Pokemon Yellow: FAQ\Walkthrough Author: Jdude84 [Last update: 2/22/03] Contact: See Copyright\Notes Version: 1.56 TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1] Version History 2] What's different in yellow? 3] FAQ 4] Walkthrough 5] Extra Areas - Unknown Dungeon - Seafoam Islands - Power Plant 6] Copyright 7] Notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1] Version History ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Version 1.56 [2/22/03] Realized what a great game this was and what a crappy guide _this_ was. As such, I've fixed both miscues with this update, hopefully. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2] What's different in yellow? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Red\Blue: You start out with Bulbasaur\Squirtle\Charmander Yellow: You start out with Pikachu Red\Blue: Your rival starts out with Charmander\Bulbasaur\Squirtle Yellow: Your rival starts out with Eevee Red\Blue: You can only get one of the starter pokemon Yellow: You can acquire all three Red\Blue starter pokemon in-game Red\Blue: You walk around the world map on your own Yellow: Pikachu follows you around, walking and talking Red\Blue: You can evolve pikachu Yellow: You can not evolve your starter pikachu, and there are no wild pikachus in the game Red\Blue: You could only get certain pokemon depending on which version you had Yellow: You can catch all but the following pokemon without trading in yellow - Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill, Ekans, Arbok, Meowth, Persian, Koffing, Wheezing, Jynx, Electabuzz, Magmar, Mew Red\Blue: Pokemon had the same moves, appearance, and location Yellow: Pokemon learn new moves, have different looks, and appear in different areas Red\Blue: Trainers were in the same areas Yellow: There are more trainers, some in new areas, and with new pokemon Red\Blue: You could not fight Jessie&James from team rocket Yellow: You fight Jessie&James on more than one occasion Red\Blue: Annoying nurse lady ran the pokecenter Yellow: Annoying nurse joy runs the pokecenter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3] FAQ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Q. Can you get Mew? A. No. Get a gameshark if you want one so badly. Q. What about Pikablu\Marril? A. Wrong version. Go grab Pokemon Gold\Silver\Crystal if you want him. Q. Can I stop my Pokemon from evolving? A. Yes, simply tap B when your pokemon tries to evolve. Q. Where is the old amber? A. In pewter city, in the back of the museum. Check the walkthrough for additional details if needed. Q. Can you get the starter Pokemon from Red\Blue? A. Yes. Check the walkthrough. Q. How many Pokemon are in this one? A. 151, just like Red\Blue. You still can't get mew, stop asking. Q. Can I catch all 150 pokemon then? A. No, some pokemon do not appear in the wild, they are: Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill, Ekans, Arbok, Meowth, Persian, Koffing, Wheezing, Jynx, Electabuzz, Magmar, and of course, Mew. Q. Can I at least "see" all 150 then? A. To the best of my knowledge, you can only see 148. Electabuzz and Magmar seem to be taking a vacation from this one. Q. Does the missingno trick still work? A. Nope. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4] Walkthrough ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The main chunk of the guide. Standard walkthrough, start to finish. [Pallet Town] Pokemon: Pikachu (1), Eevee (1). Items: Potion. Trainers: Rival (Gary). Head up to your PC and withdraw the Potion. Go outside, and walk north in to the grass. Professor Oak will stop you, and catch a wild pokemon. Follow him back to his lab, and you'll meet your rival. He'll snatch the Pokemon intended for you, and you'll get the Pikachu Oak caught earlier. Head outside and Gary will challenge you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gary Rewards: $175, 97 EXP Thundershock a few times and Eevee's toast. You shouldn't need to, but you can heal with the potion you withdrew earlier if your HP gets low. Pokemon: Eevee (Lv. 5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After winning you'll discover the little rat would rather follow you along than stay in his pokeball. Your mom can heal your pokemon at your house if you need to. When you're finished, head north to Route 1. [Route One] Pokemon: Pidgey, Rattata Items: Potion. Trainers: None. Talk to the first person you see and you'll receive a free potion. Nothing else interesting on this route, but the pidgey's here are very easily defeated with pikachu's thundershock. Good for a couple of quick early levels. When you get through route one, you'll be in Viridian City. [Viridian City] Pokemon: None. Items: Potion, Oak's Parcel. Trainers: None. Enter the town, heal if needed, and head to the Pokemart. The clerk there will give you a package to deliver to Oak. Before doing so, head west until you find a very small passage to the north. Head up the passage, following the turn right until you come to a bush. Check it (press A) for a Potion. Then head back to Pallet Town. [Pallet Town] Pokemon: None Items: Pokedex, Town Map. Trainers: None. Head down to Oak's lab and deliver the package. Gary will come in, brag a little, and you'll both receive a Pokedex. Shops will now sell you Pokeballs, and you can begin catching pokemon. Afterwards, head up to the house above the lab, and get a town map from Gary's sister. Then head back up to Viridian, via route one. [Viridian City] Pokemon: None. Items: Pokeball. Trainers: None. Head to the pokemart, buy a few pokeballs, and head west to route 22. [Route Twenty-Two] Pokemon: Rattata, NidoranM, NidoranF, Spearow, Mankey. Items: None. Trainers: Spearow is easily bashed upon for quick easy EXP. The others are pretty easily taken down too. Be sure you catch at the least, a Mankey. It will provide very useful in the first gym. You can catch the others if you'd like, but they take a bit of training before they're any good. Put Mankey in the lead after you catch him, you'll need to train him briefly before you enter the next area. When both pokemon are around level 7, go west to find gary. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gary Rewards: $280, 268 EXP Spearow's dead in two thundershocks. Eevee can go down to either Pikachu or Mankey, pick your poison. Pokemon: Spearow (Lv. 9), Eevee (Lv. 8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After that's done with, heal, and head north to route two. [Route Two] Pokemon: Pidgey, Rattata, NidoranF Items: None. Trainers: None. The Pidgey here go up to level 7, making it a great area to raise Pikachu if he still seems weak. Try to have mankey learn low kick here (Lv. 9) as well. Then head into Viridian Forest. [Viridian Forest] Pokemon: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Caterpie, Metapod. Items: Pokeball, Potion [x2]. Trainers: Lass, Bug Catcher [x4]. Enter, head to the west, then north to pick up a pokeball. Head back down, left into a small grass patch, and talk to the trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $90, 151 EXP Mankey's Scratch or Pikachu's Thundershock will easily take them both out. Yawn. Pokemon: NidoranF (Lv. 6), NidoranM (Lv. 6). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go back to the entrance, and go to the right. Walk up and you'll meet another trainer soon enough. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $70, 158 EXP Two caterpies. Oooh. Mankey's scratch will do. Pokemon: Caterpie (Lv. 7) [x2] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head up through another grass patch and you'll find yet another bug catcher. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $60, 249 EXP Metapod doesn't attack, toss the weakest of your two pokemon at him. Caterpie goes down again to mankey's scratch. The last metapod is shockingly just as the first. By now mankey should be guaranteed to know low kick, and pikachu should have thunder wave. Pokemon: Metapod (Lv. 6) [x2], Caterpie (Lv. 6). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head up and collect the potion, then make your way left and down, until you come to yet another bug lover. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $80 , 213 EXP More of the same, just at higher levels. Use mankey here to get him to level 11 or so. Pokemon: Caterpie (Lv. 8), Metapod (Lv. 8). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the grass path up, left, and down again. Go down to your right and collect another potion. Then head up to the left for one more buggy trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $100, 103 EXP Whomever is the lowest level in your party, be it mankey or pikachu, use them to knock off another caterpie. Pokemon: Caterpie (Lv. 10). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Try to have both your pokemon at level 10+, and head up through the gate house into pewter. [Pewter City] Pokemon: Pidgey, Rattata, NidoranM, NidoranF. Items: TM 34 (Bide), Boulder Badge. Trainers: Jr. Trainer, Brock. There's a patch of grass with the same pokemon you've seen before, so that's not of much use. Heal your pokemon, put mankey in the lead, and head directly to the gym in the northwest corner of pewter. Into the gym, and first up is a mini-trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $180, 334 EXP One or two low kicks from mankey will take out diglett, depending on your level. Sandshrew will require two or three low kicks, however, unless your level is rather high. Pokemon: Diglett (Lv. 9), Sandshrew (Lv. 9). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Heal if needed, then approach the gym leader, brock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GYM LEADER: Brock Rewards: $1188, 460 EXP, TM 34 One, or two at most of the low kick variety will take out geodude. For onix, it's only three. You should make it out without a scratch. Claim your rewards from brock, heal, then head east to the trainer-ridden route three. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 10), Onix (Lv. 12). Boulder Badge ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Route Three] Pokemon: Spearow, Rattata, Mankey, Sandshrew, Magikarp (1). Items: None. Trainers: Lass [x3], Bug Catcher [x3], Youngster [x2] Now that he's served his purpose, dump mankey in the PC, and bring your pikachu through the hellish amount of trainers in this area. Starting with the first... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $135, 210 EXP Two pidgeys. Two thundershocks. Easy. Pokemon: Pidgey (Lv. 9) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Going up, we find another group of trainers... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $100, 335 EXP Your only real danger here is getting posioned by Weedle. If that happens, just heal at a pokecenter. All three go down to 2-3 quick attacks or thundershocks. Pokemon: Caterpie (Lv. 10) [x2], Weedle (Lv. 10). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Not too far to the right... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Youngster Rewards: $165, 278 EXP Rattata is easy, dead in two quick attacks. Ekans could be a problem if you are unlucky and get stuck in a poision/wrap combo. To fight this, T-wave ekans first, then assault it with thundershock. Should fall in 3 rounds. Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 11), Ekans (Lv. 11). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To the right, jump down the ledge, to find a lonely trainer.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Youngster Rewards: $210, 174 EXP Type advantages are so fun. Two thundershocks are more than enough to do spearow in. Pokemon: Spearow (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go back up to the top part of the area, and find some more trainers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $150, 248 EXP Two thundershocks and rattata's toast. Nidoran's gone in two-three thundershocks. Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 10), Nidoran (Lv. 10). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Just below lassie.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $90, 475 EXP Weedle's down in 2 t-shocks. Kakuna doesn't attack, use what you please. Caterpie and metapod are respectively equal to the former two, in that they both suck. Pokemon: Weedle, Kakuna, Caterpie, Metapod (Lv. 9) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Down to the right, and you're nearly there... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $110, 293 EXP Both fall to two thundershocks. Wonderful. Pokemon: Caterpie (Lv. 11), Metapod (Lv. 11). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down to the grass patch, avoiding the last trainer (you'll come back to her later). You can find some pokemon here, including sandshrew. Be sure to catch it. Level pikachu to 16, and try to train sandshrew some in the grass. If you can get pikachu to level 17, and sandshrew to 10, head back and fight the last trainer you avoided earlier... (otherwise, skip the below section and move on). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $210, 228 EXP Lead with thunderwave, to paralyze jiggly. Then use Double Team (hopefully) six times to maximize your evade. Pound won't hurt you much, but she could disable one of your moves, or even worse, put you to sleep with sing. With any luck, though, she'll be paralyzed and you'll be DTed to the max, making it easy to take her down with quick attack. If you do manage to get put to sleep in between setting up pikachu, switch to sandshrew, and use sand attack to lower her accuracy to where you can win in a drawn out fight. Pokemon: Jigglypuff (Lv. 14) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After healing in the pokecenter above, you have another option. You can buy a magikarp for $500 from a man inside, but i highly suggest you don't. At level 5, with no attacking moves, you'd need to raise it 15 levels before it came useful. We'll get one later, at a tad higher level, so skip it for now. Withdraw mankey from the PC (don't worry about leveling it at all), and enter mount moon. [Mount Moon] Pokemon: Geodude, Zubat, Paras, Clefairy, Sandshrew. Items: TM 12 (Water Gun), Potion [x2], HP Up, Rare Candy, Escape Rope, TM 01 (Mega Punch), Ether, Moon Stone [x2], Helix Fossil OR Dome Fossil. Trainers: Bug Catcher [x2], Lass [x2], Rocket [x3], Super Nerd [x2], Youngster, Hiker, Jessie & James. Enter to the left and go down to find TM 12. Head up to the left and grab the Potion, then talk to the trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $110, 287 EXP Two quick attacks from pikachu for weedle, then switch to sandshrew and wittle away kakuna's life with scratch. Poor thing doesn't even attack. Pokemon: Weedle (Lv. 11), Kakuna (Lv. 11). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To the right and it's another trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $210, 204 EXP A stripped-down version of the jigglypuff you fought earlier. Thunderwave with pikachu, switch to mankey, and low kick away. Pokemon: Clefairy (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue up and to the right. When you see a ladder going down, use it. Down and to the left to another ladder, then head right and up to collect a HP UP. Head left and you'll find a rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $330, 475 EXP Two low kicks from mankey will dispel of the sandshrew. Just one low kick and rattata is down. Pikachu can take care of zubat in one thundershock. Pokemon: Sandshrew (Lv. 11), Rattata (Lv. 11), Zubat (Lv. 11). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the ladders to exit the way you entered, and go down once you've made it back to the original ladder. To the bottom left is a potion, and to the upper-right of it is a trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Super Nerd Rewards: $275 , 449 EXP Four scratches from sandshrew will take down magnemite with very little damage taken. Voltorb is very fast, but has a very weak defense. Use sandshrew or mankey. Pokemon: Magnemite (Lv. 11), Voltorb (Lv. 11). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head to the right to find a Rare Candy, then go up to find an Escape Rope. Back down to the left you'll find another trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $100, 377 EXP As usual, very weak bugs. Any of your pokemon will take them out, although i suggest your weakest (Probably sandshrew to this point). Pokemon: Caterpie (Lv. 10) [x2], Metapod (Lv. 10). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up a ways, and you'll find another girl inside a mountain. Ooh. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $165, 381 EXP None of your moves will be very effective versus this grass duo, so stick with pikachu, or mankey if you must. Sandshrew is uber-weak to grass. A few quick attacks should do the job. T-wave if you must. Pokemon: Oddish (Lv. 11), Bellsprout (Lv. 11). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue to the left until you come to another ladder. Head down it, down the next ladder, go to your right, and pick up TM 01. Head down and you'll have to fight another rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $360, 297 EXP Pikachu's thundershock for zubat, and a few quick attacks for ekans. Pokemon: Zubat (Lv. 12), Ekans (Lv. 12). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Check the left side of the boulder, to find a hidden ETHER. Go back via the ladders, and head down. You'll immediately come to another trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Youngster Rewards: $150, 357 EXP Sandshrew and scratch for the first two rattatas, and thundershock from pikachu to take out zubat. Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 10) [x2], Zubat (Lv. 10). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go all the way left, then up to find a Moon Stone in the upper corner. Then fight the trainer below the ladder. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $350, 596 EXP Mankey's low kick for a quick kill on all three. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 10) [x2], Onix (Lv. 10). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go down the ladder, follow the path, down another ladder, then to the right and it's yet another rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: 307 EXP Two quick attacks for rattata, and a thundershock for zubat, courtesy of pikachu. Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 13), Zubat (Lv. 13). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue to the right and up, following a longish path. Eventually it will turn upwards. Go up until you can see a single trainer at the top of some stairs. To the right will be a small slit. Walk all the way to the right in it, and search (press a) to find a Moon Stone. Then go upwards and you'll be challenged by the trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Super Nerd Rewards: $300, 787 EXP Grimer and Koffing both have good defense, but relatively low special. Use thundershock on them both. Voltorb, on the other hand, has a very frail defense. Use quick attack to disperse of him. Pokemon: Grimer (Lv. 12), Voltorb (Lv. 12), Koffing (Lv. 12). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Afterwards, you have the choice to take either the Helix Fossil, or the Dome fossil. I usually go with the dome fossil. It doesn't matter much, both are fossils of different pokemon of the same element which you will revive later. You can only get one, and not both, so just pick whichever you'd like, and walk to the left towards the exit. Before you get there, however, you'll be suddenly challenged.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Rocket: Jessie & James Rewards: $425, 735 EXP Ekans goes down to a few quick attacks. Meowth can be taken care of with Mankey's low kick, and Koffing can be extinguished with a couple of thundershocks. Pokemon: Ekans (Lv. 14), Meowth (Lv. 14), Koffing (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- At long last, use the next ladder, and a final ladder to exit mount moon. [Route Four] Pokemon: Spearow, Rattata. Items: Great Ball, TM 04 (Whirlwind). Trainers: None. Go to the right, and up into a small ledged area with seemingly nothing. Search around in the center to find a hidden Great Ball. Continue right, then go up to find TM 04. You can jump down into a patch of grass to find some pokemon you've already seen. You can then head right into Cerulean City. [Cerulean City] Pokemon: Bulbasaur (1). Items: Rare Candy, TM 11 (Bubblebeam), Cascade Badge. Trainers: Gary, Swimmer, Jr. Trainer, Misty. Oh, so much to do. So much to see. First things first, heal at the pokecenter, dump mankey in the PC, then go up to the far left into a house. Go out the back door and you'll be in a tiny brick area. On the top row of the brick ground, fourth brick from the right, you can search to find a Rare Candy. Give it to Pikachu or Sandshrew. Exit, and go down to another house. Enter, and talk to the girl. As long as you haven't done anything horrid to your pikachu, and have let it fight, win, and level, it will be happy. She will notice this and give you a Bulbasaur. Put it in the first spot in your party. Head up to the right to a passageway north. You'll be stopped by that loveable rival of yours..... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVAL: Gary Rewards: $595, 1037 EXP Pikachu can take out spearow in one knock. A combination of leech seed + tackle from bulbasaur will eventually get sandshrew, although you might need to use a potion once. Sandshrew will get rattata, and pikachu can fry eevee into submission. Pokemon: Spearow (Lv. 18), Sandshrew, Rattata (Lv. 15), Eevee (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Heal at the pokecenter then enter the gym to the right. A couple of water trainers await. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Swimmer Rewards: 614 EXP Bulbasaur will take care of horsea, as bubble is very ineffective versus bulbasaur. And if you're at level 13, vine whip is super effective. Otherwise, use leech seed + tackle. If you know vine whip, bulbasaur can take out shellder as well. Otherwise, use pikachu's thundershock. Pokemon: Horsea (Lv. 16), Shellder (Lv. 16). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $380, 446 EXP Goldeen's peck is super effective vs. bulbasaur, so use pikachu to get rid of goldeen. Pokemon: Goldeen (Lv. 19). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Heal if you need to, then approach misty. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GYM LEADER: Misty Rewards: $2000, 1339 EXP, TM 11 Lead with leech seed from bulbasaur, followed by vine whip until staryu's gone. Her next pokemon, starmie, is much tougher. Regardless of type advantage, bubblebeam's power will quickly knock out any pokemon. try to get in a leech seed from bulbasaur, and vine whip until he faints. Switch to pikachu, t-wave, then t-shock. If all else fails, your last ditch effort is sandshrew, but it shouldn't get to that point. Especially if you have a level 20+ pikachu. Get the goods, heal, and head back to where you found gary. Pokemon: Staryu (Lv. 18) Cascade Badge ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Nugget Bridge] Pokemon: None. Items: Nugget. Trainers: Nugget bridge is a series of 5 trainers, a prize, and a rocket at the end. Before battling your levels should hopefully be around these levels: Pikachu (20), Sandshrew (16), Ivysaur (16). Especially if the latter two don't meet those levels, i'd suggest a bit of training before beginning. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer #1: Bug Catcher Rewards: $140, 315 EXP Sandshrew for both. Scratch will do them in within a few rounds. Pokemon: Caterpie (Lv. 14), Weedle (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer #2: Lass Rewards: $210, 342 EXP Again, sandshrew for both of them. Pokemon: Pidgey (Lv. 14), NidoranF (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer #3: Youngster Rewards: $210, 519 EXP Sandshrew for rattata, and pikachu's thundershock for the last two. Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 14), Ekans (Lv. 14) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer #4: Lass Rewards: $240, 388 EXP Thundershock for pidgey. Sandshrew for nidoran. Nearly there... Pokemon: Pidgey (Lv. 16), NidoranF (Lv. 16). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer #5: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $360, 284 EXP Leech Seed + Vine whip from bulbasaur. Kudos. Pokemon: Mankey (Lv. 18). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You will then receieve a nugget from someone past the bridge. After a short conversation however, you'll learn it's a challenging rocket... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $380, 358 EXP Sandshrew for the Ekans, and Pikacu for Zubat. Pokemon: Ekans (Lv. 15), Zubat (Lv. 15). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Route Twenty-Four] Pokemon: Charmander (1), Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgey, Venonat. Items: TM 45 (Thunder Wave), S.S. Ticket, TM 28 (Dig). Trainers: Jr. Trainer [x2], Youngster [x3], Hiker [x3], Lass [x2], Rocket. Head up to the left and talk to the trainer there to receieve a charmander. You heard me, a charmander. Afterwards, get the TM 45 to the right of him. Put him in front and walk down into the grass to find a trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $280, 354 EXP Sandshrew's slash (you really should have it by now) will take care of rattata. If you don't have it, use slam or thundershock from pikachu. The same goes for Ekans. Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 14), Ekans (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- In the grass area is the ever useful Oddish\Bellsprout combo, which you should not only catch to use later (don't level it), but kill a few times with charmander for easy leveling. Level charmander until he evolves into Charmeleon (level 16), then continue east on route 24. A mass of trainers awaits you... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $525, 533 EXP 2 slashes from sandshrew will dispose of machop. Ivysaur can get rid of geodude with vine whip in one hit. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 15), Geodude (Lv. 15). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Youngster Rewards: $225, 369 EXP 1-2 slashes from sandshrew for rattata, and spearow. Easy. Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 15), Spearow (Lv. 15). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $595, 392 EXP A single vine whip from ivysaur. Easier. Pokemon: Onix (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Youngster Rewards: $255, 360 EXP A single vine whip or thundershock. Whichever pokemon is lowest level, fire away. Pokemon: Slowpoke (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $225, 381 EXP Slash\Thundershock will get rid of Nidoran numero uno. Numero dos falls to the same method. Slash works best. Pokemon: NidoranM (Lv. 15), NidoranF (Lv. 15) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $795, 931 EXP Ivysaur really cleans up here. 1 vine whip for each geodude, and two for the Machop. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 14) [x3], Machop (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $280, 357 EXP Sandshrew's Slash should quickly take care of business here. Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 14), Ekans (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Youngster Rewards: $210, 465 EXP Sandshrew will again take care of things... Pokemon: Ekans (Lv. 14), Sandshrew (Lv. 14). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- And finally, one last trainer... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: 369 EXP Finally, Charmeleon gets some work. Ember for oddish. Thundershock for pidgey, and ember for the last oddish. Pokemon: Oddish (Lv. 13) [x2], Pidgey (Lv. 13). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally, head east and enter the house. Inside your pikachu will stare oddly at a pokemon. Talk to it, to discover it's bill, a pokemon researcher. Talk to him, then use the pc to the left, and talk to him when he reappears. He'll give you an S.S. Ticket. Head back to Cerulean. When back in cerulean, go to the house on your right with a policewoman nearby. Enter, and go out the back of the house to find an intruder.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $510, 627 EXP, TM 28 Two slashes a piece for both Machop and Drowzee. Not only that, but you'll get a TM as well. Give the TM (Dig) to sandshrew, then head down to route five. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 17), Drowzee (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Route Five] Pokemon: Abra, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Rattata. Items: None. Trainers: None. Here you can find a few patches of grass with pokemon in them. A few are new, especially ABRA. You'll want to get this right away, but it teleports if you try to catch it. Return here as soon as Ivysaur knows sleep powder, and catch it. You can also find the daycare center, which will give 1 EXP. the the pokemon placed inside for every step you take. You'll be using this later, but for now, skip it. Head inside the building to the lower right. Take the stairs, and you'll eventually come outside another guard tower, and you'll be on route six. [Route Six] Pokemon: Rattata, Pidgey, Abra, Jigglypuff. Items: None. Trainers: Bug Catcher [x2], Jr. Trainer [x4] Follow the path left, and down and you'll find yet another bug catcher. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $160, 468 EXP A single dig for the Weedles, and a Slash for caterpie. Good 'ol sandshrew... Pokemon: Weedle (Lv. 16) [x2], Caterpie (Lv. 16). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and you'll find two trainers who appear to be talking to each other.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $320, 517 EXP Charmander's Ember or Sandshrew's Dig will one-hit leafy. Pokemon: Weepinbell (Lv. 16). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $400, 372 EXP Two digs or a single vine whip will be too much for cubone to handle. Pokemon: Cubone (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Make sure charmeleon is in front for this one, and head down the path to find an actual worthy bug catcher..... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $200, 685 EXP Ember should do butterfree in before it can harm you with it's status effecting attacks. Pokemon: Butterfree (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Down the path for two final trainers..... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $320, 561 EXP Three thundershocks. Toast. Pokemon: Pidgey (Lv. 16) [x3]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $320, 595 EXP One thundershock for spearow, and one dig for raticate. Pokemon: Spearow (Lv. 16), Raticate (Lv. 16). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and you'll finally be in Vermillion. [Vermillion City] Pokemon: None. Items: Old Rod, Bike Voucher. Trainers: None. To the left of the pokemon center is a house. Enter it and talk to the man to get an old rod. You can fish for magikarp with it, or you can wait a while and get a squirtle. I prefer squirtle as it takes less time to train, but you can get a magikarp anywhere there's water as well. Go to the bottom left corner of town and enter the house. Talk to the suited man in the back, and you'll eventually get a Bike Voucher. You can exchange it for a bike in the Bike Shop at Cerulean. You can go fight in diglett's cave and level if you'd like (I try to have ivysaur, charmeleon, pikachu, and sandshrew all at level 20+ by now), as it's just to the right. Whether you decide to or not, when you're ready, go to the docks below diglett's cave and enter the S.S. Anne. [S.S. Anne] Pokemon: None. Items: Max Potion, Ether, TM 44 (Rest), Hyper Potion, TM 08 (Body Slam), Great Ball, Max Ether, Rare Candy, HM 01 (Cut). Trainers: Sailor [x7], Fisherman [x2], Gentleman [x4], Youngster, Lass [x2], Gary. Enter and go to the right and down the stairs. Enter the first door, and inside you'll find a Max Potion. Enter the next door and you'll find two trainers... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Sailor Rewards: $510, 1035 EXP Use ivysaur's vine whip on the first two, then switch out and use thundershock on tentacool. Pokemon: Horsea (Lv. 17), Shellder (Lv. 17), Tentacool (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Sailor Rewards: $630, 336 EXP 1-2 vine whips and shellder is toast. Pokemon: Shellder (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter the next door, and fight another sailor. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Sailor Rewards: $510, 903 EXP Three vinewhips total should be enough to win this battle. Pokemon: Horsea (Lv. 17) [x3]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Pick up the Ether next to him (You may need to be using it for Ivysaur's vine whip by now), and enter the next door. Yet another sailor... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Sailor Rewards: $540, 807 EXP Pikachu's thundershock reigns supreme here. Pokemon: Tentacool (Lv. 17), Staryu (Lv. 18). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To the left you can find TM 44. Exit, and enter the last door to find two more trainers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $595, 1115 EXP Thundershock for tentacool, and vine whip for the last two. Pokemon: Tentacool (Lv. 17), Staryu (Lv. 17), Shellder (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Sailor Rewards: $600, 376 EXP Leech Seed + Vine whip from Ivysaur. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 20) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Check the bed from the top of the room and you can find a HYPER POTION. Afterwards, exit, go up the stairs to the beginning of the ship. Enter the first room on the corner. Inside is a trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gentleman Rewards: $1260, 702 EXP One dig each from sandshrew will do Growlithe in. Pokemon: Growlithe (Lv. 18) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter the next room on the left. Another trainer... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gentleman Rewards: $1330, 483 EXP Leech seed + Tackle for NidoranM, and the same for the female variety. Pokemon: NidoranM (Lv. 19), NidoranF (Lv. 19). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The next door on the left contains nothing of use, so skip it. The next on the left is just as helpful, so skip it and enter the next room on the left. Two trainers await. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Youngster Rewards: $315, 270 EXP Leech Seed + Tackle away. Pokemon: NidoranM (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $270, 432 EXP Thundershock for pidgey, and Dig for Nidoran. Pokemon: Pidgey (Lv. 18), NidoranF (Lv. 18). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- At the bottom of the room is TM 08. Save it for later. The last room has nothing. Exit and go down to the left. You'll be in a kitchen type area. Check the bottom trash can for a GREAT BALL. Afterwards, exit and go up to the stairs. Go down to another set of stairs, then exit to the left and head outside on the deck. Two trainers will greet you in this area... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Sailor Rewards: $510, 701 EXP Leech Seed + Vine whip will deal with Machop. Thundershock does nicely on tentacool. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 17), Tentacool (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Sailor Rewards: $540, 712 EXP Leech Seed + Vine whip on both pokemon. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 18), Shellder (Lv. 18). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go back via the stairs to the ship, then go right to find another row of doors. Enter the first door and you can talk to a man to see a picture of snorlax (It adds to your pokedex 'seen' data). In the next door, are two more trainers.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $595, 1188 EXP Vine whip takes care of Goldeen in one hit. A single dig will get rid of Tentacool. The last Goldeen can be taken care of just as the first was. Pokemon: Goldeen (Lv. 17) [x2], Tentacool (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gentleman Rewards: $1540, 898 EXP A Slash\Dig will get rid of Voltorb. Ditto to Magnemite. Pokemon: Voltorb (Lv. 22), Magnemite (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Along the wall on the room is a Max Ether you can pick up. The next door has nothing of use inside, so don't bother. The room after has more trainers.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gentleman Rewards: $1190, 884 EXP Dig will take care of Growlithe, as well as Ponyta. Pokemon: Growlithe (Lv. 17), Ponyta (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $300, 325 EXP You really can use anything here, so long as it's powerful. Slash\Dig from sandshrew, Leech Seed + Vine Whip from Ivysaur, anything.... Pokemon: Jigglypuff (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The item in here is the ever useful rare candy, use it on your lowest leveled pokemon (probably Charmeleon). The last two rooms have nothing of use, so head up to the right, where you'll be greeted, and stopped, by Gary. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVAL: Gary Rewards: $1300, 1178 EXP Spearow - Done like dinner with Pikachu's Thundershock. Rattata - Gone in a single Dig. Sandshrew - Your sandshrew can take it in one hit with Dig. Eevee - Leech seed + Poison Powder (If your Ivysaur knows it) + Vine Whip. Pokemon: Spearow (Lv. 19), Rattata (Lv. 16), Sandshrew (Lv. 18), Eevee ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter the stairs, and talk to the captain. After a bit of talking, and err... rubbing.. you'll receive HM 01 - which teaches cut. Head back to Vermillion. [Vermillion City] Pokemon: Squirtle. Items: TM 24 (Thunderbolt), Thunder Badge. Trainers: Sailor, Rocker, Gentleman, Lt. Surge. Heal your pokemon first, and now it's time for a little status check. For one, your pokemon should all be evolving by now. Your charmander should easily be a Charmeleon (Lv. 18+), your Bulbasaur should really be up there, thanks to the S.S. Anne, and be an Ivysaur around Lv. 25. Your Sandshrew should be the very useful Sandslash (Lv. 23), and your pikachu is well.... a pikachu still, but should be around level 23+. If you don't already have one, catch an Oddish\Bellsprout (Route Twenty-Two), they're pretty easy to find. Teach it cut, then cut the bush near the gym in the lower left corner of town and enter. The trainers here are remarkably easy, thanks to your Sandslash.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Sailor Rewards: $720, 457 EXP Sandslash. Dig. Dead. Pokemon: Magnemite (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocker Rewards: $500, 1323 EXP 3 Digs. Dead. Pokemon: Voltorb (Lv. 20) [x3]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gentleman Rewards: $1540, 902 EXP A dig for each and they're gone. Watch out for voltorb, it knows self destruct, and is faster than sandslash. If he happens to faint, just use Ivysaur and Leech Seed + Tackle. Pokemon: Voltorb (Lv. 22), Magnemite (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The real challenge, if any here, is opening the doors to get to Lt. Surge. You have to search the trashcans, then search the one next to it on the Left\Right. After a few tries, you'll get it, and Surge is yours... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GYM LEADER: Lt. Surge Rewards: $2772, 732 EXP, TM 24 Thunderbolt\Thundershock\Thunderwave all don't effect Sandslash. It's just too easy... Go with Dig and Raichu is gone in at most two attacks. Pokemon: Raichu (Lv. 28). Thunder Badge ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Grab the TM, and stick it on Pikachu. Thunderbolt will make him nearly unstoppable against any Water\Electric\Flying\Ice. And if it doesn't, you really haven't been training him much. Exit, and talk to the policewoman in the middle of town, and you'll get squirtle. With your party now of Charmeleon, Ivysaur, Squirtle, Pikachu, and Sandslash, you've got a fairly good team going. You'll get your sixth team member soon (As if oddish or bellsprout would make it on your sixth slot), as well. Heal, then enter Diglett's Cave. [Diglett's Cave] Pokemon: Diglett, Dugtrio. Items: None. Trainers: None. Teach Squirtle Bubblebeam (TM 11), as bubble is just too weak, and Bubblebeam, well... isn't. Even at level 10, with bubblebeam you should be able to two hit kill most Digletts for VERY good exp. Try to level up squirtle here as much as you can, while working your way through the basic tunnel. When you reach the end, exit (wow). After exiting, you'll be on Route 2. [Route Two] Pokemon: Mr. Mime (1). Items: HM 05 (Flash), HP UP, Moon Stone. Trainers: None. Go down, and you'll see a house. Inside is a kid who will trade you Mr. Mime for clefairy. It's a good trade, if you have a clefairy yourself. Exit and cut down the bush below. Enter the building and talk to the scientist. You'll get HM 05 - Flash, assuming you've caught at least 10 types of pokemon, and you should have, counting evolutions. Go down and outside to find an HP UP, and a Moon Stone, then double back to diglett's cave. Head back to vermillion this way, training as you go. You should level your squirtle to 16 by then, and have a Wartortle. If not, train it more. Afterwards, head back to Cerulean. Go up past nugget bridge and to the right, use cut and get the Seismic Toss TM. Keep this for later. Go to the far right side of cerulean, use cut on the bush, and open up a new path: [Route Nine] Pokemon: NidoranF, NidoranM, Nidorino, Spearow, Fearow, Magnemite, Rattata, Machop. Items: TM 30 (Teleport) Trainers: Lass [x3], Hiker [x3], Youngster, Bug Catcher [x2], Jr. Trainer [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $360, 1298 EXP Oddish is done in by Ember from Charmeleon. As is Bellsprout. As is the other Oddish. As is the other bellsprout.... Pokemon: Oddish (Lv. 18) [x2], Bellsprout (Lv. 18) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and pick up TM 30, then fight the trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $700, 838 EXP Slash for machop (Sandslash). Bubblebeam for Onix. Whee. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 20), Onix (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head right, then down, and it's another hiker.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $735, 873 EXP Bubblebeam away... Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 21), Onix (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Left, up, left, and another trainer..... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Youngster Rewards: $360, 477 EXP More bubblebeaming... Pokemon: Sandshrew (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Up, and another trainer.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $190, 1292 EXP one-two thunderbolts a piece for the two bees. Pokemon: Beedrill (Lv. 19) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To the left is some.... grass. Fearow and Nidorino are both new. Not worth using, but catching, and sticking in the PC, i suppose. Both give very good EXP for this stage of the game too, as well. When you're done murdering, head down two ledges and all the way to the right, then up, and.... trainerage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bug Catcher Rewards: $200, 769 EXP Charmeleon will burn them all away... Pokemon: Caterpie (Lv. 20), Weedle (Lv. 20), Venonat (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to the left for more trainery goodness.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $380, 1189 EXP Rattata: Anything, really. Diglett: Bubblebeam\Vine Whip. Ekans: Dig. Sandshrew: Bubblebeam\Vine Whip\Dig. Ooh, choices. Pokemon: Rattata, Diglett, Ekans, Sandshrew (Lv. 19). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Above is a small useless patch of grass with the same old pokemon. Head up to the right, to find another happy hiker. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $700, 1210 EXP Geodude: Bubblebeam. Machop: Dig. Geodude: Bubblebeam. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 20) [x2], Machop (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Right, and down to one last trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $460, 339 EXP Slash\Dig from Sandslash or Thunderbolt with Pikachu. Pokemon: Meowth (Lv. 23). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a large grass patch with more pokemon to the right, and a well needed pokecenter down below. Catch a magnemite, dump oddish, and teach maggy flash. Heal, kill more things, and when your ready, enter the mountain, but first, it's one more trainer.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $400, 616 EXP Bubblebeam\Slash\Dig\Thunderbolt for Jigglypuff. Same for fairy thingy. Pokemon: Jigglypuff (Lv. 20), Clefairy (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Rock Tunnel] Pokemon: Zubat, Geodude, Onix, Machop. Items: None. Trainers: Pokemaniac [x4], Jr. Trainer [x5], Hiker [x5] Rock tunnel sucks. The main reason? Check the Trainer :: Items ratio. Start by using flash to light up the area, then go down and you'll immediately find your first trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Pokemaniac Rewards: $1150, 914 EXP Squirtle's Bubblebeam for Cubone. Pikachu's Thunderbolt for slowpoke. Pokemon: Cubone (Lv. 23), Slowpoke (Lv. 23). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the path right and up, and go down the ladder. Head down and left to find another trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Pokemaniac Rewards: $1250, 524 EXP Thunderbolt from pikachu or vine whip from ivysaur. Pokemon: Slowpoke (Lv. 25). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Take the path going upward at the T intersection. Another trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $440, 667 EXP Charmeleon's ember takes care of Oddish, as well as Bulbasaur. Then again, so does sandslash's dig attack. Pokemon: Oddish (Lv. 22), Bulbasaur (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue walking upward.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Pokemaniac Rewards: $1100, 715 EXP Both are fish food for Wartortle and Bubblebeam. One hit kills, yummy. Pokemon: Charmander (Lv. 22), Cubone (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up, then take the lower left path, and fight the hiker. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $875, 460 EXP Bubblebeam. OHKO. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 25). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up and around to the right, another hiker..... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $700, 489 EXP Two bubblebeams for Machop. One for Onix. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 20), Onix (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go left, and down the ladder. Another hiker waits for you on the next level. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $665, 1404 EXP Bubblebeaming. Five in total. Four dead enemies. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 19) [x3], Machop (Lv. 19). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To the right, and another... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $735, 990 EXP Despite evolving, they both fall in one hit to bubblebeam. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 21), Graveler (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Take the stairs down to the next level, head down and left, and it's another trainer... hoo hah. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $420, 899 EXP Normal type, how boring. Pidgey goes down to thunderbolt, the other two to anything remotely strong (Slash, Dig, T-Bolt, Bubblebeam, etc). Pokemon: Jigglypuff (Lv. 21), Pidgey (Lv. 21), Meowth (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue leftward, and it's another hiker... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $735, 1377 EXP Bubblebeam or vine whip OHKOs all three. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 21) [x2], Graveler (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go left and up, to find yes.... more. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Pokemaniac Rewards: $1000, 1269 EXP Three thunderbolts. Poof. Pokemon: Slowpoke (Lv. 20) [x3]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up and err, up, the ladder. A 'few' more trainers await you downward... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $440, 715 EXP Bellsprout is dead to Ember\Dig. Clefairy is ousted in a Slash, couple of T-Bolts, or Bubblebeams. Pokemon: Bellsprout (Lv. 22), Clefairy (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $380, 1027 EXP Pidgey, Rattata, Rattata: Gone in a single T-bolt. Bellsprout: Dig for a OHKO. Pokemon: Pidgey (Lv. 19), Rattata (Lv. 19) [x2], Bellsprout (Lv. 19). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Left, up, left for one final trainer....perhaps? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $400, 863 EXP Meowth: T-Bolt. Oddish: Dig. Pidgey: T-Bolt. Pokemon: Meowth (Lv. 20), Oddish (Lv. 20), Pidgey (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and left to the ladder, and you're out! [Route Ten] Pokemon: None. Items: Max Ether. Trainers: Jr. Trainer, Hiker [x2], Pokemaniac. Head to the right and check out the left side of the bush for a hidden MAX ETHER. Then go left and begin a series of boring trainer battles, yay! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $420, 755 EXP Thunderbolt. Twice. Pokemon: Pidgey (Lv. 21), Pigeotto (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $735, 872 EXP Bubblebeam, Vine Whip, or Dig. Go crazy. Pokemon: Geodude (Lv. 21), Onix (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Hiker Rewards: $665, 983 EXP Same as above, just... more EXP. Pokemon: Onix (Lv. 19), Graveler (Lv. 19). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Pokemaniac Rewards: $1000, 795 EXP Bubblebeam for cubone. Thunderbolt for slowpoke. Pokemon: Cubone (Lv. 20), Slowpoke (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down, and you're in Lavender. [Lavender Town] Pokemon: None. Items: None. Trainers: None. Head to the pokecenter. Heal, get oddish back out, and dump magnemite in the PC. Not much else, head west to Route 8. [Route Eight] Pokemon: Rattata, Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Abra, Kadabra, Jigglypuff. Items: None. Trainers: Lass, Gambler [x2], Super Nerd [x2]. Just follow the path and you'll find plenty o' trainers... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $330, 638 EXP To be honest, any of your pokemon will take them out, although Sandslash would probably do it quickest. Pokemon: Clefairy (Lv. 22) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gambler Rewards: $1680, 786 EXP Wartortle's Bubblebeam shall never fail... Pokemon: Growlithe (Lv. 24), Vulpix (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go left and cut the small bush blocking the grass patch. Be SURE to catch a kadabra. They don't always teleport. Just hit em with tackle once, throw a great ball, and you've got a level 20 or so kadabra. Fancy. Cut back out and follow the path, fighting more trainers... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Super Nerd Rewards: $550, 1585 EXP Dig for grimer. Dig for muk. Dig again for grimer. Joy. Pokemon: Grimer (Lv. 22) [x2], Muk (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head left. I usually avoid the 4-trainer row as they all deal with normal types and give out crap EXP. Fight 'em if you want, but i'm not bothering with needless trainer strategies for them, as I don't fight them. Neener. Keep following the path, until you come to two more trainers who are more fun to beat. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Gambler Rewards: $1540, 1342 EXP Vine Whip, or Thunderbolt. Whichever pokemon is the lower level. Even levels are gooooood. Pokemon: Poliwag (Lv. 22) [x2], Poliwhirl (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Super Nerd Rewards: $500, 1750 EXP Doesn't really matter who you use, although sandslash would take them best with Dig\Slash. Pokemon: Voltorb (Lv. 20) [x2], Koffing (Lv. 20), Magnemite (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head into the 'house' above, use the stairs, and walk through until you get to another route. [Route Seven] Pokemon: Jigglypuff, Rattata, Abra, Pidgey, Pidgeotto Items: None. Trainers: None. No new pokemon, but a good area for leveling your party members, especially Pikachu. Generally, if they're under 30, they could use some work, but 30 or over and you're doing great. When you feel sufficient, head left into Celadon. [Celadon City] Pokemon: Eevee (1), Abra (230 coins), Vulpix (1000 coins), Wigglytuff (2680 coins), Scyther (6500 coins), Pinsir (6500 coins), Porygon (9999 coins). Items: TM 21 (Mega Drain), Rainbow Badge, Coin Case, TM 18 (Counter), TM 13 (Ice Beam), TM 48 (Rock Slide), TM 49 (Tri Attack), Fresh Water, TM 23 (Dragon Rage - 3300 Coins), TM 15 (Hyper Beam - 5500 Coins), TM 50 (Substitute - 7700 Coins). Trainers: Lass [x2], Beauty [x3], Jr. Trainer, Cooltrainer, Erika, Rocket. In most cities, you hope for a gym. In this city, the gym is merely a sideshow. As such, we're going to deal with it first, get it 'out of the way', so we can get to the fun part. Heal your pokemon, then go to the very bottom of the city, cut the bush, and make your way into the gym. Head upwards. I hope your Charmeleon's well trained.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $345, 1158 EXP Charmeleon's ember works well, or Sandslash's Dig. Pokemon: Bellsprout (Lv. 23), Weepinbell (Lv. 23). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Beauty Rewards: $1470, 1468 EXP Again, ember or dig. Pokemon: Oddish (Lv. 21) [x2], Bellsprout (Lv. 21) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go around to the left... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Beauty Rewards: $1680, 864 EXP Ember will take them both in 2 hits each, or one dig each. Odds are charmeleon is a tad weaker than sandslash still, so try to use him if you can. Pokemon: Bellsprout (Lv. 24) [x2] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Then loop around to the right... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $480, 1052 EXP Two embers for bulbasaur. Two for ivysaur. Again, you can substitute Dig in if Charmeleon is unavailible (But why would he be?). Pokemon: Bulbasaur (Lv. 24), Ivysaur (Lv. 24) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Cut the bush on the right side and enter. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Lass Rewards: $345, 1033 EXP Two embers for Oddish. 2-3 for Gloom. Nothing difficult. Pokemon: Oddish (Lv. 23), Gloom (Lv. 23). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Cooltrainer Rewards: $840, 2177 EXP Use Sandslash's Dig for weepinbell. Ember will again take care of Gloom. Finally, Ember\Dig for Ivysaur. Pokemon: Weepinbell (Lv. 24), Gloom (Lv. 24), Ivysaur (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Beauty Rewards: $1820, 546 EXP Ember or slash is all that will do away with this one. Pokemon: Exeggcute (Lv. 26). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to the remaining trainer inside the square and you'll come face to face with the next leader.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GYM LEADER: Erika Rewards: $3168, 3005 EXP, TM 21, Rainbow Badge Tangela is pure grass type, so Dig won't work here. You'll have to use Ember, thanks to charmeleon. For weepinbell, send out sandslash and dig it away. One hit should do it. If not, pray they don't use razor leaf (Happened to me once). If it does, just bring out charmeleon and finish him. Gloom can be dealt with by either Charmeleon or Sandslash, whichever is healthiest would obviously be your best choice. Pokemon: Tangela (Lv. 30), Weepinbell (Lv. 32), Gloom (Lv. 32). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Exit the gym, cut your way out, and enter the building to your upper-left. Inside, you'll find a guy with glasses in the upper left corner. Talk to him to get the Coin Case. You can now play the slots, collect coins, and prizes. Head back to the pokecenter, dump oddish in the PC, and take out Kadabra. Your team should now resemble the following: Wartortle (Lv. 27), Charmeleon (Lv. 29), Pikachu (Lv. 30), Ivysaur (Lv. 30), Sandslash (Lv. 30), Kadabra (Lv. 20). If it's not, well, train in some grass, newbie. Movewise, you can have what you'd like, so long as Wartortle knows bubblebeam, pikachu knows thunderbolt, and sandslash knows dig. After that's done, head to the upper east corner of celadon. Going around you'll find a back entrance to a building. Enter, follow the stairs, and you'll find an item on a table. It's actually an Eevee. It will be sent to your PC, you don't need it right now. Of course, if you want, you COULD use an elemental stone to get flareon, jolteon, or vaporeon. If you do so, just substitue it in for it's matching elemental party memer (flareon for charmeleon, etc...). Of course, I usually just keep it there for later, as it starts out fairly weak. Exit, and go all the way to the left of town. There will be a huge pokemart. Enter, and go to the third floor. Talk to the man behind the counter to receive TM 18, then go all the way up to the top floor. Go to the vending machine (it's on the top floor), and buy one of each drink. Then talk to the girl to the left, and she'll give you one TM for each drink. For Fresh Water - You'll get TM 13. Give this to Wartortle immediately. For soda pop, you'll get TM 48. Give this to Sandslash. For lemonade, you'll get TM 49. It's not that great, just keep it for later. Buy an additional fresh water, and exit the mart. You can head to the game corner and play slots \ buy coins \ prizes if you'd like, but they aren't too great, and the good ones are way too expensive and low leveled to be worth it. The real treat in the game corner is the super-uber-hidden-ultra-secret-rocket-base. Betcha didn't know about that, did ya? In the game corner, talk to the ugly guy standing in front of a poster. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $600, 727 EXP Raticate is gone in a single bubblebeam. (Or thunderbolt, or razor leaf, or dig). Zubat goes down to a single confusion. Behold, the power of Kadabra. Pokemon: Raticate (Lv. 20), Zubat (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Check the poster, and a switch will be pressed, revealing the entrance to the Game Corner Basement. [Game Corner Basement] Pokemon: None. Items: Escape Rope, TM 10 (Double Edge), Rare Candy, HP Up, TM 02 (Razor Wind), Lift Key, Nugget, Moon Stone, TM 07 (Horn Drill), Iron, Silph Scope. Trainers: Rocket [x5], Jessie & James, Giovanni. Head down and to the left. Your first rocket awaits you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $630, 1044 EXP Sandslash and dig will dispose of Raticate #1, as well as #2. Fancy. Pokemon: Raticate (Lv. 21), ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and collect the Escape Rope below the table, then go back up to the entrance and take the stairs going down. Going down and left you'll find another rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $510, 1554 EXP The first four go down to a single Confusion from Kadabra. Raticate can be taken out with a razor leaf from Ivysaur. Pokemon: Zubat [x2], Koffing, Grimer, Raticate (Lv. 17). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Above him you will find another set of stairs going down. Use 'em, then go down to find another rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $630, 792 EXP Kadabra and confusion will 1-hit both machops. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 21) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and collect TM 10. It's a good move, but not neccesarily for any of the pokemon on your team. Save it for later, then go up and around to the arrow maze. From the top of the maze, you'll see a left and right arrow. Take the left arrow. Go down, and step on the right arrow. Go back two spaces, down, and take the right arrow (The top one, not the bottom one). Go right and collect the Rare Candy. Then head back to the top of the maze with the up arrow. Again from the start take the left arrow, go down, take the right arrow, go back 2 spaces, head down, then go left, down, and you'l come to two right arrows. One to the top right of another. Take that one, and you'll stop near an opening downwards. Head that way, to find a rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $600, 1172 EXP Rattata: Slash from sandslash. Raticate: Slash\Dig\Rock Slide from Sandslash. Drowzee: Dig (Sandslash). Pokemon: Rattata (Lv. 20), Raticate (Lv. 20), Drowzee (Lv. 20). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go down, right, then up, and you'll come to another set of stairs leading down. Take them, then head down and left to find an HP UP on a table. Go all the way up, then left, and you'll find an item and a rocket. Collect the item - TM 02, then fight the rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $630, 756 EXP Kadabra's confusion for Koffing. Confusion, Rock Slide, or Thunderbolt for Zubat. Pokemon: Koffing (Lv. 21), Zubat (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to him once more and he'll drop the lift key. Then go down, head up the stairs. Exit the arrow maze to the north, use the stairs going up on the right, and you're back to the second floor and another arrow maze. There are two left arrows on top of each other. Take the lower one. When you stop, backtrack to the right and collect the nugget. Go back to where you where, and collect the Moon Stone to your lower left. Use the 'right' tile to the upper right of you to collect TM 07. Go right, and down. You'll stop between a down arrow to your left, up arrow below you, and down arrow to the right of you. Take the arrow to your right. When you stop, take the arrow to your left. Go right, and down to find two more arrows on top of each other. Take the top arrow, then finally the lone arrow below you, and enter the elevator, don't take the stairs. Ride the elevator to B4F. When you exit, you'll be stopped by the ever elite team of Jessie & James. Joy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Rocket: Jessie & James Rewards: $750, 1310 EXP Koffing goes down in 1-2 confusions, depending on your kadabra's level. Meowth is gone after 1-2 bubblebeams from Wartortle. Ekans is toast to either Confusion (Kadabra), or Dig (Sandslash). Pokemon: Koffing (Lv. 25), Meowth (Lv. 25), Ekans (Lv. 25). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go down and left and collect the Iron off the table, which boosts defense. Then go right and up, to find a mysterious looking loser... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Giovanni Rewards: $2871, 2188 EXP Being the head of team rocket, Giovanni is elegant, powerful, and of course, easy to beat. Onix goes down to bubblebeam or icebeam from wartortle, or razor leaf from ivysaur, OR dig from sandslash. The same can be said for Rhyhorn, although I always use bubblebeam. Persian goes down in 2 rock slides, or slashes from Sandslash. Pokemon: Onix (Lv. 25), Rhyhorn (Lv. 24), Persian (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- After the battle, Giovanni will disappear, but leave the Silph Scope behind. Grab it, then use Sandslash's Dig to get out of the basement. Heal, then go all the way east to Lavender Town. [Lavender Town] Pokemon: Gastly, Haunter, Cubone. Items: Escape Rope, Elixir, Awakening, HP Up, Nugget, X Accuracy, Rare Candy, Pokeflute. Trainers: Gary, Channeler [x10], Jessie & James. Now that you have the Silph Scope, it's time to enter the pokemon tower in the eastern corner of town. Enter, and take the stairs on the right. On the next floor you'll see gary, so walk up to the dolt and prepare to bash him again. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVAL: GARY Rewards: $1625, 2529 EXP Fearow: A single thunderbolt. Shellder: A single razor leaf. Vulpix: A single rock slide\dig. Sandshrew: A single bubblebeam. Eevee: One-two slashes from Sandslash. Pokemon: Fearow, Eevee (Lv. 25), Shellder, Vulpix, Sandshrew (Lv. 23). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go to the left, and up the next set of stairs. Here you can find Gastlys, Cubones, and sometimes Haunters. Make sure you catch a cubone, for a later event. Gastly, on the other hand, is a GREAT pokemon to train your Kadabra against, as it's probably still low leveled in comparison to the rest of your team. Keep this in mind as you travel the tower, and go up and right to find a trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $690, 468 EXP Kadabra: Confusion, or Psybeam, if you have it. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 23). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Collect the Escape Rope above, then head back down and to the right for more trainery goodness. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $660, 447 EXP Same as above battle, just....easier. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head up to find another possessed freak. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $720, 487 EXP Same as above battle, just....harder? Wow. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head to the right to find some more stairs. After taking them, you'll find two more robed nutcases. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $690, 936 EXP Again, just use Kadabra's confusion\psybeam, whichever you have. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 23) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $660, 447 EXP Kadabra: Confusion\Psybeam. Dead. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To the left you can find an Elixir, and to the left of that is an Awakening. Going down a bit, you can also find an HP Up. Going left, you'll find another Ghosty Girl. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $720, 487 EXP Same as above battle. Really. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Just next to the trainer is another set of stairs for you to go up, joy. Head right and up to another Channel Flipper. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $660, 487 EXP Same as above battle..oh yes. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and you'll notice a small set of 16 squares. It works just like a pokecenter, fulling healing your pokemon. Fancy, really. To the right of this is another soul-stealing psycho. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $690, 621 EXP Psybeam if you have it, or a couple of confusions from Kadabra. Pokemon: Haunter (Lv. 23). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go down and left to find a Nugget. Down and to the right of that is one more [insert witty name for chaneller here]... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $660, 594 EXP Same as above fight. Really. Pokemon: Haunter (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up and to the right to another set of stairs. Head down towards an item, you'll be stopped by a vampire wanna-be. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $660, 1341 EXP Good target practice for Kadabra's Psybeam. You really should have that move by now. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 22) [x3]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and grab the X Accuracy, then go up to find another drooling retard. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $720, 487 EXP Psybeam. Need I say anymore? Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Left and down, and you're almost there... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Channeler Rewards: $720, 487 EXP Exactly the same fight as above. Go figure. Pokemon: Gastly (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You'll find an item blocking your way. It's a rare candy. Use it on whichever pokemon in your team is the lowest level, to promote evenness. Oh yes. Go down and you'll find yet another set of stairs, only this one is blocked by a level 30 Marowak. Bubblebeam or Razor Leaf will work. Afterwards, you can use the stairs. Of course, waiting for you at the top, are the loveable duo.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Rocket: Jessie & James Rewards: $810, 2249 EXP Meowth: Slash (Sandshrew), Thunderbolt (Pikachu), or Bubblebeam (Wartortle). Arbok: Psybeam, or Dig. Weezing: Psybeam, or Dig. Pokemon: Meowth (Lv. 27), Arbok (Lv. 27), Weezing (Lv. 27). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- At the top you'll find a lone man, Mr. Fuji. Talk to him and you'll follow him back to his house. Talk to Mr. Fuji once you arrive and he will give you the Pokeflute. Heal at the pokecenter, then go west of lavender. Rather than take the underground path, go into the building. The guard in the tower will take the Fresh Water you have, share it with the other guards, and you can now access Saffron from the west, east, north, and south gates. [Saffron City] Pokemon: Hitmonlee OR Hitmonchan (1). Items: TM 29 (Psychic). Trainers: Blackbelt [x5]. Upon entering the city, go down all the way, then enter the first house you see on your left. Talk to the man inside and you'll get TM 29 - Psychic. You can either give this to Kadabra now, or wait later and he'll learn it naturally. I chose to save it, as Psybeam is powerful enough for this stage of the game. You'll learn it soon anyway. Head all the way up to the north part of the City, and you'll see two gyms. One is blocked off by a rocket however, so enter the left one. Inside is your standard fighting dojo. Four trainers and then a karate master.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Blackbelt Rewards: $775, 2061 EXP Kadabra's Psybeam will OHKO all three of them. Zesty. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 31), Mankey (Lv. 31), Primeape (Lv. 31). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Blackbelt Rewards: $800, 1603 EXP Psybeam will get you another 2 OHKOs. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 32), Machoke (Lv. 32). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Blackbelt Rewards: $900, 1149 EXP Two psybeams and primeape's down. Pokemon: Primeape (Lv. 36). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Blackbelt Rewards: $775, 1968 EXP Mankey: One psybeam. Mankey #2: One psybeam. Primeape: Two psybeams. One primeape = Two mankeys. Good math skills. Pokemon: Mankey (Lv. 31) [x2], Primeape (Lv. 31). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- And finally, the leader of the gym... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Karate Master: Blackbelt Rewards: $925, 2221 EXP Hitmonlee: Two psybeams. Hitmonchan: Two digs. Pokemon: Hitmonlee (Lv. 37), Hitmonchan (Lv. 37). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Afterwards, you can choose a pokemon to take as a reward, either hitmonlee or hitmonchan. You can only have one, so pick whichever you like best. I often go with hitmonchan myself, although I never use him. Heal, then enter Silph Co. It's in the middle of the city, and the only building without a rocket blocking the entrance, it's impossible to miss. [Silph Co.] Pokemon: Lapras (1). Items: Card Key, TM 36 (Self Destruct), Hyper Potion, Escape Rope, Full Heal, Max Revive, Protein, TM 09 (Take Down), HP Up, X Accuracy, TM 03 (Sword's Dance), Carbos, Rare Candy, TM 26 (Earthquake), Master Ball. Trainers: Rocket [x13], Scientist [x8], Juggler, Gary, Jessie & James, Giovanni. Get ready for 11 floors of annoyance. Plenty of items to be found here, and almost too many trainers... Take the elevator to the fourth floor. Head left, and down. You'll pass a warp tile and a sealed door. Down further is a rocket next to a warp tile. Step on the warp tile, then go back on the new warp tile, to be warped back to the original warp tile. Got it? Good, now go down, and the rocket will challenge you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $990, 1039 EXP One psybeam is enough to get rid of Arbok. Pokemon: Arbok (Lv. 33). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head to the right, collect the card key, then backtrack to the second floor. From the stairs, go down to find a rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $750, 2400 EXP Golbat: Psybeam. Zubat [x3]: Psybeam. Raticate: Slash. Pokemon: Golbat (Lv. 25), Zubat (Lv. 25) [x3], Raticate (Lv. 25). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go all the way left, then up. Open the sealed door, and talk to the woman inside to collect TM 36. Open the sealed door down below you, and you'll find a scientist. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1300, 3061 EXP 4 Psybeams = 4 Dead posion pokemon. Pokemon: Grimer (Lv. 26), Weezing (Lv. 26) [x2], Koffing (Lv. 26). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go right, and in between two tables you'll find another rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $870, 868 EXP Cubone: Razor Leaf. Zubat: Thunderbolt. Pokemon: Cubone (Lv. 29), Zubat (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Down to the right is more of the same.... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1400, 2112 EXP Magnemite, Voltorb, and Magneton all fall to a single Dig. Pokemon: Magnemite (Lv. 28), Voltorb (Lv. 28), Magneton (Lv. 28). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head up and to the next floor via the stairs. Go down to find more rocketness. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $840, 2382 EXP Raticate: One razor leaf. Hypno: One slash\Dig. Raticate #2: One slash. Pokemon: Raticate (Lv. 28) [x2], Hypno (Lv. 28). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Open the sealed door to the left, then another after it. Collect the Hyper Potion, then battle the trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1450, 2004 EXP Electrode: One dig. (Watch out for self destruct). Weezing: One psybeam. Pokemon: Electrode (Lv. 29), Weezing (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head back right and up, and take the stairs to the next level. Head down and left, and go up. Open the sealed door to find another scientist.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1000, 1058 EXP One dig is more than enough to take out Electrode. Pokemon: Electrode (Lv. 33). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down and a rocket will spot you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $870, 1179 EXP Machop goes down in one Psybeam, and Drowzee can be taken care of with Dig\Slash. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 29), Drowzee (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go left to find another sealed door, open it to find an Escape Rope, Full Heal, and Max Revive. Weave your way back out to the right, and go up the next set of stairs. Head down into a large room with a table, and you'll meet up with a punky trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Juggler Rewards: $1015, 1738 EXP Kadabra's defense is horrible, so use Slash to quickly destroy it. The same applies to Mr. Mime, Slash it away. Pokemon: Kadabra (Lv. 29), Mr. Mime (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up and to the left, and you'll see another trainer by a sealed door. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1300, 2982 EXP Sandslash's Dig takes out every single one. Pokemon: Magneton, Koffing, Weezing, Magnemite (Lv. 26). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter the sealed door on the left to find Protein. Go down all the way to another sealed door, open it and enter to find TM 09. That's it for this floor, so head back to the stairs and go up to Floor Six. Go down and to the left, and open the sealed door. You'll find an HP Up and X Accuracy here. Exit, and fight the scientist to the right. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1250, 3103 EXP As usual with scientists, a single dig will OHKO every pokemon. Pokemon: Voltorb, Koffing [x2], Magneton, Magnemite (Lv. 25). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go down to the right, and it's more rocketizing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $840, 1674 EXP A single psybeam will defeat all three pokemon. Then again, so would rock slide or thunderbolt. Pokemon: Zubat (Lv. 28) [x2], Golbat (Lv. 28). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head up through the table room, and when you come out, you'll face another rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $870, 1452 EXP Poor rockets. So weak to psychics. Kadabra's psybeam deals with them easily. Pokemon: Machop (Lv. 29), Machoke (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head up to the next floor via the stairs. Open the sealed door below you and go down to find TM 03. Open the next sealed door to find more rocket scum. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $870, 1582 EXP Wartortle and bubblebeam will take care of things here. Pokemon: Sandshrew (Lv. 29), Sandslash (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go all the way back up, and to the left is a rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: 1068 EXP Wartortle's Bubblebeam\Ice Beam = dead dead dead. Pokemon: Cubone (Lv. 29) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go all the way down, then left a ways, and you'll find another loveable scientist. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1450, 1905 EXP As per usual, 2 digs and they're both toast. Pokemon: Electrode (Lv. 29), Muk (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up and find Calcium in the corner. Great for a pokemon like Kadabra or Pikachu. Head back right and up, then go left at the top and another rocket will greet you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $780, 3050 EXP They all fall to a single psybeam, even raticate. Pokemon: Raticate, Arbok, Koffing, Golbat (Lv. 26). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the stairs and head up to the next level. There's three trainers scattered around this floor, but nothing else useful such as items, so I usually skip it. You shouldn't need the EXP that badly anyway. Head up to the next floor. Getting tired of climbing stairs yet? Head left, then down, until you come to another rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: 2628 EXP Golbat is down in a single Psybeam, Drowzee can be dealt with in a single Slash, and Hypno is gone in 2 rock slides. Pokemon: Golbat (Lv. 28), Drowzee (Lv. 28), Hypno (Lv. 28). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Use the card key on the sealed door to the left, and talk to the nurse amongst the beds. She will fully heal your pokemon, something you must need by now, if for nothing less than PP restoration. Afterwards, head up to the next level. Just below you is another scientist.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1450, 1254 EXP Both are gone in a single dig. Pokemon: Magnemite (Lv. 29), Koffing (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head left, then down, and you will be generously informed you're on the 10th floor by a rocket.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $990, 1032 EXP He's a better informant than fighter. One psybeam and Machoke is gone. Pokemon: Machoke (Lv. 33). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Below him in the room you can find Carbos, Rare Candy, and TM 26. Teach this to Sandslash. His moveset should look something close to Slash, Dig, Rock Slide, Earthquake by now. All you really need is Rock Slide and earthquake, but the other two come in handy. Exit and head up the stairs to the last floor: Floor 11. Go right and down to find another rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocket Rewards: $750, 1531 EXP Slash for both the Rattata's. Rock slide for zubat, and Earthquake for ekans. Pokemon: Rattata [x3], Zubat, Ekans (Lv. 25). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- By now you're probably wondering why you travelled eleven floors for nothing. Well, you didn't do it for nothing, you got items, didn't you? Take the elevator to the third floor. From the elevator, go down, left through a doorway, and step on the warp tile below the table. Head left and you'll be confronted by Gary. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVAL: Gary Rewards: $2600, 7034 EXP Sandslash: A single bubblebeam. Ninteales: A single earthquake. Cloyster: A single thunderbolt. Kadabra: A single slash. Jolteon: A single earthquake. Pokemon: Sandslash (Lv. 38), Ninetales, Kadabra (Lv. 35), Cloyster (Lv. 37), Jolteon (Lv. 40). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk to the guy on the left. He'll give you a Lapras, which will be sent to your PC. Step on the warp tile down below, and walk down, only to be stopped by team rocket. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Team Rocket: Jessie & James Rewards: $930, 2612 EXP Weezing is down to a single Psybeam. Arbok is taken care of in the same fashion. Meowth can be dealt with in 1-2 razor leafs. Pokemon: Weezing (Lv. 31), Arbok (Lv. 31), Meowth (Lv. 31). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go down, and open the sealed door, and you'll face Giovanni for a second time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Giovanni Rewards: $4059, 4807 EXP Nidorino: Psybeam. Persian: Earthquake. Rhyhorn: Razor Leaf. Nidoqueen: Psybeam. Pokemon: Nidorino,Rhyhorn(Lv. 37),Persian (Lv. 35), Nidoqueen (Lv. 41). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Giovanni will disappear again. Go up to the president and talk to him to receive the Master Ball, which as we all know, will capture any pokemon regardless. Use Dig to exit. [Saffron City] Pokemon: None. Items: TM 46 (Psywave), Marsh Badge. Trainers: Sabrina. Heal at the pokecenter, then go up to the gym at the upper right of town and enter. Put sandslash in the lead. Step on the lone warp tile, then the upper right, upper left, lower left, and lower left. You'll arrive at the gym leader, Sabrina. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GYM LEADER: Sabrina Rewards: $4950, 4325 EXP, TM 46, Marsh Badge Abra: Level 50? You have to be kidding me. A single earthquake should get rid of it. Kadabra: A single earthquake should be enough to kill it, although if it's not, Psywave and Recover will eat you alive here. Alakazam: Switch to Pikachu and T-Wave. DT up, and then use slam. Kazam knows Reflect and Recover, which makes killing it tough. Use slam on it until you either kill it, or faint. If you faint, switch to Sandslash, you should be able to finish it with Earthquake. Pokemon: Abra (Lv. 50), Kadabra (Lv. 50), Alakazam (Lv. 50). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Just dig to get out, heal at the pokecenter, then go all the way east to lavender town once more. Then head south to Route 12. [Route Twelve] Pokemon: Snorlax (1). Items: TM 39 (Swift), Super Rod. Trainers: Fisherman [x4], Rocker, Jr. Trainer. At this time your Sandslash and Kadabra are probably a few levels ahead of Ivysaur, Wartortle, Charmeleon, and Pikachu. It's fine, as they'll catch up soon. Stick Ivysuar in the lead, and head down into the guard tower. Go up the stairs and talk to the girl to get TM 39. Exit, and continue southward. The rest of the entire route is simply fisherman trainer battles, whee. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $795, 1173 EXP Goldeen: One razor leaf. Poliwag: One razor leaf. Goldeen: Another razor leaf. Pokemon: Goldeen (Lv. 22) [x2], Poliwag (Lv. 22). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the docks down.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $790, 1110 EXP Tentacool: One thunderbolt. Goldeen: One razor leaf. Pokemon: Tentacool (Lv. 24), Goldeen (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $945, 642 EXP Goldeen: One razor leaf. Pokemon: Goldeen (Lv. 27). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Ivysaur should be a Venusaur by now (Lv. 32+). Switch him out of the first spot in your party and put pikachu there. Continue down the docks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $735, 1654 EXP One thunderbolt for each of em. Pokemon: Poliwag, Shellder, Goldeen, Horsea (Lv. 21). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head downward and you'll come to a snorlax blocking your way. Play the pokeflute, and he will attack. You can try to catch him here, but you probably don't have a Sleeping move. There's another one later in the game, but if you want to catch them both, your best bet is using thunderwave, getting his hp into red, and tossing ultra balls. Pretty hard when you can't put him to sleep though. Continue downward, and a trainer by a house will spot you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Rocker Rewards: $725, 1381 EXP Voltorb: Earthquake. Electrode: Earthquake. Pokemon: Voltorb (Lv. 29), Electrode (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Enter the house nearby, and talk to the fisherman. He will give you the Super Rod, which is the best rod in the game, and can catch pokemon such as Dratini and others, provided you fish in the right locations. Continue downward until you find a young trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $580, 1104 EXP NidoranM: Bubblebeam. Nidorino: Two ice beams. Pokemon: NidoranM (Lv. 29), Nidorino (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- [Route Thirteen] Pokemon: None. Items: Calcium, PP Up Trainers: Jr. Trainer [x4], Bird Keeper [x3], Beauty [x2] Pure technicality, but for the record, you're on route 13. You'll soon find a huddled mass of three trainers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $560, 1620EXP Goldeen, Poliwag, Horsea: Thunderbolt. Pokemon: Goldeen (Lv. 28), Poliwag (Lv. 28), Horsea (Lv. 28). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bird Keeper Rewards: $725, 1042 EXP Both go down to Thunderbolt\Rock Slide. Pokemon: Pidgey (Lv. 29), Pidgeotto (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $480, 1564 EXP They all die in 1-2 random special-based attacks. Pokemon: Pidgey [x2], Meowth [x2], Rattata (Lv. 24). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head left, you'll see another two trainers side by side. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Beauty Rewards: $1890, 1020 EXP Wartortle's Bubblebeam for all three. Pokemon: Rattata [x2], Vulpix (Lv. 27). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Beauty Rewards: $2030, 848 EXP Clefairy: 3 Bubblebeams. Meowth: 2 Bubblebeams. Pokemon: Clefairy (Lv. 29), Meowth (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue left and you'll find another trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $600, 990 EXP Thunderbolt or Razor Leaf for both. Pokemon: Poliwag (Lv. 30) [x2]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Down and left, another trainer.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Jr. Trainer Rewards: $540, 1687 EXP Pidgey [x2]: Ice Beam. Meowth: Bubblebeam. Pidgeotto: Ice Beam. Pokemon: Pidgey [x2], Meowth, Pidgeotto (Lv. 27). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go all the way down, then left. There will be a single square below you you can go down to. Go down, then face left and inspect the post. You'll find a hidden Calcium. Go back up, then left, ending up on the other side of the post. Continue left and a trainer will find you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bird Keeper Rewards: $650, 2157 EXP Pikachu and thunderbolt or Wartortle and Ice Beam. I'd go with Ice Beam, as to try and get Wartortle evolved. Pokemon: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Spearow, Fearow (Lv. 26). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue left and you'll find an area similar to where the calcium was. Look down this time to find a PP Up. Go all the way up and right, then head left. A bird keeper at the top will spot you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Bird Keeper Rewards: $625, 1518 EXP Ice Beam x5 on this group. Pokemon: Spearow [x3], Pidgey [x2] (Lv. 25). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down, left, down, and you'll end up on a brickery path. Plenty of trainers here, but I skip 'em often. Why? Usually running out of PP, and Fuschia is just seconds away. Fight them if you wish, you can skip all of them (There's about 15) without any problem. Either way, you'll eventually end up at fuschia city. [Fuschia City] Pokemon: None. Items: TM 06 (Toxic), Soul Badge. Trainers: Juggler [x4], Tamer, Koga. Heal at the pokecenter, then head to the gym on the left. Inside are a few trainers and a 'maze'. You can see the 'invisible' walls on the ground, so just walk around, beating the trainers on your way to koga.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Juggler Rewards: $1190, 1798 EXP 2-3 Bites from wartortle will do both these in. Pokemon: Drowzee (Lv. 34), Kadabra (Lv. 34). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Juggler Rewards: $1330, 1342 EXP 1-2 Earthquakes from Sandslash. Pokemon: Hypno (Lv. 38). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Juggler Rewards: $1085, 2982 EXP Drowzee [x3]: 2-3 Bites. Kadabra: One earthquake Pokemon: Drowzee [x3], Kadabra (Lv. 31). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Tamer Rewards: $1320, 3230 EXP Arbok: 2-3 bubblebeams. Sandslash: 1 bubblebeam. Arbok: 2-3 bubblebeams. Pokemon: Arbok [x2], Sandslash (Lv. 33). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Juggler Rewards: $1360, 2257 EXP 2 bubblebeams for each. Pokemon: Sandslash (Lv. 34), Arbok (Lv. 34). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Juggler Rewards: $1190, 1943 EXP Drowzee: Slash (Charmeleon - He should know it by now). Hypno: 2-3 slashes. Pokemon: Drowzee (Lv. 34), Hypno (Lv. 34). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You'll have finally arrived at koga. Make sure you're fully healed, and have a couple of full heals just in case. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GYM LEADER: Koga Rewards: $4950, 3662 EXP, TM 06, Soul Badge Venonat: 2-3 Embers. Venonat: 2 Earthquakes. Venonat: One Psychic. Venomoth: T-Wave with pikachu. T-bolt until you faint. Finish off with Ember (Charmeleon). Pokemon: Venonat (Lv. 44), Venonant (Lv. 46), Venonat (Lv. 48), Venomoth (Lv. 50). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Heal at the pokecenter, then go all the way up to the Safari Zone. [Safari Zone] Pokemon: See "Additional Areas" Section. Items: Carbos, TM 37 (Egg Bomb), Full Restore, TM 40 (Skull Bash), Protein, Gold Teeth, TM 32 (Double Team), Revive, HM 03 (Surf) Trainers: None. The safari zone consists of two main purposes: Getting two key items, and collecting pokemon. Below is the walkthrough to get to the key items. Collecting the pokemon isn't neccesary, but if you wish to, check the "Additional Areas" Section located in this Document. From the entrance go up and to the right. You'll exit into a new area. Go under the sign to the right. Pass the first set of stairs and go up. You'll come to another set of stairs, and Carbos to the left of those. Head down and left, following the raised path until you come to the end. Go down the stairs then head up. Hug the right side of the path and you'll find TM 37 off to your right. Continue up and you'll come to another raised path. After it is another item - a full restore. To the right will be a shack of sorts. Continue upwards and then to the left. Eventually you'll come to a sign. Head underneath it to the left and you'll exit into another area. Continue left, skip the first raised platform with stairs, but go up the second one. Follow it to the end, then continue up a distance until you can no more, then go right to find TM 40. Continue right, then go up at the grass patch, and left to another item, Protein. Keep going left, then head down through some grass, and you'll eventually come to a new area. Go down and you'll find Gold Teeth. You'll need these for later. After collecting them go left to find TM 32. Search the statue just to the top left of it to find a hidden Revive, then enter the house. You can now use your remaning time to catch pokemon, or just run out the clock and you'll be brought to the exit. [Fuschia City] Pokemon: None. Items: HM 04 (Strength), Rare Candy. Trainers: None. Exit downwards until you come to two houses side by side. Enter the left one and talk to the man inside. Give him the GOLD TEETH you found in the safari zone in exchange for HM 04. Teach HM 04 to Sandlsash or Charmeleon, in place of their weakest move. Additionally, teach TM 03 to Wartortle, in place of Bubblebeam, or his weakest move. You can get the rare candy inside by moving the boulder with strength. Wha-hay! When you're ready, head back towards vermillion city via routes 15-12 to the east. Head to the west when you get to where snorlax was, and you'll be in a area skipped from long ago when you were in vermillion. No walkthrough for here, they're all very weak pokemon, with a few very weak trainers. Beat em' down with your lowest leveled pokemon (Charmeleon, Wartortle, Pikachu) until you reach vermillion. [Vermillion City - Pallet Town] Pokemon: None. Items: Old Amber. Trainers: None. Heal at the pokecenter, then dump a random pokemon in the PC and take out oddish. After that stretch of easy battling, you should definately have a team consisting of Sandslash, Kadabra, Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, and Pikachu. If by chance Blastoise or Charizard aren't quite there yet, that's understandable, but only if you're a level or so off. Head through diglett's cave, then cut your way back to pewter city. Go all the way to the top of Pewter, and you'll find a bush you can cut. Cut through, then enter the building and talk to the scientist at the top. He'll give you the fabled old amber. Now exit and haul all the way back to where you started - Pallet Town. Put Venusaur in the lead, and head to the bottom of Pallet. You'll come to the water. Use Blastoise to surf, and head on down.. [Sea Route 21] Pokemon: Tentacool, Tentacruel. Items: None. Trainers: Fisherman [x4], Swimmer [x2], Cue Ball. Surf downward until you come to a small dock with two fisherman on it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $980, 3826 EXP One razor leaf each. Look at that, an easy level up for Venusaur. Pokemon: Seaking (Lv. 28) [x3], Goldeen (Lv. 28). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $945, 690 EXP What a waste of PP. 6 ANYTHINGs from Venusaur. Heck, if you still have tackle as a move, that would nix em. Shame to waste Razor Leaf PP on these goons. Pokemon: Magikarp (Lv. 27) [x6]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Shortly down from the dock is a group of two swimmer-type-things. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Swimmer Rewards: $165, 2544 EXP Seadra is down in a single razor leaf. For tentacruel, 2 Razor Leafs or a Thunderbolt from Pikachu. Pokemon: Seadra (Lv. 33), Tentacruel (Lv. 33). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Cue Ball Rewards: $775, 2754 EXP A single razor leaf will do it for the first two. Tentacruel requires dos razor leafos. Pokemon: Tentacool (Lv. 31) [x2], Tentacruel (Lv. 31). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue down a bit and you'll come to another dock. More fishies. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $1085, 1991 EXP A single Razor Leaf for each. Zesty. Pokemon: Shellder (Lv. 31), Cloyster (Lv. 31). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Fisherman Rewards: $1155, 1985 EXP Razor leaf? Yes. Pokemon: Seaking (Lv. 33), Goldeen (Lv. 33). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue downward until stopped by another water loving coot. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Swimmer Rewards: $160, 2588 EXP A single razor leaf for whirl and seadra. Two for tentacool. Pokemon: Poliwhirl (Lv. 32), Tentacool (Lv. 32), Seadra (Lv. 32). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue downward and you'll finally arrive at Cinnabar Island. [Cinnabar Island] Pokemon: Rhydon (1), Dewgong (1), Muk (1), Aerodactyl (1), Kabuto\Omanyte (1). Items: TM 35 (Metronome). Trainers: None. Head down and heal. Stick Oddish back in the PC and get, obviously, whoever you put back in. Make sure you have the old amber and your fossil, and enter the building to the left. Enter the first room and you'll come upon two odd trading opportunities. You can trade your GOLDUCK for a trainer's RHYDON if you wish, or your GROWLITHE for a DEWGONG. Neither of these are special, as you can get them elsewhere, but there's no harm in trading if you have the required pokemon, get them if you wish. Enter the next room and talk to the scientist in the corner to get TM 35. You can give it to a pokemon if you want to have some fun, but it's not all too useful on the average. Enter the final room on the right, and you can trade your KANGASKHAN for a MUK, if you feel like it. Talk to the scientist above and give him the Old Amber - which is a fossil of Aerodactyl. Exit the building, go to the pokecenter and deposit any two pokemon. Head back to the lab to get Aerodactyl. Talk to the scientist again and give him the Dome\Helix fossil. Exit the lab and re-enter, to get Kabuto or Omanyte, depending on the fossil you gave him. Dump both pokemon in the PC, get your originals out, and go to the top west corner of the island. Enter pokemon mansion. [Pokemon Mansion] Pokemon: Grimer, Muk, Rattata, Raticate, Growlithe. Items: Escape Rope, Calcium, Max Potion, Iron, Carbos, Full Restore, TM 14 (Blizzard), Rare Candy, TM 22 (Solarbeam), Secret Key. Trainers: Burglar [x3], Scientist [x3]. Put Blastoise in front, as this is a great area to get him up in levels. Head straight up and to the right where you'll find an escape rope. Go left and you'll find a statue. Press it to activate a secret switch. Head around back down and go up the flight up stairs. Then hit the secret switch in the statue on the next floor. Go down and talk to the trainer below. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Burglar Rewards: $3060, 1105 EXP A single surf for each. Easy exp. Nice cash too. Pokemon: Charmander (Lv. 34), Charmeleon (Lv. 34). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go all the way up and to the right until you eventually come to an item in the corner - calcium. Head all the way back to the stairs and use the flight leading up. You'll come to an area with a Max Potion, as well as another lost burglar. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Burglar Rewards: $3420, 1449 EXP Two surfs, but the rewards are well worth it. Pokemon: Ninetales (Lv. 38). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Exit back down via the stairs. Go up and left to find another flight of stairs leading upwards. Head right, skipping the statue, and you'll come to an Iron. Head back, and hit the switch in the statue. Go down through the newly opened path to the right, where a scientist will find you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1650, 2493 EXP I knew sandslash was good for something. Three earthquakes. Pokemon: Magnemite (Lv. 33), Magneton (Lv. 33), Voltorb (Lv. 33). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Fall down the 'wide' path to the left of the scientist and you'll drop into an area, oddly enough, with another scientist. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1450, 2005 EXP Electrode: Earthquake. Weezing: Surf. Pokemon: Electrode (Lv. 29), Weezing (Lv. 29). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head down to find a Carbos, as well as a downward flight of stairs. Go up, then quite a ways left until you find a Full Restore on the west wall. Go back to the right, and enter the little room. You'll find TM 14, which is so incredibly delicious. Teach it to Blastoise, in place of Ice Beam. Hit the switch inside the statue, then talk to the burglar. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Burglar Rewards: $3060, 1770 EXP Two surfs. Pokemon: Growlithe (Lv. 34), Ponyta (Lv. 34). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Loop back around to the right where the stairs were, then go up through the newly opened path. Another scientist awaits. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Scientist Rewards: $1700, 1740 EXP All signs point to two earthquakes. Pokemon: Magnemite (Lv. 34), Electrode (lv. 34) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go up, hit the secret switch, then collect the rare candy in the room to the left. On a table to the left is TM 22, which you should teach to Venusaur in place of some crappy move it has (Poison Powder\Tackle). Finally, head down and collect the secret key, then use the escape rope you found earlier to exit. [Cinnabar Island] Pokemon: None. Items: TM 38 (Fire Blast), Volcano Badge. Trainers: Burglar [x3], Super Nerd [x4], Blaine. Make sure blastoise is in the lead, and enter the gym. The idea of this gym is that you can skip the trainers by answering a series of questions correctly. The questions aren't hard, but if you're curious or just plain lazy, the answers are: Yes, No, No, No, Yes, No. For the less lazy, and more bored, you can beat the crap out of the trainers for a lot of easy exp, and a LOT of cash, if you need it. Either way, you'll eventually meet up with Blaine. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GYM LEADER: Blaine Rewards: $5346, 6350 EXP, Volcano Badge, TM 38 Ninetails: Two surfs. Rapidash: Two earthquakes. Arcanine: T-wave with pikachu. T-bolt until death. Earthquake with Sandslash 1-2 times and he's toast. (Otherwise, finish with Psychic from kadabra) Pokemon: Ninetails (Lv. 48), Rapidash (Lv. 50), Arcanine (Lv. 54). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Exit and heal at the pokecenter. Teach Fire Blast to Charizard in place of a weak move (Leer\Rage\Etc). Afterwards, surf back to Pallet town. Once you arrive, continue on to the stage of the last gym in the game - Viridian City. [Viridian City] Pokemon: None. Items: Revive, Earth Badge, TM 27 (Fissure). Trainers: Tamer, Blackbelt [x2], Cooltrainer [x2], Giovanni. Heal, then enter the gym. Take the top arrow to the left and you'll run into a trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Tamer Rewards: $1560, 2980 EXP Arbok: One earthquake. Tauros: Two psychics. Pokemon: Arbok (Lv. 39), Tauros (Lv. 39). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Take the next set of arrows upward to another trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Blackbelt Rewards: $1075, 1344 EXP One psychic. Whoosh. Pokemon: Machoke (Lv. 43). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow the path right then up, another trainery goodness. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Cooltrainer Rewards: $1365, 2614 EXP Kadabra cleans up nicely here. Hooray for poison pokemon. Pokemon: Nidorino (Lv. 39), Nidoking (Lv. 39). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head back down and to the right. You'll be near the entrance. Go up and right to find a revive, then head up and fight another trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Cooltrainer Rewards: $1505, 1243 EXP Venusaur. Razor leaf. Any questions? Pokemon: Rhyhorn (Lv. 43). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head up and fight one more trainer.. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Trainer: Blackbelt Rewards: $950, 3091 EXP Three psychics, and you'll more than likely have three dead pokemon and one level up. Whee. Pokemon: Machoke (Lv. 38) [x2], Machop (Lv. 38). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Go all the way back down to the start, then up to the right. Follow the arrow paths left to the final gym leader. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- GYM LEADER: Giovanni Rewards: $5445, 10281 EXP, TM 27, Earth Badge Dugtrio: One razor leaf. Persian: 2-3 slashes\earthquakes. Nidoqueen: One psychic. Nidoking: One psychic. Rhydon: One solar beam. Pokemon: Dugtrio,Persian, Nidoqueen (Lv. 53), Nidoking, Rhydon (Lv. 55) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Exit, heal, then head west where you formerly met gary. You'll meet him once more, only this time he's pretty good. Have Venusaur in the lead. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rival: Gary Rewards: $3445, 10193 EXP Sandslash: One razor leaf. Exeggcute: One fire blast. Ninetales: One surf. Isn't blastoise just great? Cloyster: 2-3 Thunderbolts. Pikachu is so weak it's almost scary. Kadabra: One earthquake. Pray it only takes one, or he'll abuse recover until you lose your mind. Jolteon: Poor little rat. One earthquake is more than enough. Pokemon: Sandslash, Cloyster (Lv. 47), Exeggcute, Ninetales (Lv. 45), Kadabra (Lv. 50), Jolteon (Lv. 53). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head left and run onward to pokemon league like a giddy little boy. [Pokemon League] Pokemon: Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Nidorina, Nidorino, Primeape. Items: Max Ether. Trainers: None. Show the guards your fancy badges and they'll let you pass. Once you reach the water you can find a max ether on a small square platform. It's in the top-left corner. There are a few pokemon in here you could get if you didn't have a full team, but you'll already have six if you've been doing anything right. At level 40-ish they give good exp. for your weaker pokemon. Catch 'em if you need 'em, otherwise, skip along to victory road. [Victory Road] Pokemon: Geodude, Onix, Zubat, Graveler, Golbat, Machoke, Moltres Items: Rare Candy, TM 43 (Sky Attack), TM 17 (Submission), Guard Spec, Trainers: Cooltrainer [x4], Blackbelt, Juggler [x2] I hate this place. Most players hate this place. You'll hate this place. Thankfully, it won't take too long with these directions. Just be ready for battles...a lot of battles. Put venusaur in the lead, as he'll get a lot of easy wins versus wild rock pokemon. Use strength to push the boulder in front of you to your right. Eventually you'll come to a switch you can place the boulder on. Note: If a boulder ever gets "stuck", just leave the area and come back to where you originally got it. A new one will appear. Now go back and up the steps. Head right at the T intersection and you'll come to another boulder. Push it and you'll see two items. To get both of them simply grab one, then come back after exiting the area, and get the other by moving the boulder into the open spot. If you're lazy, and just want the 'better' item, to the left is a rare candy, and above is TM 43 - Sky Attack. Head back down and left to your first trainer, joy. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Trainer: Cooltrainer Rewards: $1540, 3072 EXP Persian: Since venusaur is in the lead, just take it out with 2 razor leafs. Ninetails: Switch to blastoise. One surf. Yummy. Pokemon: Persian, Ninetales (Lv. 44). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue left and up, and you'll find another trainer by the stairs. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Trainer: Cooltrainer Rewards: $1470, 5736 EXP Ivysaur: Hrm. Fire blast, anyone? Wartortle: 1-2 thunderbolts from pika-pika. Charmeleon: Blastoise. Surf. Charizard: Blizzard\Surf. Go nuts. Isn't it great having all three starters? Hoo-hah. Pokemon: Ivysaur, Wartortle, Charmeleon, Charizard (Lv. 42) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head up the stairs to the next level. Go down to find another boulder and another switch. I think you know what to do next. Head up the steps to the right and find another trainer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Trainer: Blackbelt Rewards: $1075, 3498 EXP Machoke: Fighting. Ooh. Switch to kadabra for an easy kill. Machop: Even easier. Psybeam\Psychic. Machoke: Errr..psychic? Pokemon: Machoke, Machop, Machoke (Lv. 43) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Keep heading down and right, you'll come to another trainer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Trainer: Juggler Rewards: $1435, 4890 EXP Drowzee: Any high powered attack like earthquake or slash will do. Hypno: Same thing, a tad harder. I'd use sandslash\earthquake for this. Kadabra: Less defense = easier. Slash will work from anyone. Kadabra: Ditto. Pokemon: Drowzee, Hypno, Kadabra [x2] (Lv. 41) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Head right and up from here, you'll find a trainer next to an item. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Trainer: Tamer Rewards: 3034 EXP Persian: Any special move that gets STAB. Char\FB, Blast\Surf, etc. Golduck: Rather annoying, as my pikachu was usually still weak, and got owned. Lead with venusaur, finish with pikachu if he doesn't make it. Pokemon: Persian, Golduck (Lv. 44) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Grab the full heal nearby and head up to the right. Grab TM 17 and head back down. Use the stairs by the previous trainer to head up. You'll see a boulder in front of you. First head right though, towards another item\trainer combo. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Trainer: Cooltrainer Rewards: $1505, 5784 EXP Exeggutor: Fire blast. Two should do it. Cloyster: As crappy as his special is, I actually used a single psychic from Kadabra to take him out. Far too easy. Arcanine: As good as he is, he's no match for a single surf. Pokemon: Exeggutor, Cloyster, Arcanine (Lv. 43) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Grab the max revive (You might need one by now), then head back to the boulder and push it quite a ways up and to the left. Eventutally you'll come to an opening with stairs and a switch. Push the boulder onto it. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Note: Moltres can be found up this set of stairs, along with a trainer and a guard spec. At this point in the game, I wouldn't suggest trying to catch him. You'll need to come back later with a high level sleeper, as well as a fast level 60+ pokemon (A single haunter\gengar with hypnosis, for example). You'll also need a vast supply of ultra balls. Put moltres to sleep and wear down his HP to around 1/4 (A move like seismic toss which does a set amount of damange would work well). Put him back to sleep as neccesary, and keep throwing ultra balls. Eventually you'll catch him. Two other tips for catching moltres: ALWAYS save before fighting moltres or any other one-time pokemon, if you don't catch it without saving, you're toast. If you just can't seem to catch moltres (He escapes at the last second, or similar), hold (Down + B) while the ball animation shows. It greatly improves your success rate with moltres (and any other pokemon you want to catch) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Whether you fight moltres or not, head back to where you originally got the boulder and go up the steps to the left. You'll soon come to a trainer. -----------------------------------------------------------------------Trainer: Cooltrainer Rewards: $1505, 5148 EXP Parasect: He's 4x weak to ice and fire. Use charizard and fire blast, as he's probably weaker than blastoise. Dewgong: Thunderbolt. Yay for pikachu. Chansey: Ooh. Evil. Sing\Doubleslap\Minimize\Growl. I had a hard time killing it, just because it minimized the crap out of me. Go for a quick kill with Sandslash and Earthquake, or duke it out with Kadabra (Reflect\Recover\Psychic). I hate chansey. Pokemon: Parasect, Dewgong, Chansey (Lv. 43) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Continue down and to the left, head down the steps, avoid the two trainers (I hate them), and push the boulder down the shiny hole. Fall down yourself and you'll be in a familiar area. Push the boulder all the way to the left onto another switch, and you'll be able to access the stairs above you when you first fell down. Head up to more stairs, then right. [Indigo Plateau] Pokemon: None. Items: Plenty (at the pokemart) Trainers: Elite Four + Gary. You actually made it out of the cave. Hooray for you. Now get your butt up to the combonation pokecenter + mart. Heal your pokemon, and use your unholy amount of cash to buy full restores and revives (7-10 of each should be PLENTY). Up ahead lies the elite four. Four trainers all in a row, with only your items to aid your weary pokemon. Before entering, I suggest having all your pokemon at level 45 (or higher), as well as having the following items: Revive, Full Restore, Pokeflute. Aside from levels, your movesets should be similar to this: Sandslash: Earthquake, Rock Slide, Strength, Slash\Fissure. (Semi-sweeper) Kadabra: Reflect, Recover, Psychic, Double Team\Thunderwave (annoyer) Blastoise: Surf, Blizzard, Body Slam, Submission (Never could find a good fourth for him :|) Venusaur: Mega Drain, Leech Seed, Toxic, Solarbeam\Body Slam OR Growth, Sleep Powder, Mega Drain, Leech Seed\Solarbeam Note: The latter is obviously better but requires a tad more training. Makes the entire last five battles a CAKEWALK though. But then you wouldn't need this guide ;) Charizard: Double Team, Rest, Fire Blast, Slash OR Double Team, Rest, Swords Dance, Swift (Swift Dancer) Pikachu: Thunderbolt, Thunderwave, Double Team\Reflect, Rest\Thunder (I often found pikachu too weak. Use another if you want) If you don't have some of those TMs, just keep a good variation of elemental moves on your pokemon, or just use a different pokemon (Subbing in a Haunter or Machoke for pikachu would work for example) Onto the elite four, huzzah. [Elite Four] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Elite Four: Lorelei Pokemon Type: Ice\Water Dewgong (Lv. 54) - Bubblebeam, Aurora Beam, Take Down, Rest. Cloyster (Lv. 53) - Ice Beam, Supersonic, Spike Cannon, Clamp. Slowbro (Lv. 54) - Surf, Withdraw, Amnesia, Psychic. Jynx (Lv. 56) - Lovely Kiss, Ice Punch, Doubleslap, Thrash. Lapras (Lv. 56) - Body Slam, Hydro Pump, Confuse Ray, Blizzard. Dewgong: Lead with Venusaur, and leech seed (or sleep powder if you have it). Dewgong will likely either aurora beam, or rest. It's a toss up. If he beams you, use mega drain to recover (coupled with leech seed) and you'll make it. He'll then rest, and you can mega drain your life back and KO him. If he rests, then simply charge up a solarbeam for an easy kill. Cloyster: A single solarbeam will nuke him out. Sleep powder + beam = gone. If you don't have solarbeam (like me), you'll just have to bravely wait the turn to charge (you'll survive at full health). OR, if you're feeling sneaky, with a little luck you can pull the following off. When fighting dewgong, leech seed him, and get him to use rest. Mega drain his life down to as close to nothing as you can, and then use solarbeam. With any luck (or just a bit more skill), your solarbeam will charge, he'll wake up, and be killed by leech seed. Your solarbeam will them hit cloyster on the first turn "free" of charge. Not bad, huh? Slowbro: With venusaur in there, he'll likely lead with amnesia. Use a solarbeam to take off about half his life, then leech seed + toxic. Or, if you have sleep powder, use that and a solarbeam or a couple mega drains (depending on your life). Jynx: Switch to blastoise. Two body slams and she's gone. Watch out for lovely kiss (use the pokeflute), and use a full restore if you get real unlucky. Lapras: It really helps if you have sleep powder here, then you can just powder + seed + drain away. If you don't have sleep powder, you're most likely going to need to use a revive after this. Lead with venusaur, toxic + seed (if you make it that far, it will abuse blizzard on you). Then mega drain until impending death (or victory if you're lucky). Finish with pikachu and thunderbolt if needed. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- If half your pokemon nearly tanked themselves, have no fear, in my opinion, she's the hardest of all of them. Heal with your items as needed and move on to a MUCH easier target in bruno. Lead with blastoise. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Elite Four: Bruno Pokemon Type: Rock\Fighting Onix (Lv. 53) - Slam, Screech, Dig, Rock Slide. Hitmonchan (Lv. 55) - Thunderpunch, Ice Punch, Fire Punch, Double Team. Hitmonlee (Lv. 55) - Mega Kick, Hi Jump Kick, Double Team, Double Kick. Onix (Lv. 56) - Slam, Screech, Rock Slide, Dig. Machamp (Lv. 58) - Strength, Submission, Karate Chop, Leer. Onix: A single surf from blastoise. I guess your team is worth something after all. Hitmonchan: A single psychic from Kadabra\Alakazam. Hitmonlee: Another psychic from Kadabra. Onix: Another surf from blastoise. Machamp: 1-2 psychics, depending on your level. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't get too cocky, Bruno's the easiest of all four. Hopefully, though, you didn't suffer a single hit and are in good shape for the next trainer: Agatha. Put kadabra in the lead. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Elite Four: Agatha Pokemon Type: Ghost\Poison Gengar (Lv. 56) - Lick, Substitute, Mega Drain, Confuse Ray. Golbat (Lv. 56) - Wing Attack, Leech Life, Supersonic, Toxic. Haunter (Lv. 55) - Hypnosis, Lick, Dream Eater, Confuse Ray. Arbok (Lv. 58) - Wrap, Glare, Strength, Acid. Gengar (Lv. 60) - Psychic, Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Confuse Ray. Gengar: Two psychics. Yay kadabra. Golbat: Switch to blastoise. One blizzard should work. Haunter: One psychic should be all you need for this one. Arbok: Just one more psychic. You have to love kadabra. Gengar: Just slightly harder than the first. Two psychics should do it. Annoying if you let him get set up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Heal, you'll probably need it. Put pikachu in the lead, and make your way to the ultimate trainer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Elite Four: Lance Pokemon Type: Dragon\Flying\Water Gyarados (Lv. 58) - Dragon Rage, Hyper Beam, Leer, Hydro Pump. Dragonair (Lv. 56) - Thunderbolt, Slam, Hyper Beam, Thunder Wave. Dragonair (Lv. 56) - Wrap, Ice Beam, Bubblebeam, Hyper Beam. Aerodactyl (Lv. 60) - Hyper Beam, Fly, Swift, Wing Attack. Dragonite (Lv. 62) - Hyper Beam, Thunder, Fire Blast, Blizzard. Gyarados: Water\Flying. 4x weak to electricity. Say hello, pikachu. 1-2 thunderbolts. Dragonair: Bring out blastoise. One blizzard is more than enough. Dragonair: Deja vu, anyone? Aerodactyl: Blastoise. Surf. OHKO. Dragonite: Very...very annoying. Hopefully you have PP left for blizzard (at least one). You may not, as you need to use 4 minimum before this one. Switch to pikachu, thunderwave, and actually hope for him to hyperbeam on you. Screw around with thunderbolt for little damage until he kills you (preferably with HB). Switch to blastoise and use blizzard, otherwise, use sandslash and pray you knock him out with rock slide. You shouldn't have TOO much trouble with him (Perhaps lose a pokemon or two). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Use your assortment of items to make your pokemon nice and shiny again, and head on to the last trainer, with blastoise in the lead. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Rival: Gary Pokemon Type: Balanced Sandslash (Lv. 61) - Earthquake, Poison Sting, Fury Swipes, Slash. Alakazam (Lv. 59) - Recover, Psychic, Psybeam, Kinesis. Exeggutor (Lv. 61) - Barrage, Stomp, Hypnosis, Leech Seed. Cloyster (Lv. 61) - Ice Beam, Aurora Beam, Clamp, Spike Cannon. Ninetales (Lv. 63) - Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Fire Spin, Confuse Ray. Jolteon (Lv. 65) - Quick Attack, Pin Missile, Thunder, Thunderwave. Sandslash: Only one surf. What a promising start to the battle. Alakazam: Ooh. Crap. Two body slams will kill kazam, assuming his doesn't use recover. As long as you do more than 1/2 damage to him per hit, you're fine, recover will only make you use a few more PP you should already have for Body Slam. If you can't take him that way, you'll have to use some sort of sleep combo, or just pray. You weak trainer, you. Exeggutor: Enter Charizard. Fire Blast away. Two at most and he's toast. You didn't think we'd keep Charizard on the team for nothing did you? By the way, if your charizard sucks, Blizzard will do (Blastoise). Cloyster: Basically, a suped up version of the one you faced before. A single solarbeam will kill it if you can survive the charge. Otherwise, T-Wave + Thunderbolt away with pikachu. Ninetales: A joke, after some of the harder pokemon you've faced. Blastoise simply kills it with surf. Honestly, what was gary thinking. Tail Whip? Quick Attack? Bahahaha. Jolteon: A less than climactic ending to it all. With the ever weak quick attack and pin missile being the only attacks that can affect your Sandslash, he'll have no trouble taking it out with Earthquake (or anything else for that matter). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Game. Set. Match. Enjoy the stereotypical ending, yellow style. T H E E N D ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5] Extra Areas ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The end? Pssh, you still have mewtwo and the legendary birds to catch (or at least Zapdos and Articuno), so lets get a move on. After defeating the elite four, the cave to the left of cerulean will now be open. Bring your master ball, a ton of ultra balls, your highest level pokemon, and a can of spam for this cave. It's a bigg'n. [Unknown Dungeon] [Seafoam Islands] [Power Plant] +Under construction. Will update very shortly+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6] Copyright ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This document ©2002-2003 Jdude84. You may not use this document in any other way besides printing and using it to help you through this game. If you wish to use this for any other purpose, please contact me at JGameFAQs@hotmail.com All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7] Notes ----------------------------------------------------------------------- While mostly "complete", this guide isn't entirely comprehensive. If you have anything you'd like to see added, just send me an e-mail (JGameFAQs@hotmail.com) and I'll see what I can do. Don't e-mail me about stupid things. As a high school and college student, I have enough to do as it is. I like to use my free time to enjoy myself and do a bit of gaming\gaming help. I'm not here to talk to you about your cat's likeness to pikachu. That's about it. I hope you enjoyed the guide. Gold is far better, though. [EoD]