Celadon City Gym

Celadon City Gym

Celadon City Gym Battle

At this point your core members should be Level 28, with one or two either close to or at 29, which is the same range as the Pokemon you will be facing in the Gym.  You may be tempted to raise a few more of your team to 29, just for the slight edge that it will give you.   You may want to not do that though, because there are a fair number of AGL's in the gym you are about to battle through, and you will get some serious XP in the process.  There is no point in taking unnecessary risks and ending up facing a Gym Battle with Pokemon you cannot control, right?

When you are ready, enter the gym.  There is no Gym Greeter on duty here -- he is actually the guy you spoke with in the Game Corner who told you about what you would be facing here -- as it seems that the Celadon City Gym Greeter has a gambling problem!

As usual, before you can face the Gym Leader you have to take care of the AGL's, so start by doing that.  It will also give you a feel for what the battle will be like against the Leader, 

-- Assistant Gym Leader Battles --

Your first battle is with Lass Kay, who has a Level 23 Bellsprout worth 414 XP, and a Level 23 Weepinbell worth 744 XP and $368.

Next is Beauty Bridget, who has a Level 21 Oddish worth 351 XP, a Level 21 Bellsprout worth 378 XP, a Level 21 Oddish worth 461 XP, and another  Level 21 Bellsprout also worth 378 XP, and $1512.  Now before you cut the tree in front of you down and step into the center area, let us take down the AGL's on either side of the stage, shall we?

On the left is Beauty Tamia, with a pair of Level 24 Bellsprout worth 432 XP each, and $1728.  On the Right side is Picnicker Tina with a Level 24 Bulbasaur worth 328 XP, and a Level 24 Ivysaur worth 724 XP and $480.

Cut the tree on the right side of the stage and step in, turn and engage Cooltrainer Mary first.

Mary has a Level 22 Bellsprout worth 396 XP, a Level 22 Oddish worth 367 XP, a Level 22 Weepinbell worth 711 XP, a Level 22 Gloom worth 621 XP, and a Level 22 Ivysaur worth 664 XP and $792.  Now take two steps north and pick off Lass Lisa!

Lass Lisa sports a Level 23 Oddish worth 384 XP, and a Level 23 Gloom worth 649 XP and $368.

At this point all of your core team should be at Level 29 -- if not, there is still the last AGL to battle, but at this point you are pretty much home-free as far as preparing the team for this fight, so take the last AGL down with whatever team member you like.  You know what you are facing here, you are trained, you are ready!  After you take down the last AGL, head back to the Pokecenter, heal and save, and then come back and take this Gym Leader down!

Beauty Lori has a Level 24 Exeggcute worth 504 XP and $1728.

-- Gym Leader Erika --

As she explains at the start of the battle, she has only Grass Type Pokemon, and she leads off with her Level 29 Victreebel, which is worth 1186 XP.  Bear in mind that you want to set up your KO hits here, so try not to use an opening move that will put her Pokemon under 10% health, because she is will automatically use a healing potion if you do.  The best tactic is to take a small amount of health first, enough so that when you use your KO move it will actually kill in one-shot.

Her next Pokemon is her Level 24 Tangela, which is worth 853 XP.  If you are using a Fire Type you can usually one-hit kill this one.

Her final Pokemon is a Level 29 Vileplume, which is a fairly tough opponent.  It can take significant damage, and it has some annoying moves like Stun Spore that she likes to use.  Erika will use a potion if it is below 20%, so you have to plan your attacks with that in mind.

Once you have her in the yellow, deliver the killing blow and collect your 1143 XP and $2900, along with the Rainbow Badge, which causes Pokemon up to Level 50 to obey you, including traded ones.    It also permits you to use the HM Move Strength outside of battle.  Erika gives you TM19, Giga Drain as her move gift, and you have taken down another Gym Leader, gained another Badge, and are halfway through the game!  Good on ya!

Return to the Pokecenter now to heal and save, and then head over to the Pokemon Mansion down the street!

-- Pokemon Mansion --

When you enter there is an old woman who will offer you Tea -- accept and hold on to that, we will need it later.  On the second floor is a bookshelf with a bio entry for Erika -- if you are trying to fill the Fame Checker you will want to grab that now.

The third floor has the bullpen for the Gamefreak Development Team - you can meet the people who created the Pokemon Games here!  The Game Designer tells you to return and visit with him after you complete your Dex -- so remember to do that!

The next set of stairs will take you to the roof -- but not the side you actually want to be on!  So head all the way downstairs and exit the building, then head behind it to find the hidden entrance, and go all the way up the stairs to the other side of the roof, and into the small structure up there.

Inside is a Master Trainer who knows all that there is to know about Pokemon.  On the table is a TM Guide -- read that -- then read the blackboard (it is really a greenboard but still) to learn all about the Wireless Adapter.  When you are done, go pick up the Poke Ball on the small table nearby -- this is an Eevee!

- About that Eevee -

You may be tempted to start using this Eevee immediately - and if you are, well, I do not blame you!  You can go to the Department Store right now and purchase an evolution stone that will transform this Pokemon into an amazing one -- there are five forms for it -- but before you do that, consider this: you want ALL of the evolved forms, not just one of them.

That being the case, it makes more sense to just tuck her into a storage box in the PC and wait until after you have access to the Daycare Center on the Island, the one you can actually do breeding at!  All that you will need is a Ditto, and this Eevee, to breed a bunch of them.  Then you can start evolving them into their other forms!  Still, there are two forms that you cannot evolve her into in this game -- you will need to trade those two forms in from another game, but that is just a minor detail, really.  Right now simply be happy that you have added another Pokemon to your Dex, and a fairly significant one at that!

-- Team Rocket HQ --

Team Rocket HQ

Now it is time to deal with those pesky Rocket Thugs!  Leave the Mansion and head to the Game Corner, use the switch that is actually hidden behind the poster to open the stairs that lead down to the basement, and enter the HQ!

- Team Rocket HQ B2F -

The first battle is with a Team Rocket Grunt south and then west of where you enter.  He has a pair of Level 21 Raticate worth 522 XP each, and $672.

Past him in the office to the south is an Escape Rope in a treasure ball and a laptop you can look at.  To the east is another Grunt to battle.

Team Rocket Grunt has a Level 21 Drowzee worth 459 XP, and a Level 21 Machop worth 396 XP and $672.  There are some blueprints in the room that you cannot decipher, and a locked door, so head down the stairs near where we entered.

The Team Rocket Grunt here has a Level 17 Zubat worth 196 XP, a Level 17 Koffing worth 414 XP, a Level 17 Grimer worth 327 XP, a Level 17 Zubat worth 196 XP, and a Level 17 Raticate worth 421 XP and $544.

To the left is a series of warp squares that will move you along what amounts to a puzzle area.  This is actually fairly simple, just do the following:

(1) Use one of the left arrow tiles then the up arrow tile.  When you stop, continue west and up, then head all the way east to the treasure ball with an X Speed in it.  Now return to the yellow tile you stopped on before.

(2) Walk back one tile east and take the Moon Stone from the treasure ball here.

(3) Use the nearby right-arrow tile to stop on the yellow tile; Walk back and pick up TM12, Taunt.

(4) Walk down then use the down-arrow tile to get to the yellow tile bellow.  Use the nearby right-arrow tile to the next yellow tile, and then the left-arrow tile to the next yellow tile.  Take the top left-arrow tile to the yellow tile, then the up-arrow tile above  to the far yellow tile, and grab the Super Potion from the treasure ball here.

(5) Walk up and take the right-arrow tile to the yellow tile above, then walk around and down to take the down-arrow tile here. Take the right-arrow tile to the next yellow tile, then the down arrow tile to the next left-arrow and down to the bottom hallway, that leads to the room in the lower right-hand corner of the area.

There is a lift and a set of stairs in this room - first take the stairs up and fight the bottom Grunt.

Team Rocket Grunt has a Level 19 Rattata worth 231 XP, a pair of Level 19 Raticate worth 471 XP each, another Level 19 Rattata worth 231 XP and $608.  In the upper left corner is a treasure ball with a Hyper Potion -- grab that now -- then fight the next Grunt!

Team Rocket Grunt has a Level 20 Grimer worth 385 XP, a pair of Level 20 Koffing worth 487 XP each, and $640.  On the tables are more blueprints and laptops -- clearly something strange is going in here!

When you head back downstairs and enter the lift you discover that it requires a key that we do not have!  Bummer!  Backtrack to the puzzle room, take the north arrow then the stairs going down in the next room.

- Team Rocket HQ B3F -

Directly south is a Grunt to battle.  Team Rocket Grunt has a pair of Level 21 Machop worth 396 XP each, and $672.  After the battle head all the way south in this area and grab TM21, Frustration, from the treasure ball that is partly hidden here.  That would be easy to miss if you were not looking for it!

Head back up past the defeated Grunt and west, to find another puzzle room.  This one is less complicated -- walk to the opening in the center area and take the left-arrow to the yellow tile, then the right-arrow below, and down to take another right-arrow to grab the Rare Candy from the treasure ball here.

Now take the up-arrow back to the start, return to the break above and take the same left-arrow we took at the beginning, then the right-arrow, but this time head west and then down, west to the west wall and down, and then take the top right-arrow (the more east one) so we end up on the yellow tile that the Grunt below is facing!

Team Rocket Grunt has a Level 20 Rattata worth 243 XP, a Level 20 Drawzee worth 346 XP, and a Level 20 Raticate worth 496 XP, and $640.

Now that you have defeated him and he is no longer blocking your passage, head south and east to the treasure ball, and grab the Blackglasses from within.  If you are curious, this is a held item that can be used by one of your Pokemon to improve their Dark stat.

A flight of stairs leading down is directly above you -- use that now.

- Team Rocket HQ B4F -

Ahead of you on the table is a treasure ball with a Max Ether in it.  Grab that and then head north to the next room and another treasure ball with TM49, Snatch, in it.  Once you have that, notice the Grunt above?  Go kick his ass!

Team Rocket Grunt has a Level 21 Koffing worth 513 XP, and a Level 21 Zubat worth 243 XP and $672.   He drops the lift key (inside a treasure ball), so go ahead and pick that up now.  It is placed in your Key Items pocket in your bag.  Now backtrack to the lift and go inside!

 -- The Lift -

We start out on B2F -- so first let us head to B1F to see what there is to see, shall we?  As we step off of the lift we are attacked by a Grunt.

Team Rocket Grunt has a Level 22 Grimer worth 423 XP, and a Level 22 Koffing worth 537 XP and $704.  If you have been following this walkthrough guide -- and I presume you have -- than you should just have leveled to 30 on the last member of your team, so everyone except your HM Mule is now Level 30!  Excellent!  Keep leveling them equally so one does not get too far ahead of the others and you will be in excellent shape when we reach our next Gym Battle!

Head north now up a long hall and we find another Grunt, but he does not want to fight, he just wants to complain about you because we already beat him once.  Right, so we have been here before, head back to the lift now and select B4F as our destination.

- Team Rocket HQ B4F -

Head all the way west and grab the Calcium from the treasure ball on the table, then head north and battle the Grunts guarding the door.

Team Rocket Grunt (left) has a Level 23 Sandshrew worth 457 XP, a Level 23 Sandslash worth 802 XP, and a Level 23 Ekans worth 304 XP and $736.  Now fight his buddy.

Team Rocket Grunt (right) has a Level 23 Ekans worth 304 XP, a Level 23 Sandshrew worth 457 XP, and a Level 23 Arbok worth 724 XP and $736.

After you defeat the second Grunt the door behind them snaps open, and you can enter.  Inside the room on the couch is Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket.  It seems that he was waiting for you, and has plans to take his revenge out -- on you.

Gio leads with a Level 25 Onix worth 577 XP, a Level 29 Kangaskhan worth 1087 XP, and a Level 24 Rhyhorn worth 693 XP and $2900. 

Gio is upset and having a hard time accepting that you served him out like a little girl...  He bails, leaving behind a treasure ball with the Silph Scope!  Hey, just what we were looking for!  Excellent!

Head back to the Pokecenter now, heal and save.