Slowpoke | 0%/100% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 22 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Mankey | 60% | Easy | |Rattata | 35% | Easy | |Spearow | 5% | Easy-Normal | --------------------------------------------------------- I recommend catching a Mankey in this area. They are common, good experience, and have strong attack and speed. Spearows are rare here, they're not worth spending a lot of time for since they appear much more commonly and are easier to catch later on. The Nidoran that used to appear here have moved on, and so should you. Take your Pokemon and get out of there. DO NOT explore this area past the grasses. After catching Pokemon, heal, buy more Pokeballs if needed, and proceed into Viridian Forest. Don't progress through here yet, we're not done with Viridian City. Don't fight any trainers, the first two aren't one. Here, you'll also find many new Pokemon. ROUTE 2 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Caterpie | 5% | Easy | |Rattata | 45% | Easy | |Weedle | 5% | Easy | |Pidgey | 45% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- VIRDIAN FOREST _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Weedle | 27%/10% | Easy | |Caterpie | 10%/27% | Easy | |Kakuna | 10%/4% | Normal | |Metapod | 4%/10% | Normal | |Pikachu | 5% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- Ignore Route 2, just move on to Viridian Forest. Pokemon here range from Level 2-4, but are not that strong. Leaf Green has it on the easy side since Caterpie are more common and can't poison you. Bring an Antidote or two if you play Fire Red. In this area, catch the caterpillars and Pikachu if you're lucky enough to find one. If you have Charmander or Squirtle, catching Pikachu is a must. Kakuna and Metapod are perfect training posts for weak Pokemon. They usually come in Level 5 and can't attack. Since they are an evolved form, you rack up some serious exp. Train your new Weedle/Caterpie here too, but not both. By now, you should be forming a temporary 6 Pokemon team. My team: Mankey LV7 Rattata LV7 Weedle LV6 Pidgey LV6 Bulbasaur LV8 My team's not exactly the highest of Levels, train yours to be a bit higher, but don't overdo it. After you finished your training, head back to Viridian City. Heal, and head West once again. The Pokemon here should be really weak compared to you, head up and West and you'll see the reason I told you not to go here. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIVAL BATTLE 2 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< OPPONENT'S POKEMON: Bulbasaur Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgey | 9 | |Bulbasaur | 9 | ---------------------- Charmander Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgey | 9 | |Charmander | 9 | ---------------------- Squirtle Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgey | 9 | |Squirtle | 9 | ---------------------- This time, rival's a bit harder. You'll have a tough time with Pidgey's Sand Attack at if you're at a low level and can't do much damage. Pidgey has some decent defense. It doesn't have a flying type move yet, so all it can do it Tackle. Nail it with Pikachu fast or use your starter. Your starter should have its third attack by now, so use it. You will probably level up once. After Pidgey faints, rival will send out his starter which actually isn't as hard. Bulbasaur's Leech Seed works well here, as does Pikachu's Thundershock. It's actually a bit easier than Pidgey. Use a Potion if needed and fry him well. After that, sore loser rival will walk away and now you can explore the Pokemon League HQ a bit. You won't be able to proceed far, so when you're done exploring, head back to Viridian City. Heal, restock, and now head into the Viridian Forest. ============================================================================== ( a. Viridian Forest ) ============================================================================== Now, it's time to progress through Viridian Forest. Train your weak Pokemon on the wilds here, especially the caterpillars to start evolution. Now, first, head left and then up and follow the path to get a Potion. Now, go back to the entrance and take the right path. Keep going North, fight the Trainer who holds a Level 6 Caterpie and Weedle. After defeating that trainer, take either path. In the middle of the end of both paths, there will be another Bug Catcher. This one will hold 2 Weedles and a Kakuna. Defeat and continue. Smack in the middle of your path should be an Antidote. There should be another fork here. They both lead to the same place. Go right, and now there should be a rotating trainer. You shouldn't be beaten down by now, so put a strong Pokemon first and battle. This guy sucks too with 2 Caterpies. Continue down the winding path. At one spot, there will be a trainer with his back turned to you. Talk to him to start a battle. He will hold two level 7 Metapods and a Level 7 Caterpie. Beat him and continue down. At the end of the path, make a quick right to find a Potion. Now head back on track. This next Bug Catcher only has a Level 9 Weedle. Oh nos. Wrap em up and go to the end of the path to exit the forest. ROUTE 2 Well, you should be a bit tired by now, right? Well, go on to Pewter City. Ignore the things to the right for now as there's no way to get there yet. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.3} Pewter City | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Isn't it great to be back in the open city? Well, explore here a bit. You'll see a museum(with a lot of junk in it), a house with a Nidoran Male(We should get one), a Gym(Don't go in yet), and the regular Pokemon Center and Pokemart. Oh yes, we should restock, shouldn't we? Let's see what's on sale... --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price | |--------------|------| |Poke Ball | 200 | |Potion | 300 | |Antidote | 100 | |Paralyz Heal | 200 | |Burn Heal | 250 | |Awakening | 250 | |Escape Rope | 550 | |Repel | 350 | --------------------- You probably don't have much money since those Bug Catchers are broke little whiny kids, so stock up on as much as you can and leave. You'll get your money soon enough. In the Pokemon Center, next to the PC there's a reporter. Do whatever you want with her, she just changes your profile when you do link-up battles. Next to the Pokemart will be a man. Say no to his question and he will lead you to the museum. Say Yes and he will do nothing. Try to proceed and a dude will stop you and bring you to the gym. Note: 1. If you're wondering about the woman who asks you a question in the patch of grass, she's just asking you if you know what she's doing. Doesn't matter what you choose. 2. Going to the museum is optional. 3. Talk to the Jigglypuff in the Pokemon Center! Lovely song. 4. You are now able to trade. 5. There's a hidden Pokeball two spaces left and one space down in the light patch of grass to the left of the museum. 6. This guide is mine, Stra what's. Yes, I pwn. Er...just a random statement. Well, what about that patch of grass we passed while coming to Pewter? There's nothing new there, just the same old Pokemon that you found at the beginning of Route 2. If you want to train, go back to the forest. It's perfect for Pidgey, Spearow and Charmander. When you're done training, head to the gym. It's time to win out first badge. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PEWTER GYM - BROCK <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< When you head in the gym, there should be a man. Talk to him for advice. No matter which option you pick, he'll still give you advice. Now, you can skip the trainer, but why waste good experience and money? The kid still talks about the light years from Red and Blue. He holds a Level 10 Geodude and a Level 11 Sandshrew and is a good taste of how Brock will battle. If you're having trouble with this guy, go back and train, especially if you have Charmander. Bulbasaur and Squirtle should do fairly well though. This is the easiest gym, so no puzzles this time. Now it's time. Time to battle Brock. Bring it on small eyed brutha! My party: --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Bulbasaur | LV 12 | | Mankey | LV 8 | | Rattata | LV 8 | | Pidgey | LV 12 | | Beedrill | LV 10 | --------------------- You'd be surprised at how fast Pidgey grows. BOSS: BROCK --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Geodude | LV 12 | | Onix | LV 14 | --------------------- Brock is incredibly hard without a super effective attack. Grass and Water do a LOT of damage, so attack it with Bulbasaur's Vine Whip and Squirtle's Bubble which you should have by now if you were doing your training. If you have Charmander, this can be a tough battle. Neither of Brock's Pokemon have that great attacks, but they have tremendous defense! A Special Attack should do decent damage on him, and the only way to do that now is to get a Butterfree by evolving Metapod at Level 10. Use Potions if needed. If you're still having a lot of trouble, you should really level up to at least Level 10. Onix is also pretty fast. I gained two levels from this. When you win, you'll get a TM Case in your Key Items, a Boulderbadge and a TM containing Rock Tomb. After listening to the cool gym leader music, head out. Heal and prepare to ascend Mount Moon. Make sure you're equipped with items(especially Pokeballs!) as there won't be a shop for a while. ============================================================================== ( a. Mount Moon ) ============================================================================== The first thing you'll see is that the person who lead you to the gym was replaced with one of Oak's assistants. You will get the Running Shoes! Now you can run fast by holding B while walking. So, proceed. On Route 3, the first trainer you'll see is a Lass with two Level 9 Pidgeys. She's harder than most of the trainers you've fought so far, so train up your weak Pokemon. Actually, train them on all the trainers here. Here's a map: 5 3 4 2 7 ---- --------|||----------||| ||| ||| 1 ||| 6 ||| ------ ------|||----------||| 1. Lass, 2 Level 9 Pidgeys. 2. Bug Catcher, 2 Level 10 Caterpies and a Level 10 Weedle. 3. Youngster holding a Level 11 Rattata and Ekans. 4. Bug Catcher, Level 9 Weedle, Kakuna, Caterpie, and Metapod. 5. Lass, Level 10 Nidoran Female and Rattata. 6. Youngster, Level 14 Spearow. 7. Bug Catcher, Level 11 Caterpie and Metapod. OK, so after you defeat the trainers I recommend you go back to heal a bit. The next can be tough without fast Pokemon. She looks like an innocent bypasser walking around, but when talked to she'll battle. She carries a Level 14 Jigglypuff who can put you to sleep, so attack quick or use Awakenings. After Jigglypuff, ignore the grass and run along the path until you get to the Pokemon Center. To the very left is a man who sells you a Magikarp for 500, but it's difficult to train right now and you can find them later on. After healing, it's time to go catching. ROUTE 3 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Jigglypuff | 9% | Easy-Normal | |Pidgey | 30% | Easy | |Spearow | 50% | Easy | |Nidoran F | 1%/5% | Easy | |Nidoran M | 5%/1% | Easy | |Mankey | 5% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- There's some new Pokemon here. For those of you who didn't catch Spearow before, now's your chance. Another Pokemon of interest are the Nidoran and Jigglypuff. Be sure to at least land a Nidoran Female for breeding, but if you're playing Fire Red and can't stand to search so long, grab a male one since IMO, that one's better anyway. Jigglypuff aren't that great but you need it for your Pokedex. This is the only place to find it so grab it before moving along. This is a horrible place to train Grass and Bug Pogleys so move your butt out of there if you plan to train Bulbasaur(Ivysaur?) and your bugs. MOUNT MOON _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Geodude | 15% | Easy | |Zubat | 80% | Easy | |Clefairy | 1% | Easy-Medium | |Paras | 4% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- Now here's a good training ground. Remember Geodude? You'll want it, trust me. Zubat are only good if they can evolve into Crobat so I don't recommend getting one yet. Clefairy and Paras are rare and unique to this area, so get one! Train your Pokemon here as it's an excellent training ground if the Pokemon can take down Geodudes. Paras seem to appear more often now than in the original RBY, so don't get sos psyched when you see one. The first thing when you get to Mount Moon(besides catching Pokemon) is to avoid the trainers and head left to the opposite side of the large rock. Collect TM09 containing Bullet Seed and move. From there, move up and to the left of the trainer and water is a Paralyze Heal. OK, now let's fight the trainer there. He will have a Level 11 Weedle and Kakuna. From him, move back on track to the right. There will be another trainer there. If you need to know what a Clefairy looks like, here it is. The Lass will hold a Level 14 Clefairy. It can be a bit difficult with attacks like Doubleslap and Encore, but you should be able to handle. This is your last chance to heal so do so if you took some damage. Now, after that from the Lass, keep following the path. There is a ladder take it down. MOUNT MOON - Basement 1 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Paras | 100% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- This is just about all you'll find in little paths like these so I won't include this later on. When you resurface, fight the Rocket who holds a Level 11 Sandshrew, Zubat, and Rattata. Collect the Star Piece and retrace your steps back. When you get back, go south and to the left path. The trainer is difficult here so avoid him if you can't take down Magnemite(Steel/Electric) and Voltorb (Electric) both Level 11. Take the Potion West of him and head East. Defeat the Bug Catcher right above the item's two Level 10 Caterpies and Metapod. Get the Rare Candy and move on. As you keep going on the right path, you should find another Escape Rope. When you get to the end of the path, you should be in an area near the top of the ladder you went to before. There's a man rotating in a pile of rocks. Talk to him if you want, he's not a trainer. Keep going directly West from there to find a Lass moving around. Fight her Level 11 Bellsprout and Oddish. Keep going along the path. You should find a ladder. Collect TM46 containing Thief and fight the Rocket's Level 11 Zubat and Ekans. Before leaving, make sure you pick the hidden item in the rock which is Ether. When you get back to the ground floor, there should be a trainer. Fight the Youngster's 2 Rattatas and Zubat all Level 10. Pick up a Moon Stone(don't use it now) and fight the Hiker's 2 Level 10 Geodudes and Level 10 Onix. Hopefully you haven't dumped Butterfree yet or have your starter with you. Take the ladder and go along the path. Before you go on when you resurface, head up to find a Revive which should come in handy if your weakening at this point(I hope you aren't...). Now head back and right. Fight the Rocket's Level 13 Rattata and Sandshrew and move on. Keep going to fight another Rocket with a Level 13 Rattata(has Hyper Fang, watch out!) and Zubat. They're both tougher than wild ones with new attacks, so be prepared. Go to the little trench in the right to find a hidden Moon Stone in the Rock. Now, go up and fight the Super Nerd. He is a bit tough holding a Level 12 Grimer(hope you have Butterfree...), Voltorb, and Koffing. After defeating the Super Nerd, you will be given a choice of two fossils. The first one on the left is a Dome Fossil. This will will become a Kabutops which is rather cool and has good attack, and the second one it the Helix Fossil which later becomes Omastar, a Pokemon specializing in Special Attack and Defense. Omastar is much more useful in link battles, so I recommend that although Kabutops does look cooler. I chose the Helix Fossil. Wonder when you'll exit? Don't worry, you're almost there. Keep going and collect an Antidote and head up the ladder. There's going to be no more trainers from this point on so celebrate if you're weak! When you exit, first get used to the light and greenery. Are you OK now? Good, head East and you will find two Move Tutors. The one on the right will teach Mega Kick and the one on the left Mega Punch. These moves will both suck later on if you plan to battle with friends, but at the moment they are pretty good. They will teach only one of your Pokemon those attacks so choose wisely if at all. You won't be able to go back for a while so if you want you can go back through Mount Moon, but who would do that? Pick up TM05(Roar) and head on to the next town in which you can stock up. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.4} Cerulean City | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price | |--------------|------| |Poke Ball | 200 | |Super Potion | 700 | |Potion | 300 | |Antidote | 100 | |Paralyz Heal | 200 | |Burn Heal | 250 | |Awakening | 250 | |Escape Rope | 550 | |Repel | 350 | --------------------- POINTS OF INTEREST: 1. The Bike Shop. You can't get one yet :( 2. The Super Potions. Buy them if you have strong Pokemon. 3. The hidden Rare Candy in the backyard of the house on the upper left corner who tells you about the badges. It's located near the right side. 4. The Police Officer blocking the house. Don't worry about that yet. 5. The house next to the Pokemon Center. The man wants a Poliwhirl. You probably don't have one now so go back to him later. 6. The Pokemon blocking the little tree. We'll get there later too. 7. The House next to the Poliwhirl man. He gives you a bottle to hold crushed berries. After healing and stocking up, you probably want to check out that patch of grass West of here right? Well, go right ahead. Just don't leave the city through the other exit. ROUTE 4 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Rattata | 40% | Easy | |Spearow | 40% | Easy | |Ekans | 15%/0% | Easy-Medium | |Sandshrew | 0%/15% | Easy-Medium | |Mankey | 5% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- The only thing here you want is your version exclusive. Everything else you should have. Unless you are underleveled, move on. From here, you have two choices. You can either defeat the Gym Leader or explore what's later on. I personally explored a bit to train some more before fighting. So, what's keeping ya? Let's go on! If you have not caught a Pikachu and own a Squirtle or especially Charmander, take the bridge first and come back to this section later. Since I chose good old Bulbasaur, I'm doing the gym first. Beware, both routes you choose have challenges. Skip through the walkthrough to find the part you're at. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CERULEAN GYM - MISTY <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< You don't think we went all the way through Mount Moon for nothing do you? As you come in the gym, you can probably guess this gym leader's theme. That's right, water, which is why Charmander and Squirtle dwellers should wait until they caught an Oddish/Bellsprout before even trying this as Misty is hard. OK, no puzzles in this gym either, which is great. Go straight up and battle the swimmer(or even skip him if you'd like, but what about all that wasted experience?)'s level 16 Horsea and Shellder. Have fun pwning these guys with your Electric/Grass type Pokemon, but if you're having trouble here then Misty is going to devastate you. The Shellder has Icicle Spear that is super effective against Grass types but that shouldn't be able to take down strong ones. Now, onto the next trainer! Or, if you choose to skip her, on to Misty! But let's battle just for some exp ;) Picknicker will hold a simple Level 19 Goldeen so Vine Whip/Absorb/Thundershock once and it's gone. OK, now for the big stuff. My party: --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Ivysaur | 18 | | Pidgeotto | 18 | | Beedrill | 15 | --------------------- As you can see, I dumped most of my not-so-great Pokemon or those who level up to slow. Blah. BOSS: MISTY --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Staryu | 18 | | Starmie | 21 | --------------------- Misty holds two Pokemon you probably have never seen before. Staryu, the pre-evolution of Starmie, is fast and has powerful Water attacks. Starmie is stronger and has better defenses. Both carry a strong attack, Water Pulse, that has a high chance of confusing you. Switch often and hope you live. Just go all out with Electric and Grass attacks which both Staryu and Starmie are weak against and don't bother using Geodude and Sandshrew, both weak very weak to water. She's difficult with low level Pokemon so be at least level 15 when battling her! After the battle, Misty will give you a Cascade Badge allowing you to use Cut and also TM03. That annoying Water Pulse confusing thang is now yours to use! ...I mean, use only once. Oh well. Note: For those that returned in the rod, there's no Pokemon in this gym like the previous versions :) Now that you have beaten Misty, it's time to travel along Nugget Bridge. Go up to the bridge and take a look at the glorious magnificent structure and change since RBY and...wait a second! Who's that coming? OMG it's your rival! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIVAL BATTLE 3 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< OPPONENT'S POKEMON: Bulbasaur Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 17 | |Rattata | LV 15 | |Abra | LV 16 | |Bulbasaur | LV 18 | ---------------------- Charmander Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 17 | |Rattata | LV 15 | |Abra | LV 16 | |Charmander | LV 18 | ---------------------- Squirtle Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 17 | |Rattata | LV 15 | |Abra | LV 16 | |Squirtle | LV 18 | ---------------------- Your rival's not a pushover this time...He's almost, if not harder than Misty! Although his levels aren't as high as hers, he has more Pokemon. If you've beaten Misty, you should have no problem with this, but if you can't beat him, then you really have to train. Use a Pikachu or Geodude against Pidgeotto, you should at least have one of those. If you don't, tough luck since Sand Attack will be a huge problem. If you have a high level Pidgey or Pidgeotto of your own then it can work since it does have Keen Eye preventing Accuracy Loss. Any Pokemon with decent defense, namely Geodude and Sandshrew, can take care of Rattata. Abra is the least of your worries, all it can do is Teleport which does absolutely nothing. It's worse than Metapod and Kakuna for now. < Note that. Now for Rival's starter. Although they're not evolved yet, they carry element attacks in which you should beware of. However, by now you can get Pokemon that can withstand any of the starters attacks and can deal super effective hits to them. Use it and the starter'll be gone quick. Note that you should probably keep that starter killer for the rest of the game. After beating Rival you'll get a Voice Checker. It does...pretty much nothing. You'll get to talk to people like a cell phone. Weee. OK, go back and heal and restock, then it's time to take the Nugget Bridge challenge. What's the challenge you ask? Beat 5 trainers. They all suck compared to Gary so they should be no problem. Just train your weak Pokemon on them. The first trainer is a Bug Catcher who hold a Level 10 Caterpie, Weedle, Metapod and Kakuna. Next, the Lass will hold a Level 12 Pidgey, Oddish, and Bellsprout. Next up is a Youngster holding a Level 14 Sandshrew and Ekans. The trainer, Lass again, will hold a Level 16 Nidoran Male and Female. Getting harder yet? The last trainer, a Camper, will hold a Level 18 Mankey. Excellent, we beat the Nugget Bridge challenge, right? Wrong. The next dude will give you a prize(Nugget. Duh. Sell it.) but will challenge you for not joining up with Team Rocket. He'll hold a Level 15 Ekans and Zubat, typical Rocket Pokemon. After getting through, get the TM45(Attract) at the top. Now, it's time to go Pokemon catching! ROUTE 24 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Pidgey | 30% | Easy | |Abra | 10% | Normal | |Caterpie | 20% | Easy | |Weedle | 20% | Easy | |Metapod | 5% | Easy | |Kakuna | 5% | Easy | |Bellsprout | 0%/10% | Easy | |Oddish | 10%/0% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 24 FISHING, GOOD ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Krabby | 50% | Easy | |Horsea | 40% | Easy | |Magikarp | 9% | Easy | |Slowpoke | 0%/1% | Easy | |Psyduck | 1%/0% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 24 FISHING, SUPER ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Krabby | 80% | Easy | |Gyarados | 19% | Normal | |Slowpoke | 0%/1% | Easy | |Psyduck | 1%/0% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- Here are a few new faces. If you manage to find your version exclusive here, catch it and train it well if you don't have Bulbasaur. Both of those Pokemon are useful as Grass types and are the only you'll find in a while. They are also effective aginst Misty if you haven't defeated her yet. You'll still find the caterpillars here. One thing to note is Abra. Remember Gary and his useless Abra who can't Teleport? Well, it can Teleport here and with that as its only move, it will escape all battles and be difficult to catch. You will want to catch it and evolve as soon as possible since it evolves into a VERY strong Psychic type, one of the best in the game. To catch it, use a fast Pokemon like Butterfree or Ivysaur's Sleep Powder. If you don't have either, just chuck Pokeballs at it although there will be a low chance of you actually catching it. Come back and try later if you need to. This place is a poor training area so just go on to the next few trainers and beat every one of them. Oh, here's another bad map: O 3O O O O O O O 10. 2 O O O OOOO8 ==================OO OO O 5 O O 9 ----- O4 O OO O O WWWWW OO O O OO WWWW1 O O 6 O WWWWW O O O 7 O WWWWW WWWWW WWWWW Key: W = Grass O = Bushes 1. Camper, Level 14 Rattata and Ekans. 2. Hiker, Level 15 Machop and Geodude. 3. Youngster, Level 14 Rattata and Spearow. 4. Hiker, Level 17 Onix. 5. Youngster, Level 17 Slowpoke. 6. Picnicker, Level 15 Nidoran Male and Female. 7. Hiker, 3 Level 13 Geodudes and a Level 13 Machop. 8. Camper, Level 14 Rattata and Ekans. Before you fight this trainer, make sure you stay close to the Hiker below so that he'll move out of the way allowing you to get Secret Power behind him. If you don't get it, you'll just have to wait until you get the HM Cut. 9. This trainer's walking around. Youngster, Level 14 Ekans and Sandshrew. 10. Last trainer now. Lass holds a 2 Level 13 Oddishes and a Pidgey. OK, after my horrible ASCII map and the last trainer, go right on to the house. There, you'll see a weird...thing. Talk to it, and it'll explain that he is Bill and got trapped in a Pokemon's body during an experiement and can't turn back. So, of course, help him. You can abandon him too, but then we won't be able to continue the game. After Bill goes into the transporter thing, go to the computer and press A and Bill will turn back. Talk to him again to get the S.S. Anne Ticket. BTW, from now on Someone's PC will become Bill's PC. There's a nice pool of water in front of Bill's house for those who returned with fishing rods. ROUTE 24 FISHING, GOOD ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Poliwag | 60% | Easy | |Goldeen | 20% | Easy | |Magikarp | 20% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 24 FISHING, SUPER ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Poliwhirl | 50% | Normal | |Gyarados | 50% | Hard | --------------------------------------------------------- Time to head back now. Take the South route this time. Talk to the couple on the way there. Heal, restock, and go to where the police officer was before. He's not blocking the door anymore so go right on in. The first thing you'll notice is that the house he was blocking is all trashed up and a wreck. Only Team Rocket could be behind this! And so they are. Go outside through the back and confront the Rocket. He will admit to wrecking the house and battle you! He holds a Level 17 Machop and Drowzee, a Psychic type with excellent Special Defense. When you beat him he will give you the TM he used to break through the house, Dig(TM28). OK, let's heal and continue onward. If you haven't beaten Misty yet, you should have trained enough to do so. ROUTE 5 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Pidgey | 25% | Easy | |Meowth | 25% | Easy | |Bellsprout | 0%/25% | Easy | |Oddish | 25%/0% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 5 FISHING, GOOD ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Poliwag | 50% | Easy | |Goldeen | 40% | Easy | |Magikarp | 10% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 5 FISHING, SUPER ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Gyarados | 20% | Hard | |Poliwag | 40% | Easy | |Poliwhirl | 40% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- There's nothing interesting in the grass of Route 5 except for Meowth which aren't exactly the best Pokemon in the world. Continue on to find a daycare center with a man who will increase Pokemon's levels for you. He's not that great since it's 1 step = 1 exp, so move on unless you wish to drop off your Magikarp here. You can't breed either. If you enter the bulding down below, the guard won't let you through. That's OK, head to the building on the right instead. You'll find a girl who wants to trade a Nidoran. In Fire Red, she'll trade you a Nidoran Female for a Nidoran Male and viceversa for Leaf Green. It's a great oppurtunity for the lazy ones that didn't catch the rare Nidoran from before. When you exit, head along the path to the left and fight the Bug Catcher there holding 2 Level 16 Weedles(OMG!!) and Caterpie. The grass here holds the same Pokemon as the the place after Cerulean so don't bother searching for Pokemon. Keep going to find two trainers. The male Camper on the left will have a Level 20 Squirtle. The female will hold a Level 16 Rattata and Pikachu. This Bug Catcher is very tough. He has a Level 20 Butterfree holding both Confusion and status attacks. Skip him if you're weak. All right, the last two trainers now. The first one, a Camper, will hold 3 Level 16 Pidgeys. Now, the final trainer is rather tough. He holds a Level 16 Spearow and Raticate, the evolved form of Rattata and has pretty gnarly attack. OK, on to Vermilion City! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.5} Vermilion City | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price | |--------------|------| |Poke Ball | 200 | |Super Potion | 700 | |Antidote | 100 | |Paralyz Heal | 200 | |Burn Heal | 250 | |Ice Heal | 250 | |Repel | 350 | --------------------- POINTS OF INTEREST 1. The Pokemon Fan Club building. Talk to president. 2. The S.S. Anne in which you use the ticket from Bill. 3. Diglett's cave. 4. A house wanting to trade a Farfetch'd for Spearow. 5. The woman in the Pokemon Center who gives you a battle checker. 6. The Pokemon in the East section past Diglett's Cave. 7. The bush blocking the gym. VERMILION CITY FISHING, GOOD ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Horsea | 60% | Easy | |Krabby | 20% | Easy | |Magikarp | 20% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- VERMILION CITY FISHING, SUPER ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Krabby | 30% | Easy | |Gyarados | 20% | Hard | |Psyduck | 1%/0% | Easy | |Slowpoke | 0%/1% | Easy | |Staryu | 0%/50% | Normal | |Shellder | 50%/0% | Normal | --------------------------------------------------------- You probably need some healing, so do that first. Now, for the quest of some items. As usual, restock and talk to the girl nearest to the nurse. She will give you an item which, when used near a trainer, will see if the trainer wants a rematch. It can only be used once in a while though. Next, go to the neighboring house to the left of the Pokemon Center. There will be a fisherman there. Talk to get the Old Rod. Although it sucks, keep it anyway. Next stop is the Pokemon Fan Club. It should be pretty obvious with a sign and Pokeball on the bulding. Talk to the old dude there and say yes to talk about his Pokemon. Afterwards, you'll get a Bike Voucher. Yippee. Catch an extra Spearow and go to the house next to the Pokemon Fan Club. Trade it for a useless Farfetch'd. It's the only way to get it in out Pokedexes though. It's equipped with a Stick increasing its Critical Hit Ratio but it's still going to be useless later in the game. If try to head towards the gym, you will see a tree blocking the way. You will be able to cut it down later, so let's go somewhere else. Now, you should probably do whatever you have to at Cerulean. Defeat any trainers you haven't already. In the Bike Shop, trade in that Bike Voucher for a free Bycicle. If you still haven't beat Misty, you absolutely positively have to now. And if you still can't beat her, that's just sad. When you get back, look around. You should see the gym is blocked by a bush. Oh bummer. Now we have to do something to get past it :( Like always. Well, why don't we train up a bit before actually doing some quests? Shall we? ROUTE 11 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Spearow | 40% | Easy | |Sandshrew | 0%/40% | Easy | |Ekans | 40%/0% | Easy | |Drowzee | 25% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- Not much here. If you haven't caught an Abra and evolved it, get a Drowzee or wait a bit longer for Mr. Mime. Either way, you need a Psychic on your team. They make great training posts and aren't quite that bad. The rest shouldn't interest you though so move on to the trainers. First, head up and get the Ice Heal. The Youngster directly across from you will hold only a Level 21 Ekans. Now from there, go South to find a Gambler holding a Level 18 Horsea and Poliwag, both Water types. He holds a great pocket so beat him an move on. From the Gambler, move back up and right, right on down the path. You will find another Youngster standing still. He holds a Level 19 Sandshrew and Zubat. Next up is the walking Youngster. He will have a Level 18 Nidoran Male and Nidorino. Go South from him to find a bald dude, an Engineer. He carries a Level 2 18 Magnemites and Magneton, so make sure you have a Ground or Fighting type as he is very difficult without them. OK, from there, continue right and fight the old man, a Gambler holding a Level 18 Oddish and Bellsprout. Pick up the X-Defense and go up and fight the Engineer holding a Level 21 Magnemite. OK, the next trainer is a Gambler in the upper right corner holding a Level 18 Vulpix and Growlithe, both Fire Pokemon. The Youngster below him will have 2 Level 17 Rattatas and Raticate. OK, now near the house, the Gambler will hold a Level 18 Voltorb and Magnemite. That should rap up the trainers. Before going in the bulding, grab the Great Ball and the Escape Rope hidden in the Rock above the gate. Now, go in the building. If you try to continue, there will be a Pokemon blocking the road. You can't do anything now so head back to the building and go upstairs to the observatory. You will find a trainer who will trade a Nidorina for a Nidorino. Not exactly a great trade, but do it if you want. Next, Professor Oak's aid will want to see your Pokedex. If you have 30 Pokemon, he will give you an Itemfinder. You'll want it since it has a Special function to find hidden items. If you don't have 30 Pokemon, go back and catch some more and evolve them. ============================================================================== ( a. S.S. Anne ) ============================================================================== After getting the Itemfinder, head back to Vermilion City. Heal, and then it's time to board the S.S. Anne using the ticket Bill gave you. OK, there's a ton of trainers who are restless because something's holding up the boat, so let's fight them. Oh, just to let you know, the place is a horrible place for Charmeleon. It seems that the boat isn't moving and many people are bored and itching for a battle, so let's get em and see what's up. Starting from the very right room, the Gentleman will hold 2 Level 18 Growlithes. In the next room to the left, there will be a nice young lady who will heal you. Sweet. No running back to the Pokemon Center for you! Now on to the next room. As soon as you enter, you will be challenged by a Gentleman holding a Level 19 Nidoran Male and Female. There nothing interesting in the next two rooms except a Wigglytuff you can talk to. After those two though will be a room with three people in it. The first one is a Lass holding a Level 18 Pidgey and Nidoran Female. The next person is a Youngster holding a Level 21 Nidoran Male. The last person does nothing, so go get TM31 containing Brick Break, one of the best Fighting attacks in the game! The next room only has an undercover agent, so basically you've done everything you need to do on this floor. Now, go the left and down instead of up the staircase. Here, you will find the kitchen. In the third garbage can to the right, there will be a Berry. There's also a Great Ball in here. Head back up now go all the way to the right and down into that staircase. In the garbage can near the descending stairs, you will find a Hyper Potion. Now, onto the trainers. In the first room there won't be anything but a Machoke and Super Potion. Get it and move on to the next. You will find two Sailors, the closer one will hold a Level 21 Shellder. The farther one will have a Level 18 Horsea, Shellder, and Tentacool. As soon as you enter the next room, you will get another challenge by a Sailor with 3 Level 17 Horseas. Grab the Potion and move on. Now, on the second to last door there will be another Sailor with a Level 18 Tentacool and Staryu. Behind him will be TM44, Rest. Make sure you grab that as it is a very useful TM. Now, this next room has 2 trainers. The one wearing red is a Fisherman holding a Level 17 Tentacool, Staryu, and Shellder. The one wearing blue is a Sailor holding a Level 20 Machop. All right, that's another floor down. Now, from the basement let's head three floors up. I know we're skipping one, but that's fine for now. OK, there's some people here so it's time for some more trainer battles. As soon as you head out, you will see a bald man. He won't battle, so talk and keep going left. There will be a Sailor just smack in the middle of the map, so defeat his level 17 Machop and Tentacool. Now, go left to fight a Sailor holding a LEvel 18 Machop and Shellder. That's all the trainers in this area for a quick clear. Head back to the previous floor, the last one. In the first room to the left, there should be a man in there. Talk to him to recieve a picture of Snorlax in your Pokedex. It's not a must, just a plus(rhyme not intended). In the next room, fight the Fisherman holding 2 level 17 Goldeens and Tentacool. After him there should be a Gentleman holding a Level 23 Pikachu. Pick up the Stardust after defeating him. The next room has no trainers or items, so keep going. At the room after, there will be a Lass at the top of the screen holding a Level 18 Rattata and Pikachu. There will also be a Gentleman with a Level 17 Growlithe and Ponyta. That's the last of the trainers, feel free to explore the last two doors, but heal up before you venture onwards because here comes the big scary rival. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIVAL BATTLE 4 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< OPPONENT'S POKEMON: Bulbasaur Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 19 | |Raticate | LV 16 | |Kadabra | LV 18 | |Ivysaur | LV 20 | ---------------------- Charmander Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 19 | |Raticate | LV 16 | |Kadabra | LV 18 | |Charmeleon | LV 20 | ---------------------- Squirtle Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 19 | |Raticate | LV 16 | |Kadabra | LV 18 | |Wartortle | LV 20 | ---------------------- Another Rival battle already? That's right. Well, he hasn't done too much leveling up so he should be easy this time around since you probably have defeating all those trainers from before. Pidgeotto is still here and a threat with Sand Attack, so switch constantly if you don't have a Geodude or Pikachu to finish it quick. His Rattata seemed to have evolved even though it's not high enough a level, that darn cheater. Raticate has extremely high attack so use a Potion on Geodude or fight with another high defense Pokemon. Watch out for Hyper Fang and Quick Attack which are very strong moves at this point. Its weakness is fighting. Abra has also evolved into Kadabra, a very mighty Pokemon, this time with more than just Teleport and unbelievably high Special Attack to trounce your Pokemon. You don't have much that can withstand Special Attacks at this point, so the best thing to do is to use Quick Attack and attack first since it has low defense. Kadabra is one of the fastest Pokemon(yes, including high levels, that's how powerful it is) so be on your guard! It uses Psychic attacks and can disable your powerful moves for a limited time. Major annoyance at low levels. Now, for his starter, which has finally evolved, isn't too tough. It will usually use elemental attacks and a super effective hit can OHKO that sucker. Woohoo, after beating your rival you can head right up that staircase into the Captain's chamber. He seems to be a bit sick though...don't examine the trash can(eeew...) and talk to him. He was seasick, so that's why the boat wasn't moving! He will give you your very first HM, Cut! A quick side note, these HMs can be used as many times as you want and are nice moves but you can't delete them until much later in the game, so be careful who you teach it to! HMs can also be used outside a battle to get past obstacles, so teach it to one of your Pokemon since we'll be using it. Remember that you have to have Misty(Cerulean City)'s badge before you can use it outside of battle. Now, we can cut that tree blocking the gym. But before we do, let's head East into Diglett's Cave. DIGLETT'S CAVE _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Diglett | 90% | Easy | |Dugtrio | 10% | Hard | --------------------------------------------------------- Digletts have weak defenses but are very fast and strong with powerful ground attacks. They range from levels 13-24. Dugtrios are its evolution and are around Level 28. It's near impossible to run from these guys since they have a high Speed stat and can have an ability called Arena Trap which blocks all Pokemon except those immune to Ground types from escaping. Keep a Flying type first and do NOT let it faint. Catch one of these guys as they are very good Ground types. After resurfacing, you will see that you ended up in that place near Pewter in which you saw before. You can cut down that bush in the way and do all the business there that you want, including catch Pokemon which you didn't want to get before. When you finish your Pewter business, head South from the exit of Diglett's Cave. Check the house. There will be a man there who wants to trade a Mr. Mime for an Abra, an excellent trade if you have an extra Abra since Mr. Mime cannot be found anywhere else in the entire Advances series. What a dumb kid. OK, let's try that new cut thing. Try it on the strange plant and head right on through. There should be another building with another one of Oak's assistants. If you have caught 10 Pokemon(dear god, I hope you do), he will give you HM05. Keep going through the South exit. There will be an Ether. Pick it up. Keep going to find another item, a Paralyze Heal. You see those bushes to the left? You can cut them and head to Viridian City. There won't be anything new except that you can get a Move Tutor near the pond and can go a bit further through the Pokemon League checkpoint where you fought your rival for the second time. When you're done, head back to Vermilion City and get ready for your third badge. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> VERMILION GYM - LT. SURGE <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< OK, here it is, your first gym puzzle. First, let's defeat the trainers though as they can be a menace trying avoid all the time and is a good way to practice. If you can't tell by the name, this gym uses Electric Pokemon and only Electric Pokemon, meaning your ground types will have a ball as electric attacks do NO damage to them. None, zip, nada. If you don't have one, get you butt over to Diglett's Cave and catch one. Now, the first trainer to the very bottom will be a Sailor who does not use Water Pokemon, but instead will have 2 Level 21 Pikachus. Next guy in the middle will be an Engineer with a Level 21 Voltorb and Magnemite. Now, the last guy is a Gentleman with a Level 23 Pikachu. He likes to use Double Team a lot, an extremely annoying attack that increases his evasion so your attacks won't land. OK, so now that the trainers are done, you should notice that the door to the gym has an electric block on it. So here comes the puzzle. First, heal up since you if you exit after solving the puzzle, it resets. This is a really annoying puzzle. It's basically guess and check. You need to find two switches to unlock the door. They are hidden in the garbage cans. The first switch is random and the second switch will always be in one of the cans next to the switch. If you get the second switch wrong, the first switch resets and you have to find it all over again. Once you get both switches, you are free to fight Surge. My party: --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Ivysaur | LV 26 | | Pidgeotto | LV 21 | | Beedrill | LV 21 | | Diglett | LV 23 | | Pikachu | LV 20 | --------------------- Level 20+ should be able to beat him, less if you have a Ground type. BOSS: LT. SURGE --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Voltorb | 21 | | Pikachu | 18 | | Raichu | 24 | --------------------- Note: This battle is almost optional. You can go to nearly the end of the game before you actually have to fight him. So if you feel lazy or can't beat him, move on for a bit :P Like every other trainer in the gym, Surge uses electric Pokemon. He's kind of a joke with Ground Pokemon, or even with just a Ground type attack since his defenses are weak. All of his Pokemon have an attack you haven't seen yet called Shock Wave. It can never miss and can pack quite a punch. It still does no damage to Ground types though. Voltorb will be the easiest dude to beat. If Shockwave doesn't deal enough damage, it will use Sonicboom which misses often and when hits, deals 20 damage no matter what. Pikachu is also easy at a low level. It likes to use Double Team A LOT if Shockwave doesn't deal enough damage to you, so defeat it quick just like the Gentleman's Pikachu before in the gym. His prize Pokemon is next, Raichu. Raichu is the evolved form of Pikachu and is quite strong without Ground attacks. Its first 4 moves or so will always be Double Team making it a big pain in the butt to kill. If your ground attacks don't hit the first few turns, you'd better hope that you saved your game before. After Double Teaming, Surge will use a mix of Quick Attack and Shockwave to defeat your Pokemon. Thunder Wave also appears sometimes causing more annoyance and disability to attack. Not only that, but Lt. Surge will use a Super Potion if Raichu's low in health! Keep hitting and don't give up! Geodude, Sandshrew, and other Pokemon with high Defenses are greatly recommended. Remember that Raichu is the fastest Pokemon that you have met so far, unless you happened to come across a Dugtrio. After defeating Lt. Surge(whew! It can take a few times even with high level Pokemon), you will get not only the Thunderbadge does vitrually nothing and TM31, Shockwave. Heal, stock up, and get ready to move on. We're done here in Vermilion City. Don't forget to get the Itemfinder and move out. But wait...where else to go? Well, let's backtrack to Cerulean City and see if there's anything there. At this point, you MUST have gotten the HM05, Flash, through Diglett's Tunnel unless you think you'll handle yourself really well in the dark. While you're at Cerulean City, make sure you have a bike. While you're heading back, you may notice a small path to the right that we were not able to get to before. Wait! There seems to be a bush blocking the way. Let's cut it and continue onwards. You'll notice this is another one of the trainer's favorite standing around and doing nothing waiting for you to come spots. Let's get em tiger! First match will be a female Picknicker with 2 Level 18 Oddishes and 2 Bellsprouts. Jump some ledges to see an item ball, TM40. Pick it up and there will be a Hiker near there holding a Level 18 Machop and Level 20 Onix. OK, now move left and up to find a Camper holding a Level 21 Growlithe and Charmander. If you move upwards, there will be a Bug Catcher with 2 Level 19 Beedrills. Continue to the left and find a hidden Ether in the rock. Jump the two ledges to find yourself back where you started. Go back to the Camper and head down and right, then up when you see the nearest opening. Fight the Bug Catcher holding a Level 20 Caterpie, Weedle, and Venonat. Go left to find a Camper with a Level 19 Rattata, 2 Sandshrews, and an Ekans. Ignore the patch of grass and fight the Hiker back near the Bug Catcher holding 2 Level 20 Geodudes and a Machop. Now, go right, jump the right ledge and fight the Picnicker holding a Level 23 Meowth. From her, jump down two ledges if you are not nor tired and defeat the Hiker with a Level 21 Geodude and Onix. Pick up the Burn Heal and head all the way back the the Meowth trainer. That should be it, head to the right and you will find a patch of grass and a Pokemon Center! Weee, heal and get ready to catch a few new Pokemon. ROUTE 10 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Voltorb | 45% | Easy | |Spearow | 34% | Easy | |Sandshrew | 0%/20% | Easy | |Ekans | 20%/0% | Easy | |Mankey | 1% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- All wimpy Pokemon here. These only have a Level range of approximately 11-16 and give little experience. You only want to catch Voltorb here, but it's not exactly the greatest Pokemon so I would drop it from your party. All right, whenever you're ready, fight the trainer South of the center holding a Level 20 Pikachu and Celfairy. Now, make sure you have at least 1 Escape Rope and some Potions as we're about to head into Rock Tunnel. ============================================================================== ( b. Rock Tunnel ) ============================================================================== ROCK TUNNEL FLOORS 1-2 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Zubat | 90% | Easy | |Machop | 5% | Easy-Normal | |Mankey | 5% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- ROCK TUNNEL FLOORS 3+ _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Mankey | 5% | Easy | |Geodude | 90% | Easy | |Onix | 5% | Hard | --------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Rock Tunnel. Dank old place isn't it? And totally dark. Remember that Flash HM you got, HM05? I dearly hope so because if not, you're going to have a rough time through this place. Teach Flash to any Pokemon(Don't erase a good attack, Flash blows) and use it to light up the cave. This place isn't the greatest training area either, but it does have some rare Pokemon only found in this area. You should catch a Machop and Onix, both great Pokemon when evolved, but quite rare. Now, head all the way to the right to find an item ball containing Repel. Head back and go South to find the first of many, many trainers in this cave. The crazy Pokemaniac will hold a Cubone and Slowpoke. Cubone is a new face, it has very high defense so use a Grass or Water type to beat it up like with Brock. It's a Ground type. Slowpoke will show its face again for a second appearance. Grass and Electric will do with him. These Pokemon are hard, but only average here in this cave so don't be stingy with Potions. All right, continue down the path and take the ladder. Now, fight the Pokemaniac in the middle of the path holding a Level 25 Slowpoke. Now, keep going all the way left to find a Revive. Now, go back and up to fight that Picnicker holding a Level 22 Oddish and Bulbasaur. OK, keep going to find a Pokemaniac you have to fight holding a Level 22 Charmander and Cubone. You will soon find yourself in a place where there's a large rock in the middle of the place so you can go left or up. The Hiker to the left holds a Level 25 Geodude and the one up holds a Level 20 Machop and Geodude. They both lead to the same ladder so go either path, or both. After you get out of the ladder, you will see a Hiker. Beat his 3 Level 19 Geodudes and Machop. Head to the left side of the rock and go down to find yet another Hiker holding a 2 Level 20 Onixes and Geodude. Head right to find an Escape Rope. Head up and battle the Hiker holding a Level 21 Geodude and Graveler. Graveler should be a new face, it is the evolved form of Geodude but is taken down the same way. Almost out! Take the ladder and fight the Picnicker when coming out and going West. She'll have a Level 21 Jigglypuff, Pidgey, and Meowth. If you move South from her, you will find a Move Tutor who'll teach Rock Slide, a very good move. If you don't want to use it just yet, just head up from the Picnicker to get an Ether and fight the Hiker back to the left. He has 2 Level 21 Geodudes and a Graveler. Go up after him and fight the Pokemaniac with 3 Level 20 Slowpokes. Take the ladder. You'll be confronted by two Picnickers. The first one will have a Level 22 Bellsprout and Clefairy. The second a Level 19 Pidgey, 2 Rattatas, and a Bellsprout. Go left and up to pick up an item and then back down and left to fight another Pickniker witha Level 20 Meowth, Pidgey and Oddish. Yes! That's out ticket out of here! After her just head on out! But wait! We're not out of the jungle yet. If you want, try to ignore the next few trainers and go straight on to the next city since your Pokemon are probably very low in health and PP, but I'm going to pretend that we're not. (Don't worry, I was tired too at this point -_-) The Picnicker right in front of you will have a Level 21 Pidgey and Pidgeotto and the Hiker will have a Level 21 Geodude and Onix. Jump the ledge and fight the next Hiker who holds a Level 19 Onix and Graveler. Now head right and fight the Pokemaniac wandering around holding a Level 20 Cubone and Slowpoke. After him, run towards the city and celebrate that we are finally out of the cave! +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.6} Lavender Town | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ Well...this doesn't look like a warm welcome. For one thing, the song's sad. Everyone seems to be talking about this Mr. Fuji and ghosts. I wonder what's up? --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price | |--------------|------| |Great Ball | 600 | |Super Potion | 700 | |Revive | 1500 | |Antidote | 100 | |Paralyz Heal | 200 | |Awakening | 250 | |Burn Heal | 250 | |Escape Rope | 550 | |Super Repel | 500 | --------------------- Wow, new items here. You can finally buy Great Balls, get Super Potions, and Revives! How nice. Super Repel is also in stock for those who hate to battle. POINTS OF INTEREST: 1. The HUGE tower. 2. The sad, sad, song. 3. The Name Rater's house. You know, the one that's all of a sudden happy. 4. Mr. Fuji's house. The one with a lot of Pokemon and a sign outside. He's missing. 5. The two exits. The bottom one leads to Silence Bridge, the other to Celadon. Don't go to Silence Bridge yet, it leads to a dead end. 6. No gym. Looks like there's no business to be done here... Well, after healing a stocking up(and defeating leftover trainers if you haven't yet.), let's explore a bit. Doesn't curiosity just lead you to the gigantic bulding? That's the Pokemon Tower. Head in and listen to the new song. Head up the stairs and you'll hear a warning from the Channeler there. Whatever. Keep going to see...your rival?!?! Already?! Time to battle! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> RIVAL BATTLE 5 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< OPPONENT'S POKEMON: Bulbasaur Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 25 | |Gyarados | LV 23 | |Growlithe | LV 22 | |Kadabra | LV 20 | |Ivysaur | LV 25 | ---------------------- Charmander Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 25 | |Gyarados | LV 22 | |Exeggcute | LV 23 | |Kadabra | LV 20 | |Charmeleon | LV 25 | ---------------------- Squirtle Lineup ---------------------- |Pokemon | Level | |--------------|-------| |Pidgeotto | LV 25 | |Exeggcute | LV 22 | |Growlithe | LV 23 | |Kadabra | LV 20 | |Wartortle | LV 25 | ---------------------- My party: --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Venusaur | LV 33 | | Pidgeotto | LV 27 | | Beedrill | LV 23 | | Diglett | LV 24 | | Pikachu | LV 22 | --------------------- It's been a while so my team's posted here too. I think I overtrained Ivysaur... This is where you see some real difference in your rival. He still has Pidgeotto which is as annoying as usual with Sand Attack, but is now armed with a new attack, Whirlwind. He'll use this rarely but it can be dangerous since it switches your Pokemon. Now, if your rival started with a Charmander or Bulbasaur, he will have a Gyarados. This thing is about as hard as spelling its name. It will constantly use Thrash which will have a lot of power and can KO a lot, but will confuse itself after 3 turns which is your chance to strike. Electric attacks should do the trick. BTW, if you ever want this Pokemon, evolve your Magikarp if you haven't already ;o If you rival started with a Charmander or Squirtle, he will have an Exeggcute. It's a bit of a joke really. It will usually use Awakening first followed by a Reflect to increase defense. It can easily be KO'd within a few turns as long as you have an Awawkening. It's a new face but easy to defeat. If your rival started with a Bulbasaur or Squirtle, he will have a Growlithe. Another easy dude, you've faced many on the SS Anne and this one is no different. Use Ground, Rock, or Water attacks. Kadabra is also the same as always. High Special Attack and low defense, so a couple of Quick Attacks should make quick work of it. It will use Kinesis a lot which is just like Pidgeotto's Sand Attack so finish it fast and keep switching. Now for the starter. All three of them will just use their normal elemental attack along with a new damaging attack. They're all pretty simple and will fall fast to something that they are weak against. When you finish the battle, your rival will talk a bit about Team Rocket. Hmm, maybe it's them that's causing this trouble. The Channelers seem to be possessed by ghosts and are itching for fights which aren't good. Let's see what's upstairs. Head up and you will encounter wild Pokemon. You will see ghsots. But wait... ghosts aren't Pokemon. They are uncatchable and won't deal any damage, so just run. They do have a Pokemon cry though. This place is creepy, let's get out of here. There's nothing we can do anyway. Leave the Pokemon Tower and head West. Time for the trainer express. There will be a Lass there. Fight her 2 Level 22 Clefairys. Watch out, they have Minimize which can be very annoying. Keep going and fight the Gambler. He will have a Level 24 Growlithe and Vulpix, both Fire types. Go further up and there will be a Super Nerd. He will have a Level 22 Grimer and Muk, the evolved form of the Poison type Grimer. After this, you will have your first double battle! The twins after the Super Nerd will hold a Level 22 Jigglypuff and Clefairy. Afterwards, keep going to see a line of 4 traines. Let's whup each and every one of them. First at the top is a Lass with a Level 23 Nidoran Female and Nidorina. Next down the line is a Super Nerd with only a Level 24 Koffing. The next trainer will have 3 Level 24 Mewoths. Now the next Lass(again) has many Pokemon but is a bit of a joke with a Level 19 Pidgey, Rattata, Meowth, Nidoran Male, and Pikachu. A bunch of Bikers will be wandering around after this. Get them to see you. The first one you meet will have 2 Level 24 Grimers. The second one will hold a Level 24 Koffing, a Level 22 Koffing, and a Level 23 Grimer. There is also a patch of grass here. ROUTE 8 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Pidgey | 30% | Easy | |Sandshrew | 0%/30% | Easy | |Ekans | 30%/0% | Easy | |Vulpix | 0%/10% | Easy | |Growlithe | 10%/0% | Easy | |Meowth | 30% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- Version exclusive paradise. Get your first Fire type in your party if you didn't choose Charmander, and train a bit if you are weak. After the two Bikers, there should only be two trainers left. The one to the left is a Super Nerd holding a Level 20 Magnemite, Koffing, and two Voltorbs. The Gambler to the right holds 2 Level 22 Poliwags and a Poliwhirl. That wraps up the trainers. You should now see two exits. The one to left has a guard who will not let you through so go up towards the Underground path. When you surface, you will reach the fantastic Celadon City. +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ | {3.7} Celadon City | +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~+ PLACES OF INTEREST: 1. The Game Corner. That red bulding. 2. The absolutely gigantic Pokemart. 3. The Gamefreak bulding. 4. AHA! The gym! 5. All those Rockets wandering around. Hmm... CELADON CITY FISHING, GOOD ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Magikarp | 100% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- CELADON CITY FISHING, SUPER ROD(For those who returned) _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Magikarp | 99% | Easy | |Grimer | 1% | Hard | --------------------------------------------------------- If you're patient enough to catch a Grimer, then go ahead and do so. They're a great addition to your team at this point and excels in Special Defense and Attack. Wow! Look at those ABSOLUTELY HUGE buildings! Well, first, let's get a hidden item. Head down to the path right above the gym and head all the way to the right to find a dead end. At the top right corner there will be an Elixer. Now head back down and left. On the last building to the left there will be a bar-like place. There seems to be a buzz about Team Rocket. Make sure you talk to the man in the upper lefthand corner to get a Coin Case to gamble :o BTW, if you choose to gamble, there is a very good place that gets you tons of coins. I was told by Owenlars2 that each row has different odds of winning coins. The machine on the second row from the right has very good odds. The best machine is the one where you are facing left and your back is behind the man who talks about watching the reels closely. I got 777 on this one once, and that was playing like, 5 times. Why don't we take a look at the Mart? It seems to hold just about everything! Here's a list: FLOOR 2 --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price |(TOP) |--------------|------| |TM05 | 1000 | |TM15 | 7500 | |TM28 | 2000 | |TM31 | 3000 | |TM43 | 3000 | |TM45 | 3000 | --------------------- --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price |(BOTTOM) |--------------|------| |Great Ball | 600 | |Super Potion | 700 | |Revive | 1500 | |Antidote | 100 | |Paralyz Heal | 200 | |Awakening | 250 | |Ice Heal | 250 | |Burn Heal | 250 | |Escape Rope | 550 | |Super Repel | 500 | --------------------- FLOOR 3 Nothing but a Counter Move Tutor here if you want to get it. FLOOR 4 --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price | |--------------|------| |Pokedoll | 1000 | |Mail | 50 | |Fire Stone | 2100 | |Thunder Stone | 2100 | |Water Stone | 2100 | |Leaf Stone | 2100 | --------------------- FLOOR 5 --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price |(TOP) |--------------|------| |HP Up | 9800 | |Protein | 9800 | |Iron | 9800 | |Calcium | 9800 | |Zinc | 9800 | |Carbos | 9800 | --------------------- --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price |(BOTTOM) |--------------|------| |X Attack | 500 | |X Defend | 550 | |X Speed | 350 | |X Special | 350 | |X Accuracy | 950 | |Guard Spec. | 700 | |Dire Hit | 650 | --------------------- ROOFTOP --------------------- |SHOP MENU |Price | |--------------|------| |Fresh Water | 200 | |Soda Pop | 300 | |Lemonade | 350 | --------------------- At the rooftop, there is a vending machine. These drinks are all much more effective than Super Potions yet so much cheaper. Make sure you buy a lot since this is the only place where you can get them. One more thing, there's a little girl there who is thirsty. Give her one of each drink and she will give you TM16, 20, and 33. After that, head over to the Pokemon Center. Don't go in, instead, head towards the little path to the right. Go all the way to the left to find an Ether. Now go in the building you passed to find yourself in the Gamefreak bulding's back exit. Go all the way up the stairs to the top floor and into the mini place. Get the Pokeball to find an Eevee! If you're missing a type, now's the time to get it by evolving Eevee, or just keeping it in the box if you don't like it. That's what I did. After you stock up, head over to the Game Corner. You can now collect coins with your new Coin Case. Sadly though, you have to pay to get them or win games which are quite rare, and we need those coins to get some nice prizes next door. The people here seem to be pretty kind though so why not ask them for some money? You can collect about 80 from them and there are a bunch of hidden ones on the floor so you should have well over 100 free coins. Feel free to play the slots for a while although I find it a waste of money. Just press down a few times to choose how many coins you would like to use from 1-3. The more coins you have, the higher chance for you to win. --------------------- |PRIZES |Price |(LEFT COLUMN) |--------------|------| |Smoke Ball | 800 | |Miracle Seed | 1000 | |Charcoal | 1000 | |Mystic Water | 1000 | |Yellow Flute | 1500 | --------------------- --------------------- |PRIZES |Price |(MIDDLE COLUMN) |--------------|------| |Abra | 120 | |Clefairy | 750 | |Pinsir | 2500 |(Leaf Green only) |Scyther | 2500 |(Fire Red only) |Dratini | 4600 | |Porygon | 6500 |(Porygon is 9999 coins in Fire Red. Haha for you guys!) --------------------- --------------------- |PRIZES |Price |(RIGHT COLUMN) |--------------|------| |TM13 | 4000 | |TM23 | 3500 | |TM24 | 4000 | |TM30 | 4500 | |TM35 | 4000 | --------------------- One more thing of interest in the Game Corner. At the bottom right hand corner there is a machine. It takes pictures of the Pokemon in your party and adds them to your trainer card. How nice. Hmm? What's that Rocket doing over there? Don't talk to him as we'll deal with him later. Right now, time to head to the Celadon City Gym! >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CELADON GYM - ERIKA <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< When you first step into the gym, it's obvious the type these trainers use, just like every other gym -_- They are all female Grass Pokemon trainers who hate Bugs, Birds, and Fire types. Guess which types you're going to use? Approach the first two trainers. The first one is a Lass with a Level 23 Bellsprout and Weepinbell, the evolution of Bellsprout. The second is a Beauty with 2 Level 21 Oddishes and Bellsprouts. Now in the left branch is another Beauty with 2 Level 24 Bellsprouts. The right branch has a Picnicker with a Level 24 Bulbasaur and Ivysaur. Cut the bush at the front entrance to fight a Female Cooltrainer holding a Level 22 Oddish, Bellsprout, Weepinbell, Gloom, and Ivysaur. She also has a Hyper Potion. To the left there is a Beauty holding a Level 24 Exeggcute. The Lass on the right has 2 Level 23 Oddishes and a Gloom. Now, time for Erika! My party: --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Venusaur | LV 33 | | Pidgeotto | LV 29 | | Beedrill | LV 26 | | Diglett | LV 25 | | Pikachu | LV 27 | | Vulpix | LV 22 | --------------------- I haven't done a lot of leveling since I picked up Vulpix, but levels around 25+ can beat this Grass vixen. BOSS: ERIKA --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Victreebel | LV 29 | | Tangela | LV 24 | | Vileplume | LV 29 | --------------------- Erika's Pokemon are tough. Very tough. Not only are they all final evolutions with excellent stats, she uses moves like Stun Spore to paralyze your Pokemon making it difficult to attack and keeping your health in check. Bring Antidotes and Paralyze Heal if you can. She also has many Hyper Potions and Full Heals. Victreebel has average Defense and very high Special Attack and Attack with moves like Acid that get an extra boost from its type. It will rip through your Pokemon fast if you can't defeat it quickly enough. Tangela is like a break from Victreebel, it's not as tough but still something to beware of. It can heal itself with Ingrain and cause status conditions. Tangela also has high Defense, but low Attack. Use this time to heal yourself with Potions. Vileplume can be hard to take down. It also has high defenses are a move called Petal Dance that can deal a lot of damage although confuses itself after 3 turns. After defeating Erika, you will get the Rainbowbadge! Now all traded Pokemon up to Level 50 will obey you. You will also get TM19. Now that we're done with the gym, it's time to leave, right? Nope, not yet. Remember that Rocket that was in the Game Corner? Let's heal, stock up, and go meet him. He will battle you holding a Level 20 Raticate and Zubat, jokes compared to Erika's gym. After the battle, he will say that there isn't a secret switch behind the poster he was standing next to and then disappear into a wall. You know what to do. Press A on the poster to reveal a hidden passage. Gasp! So that's where Team Rocket was so populated here. It seems something is up here. Time to beat the Secret Rocket Base! ============================================================================== ( a. Rocket Base ) ============================================================================== As soon as you enter the Rocket Base, head to the right and down, not the stairs. Head to the left and fight the Rocket there holding two Level 21 Raticates. When you beat him, continue down to find an item ball containing an Escape Rope. Now go down to Basement 2. Fight the Rocket as soon as you see him holding 2 Level 17 Zubats, a Koffing, Grimer, and Raticate. Now head down another floor to get to Basement 3. Fight the Rocket on the lower path holding 2 Level 21 Machops and collect the TM21. Now head back and to the right to the arrow maze. The maze looks mind boggling with so many arrows, but it's not that difficult. There are arrows here representing the direction you will be forced to go to until a different colored tile stops you. From the side all the way to the right, take the down path to get a Rare Candy. From there, your only option is to head back up so do so. This time, start in the middle between the two arrows pointing away from each other. Go left, walk down, and take the right arrow. You will have spun right past a path. Go back and down that path and then walk left not taking any of those arrows. Go down and there will be a second set of arrows. Take the one to the top. As soon as you land there will be a Rocket waiting for you with a Level 20 Rattata, Raticate, and Drowzee. A pair of Dark Glasses will also be smack in the middle of the path. Head down the flight of stairs to Basement 4. Get the Ether on the table to the left. Now go up, get TM49, and fight the Rocket member holding a Level 21 Koffing and Zubat. Beware, the Koffing can Selfdestruct for a lot of damage. When you finish the battle, the Rocket will drop the Lift Key. Pick it up and move head back to Basement Floor 2. OK, now this is going to be a bit irritating. From the beginning, take the second one from the top. Now go backwards. Go above the platform, down, then up again over all the little things to get an X Special. Head back to where you were before and get the Moon Stone blocking your way. Take the first transporter you see going down which will take you next to the item ball containing TM12. Go down the small path and take the first down path to the right that you see. Now take the path directly to the left. Go down the path and take the second path for a Super Potion or the first one if you just want to get out of this puzzle. Go up to the next room if you want to fight some trainers. There's a Hyper Potion in the top lefthand corner. Fight the Rockets! The one to the left of the exit has a 2 Level 19 Rattatas and Raticates. The one to the top has a Level 20 Rattata and 2 Koffings. Go back and take the elevator going to Floor 1. There will be a Rocket nearby. He will have a Level 22 Grimer and Muk. Keep going up and you'll see that there is another Rocket holding a Level 21 Drowzee and Machop. Hmm? Does this place look familiar? Of course, it's near the exit! Go out and heal if you'd like because we're going after the Head Honcho. Go to the elevator and choose Floor 4. Pick up the Calcium on the table. Next, head up the main path and beat his bodyguards who are guarding a closed door. The guy on the left has a Level 23 Sandshrew, Ekans, and Sandslash. The guy on the right has a Level 23 Sandshrew, Ekans, and Arbok. After you defeat both of them, the door they were guarding will open allowing you to head to their boss. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GIOVANNI BATTLE 1 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< BOSS: GIOVANNI --------------------- | Pokemon | Level | |-------------|-------| | Onix | LV 25 | | Rhyhorn | LV 24 | | Kangaskhan | LV 29 | --------------------- Not a gym battle but nearly as tough. Giovanni will use mostly Gound type Pokemon. Onix will be bad as always with low attack power and Special Defense. Rhyhorn is a new face, but not too challenging. It has high defense but can be taken down the same way as Onix with weaknesses. It does have higher attack although nothing challenging. Kangaskhan is the main worry. It has unbelievably high Attack at this point in game. A low damage attack can OHKO a weak Pokemon so use your strongest Pokemon against it. If you have a fighting type, it would help. Sometimes it will be really stupid though and use Tail Whip many times and then Bite which effects Defense not Special Defense. If you catch it in a brain dead thing, just attack it strong and fast. Its first move will always be Fake Out, so send in a sacrificial dog if necessary since there's a very high chance of inducing flinch. After Giovanni disappears, he will leave behind a Silph Scope enabling you to see ghosts. But where can we find ghosts? Remember Lavender Town? Yep. But before you leave, make sure you pick up the special Balls in between the bushes. We're also not finished with all the business in Celadon, so heal and get ready for a few more battles. From the Pokemon Center, head West onto the next Route. There will be the same sleeping Pokemon that you saw blocking the path as in Vermilion City. Cut the bush above the Pokemon and battle the Young Couple's Level 29 Rapidash and Ninetales, both fully evolved Fire types that are very strong. Go past the bulding to get Fly, an awesome HM that lets you go to any Pokemon Center you have visited previously. BTW, ready for some Pokemon Catching? ROUTE 16 _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Rattata | 30% | Easy | |Doduo | 30% | Easy-Normal | |Raticate | 10% | Normal | |Spearow | 30% | Easy | --------------------------------------------------------- What you want here is Doduo, possibly Raticate. Decent training grounds for those that are weak, mediocre otherwise. Head back to Celadon when you're done. ============================================================================== ( b. Pokemon Tower ) ============================================================================== Lavender Town revisited. Nice. With your new Flying abilities, you should be able to get there in no time. Enter the Pokemon Tower. If you haven't beaten Gary yet, head back to the Lavender Town section to see how to do so. Once beaten, head up the stairs. Instead of scary ghosts appearing this time, Gastlies appear. And yes, they are catchable and very good. They are unaffected by Normal and Fighting type moves though so beware. POKEMON TOWER _________________________________________________________ |WILD POKEMON | APPEARANCE RATE(FR/LG) | CATCH DIFFICULTY | |---------------------------------------------------------| |Ghastly | 90% | Easy | |Haunter | 5% | Normal | |Cubone | 5% | Normal | --------------------------------------------------------- After a while, you're going to get sick of seeing Gastlies as that's all that will appear here. Ugh. Head up from the staircase. Fight the Channeler holding a Level 23 Gastly and pick up the Escape Rope above her. Go back and towards the bottom there will be an opening. Go and fight the two Channelers, the bottom holding a Level 22 Gastly, the top a Level 24 Gastly. Go up the flight of stairs. Fight some more Channelers. The first one at the top has a Level 22 Gastly and a Level 23 Gastly, the bottom a Level 22 Gastly. Pick up the Super Ether in the way and go around the wall to find a Great Ball. The Channeler at the end has a Level 24 Gastly. Once you defeat her, advance to the next floor. The first Channeler you meet on the path will have a Level 22 Gastly. You'll notics that there is a whiteish spot nearby. That's a safe spot where all your Pokemon will be totally healed as if in a Pokemon Center and no Pokemon will appear. Also get the Cleanse Tag in the middle. Anyway, after healing fight the Channelers. The one right of the safe spot will have a Level 23 Haunter. The one to the left a Level 24 Gastly and the bottom a Level 22 Gastly. Get the Nugget and head to the next floor. Get the X Speed as soon as you come out and fight the Channeler with 3 Level 22 Gastlies. The one at the top has a Level 24 Gastly. Keep going to fight another with a Level 24 Gastly. Now make sure you're fully healed and get the Rare Candy. Attempt to go up the staircase and something will stop you. It's a ghost... Silph Scope will decipher it to be Marowak, the evolved form of Cubone! It