POKEMON HEARTGOLD/POKEMON SOULSILVER WALKTHROUGH/FAQ by Luke Miller, aka: lemondrop7 The following websites have permission to use this guide: - www.GameFaqs.com - www.supercheats.com - www.neoseeker.com Do not copy this guide on your website, or display it online without my permission. It is a copyright violation. Version .25 ----------- - Guide started, posting to get feedback and see what can be improved or changed. - Natures/Opening done - Pokemon explored - Rival done - First gym done - I expect the entire base guide to be done in a couple days Version .30 ----------- - Second Gym Complete - Money issue solved - Guide is up at the moment! - Added a short FAQ, will update it frequently - Bugsy Epic Story! ----------- Version .35 ----------- - www.supercheats.com has my full permission to promote and use this guide. - www.neoseeker.com has my full permission to promote and use this guide. - Up to third gym, just have to actually put it down - Lot of error clean up Version .40 ----------- - Credited people in FAQ - Updated Guide Version .45 ----------- - The real update TABLE OF CONTENTS FAQ -------------------------------------- 0000 THE SAGA BEGINS -------------------------- 0001 THE SAGA REALLY BEGINS ------------------- 0002 IF THE SAGA DOESN'T BEGIN, IM LOSING IT -- 0003 If YOU WANT TO START PLAYING GO HERE ----- 0004 POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON ------------------ 0005 AND SO IT BEGINS [RIVAL] ----------------- 0006 THE FIRST GYM ---------------------------- 0007 A SILLY PROPOSITION! --------------------- 0008 UNION CAVE + OPERATION SLOWPOKE ---------- 0009 THINGS ARE GETTING BUGGY ----------------- 0010 INTO THE FOREST -------------------------- 0011 THE THIRD GYM ---------------------------- 0012 4TH GYM: PART 1 -------------------------- 0013 4TH GYM: PART 2 -------------------------- 0014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions): Q: Hey, I e-mailed you something, please add my name as a credit! A: Don't worry - I keep all of my e-mails saved, and I have all of the names of everyone who has e-mailed any information. I will update it and add your names soon. Here are the names of people who have given me support or information through e-mail: Michael Wright Nick Lange Chryste Jeff Davies Souris-di-di taime Papa Rawr John Shannon Nic Colon Alec Scilovati Leo Chan Juan Nunya Jonathan VanHeiden Beast9287 If you guys have GameFaqs or other accounts you go by, just tell me and I will gladly add them. You people are the reason I keep going to try and finish this guide. You should be recongized too! Keep up the good work people! For those of you who have actually e-mailed me something mean, your mother is a cow! (I would love to share those e-mails in this guide at some point). Q: How do I play Wi-Fi? A: Just go to the bottom of any Pokemon Center and you will learn most of what you need. You will also be given a Pal Pad that will record your friends. Q: What is the GTS? A: It is the "Global Trade Station" and can be found in Goldenrod. Use the GTS to trade Pokemon with others, all over the world! Q: Why would I let my Mom get my money? A: Well, you can withdraw it from her anytime but she also gives you nice gifts every now and then. I would suggest letting her hold onto it, unless you don't care about her presents. Q: I can't beat the Elite 4! Help my team! A: It's likely because you don't have any team synergy or are just terribly underleveled. The Elite 4 are pretty easy to beat as long as you train your Pokemon reasonably well and don't stock up on a single type, such as Grass. Q: What are Apricorns? A: They grow on trees throughout Johto and can be given to Kurt to make special types of Pokeballs. Q: Can I only pick an Apricorn only once? A: Nope, they will come back everyday. Q: What are the different time ranges in-game? A: There are three different time ranges in the game. ----------- Time Ranges ----------- 4am - 10am - Morning 10am - 8pm - Afternoon 8pm - 4am - Night Q: What are the differences between HeartGold and SoulSilver? A: There really are no differences, except for Pokemon selection. In HeartGold, the Mankey, Growlithe, Spinerak, Gligar, Phanpy, Baltoy, Mantyke, and Sableye families are all available. In SoulSilver, the Vulpix, Meowth, Teddiursa, Gulpin, Ledyba, Delibird, Skarmory, and Mawile families are all available. Each version also gets a "version exclusive legendary". In HeartGold, it is Kyogre, in SoulSilver, it is Groudon. Q: Friend Code? A: Nope, I don't play Wi-Fi Q: What is competitive Pokemon? A: Competitive Pokemon is the game of Pokemon being played under specific rules agreed upon by both players. Usually, the strategy involved is higher in competitive games. It is important to know about EVs, natures, IVs, and abilities before diving into the competitive realm. Q: What is Smogon/PokeBeach/__insert other Pokemon site here___? A: They are competitive sites that help players learn about competitive Pokemon. Q: Do you play competitive Pokemon? A: I used to but I am more interested with in-game research and school. My username will usually be KD24 if you are looking on a site for me. If you ever have a question about this guide or about competitive Pokemon, I will be glad to help. Q: What are EVs? A: EVs, or Effort Values, are the unseeable things that raise your Pokemon's stats. Pokemon give different EVs for Speed, Special Attack, Special Defense, Attack, Defense, and HP. I will add a more in-depth look at EVs in my guide. Q: THIS GUIDE SUCKS! A: Your ability to determine what the difference between a question and a statement is, "sucks". Please don't insult me or my guide though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Saga Begins 0001: Hello and welcome to my first guide, Pokemon HeartGold / SoulSilver! Since this is my first guide, I am absolutely terrified of making a fool of myself but ... you're the one looking at it so we can be fools together! Just some general outlines before I begin and a quick glance at what this guide is not for: 1.) Do not print out my guide to make a profit. I will send you a gift basket if you decide to print it out and use it as a personal reference when playing the game, but making money off my work isn't something I really want. 2.) If you find an error, just give me your PayPal and I will pay you $50 to not report it. As Foghorn Leghorn would say, "That's a joke son". In all seriousness, just please report the error to me by this new thing called "Electronic Mail" or "E-Mail" for short. My "address" is mllr_lk@yahoo.com. Most errors will probably occur in Pokemon Listing sections, as I can go only off of what I play. 3.) I am making sure that if printed out, this guide will be printed on incredibly stiff paper, so the joke is on you if you decide to use this guide as toilet paper! That is my lame segway for telling you this; please don't disrespect me or my guide. If you e-mail me, I will happily answer any question you may have for me. Don't e-mail me saying something like "This guide sucks". It hurts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Saga Really Begins 0002: Now the adventure can really begin ... right? WRONG! As fun as Pokemon is, if you want a guide for it, then you likely want to play seriously, hoping to catch as many Pokemon as possible and starting a regime, er - team, that will eventually dominate the Pokemon Universe. So first, I need to make sure we go over the basics. Here are five tips for Pokemon that I always follow: 1.) Knowing your weaknesses can be your greatest strength - As a player, you want to make sure you know all of the weaknesses of your team and of Pokemon in general. By knowing what your weaknesses are, you can add other Pokemon to fix those problems, and create a much more balanced and solid team. 2.) Brain > Brawn - The best attacking offense is a good strategy and you want to make sure you have one, even if you feel that the opponents in-game are a complete waste of time. Stat boosting moves, healing items, status moves, and even defensive tactics can always come in handy and will help you succeed in the long run. Learning and using some strategies in-game can help you later when you decide to play competitively, as you have already learned much. 3.) No Money = No Problem - Money is never a big deal in this game, despite what you may think. Spend as much as you want early and often, in order to make sure you are having as much fun as you can. If you don't spend money, you might come across a time where you have no healing items or Pokeballs left, and then you have to likely trek back and start spending. There are plenty of trainers, items to sell, and items to hold that will guarantee a steady cash flow for you to spend. 4.) Equality only, I don't tolerate segregation - If you want the most, enjoyable experience when playing, then you will want to make sure that all of your Pokemon are trained equally. The game kind of loses its fun when you start just using that legendary or starter that is now level 89 and the only actual fighting Pokemon on your team. 5.) Never lose your cool - This is a game, not a social experiment (although Nintendo may want to argue =]). Don't lose your head because you couldn't beat that 8th Gym Leader or because ____ got away before you could catch it. Just relax and explore a little, maybe train for fun. Don't become obsessed. So there you have it, my quick little thought process that really doesn't affect the game. But you read it and now you are stuck with it, sucker! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If The Saga Doesn't Begin, I'm Losing It 0003: *This section is actually for all the little stuff before we officially begin, and I would advise those not interested in things like natures and abilities to skip it.* Natures were a concept introduced in the 3rd generation of Pokemon in order to make Pokemon a bit more competitive and just adding something for the sake of addition. However, there is nothing more satisfying than seeing the Pokemon you wanted with the perfect nature. Natures will raise one stat, and lower another, while some will just raise/lower the same stat, therefore being neutral. Hardy-------------------(Neutral) Bashful-----------------(Neutral) Docile------------------(Neutral) Serious-----------------(Neutral) Quirky------------------(Neutral) Lonely------------------(+Attack and -Defense) Adamant-----------------(+Attack and -Special Attack) Naughty-----------------(+Attack and -Special Defense) Brave-------------------(+Attack and -Speed) Bold--------------------(+Defense and -Attack) Impish------------------(+Defense and -Special Attack) Lax---------------------(+Defense and -Special Defense) Relaxed-----------------(+Defense and -Speed) Modest------------------(+Special Attack and -Attack) Mild--------------------(+Special Attack and -Defense) Quiet-------------------(+Special Attack and -Special Defense) Rash--------------------(+Special Attack and -Speed) Timid-------------------(+Speed and -Attack) Hasty-------------------(+Speed and -Defense) Jolly-------------------(+Speed and -Special Attack) Naive-------------------(+Speed and -Special Defense) Calm--------------------(+Special Defense and -Attack) Gentle------------------(+Special Defense and -Defense) Careful-----------------(+Special Defense and -Special Attack) Sassy-------------------(+Special Defense and - Speed) Abilities are even more complicated. There is a ton of them and I will not list them here right now, until maybe after the actual FAQ/Walkthrough is done. There are literally that many. It is somewhat easy to figure out what the abilities are, as your Pokemon's summary will list them for you. If you can remember most of them, then you will be all set competitively and in-game, as abilities often play a part in people's strategies. If you would like to e-mail a list of abilities, with what they do and all Pokemon that have them, I will gladly add it to this FAQ and give you 100% credit. But please don't just go and take them from dmon2 or another great dude who took the time to write them down for us. You will have shamed us all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If You Want To Start Playing Go Here 0004: Now that you have that nice big box, and the game is literally in your grasp, it is time to lose all of your human sense and tear that box open! Bring out the animal in you - What is this thing? Yes, you may have noticed a little Pokeball in your game box. That thing is called the Pokewalker, and it allows you to catch and transport Pokemon into the game, store Pokemon for experience, and make them happier overall. A waste of time, I say. But if you want to use it, there is an instruction manual for it that I suggest you read (I think the real reason for the Pokewalker is that Nintendo is tired of no one reading their manuals, so they threw in some mandatory reading). Start the game up, and get an awesome of video that shows you a little of what the game looks like, and some cool Pokemon. Nintendo apparantly got so tired of people not reading their little booklets that they created a info page in the game. If you need help on a subject, just click Control Info or Adventure Info, but I suggest doing things the right way, not reading them at all! Out comes Professor Oak in a snazzy gold jacket (and I imagine it is silver in SoulSilver) and like all old men, he overslept and now wants to ramble on. Might as well hear his story. As it turns out, his story is just a rehash of everything you should have learned from reading the tutorial or instruction booklet. For the record, I use my Pokemon for death combat. TO THE DEATH I SAY - TO THE DEATH! "Are you a boy? Or are you a girl? Won't you please tell me?" Little creepy isn't it? "Please tell me your name" As if it couldn't get any worse. Seven characters only, so I can't imagine my sister, Shanequia, will be too happy. Maybe she could go by Shane ... or Shaq. SUPER SHRINK! You will wind up in a small bedroom after filling out all the information. It should be pointed out that your television is bigger than your bed, or at least of equal size. Glad to see that your priorities are straight. If you check your PC, you will have received mail from "Lyra". Read it if you want, it's a love note ... to Pokemon. Check your gamestation and you will see it is a Wii, being advertised as "Wii is big in Johto too!". Silly Nintendo. Walk downstairs to find your Mom, who like all moms, has super hearing and heard you creeping down. Awkward... Apparantly, Lyra is a friend, who came by earlier to play Hide-and-Seek. With her Marill. Most importantly, you learn Professor Elm was looking for you. After all that is out of the way, Mom decides to dump all her old stuff on you. It is actually pretty nifty stuff, a BAG, a PROFILE, a SAVE, a OPTIONS - oh wait, forgot this was a game. She will then sit back down, staring into space. Is that Lyra? No it's the Marill - Oh, uh hi Lyra. Go into her house to get trashed by her old man and then head upstairs. Get that darn Marill out of the way and let the games begin hehehe- Nevermind, she's more interested in the Marill and tries to get you to leave. I suggest we do that, so save if you haven't (I suggest frequently saving), and head to the lab. Ridiculous save times are back by the way! Hey, who is this shady fellow next to the Lab? Investigate to get kicked in the groin and thrown back several feet. It's amazing how many kicks you can take. Once you feel like a man, head inside to the Lab. After talking to Elm, he will let you take one Pokemon from his selection and go visit Mr. Pokemon. Does anyone else think how conveinent it is that he literally gets the e-mail after doing us a favor? I'm almost sure he got it a while ago and was just waiting for the right sucker to come along and go visit Mr. Pokemon for him. Ah well, we get a Pokemon anyway. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POKEMON POKEMON POKEMON 0005: I'll give a quick run down on the Pokemon available for use. There are three of them and are known as "starters". Chikorita - Grass-type Chikorita is a pretty interesting Pokemon to choose. It is the hardest one to win with as it loses to the most gyms, and rarely has an advantage. Not to mention, Chikorita is not strong at all attack-wise. However, Chikorita learns excellent status moves and can really tank hits. If you are looking for a challenge, I would choose Chikorita. Totodile - Water-type Totodile is the "middle of the road" starter. It doesn't struggle against gyms like Chikorita does, but it doesn't excel either. It has very good Attack stats and some high-powered moves, but its defenses are nothing to cry home about (however, they are still decent). Totodile is one of the coolest Pokemon ever though, so I would choose it if you just want a cool starter. Cyndaquil - Fire-type Cyndaquil is the best starter for the game, excelling in over half of the gyms, and having an excellent Special Attack that it can use Fire-type attacks from. If you are looking for a challenge, Cyndaquil is not the right Pokemon for you, unless, you plan on raising other Pokemon as well and just need a good Fire-type. All three of them are cool Pokemon, but I am selecting Chikorita. Give your Pokemon a nickname if you would like, I won't because I show no emotion to my slaves - er, I mean Pokemon friends. As it turns out, we will be going past Cherrygrove City to find Mr. Pokemon. Guess where we are headed next! You also have received a Pokemon card too, with all the crap your mom gave you. It allows you to switch your Pokemon around and see all of their information. Attempt to leave and you will be accosted by another man in a big jacket. Creepy. Anyway, he actually wants to help you on your task, by giving you Potions. Potions heal your Pokemon's HP whenever you use them, so I suggest stocking up when you get the chance. Lyra stops you again once you leave, and now you each have a Pokemon! Time to batt- nevermind. Once again, she is much more interested in that Marill. However, take her advice and show your mom. I'm sure there would be nothing that she would love more than a dirty Pokemon stomping around in her house. She will reward you by giving you another useless item. Or not! This is the POKeGEAR and it is actually really useful. Regardless of what you answer, she will respond as if you said, "no". Enjoy her shock about how easy it is to make a phone call and be on your way. Head west out of town, only to be stopped once again. They really don't want you to leave do they? Exchange phone numbers with the creepy professor. "I'll call you if anything comes up" ... Anyway, now you can go through Route 29. You can't catch anything yet, but there are quite a few Pokemon to battle. If you get hurt, go back to Elm to heal. ------------------------- --- ROUTE 29 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Pidgey --- Level 2-3 Sentret -- Level 2-3 Rattata -- Level 2-3 Hoothoot - Level 2-3 (Only at Night) ------------------------- Pidgey is Normal/Flying and not strong at all. It will try to fight you with Tackle but it really is no big deal. Sentret is even easier. It may not attack at all and instead use Foresight. It has Scratch to deal some damage. Just kill them for the free experience. I have never actually seen a Rattata but it exists here apparantly from a tutorial later on in the game. Hoothoot only appears at night, and is basically a Pidgey. Work your way around the grass and head up to the Northeast section of Route 29 to find a Potion lying on the ground. If you keep going, you will find a building. Go through it to find Route 46. ------------------------- --- ROUTE 46 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Spearow - Level 2-3 Geodude - Level 2-3 Rattata - Level 2-3 ------------------------- Spearow is a little stronger than Pidgey, thanks to Peck. It still is nothing special. Geodude is Rock/Ground but will die pretty quickly to Water or Grass-type attacks. Don't try hitting it with attacks like Scratch or Tackle though. Get out of there after you have trained a little. If you continue west, you will find an odd tree just standing in the middle of nowhere. This is actually an Apricorn Tree, and it will have much use later on. Welcome to Cherrygrove City! Upon entering, you will be accosted once again by an old man. Lovely. Let him teach you a few things that I am sure you could figure out by yourself (or reading the manual). He does let it slip that Mr. Pokemon's house is north of this city. You get his dirty shoes as a reward (don't bother trying to tell me they are brand new, I just saw him run in these digusting things). The running shoes are actually useful because now, you won't have to walk at a snail's pace! Check out the Pokemon Center. They can heal you for free (If that is how it goes in Japan, then believe me, I am coming over). By the counter is a PC, which lets you check your mail, deposit, withdraw, and release Pokemon, and a whole medley of other stuff for later. If you have a friend to trade with or battle with, the Union club is upstairs in every Pokemon Center, but it won't be open until soon. Don't bother with the Mart yet, they don't have anything useful yet. Head north and that old man will come back again! I don't know why, but he gives you a Town Map for your POKeGEAR, free of charge. Right on. ONTO ROUTE 30! ------------------------- --- ROUTE 30 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Metapod -- Level 4 Caterpie - Level 2-4 Pidgey --- Level 2-4 Hoothoot - Level 2-4 (only at night) ------------------------- Metapod is a Bug-type and only knows Harden. And you can see what it looks like for yourself. ... And it knows Harden. Get your mind out of the gutter. Caterpie is the Pokemon that evolves into Metapod. It is incredibly weak but at least it knows an attack. There is another Potion right near us. Go get it. There is a house right above us. Inside is the Apricorn Man, who will give us an Apricorn Box out of the goodness of his heart. He also explains that they can be made into Pokeballs. Go back outside and collect the Apricorn by his house. Continue upward to find an Antidote ... and a Pokemon battle! Unfortunately, they don't approve of 3-ways in the Pokemon world and they will send you off while they finish. Let's go to Mr. Pokemon's house. Get the Apricorn by his house and enter. Good: This is Mr. Pokemon's house, Bad: Mr. Pokemon and Oak were making out, Worse: They were expecting you. Mr. Pokemon will give you an egg and tell you to scram after healing your Pokemon. But Oak has other ideas, and much to the dismay of Mr. Pokemon it seems, gives you the Pokedex and leaves as well. More number exchanging and then leave. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And So It Begins [RIVAL] 0006 PHONE CALL! Elm will call you with terrible news. But he can't tell you until you return back. Mother's dead? New Bark Town Massacre? The suspense is killing me! If you battled, heal your Pokemon as you trek back to Cherrygrove City. Now would be a good time to save, especially if you haven't been doing any training at all. Attempt to leave town and you will once again be stopped. Wait , haven't I seen this punk before? Hey, it's the guy who kicked you in the groin earlier! And it is time for our first official Trainer battle! -------------- Rival Battle 1 -------------- You rival will choose the Pokemon you are weakest too and didn't choose at the lab. How fair. My Team: --------- Chikorita --------- Chikorita - Level 9 Tackle/Growl/Razor Leaf/PoisonPowder Rival's Team --------- Cyndaquil --------- Cyndaquil - Level 5 Leer/Tackle --- This battle wasn't too hard. I decided to have a little fun since I towered over my rival's Pokemon. I decided to use PoisonPowder and Growl to keep his attacks doing little damage while he slowly died. A well-timed Tackle at the end was able to put away my rival's Pokemon for good, and promoted me to Level 10! Right on. And as revenge for his previous acts, you steal your rival's trainer card and get his name. MWAHAHAHA, who says two wrongs don't make a right? I really doubt you need to heal but go ahead and do so if you want. Travel back to New Bark to find a copper. He accuses you until Lyra shakes her junk to get the cop's attention. Thank goodness for friends with benefits. Tell the cop any name (no Passerby Boy will not fit). I imagine they changed it from ??? to Passerby Boy because so many people entered the name as ??? thinking it was a memory test. I'm naming my rival Hans for the record. Die Hard lives on! Lyra will leave, allowing you to discuss the mysteries of the universe with Professor Elm. He'll instruct you to risk your life in order to win a gym tourney. Right on. Oh, and say bye to your mom! She'll offer to hold some of your money. I would accept, as she sometimes buys you nifty gifts. Then she tells you to scram. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First Gym 0007 Now your journey will officially begin. Are you ready? I'm certainly ... not. Head west from New Bark to see Lyra just standing there. Apparantly she was waiting for you. JIGGLE JIGGLE JIGGLE. Oh, actually she was catching a Pokemon. Being the creep you are, you want her to do it again ... in slow-mo. For resisting your sick impulses, you will be rewarded with 5 Pokeballs. Right on. If there is anything we already passed that caught your eye as interesting, I would suggest catching it now before you forget. Remember that Apricorn tree? Go pick it if you had not already when returning to New Bark Town. If you recall from earlier, there were a ton of battlers past Cherrygrove City. Guess where we are headed next? We have basically done everything there is to do in these two useless towns, so let's start trekkin'. TREK ON SON, TREK ON! If you saw those two kids earlier having a battle, they are done now. About time. I have no idea what took them so long but I say we clean them out. How about you? Youngster Joey: $64 Rattata: Level 4 Tail Whip/Quick Attack/Tackle After you smash him, he will ask for your number. Accept it but be prepared to get very annoying calls from this kid. Continue up to find the other brat. Youngster Mikey: $64 Pidgey: Level 2 Tackle Rattata: Level 4 Tail Whip/Quick Attack/Tackle Did we seriously have to wait so long for these clowns to finish their match? They both sucked! Keep going north to encounter a silly kid in a hat. Bug Catcher Don: $48 Caterpie: Level 3 String Shot/Tackle Caterpie: Level 3 String Shot/Tackle Continue north to hit Route 31. But before we explore the grass, let's explore that giant cave just sitting there. Yeah, that is how you keep visitors away. Don't forget to pick up the Potion before you enter. ------------------------- --- Dark Cave POKEMON LISTINGS --- Zubat --- Level 2-3* Geodude - Level 2-3* ------------------------- *Have yet to encounter anything Level 4 or higher Zubat is a whole lot of suck and a whole lot of annoying. Naturally, you will be fighting a ton of them later on. You can catch one if you like but training it can be painful, not to mention it only full evolves from happiness which could be tedious. It evolves into Golbat by normal methods and then Crobat with the afterforementioned. Zubat's best attack will be Leech Life and eventually it will gain attacks like Wing Attack and Bite which are ok. I wouldn't catch it but go for it if you want to fill out the Pokedex the right way. The reason I brought you into this stupid cave was to waste your time completely. Also, I wanted to introduce you to Flash which we will be receiving shortly. Once we gain it, we can light this whole stupid cave up. Exit the cave after you have caught your Zubat and looked around a little. Head west and get the Apricorn blocked by a Snorlax. Nevermind, it is just a fat guy. After talking to him, I'm not so sure he isn't a Snorlax. Let's deal with the trainer first, then get into the Pokemon. Bug Catcher Wade: $32 Caterpie: Level 2 String Shot/Tackle Caterpie: Level 2 String Shot/Tackle Weedle: Level 3 String Shot/Tackle/Poison Sting Caterpie: Level 2 String Shot/Tackle Get Wade's number so you can mooch berries off of him. You might want to warn him of that Snorlax - er, I mean fat man, in the area. Right below Wade is a Pokeball containing ... a Pokeball. Whatever. ------------------------- --- Route 31 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Bellsprout - Level 3-4 Caterpie --- Level 3-4 Metapod ---- Level 5 Pidgey ----- Level 3-4 ------------------------- If you find another Pokemon or Pokemon of levels that aren't listed here, e-mail me as soon as possible so I can fix it. Bellsprout is a pretty intriguing Pokemon. It is Grass/Poison with a fairly high Special Attack and Attack stat. It learns some good moves like Vine Whip early, and can be taught dangerous moves such as Sludge Bomb later on. If you didn't pick up Chikorita, you may want to snag a Bellsprout. The sign reads "West to Violet City". I guess we could go. Enter and attempt to pass through the building, only to be stopped by Lyra. What does she want? A gift? STOP PLAYING WITH MY EMOTIONS! Actually, the Vs. Recorder is a great item, as you record your previous battles and learn from them. A neat "doo-hickey" as we like to say. You can now enter the city, and boy, what a city it is. The first matter of business is the Pokemon Center. The guy standing right beside it with the blantant Yu-Gi-Oh hair rip-off is the Shard de Berry man. You give him a Shard, he gives you three berries, no questions asked. There are plenty of places of interest in Violet City, including the first Pokemon Gym, but I would suggest getting some Pokeballs if you need them and traveling south with me for now. We can get the Apricorn that is there. ------------------------- --- Route 32 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Bellsprout - Level 6 Rattata ---- Level 4 Hoppip ----- Level 6 Mareep ----- Level 6 Wooper ----- Level 6 ------------------------- I brought you here for a few reasons, one of the most important being training. The Pokemon here are stronger than any that you likely have encountered so far. This makes Route 32 a training hotspot as your prepare for the first Gym Leader Challenge. There are also some Pokemon you may wish to get here. Hoppip is Grass/Flying, and a complete waste of space. However, it is incredibly cute and it does have some merits, such as being a great status spreader. I wouldn't advise using one on your team unless you want a more difficult challenge. The Pokemon I would advise you catching is Mareep. Mareep has two evolution stages and they aren't extremely ridiculous like Lavitar's Level 55 needed. Besides that, Mareep is an Electric-type and an Electric-type Pokemon can really help in this game, when everyone is using Water and Flying-types later on. Wooper is a Water/Ground that is extremely slow, but does have merits, such as great defenses and a decent attack. You should pick it up if you can find it. Head left, through the vistitor doors, to The Ruins of Alph. Right when you get there, a strange rock formation of six rocks should be below you. The "top" rock, holds a Great Ball, just click on the rock to receive it. There are short little mazes here to get into the real caverns. A real cavern will have a lady in it telling you about reconstruction of the pictures. Try and reconstruct them yourself. I am doing the Kabuto one, located in the northeast corner. After you solve it, you will fall into another chamber. There, a man will give you the UNOWN Report item, which records Unown as you catch them. You will now randomly fight Unown. Their only attack is Hidden Power and they are incredibly weak. I honestly wouldn't bother. After you have had your fair share of Unown, leave up the ladder nearby. We're done here. If you didn't already, you may want to catch a Bellsprout as your first "in-game trade" opportunity will be coming up soon. Right now in fact. Go back up to Violet City and heal if you need to. Below and to the left of the Pokemon Center is a house where you can trade your Bellsprout for Onix. I would do it if you don't care about Bellsprout and want a quick fix to the first Gym Leader. Hear near the Gym and talk to the guy creeping around outside. Just tell him that you did not win and he will take you to his school. He is a teacher actually. "Earl" will teach you any subject you want (more like any subject he asks), and even has a blackboard where you can study up. Right on. Before we take on the Gym Leader, we have one last order of business, and that is Sprout Tower. Head north of the school to Sprout Tower. I wonder what Pokemon this could be about? The people here at ground floor will tell you to reach the top. Guess we could give it a shot. Sage Nico: $288 Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Like everyone else here, his Pokemon are just a ton of experience waiting to be whooped. If you need any last minute training, this is the place to do it. Head past Nico and down the stairs to a Paralyz Heal and victim number 2. Sage Chow: $288 Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Getting 162 EXP per battle is good stuff. Go up the ladder and get a X-Accuracy. Sage Edmond: $288 Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Bellsprout: Level 3 Vine Whip Up the ladder to the Potion and top floor. Sage Jin: $288 Bellsprout: Level 6 Vine Whip If he has Growth, he doesn't like to use it. Sage Neal: $288 Bellsprout: Level 6 Vine Whip Sage Troy: $336 Bellsprout: Level 7 Vine Whip/Growth Hoothoot: Level 7 Tackle/Growl Up ahead is ... your rival! Apparantly he won so you should have no problems at all. I mean, the guy sucks! Elder Li: $1200 Bellsprout: Level 7 Vine Whip/Growth Hoothoot: Level 10 Tackle/Growl/Peck Bellsprout: Level 7 Vine Whip/Growth When you win, you will get TM 70, Flash, which can be used to light up that Dark Cave from earlier. Pick up that Escape Rope nearby and pull a Houdini. Now heal up; it's Gym time. Bird Keeper Abe: $288 Spearow: Level 9 Peck/Leer/Growl/Fury Attack Bird Keeper Rod: $224 Pidgey: Level 7 Tackle/Growl Pidgey: Level 7 Tackle/Growl Make sure you heal up and get ready for the Big Kahuna himself, Falkner! ------------------ Gym Leader Falkner ------------------ My Team: ---------------------------- Spearow | Mareep | Chikorita ---------------------------- Mareep - Level 11 Thundershock/Growl/Tackle Spearow - Level 13 Peck/Pursuit/Fury Attack/Leer Chikorita - Level 12 Tackle/Synthesis/Razor Leaf/PoisonPowder Falkner's Team: ------------------ Pidgey | Pidgeotto ------------------ Pidgey: Level 9 Tackle/Growl/Roost/Gust Pidgeotto: Level 13 Roost/Gust/Tackle/Growl I'm not 100% sure on these movesets as I couldn't get him to use Growl on me from either Pokemon, and all Pidgey did was Tackle. E-mail me if these sets are incorrect! --- My team basically was the product of just looking for what Pokemon lived where and fighting all the trainers. If anything, yours might be above my levels if you are into training more than me. Luckily, I had Mareep, one of the best Electric-types in the game. The problem is, Thundershock was only a 3HKO on his Pidgeotto, which meant he could just Roost away any damage. Eventually, Mareep could only take so much after I used up my Potions. Tackle finally put Mareep away for good. However, Spearow came out and was luckily faster than Pidgeotto. I simply used Peck for the hard fought victory. I really suggest buying many Potions for this match-up. Falkner is ridiculously tough this early on in the game. For defeating Falkner, you receive the Zephyr Badge, the ability to use Rock Smash anytime you want, and TM 51, Roost. Roost is an excellent competitive move, and if you can't get ahold of another one, I would suggest holding onto Roost until the time is right. Falkner then suggests Azalea Town as your next gym to conquer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Silly Proposition 0008 After you exit Falkner's gym, Elm will call you, ranting about some discovery he and his team made about the egg. He wants you to go meet his aide at the Pokemon Mart. So let's go heal up and do it. Inside the Pokemon Center is a man named Primo from "The Show Me Show". You can do it if you like, but I'm not going to bother. There is also an escalator you can take down. Here you can learn about Wi-Fi playing and maybe try it out. More infortmation can be found near the end of this guide in due time. After you heal, go to the Mart where the aide is just standing .. waiting for you. Accept the offer to take care of the egg, and you can leave. Near the counter is a bellhop for some strange reason ... Anyway, he is there to give you a present from your Mom. It's a Super Potion! Stock up at the Mart and exit. You will be accosted again but this time, it is a woman! I think - She just wants you to take care of the egg. This game is just filled with awkwardness. Before we continue on with our adventure, head west of Violet City to another visitor center. Through here is a man who will give you HM 06, Rock Smash. It is an attack that can break rocks out of battle, as well as deal 40 base damage with a 50% chance of lowering defense in battle. It's not the best attack, but you will need one of your Pokemon to have it eventually. You can finally go south, but not before the strange man gives you the Mircale Seed. This item increases your Grass-type attack's power. Right on. Continue south to fight a new batch of trainers. Youngster Albert: $256 Rattata: Level 6 Quick Attack/Tackle/Tail Whip Zubat: Level 8 Supersonic/Leech Life Below Albert is a Repel. Use it to keep wild Pokemon away for a certain amount of steps. Continue down to see a woman performing kissing a wall. You may want a little of this action but as it turns out she was talking on a phone. Picknicker Liz: $256 Nidoran (F): Level 8 Growl/Tackle/Poison Sting I'm not sure what her moveset is for Nidoran but don't worry, it is incredibly weak. Exchange phone numbers after you beat her. Hey, maybe we are getting a little action after all! Go south. Camper Roland: $288 Nidoran (M): Level 9 Growl/Tackle/Poison Sting/Focus Energy There is a Great Ball in the grass. You know what to do. South of Roland is TM 09, Bullet Seed. It's not very powerful or useful but at least it is something to teach Hoppip if you caught one earlier. Bellsprout and Chikorita users can keep using Vine Whip or Razor Leaf. There are a few trainers to fight here, including some that are on the bridge. Youngster Gordon: $320 Wooper: Level 10 ???/???/???/??? I imagine his Wooper has Growl, Tail Whip, Pound, and Water Gun. E-mail me if you know for sure! Fisherman Ralph: $320 Goldeen: Level 10 Supersonic/Water Sport/Tail Whip/??? Get his number and move on. Fisherman Justin: $160 Magikarp: Level 5 Splash Magikarp: Level 5 Splash Magikarp: Level 15 Splash/Tackle Magikarp: Level 5 Splash Fisherman Henry: $256 Poliwag: Level 8 Water Sport/Hypnosis/Bubble Poliwag: Level 8 Water Sport/Hypnosis/Bubble Back south, you will come across a man who will offer you a Slowpoke tail, only for the low price of $1,000,000. That is just out of our reach though, so say no to his offer. Enter the Pokemon Center to heal and find a fisherman just standing. Talk to him. "Would you like one of my rods?" Gain, the courage to say yes and be pleasantly surprised to find out that he was only talking about the Old Rod. He will then explain how to fish if you can't figure it out. Now we can fish! There is a man at the bottom of the Pokemon Center who will give you a Lure Ball because you collect Apricorns. It's good to see destroying nature has some rewards. Exit the Pokemon Center and head south to encounter the last trainer on this route. Bird Keeper Peter: $256 Pidgey: Level 6 Tackle/Growl/Sand-Attack Pidgey: Level 6 Tackle/Growl/Sand-Attack Spearow: Level 8 Peck/Growl/Leer Before we go through the cave, I suggest that we try and hatch that egg we were previously given. To check the egg's progress, just click on the Pokemon Summary screen. It should be close to hatching already, so just walk around for a while to get it to hatch. You don't have to do it now, but why not? Besides, the interesting stuff is about to happen, so think of your babysitting as an intermission. Oh? Togepi hatched from the egg! That's right, Togepi was the mystery Pokemon. It comes at Level 1, but it has a fairly reliable attack in Extrasensory, which can be pretty useful when you will fight plenty of Poison-types later on. If you haven't already, trek back to New Bark Town to show Professor Elm after he calls you. If that doesn't scream that he has been keeping tabs on you, then I don't know what does. Place Togepi in front of your party and talk to Professor Elm. You will make him all excited which is pretty worrying but don't fret! He just wants to give you an Everstone for your hard work. Attaching this to a Pokemon will prevent it from evolving. Pretty useful if you have a Pokemon you don't want to evolve and don't want to risk forgetting about cancelling the evolution. I personally don't like Togepi but it does learn Rock Smash and Flash, so teach those moves if you need a quick HM/TM Slave. Hike all the way back to Route 32 and Union Cave. There is a rock to be smashed to the right of the cave. Break it to get yourself a Shell Bell, a handy item that restores HP based on the damage you deal. It isn't useful competitively but in-game, it can act almost like a miniature, reusable Potion. Time to enter the cave! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Union Cave + Operation Slowpoke 0009 Union cave is fairly straightforward, but I will hold your hand along the way, just hold on tight. ------------------------- --- Union Cave POKEMON LISTINGS --- Zubat ----- Level 5-7 Sandshrew - Level 6-8 Geodude --- Level 6-8 Rattata --- Level 4-6 ------------------------- Sandshrew is a decent Ground-type with a high Attack score. I just don't like using any Ground-type Pokemon but if you want to pick one up, I would suggest Sandshrew. Go left to see a item just lying there. Manuever around the rocks to reach the X Attack. Go up to encounter the devil. No, seriously, what are those two things just sticking out his head? Firebreather Ray: $288 Vulpix: Level 9 Ember/Tail Whip/???/??? I am almost certain it has Smokescreen, Tackle, or Quick Attack but I don't know which one. Otherwise, why have Tail Whip? Go down the stairs and to the left to pick up TM 39, Rock Tomb. If you can stick it on a Pokemon, I would do it now. It will be very helpful for the next gym. Go back to the stairs and go up to find a X Defend. Now we can go back down (or up actually). There are some trainers coming up. Hiker Daniel: $332 Onix: Level 11 Screech/Harden/Tackle/??? Hiker Russel: $256 Geodude: Level 4 Defense Curl/Tackle Geodude: Level 8 Defense Curl/Tackle/Mud Sport/Rock Polish Geodude: Level 6 Defense Curl/Tackle/Mud Sport Firebreather Bill: $192 Koffing: Level 6 Tackle/Smog/??? Koffing: Level 6 Tackle/Smog/??? Below him is a Great Ball. Turn left to fight another creeper. Poke Maniac Larry: $332 Slowpoke: Level 11 Yawn/Growl/Water Gun/Tackle He refuses to attack you anyway, so don't worry about his attacking moves. Credit to ____ for giving me the Slowpoke moveset. Just keep following the path to receive an Awakening and reach the exit. We can come back and explore more when we get Surf but until, then it is time for the next mission. It was raining on Route 33 when I exited the cave, so be careful. Rain will cut the power of Fire-type attacks in half and will boost Water-type attacks like Surf by 50%. Pick up the Apricorns and take a look in the grass. ------------------------- --- ROUTE 33 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Spearow - Level 4-7 Hoppip -- Level 6-7 Rattata - Level 4-7 ------------------------- Hiker Anthony: $352 Geodude: Level 11 Defense Curl/Tackle/Mud Sport/Rock Polish Machop: Level 11 Focus Energy/Leer/Karate Chop/??? Get fattie's phone number and head to town! Azalea Town that is. Right when you enter, it will stop raining by for the forces of Kyogre and you will see two men staring down ... or kissing? One of the men introduces himself to the other and apparantly you as Team Rocket. I'm not quite sure if he was introducing himself to the other man because I was literally just standing away watching them for five minutes as I wrote this down. Maybe they rehearsed this? "Shut up and just beat it!". Talk about getting intense. A loud thud will stop the meeting and send the old man running off. Talking to the town folk, you kind of get the feeling something is up. Apparantly, many of the Slowpoke from the town have gone missing, and even worse, their tails are being cut off and sold! And to think I almost bought one ... Give credit where credit is due, Team Rocket are outstanding salesmen. The gym is locked so go explore the buildings. You should eventually come across one belonging to Kurt. That name sounds familiar... Steal his personal Apricorn before you invade his privacy, it is the only polite thing to do. Kurt will explain things to you in the same way that everyone old man will; He is the only one who knows what is going on. Listen to his stories and he will get so riled up that he will run for the well! I'm sure there are laws against us letting old folk like him go if we know where they are headed, so lets give chase! Go down to the well that was previously blocked. I laugh everytime I hear what Kurt says next. Basically, he has been struck by paralysis after taking a almost death-defying fall from the top of the well. However, instead of being upset at the implication of him never being able to walk again, Kurt will instead rant about how "if" he had his Pokemon and could move, he would show them a thing or two. Yeah, this wasn't a set up at all. I'm sure Kurt was waiting for some poor sap like us to come that he could lure into the well and fight in his place. Personally, I'm a little hungry for some Slowpoketail and we know they are being sold here, so let's do it! Even more confusing than Kurt's story is the grunts. He apparantly fell back several yards, into the next room when Kurt yelled at him. Yes folks, he fell ... from the ground. Beat him into smithereens. Rocket Grunt: $360 Rattata: Level 9 Growl/Tail Whip/Quick Attack/Tackle Rattata: Level 9 Growl/Tail Whip/Quick Attack/Tackle ------------------------- --- Slowpoke Well POKEMON LISTINGS --- Slowpoke - Level 6 ------------------------- What a surprise. Slowpoke is kind of, surprisingly, slow. Unless you are big into letting the opponent always get the first move, I would try and wait for better Water-types to come. Slowpoke does have nice typing and a high Special Attack though. Continue on the path to find a Super Potion. Rocket Grunt: $440 Zubat: Level 9 Leech Life/Supersonic/Astonish Ekans: Level 11 Poison Sting/Leer Rocket Grunt: $360 Rattata: Level 7 Growl/Tail Whip/Quick Attack/Tackle Zubat: Level 9 Leech Life/Supersonic/??? Zubat: Level 9 Leech Life/Supersonic/??? Executive Proton: $480 Zubat: Level 8 Leech Life/Supersonic/??? Koffing: Level 12 Tackle/Smog/Smokescreen/??? He warns you of more to come ... and then leaves. Well, this operation was a waste of time for everyone. Kurt's back will have magically healed after you win and he will fly you back to his house. Kurt will give you a Fast Ball as a reward for helping. You can also give him Apricorns you have picked up and let him turn them into a Pokeball. It takes a day though. You can then register Kurt into the POKeGEAR. Honestly, that is all there is to do here, so let's head to the gym. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Things Are Getting Buggy 0010 Enter the gym and prepare to rock all of the cronies. I don't really think it is too hard to find your way through this gym but I will try and give directions for everyone after I list all the trainers. Bug Catcher Al: $192 Caterpie: Level 12 Tackle/String Shot Weedle: Level 12 String Shot/Poison Sting/Tackle Bug Catcher Benny: $192 Weedle: Level 7 String Shot/Poison Sting/Tackle Kakuna: Level 9 Harden/???/???/??? Beedrill: Level 12 Fury Attack/Poison Sting/???/??? Bug Catcher Josh: $192 Paras: Level 13 Scratch/???/???/??? First Double Battle of the game time! Double Battles let you use two Pokemon at the same time, while your opponent does as well. It really isn't complicated. If you choose a target and that target faints, then your attack hits the next available target. Twins Amy and Mimi: $ Ledyba: Level 10 Supersonic/???/???/??? Spinerak: Level 10 Poison Sting/???/???/??? Unfortunately, I had to kill them quickly so if you know their moves, you know the drill; e-mail me. I also don't have their cash amount! Now, if you want some directions, just follow these steps: Take the middle Spinerak up to fight Al. Go back down the middle Spinerak and take the left Spinerak. Go up to fight Benny. Pull the blue lever and go up on the Spinerak to fight Josh. Go back down the Spinerak and pull the blue lever again. Go back up the Spinerak to fight the twins. Pull the blue lever and go back down the Spinerak. Pull the red lever and get back on Spinerak. It's Bugsy! ---------------- Gym Leader Bugsy ---------------- My Team: -------------------------- Spearow | Mareep | Bayleef -------------------------- Spearow - Level 16 Peck/Fury Attack/Pursuit/Leer Mareep - Level 17 Thundershock/Tackle/Growl/Thunder Wave Bayleef - Level 17 Tackle/Synthesis/Razor Leaf/PoisonPowder Bugsy's Team: -------------------------- Scyther | Metapod | Kakuna -------------------------- Scyther - Level 17 U-Turn/Quick Attack/Focus Energy Metapod - Level 15 Tackle/Harden/String Shot Kakuna - Level 15 Tackle/Harden/String Shot/Poison Sting --- This battle is extremely difficult, and that is only because of how strong Scyther actually is. My original strategy coming in was to start with Spearow and kill Scyther. However, that was completely stupid of me because I didn't stop to think about Scyther's Technician. With that ability, Quick Attack is doing an obscene amount of damage. So I went again, this time leading with Mareep. I figured I could Thunder Wave Scyther and then pound it into submission later. My battle opened with my using Thunder Wave to paralyze Scyther while Bugsy used Focus Energy. Taking advantage of the fact that she didn't hit me, I used Thundershock next turn and landed a Critical Hit, putting Scyther in Yellow. Unfortunately, Scyther has a Sitrus Berry, which meant it was almost back at full health without blinking an eye. Scyther was not able to move though, and we remained at a stalemate. The pressure mounting, I decided to just keep using Thundershock and hope for paralysis. Quick Attack however, is a 3HKO on my Mareep, and with Focus Energy being used, it was possible only two were needed. Mareep withstood the first Quick Attack but it did take away over 1/3 of my health. Meanwhile, Thundershock just was not doing as much as I had hoped and I would need two more to put away Scyther. I used Thundershock to bring Scyther into very low red territory. However, Scyther surprised even me with its next move; U-Turn. It easily killed Mareep and allowed Scyther to come in later. With Mareep down, I went to Spearow as Bugsy U-Turned to Metapod. Metapod proved to be no challenge for Spearow and I easily wiped out Metapod with two Pecks. Scyther came back out, no doubt looking for a quick kill with Quick Attack like our previous battle. Instead, Bugsy shocked even me; she used a Super Potion! Scyther was back at full health while Peck from Spearow could not even take 1/2 of Scyther's health. Scyther used Quick Attack again to bring Spearow to almost red, but Spearow held on. Meanwhile, Peck could only bring Scyther down to yellow. Realizing, one more Quick Attack would take out my poor Spearow, I switched in Bayleef, in order to fully heal Spearow. Quick Attack barely scratched Bayleef, but I realized one U-Turn would put Bayleef out for the count. I needed to heal quickly. A Super Potion on Spearow brought Spearow back to full health, but Scyther U-Turned against Bayleef, killing my starter and allowing Bugsy to bring out Kakuna, her last Pokemon. Two Pecks from Spearow was enough to take down Kakuna as well and Spearow only lost 4 HP from Kakuna's pathetic Poison Sting. We were both down to only one Pokemon each. My Spearow vs Bugsy's Scyther. I clicked Peck and hoped for the best... Victory. Scyther went down after Peck and Spearow gained 681 EXP points, grew to Level 17, and learned Aerial Ace. If you enjoyed my short epic, then you are going to love battling Bugsy. She is extremely tough to defeat and I had to pull out all the stops in order to win. I suggest using a Rock-type if you have one, as it will make this battle go a whole lot easier. If you evolved Mareep into Flaffy, then Scyther won't be as nasty to take down. The only reason I didn't is because I feel it is easier to train the Pokemon when they are not evolved. Cyndaquil starters should not have any trouble at all. For winning, we earn $1800 and a Hive Badge from Bugsy. This badge allows the user to use Cut out of battle once we obtain it. Bugsy also gives you TM 89, U-Turn for your troubles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Into The Forest 0011: After defeating Bugsy, it's time to heal again and get ready for our next mission, obtaining the 3rd gym badge. Attempt to exit Azalea town left, and find another battle! It's Hans (Or whatever you called your rival)! He will doubt that you could have defeated the almighty Team Rocket (despite the fact that they apparantly had previously been defeated by a kid three years ago). -------------- Rival Battle 2 -------------- Your rival has decided to make his team a lot more powerful than before. He has added some new Pokemon and basically matches Bugsy's levels. My Team: -------------------------- Spearow | Mareep | Bayleef -------------------------- Spearow - Level 17 Aerial Ace/Fury Attack/Pursuit/Leer Mareep - Level 17 Thundershock/Tackle/Growl/Thunder Wave Bayleef - Level 17 Tackle/Synthesis/Razor Leaf/PoisonPowder Rival's Team: ---------------------------- Gastly | Quilava | Zubat ---------------------------- Gastly - Level 14 Mean Look/Curse Quilava - Level 18 Leer/Flame Wheel/Quick Attack Zubat - Level 16 Supersonic/Bite/Astonish/Leech Life --- Gastly may have other moves but it would be stupid to try and find out. It will always use the Mean Look and Curse combination, trapping you and taking away your health every turn. The good news is that Gastly has horrid defenses, and Curse cuts Gastly's HP in half. One attack should be enough. If you have a Water or Rock-type, use it against QUilava. Even if you don't, Quilava is pretty easy to handle. It will constantly use Leer, and will try to kill you in one strike. You should take it out before that. Zubat will use Supersonic right off the "bat" to confuse you. Assuming Zubat is faster than whatever Pokemon you are using, it will just keep using Bite to try and flinch you. If you can paralyze or kill Zubat quickly, the better. For my battle, I ended up just using Mareep and Spearow to kill everything. Bayleef had almost no use when everything resists its attacks, so I used Mareep to Thunder Wave both Gastly and Zubat, and then kill them with Thundershock. Spearow easily killed Quilava with four Aerial Aces, as Quilava only used Leer. I really wish I could say it was harder than that. As it turns out, your rival is actually an Anti-Hero. I thought the same about Hans in Die Hard as well so it all works out. "Hans" will talk about how he hates everything after you beat him, especially Team Rocket. Heal and stock up on Super Potions, we are going to be fighting a lot of trainers soon. Exit Azelea Town and enter Ilex Forest. There is no tall grass, but you will encounter Pokemon anyway. Tricky stuff. ------------------------- --- Ilex Forest POKEMON LISTINGS --- Zubat ---- Level 5-6 Caterpie - Level 5-6 Metapod -- Level 5-6 Paras ---- Level 5-6 ------------------------- Paras is a Grass/Bug Pokemon (horrible typing) with dismal Speed and bad stats. However, Paras makes up for this by being the absolute best Pokemon catcher in the game. Paras gets access to Spore, a rare move with 100% chance of putting an opponent to Sleep. When a Pokemon is asleep, the chance of catching that Pokemon greatly increases. Paras also gets False Swipe, which will never kill a Pokemon, allowing you to bring a Pokemon's HP to 2 before you catch it. Right on. Go up to fight the first trainer in this hell-hole. ... Or not. Turns out he is an employee of some man and needs his Farfetch'd. If you explored Azalea, you know what I am talking about. If not ... I won't spoil it yet. All you have to do is literally sneak up from behind the Farfetch'd without stepping on a branch. The difficulty of this puzzle may be a little too much for some people, but once you complete it, you will automatically be talking to that employee again. As it turns out, you only caught one of the Farfetch'd. At least it isn't that easy. Go right to pick up the revive before we catch this stupid bird. For some reason, this was actually difficult the first time I did it. The only way to catch this bird is to make it run right from where it originally was. Next, step on the branches to the right of Farfetch'd and the tree. Just circle around and talk to it. After you obtain both Farfetch'd, you will appear before the man again. After you talk to him, another man comes, claiming that these are his Pokemon, named "Far" and "Fetch'd". Sure ... I think it is pretty "Farfetch'd" that these are his Pokemon, based on what their nicknames are. As it turns out, the man is just a terrible name giver and the Charcoal Man. Imagine if he had children; "I'll name you Bay ... and I'll name you Bee." Ugh. For your troubles, he will give you HM 01, Cut. With Bugsy's badge, we can use Cut to take out any trees around us, letting us progress through the forest. Before we move on, go back to Azalea Town. Don't forget to pick up any balls you may have left in Kurt's hands. Get your mind straight. If you can, drop off any Apricorns you have as well. Go to the house at the bottom right of Azalea Town. This is the Charcoal Man's house. There is a Full Heal hidden in the logs near the house. This item can rid your Pokemon of any status malady it might have. Enter the house and talk to the young boy. For your troubles, he will give you a Charcoal that he made. This item is a Miracle Seed for Fire-types. Now forget this dinky town, (except for Kurt, we will be coming back to him as often as we can!). It is now officially time to move on to Ilex Forest. Cut through the tree straight ahead that previously blocked your path. There is a shrine here dedicated to the Forest Protector ... it has no use to us now so don't worry about it. Things may become more clear in due time. Nintendo thinks we are so dumb that they decide to literally put a sign that basically reads "There are hidden items on the ground - keep pressing A!". Nah, a literal dead end right beside the sign doesn't give that away at all. Go in it and all the way to the right to pick up a X Attack. Whoopee. There is another little opening that has a hidden Repel. I'll try to draw it: XXX WXXR WX X W=Water X=Tree R=Repel Don't ask me why X = Tree, it just does. Keep going to find a Super Potion hidden. Another lame diagram: XXXX XXXX XXXX XXS XXX S=Super Potion Go up to find that weird person who asked you about the egg earlier. "Kimono Girl, Kimono Girl, lost and all alone. Poor girl lost in the dark Ilex Forest. What? You remember me from Violet City? You must be imagining. Anyway, will you show me how to get out of this forest? ... You will...? Aren't you lost in the forest as well? How do you know how to get out of here? Wow! Are you going to show me how to get out? You are such a smart Pokemon! See you." Before I continue, I have a few gripes with this entire sequence of events: 1.) Her haikus could use a lot of work. Or whatever sort of poetry she was using at the beginning. You only speak in 3rd person if you are writing poetry, are Dwayne Johnson, or are deranged. Maybe all three? 2.) She is clearly out of her mind, since I don't remember ever bringing up Violet City aloud to her. 3.) Apparantly, another human is not smart enough to find their way out of a forest with literally one straight path, but that human's Pokemon? Why, they must be capable of doing so! It's not like they haven't been here either. 4.) On that matter, how exactly was she lost? Your Pokemon literally stood right beside her and she uses that to get out. Yeah, I have problems with everything! Go right and down when you get the chance. You should see a man ... dry humping a tree. Ask what he is doing and be relieved to find out that he was only shaking trees with his Headbutt. He is actually a move tutor who will teach Headbutt to one of your Pokemon. Using Headbutt on trees can actually produce some cool Pokemon that would be uncatchable otherwise, such as Aipom, Pineco, or Heracross. Jump the ledge and continue back up to where the Kimono Girl was. Go get the item. It's an Ether, an item which restores 10 PP of a move. Exit the forest (yes I know there is another item, but you can't obtain it until you have the HM Surf). Talk to the lady in the building with the Butterfree to get TM 12, Taunt. It forces the opponent's Pokemon to attack. In-game, this is the exact opposite of what you want your opponent to do, but it does have uses competitively. Exit the building to reach Route 34. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Third Gym 0012 ------------------------- --- ROUTE 34 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Drowzee -- Level 10-12 Rattata -- Level 10-13 Abra ----- Level 10 Ditto ---- Level 10 ------------------------- This is a tremendous jump in levels from what we have previously been fighting so this should be a sign that things about to get much tougher. Drowzee is the next catchable Psychic Pokemon in the game (the first was Slowpoke). Drowzee has very good defenses, especially when it evolves and a pure Psychic-type can never be a bad idea. Drowzee also learns Hypnosis naturally, which can help making catching easier. Abra is almost like the counter part of Drowzee. It has terrible defenses but extremely high Special Attack and Speed. Unfortunately, Abra's only attack is Teleport, which makes catching Abra almost impossible. I would just keep at it if you really want one, using any Great or Fast Balls you may have. Finally, there is Ditto. Ditto is what I call, the breeding master. It can literally breed with any Pokemon that isn't legendary or a baby Pokemon, and produce an egg. As far as using it in battle, it sucks, but it can use Transform to become any Pokemon it fights. Youngster Samuel: $128 Rattata: Level 7 Tackle/Quick Attack/Tail Whip/Growl Spearow: Level 8 Peck/Leer/Growl Sandshrew: Level 10 Defense Curl/Poison Sting Spearow: Level 8 Peck/Leer/Growl It's been a while since an actual trainer fight. Although it is hard to count this as one, he really sucks. Fight the girl in the grass. Picnicker Gina: $192 Hoppip: Level 9 Splash/Tail Whip/Tackle/Synthesis Bulbasaur: Level 12 Leech Seed/Tackle/???/??? Hoppip: Level 9 Splash/Tail Whip/Tackle/Synthesis Get her number to have your own personal item slave. She will call you if she ever picks up an item from the ground. Go right to fight the balding man. Pokefan Brandon: $832 Snubbull: Level 13 Bite/Lick/Charm/Tail Whip Mareep: Level 13 Thundershock/Growl/Tackle At this time, I got my first call from my mother (mind you I had been playing for around 12 hours, so much for motherly love). She had bought me an item and told me to stop near a PokeMart to find it. A Delivery Man will give you the item that she bought you. Don't tip him! Continue up to fight the next kid. Youngster Ian: $192 Mankey: Level 10 Low Kick/Focus Energy/Scratch Diglett: Level 12 Growl/Astonish/Scratch Get the man's number. Continue up to find Lyra talking to her grandpa. She plays suck up to him and he just continues to stare while she talks. Seriously, he never says a word... Afraid her grandpa may be dead, she invites you inside quickly, and uses the exact same lines on grandma that she tried on grandpa. The grandmother deduces quickly that you are dating Lyra but Lyra completely breaks your heart by stating you are just friends. Grandma: Haha, I know, I know What the hell does that mean? Are we not good looking enough to date her? Ugh, the grandmother pisses me off more than the girl! Lyra, feeling sorry for you, decides to give you her number; maybe there is hope yet! Or not, she tells her grandma it's not happening. Sigh... We are at the Day-Care Center, a magical place where magical things happen! I won't bore you with sexual details, but let's just say that when two Pokemon of the same egg group are left here (or Ditto because he is a pimp), then they can breed an egg. But the Pokemon have to be one male, one female; There is none of that stuff in Pokemon! As an added bonus, every step you take while your Pokemon are in the Day-Care gives them one EXP point. Eventually, you can have Pokemon growing levels just walking around! Right on. Apparantly, grandpa was just napping, as he quickly jumps awake and asks for your number when you leave. Whatever. Go up and fight the camper. If it is late, the police officer will also fight. Policeman Keith: $680 Growlithe: Level 17 Leer/Ember As with Todd, he has other moves but will likely not use him. However, if Keith does indeed have Flame Wheel, watch out; With Leer, it will be able to faint a lot of Pokemon. Camper Todd: $224 Psyduck: Level 14 Disable/Water Gun I'm almost certain it has Tail Whip and Scratch but it will never use them. To the right of Todd is TM 63, Embargo. Exchange numbers with Todd and arrive at Goldenrod City! There is a ton to do here, but first, let's make traveling easier! Go all the way up until you hit the crossroads of Goldenrod. Turn right and go all the way down the little path until you reach a building with a blue roof. This is the Bike Shop! Say yes to the pathetic man and receive a free bike! I suggest using the register function, which can be found in your bag. Just select the bicycle, click register, and you can now press Y to get on your bike at any time! Right on. If you remember the Day-Care on route 34, you can use Goldenrod's huge road to just ride your bicycle up and down, gaining EXP for your Pokemon. Eventually, the Bike Shop owner will call you and give you the bike for free, as your constant riding has been giving him business. You may have noticed there is an unblocked gym here. We will be coming to it shortly, don't worry! But for now, we have more important things to do. Let's start by going near the Pokemon Center opening. Just follow it left and head down. We will end up at a building with a slanted roof that says "tunnel". Go inside to find Lyra and her Marill. She will tell you about a dress-up shop where you can put accessories on your Pokemon. As if I would do that haha ... ha (looks around awkwardly). Anywho, she gives you the Fashion Case and leave. Talk to the coward to learn that their are also trainers downstairs as well. Super Nerd Eric: $432 Grimer: Level 11 Poison Gas/Pound/Harden Grimer: Level 11 Poison Gas/Pound/Harden Poke Maniac Issac: $768 Lickitung: Level 12 Supersonic/Cut There are different shops run here. It is currently Tuesday, and so today, the older Haircut Brother is available. Giving haircuts to Pokemon will increase their happiness. Super Nerd Teru: $432 Magnemite: Level 7 Tackle/ThunderShock Magnemite: Level 7 Tackle/ThunderShock Magnemite: Level 9 Tackle/ThunderShock Voltorb: Level 11 Tackle/???/???/??? Poke Maniac Donald: $704 Slowpoke: Level 11 Growl/Yawn/???/??? Slowpoke: Level 11 Growl/Yawn/???/??? Like all Slowpoke users, he refuses to attack me. To the right of Donald is the Photo Shop. You can wear a Team Rocket Uniform and get your picture taken. Definitely worth it. The room has accessory drawings for $100 and picture frames in case you want to take a picture. We are done here for now. Don't like your Pokemon's nickname? The building next door with the purple roof is the Name Raters, not a genies. He can change your Pokemon's nickname if you accidently made a mistake. I know I certainly get so drunk that I name my Pokemon ridiculous things (>_>). I don't really know why you would want to change nicknames, but go for it if you like. Go down and take the first left you can. Go all the way left to reach the GTS or Global Trade Station. I will go much more in-depth later on about this building, but know that it lets you trade your Pokemon with anyone around the world. Go right and talk to the Team Rocket member if you want. Kind of stupid if you ask me, to just hang around in public like that. Enter the Radio Tower. The lady in the middle is the official lottery number checker. She just checks your Pokemon's ID and see if you win any prizes. That's all. Obviously, this is to promote trading with different people, as the more ID's your Pokemon have, the better chance you have to win. The third lady is the Quiz Lady. If you can answer all five of her questions, you win a Radio Card! This will allow you to listen to the radio from your POKeGEAR. Q: Can you check the Town Map with your Pokegear? A: Yes Q: NIDORINA can only be female? A: Yes Q: Kurt, the Poke Ball creator, uses apricots as ingredients? A: No Q: It's impossible to use a TM on MAGIKARP, True? A: Yes Q: In Professor Oak's popular show, Pokemon Talk, is he on with Marie? A: No Congrats! I have won you a - I mean, you have won a Radio Card! JIGGLE JIGGLE! After you win, a girl will get all excited and come up to you. "Whitney" will tell you it is about time for her to get back to the gym ... what could she possibly mean by that? Go upstairs and talk to the girl at the desk, Buena. She will give you a Blue Card that will record your points from playing her Radio game. Go into the building on the far right and talk to the man at the green desk. It's Mr. Game and talk to him twice to receive a Coin Case. Now you can gamble everything away! You can exchange coins you win for prizes from the two gentlemen. A Game Corner in-depth guide will be given later on in this guide. After a few e-mails, I have decided to add PokeMart item and price listings. So head right and enter the extremely tall building. This is the Goldenrod PokeMart and it has every item you could want. Head up the escalator or elevator to floor two right when you enter. There is nothing of interest on floor one. -------------------------- PokeMart Floor 2 Item List -------------------------- Potion - $300 Super Potion - $700 Hyper Potion - $1200 Max Potion - $2500 Revive - $1500 Antidote - $100 Paralyz Heal - $200 Burn Heal - $250 Ice Heal - $250 Awakening - $250 Full Heal - $600 Poke Ball - $200 Great Ball - $600 Ultra Ball - $1200 Escape Rope - $550 Poke Doll - $1000 Repel - $350 Super Repel - $500 Max Repel - $700 Grass Mail - $50 Flame Mail - $50 Bubble Mail - $50 Space Mail - $50 Go up to floor 3 to find the next batch of items. -------------------------- PokeMart Floor 3 Item List -------------------------- X Speed - $350 X Attack - $500 X Defend - $550 Guard Spec. - $700 Dire Hit - $650 X Accuracy - $950 X Special - $350 X Sp. Def - $350 The next floor awaits. -------------------------- PokeMart Floor 4 Item List -------------------------- Protein - $9800 Iron - $9800 Calcium - $9800 Zinc - $9800 Carbos - $9800 HP Up - $9800 Yes these prices are insanely high. But these items are definitely worth the cost competitively, as they can be used for quick EV training. Continue up to floor 5. -------------------------- PokeMart Floor 5 Item List -------------------------- TM 70 (Flash) TM 17 (Protect) TM 53 (False Swipe) TM 83 (Natural Gift) TM 16 (Light Screen) TM 33 (Reflect) TM 22 (Solarbeam) TM 52 (Focus Blast) TM 38 (Fire Blast) TM 25 (Thunder) TM 14 (Blizzard) TM 15 (Hyper Beam) If you caught a Drowzee on Route 34, you can trade with the man at the far left of this floor. He will give you a Machop for the Drowzee. Might come in handy for the next gym. *Hint Hint* The next floor has two people are the counter hosting the "Daily Drawing" for $300. Yeah, I'm sure we will win that... As it turns out, I won on my first try and got third prize. The prizes vary everyday apparantly, so feel free to come back and try them. The vending machine also holds the following drinks; Fresh Water for $200, Soda Pop for $300, and Lemonade for $350. The Soda Pop is an excellent deal, and I would stock up on as many as those as possible. Super Potions heal less for more than twice the cost. What a scam... Take the elevator and talk to the lady. Instead of going back to down to the first floor, choose floor "B1F". You will enter the basement of the store. Talk to the guy with the Machoke to free a path, leading to a free Ultra Ball. Talk to the guy to the left to open a path that leads to an Ether. Head back to floor "1F" and leaves. We have actually done everything left in this town so heal up if you need to and enter the gym. Talk to the blind man inside to learn that this is the Normal-Type gym. Ghost-types will excel here if you have them. Go upstairs to fight the first lady. Beauty Victoria: $896 Sentret: Level 9 Defense Curl/Scratch/Quick Attack Sentret: Level 13 Defense Curl/Scratch/Quick Attack Sentret: Level 16 Defense Curl/Fury Swipes/Quick Attack Head back down the stairs and head through the little arch to fight the next one. Beauty Samantha: $896 Meowth: Level 16 Pay Day/Bite/Scratch/Growl Meowth: Level 16 Pay Day/Bite/Scratch/Growl Go through the top arch to find the next trainer. Lass Cathy: $240 Jigglypuff: Level 15 Disable/Defense Curl/Sing/Pound Jigglypuff: Level 15 Disable/Defense Curl/Sing/Pound Jigglypuff: Level 15 Disable/Defense Curl/Sing/Pound Compared to Lass Cathy, those beautys sure have a lot of extra cash to give out. I wonder what they do in their spare time to make that extra dough... Go down and fight the next one. Lass Carrie: $??? Snubbull: Level 17 Scary Face/Bite/Lick/Tail Whip Go and heal; the gym leader awaits. It's Whitney! That lady from the radio station! What a plot twist! Bah, there was really no point in introducing her earlier but hey, let's get ready for one of the toughest battles up to date! ------------------ Gym Leader Whitney ------------------ My Team: -------------------------- |Spearow | Flaffy | Bayleef| -------------------------- |Kadabra | | | -------------------------- Spearow - Level 20 Aerial Ace/Fury Attack/Pursuit/Leer Flaffy - Level 20 Thundershock/Rock Smash/Cotton Spore/Thunder Wave Bayleef - Level 21 Cut/Synthesis/Razor Leaf/Reflect **Kadabra - Level 24 Teleport/Miracle Eye/Psybeam Whitney's Team: ------------------ |Clefairy | Miltank| ------------------ Clefairy - Level 17 Metronome/DoubleSlap/Mimic Miltank - Level 19 Stomp/Milk Drink/Attract/Rollout --- **Short little story: I decided to catch an Abra but instead of training, I left it in Day Care. However, it grew to level 18, therefore skipping out on Confusion when I evolved it. So I evolved Abra, put it back in Day Care until Level 24, where I learned Psybeam. Apparantly disco isn't dead. Just look at Whitney's opening dance routine! Clefairy was extremely easy to defeat. Unless you have bad luck, Metronome will usually be useless on Clefairy (she pulled out Boomerang and Earthquake on my Spearow while I was waiting to find out her moves). I simply used Leer four times and then used Aerial Ace to defeat her without any problem. Miltank is where things get a bit more difficult. She has a Lum Berry so using Thunder Wave right off the bat with Flaffy was not the best idea. Instead, I decided to go with Cotton Spore, in order to allow my other Pokemon to all outspeed Miltank. Of course, Stomp flinched me twice which will be the downfall of many Pokemon during this fight. Here comes the good news; Flaffy's special ability is Static, which resulted in Miltank being paralyzed the same turn as I had used Cotton Spore. Now, I could Thunder Wave without any worry. And what a job Thunder Wave did. Miltank was fully paralyzed as I started to use Rock Smash, slowly lowering Miltank's mighty Defense. Although Miltank used a Super Potion and her fair share of Milk Drinks, Miltank eventually succumbed to Flaffy's Rock Smash. Now, there is a reason for my success, and I will share a few tips to victory with you as well. 1.) Flaffy was female and this made the battle a whole lot easier. By using a female or genderless Pokemon against Miltank, she can not use Attract against you, meaning all of your attacks will go through. If you plan on fighting with a male Pokemon, this battle gets much harder. 2.) Lower her stats! By lowering her Speed, I got a quick advantage that allowed me to paralyze her on top of it. You can also lower her Defense with moves like Leer or Tail Whip. This gives you a much better shot to 2HKO or OHKO Whitney's Miltank. I even used that strategy with Rock Smash! 3.) Avoid Rollout! It continues to double damage each time it is used, and if you can avoid it, it will keep going back to weaker damage. It seems as if Whitney likes using Stomp much more in order to flinch you, but regardless, avoid it. You do get $2280 for winning but Whitney refuses to give you the badge! Women.. .. Just try to leave and her friend will stop you. Just talk to Whitney again afterwards and you will receive a Plain Badge (which lets you use Strength outside of battle) as well as TM 45, Attract. She also mentions something about a Pokeathlon Dome. I suggest we take her advice very soon. If you talk to the blind man near the entrance, he tells you he missed his battle because he was "admiring the trainers". Yeah ... pervert. Exit the gym. Our quest for the fourth badge will now begin and it will certainly be long! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Gym: Part 1 0013 Before we move on to the next route or gym, stop next door to the gym. It is the Flower Shop! Talk to the girl and she will tell you about a silly tree on Route 36. If you have the Plain Badge from Whitney, she will give you the SquirtBottle (yes, that is what it's called). Enter the visitor pass and talk to the guard. He will ask you for a favor. Accept it and you will wind up with a level 20 Spearow that has a letter attached. Time to take what we learned from Team Rocket to the test; keep the Spearow for yourself if you don't have a good Flying-type left. It will be evolving after one level. If you already have a good Flying-type, don't bother stealing it. Just wait until we are ready to give the Spearow to the man. After passing through, we will find ourselves on Route 35. There are trainers to be fought here! Picnicker Kim: $240 Vulpix: Level 15 Quick Attack/Tail Whip Go fight the fools in love, who think Pokemon battling will impress the other. Believe me, I have tried many times - showing a woman how amazing you are at catching Pokemon without weakening the Pokemon does not arouse them. Nor does defeating young boys in Pokemon battles. Camper Elliot: $240 Sandshrew: Level 13 Rapid Spin/Defense Curl/Poison Sting/Scratch Marill: Level 15 Tail Whip/Defense Curl/Rollout Picknicker Brooke: $256 Pikachu: Level 16 Growl/ThunderShock/Double Team/Quick Attack You could avoid the next trainers ... but why? Camper Ivan: $224 Diglett: Level 10 Scratch/Growl Zubat: Level 10 Astonish/Supersonic/Leech Life Diglett: Level 14 Scratch/Growl/Magnitude Juggler Irwin: $448 Voltorb: Level 2 Charge Voltorb: Level 6 Charge/Tackle Voltorb: Level 10 Charge/Tackle/SonicBoom Voltorb: Level 14 Charge/Tackle/SonicBoom/Spark Get Irwin's number. He wants to be your biggest fan. Another man with horns in his head is next (that is not a hat!) Firebreather Walt: $512 Magmar: Level 11 Smog/Ember/Smokescreen Magmar: Level 16 Smog/Ember/Smokescreen/Faint Attack Get his number. There is a building here that will lead us to that Pokeathlon Dome and to the National Park. But let's check out the wildlife first. ------------------------- --- ROUTE 35 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Nidoran (F) -- Level 12 Drowzee -- Level 14 Nidoran (M) -- Level 12 Abra ---- Level 10 ------------------------- The Nidorans are finally available but you won't be able to fully evolve them without a Moonstone. However, if you can evolve them, you will have an excellent Pokemon that can use a variety of moves, including Earthquake, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Flamethrower. I would consider it! To the right is another kid. Squash him like a bug. Bug Catcher Arnie: $240 Venonat: Level 15 Supersonic/PoisonPowder He won't attack until you are hit by the status. Just keep attacking him until he loses. He then wants your phone number. Continue south to find a Paralyz Heal just sitting there in between some trees. Go further south to find another trainer. Bird Keeper Bryan: $??? Pidgey: Level 12 Gust/Growl/Tackle/Sand Attack Pidgeotto: Level 14 Gust/Growl/Tackle/Sand Attack I forgot to look at how much cash he had. TM 66, Payback is underneath him. This is a good Dark-type attack that deals more damage if you get hit. I haven't made a joke in a while. A man goes to a five dollar lady of the night. The next morning he wakes up and discovers crabs. He goes back to the lady to complain. She says, "Hey, it was only five bucks. What did you expect, lobster?". Ah, the classics. Go back to that building that advertised the Pokeathlon and the National Park. North is the National Park, and it hosts Bug-Catching Contests every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. If it isn't one of those days or you don't talk to the guide, we can fight trainers and catch normal Pokemon. I'll go over the rules for the contest. "Using one of your Pokemon, catch a Bug-type Pokemon to be judged." You will then receive 20 Sport Balls, and 20 minutes to catch Pokemon. The trainer with the best Bug-type at the end wins the game. You either run out of time, balls, or you retire to quit. At the end, you can keep the last Pokemon you catch. Always try to catch the good stuff. Avoid things that are weak and don't try to hurt the Pokemon you catch too much, otherwise they lose value. I usually like to catch Scyther but it won't be easy to catch any of the Pokemon without giving them too much damage. After you run out of time, balls, or you just want to retire, you will be judged by a guard in the park. He will then announce the three winners. I won on my first try and got 1st place with my level 14 Scyther. With a score of 344 points, I was awarded a Sun Stone. Believe me though, it won't be as easy as that to win 1st place every time. I have heard unbelievable stories about people who have caught Scythers at full health losing to Caterpies. Exit the National Park south again, and come back in. This time, we will experience the real thing. That's right, it is time for some trainer battles! Talk to the lady at the far right on the bench. She is a teacher and you have been a naughty boy! Time to get the claw - er, actually you are just receiving a Quick Claw. I just noticed this, but this is some of the best music I have ever heard. I could just sit here for hours listening to this. Oh yeah, Pokemon: ------------------------------ --- National Park POKEMON LISTINGS --- Caterpie -- Level 10 Sunkern --- Level 12 ------------------------------ Meet Sunkern, the Pokemon with the lowest combined stat total ever. That is correct, Sunkern is in fact one of the worst Pokemon ever created. However, you can evolve it with a Sun Stone into Sunflora ... who is still terrible but a dancing flower is always a great way to hypnotise - er, I mean, impress the ladies. Straight up from the grass is our first trainer. Pokefan Beverly: $1024 Snubbull: Level 16 Scary Face/Bite/Lick/Tail Whip Get the girl's number to find out that she is another girl attracted to Marill. What is it about that blue mouse that makes all the females run to it? Sigh, Lyra, I guess I can't get over you yet. To the right, in that same area of grass is the next trainer. School Kid Jack: $300 Oddish: Level 12 Sweet Scent/Acid Voltorb: Level 15 Charge/Tackle/SonicBoom/Spark Kid wants to exchange "tips". Sounds like a front for some sort of insider trading. Count me in. If you continue up, without stepping in the grass, you will see an opening through the gate that surrounds the park. It is right next to a kid who is huffing and puffing about the Pokewalker. Glad I didn't use it. Anyway, enter the opening and head back south. You may notice a mountain to climb before you head south but you can't do it yet, so ... head south. You will receive a Soothe Bell which gives more happiness to the Pokemon holding it. This is a great way to make evolving Pokemon who only evolve through happiness much easier. Head all the way back and past where the opening was. Continue left and south to eventually reach TM 28, Dig. This is a pretty useless attack but out of battle, it basically acts as an Escape Rope whenever you are in a cave or something similar to it. Head back to the opening and this time, go to the left a little and you should see a man in the grass. Go down and fight him. Pokefan William: $1024 Raichu: Level 16 Tail Whip/Quick Attack/ThunderShock Go left to fight the next trainer. She'll accuse you of staring at her funny. Yeah, like I haven't heard that before. Lass Krise: $ Oddish: Level 14 Sweet Scent/Acid/PoisonPowder Cubone: Level 17 Headbutt/Bone Club/Focus Energy Get her number, she obviously liked how we looked at her. Congrats, you have whooped all the trainers here. Head east through the visitor building to continue our journey. There is Blu Apricorn to greet you. And a trainer. Psychic Mark: $512 Abra: Level 14 Teleport/Flash Kadabra: Level 16 Teleport/Flash/Confusion Abra: Level 14 Teleport/Flash If you head south, you can see that there actually was a shortcut from Route 35 to Route 36. But I like to make things as hard as possible for you, haha! ------------------------- --- ROUTE 36 POKEMON LISTINGS --- Nidoran (F) -- Level 12 Nidoran (M) -- Level 12 Growlithe ---- Level 15 Stantler ----- Level 15 ------------------------- I always wanted a Growlithe. Although he needs a Fire Stone to evolve into Arcanine, Growlithe is just a cool Pokemon and an awesome Fire-type. Yeah, I love him. There may be other Pokemon on this route, but I haven't been able to confirm it yet. Thanks to Beast9287 for giving me information on Stantler. The next trainer awaits. School Kid Alan: $340 Tangela: Level 17 Sleep Powder/Growth/Absorb Get nerd boy's number. If you go to the right, you will find a Flower Shop Girl who wants you to destroy some nature. Apparantly she is turned on by watching the Tree Pokemon shake in pain when water is poured on it. However, the Tree attacks! It is actually a Level 20 Sudowoodo. Not very useful, but a fun Pokemon to catch. It honestly isn't hard to catch at all, just use status and weaken it like normal. For entertaining her with cruel acts towards a poor defenseless Pokemon, she will give you the Berry Pots. She will then give you some berries to use with it. The Berry Pots, by the way, if you couldn't read what she said, are used to grow berries from any region. As it turns out, Arthur comes on Thursdays. What the hell am I talking about? Well, just go right back to the first gym and if there is a man standing next to the Rock Smash guy, just talk to him. You will get a Hard Stone. This man is jus - wait, Hard Stone? Ugh, I don't like the sound of that. Anyway, dirty jokes aside, he is related to other kids who's parents were so uncreative that they just named them after a day of the week. And who can bother being creative when you get it on so many times that you pop out seven kids. But I digress... Head right, past Violet City and back to Route 31. If you remember the guy who I mistook for a Snorlax, go and talk to him if you have Kenya, the Spearow. You give him the Pokemon, and he gives you TM 44, Rest, in return. Someone please check to make sure that this man is not a Snorlax! All signs point to it! Go heal up if you need to, we are headed to the fourth gym. Head west back through Violet City and go north from where Sudowoodo was. I usually don't do stuff like this, but it has been a long time since a team update, and my team has changed considerably. If you recall the Game Corner, I bought a Dratini and won a few 10,000 coins. Yeah, I have no life. But anyway, I am saving my coins for one of the great TMs they have there, but in the mean time, I trained my Dratini up because Dragon Rage is a great move to fight trainers with. Anyway, Team Update: Flaffy: Level 22 Thundershock/Cotton Spore/Rock Smash/Thunder Wave --- Spearow: Level 23 Aerial Ace/Leer/Mirror Move/Pursuit --- Kadabra: Level 24 Psybeam/Teleport/Miracle Eye --- Bayleef: Level 22 Magical Leaf/Cut/Reflect/Synthesis --- Dratini: Level 23 Dragon Rage/Twister/Thunder Wave/Slam --- Growlithe: Level 22 Ember/Roar/Flame Wheel/Helping Hand Day Care is definitely the best way to quickly level. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Gym: Part 2 0014 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This guide may not be reproduced other any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any other website or otherwise distributed publicly without my written advanced permission. Use of this guide on any other website as a part of any other public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. Copyright 2010 Luke Miller