To Olivine City!

To Olivine City!

Cianwood City Gym Battle

Do anything that you need to do in Ecruteak -- heal and save, team change-ups, and any shopping to replace used items and resources.  Restock balls, that sort of thing.  When you are done, head west to Route 38!

-- Route 38 --

Route 38 Beasties List

-- Exeggcute #105 (Any) Headbutt
-- Farfetch'd #160 (Morn/Day) Normal
-- Hoothoot #015 (Any) Headbutt
-- Magnemite #119 (Any) Normal
-- Miltank #151 (Any) Normal
-- Pineco #093 (Any) Headbutt
-- Raticate #018 (Any) Normal
-- Rattata #017 (Any) Normal
-- Snubbull #125 (Any) Normal
-- Spinarak #032 (Any) Headbutt
-- Tauros #150 (Any) Normal

On the way out of town via the west gate be sure to use your treasure finder to grab the Ultra Ball just before the gate entrance, then hit the gate!  Outside if you follow the short grass path to the north you can fight Sailor Harry, and then Lass Dana, followed by School Kid Chad.  Now double back through the tall grass to fight Beauty Valerie -- and catch a Farfetch'd, a Magnemite, and a Tauros! 

Head back to the gate then follow the road west to fight Bird Keeper Toby, then harvest the White Apricorn from the nearby tree.  Grab the Max Potion from the treasure ball beside the road, and then continue west.  If you have the patience, you can try for a Miltank or Snubbull, but they are both very rare, so...  Head west up the stairs and onto Route 39.

-- Route 39 --

Route 39 Beasties List

-- Exeggcute #105 (Any) Headbutt
-- Farfetch'd #160 (Morn/Day) Normal
-- Hoothoot #015 (Any) Headbutt
-- Magnemite #119 (Any) Normal
-- Miltank #151 (Any) Normal
-- Pineco #093 (Any) Headbutt
-- Raticate #018 (Any) Normal
-- Snubbull #125 (Any) Normal
-- Spinarak #032 (Any) Headbutt
-- Tauros #150 (Any) Normal

As you enter the Route a bloke named Baoba stops you to tell you about himself and his plans.  He used to run the Safari Zone in Fuchsia City, and now he is starting one in Cianwood -- he asks you to exchange numbers so that he can let you know when the big opening day is -- how cool is that?  Now fight Psychic Nelson (the bloke who is walking up and down the road), then head a bit north and west and harvest the Green Apricorn from the tree here.  Take a look at the Miltank, then head into the building and talk to the man inside. 

He explains that his Miltank is sick, and you should take a look at it.  Head next door and talk to the little girls, then the Miltank -- Give it six Oranberry to heal it -- talk to the little girls to get the Seal Case then go talk to the bloke again and he will sell you MooMoo Milk.  I bought a dozen, but you get what you can afford.  Talk to his wife for your reward -- TM83, Natural Gift.

Use your treasure finder outside to grab a PP Up, then head south and grab TM60, Drain Punch, from the treasure ball there.  Use your treasure finder to grab the Nugget from the pasture, then go north to get the X-Attack near the right-hand tree.  That wraps up this area, so head back to the road and south, then fight Sailor Eugene, Pokefan Derek,  and Pokefan Ruth.

-- Olivine Town --

Olivine Town Beasties List

-- Corsola #173 (Any) Fishing
-- Kingler #167 (Any) Fishing
-- Krabby #166 (Any) Fishing
-- Magikarp #076 (Any) Fishing
-- Staryu #169 (Any) Fishing
-- Tentacool #164 (Any) Surfing
-- Tentacruel #165 (Any) Surfing

Now head into town and have a brief meeting with your Rival, who still complains a lot!  Now before we get to finding the Gym Leader there are a few things that we need to do, starting with visiting the house near us.  Inside you receive the Good Rod from the Fisherman.  Along the way to the next block is the Photographer if you want your pic taken again, then visit the Cafe next to the Center before going to the Center to heal and save! 

In the Center you can battle Beauty Charlotte to see what it looks like when ball capsule seals are used, which you may as well do since it is extra XP, right?  Once you've healed and saved exit the Center and hit the Mart to resupply, then head over to the beach and, using the Good Rod, catch a Krabby - two if you do not already have one.  You need the Krabby because there is a guy that wants to trade for it here in town, and we want to get it out of the way now...

Once you have your Krabby to trade put it in your party and head to the house on the left above the Mart, and talk to the guy inside.  He will trade you a Voltorb holding a Cheri Berry.  Excellent!  Now head to the house next door and get some Seals from the little girl inside.

Head for the Lighthouse now and go in.  Using the stairs, fight your way to the top by defeating the trainers you encounter, grabbing TM87, Swagger, on your way up.  Exit on the top level through the door leading out to a ledge, follow the ledge all the way around and grab the treasure ball with a Rare Candy, then head inside the Lighthouse.

Fight the Sailor and then grab the Ether from the treasure ball nearby.  Fight Bird Keeper Dennis, then use your treasure finder to grab the Hyper Potion before hitting the ladder up.  fight the two Sailors and grab the Super Repel from the treasure ball.  You are now ready to head up the ladder and talk to Jasmine, the Gym Leader for Olivine City!

Her Pokemon is sick, and she needs you to get some med's from a pharmacy on the other side of the sea...  I smell a road... err.. Sea Trip!  Now go through the door that Jasmine opened, grab the Super Potion, then use the lift to head downstairs and out.

-- Route 40 --

Now that you are ready head to Route 40 and check out the beach -- you see the Battle Frontier?  Yeah, we will return here later.  Below the BF there may be a different person standing on the beach each day -- when I arrived it was on a Monday, and the person was Monica of Monday, who gave me a Sharp Beak! 

Route 40 Beasties List

-- Corsola #173 (Any) Fishing
-- Kingler #167 (Any) Fishing
-- Krabby #166 (Any) Fishing
-- Magikarp #076 (Any) Fishing
-- Tentacool #164 (Any) Surfing
-- Tentacruel #165 (Any) Surfing

Fight your way along the Route, stopping on the sandbar to grab TM88, Pluck, then continue south.  When you hit Route 41 stop, then head west, fighting the trainers you encounter.  You will reach a whirlpool -- use Whirlpool to cross through it and cross the beach ahead, then head into the cave nearby, entering the Whirl Islands.

Go down and head south, grabbing the Carbos, continue along the path and down the ladder, grabbing the Max Elixir and Full Restore, then go back up and backtrack, then grab the Full Restore.  Follow the east-north-east path, grab the Nugget, continue east then up the ladder.  Grab the Ultra Ball, then head back down.  Head south and grab the Escape Rope, then head up the ladder, Surf east and grab the Ultra Ball, then down the ladder, follow the path, and grab the Calcium.  Use the ladder here and exit, head around the back of the island and Surf, use Whirlpool to get past the Whirlpool

At this point you are near the end of the Route, so you can either head towards land or go around and take on the nearby trainers -- it is your call.  We will be coming back to the Whirl Islands later, so for now just remember where they are :)

-- Cianwood City--

The first thing that you will want to do is hit the Center, heal, open a slot in your party, and then save.  Then talk to the guy standing at the counter -- he is the defacto Gym Greeter for Cianwood!  Visit the Pharmacy and get the Secret Potion next, then  visit the house to the west where a bloke will give you a  Level 20 Shuckle holding some Berry Juice.  You can visit the Photographer's House if you like and have your photo taken, otherwise it is time to head to the north up the beach where you will see one of the legendary Pokemon that we released earlier, Suicine!

As you approach he runs off, and you are attacked by Mystery Man Eusine -- his team is mid-20's and not that bad.  Haunter might be something of a challenge but a Psychic Pokemon will make short work of it.  After the battle ends go heal and save at the Center and then head to the Gym.  That cave entrance leads to the Safari Zone, but we do not need to go there yet.

-- Cianwood Gym --

The Gym Leader is right in the front but he cannot hear you due to the water.  First clear the sub-leaders on the right, then on the left, and then return to the Center to heal and save before you come back, climb the left side and  at the top, turn the winch to cut off the flow of water.  This annoys the Gym Leader, Chuck, who rumor has it is supposed to be based upon Chuck Norris, but that cannot be true, because if it were Chuck Norris there would be no way to turn the water off -- you see the water flows because Chuck Norris allows it to flow!

Chuck opens with a Level 29 Primeape, which is not that bad really.  His second up is a Level 31 Poliwrath though, and that might slow you down a bit!  After you beat him -- proof he is NOT Chuck Norris -- he gives you the Storm Badge, and TN01, Focus Punch!   When you exit the Gym the lady outside spots your new badge and gives you HM02, Fly.  Looks like we will not be Surfing back after all!