_____ _ | __ \ | | | |__) |__ | | _ ___ _ __ ___ ___ _ __ | ___/ _ \| |/ / _ \ '_ ` _ \ / _ \| '_ \ | | | (_) | < __/ | | | | | (_) | | | | |_| \___/|_|\_\___|_| |_| |_|\___/|_| |_| _____ _ __ __ _ / ____| _ | | \ \ / / (_) | | _ __ _ _ ___| |_ __ _| | \ \ / /__ _ __ ___ _ ___ _ __ | | | '__| | | / __| _|/ _` | | \ \ / / _ \ '__/ __| |/ _ \| '_ \ | |____| | | |_| \__ \ |_| (_| | | \ \/ / __/ | \__ \ | (_) | | | | \_____|_| \__, |___/\__|\__,_|_| \__/ \___|_| |___/_|\___/|_| |_| |___/ O---------------------------------------O | Pokémon Crystal Version | | An FAQ/Walkthrough | | By KeyBlade999 | | | | Total Size: 404 KB | | Current Version: v1.00 | | Previous Update: 12:12 AM 3/15/2012 | O---------------------------------------O ___________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |==O==| Section Negative One: Donations |==O==| |\___/___________________________________________________________________\___/ | | | CTRL+F Tag: **CRYSTAL_-1** | |______________________________| While I do write all of my guides for free, it does take a lot of time and effort to put them together. 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Thank you so very much for considering this!! keyblade999.faqs@gmail.com By the way, this is also my contact e-mail, so if you want to contribute something to this or any of my other FAQs, or have a question to ask about one of them, go ahead and use this e-mail. ___________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |==O==| Section Zero: Table of Contents |==O==| |\___/___________________________________________________________________\___/ | | | CTRL+F Tag: **CRYSTAL_0** | |_____________________________| [Section Title] ............................................ [CTRL+F Tag] -1. Donations .............................................. **CRYSTAL_-1** 0. Table of Contents ...................................... **CRYSTAL_0** 1. Intro .................................................. **CRYSTAL_1** 2. Version History ........................................ **CRYSTAL_2** 3. Legalities ............................................. **CRYSTAL_3** 4. Walkthrough ............................................ **CRYSTAL_4** I- Through Violet's Gym ................................. **CRYSTAL_41** II- Through Azalea's Gym ................................ **CRYSTAL_42** III- Through Goldenrod's Gym ............................ **CRYSTAL_43** IV- Through Ecruteak's Gym .............................. **CRYSTAL_44** V- Through Cianwood's Gym ............................... **CRYSTAL_45** VI- Through Olivine's Gym ............................... **CRYSTAL_46** VII- Through Mahogany's Gym ............................. **CRYSTAL_47** VIII- Through Blackthorn's Gym .......................... **CRYSTAL_48** IX- Through the Pokémon League .......................... **CRYSTAL_49** X- Exploring Kanto: Through Vermillion's Gym ............ **CRYSTAL_410** XI- Through Saffron's Gym ............................... **CRYSTAL_411** XII- Through Cerulean's Gym ............................. **CRYSTAL_412** XIII- Through Celadon's Gym ............................. **CRYSTAL_413** XIV- Through Fuchsia's Gym .............................. **CRYSTAL_414** XV- Through Pewter's Gym ................................ **CRYSTAL_415** XVI- Through Cinnabar's Gym ............................. **CRYSTAL_416** XVII- Through Viridian's Gym ............................ **CRYSTAL_417** XVIII- Through Mt. Silver ............................... **CRYSTAL_418** ___________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |==O==| Section One: Intro |==O==| |\___/___________________________________________________________________\___/ | | | CTRL+F Tag: **CRYSTAL_1** | |_____________________________| Welcome to my second full FAQ/Walkthrough for the GameBoy Color. If you know me, you'd would have expected this be on none other than the expansion to the Pokémon Gold/Silver games -- Pokémon Crystal Version. This game looks to be one of the final stops before the end of the road for Pokémon FAQ'ing for me, at least as far as the oldies. I've actually written a full FAQ for every mainstream Pokémon game released after the second generation; this one looks to complete it. Just one more generation to go. Unless Nintendo decides to start another one. And they always do -- Pokémon Black/White 2 is supposed to be released sometime in the next six months for the U.S. So, consider this some prep time. =P Eh, enough rambling. Let's do this. ___________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |==O==| Section Two: Version History |==O==| |\___/___________________________________________________________________\___/ | | | CTRL+F Tag: **CRYSTAL_2** | |_____________________________| v0.05 - General layout completed; Section I of the walkthrough completed. 11:40 PM 3/11/2012 v0.20 - Sections II, III, and IV of the walkthrough completed. 11:37 PM 3/12/2012 v0.45 - Sections V, VI, VII, and VIII of the walkthrough completed. 12:06 AM 3/14/2012 v1.00 - Sections IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, and XVIII of the walkthrough completed. Obviously seems unusually short for an RPG FAQ; you have the fact that this is just a rehashing of my Gold/Silver FAQ to thank for that. ~~ Start-End Time: 4 days. ~~ File Size : 404 KB. ~~ Time of Update: 12:12 AM 3/15/2012. ___________________________________________________________________________ / \ / \ |==O==| Section Three: Legal |==O==| |\___/___________________________________________________________________\___/ | | | CTRL+F Tag: **CRYSTAL_3** | |_____________________________| This FAQ may not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any website or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other website or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. © 2012 Daniel Chaviers (aka KeyBlade999). 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Within this section, you'll find a wealth of information, guiding you from start to finish for this game. All of the info is arranged in chronological order. This walkthrough has been divided into eighteen smaller sub-sections so you can find what you want more easily. What the sub-sections are can be found by looking in the Table of Contents, found near the top of the document. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section I - Through Violet's Gym **CRYSTAL_41** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== New Bark Town ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Pokégear ............................................................. [] | | Potion ............................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Chikorita <-, | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Cyndaquil <-+ Choose 1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fire | | Totodile <-' | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Quick explanation of the above things. The top one is an item checklist; if you print this FAQ out, you can fill in the [] to mark that you received an item. The Encounters list if more interesting. You'll find the names of the Pokémon species you may encounter in an area. You'll also learn if can be found during the morning (4:00 AM to 9:59 PM), day (10:00 AM to 7:59 PM), or night (8:00 PM to 3:59 AM). You'll also be given the Pokémon's type, for strategy reasons. When there are no items to be found, or Pokémon to be caught, you will not see one of these. Okay, once you start the game, be sure to set the time for the game in the right manner; otherwise, the encounters for Pokémon between the real and game worlds may seem messed up. Then give your player/character a name. Once you get control of your character, you'll be in your room in New Bark Town. New Bark Town is in the Johto region, west of Kanto, where Red/Blue and its various expansions and remakes took place. To the south are beautiful blue oceans; to the west, verdant green plains and forests; to the north, treacherous and rocky mountains. Anyhow, head downstairs and set the day of the week by speaking with your mother. You'll also need to set the Daylight Savings Time settings. After a little more talking, you'll receive the Pokégear. In essence, this acts, for now, as a cellular phone and a clock. Later on, you'll be able to upgrade it to function as a GPS with map, and a radio. Woo. After the scene, leave home and head over to Prof. Elm's lab, found to the west of your house. Go on in and speak with Prof. Elm. In essence, you'll be asked to run an errand for him to Mr. Pokémon, found north of Cherrygrove. You'll fight some Pokémon on the way, so you'll need to take a Pokémon with you. But which one? ~~ Chikorita is a Grass type Pokémon. It'll evolve at Lv. 16 to Bayleef and again at Lv. 32 to Meganium. Grass-types are weak against Fire, Ice, Bug, Poison, and Flying moves. They DO have an advantage over Water, Ground, and Rock Pokémon, though. Picking this Pokémon will make the game tough to do early on, because the first two Gym Leaders are Flying and Bug specialists. ~~ Cyndaquil is a Fire-type Pokémon. It'll evolve at Lv. 14 to Quilava and again at Lv. 36 to Typhlosion. Fire-types are weak against Water, Rock, and Ground moves. Their advantages are against Ice, Bug, Grass, and Steel. This Pokémon will have a relatively easy time until about the 8th gym. It is also one of the only Fire-types you can own without trading for a while. ~~ Totodile is a Water-type Pokémon. It'll evolve at Lv. 18 to Croconow and again at Lv. 30 to Feraligatr. Water-types are weak against Grass and Electric moves, while being advantageous against Fire, Rock, and Ground types. Water is quite good for a beginning player, as you'll often come across Rock/Ground types. After making your choice (I tend to use Cyndaquil, myself), try to leave the lab. After receiving a Potion (an item that heals your Pokémon's HP) from one of Prof. Elm's aides, continue to leave the house and go west onto Route 29. ============================================================================== Route 29 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Berry ................................................................ [] | | Potion ............................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Sentrent | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| In the grass here, you'll be able to battle wild Pokémon. These wild Pokémon battles are fairly basic. Long story short, you need to beat the crap out of the opposing Pokémon until it loses all of its HP. Later on, though, you will not exactly desire to beat the stuffings *completely* out of them, as your long-term goal in Pokémon is to catch all 253 Pokémon in Kanto and Johto. (In all seriousness, there are actually 649 Pokémon (discounting glitches) as of the release of Black and White. So, yeah, you lucked out. :P ) Anyhow, just head westward, I guess. Get in some fights along the way. Try to level up at least twice if you have Chikorita - it learns Razor Leaf, a very good Grass-type move, at Lv. 7 or so. Be sure to grab the northeastern Potion and the area. Also take note of the end of the Route: there should be a Berry tree there. The Berries were an idea incorporated into Gold and Silver and have been a lasting system throughout the games, sometimes going in so deep as to be required for evolutions. (R/S players know what I mean with Feebas/Milotic.) These Berries can be held by Pokémon for various effects in certain situations. These particular Berries, if I remember correctly, heal 10 HP. They can used immediately, or held for no loss of a turn when your Pokémon gets low HP. Anyhow, enough rambling - continue east into Cherrygrove. Ignore that gatehouse north to Route 46 for the moment. ============================================================================== Cherrygrove City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Map Card ............................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| When you enter Cherrygrove City, you'll be offered a tour of the town. You'll be shown to the basic facilities and whatnot. The PokéMart is the place where you spend your hard-earned money, as well as sell some useless items, some for extreme amounts (as in $5,000). You start with $3,000 - consider buying four or five Potions for now. Another spot on your tour will be the Pokémon Center. This is a true haven of Pokémon Trainers, although not as much as though in Black/White (those were PokéMart/Pokémon Center fusions!!). Here, you can speak with the Nurse to heal your Pokémon to full health, PP, and restore all negative statuses. There is also a PC here, in which you can store your Pokémon (you can only hold six with you at any given time). After the tour, you'll receive a Map Card for the Pokégear. This will allow you to see the full map of Johto. Heal at the Pokémon Center if have not yet done so, then head north onto Route 30. ============================================================================== Route 30 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Antidote ............................................................. [] | | Berry ................................................................ [] | | Berry ................................................................ [] | | Mystery Egg .......................................................... [] | | Pokédex .............................................................. [] | | PSNCure Berry ........................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Poliwag | No | No | Yes | Water | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| As you proceed north on the Route, you'll notice a house. Snatch the Berry off of the tree nearby, then go inside and speak with its resident for another one. Continue north to find a fork on the road; take the eastern branch and continue north. You'll find a Berry tree here, too -- grab the PSNCure Berry off of it (it cures Poison/PSN), then go into the house nearby. Inside there, you'll not only find the ever-eccentric Mr. Pokémon, but also the ever-amnesiac Professor Oak. He'll give you the Pokédex. The Pokédex is a mystical work of technology that allows you to document all 253 (*cough* 649 *cough*) species of Pokémon. You know I've begun to notice, though? Notice later on - the text that appears after a Pokémon capture that details the Pokémon. How could this device (made by Professor Oak) be like this? My theory - Professor Oak programmed it, screwed it up, and wants you to refill it or something. Long story short, Oak knows all of the things in the Pokédex and is making you do a pointless journey for stuff he already knows. Douche. :P *coughs* Anyhow, you'll also receive the Mystery Egg from Mr. Pokémon. I'll solve the mystery for you - it is a normal Pokémon Egg of a rare species of Pokémon - Togepi. Never heard of it? Yep, that rare. Exit the house and head south. Before heading into Cherrygrove, though, let us level our starter up some - about Lv. 7 ~ 9 is appropriate. Go into Cherrygrove when you're satisfied. As you try to do so, you'll probably take note of the call you get from Prof. Elm -- someone's stolen one of his Pokémon! ============================================================================== Cherrygrove City ============================================================================== Go over into the Pokémon Center and PokéMart if you have to heal or buy anything. That is all you really can do here -- try to exit town to the east to run into someone with red hair! This person, your rival, will then proceed to fight you. ______________________ | BOSS: Passerby Boy \ |_______________________\____________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Totodile [if you picked Cyndaquil] (Lv. 5) Water <--, | | Chikorita [if you picked Totodile] (Lv. 5) Grass <--+- Only 1. | | Cyndaquil [if you picked Chikorita] (Lv. 5) Fire <--' | | | | Money Awarded: $300 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | A practice battle if any ever existed. Your rival (this is who he is) | | won't have a non-Normal attack, so you're in luck for now. Later on, you | | will need to get a Pokémon with a type-advantage over his starter if you | | want to make this easier. So, for now, use your own Normal-type attack | | (your same-type attack will only do 75% of the norm (you add 50% due to | | the move and Pokémon being the same type, and halve it because it isn't | | very effective)). | |____________________________________________________________________________| After defeating your rival thoroughly, head on over to the Pokémon Center to heal up, then exit east onto Route 29. ============================================================================== Route 29 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Sentrent | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Continue eastward, back into New Bark Town. ============================================================================== New Bark Town ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Poké Ball (x5) ....................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Proceed back in Professor Elm's lab. There, during the cutscene with the officer, you'll be allowed to name your rival. If I ever refer to him by name, it will be by Silver, the standard name in G/S (or at least it was mine). After that little bit, Prof. Elm will take away the Mystery Egg. Aww... Go ahead and try to leave now and you'll be given five Poké Balls. Leave town and go west onto Route 29. ============================================================================== Route 29 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Sentrent | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Okay, time to learn how to catch Pokémon... The basic idea of catching Pokémon is to lower the Pokémon's HP (preferably as low as possible) and possibly give the Pokémon a status (preferably Paralysis or Sleep). The Pokémon itself, it's current condition, and the Pokéball used will affect the chance of catching success. Remember, you can only use a Pokéball on a WILD POKEMON or the Pokéball will be wasted -- remember, not even a Master Ball can catch a caught Pokémon. (A Park Ball can, but that is technically usually yours, and that doesn't matter - that is all in the DS games.) Anyhow, do some battling and some catching, then go north, through the gatehouse, to Route 46. ============================================================================== Route 46 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Geodude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Phanpy | Yes | No | No | Ground | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| There are a few good Pokémon here. Spearow, out of them all, is a primary capture. Why? Well, firstly, the only other early Normal/Flying Pokémon in this game is Pidgey, and Spearow is stronger. Spearow has a generally better moveset as well, two immunities, and only three weaknesses, none of which are really messed with until around the time you reach Ecruteak City. There is also Geodude. Geodude and its evolutions will literally obliterate the first three Gyms, two by advantage and one by resistance. They have an advantage over Fire, Bug, Flying, Rock, Steel, and Electric - most of which are types trained in the Johto Pokémon Gyms at some point. Worth getting by a long shot. Anyhow, do any catching you wish, then return to Route 29. ============================================================================== Route 29 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Sentrent | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Head west in Cherrygrove City. ============================================================================== Cherrygrove City ============================================================================== Stop by the Pokémon Center to heal any Pokémon you hurt by capturing them, then stop by the PokéMart. Buy a few more Poké Balls now. Return to Route 46 if you didn't catch Spearow or Geodude -- those Pokémon will become critical in future strategies, you know -- then go north onto Route 30 when you're done. ============================================================================== Route 30 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Poliwag | No | No | Yes | Water | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go along the Route and go along the left path a the fork. You'll battle a Trainer with a single Rattata. After defeating him, you'll be asked if you want his number. These numbers, in my opinion, are fairly useless. There are only a few, if any, in the game you'll want. Reject all of them, unless I say otherwise. (Of course, you probably won't follow my guide word-for-word. Your loss.) Go further along the Route for another battle. Continue along for yet another battle, past which is Route 31. ============================================================================== Route 31 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Poké Ball ............................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Poliwag | No | No | Yes | Water | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| When you arrive on the Route, be sure to remember to grab a Bellsprout. This is a fairly good idea if your starter is Cyndaquil. You can also trade it later on, in Violet City, to get an Onix, useful if you chose Totodile as your starter. Be sure to note the cave on the Route. Grab the Poké Ball nearby. Go into the cave on the Route, if you wish to. ============================================================================== Dark Cave ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Potion ............................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Geodude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Dunsparce | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| This isn't a whole lot we can do here. However, you can catch some Pokémon. Zubat is rather useful for some, being a Poison/Flying type, but it lacks a very strong move. They are common here, too. Geodude is here, too, but still worth getting if you lack one. As for Dunsparce, it is a Normal-type with decent power but low speed. Good luck finding one for the moment. I'm not joking, either. As per my HG/SS FAQ, the chance of finding a Dunsparce is ~1%, unless a swarm occurs, or you're a hacker. Anyhow... From the start, follow the visible path and jump over a ledge near the water in the top-right corner of what we can get to, you'll find a Potion. Let's leave it at that and return to Route 31. ============================================================================== Route 31 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Poliwag | No | No | Yes | Water | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Finish up some business you may have here. A primary note is that your Pokémon party (for battles) should be around Lv. 10. Head west to Violet City. ============================================================================== Violet City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | PRZCure Berry ........................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Onix | Special: Trade Bellsprout | Rock/Ground | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Hrad on over to the Pokémon Center to restore the health of your party. After this, leave the Pokémon Center and go southwest, right in to the house. Remember earlier how I mentioned you can do a trade (Bellsprout for Onix) here? Generally, this might be a good idea. Onix is a Rock/Ground type, and therefore will have an immense advantage over the Pokémon in the soon-to-come Gym, and many others. Its level is equal to that of your Bellsprout, if I remember correctly. After this, head north, then west at the fork to find your first of many Pokémon Gyms. You'll also find a PokéMart nearby, so buy a few Potions and maybe a Poké Ball or two. You may to ignore the Gym for the moment in lieu of some last-ditch leveling up and stuff. Get the PRZCure Berry, then exit Violet City to the northwest - we're making a pit stop. ============================================================================== Route 36 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fire | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Not a whole lot to say about this Route. You can try to catch a Growlithe here, one of the few Fire-types you'll be able to get, and all Fire-types are useful. Of course, don't bother with Growlithe if you've got Cyndaquil. Return to the city when you're done. Head west to Violet City. ============================================================================== Violet City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Onix | Special: Trade Bellsprout | Rock/Ground | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Head on over to the northern side of Violet Town, into the Sprout Tower. I would prefer this at night - you'll find a fairly decent Pokémon encounter at that time... ============================================================================== Sprout Tower ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Escape Rope .......................................................... [] | | HM05 (Flash) ......................................................... [] | | Parlyz Heal .......................................................... [] | | Potion ............................................................... [] | | X Defend ............................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| When you arrive, head on over to the stairs to ascend to the second floor. Starting here, you can find some Pokémon. Quite notable is Gastly. Gastly is a Poison/Ghost type that has two immunities - Normal and Fighting. This Pokémon will become extremely useful come the time of the fourth Gym. Anyhow, go east for a battle, then go downstairs. Go along the path and grab the Parlyz Heal. Defeat the Trainer nearby and go upstairs once more. Grab the item and go down to find another battle. Go up the ladder to find the peak floor. Here, pick up the nearby Potion. Go north for a few battles. After them, you'll find your rival speaking with the head monk. He'll leave using an Escape Rope (jumping out the window, I suppose... *snip*). Grab the nearby Escape Rope and speak with the head monk for a mild battle. _________________ | BOSS: Monk Li \ |__________________\_________________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Bellsprout (Grass) Lv. 7 | | Bellsprout (Grass) Lv. 7 | | Hoothoot (Normal/Flying) Lv. 10 | | | | Money Awarded: $320 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Let's see... Bellsprouts are weak against Ice, Fire, Flying, Bug, and | | Poison. Simply using Growlithe, Spearow, Pidgey, Hoothoot, or your | | starter should do it. | | | | As for Hoothoot, you'll be fine with whatever you have. Just remember: it | | is weak against Rock, Ice, and Electric; and immune to Ground and Ghost. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After this battle, you'll earn HM05, Flash. This move, in battle, will reduce the opponents' accuracy. Outside of battle, you can use it to light up caverns such as Dark Cave; however, you'll need Violet City's Gym Badge. Once you are done, exit the tower (go backwards or use the Escape Rope) to return to the city itself. ============================================================================== Violet City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Onix | Special: Trade Bellsprout | Rock/Ground | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Heal up and grab some items from the PokéMart if you need to. Go to the now-unlocked Violet Gym. ============================================================================== Violet Gym ============================================================================== Just head on over to Falkner, defeating the two Gym Trainers as you go. When you reach Falkner, return to the Pokémon Center to heal if you need to, then speak to Falkner when you're ready to fight for the Zephyr Badge. ____________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Falkner \ |_____________________________\______________________________________________ | Pokémon: Pidgey (Normal/Flying) Lv. 7 | | Pidgeotto (Normal/Flying) Lv. 9 | | | | Money Earned: $900 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | This battle is rather easy, seeing as the Pokémon share the same | | advantages/disadvantages. | | | | Pidgey is weak against Ice, Electric, and Rock moves; it is immune to | | Ghost. It'll mainly attack with Tackle, although it may use Sand-Attack | | to lower your accuracy. Onix or Geodude are recommended. | | | | Pidgeotto has the same resistances/weaknesses as Pidgey. It can use Gust | | (a Flying-type move), Tackle, or Roost. Roost can heal Pidgeotto and get | | rid of the Flying-typing of it, making Mareep or Geodude have trouble. I | | recommend using Geodude or Mareep nonetheless, or your starter if it is | | not Chikorita/Bayleef. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, you'll receive the Zephyr Badge, as well as TM31 (Mud-Slap). Due to receiving your Zephyr Badge, you'll also be able to use Flash out of battles, so put it on someone (I often snatch a Bellsprout and use that). Leave the Gym. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section II - Through Azalea's Gym **CRYSTAL_42** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Violet Gym ============================================================================== After obtaining the Zephyr Badge, leave the Gym. ============================================================================== Violet City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Onix | Special: Trade Bellsprout | Rock/Ground | | Togepi | Special: Hatch the Egg | Normal | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Upon leaving the Violet City Gym, you'll receive a call from Professor Elm. He has an aide over at the Pokémon Center because you need to pick up something from him. Head over to the Pokémon Center and speak with the aide to receive the Pokémon Egg from earlier. Long story short, you'll pretty much have to carry this Egg around until it hatches (into a Togepi). Anyhow, restore your party and item supplies. Go south to Route 32. ============================================================================== Route 32 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Great Ball ........................................................... [] | | Miracle Seed ......................................................... [] | | Old Rod .............................................................. [] | | Repel ................................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ekans | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Wooper | Yes | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Zubat | Yes | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| There is one Pokémon to consider getting, strategy-wise, for you team here. Wooper would make a nice replacement for Totodile (on teams lacking him), as he has but one weakness (Grass), multiple advantages, and an immunity to the Electric type. Worth considering, dear Reader. When you arrive on Route 32 and head somewhat south, you'll be given the Miracle Seed item by some person. The Miracle Seed item boosts the power of the holder's Grass-type moves by 10% - a good item for Chikorita/Bayleef. Anyhow, go southward for a battle. Go west to find a tree. This tree here is rather special and is referred to as a Cut tree - it can only be cut down with the HM move Cut, which we lack the Badge AND HM for anyways. Just take note of it. Go further south, to the rock, to find a Repel in the nearby grass. Also battle the Picnicker in the near vicinity. Go south and down the western side of the path. Into the grass is a Trainer. Defeat the Trainer, then go back up the patch of grass and into the northeastern patch to find the Great Ball. Further south, and downstairs, is another Trainer. Even further south, you'll find someone selling Slowpoketails, as food, for high amounts of cash. *vomits* That ... that's just sick and cruel. Further along the path, you'll find a Pokémon Center. Go inside and speak with the fisherman inside to receive the Old Rod - it is rather useless, as it only catches Goldeen and Magikarp, but the latter is quite powerful upon evolving. It may also catch Tentacool, but that is more of a stroke of luck. Heal up and return to the Trainer with the Wooper. Take the eastern fork onto the bridge to find three Fisherman. Defeat them. Ralph will offer his number - he does report Pokémon swarms. These are for Qwilfish, generally. Further ahead, you'll some another Trainer. We have nothing better to do than kick the stuffings out of his Pokémon, so why not? Return to the Pokémon Center and heal up. Leave and go towards and into the cavern. ============================================================================== Union Cave ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Awakening ............................................................ [] | | Great Ball ........................................................... [] | | Potion ............................................................... [] | | TM39 (Swift) ......................................................... [] | | X Attack ............................................................. [] | | X Defend ............................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Geodude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Onix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Sandshrew | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Wooper | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Remember that Onix trade back in Violet City? If you didn't complete it then, you can get (a probably higher-leveled) one here. Another Pokémon worth a note is Sandshrew. Ground Pokémon are absolutely key in any gameplay, as they can dominate several types, Electric and Steel notably. (It also has Fire and Rock under its belt.) If anything, you can use Sandshrew as an HM slave. When you arrive, go west to the north/south fork. Head north and you'll find an X Attack to the left. Continue north to the Trainer. Defeat him and go down the stairs to B1F. Here, head west towards TM39, Swift, a no-miss Normal-type move. Go to northern portion of the area to find an X Defend. That's pretty much it for here - go back to 1F. Here, go south at the aforementioned fork. Defeat the couple of Trainers you find, then south from the second Trainer to find three rocks on the eastern wall. Go south for another battle, then go into the corner to find a Great Ball. Go west, weaving through the rocks "above" the water to find a Potion. Leave that section and go south to find a battle. Further ahead is a fork. Go east and grab the Awakening near the exit. Exit. ============================================================================== Route 33 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | PSNCure Berry ........................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Geodude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Ekans | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Upon exiting Union Cave, go west to find a Hiker. Defeat him in battle and he will offer his number. This one, you definitely want to take - he gives details on Dunsparce swarms (much unlike his HG/SS counterpart *grumbles*). In case you cannot remember, they've only been found in Dark Cave (as far as our current game goes) with extremely rare odds (1%, if I remember correctly). Anyhow, continue west into Azalea Town. Be sure the snag the PSNCure Berry on the way. ============================================================================== Azalea Town ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | White Apricorn ....................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| As you enter Azalea, you'll find a grunt of some organization terrorizing a man. This grunt is part of Team Rocket, the criminal organization in Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, FireRed, LeafGreen, Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver versions -- and the anime, of course. He'll block the entrance into Slowpoke Well, but we need not worry about this ... for now. Firstly, heal up in the Pokémon Center. Finish up your business and go to the house on the ledge. Go inside to find Kurt, the man in this game who can make Poké Balls from Apricorns, and his granddaughter. Speak with Kurt to get him riled up about the Slowpoke Well being blocked, thereby having him dash out of the house. Do so yourself. As you exit, be sure to go behind his house and snatch the White Apricorn. More on what the heck THESE are later. Once you've left, go east to the Slowpoke Well to find the grunt to be gone. Go down the incline and into the well. ============================================================================== Slowpoke Well ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Super Potion ......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Slowpoke | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Psychic | | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| When you regain control of yourself, you'll find Kurt talking about his injured back. You'd want to find a Great Ball, but ... Kurt is standing on the tile it's hidden on. >_< Oh, well... Come back later; for now, go into the hole on the left and further in. Inside, you'll fight your first Team Rocket Grunt. Further ahead, you'll find a Super Potion; past that, another Grunt. Go down the two sets of stairs and examine the stand-alone rock to get a Super Potion. Return up the stairs and go left for another Grunt. Speak with the last person that is here with the team to battle him. ______________________ | BOSS: Rocket Grunt \ |_______________________\____________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Koffing (Poison) Lv. 14 | | | | Money Earned: $352 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Koffing is weak to both Psychic and Ground moves. So long as you don't | | use any Grass types, you'll be fine. An easy strategy would be a Lv. 16 | | Geodude with Magnitude. 'Nuff said there; it will do 300% more damage | | than usual. Of course, again, most anything will work. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, the Team Rocket members will leave. Kurt will tend to the Slowpoke and you'll return to his house. ============================================================================== Azalea Town ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Lure Ball ............................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Once you regain control, speak with Kurt and you will receive a Lure Ball. This type of Pokéball has quadruple the catch rate of the typical Poké Ball, but only versus Pokémon you encountered with a Rod. Kurt also offers his ancient knowledge of making Apricorns into Pokéballs for you. These Pokéballs are completed upon midnight, if I recall this correctly. Here is a listing of the corresponding Apricorn colors, Pokéballs, and preferable conditions: ~~ Red Apricorn = Level Ball. - These balls will help out more if there is a large level difference between the Pokémon you have out and the Pokémon you're trying to catch. ~~ Yellow Apricorn = Moon Ball. - These balls will help out more if the Pokémon being caught can evolve with a Moon Stone. The only ones that can in this game are Clefairy, Jigglypuff, Nidorino, and Nidorina. ~~ Green Apricorn = Friend Ball. - These balls will increase the base happiness of a Pokémon. In this game, consider using this for catching Chansey and Zubat/Golbat, the ones that evolve based on level of happiness. ~~ Blue Apricorn = Lure Ball. - These balls will help out ... WAIT! Didn't I just explain this!? ~~ Black Apricorn = Heavy Ball. - These balls help out more if the target is heavier. If you've ever played the GBA Pokémon games or thereafter, you know that a Groudon, weighing 2,000+ pounds, would be a prime target for this, versus the mere 500-ish pounds you see from Pokémon in this game. >_> ~~ White Apricorn = Fast Ball. - These balls will help out when the opponent is faster than you. Notably, Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. ~~ Pink Apricorn = Love Ball. - These balls will help out more if the target has an gender opposite to that of the Pokémon you have out. Thusly, it is useless to use it on genderless Pokémon (ie. legendary Pokémon). Anyhow, heal up in the Pokémon Center, buy some status healers (mainly the Antidotes), and go into the Gym. ============================================================================== Azalea Gym ============================================================================== A fairly basic puzzle in my opinion - when you defeat the four Trainers, go on to fight Bugsy. It may be worth considering to "cheat" by going to the Pokémon Center prior to the fight. __________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Bugsy \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Metapod (Bug) Lv. 14 | | Kakuna (Bug/Poison) Lv. 14 | | Scyther (Bug/Flying) Lv. 16 | | | | Money Earned: $1,600 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Bugsy's best Pokémon is Scyther. This Pokémon is weak against Ice, | | Electric, Fire, and Rock (4x), with an immunity to Ground. It is quite | | powerful and will definitely slay your Grass-type starter, if any. It's | | most powerful move is U-turn, with an STAB Power of 105 (210 on a Grass | | type. See: it'll slay you) and it'll switch to a cocoon afterwards. A | | Geodude, Graveler, Golem, or Onix will be best. | | | | Metapod, being a Bug type, is weak to Rock, Fire, and Flying. Kakuna is | | However, all Metapod has is Tackle, and all Kakuna can use is the move | | Poison Sting. Virtual suicide. So, basically, once Scyther is out of | | the way, you've pretty much won. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After winning, you'll get TM49, which is Fury Cutter. You'll also obtain the Hive Badge, which will let you use Cut out of battle. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section III - Through Goldenrod's Gym **CRYSTAL_43** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Azalea Gym ============================================================================== Leave the Gym. ============================================================================== Azalea Town ============================================================================== Once you leave the Gym, go on over to the Pokémon Center and heal. Try to leave Azalea to the west (where Ilex Forest is). BOOM! Rival fight! _____________________________________ | BOSS: PKMN Trainer [rival's name] \ |______________________________________\_____________________________________ | Pokémon: Croconaw [if you picked Cyndaquil] (Water) Lv. 16 <--, | | Bayleef [if you picked Totodile] (Grass) Lv. 16 <--+- Only 1. | | Quilava [if you picked Chikorita] (Fire) Lv. 16 <--' | | Gastly (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 12 | | Zubat (Poison/Flying) Lv. 14 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Zubat is a new addition. It is weak against Psychic, Rock, Ice, and | | Electric moves, with an immunity to Ground. You'll probably want to use | | your non-Chikorita starter or Graveler. | | | | Gastly is also new. It is weak against Ghost, Dark, Ground, and Psychic | | moves, with immunities to Normal and Fighting. Your starter might be | | sufficient, or your own Gastly. | | | | Croconaw is weak against Electric and Grass. Bellsprout or Weepinbell | | could be enough. | | | | Bayleef is weak against Fire, Ice, Flying, Poison, and Bug. Zubat, | | Gastly, or Golbat could do it. | | | | Quilava is weak against Water, Rock, and Ground. Wooper or Graveler are | | strongly recommended. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After winning, your rival will flee through the gatehouse. Return to the Pokémon Center and heal, then head west into Ilex Forest. ============================================================================== Ilex Forest ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Antidote ............................................................. [] | | Charcoal ............................................................. [] | | Ether ................................................................ [] | | HM01 (Cut) ........................................................... [] | | Revive ............................................................... [] | | TM02 (Headbutt) ...................................................... [] | | X Attack ............................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Kakuna | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Zubat | Yes | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Paras | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Grass | | Oddish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass/Poison | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| When you arrive in the verdant green forest, you'll find a person looking for a missing Farfetch'd. To find said Farfetch'd, go south and east. "Speak" with it and it'll move; after it stops, head around to it by looping around. Be sure grab the Revive on the way. Speak with the Farfetch'd to send it to its trainer eventually. After a bit of talking with the Trainer, you'll receive HM01 (Cut), and the Trainer will return to Azalea. Momentarily, we shall return to Azalea Town. ============================================================================== Azalea Town ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Charcoal ............................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Here, go into the house south of the PokéMart and speak with its resident, the Farfetch'd trainer from earlier. You'll receive the Charcoal, an item that boosts the power of the holder's Fire-type moves by 10%. You may want to consider using it for your Fire-type starter. Heal up and shop as needed, then leave, back into the Ilex Forest. ============================================================================== Ilex Forest ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Antidote ............................................................. [] | | Ether ................................................................ [] | | Revive ............................................................... [] | | TM02 (Headbutt) ...................................................... [] | | X Attack ............................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Kakuna | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Zubat | Yes | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Paras | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Grass | | Oddish | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass/Poison | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go back to where you received the Cut HM and Cut down the nearby Cut tree to continue onwards. You'll reach a tiny fork soon after the sign; go into the small alcove to grab the X Attack hidden by the trees, but you can bump into the Pokéball itself. Leave this alcove and go to the nearby pond. Further east of here, you'll find a joint in the path where you can go ahead or around a tree. If you go east to a piece of land behind some trees, you'll find a visible Antidote. Eventually, you will reach a north/east fork. Continue further eastward and you'll find someone near a tree. Speak with him. You'll see him headbutt a tree (ouch...). Talk to him and he'll hand over TM02. TM02 teaches Headbutt. You can use Headbutt on certain trees to find some rare Pokémon. Okay, then. That pretty much finishes it here. Return to the fork in the path (the north/east one) and go along the linear path north and west. Defeat the Trainer on the way, and proceed onto Route 34. ============================================================================== Route 34 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Ditto | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Jigglypuff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Snubbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoothoot | No | No | No | Normal/Flying | | Drowzee | No | No | No | Psychic | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Drowzee, a new Pokémon for you, is rather useful as a Psychic-type and is easier to catch than Abra (also new for you), although if you can catch Abra, I'd train it ... somehow. You'll have to put it as your first Pokémon and do a switch at the start to level it, or use Rare Candies and the EXP. Share you don't have yet. Why must you train an Abra like this? All it has is Teleport. (Made it a pain in Red/Blue for the Mew glitch.) As for Ditto, that is one you'll want for breeding and/or the Pokédex. Other than that, I see little use in it. Anywho, go to the right and battle the Youngster. After this, continue forward and battle the Pokéfan, past which you'll find another Trainer to battle (he will ask for your number, but it is just for rematching). After this, go down into the grass and battle the Trainer there. Get her number if you ever plan on getting Pokémon that evolve via the Leaf Stone. Then go northward to find the Daycare and you get shown around it. You then get given the numbers of the Daycare managers. The old man can be to find out if the two Pokémon have had an egg; the old woman can be used to find out how well the Pokémon get along and how they've grown. Also inside, the old man will hand over the Odd Egg. Later, this will hatch into one of the new Generation II "baby" Pokémon: Cleffa, Pichu, Igglybuff, Tyrogue, Elekid, Magby, or Smoochum. The problem with the Egg is its IVs (Individual Values, an invisible stat that determines stat growth; higher is often better): they're all 0, or whichever leads to a Shiny. You should save before getting the Egg, then get it and run around outside to make it hatch; if it isn't a Shiny, start over. There is a 14% chance of getting the Shiny (versus the ~0.012% for wild Pokémon), which is nearly one in seven, and NOT a waste of your time. Finish up here and go north to find a guard, which you'll be able to battle at night. After the battle, if any, continue north to find one more Trainer. His number will help you learn of bargain sales at the Dept. Store in Goldenrod. After this, go north into Goldenrod City. ============================================================================== Goldenrod City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Bicycle .............................................................. [] | | Blue Card ............................................................ [] | | Coin Case ............................................................ [] | | Radio Card ........................................................... [] | | TM21 (Frustration) / TM27 (Return) ................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Machop | Special: Trade Abra | Fighting | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| After you arrive in Goldenrod, head on over to the Pokémon Center to heal up and drop off any useless Pokémon you found on the Route. Go to the Department Store for some mass shopping, as per usual. 5F offers the Elemental Punches as TMs - epicness. Also on 5F, speak with the lady at the counter on Sundays to receive either a Return or Frustration TM, depending on your lead Pokémon's happiness. Also, you can trade an Arba for Machop - a good trade for the next Gym. And also on 5F, if you are using a GameBoy Color, you can speak with one of the girls here to unlock the Mystery Gift item, which can give you up to five free items daily. Then go to 6F to pick up a bunch of Lemonades - they cost less than Super Potions and heal more HP! Next, go around the Dept. Store and south to find a Bike Shop. Unlike in R/B/Y/G/FR/LG, you don't need to do a bunch of traveling until you can get it. Go inside and you get the Bike. Woo. Next stop is the Radio Tower (the huge dark building) and speak with the receptionist for a quiz which you can take multiple times in case you screw up (which doesn't matter - six tries and you should get it all right, unless you have horrible memory). Here are the answers! Question #1 -- Yes. Question #2 -- Yes. Question #3 -- No. Question #4 -- Yes. Question #5 -- No. After this, you'll obtain the Radio Card. This allows the Pokégear to access a few Johto radio stations. Go to the building across the street from the Pokémon Gym. Here is the Underground Path. You can find various things down here - I'll let you explore this area. You can get the Coin Case down here, and battle a few Trainers. There are some odd shops, here: a barber shop, some shop that sells bitter items on the weekends, and a trinket shop, open only on Monday. Make sure your Pokémon are healed and you bring your starter to the Gym. Machop too, if you've brought him about even with your starter. ============================================================================== Goldenrod Gym ============================================================================== To start, ascend the steps just ahead go north to battle a Trainer. After this battle, go east, north, east, south a step, east, and down these steps. If you want to battle another Trainer, move south from here a step or two and sidle through the gap between the wall and the staircase to battle the Meowth Trainer. After this, sidle back through the gap, go north and west, and south through the arch. Focus on going generally west, battling the Lasses as you go. After finishing off the three Jigglypuff, you may want to heal up at the Pokémon Center. Go past the Jigglypuff Trainer and you'll find this area's Gym Leader, Whitney! ____________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Whitney \ |_____________________________\______________________________________________ | Pokémon: Clefairy (Normal) Lv. 18 | | Miltank (Normal) Lv. 20 | | | | Money Earned: $2,000 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Both of these Pokémon have the same weaknesses and immunities. They both | | take double damage from Fighting-type moves, while they are immune to | | Ghost-type moves. | | | | With Clefairy, your problem is the randomness of its moves. It can use | | Mimic to hit you with your move, Metronome to randomly use any move, | | Doubleslap to hit you multiple times, and Encore to make you continually | | use the last move used for 2 ~ 5 turns unless you switch out. It also has | | the Cute Charm ability, which can infatuate your Pokémon; it'll be best | | to use a female Pokémon for this. | | | | Miltank has incredible base stats for this point in the game, making it | | tougher than you think to beat. It's main move to use is Stomp, a Normal | | type move. It can also use Attract to infatuate male Pokémon, Rollout (a | | Ground move that might OHKO a Fire-type), and Milk Drink to restore about | | 50% of its HP. | | | | In general, though, most Pokémon will work. It would be a good idea to | | bring along your starter, Machop/Machoke, and Geodude/Graveler. Ghastly | | is also a superb idea, given that a lot of Miltanks moves won't hit it. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, you'll ... make the Gym Leader cry. Greeeat, we just lost a battle we won. As you leave, a Trainer will stop you, telling you to try to speak with Whitney again. Do so to receive the Plain Badge, which will let you use the HM Strength outside of battles. You'll also obtain TM45 (Attract), which can infatuate a Pokémon of the opposite gender. Infatuation means that half of the time, the infatuated one cannot do a move. However, it useless to put it on or use against genderless Pokémon (ie. legendary Pokémon). _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section IV - Through Ecruteak's Gym **CRYSTAL_44** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Goldenrod Gym ============================================================================== Leave the Gym. ============================================================================== Goldenrod City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Squirtbottle ......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Machop | Special: Trade Abra | Fighting | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Once you leave the Gym, head to the shop on the right. This is a flower shop; we aren't here to buy flowers though. Speak with the girl in here to get the Squirtbottle. You'll need to this to go further in the game. Exit this building and stock up on Ultra Balls; you'll be seeing a Pokémon we have to battle to get further in the game pretty soon, and it happens to be extremely rare - like one-of-a-kind rare, I think. Heal up at the Pokémon Center if you haven't yet done so. Empty up a slot in the party now; we're going to get a new Pokémon soon, if only temporarily. Exit the city to the north onto Route 35. ============================================================================== Route 35 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | HP Up ................................................................ [] | | TM04 (Rollout) ....................................................... [] | | TM50 (Nightmare) ..................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Ditto | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Jigglypuff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Yanma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Snubbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Drowzee | No | No | Yes | Psychic | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Spearow | Special | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| In the gatehouse, speak with the man nearby and you'll receive a Spearow. You really have two choices with this thing. Keep the Spearow and raise it (it will get boosted EXP.), or take it to the guy on Route 31 and then speak with the original owner for TM50 (Nightmare) and an HP Up. Start by going forward to the Picnicker, then further along the path are two Campers and a Picnicker. Further on, you'll find a Firebreather and a Juggler. Then you'll find a night guard (for night battles) and a Bug Catcher further on. Ignore the Cut tree and let's go the long way, through the grass. At the end, you'll find a Bird Keeper. Battle him and then return to the main part of the route. Anyhow, return to where you fought Arnie. Remember, he offered his number that would help to learn of Yanma swarms? Go south of him to find TM04 (Rollout), with the National Park to the north. Go into the National Park gatehouse. Go inside and through to the park. ============================================================================== National Park (Non-Bug Catching Contest) ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Parlyz Heal .......................................................... [] | | Quick Claw ........................................................... [] | | TM28 (Dig) ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Sunkern | No | Yes | No | Grass | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| To start with, go over to the right bench and speak with the woman sitting their with her Persian to obtain a Quick Claw. This item, when held by a Pokémon, gives it a 1 in 10 chance of moving first, regardless of Speed stat. It is useful if your Pokémon is being EV trained for stats other than Speed, or is naturally slow, like Shuckle. Go up the path nearby and into the main park. For now, go around the edge of the park to the northeast corner. There will be a gap in the fence around here, next to a guy holding a GBC. Go through said gap and follow the path to the right to find a Parlyz Heal. Return to the gap and go left. Follow the path and go straight at the fork; the right path is a useless dead end. There is an item hidden behind the tree in the bottom-left corner; hug the left side of the wall to find it. It is TM28 (Dig). Afterwards, exit out of the gap into the main courtyard. Time for some battling. Go to where the lady was near the wall and west and south into the grass to find a Trainer with a Raichu. Then go to the west side of this longer grass patch for another Trainer. Exit the grass and go around to where the main path from the outer portion to the inner portion of the park is and go into the grass nearby to find another Trainer. Get her number; she'll occasionally give you Nuggets. On the right hand side of the shorter grass is your last Trainer for now. That's all for now ... ============================================================================== National Park (Bug Catching Contest) ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Kakuna | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venonat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Paras | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Grass | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Beedrill | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Scyther | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Pinsir | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| ... except if it is Tuesday, Thursday, or Saturday. On these days, you can do a Bug Catching Contest. On these days, if you into the gatehouse for the contest, there will be a guard next to the door. Speak with him to enter. In such a competition, you'll want to catch the best Bug-type Pokémon in the park. You only get 20 minutes to do so, and only get 20 Park Balls (same as a Great Ball). The best Pokémon would be Pinsir, Scyther, and Beedrill, and it's the only chance in this game to get the first two mentioned. You can wait until time has run out, or retire from the menu. First place gets a Sun Stone; second, an Everstone; 3rd, a Gold Berry; everyone else, a Berry. You get to keep the Pokémon you caught as well. (FYI, the scoring is based on several things, such as rarity (the above list is arranged from most common to rarest), stats, level, and whether the Pokémon is or is not Shiny.) Anywho, once you're done, head through the gatehouse on the right side of the park to get onto Route 36. ============================================================================== Route 36 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Ice Berry ............................................................ [] | | Quick Claw ........................................................... [] | | TM28 (Dig) ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fire | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Sudowoodo | Special: One shot | Rock | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| When you enter, go and battle the Trainer with the Abras and the Kadabra. Then go east and challenge the Schoolboy. Get his number, as he may give you a Fire Stone later on. Further ahead, you'll see a girl and the "tree" from when we were here before getting Violet City's Gym Badge. Save and "speak" with the tree and use the Squirtbottle. The "tree" reveals itself as a Sudowoodo. _____________________________________ | Special Encounter: #185 Sudowoodo \ |______________________________________\_____________________________________ | Level: 20 | | Type : Rock | | Moves: - Flail | | - Low Kick | | - Rock Throw | | - Mimic | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Sudowoodo are weak against Fighting, Steel, Water, Ground, and Grass | | moves. It has a resistance to Normal and Flying. However, you want to | | catch it, mainly because this is virtually a one-timer, unless you do | | some trading. Try to beat it down slowly with Normal/Flying moves, and | | also try to Paralyze it or put it to Sleep. Once it is in low health, | | toss an Ultra Ball you should'be gotten back in Goldenrod. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, the man near the entrance to the Ruins of Alph will come over to you, handing over TM08, Rock Smash. Unlike in other games, Rock Smash is now a TM here (meaning it CAN be replaced). In the field, much like in the other games, it will clear away cracked boulders. Put it on an HM slave. :P After this, simply go north to Route 37. ============================================================================== Route 37 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Black Apricorn ....................................................... [] | | Blue Apricorn ........................................................ [] | | Red Apricorn ......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Ledian | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Ariados | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Stantler | No | No | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| When you enter the route, go to the right into the grass. Go through it and battle the Psychic there. After this, go a bit north to find three Apricorns. On Sundays, someone will appear around here to give you a Magnet, a hold item that boosts the Electric-type moves of the holder by 10%. Erm... That pretty much summarizes this Route - head north for some more battling and to find Ecruteak City. ============================================================================== Ecruteak City ============================================================================== Firstly, head into the Pokémon Center to heal your Pokémon. Bill will then come and speak with the nurse, and then you. He'll leave, meaning something quite nice has been unlocked. Aside from a free Eevee, you also get to use the Time Capsule, which allows you to bring certain Pokémon over from R/B/Y/G (the original GB Pokémon games). If you don't want to get an Eevee, ignore the following sections, which simply mark the path back to Goldenrod. We'll continue the main story at the next Ecruteak section. If you DO want an Eevee, let's return to Route 37. ============================================================================== Route 37 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Ledian | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Ariados | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Stantler | No | No | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Now is a good time to get one of the Fire-types. This will help compliment an Eevee evolution, thereby making you avoid at one point having two Fire-types. Or something. Continue southward onto Route 36. ============================================================================== Route 36 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fire | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| From here, re-enter the National Park gatehouse ... ============================================================================== National Park ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ Non-Bug Catching Contest \ |_______________________\____________________________\________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Sunkern | No | Yes | No | Grass | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| _______________________________________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ Bug Catching Contest \ |_______________________\________________________\____________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Kakuna | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venonat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Paras | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Grass | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Beedrill | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Scyther | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Pinsir | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go through the exit on the right, I think, onto Route 35. ============================================================================== Route 35 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Ditto | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Jigglypuff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Yanma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Snubbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Drowzee | No | No | Yes | Psychic | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| And, finally, go into Goldenrod City! ============================================================================== Goldenrod City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Machop | Special: Trade Abra | Fighting | | Eevee | Special | Normal | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Once you arrive, from the north, follow the main road down and get onto the Game Corner lane. Follow this side-road and go into the house with the yellow roof. Be sure to have a free spot in your party! Inside, you'll find Bill on the right side of the table. Speak with him and he'll talk about an Eevee that wandered into the Pokémon Center and how it needs to be taken care of. Say yes to accept and obtain the Eevee. Eevee is an unique Normal-type Pokémon. It'll learn an STAB-type attack at Level 16 if it evolves. Here are the Eevee-lutions: ~~ Flareon: Use a Fire Stone. ~~ Vaporeon: Use a Water Stone. ~~ Jolteon: Use a Thunderstone. ~~ Umbreon: Get Eevee happy and level it up at night. ~~ Espeon: Get Eevee happy and level it up during the day. ~~ Glaceon: For this, in Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, and White, you had to find a big icy rock and level it up in that area. However, such a Glaceon is not in G/S/C. ~~ Leafeon: It is entirely like the Glaceon situation, but with a mossy rock. Now, back to Ecruteak City. Exit to the north onto Route 35. ============================================================================== Route 35 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Ditto | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Jigglypuff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Yanma | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Snubbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Drowzee | No | No | Yes | Psychic | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go back into the National Park gatehouse. ============================================================================== National Park ============================================================================== ___________________________________________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ Non-Bug Catching Contest \ |_______________________\____________________________\________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Nidoran | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Sunkern | No | Yes | No | Grass | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| _______________________________________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ Bug Catching Contest \ |_______________________\________________________\____________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Kakuna | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venonat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Paras | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Grass | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Beedrill | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Scyther | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Flying | | Pinsir | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Get onto Route 36. ============================================================================== Route 36 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fire | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go northward to Route 37. ============================================================================== Route 37 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Ledian | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Ariados | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Stantler | No | No | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Continue northward into Ecruteak City. ============================================================================== Ecruteak City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | HM03 (Surf) .......................................................... [] | | Itemfinder ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Heal up in the Pokémon Center and do some rearranging in your party. Go into the building north of the Pokémon Center to find the dance hall. Inside, to obtain the HM03 (Surf), you'll need to beat all five. Well, here you go. Battle #1: Umbreon (Dark) -- Weaknesses: Fighting, Bug. -- Immunities: Psychic. Battle #2: Espeon (Psychic) -- Weaknesses: Ghost, Bug, Dark. Battle #3: Flareon (Fire) -- Weaknesses: Rock, Water, Ground. Battle #4: Jolteon (Electric) -- Weaknesses: Ground. Battle #5: Vaporeon (Water) -- Weaknesses: Grass, Electric. After the battle, you'll receive HM03, Surf. Surf is perhaps my favorite Water move. In battle, it has 90 Power (145 on a Water-type). It can also be taught to most Water types, including your Totodile/Croconaw. Outside of battle, upon obtaining the proper Badge, you can use it to traverse the water. Leave the studio. Next, go into the house between the Pokémon Center and the Pokémon Gym. Speak with the person inside to receive the Itemfinder, which allows you to find hidden items. Test it out a bit around Ecruteak if you want. When you're ready, go and heal up at the Pokémon Center and head northwest, to the Burned Tower. ============================================================================== Burned Tower ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | HP Up ................................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Koffing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Weezing | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| You might want to save. Go towards the center to find your rival, and another rival battle. _____________________________________ | BOSS: PKMN Trainer [rival's name] \ |______________________________________\_____________________________________ | Pokémon: Haunter (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 20 | | Zubat (Poison/Flying) Lv. 20 | | Magnemite (Electric/Steel) Lv. 18 | | Croconaw [if you picked Cyndaquil] (Water) Lv. 22 <--, | | Bayleef [if you picked Totodile] (Grass) Lv. 22 <--+- Only 1. | | Quilava [if you picked Chikorita] (Fire) Lv. 22 <--' | | | | Money Earned: $1,320 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Haunter has weaknesses against Ghost, Dark, Ground, and Psychic. It is | | immune to Normal and Fighting. Beware the Confuse Ray and Curse. | | | | Zubat has weaknesses against Rock, Ice, Electric, and Psychic. It has an | | immunity to Ground. | | | | Magnemite is new for your rival. It'll take quadruple damage from a | | Ground move, and double from Fire and Fighting. You'll want to be careful | | of its Supersonic, which causes confusion. | | | | Croconaw is weak against Electric and Grass. | | | | Bayleef is weak against Fire, Flying, Ice, Bug, and Poison. | | | | Quilava is weak against Rock, Water, and Ground. | | | | For this battle, your starter, Kadabra/Alazakam, and Graveler/Golem are | | recommended, each at Level 23, minimum. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After winning, your rival will flee and let use explore the Burned Tower. After the scene with the Legendary Beasts, go up the ladder and head to the northeastern corner of this floor. Break the rocks with Rock Smash to find an HP Up. Then go back outside. ============================================================================== Ecruteak City ============================================================================== Outside, go into the Pokémon Center once more. There, pick up a Pokémon that knows a Ghost or Dark move (for example, Haunter or Quilava with Shadow Claw) and restore your party's HP/PP/status. Then head into the Gym. ============================================================================== Ecruteak Gym ============================================================================== Go along the path to the first Trainer. After the battle, go to the east statue and north. Defeat the Trainer and head west until you are aligned with the western statue. Go north and defeat the Trainer, then east to line up with the east statue. North from there is the final Trainer, then the ghastly Morty. __________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Morty \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Gastly (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 21 | | Haunter (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 21 | | Haunter (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 23 | | Gengar (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 25 | | | | Money Earned: $2,300 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | All four Pokémon have the same weaknesses: Ghost, Psychic, Ground, and | | Dark. They will have an advantage over Psychic, Ghost, and Grass types. | | They're immune to Normal and Fighting. | | | | The Gastly and Haunters can Curse you, which damages it and you. One | | Haunter's main problem is that is can put you to sleep, and then either | | Dream Eater away some HP, or put you in Nightmare for MORE damage. | | Regardless, if you use a Psychic or Ghost, Gengar will do you in with | | Shadow Ball -- it loved using that on me. It can also put you to sleep. | | | | Recommendations: A Normal type Pokémon with non-Normal/Fighting moves at | | Lv. 26+, Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 26+, and your starter at Lv. 28+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After winning, you'll obtain the Fog Badge, which let's you use Surf out of battles. You'll also get TM30, Shadow Ball, a good move for Kadabra/Alakazam if they can learn it. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section V - Through Cianwood's Gym **CRYSTAL_45** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Ecruteak Gym ============================================================================== Once you've defeated Morty and received your badge, fall into the abyss to go back to the front of the gym, and leave. ============================================================================== Ecruteak City ============================================================================== Outside, go to the Pokémon Center and restore your Pokémon. Exit Ecruteak City by going west, onto Route 38. ============================================================================== Route 38 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Berry ................................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Magnemite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Steel/Electric | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Miltank | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Tauros | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| By this point in the game, you can catch Raikou and Entei. These Pokémon will roam the Johto region, and seem to change location as you do. You can encounter them randomly in the grass if they're on your Route. Unless somehow they are flee-blocked (due to Mean Look, Shadow Tag, etc.), they will flee. You can get a move in before such happens. If flee-blocked, they will go on the offensive, possibly using Roar (ie. battle ends). You can catch them with any ball, but an Ultra Ball is STRONGLY recommended. As for Pokémon typically on Route 38, Tauros, Miltank, and Magnemite are all good additions to your team. I'd at least get Magnemite for the Electric typing of it. Okay, onto the Route. Upon entering, take the grassy path and battle the Sailor on the left. Then exit this lane and take the southern path instead. Go to the upper path to battle a Bird Keeper. After the battle, go west and grab the Berry, then jump off of the ledge and into the grass to battle the Beauty. After that battle, start eastward to find a Lass to battle. Get her number because she may give you a Thunderstone (which is only useful in Generation II for Eevee and Pikachu, I think). After this, go west for a School Kid training a Mr. Mime. He'll block the way now, so go to where you fought the Beauty and go west. The Corsola Trainer will be the last Route 38 Trainer you fight. ============================================================================== Route 39 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Mint Berry ........................................................... [] | | TM13 (Snore) ......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Magnemite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Steel/Electric | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Miltank | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Tauros | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go up to the ranch and grab the Mint Berry nearby. Now, go into the ranch house itself, taking the left entrance into the shed. If you have seven Berries, speak with the Miltank seven times to give them to her. (It doesn't have to be all at one time.) Go into the main portion of the house and speak with the woman to get TM13 (Snore). You also speak with the guy to get Moomoo Milk (an item that restores 100 HP) for $500 a piece. Exit the ranch and go southward for the battles on this Route. There is some grass on the west side of the path for wild Pokémon catching. Go south enough and you'll get to Olivine City. ============================================================================== Olivine City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Good Rod ............................................................. [] | | HM04 (Strength) ...................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Voltorb | Special: Trade Krabby | Electric | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Olivine City is the port city of the Johto region, as Vermillion is for Kanto, Lilycove/Slateport for Hoenn, Canalave for Sinnoh, and Castelia City is for Unova. Of course, that means you can surf for Pokémon here. When you enter the city, your rival will leave the Pokémon Gym, and, I think, speak with you. Once he leaves, head for the Pokémon Center and heal. Then go into the first house to the south of the city entrance you find. Inside, speak with the fisherman to get a Good Rod. Then go into the restaurant west of the Pokémon Center and speak with the Sailor at the table to receive HM04 (Strength). Go to the PokéMart, use it if need be, and go up the stairs nearby and go into the west house to find a person who'll give you a Voltorb for a Krabby. Krabby, in fact, can be caught in Olivine, so it's a pretty good idea. Okay, now, we're going for an optional section here. In this, we are going to catch a Lapras. ############################################################################### THE OPTIONAL SECTION BEGINS HERE! ############################################################################### Go north onto Route 39. ============================================================================== Route 39 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Magnemite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Steel/Electric | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Miltank | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Tauros | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Get to Route 38. ============================================================================== Route 38 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Magnemite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Steel/Electric | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Miltank | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Tauros | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go east to Ecruteak. ============================================================================== Ecruteak City ============================================================================== Exit south to Route 37. ============================================================================== Route 37 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Ledian | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Ariados | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Stantler | No | No | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Continue southward onto Route 36. ============================================================================== Route 36 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fire | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| From here, go to Violet City. ============================================================================== Violet City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Onix | Special: Trade Bellsprout | Rock/Ground | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Get onto Route 32. ============================================================================== Route 32 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ekans | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Wooper | Yes | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Zubat | Yes | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Head all of the way to Union Cave. ============================================================================== Union Cave ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Elixir ............................................................... [] | | Hyper Potion ......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Golbat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Geodude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Onix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Sandshrew | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Wooper | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Quagsire | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Quagsire (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Ground | | Tentacool (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | | Tentacruel (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Lapras | Special Encounter: Friday | Water/Ice | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| From the Azalea side, go to the left and Surf to the lone island with the tall rock. Surf far down to the stairs. Defeat the Pokémaniac nearby, then Surf across for another Pokémaniac battle. Go down the nearby stairway. Begin Surfing and follow the path down some, then right when you can. Grab the Elixir on the island down this path, then return to the three-way intersection and go down. Go left when next possible and land and battle the Trainer. Go down the stairs and onto the water on the right. Surf downwards and then right to another Trainer. Defeat him and pick up the Hyper Potion. Surf back to the previous Cooltrainer island, and go down. Defeat the nearby Trainer. If it isn't Friday, you'll pretty much have to leave. If not, go onto the water Surf to the right. Engage it in battle! __________________________________ | Special Encounter: #131 Lapras \ |___________________________________\________________________________________ | Level: 20 | | Type : Water/Ice | | Moves: - Confuse Ray | | - Ice Shard | | - Water Pulse | | - Body Slam | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Lapras is weak against Grass, Electric, and Fighting-typed moves. Lapras | | can use Confuse Ray to confuse you; Ice Shard for Ice damage; Water | | Pulse for Water damage and possible confusion; and Body Slam for Normal | | damage and possible paralysis. | | | | Simply try as you normally would. Use attacks such of the Water, Ice, or | | Steel types for reduced damage and greater precision, and use some status | | ailments (notably, Sleep and Paralysis) to further increase the catch | | rate. After that, once the HP is low enough, all you really can do is | | throw Ultra Balls at it. | | | | If you do somehow lose to it, or beat it, or something, it'll reappear | | next Friday. | |____________________________________________________________________________| That's it for now. Once you're ready, leave. ============================================================================== Route 32 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ekans | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Wooper | Yes | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Zubat | Yes | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Head north to Violet. ============================================================================== Violet City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Onix | Special: Trade Bellsprout | Rock/Ground | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Go to Route 36. ============================================================================== Route 36 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fire | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go north to Route 37. ============================================================================== Route 37 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Ledian | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Ghastly | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Ariados | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Stantler | No | No | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go north to Ecruteak. ============================================================================== Ecruteak City ============================================================================== Go west to Route 38. ============================================================================== Route 38 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Magnemite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Steel/Electric | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Miltank | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Tauros | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go to Route 39. ============================================================================== Route 39 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Magnemite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Steel/Electric | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Miltank | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Tauros | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go south, back to Olivine. ############################################################################### THE OPTIONAL SECTION ENDS HERE! ############################################################################### ============================================================================== Olivine City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Voltorb | Special: Trade Krabby | Electric | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Go south and up the stairs to the right. This will lead to the Lighthouse of Olivine City, which has a fair amount of Trainers. Not Pokémon, though. You'll have to come here to be able to get the sixth badge. Yes, this is the section for the FIFTH, but that's on the way to the sixth. Be sure to be healed up and enter the lighthouse when you're ready. ============================================================================== Lighthouse ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Ether ................................................................ [] | | Great Ball ........................................................... [] | | Rare Candy ........................................................... [] | | Super Potion ......................................................... [] | | TM34 (Swagger) ....................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| This place is fairly straightforward for quite a bit, so I'll leave you to it. On 4F, you can choose to ascend or descend. Ascend to find a Rare Candy and TM34 (Swagger). Return to 4F and go into the hole to reach a previously unreachable portion of 3F. From there, go along the extremely linear path to Jasmine. She won't come down until the Ampharos, which happens to power the Lighthouse's light, is healed. The medicine itself is in Cianwood City. Exit the Lighthouse via the elevator. ============================================================================== Olivine City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Voltorb | Special: Trade Krabby | Electric | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| From the lighthouse, go west to the beach. Here, Surf onto Route 40. ============================================================================== Route 40 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Krabby (Rock Smash) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | | Shuckle (Rock Smash) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Rock | | Tentacool (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | | Tentacruel (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| For this Route, you'll be Surfing on the water so as to reach Cianwood City, far to the southwest, to obtain the Secretpotion for Ampharos. So, you will need HM03 (Surf), the Ecruteak Gym Badge, and a Pokémon. Most Water-types can learn Surf, so if you lack a Pokémon that can learn it, fish for something. (It sucks you can't use the "Surfboard" glitch item like you could in Red/Blue.) Once you're on the water, battle the Swimmer in front of you, then go east for another battle. After the battle, go south to find two Swimmers, then go south some more to reach Route 41. ============================================================================== Route 41 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Mantine (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Flying | | Tentacool (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | | Tentacruel (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Route 41 has two Pokémon of interest. There is Mantine, a Water/Flying type with decent Special Defense. It is weak against Electric (4x), but the Ice- and the Grass-type weaknesses are nullified. The other one would be Chinchou, found by using the Good Rod. It is Water/Electric, which should nullify at least the Ground weakness - plus, it can absorb Electric moves, I believe. To start, Surf southward and hug the east wall for a battle. Go back and Surf west for another battle. Ignore the whirlpool you'll probably see and continue west for another Swimmer. You'll pass an island blocked by a whirlpool; ignore it and the next whirlpool, as well as the Cianwood coast to the south, for another Swimmer to the east, then another one to his north. Then go south for another Swimmer and east for another two. Surf south and west past another whirlpool. At the left/up fork, go up and battle this Swimmer, and go back down for another battle. Go west to battle your last Swimmer, then go west to land on Cianwood. ============================================================================== Cianwood City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Secretpotion ......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Krabby (Rock Smash) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Shuckle | Special | Bug/Rock | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| After landing, head over to the Pokémon Center and heal yourself. Get a free slot in your party and leave. Go into the westernmost house and speak with the guy there to be given his Shuckle for you to take care of (and never give back, it seems). It'll be Level 20 and of a different ID/Secret ID/OT (or it should), so it'll get boosted EXP. It actually isn't worth using, to me. You probably can make some use of it; just beware it is among the slowest Pokémon in the game, if not THE slowest. Then go into the southernmost building and speak with the guy behind the desk to receive the Secretpotion for Ampharos. Leave and head north of the city. There, you'll see Suicune! It'll jump off and Eusine will appear. Believing defeating you will let him see Suicune, he'll challenge you to a battle. It's little more than a battle you'd fight against a basic Trainer at this point, but he has a varied team. For now, all you really can do is smash rocks for a chance at a Pokémon or items. Heal up at the Pokémon Center when ready, and go into the Fighting-type Gym of the Johto region. ============================================================================== Cianwood Gym ============================================================================== When you arrive, defeat the three Trainers within. Move the left and right rocks north, then move the central rock to the left or right. Defeat one more Trainer and you'll be allowed to fight Chuck, the fifth Gym Leader in the Johto region. __________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Chuck \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Primeape (Fighting) Lv. 27 | | Poliwrath (Water/Fighting) Lv. 30 | | | | Money Earned: $3,000 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Primeape is a Fighting type. It is therefore weak to Psychic and Flying. | | It can use Focus Punch, which is no worry if your Pokémon isn't asleep | | and has a decent level of Speed; and Rock Slide, which isn't too much a | | problem. | | | | Poliwrath is weak against Electric, Grass, Flying, and Psychic moves. It | | also can use Dynamicpunch (100-Power, Fighting, guaranteed confusion) and | | Mind Reader (100% accuracy next turn). | | | | Recommendations: Pidgeotto/Pidgeot/Spearow/Fearow at Lv. 30+, Kadabra or | | Alakazam at Lv. 30+, and your starter at Lv. 33+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After defeating Chuck, you'll get the Storm Badge, your fifth badge, which can let you use HM02 Fly out of battle (although we don't have it). You'll also get TM01 (Dynamicpunch). Anywho, yay, fifth badge! _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section VI - Through Olivine's Gym **CRYSTAL_46** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Cianwood Gym ============================================================================== After you've finished off Chuck and obtained your Storm Badge and TM01, leave the Gym. ============================================================================== Cianwood City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | HM02 (Fly) ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Krabby (Rock Smash) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Shuckle | Special | Bug/Rock | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Right after leaving the Gym, Chuck's wife will come and give you HM02, Fly! This solves our problem of trekking through the wilderness. If you teach it to a Pokémon, such as Pidgeotto or Golbat or almost anything of the Flying-type, you can fly to the Pokémon Center of any town or city you've previously gone to, as well as several others. For now, you should go to Olivine. You can either Surf or Fly; the former is for EXP., the latter for getting it over with. Heal up at the Pokémon Center and go! ============================================================================== Olivine City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Voltorb | Special: Trade Krabby | Electric | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Once you get here, do whatever business you may somehow have, and enter the Lighthouse. ============================================================================== Lighthouse ============================================================================== Once you arrive, you can either (a) trek through the place as before, or (b) go into the elevator in front of you. On the top floor, speak with Jasmine and she'll give Amphy the Secretpotion, which will heal it and return power to the Lighthouse. Jasmine will then return to the Gym. Go into the elevator and exit the Lighthouse. ============================================================================== Olivine City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Voltorb | Special: Trade Krabby | Electric | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Heal up and head to the Steel-type Gym. ============================================================================== Olivine Gym ============================================================================== Olivine's Gym is notable for not having any Trainers to battle, as well as for training the Steel-type, the best defensive type with a whopping 11 resistances and immunity to the type and status Poison. Jasmine is at the top of the very linear Gym. Speak with her to battle. This is one of the few instances where the G/S/C and HG/SS parties are exactly the same for a battle. But we lost $700. >_> ____________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Jasmine \ |_____________________________\______________________________________________ | Pokémon: Magnemite (Steel/Electric) Lv. 30 | | Magnemite (Steel/Electric) Lv. 30 | | Steelix (Steel/Ground) Lv. 35 | | | | Money Earned: $3,500 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Magnemite have weaknesses to Ground (x4), Fire, and Fighting. They have a | | resistance to Flying and Steel for 1/4 damage (just FYI), and an immunity | | to the type/status Poison. They have Thunderbolt, which can Paralyze, | | Thunder Wave, which WILL Paralyze, and Supersonic, which can confuse. | | Both of her Magnemite are exactly the same. | | | | Steelix is weak against Ground, Fire, Fighting, and Water. It is immune | | to Electric and the type/status Poison. It enjoys using Iron Tail, a | | powerful Steel-type move, and Rock Throw, a Rock-type move. It also has | | Sturdy, which prevents OHKO moves and therefore will probably make | | Jasmine use her two Hyper Potions. | | | | Recommendations: Golem/Graveler at Lv. 32+; Growlithe, Arcanine, Vulpix, | | or Ninetales at Lv. 30+; and your starter as back-up at Lv. 34+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After this Gym Battle, you'll get the Mineral Badge and TM23 Iron Tail, a Steel-type move of decent power, but 75% accuracy. Wow, short section. =P _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section VII - Through Mahogany's Gym **CRYSTAL_47** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Olivine Gym ============================================================================== Once you've defeated Jasmine and gotten the Mineral Badge, exit the Gym. ============================================================================== Olivine City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Voltorb | Special: Trade Krabby | Electric | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Fly to Ecruteak City. ============================================================================== Ecruteak City ============================================================================== Heal up in the Pokémon Center and do some shopping if you need to, then head east onto Route 42. ============================================================================== Route 42 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Green Apricorn ....................................................... [] | | Pink Apricorn ........................................................ [] | | Super Potion ......................................................... [] | | Ultra Ball ........................................................... [] | | Yellow Apricorn ...................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Ekans | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Arbok | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Golbat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Marill | No | No | Yes | Water | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| For now, go east and start Surfing to around the central area. You'll find Suicune nearby! Cut down the tree and go nearby to get find some Apricorns. Grab the Apricorns and leave the grove, going east to find a Super Potion. Surf onto the water and go to the shore on the southeastern portion of the other side. Go north some and battle the fisherman, Tully. Get his number, as he may give you Water Stones. Go east and up the stairs to find the grass portion of Route 42 and the rest of the Trainers. Mahogany is to the east. ============================================================================== Mahogany Town ============================================================================== Once you reach Mahogany, go to the right and you'll notice that the way east to Route 44 is blocked. Fun. In Mahogany, much like Celestic Town of D/P/Pt, the "PokéMart" is in the left house with the sign. However, it kinda sucks. Badly. You can't do much else here, except use the Pokémon Center, because someone is blocking your way into the Gym. So exit Mahogany to the north onto Route 43. ============================================================================== Route 44 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Bitter Berry ......................................................... [] | | Max Ether ............................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Sentret | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Furret | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Farfetch'd | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you enter, go northwards and battle the Youngster, then go into the grass on your left. Why? Going into the gatehouse will make you have to pay Team Rocket $1,000. Battle the Picnicker and the Pokémaniac further north. Go down through the grass to find a Max Ether, then continue going north via whichever method you prefer. As you do, you'll battle some Trainers, one with a Slowbro, the other with a Nidoking. There are others, but we'll leave them alone for now. Once you beat the Nidoking Trainer, go north ... to the Lake of Rage. ============================================================================== Route 44 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Max Ether ............................................................ [] | | Red Scale ............................................................ [] | | TM10 (Hidden Power) .................................................. [] | | TM43 (Detect) ........................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Magikarp (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | | Gyarados (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Flying | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Shiny (Red) Gyarados | Special: One-Shot Capture | Water/Flying | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| The Lake of Rage, located in northern Johto, is now rather rainy. So rainy, it has recently flooded the land, evident by the trees protruding from the water. It is also known for another thing. Surf out to the center of the lake to find it. It is none other than a red Gyarados, seen once in the anime, and optional in G/S/C. In the remakes, though, it is part of the game, so you were guaranteed to get one Shiny Pokémon, because that is what it is. Save right now, because Shiny Pokémon are extremely rare in the wild (on average, six out of every 65,536 encounters), and you will only get one shot at this. You screw it up, you'll have to find a Shiny the hard way. "Speak" with it to battle it. ____________________________________________ | Special Encounter: #077 (Shiny) Gyarados \ |_____________________________________________\______________________________ | Level: 30 | | Type : Water/Flying | | Moves: - Bite | | - Dragon Rage | | - Leer | | - Twister | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | First, on Shinies. Shiny Pokémon are those with specific IV stats -- an | | invisible predetermined stat. When a Pokémon has these, its appearance | | will be different. For example, a shiny Gyarados is red while a normal | | one is blue; a Shiny Celebi is pink while it normally is green. Such an | | appearance change can be dramatic (eg. Ho-oh, Sceptile) or almost | | unnoticeable (eg. Pikachu, Zapdos). Generally, the stats of Shiny Pokémon | | vary little from a regular Pokémon. The chance of finding one is about | | 1/8192, or more precisely as 6/65536, which is about 0.009%. | | | | Now, onto Gyarados. It is weak against Electric moves (4x), and Rock | | moves. It is immune to Ground. You'll probably have no problem with it as | | the moves, to be honest, are crappy at this time. The best method, as | | usual, is using moves it resists (Fighting, Steel, a few others), then | | putting Sleep or Paralysis on it before tossing Ultra Balls. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Right after this battle, you'll also get the Red Scale. Now, Surf southward onto land to see Lance, the Dragon-type Trainer of the anime and the Elite Four. Speak with him and you'll be enlisted for taking down Team Rocket in Mahogany. However, there is a VERY IMPORTANT item you'll want to get. It isn't required, but is useful. Fly to Cherrygrove City. ============================================================================== Cherrygrove City ============================================================================== Heal up at the Pokémon Center and go north to Route 30. ============================================================================== Route 30 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | EXP. Share ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Poliwag | No | No | Yes | Water | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go north and into Mr. Pokémon's house (where you got the Mystery Egg way back) and speak with him. If you give him the Red Scale, you'll receive the EXP. Share. The EXP. Share is a marvelous hold item for raising weak Pokémon fast. If held by a Pokémon, this Pokémon will earn half of the EXP. from the battle, regardless of whether it participates. This is assuming only one other Pokémon participated - the idea is that it'll get an equal share of the EXP. (This changed in Black/White, you know.) If you don't want to use it in this way, you can give it to the Pokémon you typically use in battle to give it bonus EXP. Once you're done, Fly back to Mahogany. ============================================================================== Mahogany Town ============================================================================== Heal up in the Pokémon Center and go into the "shop" - the building with the sign beside it. You'll then find Lance threatening the people inside. You soon find out that this is the entrance to the Team Rocket base. Lance will go down the staircase; follow him. ============================================================================== Mahogany Town Team Rocket Hideout ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Dire Hit ............................................................. [] | | Full Heal ............................................................ [] | | Guard Spec ........................................................... [] | | HM06 (Whirlpool) ..................................................... [] | | Hyper Potion ......................................................... [] | | Ice Heal ............................................................. [] | | Nugget ............................................................... [] | | Protein .............................................................. [] | | TM46 (Thief) ......................................................... [] | | Ultra Ball ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Koffing | Trap tile: 33 1/3% chance | Poison | | Voltorb | Trap tile: 33 1/3% chance | Electric | | Geodude | Trap tile: 33 1/3% chance | Rock/Ground | | Electrode | Special: B1F, three total | Electric | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| <= 1F => Once you enter, go forward some to find a rather obvious Persian camera. Rather than use a Pokémon or something to get rid of it, you'll be tripping them. Do so to have a Grunt come and battle you, with the first of the repetitive battle teams in the Rocket Hideout. Another will come afterwards, with the other. Go left and trip the next camera for two more battles. Now, go into the corridors through the hole on the left, and then right for another camera and two battles. Pick up the Hyper Potion in the assumable southern part of the area. Go south and around to trip several more switches (enjoying the EXP. yet?). After the first switch, go west and pick up that Nugget. Go further left to find another switch and two more battles. Enter the yellow teleporter to return to the start. Return above if needed (you DID just go through almost a dozen battles) to heal. When you return to the start, go into the corridors but go down when you approach the Persian statue. Go around and battle the Scientist. As you do, pick up the Guard Spec. to the right. If you wish to turn off the Persian cameras, interact with the computer terminal. Go back to the northwestern part of the room and battle the Grunt on the left. Then head down to find the hideout's trap. Stepping on the wrong tile will have you battle a low-20s leveled Pokémon; it'll be Koffing, Geodude, or Voltorb. I don't really think the odds can technically be 33 1/3% each, but there are three in this situation, so deal with it. These can be caught, KO'ed, or ran from. Past the trap, go on to B1F. <= B1F => When you go down to B1F, Lance will greet you and heal your Pokémon, then leave. Go to the east to battle a Grunt, then go south and west. Examine the middle box to find a Full Heal, then head to the far east and beat this Grunt. Go down to B2F afterwards. <= B2F => You'll see Lance again. He'll inform you of the passwords the Rocket Hideout has and that we have to find them. They are quite easy to find. Go into the room northwest from where you are and battle the Scientist and the Grunt. Speak with the Grunt after she's defeated to get a password. One down, one to go. Go out of this room and west, and then straight to the top to find TM46, Thief. Go back down and enter the small room on the left to find another Grunt and another Scientist. Speak with the Grunt after he is defeated to get the second password. While you're here, pick up the Full Heal and Dire Hit nearby. Leave this room and east and north, to where you found TM46. Go right and take the stairs up. <= B1F => Here, go straight down. Defeat the Grunt as you go, and then go down the stairs. <= B2F => Firstly, take the stairs directly below you and pick up TM46, Thief. Go back down afterwards and approach the locked door and your rival will appear. RIVAL FIGHT! Or so you'd think. It's just talking; I guess he has the decency to not battle a weakened opponent. (Nah, Lance just whipped 'im good.) Grab the Ultra Ball on the right, then interact with the door. This will unlock it. Once you get inside, there'll be someone who looks a bit like Giovanni (if you done the event in HG/SS or played Red/Blue/Yellow/Green/FireRed/LeafGreen). It is just a Rocket Admin, who you shall fight. __________________________ | BOSS: Rocket Executive \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Zubat (Poison/Flying) Lv. 22 | | Koffing (Poison) Lv. 22 | | Raticate (Normal) Lv. 24 | | | | Money Earned: $1,584 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Zubat, as usual, is weak to Psychic, Ice, Rock, and Electric moves, with | | an immunity to Ground. | | | | Koffing is weak to Psychic and Ground. | | | | Raticate is weak against Fighting, with an immunity to Ghost. | | | | Recommendations: Whatever you used for the last few battles should do. | | To be specific though, Kadabra, Alakazam, Graveler, Golem, Vulpix, | | Growlithe, Ninetales, or Arcanine, at least one of which should be in | | your party, at Lv. 30+ should be more than enough. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, the Executive will flee. Murkrow then starts acting like a Chatot and blab everything the Executive has mentioned and hop off. Go back to the place on B1F with the shutter and two Grunts and Murkrow will guide you. You can then go to the B2F after it. Just keep following. <= B1F => Eventually, you be back on B1F. Attempt to open the shutters to be stopped by an Executive and a Grunt. Lance will come and save you from fighting the uninvented double battle (unlike HG/SS) by fighting the Grunt; you fight the Executive. (Note this - Lance is in the Elite Four; he is, in fact, the champion! Shouldn't he take on the harder person?) __________________________ | BOSS: Rocket Executive \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Ekans (Poison) Lv. 26 | | Murkrow (Dark/Flying) Lv. 26 | | Gloom (Grass/Poison) Lv. 26 | | | | Money Earned: $1,800 | |============================================================================| | Ekans is weak to Psychic and Ground. | | | | Murkrow is weak against Electric, Rock, and Ice. It is immune to Ground | | and Psychic. It can't be put in Sleep status. | | | | Gloom is weak against Psychic, Ice, Fire, Flying, and I think Bug. | | | | Recommendations: Growlithe/Arcanine/Vulpix/Ninetales at Lv. 31+ will do | | it just fine. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, your opponents will flee, letting you deal with the radio signal emitting from this building. The only option is to defeat each of the Lv. 23 Electrode around here. You can either KO or capture them. They just relish the chance to Selfdestruct, so be quick about it. I remember a day on Gold Version where all three blew up on me. Suicidal maniacs. Once you've deal with them, you'll run back to Lance and be given HM06, Whirlpool. It is not exactly the best offensive move, but it can permit us to cross whirlpools like you found between Olivine and Cianwood. Anyhow, Lance will leave, giving us the freedom to do so as well. Go back up to the first floor and step into the teleporter. Go up the stairs and back into Mahogany Town. ============================================================================== Mahogany Town ============================================================================== Heal up at the Pokémon Center and go into the unblocked Gym for your seventh badge! ============================================================================== Mahogany Gym ============================================================================== From the start, go one step past the western statue. Go north to the Trainer and defeat her. Return to the start and beat the Trainers on the side in whatever order you prefer. Go one square left of the eastern statue, then north to another Trainer. Defeat him, go south, then go the western side of the western statue. Go up, right, down, left, up, and right to find your opponent, Pryce. __________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Pryce \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Seel (Water) Lv. 27 | | Dewgong (Water/Ice) Lv. 29 | | Piloswine (Ground/Ice) Lv. 31 | | | | Money Earned: $3,100 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Seel is weak against Grass and Electric moves. It can use Icy Wind, an | | Ice move, and Rest, to heal itself, and then Snore, for weak damage while | | it Sleeps. | | | | Dewgong is stronger, generally. It is weak to Grass, Electric, Rock, and | | Fighting. | | | | Piloswine is weak against Fighting, Steel, Fire, Water, and Grass moves. | | Oh, and it's immune to Electric. | | | | Recommendations: Growlithe/Vulpix/Ninetales/Arcanine at Lv. 32+ for use | | against Piloswine; Ampharos or Victreebell or Meganium at Lv. 33+ for use | | on the other two. (Grass is best for Seel and Electric best for Dewgong, | | or just use Electric for both.) | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, you'll obtain your seventh badge, the Glacier Badge. This will let you use the move Whirlpool out of battles. You'll also get TM07, Hail, which I personally find useful ... for money. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section VIII - Through Blackthorn's Gym **CRYSTAL_48** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Mahogany Gym ============================================================================== Once you have beaten Pryce and the penultimate Gym of the Johto region, leave the Mahogany Gym. ============================================================================== Mahogany Town ============================================================================== Once you leave, Prof. Elm will call via Pokégear say the Goldenrod Radio Tower has been sieged by Team Rocket. There is one thing I will mention. You can now access the Whirl Islands if you have Whirlpool. However, I found little use in doing so except the items, which I do admit are good. Heal up the Pokémon Center, then Fly to Goldenrod City. ============================================================================== Goldenrod City ============================================================================== Heal up at the Pokémon Center if you haven't done so and go into the Radio Tower. ============================================================================== Goldenrod Radio Tower ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Underground Key ...................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Once you enter, begin your long series of climbing and battling by proceeding upstairs. On 2F, go left a bit to battle a Grunt; down if needed. Go further left for another in the central portion, and the last one of this floor in the bottom left corner. Go up the stairs in the top-left corner afterwards. On 3F, go directly across the room to battle a Grunt, then go to the bottom right corner to fight a Scientist and a Grunt. For now, head up the stairs in the top-right corner. On 4F, beat the Grunt across from you, then go to the bottom-right corner and battle Grunt you find. Then go to the top-left and battle the Scientist. Go upstairs after this. On 5F, you'll find the CEO of the radio tower (and Arianna through the wall) in his chair. Or so you think. Speak with the "CEO" to find he is part of Team Rocket, the Executive we battled earlier. Yawn. __________________________ | BOSS: Rocket Executive \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Koffing (Poison) Lv. 30 | | Koffing (Poison) Lv. 30 | | Koffing (Poison) Lv. 30 | | Koffing (Poison) Lv. 30 | | Koffing (Poison) Lv. 30 | | Weezing (Poison) Lv. 32 | | | | Money Earned: $2,100 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | You have GOT to be kidding. *sigh* Anyhow, all of these have the same | | weaknesses of Psychic and Ground. | | | | Recommendations: Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 35+ will finish it easily. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, you'll be given the key to the basement warehouse. Okay... Why...? O_o Leave the Tower. ============================================================================== Goldenrod City ============================================================================== Heal up at the Pokémon Center and go underground. ============================================================================== Goldenrod Underground ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Card Key ............................................................. [] | | Full Heal ............................................................ [] | | Max Ether ............................................................ [] | | Smoke Ball ........................................................... [] | | TM35 (Sleep Talk) .................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Once you enter, go to the side corridor near the bottom that used to be useless? Go there now and down this corridor. Examine the door and go down the stairs. On B1F, try to challenge the Grunt across from you. BOOM! Rival fight. _____________________________________ | BOSS: PKMN Trainer [rival's name] \ |______________________________________\_____________________________________ | Pokémon: Golbat (Poison/Flying) Lv. 30 | | Haunter (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 30 | | Sneasel (Dark/Ice) Lv. 32 | | Magnemite (Electric/Steel) Lv. 28 | | Croconaw [if you chose Cyndaquil] (Water) Lv. 32 <--, | | Bayleef [if you chose Totodile] (Grass) Lv. 32 <--+- Only 1. | | Quilava [if you chose Chikorita] (Fire) Lv. 32 <--' | | | | Money Earned: $1,920 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Golbat is weak against Electric, Rock, Ice, and Psychic moves. It is | | immune to Ground. | | | | Haunter is weak against Psychic, Ghost, and Dark. It is immune to Ground. | | | | Sneasel is weak against Fighting (4x), Rock, Fire, Steel, and Bug moves. | | It is immune to moves of the Psychic type. | | | | Magnemite is weak against Ground (4x), Fire, and Fighting. It has an | | immunity to Poison. | | | | Croconaw is weak against Electric and Grass. | | | | Bayleef is weak against Flying, Fire, Ice, Bug, and Poison. | | | | Quilava is weak against Rock, Ground, and Water. | | | | Recommendations: Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 35+; Graveler/Golem at Lv. 35+; | | Vulpix/Ninetales/Growlithe/Arcanine at Lv. 35+; your starter at Lv. 37+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| The rival will flee after being defeated. Go left now and beat the Grunt, then further left for a Full Heal. Go east and south into a room and left into the room with the colored switches on the wall, rather than going down again. Go down and defeat the Burglar, then left into a small room with a Smoke Ball -- this item guarantees the ability to flee when equipped by the in-battle Pokémon... except from Trainers and such. Go up for another Burglar battle, then one in the room just above. Return to the colored-switch room - it is two small rooms down, one right, and one up. Hit the switches as so -- green/middle -> red/right -> blue/left. This opens the doors we need to move forward. Go one small room right, one down, and then just go right. You'll battle another Grunt. Afterwards, go into the next room through the wall. Here, continue forward. When you get to the yellow boxes on the left wall in the right corridor, continue forward to battle a Rocket. Go to the right and pick up the Max Ether in the southeast corner. Go north some and battle that Grunt. Use the Itemfinder to find a Revive, then go north and west, past the stairs. Defeat the Grunt and go southward to find the real President by the boxes. Speak with this President to obtain the Card Key, which will let us go higher in the Radio Tower. Grab TM35 (Sleep Talk) and go up the stairs in the northeastern part of the room. ============================================================================== Goldenrod City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Amulet Coin .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Amazingly, you're in the Dept. Store. Pick up the Amulet Coin. This item, when held by a Pokémon that is in the battle for any moment of time, will double any money earned, which only occurs in Trainer battles. You'll enjoy it when you start grinding later. Any money stated in this guide from this point onward will not be the double money, but just the base amount. Anyhow, get into the elevator and go to 1F and exit. Heal up at the Pokémon Center and go back to the Radio Tower. ============================================================================== Goldenrod Radio Tower ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Clear Bell ........................................................... [] | | Pink Bow ............................................................. [] | | TM11 (Sunny Day) ..................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Go up the stairs twice to go to 3F. There, go to the southeastern corner of the room and interact with the shutter, which will open the shutter because you used the Card Key. Defeat the Grunt and go upstairs. On 4F, go upstairs. On 5F, you'll fight some Rocket Executives back-to-back. __________________________ | BOSS: Rocket Executive \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Arbok (Poison) Lv. 32 | | Murkrow (Dark/Flying) Lv. 32 | | Vileplume (Grass/Poison) Lv. 32 | | | | Money Earned: $2,304 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Arbok has weaknesses to Ground and Psychic. | | | | Murkrow has weaknesses to Ghost (?), Rock, Ice, and Electric, with | | immunities to Psychic and Ground. | | | | Vileplume has weaknesses to Ice, Flying, Fire, Bug (?), and Psychic. | | | | Recommendations: Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 35+; Graveler/Golem at Lv. 35+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| __________________________ | BOSS: Rocket Executive \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Houndour (Fire/Dark) Lv. 35 | | Koffing (Poison) Lv. 35 | | Houndoom (Fire/Dark) Lv. 38 | | | | Money Earned: $2,520 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Houndour and Houndoom both are weak against Ground, Rock, Water, and | | Fighting, with an immunity to Psychic. | | | | Koffing has a weakness to Psychic and to Ground. | | | | Recommendations: Your water starter, Gyarados, Graveler/Golem, or | | Machoke/Machamp (any works for the first and third) at Lv. 37+; Kadabra | | or Alakazam at Lv. 37+ for Koffing. | |____________________________________________________________________________| The Radio Tower's president will then come after the battle and hand over to you something: the Clear Bell, the item for finding Suicune... ... not the item you'd want. Remember, in G/S, you receive the items for Ho-oh or Lugia, respectively? v_v There's two more items to get here, anyways. Speak with Mary on the fourth floor for a Pink Bow, and a girl on the third floor to find TM11. Exit the Radio Tower when you're done. ============================================================================== Goldenrod City ============================================================================== Fly to Mahogany. ============================================================================== Mahogany Town ============================================================================== Heal up and head east onto Route 44. ============================================================================== Route 44 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Burnt Berry .......................................................... [] | | Max Repel ............................................................ [] | | Max Revive ........................................................... [] | | Ultra Ball ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Weepinbell | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Tangela | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Lickitung | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Poliwag | No | No | Yes | Water | | Poliwhirl | No | No | Yes | Water/Fighting | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go due east for a battle against the Psychic, then pick up the Apricorn nearby. Grab the Max Repel nearby, too. Go south and across the bridge and battle the Fisherman. Further along the bridge is a Cooltrainer, with another Cooltrainer nearby. Go north and examine the space at the end of the small alcove in the trees to find an Elixir. Continue going counter-clockwise around the lake to find an Ultra Ball at the top. Battle the Pokémaniac, and the Fisherman nearby, after this. This Fisherman, Wilton, will call you when Remoraid swarm, so get his number. Surf on the water and go south to find the grass on the route. Here, you can find Tangela and Lickitung, Pokémon who got new evolutions as of Diamond and Pearl. Collect the Max Revive in the grass, then get onto the land on the far eastern side of the route. Defeat the Bird Keeper, then go into the cave. Get ready to freeze you Pokéballs off. :P ============================================================================== Ice Path ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Full Heal ............................................................ [] | | HM07 (Waterfall) ..................................................... [] | | Iron ................................................................. [] | | Max Potion ........................................................... [] | | Nevermeltice ......................................................... [] | | PP Up ................................................................ [] | | Protein .............................................................. [] | | TM44 (Rest) .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Golbat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Jynx | Yes | Yes | No | Ice/Psychic | | Swinub | Yes | Yes | No | Ice/Ground | | Sneasel | No | No | Yes | Dark/Ice | | Delibird | No | No | Yes | Ice/Flying | | Krabby (Rock Smash) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | | Shuckle (Rock Smash) | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Rock | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| The Ice Path contains a sliding puzzle similar to that of the Mahogany Gym. It also has Swinub and Jynx, both pretty powerful for your team (once the former evolves). Delibird is rather useless. Anyhow, once you enter, follow the along onto some slippery ice. Slide east, south, east, south, and east. Go northwest and downstairs. On the second puzzle, slide north, west, south, west, north, east, south, west, north, west, south, east, south, and east. For the next puzzle, you'll also want to grab the Waterfall HM. So slide east, north, west, south, and east to reach the HM. Grab it, then slide west, north, east, south, east, north, east, south, west, south, and west. After landing, go northeast, and down the ladder. In this area, you'll have to use Strength to push boulders into the hole. The first boulder to move is the bottom of the pair; move it east once, south thrice, west five times, south once, and east once into the hole. For the other one, move it west twice, north thrice, south once, west once, and south into that hole. Next go to the eastern part of the area to find another boulder. Move it east once, south five times, west to the wall, south once, and west thrice to move it down a floor. Head over to the last remaining boulder. Push it north twice, west once, north thrice, east twice, north once, and west into the hole. Then head to the northeastern corner of the floor and head down. Here, you'll find a large icy plain. Good thing we moved those boulders. Slide west to the Max Potion, then south, east, north, west, south, east, north, and east. Grab the Full Heal, then use the ladder. Here, you can break the rock with the Rock Smash move, or swing around it to reach the ladder. Climb down it to find the Nevermeltice. Then go down the eastern ladder. In this area, go around until you're just below the stairway. There, jump down and slide east to find TM44 (Rest), then west and north to land. Swing around once more, then go upstairs and slide south to the ladder. Use it. In this area, go east and downstairs. On the ice, slide west, south, west, and south to find an Iron. Get it, then slide east, north, east, north, east, north, south, west, north, east, north, and west to find the ladder. In this final area, go north to the Protein, and slide down the western wall to find a rare PP Up. Then slide north. Go one space west of the ladder and go south to find the exit. Finally. ============================================================================== Blackthorn City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Dodrio | Trade female Dragonair | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Go south and into the main portion of Blackthorn and heal yourself in the Pokémon Center. Go to the far left house. The top-left person inside can delete moves your Pokémon have, including HM moves. The northeastern house has someone that will give you Dodrio for a female Dragionair. Kinda pointless unless you have a free Dragonair. Heal up and head into the Gym, one of the hardest in all of Pokémon, mainly because it deals with the Dragon type. ============================================================================== Blackthorn Gym ============================================================================== First, upon entering, beat the Trainer and go up the ladder. Then move the Strength boulder on the right due north. Push the western one into the hole. Go down, fight the Trainer, and head east. Push the Strength boulder south, and the western one due north and two tiles east. Defeat the next Trainer, push another Strength boulder due east, and another boulder into the hole. Descend the ladder you passed earlier, defeating two more Trainers as you do so. Speak with Clair to fight the most egomanical boss yet. __________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Clair \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Dragonair (Dragon) Lv. 37 | | Dragonair (Dragon) Lv. 37 | | Dragonair (Dragon) Lv. 37 | | Kingdra (Water/Dragon) Lv. 40 | | | | Money Earned: $4,000 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | The Dragonairs are weak to Ice and Dragon moves. They all can use | | Thunder Wave to paralyze you, Dragon Pulse, and Slam, the latter two of | | which are pretty powerful. One of them has the 120-Power move Fire Blast, | | which will hurt Grass, Bug, and Steel types; another has Aqua Tail, | | which is 90-Power, and can easily hurt a Rock, Fire, or Ground type. | | Other than the Aqua Tail/Fire Blast thing, they are otherwise identical. | | (I think the third one has a mix of the two.) | | | | Kingdra is notorious for its typing, nullifying the Grass and Electric | | weaknesses of Water, and the Ice of Dragon, leaving only Dragon as its | | weakness. It mainly uses Hydro Pump and Dragon Pulse, both extremely | | powerful due to the STAB bonus, although you can pray it uses Hyper Beam. | | | | Recommendations: Lapras, Jynx, or Piloswine (Lv. 41+) for the Dragonairs. | | As for Kingdra, a Grass starter or the previous Pokémon work fine. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Once you win, you get the ___ Badge! ... Yeah, it seems Clair's ego is going to stop us from getting the Badge until we prove ourselves. Greeeeeat... Use the teleporter on the left and exit the Gym. ============================================================================== Blackthorn City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Dodrio | Trade female Dragonair | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Once you exit, go to the Pokémon Center and get healed. Go to where the Gym is and Surf on the water. Go northward and you'll find a cave entrance. Teach a Pokémon Whirlpool if you haven't yet done so, and go inside. ============================================================================== Dragon's Den ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Calcium .............................................................. [] | | Max Elixir ........................................................... [] | | Dragon Fang .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Dratini (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dragon | | Magikarp (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Dratini | Special | Dragon | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Once you enter, go ahead and Surf on the water. Head to the far east to find a Calcium. Go back to the entrance and head southwest to find a Max Elixir. Hug the western side of the cavern to find a Whirlpool. Go across and continue Surfing. Head south and east to the shrine. There, you'll be asked by the Dragon Master five questions. Give them some thought now; you want to choose proper answer. And I accidentally have just listed the answers not to choose: -- Question #1: Underling -- Question #2: Cheating -- Question #3: Weak people -- Question #4: Violence -- Question #5: Strong OR Weak After the quiz, Clair will waltz in, wondering how you did. You'll be told that you passed and Clair will hand over the Risingbadge. When you leave, you also will obtain TM24, Dragonbreath. Re-enter the shrine and speak with the Dragon Master to get a Dratini. Note that, if you PROPERLY answered the quiz questions earlier, you will have gotten the move Extremespeed on Dratini. ^_^ Outside, Surf east for the Dragon Fang, then leave the cavern entirely. Thusly, this section ends. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section IX - Through the Pokémon League **CRYSTAL_49** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Blackthorn City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Dodrio | Trade female Dragonair | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Outside, heal up in the Pokémon Center and the usual. You will want to return to New Bark Town now. You can go south via Routes 45 & 46 for EXP. buildup, but that's about it. Nothing else really of note. Choose how to return to New Bark -- on foot or Flying. ============================================================================== New Bark Town ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Master Ball .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| When you arrive, do whatever you may need to here. Go into Professor Elm's lab to receive the ultimate Pokéball of them all (for the most part) -- the Master Ball! This Pokéball will catch almost any Pokémon withour fail (there are some exceptions, as in glitches and Trainers' Pokémon). This ball may be very crucial to you - it may not. For our first legendary quest, I'd prefer to use something else. Why? You'll get the other legendary later on, at LEVEL 70. So, yeah... ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ We're also here ... for another reason. We now have eight Gym Badges from the Johto region, do we not? It now time to start our journey to the Pokémon League. Prepare yourself and Surf east, onto Route 27. ============================================================================== Route 27 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Rare Candy ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Arbok | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Sandslash | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Doduo | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Ponyta | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Quagsire | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| When you step onto the land, you'll be congratulated for reaching the Kanto region, the region east of Johto. It was the main place of Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, FireRed, and LeafGreen. It is also the place from which Team Rocket was expelled some years ago by a lone Trainer named Red. Anyhow, Surf on the water directly below the guy and follow it. You'll soon get to a grassy platform. Pick up the Rare Candy located there, then return to where the guy was. Enter the cave above him. ============================================================================== Tohjo Falls ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Moon Stone ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Golbat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Slowpoke | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Psychic | | Goldeen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | | Seaking | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Tohjo obviously can have its letters switched around to read Johto. Kinda like the event-based Sinjoh ruins in HG/SS - the "Sin-" comes from Sinnoh of D/P/Pt and the "-joh" comes from Johto of G/S/C/HG/SS. This place exists mainly as a barrier to prevent you from getting to the Indigo Plateau and the Pokémon League. You'll need Waterfall to go forward. Surf on the water and go forward. Ascend the waterfall. Go around and descend the waterfall on the right. Continue to the right and you'll find some steps. Follow the path they're on to find a Moon Stone. Anyhow, go right and down the stairs again. Start Surfing and go to the bottom platform. Exit the Tohjo Falls. ============================================================================== Route 27 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | TM22 (Solarbeam) ..................................................... [] | | TM37 (Sandstorm) ..................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Arbok | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Sandslash | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Doduo | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Ponyta | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Quagsire | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you leave and take a step forward, you'll be challenged by a Cooltrainer who has trained all of the Bulbasaur evolutionary chain. Go into the house on the left to find a woman who, if your lead Pokémon is happy enough, will give you a TM37 (Sandstorm). Leave the house and Surf on the water to the east. Continue eastward and get on the grass. Battle another Cooltrainer, then go right. Assuming you can use Whirlpool, once you get on the bridge, Surf south and cross the Whirlpool. Go left and land on the platform to battle a Bird Keeper and grab TM22 (Solarbeam) for your Pokémon. Amazingly, Ho-oh can learn it! Return to the bridge and battle and defeat the Cooltrainer. (Amazingly, he trains a lone Mareep, which should at least be an Ampharos.) Continue eastward and ascend the stairway. Once you reach the top, descend the steps. Continue down some more and down the last set of steps. Battle and defeat the Psychic, then continue onto the bridge. Defeat the Cooltrainer and go east and across the bridge onto Route 26. ============================================================================== Route 26 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Ice Berry ............................................................ [] | | Max Elixir ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Arbok | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Doduo | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Ponyta | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Quagsire | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you enter, continue eastward and over the bridge. Defeat the Fisherman and go north across the bridge. Defeat the Psychic, and continue north. Defeat the Cooltrainer next to the house. Speak with the woman inside the house to get your party healed. Leave the house and continue along the path. Go east and battle the Cooltrainer and further around for another one. You'll soon find yet another Cooltrainer to defeat. After doing so, go down the ledges on the left. Jump down two, then collect the Max Elixir. Jump down the rest and go back around to the large building by the Cooltrainer. This large building is the gateway into Victory Road, the final and toughest trial before the Pokémon League. Enter this gatehouse and exit - you can now Fly to here. Go back to a city with a Pokémon Center and pick up any Pokémon with the moves of Strength and Rock Smash - you will need these in Victory Road. Once you're ready, enter the gatehouse. Go north and the guard there will verify you have obtained all eight badges of the Johto region, thereby letting you north to Victory Road. The exits on the left (Mt. Silver) and right (Route 22 of Kanto, west of Viridian City) are blocked for now. So, into Victory Road we go. ============================================================================== Victory Road ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Full Heal ............................................................ [] | | Full Restore ......................................................... [] | | HP Up ................................................................ [] | | Max Revive ........................................................... [] | | TM26 (Earthquake) .................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Graveler | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Golbat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Onix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Sandslash | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ground | | Rhyhorn | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Rhydon | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| This place ... is actually rather linear and easy. Except one thing near the end. Your rival should appear. Anyways, at the start, go north and east, then head down to find two items already nearby. Return to the middle of the platform and go west and downstairs to find a ladder to your north. Use it. In the next area, go south, then upstairs and east. Go downstairs and around to find an HP Up. Afterwards, backtrack and go around to the ladder. Use it. In the next area, to obtain the Full Restore, go up to the platform. Go to the far west, south, and east to find another ladder. Go down and grab the item, then return to the previous area. There, go around to the platform and west. Go into the hole to find TM26, Earthquake, one of the best moves in the game. Go back to the area you left, then continue along the path to the exit. You'll soon encounter your rival. RIVAL FIGHT! _____________________________________ | BOSS: PKMN Trainer [rival's name] \ |______________________________________\_____________________________________ | Pokémon: Sneasel (Dark/Ice) Lv. 34 | | Golbat (Poison/Flying) Lv. 36 | | Haunter (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 35 | | Magneton (Electric/Steel) Lv. 34 | | Kadabra (Psychic) Lv. 35 | | Feraligatr [if you chose Cyndaquil] (Water) Lv. 38 <--, | | Meganium [if you chose Totodile] (Grass) Lv. 38 <--+ Only 1. | | Typhlosion [if you chose Chikorita] (Fire) Lv. 38 <--' | | | | Money Earned: $4,560 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Sneasel is weak to Fighting (4x), Bug, Fire, Rock, and Steel. It is also | | immune to Psychic. | | | | Golbat, as usual, is weak to Psychic, Electric, Ice, and Rock. It has an | | immunity to Ground. It will probably use Supersonic, so finish it fast. | | | | Magneton is weak against Ground (4x), Fire, and Fighting. It will mainly | | use Spark, an Electric move. I believe it also can use Thunder Wave. I | | don't know for sure, though. | | | | Haunter is weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, and Psychic moves, with | | immunities to Normal and Fighting. It's main move is Shadow Ball, so | | avoid using Psychic and Ghost types. | | | | Kadabra is weak to Dark, Ghost, and Bug. It has powerful Psychic moves, | | so avoid using Fighting or Psychic Pokémon. | | | | Feraligatr is weak to Electric and Grass. | | | | Meganium is weak to Ice, Fire, Bug, Poison, and Flying. | | | | Typhlosion is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water. | | | | Recommendations: Graveler/Golem at Lv. 44+; Vulpix, Growlithe, Ninetales, | | or Arcanine at Lv. 45+; Haunter/Gengar at Lv. 45+. Those cover most of | | the weaknesses, but bring your starter at Lv. 47+ as back-up. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, your rival will leave the scene, leaving us permitted to go forward and exit Victory Road through the north exit, which leads to none other than the Indigo Plateau. ============================================================================== Indigo Plateau ============================================================================== Once you arrive, go forward to the main building of the Indigo Plateau. Here, you'll find a combo of a Pokémon Center and a Poké Mart, probably the inspiration for the combo of both (and the GTS) in a Pokémon Center in the Black/White games. Now, for a decent challenge at the Elite Four, you are going to need to spend a good deal of cash on good healing items. Sell all the worse-than-Hyper Potions you have, then buy about 25 ~ 35 of them. Go next for the Full Restores and get about 15 ~ 20 of them. As for Revives, get 25 or so; Full Heals, 20 should do. Next, get your party ready. Here's my typical first-time approach. (I would usually have two HM slaves in my party, but I raised the two in their place on the side.) ~~ Starter: Lv. 47+ ~~ Arcanine/Ninetales: Lv. 46+ ~~ Kadabra/Alakazam: Lv. 45+ ~~ Haunter/Gengar: Lv. 45+ ~~ Graveler/Golem: Lv. 45+ ~~ Something with a Dragon or Ice move (I use Dragonite): Lv. 47+ Heal up at the nurse's desk, and go to the top of the room. At the very top, speak with the guy there and he'll move. Save and when you're ready, enter the realm of the Elite Four. In the first room, you'll find it to be a bright purplish hue, with cubes hovering around. The Elite Four in here, Will, is a Psychic-type Trainer. Speak with him to begin! _________________________ | BOSS: Elite Four Will \ |__________________________\_________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Xatu (Psychic/Flying) Lv. 40 | | Slowbro (Psychic/Water) Lv. 41 | | Jynx (Psychic/Ice) Lv. 42 | | Exeggutor (Psychic/Grass) Lv. 41 | | Xatu (Psychic/Flying) Lv. 42 | | | | Money Earned: $4,200 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Xatu is like Lugia, with weaknesses to Ice, Rock, Electric, Dark, and | | Ghost moves and immunity to Ground. The opening Lv. 40 one has U-turn, | | which deals Bug damage and switches the user with another; Me First, | | which will make the Xatu (if it's faster) use the move you'd use; Psychic,| | which is a powerful Psychic move; and Confuse Ray, which is obvious. | | | | Slowbro is weak to Grass, Electric, Dark, Ghost, and Bug. It can use | | Water Pulse (Water damage; possible confusion) and Psychic to deal some | | damage. The other two moves, Curse and Amnesia, just deal with the user's | | stats -- lower Speed, higher Attack and Defense for Curse; higher Sp. | | Defense with Amnesia. The Curse is worthless, though -- the attacks that | | deal damage are only using Special Attack, so consider it a freebie. | | | | Jynx is weak to Fire, Rock, Steel, Dark, Ghost, and Bug. It also can use | | Psychic and Ice Punch, which are its deadliest moves with the STAB bonus | | (and the Freeze chance on the latter). It can also use Doubleslap, which | | is rather weak, and Lovely Kiss, which causes Sleep. | | | | Exeggutor is weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, Poison, Bug (4x), Dark, and | | Ghost, like Celebi. It can use Psychic (it's most powerful here) and a | | rather weak Egg Bomb. It also can use Hypnosis to put you to Sleep and | | Reflect to halve Physical damage. So, it'll be Special attacks, like | | Flamethrower or Shadow Ball, that do best. | | | | The second Xatu - the Lv. 42 one - has the same weaknesses of Rock, Ice, | | Electric, Dark, and Ghost and the Ground immunity. It can use Psychic, | | Aerial Ace (a Flying no-miss move), Ominous Wind (a Ghost move of 60 | | Power that can raise all stats), and Confuse Ray. You'll want to use a | | Rock/Ice/Electric type to defeat it. | | | | Recommendations: A powerful and varied Haunter/Gengar at Lv. 46+ can | | finish it in a solo. However, Graveler/Golem and your legendary, each at | | Lv. 46+, are great for back-up. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Once the battle is over with, the door will open. Go through into the next room, healing as you need to. This second room is the residence of Koga, the Poison-type Trainer of the Elite Four. The room is designed like a shadowy dark forest -- guess what I thought he trained my first time? (Grass or Dark.) Anyhow, speak with him to start. _________________________ | BOSS: Elite Four Koga \ |__________________________\_________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Araidos (Poison/Bug) Lv. 40 | | Forretress (Bug/Steel) Lv. 43 | | Muk (Poison) Lv. 42 | | Venomoth (Poison/Bug) Lv. 41 | | Crobat (Poison/Flying) Lv. 44 | | | | Money Earned: $4,400 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Araidos is weak to Psychic, Fire, Flying, and Rock moves. It has Giga | | Drain, a pitifully weak Grass move for it; Poison Jab, a decent Poison | | move that may poison; Spider Web, which stops switching; Baton Pass, to | | switch to another Pokémon. | | | | Forretress is weak to and ONLY weak to Fire, though it quadruple damage. | | It's Steel-typing also immunizes it from the type/status of Poison. It | | can use Spikes (damage upon switching. More use - more damage); Toxic | | Spikes (poisoning on switch); Protect; and Explosion (suicide, but good | | damage). This is best dealt with via Ho-oh, to avoid the spikes and due | | to the Fire thing. | | | | Muk is weak to Psychic and Ground. It is holding Black Sludge, which is | | going to heal it by about 6.25% each turn - and it can't be taken off. It | | can use Gunk Shot (Poison move), Minimize (ups evasion), Screech (severe | | lowering of your Defense), and Toxic (increasing damage version of | | poison). It is strongly recommended to finish it off fast, because the | | status and stat reductions will finish you off faster. | | | | Venomoth is weak to Flying, Psychic, Rock, and Fire. It can use Gust (a | | Flying move), Psychic, Supersonic, and Toxic. A Steel-type will be able | | to avoid the Toxic, but that's it. | | | | Crobat is weak to Psychic, Rock, Ice, and Electric; and is immune to | | Ground. It can use Wing Attack and Poison Fang - decent STAB moves, and | | the latter poisons. The former is Flying. It also has Quick Attack and | | Double Team to raise evasion. One last thing: it takes 1/4 the normal | | damage from Fighting, Grass, and Bug. | | | | Recommendations: Generally, a decent Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 47+ can solo | | it. However, Growlithe/Arcanine/Vulpix/Ninetales are good choices for | | back-ups if at Lv. 47+, too. Your Typholsion could obviously take the | | place of the Growlithe/etc. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, go through the now-opened door. Here, you'll find a lava field where you'll find Bruno, the Fighting-type Trainer of the Elite Four. (I first thought Fire - you know, the lava.) So, this should be a harder version of the Cianwood Gym. Speak with Bruno to start. __________________________ | BOSS: Elite Four Bruno \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Hitmontop (Fighting) Lv. 42 | | Hitmonlee (Fighting) Lv. 42 | | Hitmonchan (Fighting) Lv. 42 | | Onix (Rock/Ground) Lv. 43 | | Machamp (Fighting) Lv. 46 | | | | Money Earned: $4,600 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Hitmontop is weak to Psychic and Flying. It can use Dig (Ground; one-turn | | wait); Triple Kick (Fighting, three-hit); Quick Attack; and Counter | | (returning of physical damage). | | | | Hitmonlee has Blaze Kick (Fire move); Hi Jump Kick (Fighting move; user | | is damaged with a miss); Focus Energy (upped critical rate); and Swagger | | (ups your Attack and confuses). You'll really want to finish it quick if | | your Pokémon is weak to Fighting - the Hi Jump Kick has an overall 180 | | Power before super/not very effectiveness is added. OH! I forgot to say | | it is also weak to Psychic and Flying. | | | | Hitmonchan is also weak to Psychic and Flying. It can use the "elemental | | punches": Ice, Fire, and Thunderpunch (with obvious types) and Bullet | | Punch, which is about half the above punches' power. It'll be best to use | | a Psychic type here, rather than a Flying type. | | | | Onix is weak to Water (4x), Grass (4x), Fighting, Ice, and Steel. It can | | use Earthquake (powerful Ground move), Dragonbreath (Dragon move), Rock | | Slide (Rock move), and Sandstorm. It'll be best to use a powerful Water | | or Grass move if your Pokémon have one. If anything, don't use Flying. | | | | Machamp is weak to Psychic and Flying (duh). It can use Rock Slide (Rock | | move), Cross Chop (Fighting move that can go through Protect/Detect at | | times), Revenge (another powerful Fighting move), and Foresight (make a | | Ghost type hittable with Fighting). All moves will be 100% accurate in | | this battle, because of Machamp's ability of No Guard. It is preferable | | to use Psychic over Flying here. | | | | Recommendations: Again, Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 47+ can solo it. However, | | the legendaries (particularly Lugia) and your starter at Lv. 48+ are good | | for back-up. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Once you're done here, heal if needed and go to the next unlocked room. Here, you'll find a large set of purplish curtains and a starry floor. This place is where you'll find Karen, the one who uses Dark types (altough it is only 60% of her team with the typing). Speak with her to start the battle. __________________________ | BOSS: Elite Four Karen \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Umbreon (Dark) Lv. 42 | | Murkrow (Dark/Flying) Lv. 44 | | Vileplume (Grass/Poison) Lv. 42 | | Gengar (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 45 | | Houndoom (Dark/Fire) Lv. 47 | | | | Money Earned: $4,700 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Umbreon is weak to Fighting and Bug. It can use Faint Attack and Payback, | | both Dark moves. The latter is immensely powerful it goes last. It can | | also use Double Team and Confuse Ray. Oh, and it's immune to Psychic. | | | | Murkrow is weak to Rock, Electric, and Ice, with Ground and Psychic | | immunization. It can use a Dark-type Sucker Punch and Faint Attack; Pluck | | to steal your item and do Flying damage; and Whirlwind to switch your | | Pokémon. Electric and Rock are overall preferable here. | | | | Vileplume is weak to Flying, Ice, Fire, and Psychic. It can use the move | | Petal Dance (135 Power Grass move, 2-3 turns); Acid (weak Poison move); | | Stun Spore (paralyzes); Moonlight (heals the user). Get rid of it before | | it can paralyze you. Fire and Flying (especially the combo (Ho-oh)) is | | immensely preferable. | | | | Gengar is weak to Psychic, Dark, Ground, and Ghost, with Normal and | | Fighting immunities. It can use Lick (a WEAK Ghost move); Focus Blast (a | | 150 Power Normal move; rest on second turn); and Spite (remove all of the | | PP of the last-used move). It also will use Destiny Bond - if you move | | last and KO it on the turn this is used, you will also be KO'ed, so be | | ready with the Revive. | | | | Houndoom is weak to Fighting, Rock, Ground, and Water and is immune to | | Psychic. It can use Dark Pulse and Crunch (decently-powerful Dark moves), | | Flamethrower (a powerful Fire move due to the STAB), and Nasty Plot (to | | raise the Special Attack). In general, it would be best to use a Water | | type. | | | | Recommendations: Your starter at Lv. 47+ for Umbreon; Graveler/Golem at | | Lv. 47+ for Murkrow and Houndoom; and Haunter/Gengar for the rest. A | | Kadabra/Alakazam and the legendary of your game would make good back-up. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Once you're done, fully heal your Pokémon as much as possible, then continue through the door. Go forward in the next room to eventually be pulled into auto-pilot and to Lance, the Pokémon League's champion!! ________________________ | BOSS: Champion Lance \ |_________________________\__________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Gyarados (Water/Flying) Lv. 44 | | Charizard (Fire/Flying) Lv. 46 | | Aerodactyl (Rock/Flying) Lv. 46 | | Dragonite (Dragon/Flying) Lv. 47 | | Dragonite (Dragon/Flying) Lv. 47 | | Dragonite (Dragon/Flying) Lv. 50 | | | | Money Earned: $5,000 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Gyarados is weak to Electric (4x) and Rock, with a Ground immunity. This | | Pokémon has a high Attack stat and abuses it with Waterfall (Water) and | | Ice Fang (Ice) moves, so you shouldn't use the legendary here. It can | | also use Dragon Pulse (Dragon), and Flail (Normal; strengths as user | | weakens). Be prepped to use Full Heals - Ice Fang can freeze you. If you | | can't use a Electric/Rock move, use Kadabra/Alakazam. Your starter might | | manage, but that's last-ditch. | | | | Charizard is weak to Rock (4x), Water, and Electric, with a Ground | | immunity. It has a wide type-coverage of moves: Air Slash (Flying), Fire | | Fang (Fire), Shadow Claw (Ghost), and Dragon Claw (Dragon). Amazingly, | | though, these moves don't cover the types Charizard is weak to. Yeesh. | | Just remember that Fire Fang may burn. Graveler/Golem is unquestionably | | the best here, although Ho-oh (not Lugia - Shadow Claw) is a decent | | alternate. | | | | Aerodactyl is weak to Water, Electric, Ice, and Rock. It's immune to | | Ground. It also has a wide type-coverage: Thunder Fang (Electric), Rock | | Slide (Rock), Aerial Ace (Flying), and Crunch (Dark). Water and Ice are | | weak to Thunder Fang and Rock Slide, respectively. So, it's preferred you | | use Graveler/Golem. | | | | All three of the Dragonite are weak to Ice (4x), Dragon, and Rock. This | | paragraph covers the Lv. 47 ones. They both carry Thunder Wave (to make | | you paralyzed), Dragon Rush (Dragon; strong), and Hyper Beam. One of them | | will have Blizzard, and the other has Thunder. Luckily, neither of those | | can hurt an Ice, Dragon, or Rock type super-effectively. (Although | | Dragon Rush will really hurt a Dragon type.) It is strongly recommended | | to use Graveler/Golem on both of them, if you lack an Ice move. | | | | Now, for the Lv. 50 Dragonite. It has Outrage, a Dragon move with 180 | | overall Power, which will hurt for those 2-3 turns. It will confuse at | | the end of those turns. It can also use Fire Blast (120-Power Fire move), | | Hyper Beam (150-Power Normal move; rest on second turn), and Sageguard. | | The idea for this one is actually probably to use your starter, your | | legendary, or SOMETHING NOT WEAK TO FIRE OR DRAGON that knows a decent | | Ice move. If not that, use Graveler/Golem. | | | | Recommendations: Graveler/Golem at Lv. 48+, which may be able to solo it. | | However, as back-up, use your starter (Lv. 49+), your legendary (Lv. 49+),| | and Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 48+. Always be ready to use your Hyper Potion | | and Full Restore stock at any moment - this battle takes a toll on your | | HP. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Once you manage to beat Lance, Professor Oak and DJ Mary will come to congratulate you, with the latter trying to, in vain, make a report. Lance will lead you away above to the champion's room. After some scenes, you and your Pokémon will be registered into the Hall of Fame. Press A after all of your Pokémon appear together and the credits will roll. So, yes, congratulations: you have become the Johto champion! However, my thirst of superiority is not quenched; let's conquer another region. Reload your saved file to start on the other half of the game... _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section X - Exploring Kanto: Through Vermillion's Gym **CRYSTAL_410** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ^^ The most creative title thus far. >_< ============================================================================== New Bark Town ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | S.S. Ticket .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| After defeating Lance, becoming Champion, and reloading the save file, you will be back in your bedroom in New Bark Town. Go downstairs and your mom will speak with you. Go outside and to Elm's lab. Speak with Prof. Elm and you'll be given the S.S. Ticket. This will let you get on the S.S. Aqua found in Olivine. Fly there now. ============================================================================== Olivine City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Voltorb | Special: Trade Krabby | Electric | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Enter the harbor to the south and you'll find the ship. Once you're ready to head on out onto the S.S. Aqua and the Kanto region -- bring some strong Pokémon if you want to do some battling -- head on through the dock house, going south, and speak with the sailors as you go to go on through. ============================================================================== S.S. Aqua ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Metal Coat ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| After the small cutscene, head to the left and into the top-right cabin of these four doors. There are some battles here. Exit the room when done and go to the bottom-right door to battle the Hiker. Leave this cabin and go to the "block" of four cabins on the right. Battle the Firebreather in the top-right cabin, then head to the bottom-right cabin. This one is yours, with a PC and bed (to heal your party). Leave and go to the midpoint of the corridor, then down the stairs. Go down and left to the green tiled room to battle a (seasick) Juggler in the top-left, then go out and to the right to find a Sailor. Battle the sailor in the right room with the gray floor afterwards, then go back up the stairs. Go to the bottom-left room of the right set of cabins and speak with the Sailor there. Defeat him and return to the lower floor. Go to the bottom-right and you can now pass. Go to the northern side of the engine and defeat the Picnicker there, then go up the ladder. Enter the room here and speak with the girl next to the captain at the top. She wants to play hide-and-seek, and she'll leave. This is the girl that the gentleman at the start was looking for. Return to the engine room and check the bottom-left corner of the whole floor to find her. Talk to her to send her, and you, back to her father's room. There, you'll be given a Metal Coat. This item, when held by Onix or Scyther while being traded, can evolve it into Steelix or Scizor, respectively. The ship should then arrive at its destination. Leave the cabin and speak with the Sailor blocking the exit/extrance to be allowed out. Leave the boat and you'll find yourself in... ============================================================================== Vermillion City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Rare Candy ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Vermillion City is the first city G/S/C/HG/SS players typically visit in the Kanto region. It is the port city of Kanto, like Olivine is of Johto. It was the location of Lt. Surge's Electric-type Gym in the R/B/Y/G/FR/LG games and was, I think, the third gym there. Anyhow, head left and into the port house. Speak with the Sailor and go north to exit. Head to the mainland and heal up in the Pokémon Center in the northwest. You will need to have something with Cut in a moment. For now, you can visit the building just above the Gym, the Pokémon Fan Club. Speak with the president behind the counter in the top-right to get a Rare Candy. When you're ready for the Gym, go to the Cut tree, Cut it down or Surf around, then enter the Gym. ============================================================================== Vermillion Gym ============================================================================== This gym is the first one you'll deal with in the Kanto region. It is of the Electric-type and is seen over by Lt. Surge. Begin by battling the three Trainers in here. Exit and heal if needed. The puzzle found here is no different than in R/B/Y/G/FR/LG - check each of the bins in here... At least, you'd be doing that puzzle, had there not been a power outage. So you can just to the northern end of the Gym to find your next opponent. And his Pokémon are a whopping seven levels lower than in HG/SS - the largest change I've noticed thus far. o_o; ______________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Lt. Surge \ |_______________________________\____________________________________________ | Pokémon: Raichu (Electric) Lv. 44 | | Electrode (Electric) Lv. 40 | | Electrode (Electric) Lv. 40 | | Magneton (Electric/Steel) Lv. 40 | | Electabuzz (Electric) Lv. 46 | | | | Money Earned: $4,600 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Raichu is weak only to Ground. It can use Shock Wave (no-miss Electric | | move), Quick Attack, Thunder Wave (paralysis), and Double Team (upped | | evasion). Luckily, if you're using a Ground type, you'll have no worries | | here. However, beware of physical moves -- Static can cause paralysis. | | | | Both Electrode are also weak only to Ground. One of them has Shock Wave, | | Thunder Wave, Light Screen, and Double Team; the other has Charge Beam, | | Screech, Selfdestruct, and Double Team. Again, Ground-type users will | | have no problem, aside from the Static ability. | | | | Magneton can use Shock Wave, Mirror Shot, Supersonic, and Double Team. | | It poses little threat aside from the use of Supersonic. It is weak to | | Fire, Fighting, and Ground (4x). | | | | Electabuzz can use Shock Wave, Low Kick (Fighting move), Quick Attack, | | and Light Screen. It, as with the other Electric types, is weak only to | | Ground. | | | | Recommendations: Graveler/Golem/Sandslash at Lv. 48+. That can solo it, | | more or less. Kadabra/Alakazam and your starter make enough back-up. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, you'll earn the Thunderbadge. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section XI - Through Saffron's Gym **CRYSTAL_411** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Vermillion Gym ============================================================================== Once you've defeated Lt. Surge and obtained Badge #9, exit the Gym. ============================================================================== Vermillion City ============================================================================== Once you've left the Gym, go to the Pokémon Center and restore your party. Go to the right -- in R/B/Y/G/FR/LG, this land here was being done by Machop, who hasn't finished in the two in-game years that have progressed. Just a fun note. Whenever you're done, exit the city to the north. (On a side note, you can now return to Johto whenever. It is most time-saving to Fly to Victory Road or the Indigo Plateau, then you can go wherever you've been to in either Kanto or Johto.) ============================================================================== Route 6 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Ratatta | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Granbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Snubbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Jigglypuff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Drowzee | No | No | Yes | Psychic | | Magnemite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Steel/Electric | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Psyduck | No | No | Yes | Water/Psychic | | Psyduck (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Psychic | | Golduck (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Psychic | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Generally head north, defeating the Trainers as you do. ============================================================================== Saffron City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Focus Band ........................................................... [] | | TM29 (Psychic) ....................................................... [] | | Upgrade .............................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Once you arrive, go north and west to find the Pokémon Center. Heal up there and exit. Go into the house to the far east of here and speak with the person inside to get TM29 (Psychic). Once you're done here, go into the street above and enter the gigantic building, residence of Silph Co. This place was raided by Team Rocket two years before. You could also get a Lapras here, then. For now, though, you'll need to speak with the guy next to the elevator on the top-left to find an Upgrade, an item that evolves Porygon into Porygon2 when held by the former during a trade. Leave Silph Co. and go to the top street. On the eastern portion, you'll find both the Saffron Gym and the Saffron Dojo. Enter the Dojo and grab the Focus Band from within. Then enter the Gym. ============================================================================== Saffron Gym ============================================================================== This Psychic-type Gym is the residence of Sabrina. This place has a teleporter puzzle. Generally, just going into the teleporter vertically across from you will slowly get you there and have you fight every Trainer. However, here is a fast solution: Take the only teleporter at the entance and defeat the Channeler you find. Take the southeastern teleporter, defeat the Psychic, and take the top-left one. Defeat the person there and take the bottom-left teleporter. Defeat the Trainer there and take the bottom-left teleporter. And thusly, you end up in front of Sabrina. Speak with her to begin. And yes, we're still on that -7 levels trend. >_> ____________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Sabrina \ |_____________________________\______________________________________________ | Pokémon: Espeon (Psychic) Lv. 46 | | Mr. Mime (Psychic) Lv. 46 | | Alakazam (Psychic) Lv. 48 | | | | Money Earned: $4,800 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Espeon is weak to Dark, Ghost, and Bug. It can use Shadow Ball (Ghost), | | Psychic, Calm Mind (Special stat boosting), and Skill Swap (ability | | swapping). Generally, seeing as it'll finish off a Ghost type via the | | Shadow Ball, and many Bugs are part Poison, it is preferable to use a | | Dark type like Umbreon. | | | | Mr. Mime is weak to Dark, Bug, and Ghost. It can use Mimic, Light Screen, | | Skill Swap, and Psychic. Since the last of these is Psychic and its only | | real offensive move, Dark is preferable here, too. | | | | Alakazam can use Psychic and Energy Ball (Grass) offensively, and Reflect | | and Skill Swap on the side. It is weak to Dark, Ghost, and Bug. Again, it | | is preferable to use Dark. | | | | Recommendations: Umbreon/Haunter/Gengar at Lv. 49+ should be fine. As | | back-up, bring your starter at Lv. 50+, your legendary at Lv. 49+, and | | some other strong Pokémon. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, you'll get the Marsh Badge. When you're ready, take the red teleporter and leave. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section XII - Through Cerulean's Gym **CRYSTAL_412** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Saffron Gym ============================================================================== Once you've gotten the Marsh Badge, take the red teleporter and exit the Gym. ============================================================================== Saffron City ============================================================================== Once you leave, go to the Pokémon Center and heal up. Exit Saffron when ready, heading north. ============================================================================== Route 5 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Cleanse Tag .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Jigglypuff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Snubbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Not actually much here. There might be some new Pokémon but little else. Just head north. By the way, if you jump off a ledge and go into the house that should be near, speak with the woman inside to get a Cleanse Tag. Again, little else. Cerulean is north of here. ============================================================================== Cerulean City ============================================================================== Once you enter, head to the Pokémon Center (if you need to ... you'd have to be doing a bunch of grinding to need to). The Gym is empty, so grab your Cut and Surf Pokémon and head east to Route 9. ============================================================================== Route 9 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Marowak | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Follow the path southward and eastward to find a Trainer. Battle the Trainer and, afterwards, go further along the path and go up the left one at the fork, then battle the Trainer found in the grass. Jump down the two ledges and continue following the path to the right. Battle a Trainer nearby, then go under the ledge just below. Go all the way to the right. There, battle the Hiker. Return to the place where the Trainer before the Hiker was. Go right and up the stairs nearby, then right. Go ahead and battle the Hiker above the ledge. Cut the tree to the northeast and continue forward. Jump off the ledge below to battle the Picnicker. Go across the grass and southward to Route 10. ============================================================================== Route 10 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Electabuzz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electric | | Voltorb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electric | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Marowak | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Nothing much here, except the chance of catching Electabuzz. There is a Pokémon Center to the south. Heal there and get onto the water via Surf. Follow the stream to a patch of land. The grass for the Pokémon is here. Continue into the Power Plant. ============================================================================== Power Plant ============================================================================== Once you enter, head up to the northern part of the room. Speak with the fat guy near the power engine, and you'll then learn a machine part has been stolen. Try to leave and you'll be asked for your (forced) cooperation. When done, exit the Power Plant and Fly to Cerulean. ============================================================================== Cerulean City ============================================================================== Here, enter the Gym. ============================================================================== Cerulean Gym ============================================================================== When you enter, a Team Rocket Grunt will rush out and accidentally bump into you. He apologizes and leaves, heading north onto Route 24. Exit the Gym. ============================================================================== Cerulean City ============================================================================== Go north to Route 24. ============================================================================== Route 24 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Flying | | Sunkern | No | Yes | No | Grass | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Oddish | No | No | Yes | Grass/Poison | | Gloom | No | No | Yes | Grass/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go north to find the Team Rocket Grunt and he'll force himself between two people in an attempt to hide. ... Really? Speak with him to battle his Lv. 30 Golbat. As with others, it will fall almost instantly to Electric, Ice, Rock, and Psychic. After the battle, he'll reveal that the missing machine part was in the Cerulean Gym. He'll run off after discovering Team Rocket was dissolved back in Goldenrod. So, head to Cerulean City... ============================================================================== Cerulean City ============================================================================== Here, enter the Gym. ============================================================================== Cerulean Gym ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Machine Part ......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| When you get in, check the pile of rubber rings furthest back on the left side of the Gym and you'll get the Machine Part. Now, to deliver it. Exit the Gym. ============================================================================== Cerulean City ============================================================================== Heal up out here if needed, and head to Route 9 to the east. ============================================================================== Route 9 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Marowak | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Follow the Route to the water to the east. ============================================================================== Route 10 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Electabuzz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electric | | Voltorb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electric | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Marowak | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Head to the Pokémon Center and go east onto the water. Surf south to the Power Plant. ============================================================================== Power Plant ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | TM07 (Zap Cannon) .................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Inside, speak with the fat guy from before and give him the Machine Part. It is the one that was stolen and, with it, power should be up and running again. You'll get TM07 (Zap Cannon) as your reward. Exit the Plant and Fly to Saffron -- we need to pick up something. ============================================================================== Saffron City ============================================================================== Back in this town, head into one of the northwestern houses to find the home of the Copycat Girl. Speaking with her eventually let's you know that she is missing her favorite Poké Doll. We need to grab it for her to pick up our own item. Fly to Vermillion. ============================================================================== Vermillion City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Poké Doll ............................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Here, head into the Pokémon Fan Club and speak with the chubby guy inside. He will hand over the Copycat Girl's Poké Doll. Exit the building now and Fly back to Saffron. ============================================================================== Saffron City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Pass ................................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Back here again, return to the Copycat Girl's house and hand over the Poké Doll to receive a Pass. This item will allow you to use the Magnet Train between Saffron City (Kanto) and Goldenrod City (Johto) for free. Flying may do the same, but a train always much more scenic, right? Anyways, Fly back to Cerulean. ============================================================================== Cerulean City ============================================================================== Heal yourself at the Pokémon Center if needed, then go north to Route 24. ============================================================================== Route 24 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Flying | | Sunkern | No | Yes | No | Grass | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Oddish | No | No | Yes | Grass/Poison | | Gloom | No | No | Yes | Grass/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go all of the way across the bridge this time, then turn left and into the part with the grass. (Another point - this was a prime early place for the usage of the Mew glitch back in Red/Blue/Yellow/Green.) Yeah, that was just another fun note. Also around this area is the Cerulean Cave, only accessible when you get all eight badges of the Kanto region. So, for now, sail back up into Route 24 and east to Route 25. ============================================================================== Route 25 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Everstone ............................................................ [] | | Fire Stone ........................................................... [] | | Leaf Stone ........................................................... [] | | Nugget ............................................................... [] | | Protein .............................................................. [] | | Thunderstone ......................................................... [] | | Water Stone .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Bellsprout | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Oddish | No | No | Yes | Grass/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| To start, head over east and battle a Schoolboy, then further eastward for a Lass. Continue further onwards to find two more. Go up after the fourth battle and right to continue for a double battle. Past this is a seventh Trainer. Defeat him and continue east. Speak with the Trainer you find to get a Nugget and a battle. After this, Cut the tree nearby so as to grab the Protein. Once you do, go east to find Misty and her boyfriend atop the high platform here. Once you arrive, they split up. You, being a "pest", causes Misty to become annoyed and return to the Cerulean Gym - she IS the Gym Leader there, after all. You can now do the Gym Battle there. The cottage nearby is where you find Bill's grandpa. If you show him the correct Pokémon as shown in this list, you'll get the named item: Request #1 (Everstone) -- Lickitung Request #2 (Leaf Stone) -- Oddish Request #3 (Water Stone) -- Staryu Request #4 (Fire Stone) -- Growlithe Request #5 (Thunderstone) -- Pichu I would go ahead and note some technicalities here. Haunter also has a long (deadly) tongue; Gloom and Vileplume have leaves on their head (petals do count) (and MANY others fit that in other generations); Starmie also is shaped like a star; many Pokémon (Arcanine, notably) also have snapping jaws; and ... well, they got the last one right. One of five isn't TOO bad... >_> Whenever you're done, return to Cerulean City. ============================================================================== Cerulean City ============================================================================== Here, restore your party at the Pokémon Center, then enter the Gym. ============================================================================== Cerulean Gym ============================================================================== The Cerulean City Gym is of the Water-type, as made apparent by the pool and Sailors and such. Begin by going to the right and battling the two Sailors there. Return to the front of the Gym and Surf onto the water. Go forward to battle the Swimmer, then go back around to where the second Sailor was blocking your way. Sidle through the award podium and Surf onto the water to battle the Swimmer. Surf up through the gap and battle this Swimmer. Go up and jump out of the water. Head up the steps to find Misty. Battle her when ready. __________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Misty \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Golduck (Water) Lv. 42 | | Quagsire (Water/Ground) Lv. 42 | | Lapras (Water/Ice) Lv. 44 | | Starmie (Water/Psychic) Lv. 47 | | | | Money Earned: $4,700 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Golduck is weak to Grass and Electric. It can use Water Pulse (Water; may | | confuse) and Psychic to attack. It can raise stats via Psych Up or stop | | you from using the last-used move via Disable. Not a real threat, except | | in the case of Water Pulse/confusing. | | | | Quagsire is weak to Grass (4x), and nothing else - it has an Electric | | immunity. It can use Water Pulse and Earthquake (Ground move) for offense | | and Amnesia to up its Special Defense. It also has Rain Dance, which | | makes it rain (Fire weakens; Water strengthens; Thunder is 100% accurate).| | It can absorb Water moves for HP restoration, too. It'll be best to use a | | Grass Pokémon, because of the quadruple damage and it resists the | | offensive moves. | | | | Lapras is weak to Electric, Grass, Rock, and Fighting. It can use Body | | Slam (Normal; possible paralysis), Ice Beam (Ice move), Sing (55% chance | | of causing Sleep), and Water Pulse. The faster you deal with this, the | | better - you'll probably get statused by some move. | | | | Starmie is weak to Bug, Ghost, Dark, Grass, and Electric. It can use | | Water Pulse, Ice Beam, Recover (for HP), and Confuse Ray. Generally, it | | is preferable to not use Grass Pokémon due to the Ice Beam. | | | | Recommendations: Your Grass starter/strongest Grass type/Ampharos at | | Lv. 50+ can do it. As back-up, bring your legendary and starter around | | Lv. 51+ and Haunter/Gengar at Lv. 50+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Upon defeating Misty, you'll receive the Cascade Badge. Exit the Gym when you're done. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section XIII - Through Celadon's Gym **CRYSTAL_413** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Cerulean Gym ============================================================================== Once you've finished battling Misty and obtained the Cascade Badge, leave the Gym. ============================================================================== Cerulean City ============================================================================== Our next destination is the Pokémon Gym located in Celadon City. Along the way, we'll be grabbing some stuff from Lavender Town. So, for now, heal up at the Pokémon Center and Fly to Saffron. ============================================================================== Saffron City ============================================================================== Here, heal up at the Pokémon Center if needed. When ready, exit to the east, onto Route 8. ============================================================================== Route 8 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | PRZCure Berry ........................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Growlithe | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fire | | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Kadabra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Haunter | No | No | Yes | Ghost/Poison | | Meowth | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Jigglypuff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Snubbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| When you arrive, go a bit south and beat each of those three Bikers, then collect the PRZCure Berry that is on the Route. Begin heading east and battle the Super Nerd. Continue around and battle the couple near the top, and the Super Nerd to the right. Finally, at the bottom of the route, there's a Gentleman. As for the grass here, you can get to it via Cut. Whenever you're ready, head east into Lavender Town. ============================================================================== Lavender Town ============================================================================== As usual, head over to the Pokémon Center and restore your party to full health. Go into the Radio Tower in the town when ready. Speak with the guy in the suit at the top to obtain a Kanto expansion to your Pokégear's Radio Card, which lets you tune on the Kanto radio stations, including the Poké Flute at the top of the tuner. That's all for here. Leave Lavender Town to the south, onto Route 12. ============================================================================== Route 12 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Elixir ............................................................... [] | | Super Rod ............................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Once you arrive, go west to battle a Fisherman, then follow the path. Continue onwards and defeat the Bird Keeper you'll eventually find. Also battle the fisherman on the right, too, and the couple further south. Further south is a Fisherman. After this, go further south and enter the house and speak with the Fisherman inside to obtain the Super Rod. That'll be it for Route 12, for now. Go back to the couple and go west. When on the bridge, Surf and land on the tiny space between the trees and the fence and check one of the last tiles on the path for an Elixir. Surf back around and go into the gatehouse to Route 11. ============================================================================== Route 11 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Berry ................................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Drowzee | No | No | Yes | Psychic | | Hypno | No | No | Yes | Psychic | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass/Flying | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Magnemite | Yes | Yes | Yes | Steel/Electric | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Snorlax | Special: One-Shot Capture | Normal | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Upon entering Route 11, begin heading west. Battle and defeat the Psychic and grab the nearby Berry. Go north, through or around the grass, and battle the Youngster nearby, then go around him and check the gap in the fence to get a Revive. Go south now for a second Youngster, and west for another Psychic. Attempt to leave through the west exit of the route to Vermillion to find the Snorlax. We can now get it to budge, but only if you got the Radio Card's Kanto expansion. Flip open the Pokégear and access the radio. Manually drag the cursor to the top of the tuning map to hear the Poké Flute play. Close the Pokégear and "speak" with the Snorlax to awaken it and cause it to attack. ___________________________________ | Special Encounter: #143 Snorlax \ |____________________________________\_______________________________________ | Level: 50 | | Type : Normal | | Moves: - Block | | - Rollout | | - Crunch | | - Giga Impact | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Snorlax is a Normal type and therefore weak to Fighting and immune to | | Ghost. This specific one is holding Leftovers, which will heal 1/16 of | | its HP at the end of each turn. | | | | It can use Rollout (a several turn Ground move), Crunch (a decent Dark | | move), and Giga Impact (SUPER STRONG due to STAB; rest on second turn). | | | | The best way to catch it is use a lot of weak moves, then paralyze it or | | put it to sleep. After this, you can use Heavy Balls or Ultra Balls. | | You may fail at the catch a few times; if so, be sure to False Swipe it | | every four turns or so. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Now that Snorlax is out of the way (and hopefully in your Pokédex), we can now into Diglett's Cave. ... But not just yet. We WILL have to go there eventually, but, for now, Fly back to Saffron and exit to the west. ============================================================================== Route 7 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Abra | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Jigglypuff | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Snubbull | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Meowth | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Persian | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Murkrow | No | No | Yes | Dark/Flying | | Houndour | No | No | Yes | Dark/Fire | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| There is little here. You can also a Houndour, which would the first time you've seen a wild one, but that's really about it. Continue west into Celadon City when you're done. ============================================================================== Celadon City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Leftovers ............................................................ [] | | PP Up ................................................................ [] | | TM03 (Curse) ......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Grimer (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Muk (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Celadon City is the biggest city of the Kanto region, much like Goldenrod. However, the Radio Tower is not here whatsoever. It has a Game Corner, a Dept. Store, and a Gym, though. Go into the Pokémon Center and heal, then we can go exploring a little. To start, go behind the Pokémon Center and all of the way west to find the back of the Celadon Mansion. Go to the top and listen to the "scary" story to obtain TM03, Curse. Return to the front bit of Celadon and go to the bottommost row of buildings. Inside one, the diner, examine a trash can for the Leftovers (holder heals 6.25% of their HP each turn). Go to the far east and south into a thin section of trees. At the end of it, hidden, is a PP Up. Go up to the second row of buildings, one of which is the Game Corner and another is the prize house. Now, head to the northwest corner of Celadon to find the Dept. Store. The first and second floors are the same as the Department Store back in Goldenrod City. The third floor of the Dept. Store has an entirely different TM selection. Frustration and Return are good for Pokémon that hate/like you, respectively, with the power going up the more intense that feeling is. The fourth floor has some mail; the fifth has the X items and EV vitamins; 6F has the vending machines. That's pretty much it. Get a Pokémon with Cut and head to the southern portion of the city and Cut down the tree near the Gym. Follow the path around to it. (That old man has been peeking in for three years? I thought I had no life. :P) Go on in. ============================================================================== Celadon Gym ============================================================================== Fairly simple Gym - I'm sure you can handle it. Anyhow ... defeat the four Trainers, then speak with Erika to start another Gym battle. And, yes, we're now on a -10 level trend against HG/SS. v_v __________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Erika \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Tangela (Grass) Lv. 42 | | Jumpluff (Grass/Flying) Lv. 41 | | Victreebel (Grass/Poison) Lv. 46 | | Bellossom (Grass) Lv. 46 | | | | Money Earned: $4,600 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Jumpluff is weak to Ice (4x), Fire, Poison, Flying, and Rock. It is | | immune to Ground. It'll usually use Giga Drain and Leech Seed to suck | | your HP, but it can use Sunny Day to make it sunny (her Pokémon speed up, | | Fire strengthens, Water weakens, Solarbeam has no charge-up) and U-turn, | | a Bug-type move. | | | | Tangela is weak to Poison, Ice, Fire, Flying, and Bug. It can use Giga | | Drain (Grass; take some HP), Wring Out (more power with healthier target),| | Ancientpower (Rock; may increase all stats), and Sleep Powder. Thusly, I | | would prefer to stick to Poison here - Rock can knock out the rest. | | | | Victreebel can use Grass Knot (Grass; heavy target = more damage), Leaf | | Storm (Grass; reduces user's Special Attack), Razor Leaf (Grass; high | | critical-hit rate), and Sunny Day. It is weak to Ice, Fire, Flying, and | | Psychic. Fire and Flying would survive longest here, especially Ho-oh. | | | | Bellossom is weak to Ice, Flying, Poison, Bug, and Fire. It can use | | Solarbeam (Grass; one-turn wait (non-sunny)), Giga Drain, Sunny Day, and | | Synthesis (heal HP). It'll really be a good idea to finish it fast: even | | if you resist Grass, a Sunny Solarbeam (ie. no one-turn wait) can deal a | | good deal of damage. | | | | Recommendations: Your legendary, especially Ho-oh, can almost solo this | | at Lv. 55+. As back-up, bring Growlithe/Vulpix/Arcanine/Ninetales at | | Lv. 54+, your starter at Lv. 55+, and Haunter/Gengar at Lv. 54+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After you defeat Erika, you'll receive the Rainbow Badge and TM19 (Giga Drain). Once you're done, leave. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section XIV - Through Fuchsia's Gym **CRYSTAL_414** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Celadon Gym ============================================================================== After you beat Erika and receive the Rainbow Badge, leave the Gym. ============================================================================== Celadon City ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Grimer (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Muk (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Head to the Pokémon Center and heal your Pokémon. Finish up whatever business you have here, then exit to the west onto Route 16. ============================================================================== Route 16 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Grimer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Muk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Murkrow | No | No | Yes | Dark/Flying | | Slugma | No | Yes | No | Fire | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Nothing much here. I guess you can catch Slugma and Murkrow, though. Follow the route around and get on the Bicycle outside the gatehouse. Why? The Route past this gatehouse, Route 17, is the Cycling Road. Bicycles are required. ============================================================================== Route 17 / Cycling Road ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Grimer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Muk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Slugma | No | Yes | No | Fire | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you go through the gatehouse, go a bit south to find the road. It is two lanes, with neither vacant of Trainers. For the most part, you'll encounter Poison- and Fire-type Pokémon. Three of the Bikers will offer their numbers - I don't think any have any actual use. The route itself is fairly straightforward. Just head south and you'll soon run into Route 18. ============================================================================== Route 18 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Grimer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Muk | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Slugma | No | Yes | No | Fire | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you leave the Cycling Road, beat the Biker and head east through the gatehouse. Beat the Bird Keepers to the south, then head east into Fuchsia City. ============================================================================== Fuschia City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Burnt Berry .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Once you arrive, head south and heal up in the Pokémon Center. Now, if you head north of the town, you'll find a Burnt Berry. Yep, nothing else - no Safari Zone (as per Gen. I) or Pal Park (as per Gen. IV). The closest you can get requires hacking, because there is a Beta Safari Zone here - check my Glitch Pokémon FAQ for this info. Erm... That's pretty much it. Enter the Gym, which is near the Pokémon Center. ============================================================================== Fuschia Gym ============================================================================== As usual, in this Gym, you'll be working around the invisible walls. Just simply walk and work your way around them. The real Janine is found in the center. Speak with her to start the battle! *reads stats* ... Just not right. We have -11 to -14 level deficits versus HG/SS. ___________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Janine \ |____________________________\_______________________________________________ | Pokémon: Crobat (Poison/Flying) Lv. 36 | | Weezing (Poison) Lv. 36 | | Weezing (Poison) Lv. 36 | | Ariados (Poison/Bug) Lv. 33 | | Venomoth (Poison/Bug) Lv. 39 | | | | Money Earned: $3,900 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Crobat is weak to Psychic, Rock, Ice, and Electric. It is immune to | | Ground. It can use Wing Attack (Flying) for damage. It also has Confuse | | Ray and Supersonic for confusion and Screech to lower Defense. | | | | Weezing is weak to Psychic and to Ground. It can use Sludge Bomb | | (Poison), Double Hit (two-hit Normal move), Explosion, and Toxic. | | | | Ariados is weak to Flying, Fire, Rock, and Psychic. That's all you need | | to know -- this is that -14 leveled one. | | | | Venomoth is weak to Fire, Rock, Flying, and Psychic. It can use an STAB'd | | Sludge Bomb (Poison) and Signal Beam (Bug). It also has Double Team and | | Psychic. | | | | Recommendations: Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 55+ can solo it easily. However, | | bring your legendary at Lv. 56+, your starter at Lv. 56+, and perhaps | | Growlithe/Arcanine/Vulpix/Ninetales at Lv. 55+ all for back-up. | |____________________________________________________________________________| By defeating Janine, you'll be given the Soul Badge and TM06, Toxic. Exit the Gym when you're done. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section XV - Through Pewter's Gym **CRYSTAL_415** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Fuschia Gym ============================================================================== Once you've defeated Janine and get the Soul Badge, exit the Gym. ============================================================================== Fuschia City ============================================================================== Outside, go to the Pokémon Center and heal yourself. Then leave to the east. ============================================================================== Route 15 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | PP Up ................................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Chansey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Nidorina | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Nidorino | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Quagsire | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Remember the route we tried to finish, but detoured off of to get Snorlax? We shall finish the route and a few south. If you would prefer to not do this part, skip and Fly over to Vermillion and enter Diglett's Cave - the section will come up after the Route 12 section. Anyhow, go east and battle the defeat the School Kids, then jump over the ledge to battle the Teacher. Jump off the ledge to the east again and grab the Rose Incense, then jump over ANOTHER ledge and battle the Pokéfan. Go further east to battle another Trainer, this one training all of the Bellsprout evolutionary chain. Jump off the ledge to the right and Cut the tree to the north. Go all of the way left, jumping ledges and battling a few Trainers as you go, to find a PP Up. Jump down the ledge and return to the far right. Go right now, rather than up to the Cut tree's old location, to get on Route 14. ============================================================================== Route 14 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Chansey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Nidorina | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Nidorino | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Skiploom | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Quagsire | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Aerodactyl | Special: Trade Chansey | Rock/Flying | |__________________________|___________________________|______________________| Once you enter, go east and battle the Bird Keeper. Then go up on the left lower path to find a bunch of Trainers. Battle and defeat them. At the top of this path is the grass of this route. Cut the tree and go in if you want to search for Pokémon, including the elusive Chansey (1/100 chance). The girl nearby will trade your Chansey for her Aerodactyl. Go back to the bottom without using the Cut tree, and go east to battle some more Trainers, one of which will have the three unevolved Kanto starters: Bulbasaur (Grass), Charmander (Fire), and Squirtle (Water). Continue up the route for the last two Trainers, one of which will be off to the side. Anyhow, further north and you'll be on Route 13. ============================================================================== Route 13 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Chansey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Nidorina | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Nidorino | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Quagsire | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you enter, go to your left and battle and defeat the Hiker. Then go east ro battle a camper, then north and west and north when possible to battle and defeat a Picnicker. West of there should be another Camper. Just go around and follow the path now to find a Pokéfan you'll have to go slightly south to battle. That Magikarp, at Lv. 65 ... O_o Keep following the upper path after that. At the end, go south and east to a double battle. The grass of Route 15 is above here; just Cut down the Cut tree. Otherwise, go west as much as possible, then south and east for a Pokéfan. He has six Pikachu. *cough* Use Golem. *cough* From the six-Pikachu Trainer, go west until you can't anymore, then go south, east, south, and west. Go to the gap in the fence. From that location, go up a step or two, then due east to leave that fence maze onto the bridge. Defeat the Bird Peeker and follow the path some more to battle a Picnicker, then a Bird Keeper just a bit more north. Further north is Route 12. ============================================================================== Route 12 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Calcium .............................................................. [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Chansey | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Nidorina | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Nidorino | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Pidgeotto | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoppip | Yes | Yes | No | Grass/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Quagsire | No | No | Yes | Water/Ground | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you enter (from Route 13), go ahead and battle the Fisherman and his three (severely under-leveled) Magikarp. Turn left, Cut the tree, and grab another Calcium. Leave and go north, then speak to the Fisherman facing east to battle him. Further north is another Trainer and the house where you got the Super Rod. That's pretty much it. Fly to Vermillion City now. ============================================================================== Vermillion City ============================================================================== Heal up at the Pokémon Center and go east. There, you'll find the place where Snorlax once was, but, since we removed it, we can now go into the cave: Diglett's Cave. ============================================================================== Diglett's Cave ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Diglett | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ground | | Dugtrio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ground | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go down the ladder when you get in the cave. Here, simply follow the path. The path is somewhat long, so you might want to use the Bicycle. Continue following the path. Grab some Diglett (and the odd Dugtrio) if you feel like it as you go. Go up the ladder you'll find, then up the steps and out into the sunlight. ============================================================================== Route 2 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Carbos ............................................................... [] | | Dire Hit ............................................................. [] | | Elixir ............................................................... [] | | Max Potion ........................................................... [] | | Nugget ............................................................... [] | | PSNCure Berry ........................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Flying | | Pikachu | Yes | Yes | No | Electric | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Ledian | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Ariados | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you exit Diglett's Cave, go south some and grab the Berry. Enter the house nearby and speak with the guy inside to grab a Nugget. Leave the house and go south into the gatehouse. Next, leave the gatehouse and grab the Elixir between the two ledges, then head back north to the entrance to Diglett's Cave. Go northeast and grab the Carbos. Go back down and left through the trees, Cutting the tree at the end. Defeat the Bug Catcher found in the grass, then head northward into Pewter City. ============================================================================== Pewter City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Ice Berry ............................................................ [] | | Silver Wing .......................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| Once you arrive, heal yourself at the Pokémon Center. Go east and near the entrance to Route 3. Speak with the old man there and you'll get a Silver Wing You knwo what this means? You can now go catch Lugia, at Level 70 no less! Lv. 70! Just go to the Whirl Islands; it isn't that hard, now... If you go to the northwestern portion of the city, you'll find the Pewter Museum. Go there. Inside the Pewter Museum, speak with the guy on the far right to get a fossil revived (just leave, re-enter, and speak). A Dome Fossil revive Kabuto; Helix Fossils revive Omanyte; Old Amber revives Aerodactyl. The fossils' Pokémon are revived at Lv. 20, like in D/P/Pt, so you'll have to get the EXP. Share on them to make them true members of your party. Also, you'll need a free slot in your party to receive the Pokémon. Anywho, head into the Pewter Gym now. ============================================================================== Pewter Gym ============================================================================== Exceedingly simple gym. Obliterate the Trainer and go north to find Brock. *reads stats* *slams a heavy book down* I quit! Seriously, a -10/-11 level deficit!? Unevolved Pokémon at THIS late in the game!? __________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Brock \ |___________________________\________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Graveler (Rock/Ground) Lv. 41 | | Rhyhorn (Rock/Ground) Lv. 41 | | Omastar (Rock/Water) Lv. 42 | | Kabutops (Rock/Water) Lv. 42 | | Onix (Rock/Ground) Lv. 44 | | | | Money Earned: $4,200 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Brock is the Rock-type Gym Leader of Kanto, and would be the first Gym | | Leader you encountered in R/B/Y/G/FR/LG. | | | | Graveler is weak to Grass (4x), Water (4x), Fighting, Steel, and Ice (?). | | It can use Rock Slide, Rollout, and Earthquake offensively, which will | | really hurt your Steel/Ice types a bunch (STAB and whatnot). It's | | preferable to use Grass/Water. OH AND IT'S IMMUNE TO ELECTRIC! | | | | Rhyhorn is weak to Grass (4x), Water (4x), Ice (?), Fighting, and Steel. | | It is immune to Electric. It can use Earthquake, Scary Face (slows you | | down), Sandstorm, and Horn Drill (30%-accurate OHKO). It isn't much of a | | threat at all if you take normal or less damage from Ground moves. | | | | Omastar is weak to Grass (4x), Fighting, Electric, and Ground. It can use | | Spike Cannon (WEAK multi-hit move), Brine (Water; more powerful if you | | have <50% HP), and Ancientpower (Rock; may raise all stats). Protect is | | another move it has. For the most part, any Pokémon with decent Sp. Def | | and regular Attack will work. | | | | Kabuto is weak to Grass (4x), Fighting, Electric, and Ground. It can use | | Rock Slide and Aqua Jet, which are 50% more powerful (STAB bonus). It can | | also use the HP-absorbing move Giga Drain (Grass). It also has Endure, | | which stops it from being KO'ed that turn. Generally, it is not a good | | idea to use Ground. Grass is preferable. | | | | Onix is weak to Grass (4x), Water (4x), Steel, Fighting, and Ice (?), and | | has an Electric immunity. It can use Rock Slide, Iron Tail (Steel), | | Sandstorm, and Screech. It'll help to not use Ice - the opponent's moves. | | | | Recommendations: Most Lv. 50+ Grass-type Pokémon can solo this. Bring | | along your starter at Lv. 57+, your legendary at Lv. 57+, Gyarados (if | | you're raising one) at Lv. 55+, and Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 56+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| After the battle, you'll get the Boulderbadge. Now leave. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section XVI - Through Cinnabar's Gym **CRYSTAL_416** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Pewter Gym ============================================================================== After you defeat Brock and receive the Boulderbadge, leave the Pewter Gym. ============================================================================== Pewter City ============================================================================== Once you leave the Gym, heal up in the Pokémon Center. What I'm going to do now is have you traverse a few more Kanto routes you technically don't have to go through. If you don't want to, skip down a bit to the Pewter City section. If you DO want to, exit Pewter to the east. ============================================================================== Route 3 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Ekans | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Arbok | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Sandshrew | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Clefairy | No | No | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you enter, battle the Youngster if you haven't been caught by him already, then go south to battle those two Cooltrainers. Next, go to the top portion of the Route and go east to find two Youngsters. Battle and defeat them, and continue going and defeat the Firebreather in the grass. Go east, up the steps, and battle the Hiker. Go further east for another battle, and even further for ANOTHER. Go to the bottom now and battle the Hiker, then up the steps for another Firebreather. Go into the nearby Pokémon Center and restore your party's health. Enter the cave, Mt. Moon. ============================================================================== Mt. Moon ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Geodude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Paras | Yes | Yes | Yes | Bug/Grass | | Clefairy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Sandshrew | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you enter Mt. Moon, your rival will engage you in battle. (One that is just like the Victory Road one, excepting a few evolutionary/level changes.) _____________________________________ | BOSS: PKMN Trainer [rival's name] \ |______________________________________\_____________________________________ | Pokémon: Sneasel (Dark/Ice) Lv. 41 | | Golbat (Poison/Flying) Lv. 42 | | Gengar (Ghost/Poison) Lv. 43 | | Magneton (Electric/Steel) Lv. 41 | | Alakazam (Psychic) Lv. 43 | | Feraligatr [if you chose Cyndaquil] (Water) Lv. 45 <--, | | Meganium [if you chose Totodile] (Grass) Lv. 45 <--+ Only 1. | | Typhlosion [if you chose Chikorita] (Fire) Lv. 45 <--' | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Sneasel is weak to Fighting (4x), Bug, Fire, Rock, and Steel. It is also | | immune to Psychic. | | | | Golbat, as usual, is weak to Psychic, Electric, Ice, and Rock. It has an | | immunity to Ground. It will probably use Supersonic, so finish it fast. | | | | Magneton is weak against Ground (4x), Fire, and Fighting. It will mainly | | use Spark, an Electric move. I believe it also can use Thunder Wave. I | | don't know for sure, though. | | | | Gengar is weak to Dark, Ghost, Ground, and Psychic moves, with an | | immunity to Normal and Fighting. It's main move is Shadow Ball, so avoid | | using Psychic and Ghost types. | | | | Alakazam is weak to Dark, Ghost, and Bug. It has powerful Psychic moves, | | so avoid using Fighting or Psychic Pokémon. | | | | Feraligatr is weak to Electric and Grass. | | | | Meganium is weak to Ice, Fire, Bug, Poison, and Flying. | | | | Typhlosion is weak to Ground, Rock, and Water. | | | | Recommendations: Graveler/Golem at Lv. 54+; Vulpix, Growlithe, Ninetales, | | or Arcanine at Lv. 55+; Haunter/Gengar at Lv. 55+. Those cover most of | | the weaknesses, but bring your starter at Lv. 57+ and your legendary at | | Lv. 57+ for back-up. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Once you have defeated your rival, it seems what Lance said about being kind to your Pokémon is beginning to finally dawn on him. (His Golbat is still a Golbat, so it fits.) He'll leave, and can be now found at the Indigo Plateau for more rebattling on Mondays and Wednesdays. Go over to the southeastern ladder nearby and up, then exit the cave from here. Go to the right and check the flower at the end of the path of trees to find a house to the left. Its residents will sell drinks (but not at night). During the night, on Mondays, you can find Clefairy dancing on the far left. They can leave you a Moon Stone. Also nearby is a shop selling lots of Lemonade. Enter the entrance to the cave and go down the ladder. Jump off of the ledge and go south and out of Mt. Moon. ============================================================================== Route 4 ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | HP Up ................................................................ [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Ekans | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Arbok | Yes | Yes | No | Poison | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Sandshrew | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Clefairy | No | No | Yes | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you exit Mt. Moon, go east and down the incline, battling the Trainer down there. Go north a bit to the part surrounded by ledges. Continue east to battle a Bird Keeper. Then go to the top and battle the Picnicker and grab the HP Up. Further east is Cerulean City. For now, though, let's Fly to Lavender Town; I wanna look at that Rock Tunnel... ============================================================================== Lavender Town ============================================================================== Here, grab a Pokémon with Flash if you think you'll need it in a dark cave (like Dark Cave :P), then exit Lavender, going north onto Route 10. ============================================================================== Route 10 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Electabuzz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electric | | Voltorb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electric | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Marowak | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Battle a few Trainers, and then go into the nearby Rock Tunnel. ============================================================================== Rock Tunnel ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Elixir ............................................................... [] | | Iron ................................................................. [] | | PP Up ................................................................ [] | | Revive ............................................................... [] | | TM47 (Steel Wing) .................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Geodude | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Zubat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Onix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Rock/Ground | | Machop | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fighting | | Machoke | Yes | Yes | Yes | Fighting | | Cubone | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ground | | Marowak | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ground | | Kangaskhan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Haunter | Yes | Yes | Yes | Ghost/Poison | | Golbat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Poison/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Begin by using Flash, which is nearly a necessity for here. Upon entering, go west and pick up the two items (TM47 and an Elixir). Go south to go down to lower areas. Here, go along the path to a two-rock gap. There, go west to another such gap; go south to find a PP Up. Return to the gap and continue past it. Grab the Revive nearby, then go south to the ladder. Use it. Up here, go west and north to find a ladder. Use it, then go south, west, and south some more to another ladder. Go east to find an Iron, then go back to and use the ladder. Then just go west, north, and west to reach the other exit. ============================================================================== Route 10 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Electabuzz | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electric | | Voltorb | Yes | Yes | Yes | Electric | | Spearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Fearow | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Marowak | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Zubat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Venonat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | | Venomoth | No | No | Yes | Poison/Bug | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Fly back to Pewter City. ============================================================================== Pewter City ============================================================================== Once you're done with the above extras -- if you even did them -- heal up your Pokémon at the Pokémon Center, then exit Pewter City to the south. ============================================================================== Route 2 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Flying | | Pikachu | Yes | Yes | No | Electric | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Ledian | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Ariados | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Continue southward and go through the gatehouse. There, you'll find yourself in the Viridian Forest! ============================================================================== Viridian Forest ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Dire Hit ............................................................. [] | | Leaf Stone ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Metapod | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Flying | | Weedle | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Kakuna | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Beedrill | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Poison | | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Pidgeotto | Yes | No | No | Normal/Flying | | Pikachu | Yes | No | Yes | Electric | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you enter, go down and through the grass. Battle and defeat the Bug Catcher facing east. Continue south and east, through the grassy path. Grab the Dire Hit at the top, then go south to the next path. Then go up the next lane on the right, ignoreing the stairs. Battle the Bug Catcher. Take the right pathway next and battle the Trainer. Go further south and you'll find a Bug Catcher, and another one is even further south. Beat the second one head in a westward direction to the Cut tree nearby. Cut down this very Cut tree on the high platform west of the gatehouse exit. Follow the path the whole way around to find a Leaf Stone. Return to the bottom and Go east, down the steps, and down through the gatehouse to leave Viridian's forest. ============================================================================== Route 2 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Caterpie | Yes | Yes | No | Bug | | Butterfree | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Flying | | Pikachu | Yes | Yes | No | Electric | | Ledyba | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Ledian | Yes | No | No | Bug/Flying | | Pidgeotto | No | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Noctowl | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Spinarak | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | | Ariados | No | No | Yes | Bug/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Jump off of the ledge (or go through the grass) and fight the Bug Catcher below. Continue around the path to find a second Bug Catcher. That's all for Route 2; head south into Viridian City. ============================================================================== Viridian City ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | TM42 (Dream Eater) ................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| As you may know, there is a Pokémon Gym here. Why aren't we going to challenge it? Well ... the Gym Leader isn't here. The Pokémon Center is to the southeast; heal up there. Going to the southwest area and Cutting down the tree will let you speak with the guy near here, thereby giving you TM42 (Dream Eater). That's all, item-wise. Viridian City also has the Trainer House, where you can battle a Trainer each day. By default, there is one Trainer with Level 50 versions of the three Johto starters fully evolved. You can expand this by connecting to other people's via Mystery Gift - the party the person had during the last Mystery Gift interaction will be their party. That's all. Heal up as needed, then exit Viridian to the south. ============================================================================== Route 1 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Pidgey | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Rattata | Yes | Yes | Yes | Normal | | Raticate | No | No | Yes | Normal | | Sentret | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | | Hoothoot | No | No | Yes | Normal/Flying | | Furret | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| A few levels south, you will find an Cooltrainer. Below that: another Cooltrainer. Beat her and south to get to Pallet Town. ============================================================================== Pallet Town ============================================================================== Pallet Town is the hometown of Red, the legendary Trainer who took down Team Rocket three years ago (R/B/Y/G/FR/LG games). It was also the hometown of his rival (and now, eighth Kanto Gym Leader) Blue and that of Professor Oak. In the anime, it has been Ash's (Red's counterpart) hometown from which he has started each of his five journeys. (Five, and he's STILL ten years old. The anime itself has been on for about thirteen years.) Anyhow, there is little here. The house on the left is Red's, but he isn't here. The one on the right is Blue's - he also isn't here. Daisy, Blue's sister, IS here and she can massage one of your Pokémon between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM daily. There is also Profesoor Oak's labortory to the south, but, for now, it has little use unless you want to get your Pokédex rated. Anyhow, leave Pallet Town by going south onto Route 21. ============================================================================== Route 21 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Mr. Mime | Yes | Yes | Yes | Psychic | | Tangela | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Tentacool (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | | Tentacruel (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Once you enter, go south and battle the Swimmer, then go on the shoreline to the right. Battle and defeat the Fisherman. Surf westward onto more sand and battle the Fisherman and the Bird Keeper you will find nearby. Go south and battle the Swimmer. Go onto the shallow shore to the west and battle the Fisherman there, then battle the Swimmer on the right. Go further south to find another Fisherman on the sand. Defeat him in battle, the Surf southward to battle another Swimmer, and a Bird Keeper on the nearby shore. Even further south, you'll find Cinnabar Island. ============================================================================== Cinnabar Island ============================================================================== This is Cinnabar Island, or what remains of it. A year or two ago, the island, which was more volcano than most think, erupted. This ... is what remains. It was a slightly more preferable spot back in R/B/Y/G for the Mew glitch, when the island was resided upon. Anyhow, there is nothing here, save for a Pokémon Center. There is also Blue, the Viridian Gym Leader and rival of Red, in the corner. Talking to him will yield nothing, though, except him leaving. Ignore this for a bit. Heal up at the Pokémon Center and Surf east onto Route 20. ============================================================================== Route 20 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Tentacool (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | | Tentacruel (Surf) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Water/Poison | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Go onto the sand bank and follow it along. You'll fight a Trainer or two on the way. You'll soon find the entrance to a cave. Go on in. ============================================================================== Seafoam Islands ============================================================================== The Seafoam Islands of R/B/Y/G/FR/LG are back. You can explore them, and, once you beat the Trainer atop Mt. Silver, find Articuno here. For now, nothing is here. You can find a hidden Escape Rope by examining the sharp rock at the top of the room. Go up the ladder in the middle. ============================================================================== Cinnabar Gym ============================================================================== This is a fairly simple Gym for you to deal with. Extinguish Blaine's flame. ___________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Blaine \ |____________________________\_______________________________________________ | Pokémon: Macargo (Fire/Rock) Lv. 45 | | Magmar (Fire) Lv. 45 | | Rapidash (Fire) Lv. 50 | | | | Money Earned: $5,000 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Macargo is weak to Water (4x), Ground (4x), Steel, and Fighting. Marcargo | | can use the moves Sunny Day, Smog (may poison), Rock Slide, and the | | overall 210-Power Overheat (Fire) move. This last one will cause the | | user to experience a Special stat drop, except Macargo is holding the | | White Herb, which prevents it once. Water overall is the best to use. | | | | Magmar is weak to Water, Rock, and Ground. It can use Overheat and | | Thunderpunch offensively, as well as Sunny Day and Confuse Ray. | | Generally, Ground would be best here. | | | | Rapidash is weak to Water, Ground, and Rock. Rapidash is capable of using | | Flare Blitz (Fire; has recoil), Bounce (Flying; two-turn and it may | | paralyze), Overheat, and Quick Attack. Of the three weaknesses, Water is | | the best. | | | | Recommendations: Your Water starter, if any, or Gyarados at Lv. 60+. As | | back-up, bring Graveler/Golem at Lv. 59+ and your legendary at Lv. 60+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| For winning this seventh gym of Kanto (15th overall), you'll get the Volcano Badge. Leave the Gym and Fly to Cinnabar. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section XVII - Through Viridian's Gym **CRYSTAL_417** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Cinnabar Gym ============================================================================== Once you've beaten Blaine and have obtained the Volcano Badge, Fly back to Viridian City. ============================================================================== Viridian City ============================================================================== Heal at the Pokémon Center if haven't yet done so. Bring you six strongest Pokémon -- put the HM slaves back in the PC -- and enter the Gym. ============================================================================== Viridian Gym ============================================================================== Ummm... FYI, this is the only Kanto Gym to have some Pokémon more powerful in G/S/C than in HG/SS! _________________________ | BOSS: Gym Leader Blue \ |__________________________\_________________________________________________ | Pokémon: Pidgeot (Normal/Flying) Lv. 56 | | Exeggutor (Grass/Psychic) Lv. 58 | | Gyarados (Water/Flying) Lv. 58 | | Rhydon (Rock/Ground) Lv. 56 | | Alakzam (Psychic) Lv. 58 | | Arcanine (Fire) Lv. 58 | | | | Money Earned: $5,800 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Exeggutor is weak to Flying, Bug (4x), Fire, Ice, Dark, and Ghost. It can | | use Psychic (Psychic), Leaf Storm (Grass), Hypnosis (put you to Sleep), | | and Trick Room (slower Pokémon move first). Nothing special to mention. | | | | Gyarados is weak to Electric (4x) and Rock, with a Ground immunity. It | | can use Waterfall (Water), Return (Normal), and Ice Fang (Ice). It also | | has Dragon Dance (Attack and Speed boost). With this combination of | | moves, Gyarados could literally hit every Pokémon in Gen. IV for neutral | | or worse damage (excepting Shedinja - the Wonder Guard ability). Because | | of the Waterfall, Electric is preferable to Rock. | | | | Rhydon is weak to Grass (4x), Water (4x), Fighting, Ice, and Steel moves. | | It is immune to Electric. It can use Earthquake (Ground), Stone Edge | | (Rock), Thunder Fang (Electric), and Megahorn (Bug). Because of the | | moveset, it is preferable to avoid using ... well, all except Fighting. | | Unless your Grass/Water type is decently powerful and resilient. | | | | Alakazam is weak to Dark, Ghost, and Bug. I OHKO'ed it with a critical | | Shadow Ball from Gengar. ^_^ Which explains the lack of detail. | | | | Arcanine is weak to Water, Rock, and Ground. It can use Roar (make you | | switch Pokémon), Dragon Pulse (Dragon), Flare Blitz (Fire; has recoil), | | and Extremespeed (Normal). Of the three, Water is preferable due to its | | Fire resistance. | | | | Pidgeot is weak to Rock, Electric, and Ice. It has Ghost and Ground | | immunities. It can use Return (Normal), Air Slash (Flying), Mirror Move | | (your last-used move hits you), and Whirlwind (forced switch). I see | | Electric as the preferable one -- Mirror Move will cause it to hit you, | | with 50% less damage, and Pidgeot doesn't have a Ground move. | | | | Recommendations: Your starter at Lv. 60+; your legendary at Lv. 60+; a | | Quagsire/Gyarados at Lv. 58+; Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 59+; Graveler or | | Golem at Lv. 59+; Haunter/Gengar at Lv. 58+. | |____________________________________________________________________________| Once you defeat Blue, you'll be given the Earth Badge (which is oddly feather-shaped). Now, leave. _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Section XVIII - Through Mt. Silver **CRYSTAL_418** _______________________________________________________________________________ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ============================================================================== Viridian Gym ============================================================================== Once you have beaten Blue and obtained your sixteenth Gym Badge, leave the Gym. ============================================================================== Viridian City ============================================================================== Once you exit the Gym, Professor Oak will call you over the Pokégear. It seems he has something to tell you. So, heal up and Fly to Pallet Town. ============================================================================== Pallet Town ============================================================================== Go into Professor Oak's lab. Inside, go north and speak with Oak. He'll open up the path to Mt. Silver, the toughest area of all of Pokémon Crystal version. Ready? Now, you should Fly to the Victory Road gatehouse and exit to the west. ============================================================================== Route 28 ============================================================================== ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Ponyta | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Rapidash | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Tangela | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Arbok | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Doduo | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Dodrio | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Golbat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Poliwhirl | No | No | Yes | Water/Fighting | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Nothing much to mention here. Just head west until you cross over to the next portion of the route. ============================================================================== [Outside] Mt. Silver ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | TM47 (Steel Wing) .................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Ponyta | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Rapidash | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Tangela | Yes | Yes | Yes | Grass | | Arbok | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Doduo | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Dodrio | Yes | Yes | No | Normal/Flying | | Golbat | No | No | Yes | Poison/Flying | | Poliwhirl | No | No | Yes | Water/Fighting | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| Head over to the Pokémon Center. Ignore it momentairly and go through the grass east of it. Jump off of the ledge to the east and go east and downstairs, back on Route 28 momentarily. Follow the path and use Cut on the tree. Continue onwards and go into the house you'll find. Speak with the woman inside to get TM47 (Steel Wing). That's it. Go back up the steps and west. Heal up in the nearby Pokémon Center. While you're there, you'll need to teach a Pokémon Rock Smash and Surf and Waterfall (last two are for some items). Now, you need to be sure you're ready. If the six Pokémon party you have has a level generally less than 65, you'll be in trouble in a moment. Big. Trouble. Buy some Revives, Full Restores, and Hyper Potions. When you're ready, enter the cave to the top left. ============================================================================== Mt. Silver ============================================================================== ___________________ | Items Checklist \ |____________________\________________________________________________________ | Calcium .............................................................. [] | | Escape Rope .......................................................... [] | | Full Restore ......................................................... [] | | Max Elixir ........................................................... [] | | Max Revive ........................................................... [] | | PP Up ................................................................ [] | | Protein .............................................................. [] | | Ultra Ball ........................................................... [] | | Ultra Ball ........................................................... [] | |_____________________________________________________________________________| ______________________ | Pokémon Encounters \ |_______________________\_____________________________________________________ | Pokémon | Morn. | Day | Night | Type | |--------------------------+---------+-------+---------+----------------------| | Graveler | Yes | Yes | No | Rock/Ground | | Golbat | Yes | Yes | No | Poison/Flying | | Golduck | Yes | Yes | No | Water/Psychic | | Larvitar | Yes | Yes | No | Ground | | Machoke | Yes | Yes | No | Fighting | | Magmar | Yes | Yes | No | Fire | | Misdreavus | Yes | Yes | No | Ghost | | Onix | Yes | Yes | No | Rock/Ground | | Parasect | Yes | Yes | No | Bug/Grass | | Pupitar | Yes | Yes | No | Rock/Ground | | Ursaring | Yes | Yes | No | Normal | |__________________________|_________|_______|_________|______________________| For the first part of the mountain, you may or may not want Flash. Assuming you do not (want to) use it, here is a path, helpfully provided by user JamesXXIV. Thanks!! ~~ 6 steps up. ~~ 3 steps right. ~~ 6 steps up. ~~ 9 steps left. ~~ 6 steps up. ~~ 5 steps right. ~~ 3 steps down. ~~ 7 steps down. ~~ 4 steps up. ~~ 2 steps left. ~~ 5 steps up. ~~ 6 steps left. ~~ 6 steps up. ~~ 5 steps right. ~~ 3 steps down. ~~ 3 steps right. ~~ 5 steps up. As for the second bit, it is rather linear. I think you can manage this much. At the end, you'll find none other than Red, the only other Trainer to have single-handedly taken down Team Rocket two years ago. This will be the toughest battle you will probably ever face -- speak with Red and enjoy his silence to begin. ________________________________ | FINAL BOSS: PKMN Trainer Red \ |_________________________________\__________________________________________ | Pokémon: Pikachu (Electric) Lv. 81 | | Charizard (Fire/Flying) Lv. 77 | | Venusaur (Grass/Poison) Lv. 77 | | Blastoise (Water) Lv. 77 | | Espeon (Psychic) Lv. 73 | | Snorlax (Normal) Lv. 75 | | | | Money Earned: $7,700 | |============================================================================| | Pikachu is weak to Ground only. It is holding the Light Ball hold item, | | which greatly increases its offensive stats. It can use Volt Tackle (an | | Electric move; 120-Power; recoils), Thunderbolt (Electric; potential | | Paralysis), Iron Tail (Steel), and Quick Attack. Luckily, using a Ground | | type will immunize you from Pikachu's two Electric moves, which are | | exceptionally powerful at this point and will virtually guarantee a OHKO | | on a Gyarados. | | | | Charizard is weak to Rock (4x), Water, and Electric, with a Ground | | immunity. It can use Air Slash (Flying), Flare Blitz (Fire; recoils), | | Dragon Pulse (Dragon), and Blast Burn (Fire; one-turn recovery). The two | | Fire moves have 180 and 225 Power respectively, counting STAB. Generally, | | Water is a good type of Pokémon to use assuming you lack a Rock type. | | | | Venusaur is weak to Fire, Flying, Ice, and Psychic. It can use Giga | | Drain (Grass; HP-abosrber), Frenzy Plant (POWERFUL Grass move), Sludge | | Bomb (Poison), and Sleep Powder (causes sleep). It is more than obvious | | that a Fire or Flying type will survive quite easily here, such as Ho-oh. | | | | Blastoise is weak to Electric and Grass. It can use Hydro Cannon (Water; | | one-turn recovery), Blizzard (Ice; 100% due to Hail; may freeze), Flash | | Cannon (Electric?), and Focus Blast (Fighting). Because of the Blizzard | | with its 100% accuracy, avoid using Grass types, at least until it uses | | Blizzard five times -- that's all the PP it has. | | | | Espeon is weak to Dark, Ghost, and Bug. It does know Psychic and Swift. | | | | Snorlax is weak only to Fighting and is immune to Ghost. It can use | | Shadow Ball (Ghost), Crunch (Dark), Blizzard (Ice; 100% accurate due to | | hail; may freeze), and Giga Impact (overall 225-Power Normal move; one | | turn recovery). Snorlax also has a rather high Special stat, so I'd use | | physical moves -- ie. Fighting. | | | | Recommendations: Graveler/Golem at Lv. 70+ for Pikachu and Charizard; | | your legendary, Fire starter, or Kadabra/Alakazam at Lv. 70+ for | | Venusaur; your Grass starter or Ampharos at Lv. 70+ for Blastoise; | | Haunter/Gengar at Lv. 70+ for Snorlax (to avoid Giga Impact) and Espeon. | | Uf an empty slot or more remains, here are some suggestions: your starter | | at Lv. 70+ if not put in, Gyarados Lv. 70+, or some other legendary (Lv. | | 70+). | |____________________________________________________________________________| After defeating Red, he'll vanish into thin air and the credits will roll once more. ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ CONGRATULATIONS! 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