PoKeMoN Crystal Walkthrough ---------------------------------------------------------------- Last Updated: June 11th, 2004 (Version 0.8) ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1. About Me 2. Update History 3. Walkthrough 4. Contacts, Credits & Copyrights ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1. About Me ----------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Lord Yoyo ASL: 16/Male/Bay Area, CA Email address: lordyoyo2006@hotmail.com AIM sn: LiLcaliAzNb0i FAQs written for: Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire, Advance Wars 2, Pokemon Crystal, Pokemon Gold/Silver, Advance Wars, Fire Emblem 6, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Mario Tennis 64, Mario Golf 64, Pokemon Yellow, Pokemon Blue/Red, Mario Kart 64 Fanfics written: The Destiny of Fire, The Dawn of a New Age, The Adventures of Yoyo Yoshi, Yoyo Yoshi's Go-Kart Tournament, The Eye of the Enemy, The Rising Sun, Powers of Pokemon, Yoshi Pokemon Adventure Stories, Super Smash Bros. Battles, Mario Millennium Series, Advance Wars 2: Black Storm Rising, Yoshi Domination, Tínja: Divine Winds, Mushroom Wars: Koopa Storm, Golden Sun 3: The Rising Sun, Tínja of the Past, Sergei Molotov's Story, Gelastic Sun Fanfics Written (in order of when I wrote them, starting from oldest): Mario Millenium Series, Yoshi Pokemon Adventure Stories, Powers of Pokemon, The Eye of the Enemy, The Rising Sun, Sergei Molotov's Story, The Dawn of a New Age, Advance Wars 2: Black Storm Rising, Yoshi Domination Sites currently working for: AGN (Advanced Gaming Network), AWN (Advance Wars Net) - Lord Yoyo ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Update History ----------------------------------------------------------------- Version 0.8 (June 11th, 2004) - Every other section except for this and the Walkthrough have been updated. The FAQ has been reformatted, and the About Me, Table of Contents, and Contacts, Credits, & Copyrights section at the end have been ended. Johto side-quests have been added as well. The walkthrough is just about 99% complete. It is now 221K. Version 0.7 (June 10th, 2004) - The Western Kanto region has been covered in the second Kanto update, the second third. It covers the capturing of Snorlax all the way into Mount Silver and includes the captures of Lugia and Suicune. It's now 120K. Version 0.6 (June 9th, 2004) - The entire Eastern Kanto region is cleared in this guide update. All of it is covered, from the 10th to 13th badges, from Saffron's gym to the Snorlax. It is now 103K. Version 0.5 (June 8th, 2004) - The second half of the fourth part of Johto is complete. The Elite Four has been defeated, and that has been included in the guide. This goes all the way to Route 6 in Kanto and the 9th badge. Version 0.4 (June 7th, 2004) - The first half of the fourth part of Johto, from the Dragon Master and the 8th badge to the foot of Indigo Plateau, has been written. It's now 80K. Version 0.3 (June 6th, 2004) - Okay, the third part of the Johto journeys, from Route 42 to the defeat of Clair, has been written. It's now 69K. Version 0.2 (June 5th, 2004) - I've written the walkthrough through the second part of Johto, from Goldenrod and the 3rd badge to heading onto Route 42. It's now 58K. Version 0.1 (June 4th, 2004) - After juggling the idea, I finally decided to write a PoKeMoN Crystal walkthrough. The entire first part of Johto, from the start of the game to Route 34, has been written. The guide is now 22K long. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Walkthrough ----------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------| |New Bark Town| |-------------| PoKeMoN found in New Bark Town: # 152 Chikorita # 155 Cyndaquil # 158 Totodile Items found in New Bark Town: Everstone Pokegear When you first start, you will be in New Bark Town. Choose new game and start. As it's Crystal, you can choose whether you want to be a Boy or Girl in the game. Afterwards, Professor Oak will ask you the time. First answer what hour it is and what minute it is, so you are setting the game's time. There is a default time, which is 10:00 AM, but you may set the time for whatever you'd like it to be. Preferably, it should be the time that it is where you live, because then it'd make more sense. They have it well- programmed on Crystal that even if you don't have the GBA on, the time will keep running. Then, Professor Oak will welcome you to the world of PoKeMoN like the older versions of PoKeMoN and introduces you to Professor Elm. Basically PoKeMoN cannot be lived without in the worlds of Johto and Kanto. Then he asks you what your name is, so input that (for me, BOKPUI). Choose something as your name and your PoKeMoN Crystal adventure finally unfolds! You are in your room at the beginning. Exit the room, and you will meet your mom. She tells you that your PoKeGear is back from the repair shop. Woot, I think. You get the PoKeGear. PoKeGear is used to call people on a phone and also see the day and time of the day. Then, when she asks you to input the day of the week, put that in. You can even put in Daylight Savings Time. How cool! Remember, that's the cycle from April to October. The other half of the year is not. The Phone is part of the PoKeGear, so simply go there and phone whoever. Kinda cool, actually. She'll want you to call from time to time. Leave your house and head left to Professor Elm's lab. Notice the guy standing left of it in that little corner. That will be your rival. Heh heh heh...if you talk to him, he'll kick you out of his way. Anyway, go into Elm's lab. He'll want you to do him a favor by raising up a PoKeMoN. Win-win situation, no? The mysteries shall be solved...anyway, he rants on about Mr. PoKeMoN's real discovery which wouldn't make any sense yet. The ordering of the three PoKeMoN are Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Chikorita. Which PoKeMoN should you take? Which PoKeMoN should YOU choose? Let's analyze all three starters. Cyndaquil: Fire-based PoKeMoN. Pros - He evolves to his final form quicker than the other two starters and has powerful moves in its final form. He's also effective against the second gym. Best starter for first two gyms, but the future is trickier. Cons - His moves are basically all fire-based, which makes hi, a bit one- dimensional. Being good at earlier gyms doesn't always mean effective later on. Beginner trainers should use him. Totodile: Water-based PoKeMoN. Pros - Water type that can use the HM Surf and can be backed with normal attacks on top of its water moves. Cons - You shouldn't be using HM Surf on Totodile anyway and he evolves to his final form the slowest. Intermediate trainers should use him. Chikorita: Grass-based PoKeMoN. Pros - He never is a dual type (Grass-Poison), but rather, just Grass. He also learns his first elemental move earlier than Totodile and Cyndaquil. Cons - He suffers in the fact that he's effective against very few gyms, if at all. Expert trainers should use him. CONCLUSION: They're fairly evenly matched. All of them are quite close when it comes to ability, but I think Cyndaquil's pro-con ratio is slightly better than the other two. I've started with all three PoKeMoN in the Gold-Silver- Crystal games, and that's my opinion. After you get your starting PoKeMoN, He says that Mr. PoKeMoN lives somewhere past Cherrygrove, the next city. Then you get Elm's phone number. He'll call you a few times over the course of the game. And just like in the RBY games, the professor's assistant gives you something. In this case, it's a free potion. Now leave the lab! |-------------| |New Bark Town| |-------------| After choosing your PoKeMoN carefully, it seems your stupid rival's still outside the lab. Well, looks like he hasn't changed yet. Anyway, head west onto Route 29, where your first battles with wild PoKeMoN will begin. |--------| |Route 29| |--------| PoKeMoN found on Route 29: # 016 Pidgey # 019 Rattata # 161 Sentret # 163 Hoothoot # 187 Hoppip Items found on Route 29: Berry Pink Bow Potion |-----------|-----------|--------|------------------| | Chikorita | Cyndaquil |Totodile| THE | |-----------|-----------|--------| STARTING | | Tackle | Tackle | Scratch| PoKeMoN | | Growl | Leer | Leer | TYPES | |-----------|-----------|--------|------------------| |Move Type PP Power Description | |---------------------------------------------------| |Tackle Normal 35 35 A full-body charge attack. | |Scratch Normal 35 40 Scratches with sharp claw. | |Growl Normal 40 -- Reduces the foe's attack. | |Leer Normal 30 -- Reduces the foe's defense. | |---------------------------------------------------| Here you will fight all different varieties of PoKeMoN, depending what time of day it is, or what day it is. Note that the battle system looks all cool now because it looks far more obvious how much HP you have, and how much EXP you need your PoKeMoN to get before they advance to the next level. The EXP meter is below the HP meter. Also note the new gender differences in PoKeMoN. In any case, you'll want your starting PoKeMoN to be at Level 8 by the time you reach Cherrygrove City, so keep training. If you're new to the PoKeMoN world, you might also want to talk to the trainers on the path, as they give good advice. When you're on Route 29, to the north is Route 46. You can go there and visit if you'd like, but it'll be a pain to defeat any PoKeMoN there because you only have normal moves. The berry is in the tree in the northwest, the potion is in the northeast. Remember to have your starting PoKeMoN at Level 8 before you pass through Cherrygrove City. You really need the experience. Keep heading west until you arrive in... |----------------| |Cherrygrove City| |----------------| Items found in Cherrygrove City: Map Card See that man at the entrance to the city? Talk to him and he will show you around the city and some key PoKeMoN concepts, as well as places, like the PoKeMoN Center, the PoKeMart, the routes, the sea, and his house. Most importantly, you get the Map Card when he gives you it at the end. Then go into the PoKeMoN Center, and heal your starting PoKeMoN by talking to the nurse. Don't bother trying to get PoKeBalls because they aren't being sold just yet. Head west then north up Route 30 when you're at Level 8. If you're not, go back to Route 29, fight till your starter is about to faint, heal again, and then head up Route 30, since you can't buy anything from the PoKeMart yet. |--------| |Route 30| |--------| PoKeMoN found on Route 30: # 010 Caterpie # 011 Metapod # 016 Pidgey # 019 Rattata # 165 Ledyba Items found on Route 30: Antidote Berry (2X) Mystery Egg PoKeDeX PSNCure Berry Welcome to Route 30! Reading the sign, you'll notice this is the midpoint route between Cherrygrove City and Violet City. On this route your PoKeMoN should reach Level 10 by the time you get back to Cherrygrove City. Go a bit up from the sign and you'll find a house with a tree next to it. Grab the berry next to it and then enter the house for another berry. Enjoy that one, heh heh. Actually, you'll want to keep those...use potions instead. Just above the house is an Antidote. Take that and head up the right fork. On the left fork, you'd see a guy that will tell you that he trains his PoKeMoN, as well as two boys battling on the path. You can't pass that area just yet. Going up the right path, you'll eventually spot a house. To the left is a tree containing a PSNCure Berry. Take that, then enter the house. You'll find Mr. PoKeMoN and Professor Oak inside. Mr. PoKeMoN gives you the Mystery Egg, which Professor Elm wants to see. Apparently, the Daycare Service gave Mr. PoKeMoN that Mystery Egg...this is the reason you must go back to Professor Elm later, because he knows the evolutionary stuff even better than Professor Oak! Wow, where'd he come from? Professor Oak wants you to help him track down more PoKeMoN, and gives you the PoKeDeX. How dependable you are! It's basically an encyclopedia, dictionary, and recorder all in one, if that makes any sense. Professor Oak has to go for a radio show in Goldenrod, but Mr. PoKeMoN will heal your PoKeMoN before you leave. Right when you leave the door, and Professor Elm will give you a call on your cell phone. He tells you that something terrible has happened in the lab, so you'll want to quickly head back to New Bark Town. As quick as you must, you still have to train up your PoKeMoN to Level 10 before you even exit Cherrygrove City onto Route 29. Keep training and heal at Cherrygrove's PoKeMoN Center if you need to. Anyway, when you are Level 10, go back to Cherrygrove City! |----------------| |Cherrygrove City| |----------------| Heal at the PoKeMoN Center. Do not forget this. After your Level 10 PoKeMoN is prepared for combat, exit Cherrygrove City to the east. Something stops you. You notice that it's your rival. He is currently named ??? for now, but that in itself shouldn't be a problem. Get ready for the battle...wimp? I think he's the wimp around here. Your Level 10 Starter should completely destroy his Level 5 one. XD Rival Level 5 Starter that beats yours (84 EXP) You get: 300G Well, that was an easy battle. You probably lost less than 10HP. Now that you've beaten him, he gets past you and now you can exit to Route 29 again. No way he'll be the world's best PoKeMoN trainer. |--------| |Route 29| |--------| PoKeMoN found on Route 29: # 016 Pidgey # 019 Rattata # 161 Sentret # 163 Hoothoot # 187 Hoppip Keep heading east to New Bark Town. Keep training, too. Your starter should be Level 11 by the time you reach New Bark, go back through Route 29, and back to Cherrygrove. |-------------| |New Bark Town| |-------------| Go back to Professor Elm's laboratory and talk with the police officer in his lab. The police officer says he has talked to Professor Elm, and when you note that you've seen this person, you get to name your rival, the one who you just battled and had the PoKeMoN stolen from Professor Elm. Name him whatever name you feel like naming him (for me, FENGKUN). That's supposed to help the investigation. Talk to Professor Elm and give him the discovery from Mr. PoKeMoN, the Mystery Egg. Professor Elm is very surprised at you receiving a PoKeDeX. Only the trainers with the best potential get one, after all. Professor Elm informs you that he thinks you have what it takes to try to get the eight badges for the PoKeMoN Johto League. When you try to leave the lab, Professor Elm's aide will come up to you again and give you five PoKeBalls to begin your journey. Excellent. Now go right to your home and talk to your mom, who will save your money for you. Now your journey truly begins...head west back onto Route 29. |--------| |Route 29| |--------| PoKeMoN found on Route 29: # 016 Pidgey # 019 Rattata # 161 Sentret # 163 Hoothoot # 187 Hoppip Start heading west back to Cherrygrove City again. Before you can even go anywhere, the first trainer will come up to you and teach you how to catch PoKeMoN, so if you need the tutorial, by all means let him teach you. It's a demonstration of him catching a Level 5 Rattata with a PoKeBall. Nothing special, really. Catch both a Hoothoot and Rattata on this route or Route 46. You'll want Rattata's super fang later on, and Hoothoot can be equipped the HM Fly, so get both. In the Items pocket, note that there are now 4 sections. The 2nd one contains the PokeBalls. Before you even fight a Pidgey, reach Level 11. Then, you are able to do more damage and keep the Level 3 Pidgey low on HP. Capture it. Tapping A and B while the PoKeBall is moving around helps a little. Don't move to Cherrygrove City yet...make a visit north onto Route 46. |--------| |Route 46| |--------| I know it doesn't look like much, but here there's a better chance of finding a Rattata. Don't use your Level 11 Starter to catch it, you'll just kill it in a hit. Instead, use Pidgey to weaken it, then capture it. This will be your 2nd PoKeMoN that you will be keeping to virtually the end of the game because its super fang is super useful. Weaken it to the point where Pidgey is also weakened, then capture it and you have your second PoKeMoN on your lineup! Your lineup should now be: Level 3 Pidgey Level 3 Rattata Level 11 Starter Other than your starter, Rattata should also get experience. Pidgey will be your HM carrier for Fly later on. Anyway, head back onto Route 29... |--------| |Route 29| |--------| ...and west to Cherrygrove. |----------------| |Cherrygrove City| |----------------| Heal, thee head north onto Route 30! Remember to switch the order of your PoKeMoN to Rattata, Starter, and Pidgey. To get experience on Rattata, Rattata will appear in battle first. You'll want to switch to your starter on turn 1, and then your starter will defeat the other PoKeMoN. Then both your PoKeMoN get equal experience and Rattata will grow quickly. Do this even in trainer battles. |--------| |Route 30| |--------| PoKeMoN found on Route 30: # 010 Caterpie # 011 Metapod # 013 Weedle # 014 Kakuna # 016 Pidgey # 042 Zubat # 061 Poliwag # 163 Hoot Hoot # 165 Ledyba # 167 Spinarak OK, this time, you'll want to steer away from the right path but rather to the left path. On the left path, you'll meet some resistance...the two boys that were fighting earlier will both challenge you to battles, since they've already battled each other. Remember to train Rattata in EVERY battle with EVERY PoKeMoN. Youngster Joey Level 4 Rattata (48 EXP) You get: 64G Note that now some of your money goes to your mom for safekeeping now...move up to the next trainer for the next battle! Believe me, your now Level 4 Rattata can handle the first one without your starter...and your starter should have an elemental move to fry everyone now. Youngster Mikey Level 2 Rattata (24 EXP) Level 4 Rattata (48 EXP) You get: 64G Go pass the lady to the third trainer to fight! Bug Catcher Don Level 3 Caterpie (33 EXP) Level 3 Caterpie (33 EXP) You get: 48G Advance north onto Route 31. |--------| |Route 31| |--------| PoKeMoN found on Route 31: # 010 Caterpie # 011 Metapod # 013 Weedle # 014 Kakuna # 016 Pidgey # 042 Zubat # 061 Poliwag # 069 Bellsprout # 163 Hoot Hoot # 165 Ledyba # 167 Spinnark Items found on Route 31: Bitter Berry PoKeBall Potion You'll find the entrance to Dark Cave at the beginning of Route 31, as well as a Potion. The Dark Cave won't really do you any good till you have the HM Flash, so wait it out and grab that Potion to the left of it. When you see two trainers, head south to where the item is and fight! Rattata first! If Rattata has the HP (which it should), then keep it fighting the Caterpies. Use a potion if you must. Bug Catcher Wade Level 2 Caterpie (20 EXP) Level 2 Caterpie (20 EXP) Level 3 Weedle (33 EXP) Level 2 Caterpie (20 EXP) YOu get: 32G Grab the PoKeBall below the trainer, head back up to grab the Bitter Berry from the tree, then head west, through the house-ish entry, and into Violet City. Your lineup should now be: Level 3 Pidgey Level 6 Rattata Level 12 Starter |-----------| |Violet City| |-----------| PoKeMoN found in Violet City: # 95 Onix Items found in Violet City: PRZCure Berry TM 31 Heal your PoKeMoN. There is a GYM there in Violet City that uses Flying type PoKeMoN. Don't go there just yet, head over far north to a tower called the Sprout Tower. The experience you get up there will be very useful for the gym. |------------| |Sprout Tower| |------------| PoKeMoN found in Sprout Tower: # 019 Rattata # 069 Bellsprout # 092 Gastly Items found in Sprout Tower: Escape Rope HM05 Parlyz Heal Potion X Accuracy This tower is called Sprout Tower, and it's obviously named that because all the people inside mostly use Bellsprouts. It should give you plenty of experience for Rattata. Head up the stairs to Floor 2. Continue up the path and you'll see Sage Nico, and he'll challenge you to a battle. Rattata should be receiving Quick Attack soon (at Level 7), and that will be very useful. Sage Nico Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) You get: 96G Continue along the path and down the stairs. Grab the item below you. It is Parlyz Heal. Head back up and left along the path to fight Sage Chow. Your starter may need to provide backing for Rattata here. Sage Chow Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) You get: 96G Go up the stairs and along the path till you see YET another sage, after you grab that X Accuracy above you. Use a Potion on Rattata in this matchup. Now that Rattata is much higher-level, you should let it do all the battling and nearly full HP will help. Yay for quick attacks. Sage Edmond Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) Level 3 Bellsprout (54 EXP) You get: 96G Climb up the stairs, grab the item near you (a potion), then fight every sage up in turn. Sage Jin Level 6 Bellsprout (108 EXP) You get: 192G Next up is another sage. Use your starter for backing. Sage Neal Level 6 Bellsprout (108 EXP) You get: 192G Move up to the third sage on the floor and fight him. Sage Troy Level 7 Bellsprout (126 EXP) Level 7 Hoothoot (106 EXP) You get: 224G When you move up, you'll see some sort of shaking up above you. Your rival is there, after beating the main sage of the tower. He has been given the HM Flash but the sage criticizes him for treating his PoKeMoN too harshly and he gets enraged. He escapes with the Escape Rope. Go up to the item to the right of the monk. In reality, it is a... Level 3 Rattata (24 EXP) Now move up to take on the leader of the sages itself. The final battle of the Sprout Tower challenge commences. Rattata is useful but your starter must play a big role with the elemental move. Sage Li Level 7 Bellsprout (126 EXP) Level 10 Hoothoot (122 EXP) Level 7 Bellsprout (126 EXP) You get: 320G For beating the main guy of the tower, you get your reward, the Flash HM (HM05). You'll need the 1st badge to use it, however. Go back to the Rattata you faced before, and now it's an Escape Rope. You may use that to get out of the tower or by climbing down it. Get out of the tower and go back to the PoKeMoN Center of Violet City. |-----------| |Violet City| |-----------| Well, that should have taken some time between 1 hour and 5 minutes, and 1 hour and 20 minutes to do. Any more, any less, you're off the track. No need for extra training though you may want to, but if you have less, you should train. Wasting time is evil! :P Now, you'll want to head northwest in the city to the Violet City Gym. After all that training, things are gonna look awfully ridiculously easy in here, so you'll know you're doing the right thing. Head up to fight your trainer battles first. Let Rattata take the first one. Bird Keeper Abe Level 9 Spearow (111 EXP) You get: 216G Head up the blasted path to the second trainer. Here, you'll want support from your starter by switching off. Even a weakened Rattata can take these two...easy as pie. Bird Keeper Rod Level 7 Pidgey (82 EXP) Level 7 Pidgey (82 EXP) You get: 168G This should be your lineup so far: Level 3 Pidgey Level 11 Rattata Level 13 Starter Go back to the PoKeMoN Center to heal, then you're ready to battle, so head up the zig-zag pathway to Falkner. Falkner is ready to show the magnificent power of bird PoKeMoN...but that won't happen here...put your PoKeMoN order as Rattata, Starter, and then of course, Pidgey, which you won't be using. --- GYM LEADER FALKNER Level 7 Pidgey (82 EXP) Level 9 Pidgeotto (217 EXP) You get: Zephyr Badge, $900, & TM31 (Mud Slap) --- Strategy VERSUS Pidgey: Quick attacks, quick attacks. It'll take three instead of two, because Falkner is better than the apprentices. Still easy, Rattata will lose some 10 HP. Strategy VERSUS Pidgeotto: Keep using Rattata's quick attacks against Pidgeotto. Unlike Pidgey, Pidgeotto will have a Gust attack that does a whole NINE damage. Regardless, use Rattata until he collapses, then use your starter to finish off Pidgeotto. Easy cheesy! The Zephyr Badge gives your PoKeMoN a slight attack boost. That's cool and you have one badge now. Right after you leave the gym, you should receive a phone call from Professor Elm. He tells you to pick up something important at the PoKeMoN Center from his aide. When you get to the PoKeMoN Center, you will see Professor Elm's aide, the guy by the counter. He will give you a PoKeMoN egg. The egg will hatch in about 1,000 steps. Leave the Violet City Gym and go to the PoKeMoN Center. It is Togepi in egg form. There is one way to not keep Togepi on your team while it's in egg form. Just put it in one of the PoKeMoN boxes (while it's an egg form) and keep it there. Heal, then head west from the Violet City Gym. Continue on the path north and then west until you enter Route 36. |--------| |Route 36| |--------| Talking to the two people on the route, you'll find out that a supposed tree is blocking the way. Ignore that for now and head south past the house to the Ruins of Alph. |-------------| |Ruins of Alph| |-------------| PoKeMoN found in or outside the Ruins of Alph: # 177 Natu # 201 Unown # 235 Smeargle Item found in the Ruins of Alph: Unown Pokedex Enter the first cave that you see. Talk to the two people inside, go up to the left panel, and then solve the Kabuto puzzle. The corner pieces should be obvious, so start from there and work to the middle. It will look circular, but the eyes point out...remember that. You are then dropped to the next floor, and you will find yourself in another cave you could enter before. You'll start seeing a PoKeMoN with many forms. Its name is Unown. He will make an excellent addition as a steel PoKeMoN on your team, but I suggest you keep your lineup, though. He has 26 forms, 26 for the alphabet, but is still the same PoKeMoN regardless and is still PoKeMoN #201. You must catch 3 different Unowns to get the Unown add-on to your PoKedex. Anyway, keep fighting those until you exit the cave at the bottom with the ladder. Rattata's attacks CAN damage them, contrary to looks. After exiting the cave, go south, and then east. You will come up to another route changing house. Welcome to... |--------| |Route 32| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 32: # 019 Rattata # 023 Ekans # 041 Zubat # 069 Bellsprout # 179 Mareep # 187 Hoppip # 194 Wooper Items found in Route 32: Great Ball Miracle Seed Poison Barb Potion Old Rod Repel TM05 After exiting the house, go a little east and then up into Violet City to grab that PRZCure Berry, then head back south onto Route 32. Talk to the first guy you see and you will get Miracle Seed. Grass moves will then be increased in power by 20%. Keep heading south and giving Rattata easy experience points fighting silly PoKeMoN like Ekans. Keep going down till you see that trainer... Youngster Albert Level 6 Rattata (72 EXP) Level 8 Zubat (91 EXP) You get: 128G Now there's a fork. Take the left path and get the Repel, then head back to the right to talk to the girl who will fight you while being on the phone. Hehe...you might want support from your starter (or evolved, in the case of Quilava by this time) cause Rattata will be hurt by now. Picnicker Liz Level 9 Nidoran (F) (110 EXP) You get: 180G Talk to her again and you'll even get her phone number and vice versa. Anyway, head down and take the grassy eastern route along the lake. Go down and talk to the first fisherman you reach for a nice battle. Easy battle versus Magikarps who can barely splash, except for the Level 15 one. You might need your starter to help on that one cause it can actually tackle. Rattata gets Hyper Fang at Level 13, so it should be soon if not now. Fisher Justin Level 5 Magikarp (21 EXP) Level 5 Magikarp (21 EXP) Level 15 Magikarp (63 EXP) Level 5 Magikarp (21 EXP) You get: 200G Talk to the fisherman to the left of Justin and you'll have a new fight...a real one, to be more exact. Use starter for support for Rattata. Fisher Henry Level 8 Poliwag (128 EXP) Level 8 Poliwag (132 EXP) You get: 320G Keep going south till that next fisherman spots you. Fisher Ralph Level 10 Goldeen (237 EXP) You get: 400G Exhausted with all the battles now? Take your trip back north to that PRZCure Berry you saw earlier, after your Mom gives you that call. She apparently buys something with your money...you can check that at the PoKeMoN Center. Anyway, heal, withdraw the item (a super potion), then come back down the same route, but take the LEFT path instead and immediately you see a trainer that wants to fight you. Oh no! Camper Roland Level 9 Nidoran (M) (115 EXP) You get: 180G Go south then back up to grab the Great Ball, then head south once more. Fight the trainer below you. A hyper fang and tackle will do it. Youngster Gordon Level 10 Wooper (111 EXP) You get: 160G Go back up the right/fishing route to talk to Fisher Ralph to exchange phone numbers. Keep going down the route and someone wants a million dollars for a Slowpoke tail. Go up to the girl and she'll give you a Poison Barb. Now heal at that PoKeMoN Center in the middle of nowhere. Keep heading south and there's yet another trainer...they always wait around, don't they? :P Finally a trainer that knows you have one badge! Bird Keeper Peter Level 6 Pidgey (70 EXP) Level 6 Pidgey (70 EXP) Level 8 Spearow (99 EXP) To get: 192G Well, that was easy. Now that you're at the Union Cave entrance, you should enter Union Cave, but not until you capture a Bellsprout and/or a Wooper. Depending on what starter you have, you'll want both (starting with Cyndaquil), just Wooper (starter being Chikorita), or just Bellsprout (starter being Totodile), for the HMs Cut and Surf later on. Use quick attack from Rattata to pull Bellsprout to HP range of red, then capture it. Wooper will be a bit harder to find than Bellsprout. You may have to wait for the evening for a Wooper...use your Level 3 Pidgey to help catch that, because it's only Level 4 and just about everything you have will overkill it. Anyways, do that, and then enter the cave. |----------| |Union Cave| |----------| Now that you're finished with Route 32, it's time to bring the fighting into Union Cave. There isn't that much to do in Union Cave, however. Put Rattata and your starter back to first and second... Your lineup should now be: Level 3 Pidgey Level 4 Wooper Level 5 Mystery Egg Level 7 Bellsprout Level 15 Rattata Level 15 Starter Keep heading along the path westward and use hyper fang against those silly, silly Geodudes. Take the X Attack, and go south to fight your first trainer battle in Union Cave. The Onix can be a biter, so use Bellsprout's vine whip after you switch from Rattata. Does a lot of damage, doesn't it? Hiker Daniel Level 11 Onix (252 EXP) You get: 352G Head east to the next trainer, who will ask if you are truly ready for Azalea's gym. Show that you are! Rattata can mow them down. Hiker Russell Level 4 Geodude (82 EXP) Level 6 Geodude (109 EXP) Level 8 Geodude (147 EXP) You get: 256G Whenever Rattata surpasses your starter in level, it's time to even it out, so you'll want to switch to your starter being first again, and when starter ties up level-wise with Rattata, then Rattata should be first again. You'll do this for another hour or two, so keep that in mind. Head down to face the Zubat genius. Your starter or Rattata should make it an easy victory. Firebreather Bill Level 6 Koffing (145 EXP) Level 6 Koffing (145 EXP) You get: 288G Grab the great ball below Bill, then head back up to Bill and go left. Don't miss the item to the far left...it's a potion. Go south and instead of going up the ledge yet, keep going and then go east to fight that trainer. Firebreather Ray Level 9 Vulpix (121 EXP) You get: 432G Go back left a bit and down to get the Awakening item, then head up the stairs that I told you not to go up yet, to fight PoKeManiac Larry. PoKeManiac Larry Level 10 Slowpoke (211 EXP) You get: 600G Now go up and down the ladder. Head left to get TM39, then back east past the ledge you went down, to get the item X Defend. Head back thus the way you came from all the way back to Firebreather Ray, then go a bit right, then down, and out the door. Note that when you have obtained Strength and Surf you should return back to Union Cave and explore the lower levels. If you do you will find a Lapras, who only appears on Friday, plus the entrance to more of the Ruins of Alph. Exit out of the cave to Route 33! |--------| |Route 33| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 33: # 019 Rattata # 021 Spearow # 023 Ekans # 041 Zubat # 187 Hoppip Items found in Route 33: PSNCure Berry After exiting the Union Cave, go a little down to grab the PSNCure Berry from the tree, then head west. You'll meet just one trainer in the way: Hiker Anthony. Hiker Anthony Level 11 Geodude (200 EXP) Level 11 Machop (207 EXP) You get: 352G Now that he is defeated, head west into Azalea Town. All that switching between your starter PoKeMoN and Rattata has really helped, right? Your lineup should now be: Level 3 Pidgey Level 4 Wooper Level 5 Mystery Egg Level 8 Bellsprout Level 16 Rattata Level 17 Starter Evolution (Quilava, Bayleef, or Croconaw) |-----------| |Azalea Town| |-----------| Items found in Azalea Town: Lure Ball TM 49 Wht Apricorn When you enter the town, you should notice that one Team Rocket member is guarding a well-like structure. Ignore this for now, but remember where it is. At about this time, you might get a call from Liz the Picnicker and she tells you that Moo Moo Milk can be bought at Moo Moo Farm for good health and beauty. Anyway, keep rolling up to the northernmost house in town by heading west then north in the city. He is Kurt and he informs you about the disbanding and return of Team Rocket. Kurt goes to "give them a lesson in pain". Anyway, go back to the well-like structure after you heal at the PoKeMoN Center and you'll see that the Team Rocket guard has gone, or more like, demolished by Kurt. Now enter the Slowpoke Well! |-------------| |Slowpoke Well| |-------------| You'll notice Kurt took a tumble down the well, so it's up to you now. Head up to start the war on Team Rocket and its members, especially the guy Kurt had a shouting match with. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 9 Rattata (109 EXP) Level 9 Rattata (109 EXP) You get: 360G Talk to him again and you'll learn that they're chopping off Slowpoke tails for cash. Move on up the stairs for Battle #2. Rocket Grunt (F) Level 9 Zubat (103 EXP) Level 11 Ekans (145 EXP) You get: 440G Move left to grab the super potion to the left of her, then head down the stairs into another battle. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 7 Rattata (85 EXP) Level 9 Zubat (103 EXP) Level 9 Zubat (103 EXP) You get: 360G Talk to the Slowpoke above you...it had its tail cut off. Poor thing...and there's mail on it? Anyway, move left to face the fourth Team Rocket member. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 14 Koffing (342 EXP) You get: 560G He, the leader of this band of Team Rocket members, tells you that they were working underground for the past three years. Looks true, doesn't it? Team Rocket leaves and Kurt talks to you. He returns you to his house in... |-----------| |Azalea Town| |-----------| Items found in Azalea Town: Lure Ball TM49 Wht Apricorn Talk to Kurt again and he'll give you a Lure Ball for free. Whee! Go right above his house and grab the Wht Apricorn, then heal at the PoKeMoN Center. After you heal, head to the Azalea Town Gym, and the home of the Bug types. By now, 2 to 2 1/2 hours has passed. Anyway, now's the time to enter the gym and face Bugsy and her apprentices. Anyway, enter, and let's take on this gym. Rattata will be a MAJOR help here. Go up and Amy (the left girl) and May (the right girl) will challenge you. Remember, Quilava is extra-effective here if you have him. Otherwise, Rattata will still stun through this gym. Twins Amy & May Level 10 Spinarak (115 EXP) Level 10 Ledyba (115 EXP) You get: 200G Head up the left side to meet your next opponent. Someone knows you saved the Slowpokes... Bug Catcher Josh Level 13 Paras (195 EXP) You get: 208G Continue around the circular center to the top center person. Good luck! Haha... Bug Catcher Benny Level 7 Weedle (78 EXP) Level 9 Kakuna (136 EXP) Level 12 Beedrill (408 EXP) You get: 192G Continue around the circle, clockwise, to the final one of the five trainers lying around the gym leader's circle. Time to beat Al! Bug Catcher Al Level 12 Caterpie (135 EXP) Level 12 Weedle (133 EXP) You get: 200G Depending on whether Rattata and have your starter have the HP, you can either go back and heal or just go straight to fighting Gym Leader Bugsy. In any case, put Rattata on the front line, then your starter as backup. Yay for Bugsy...she may have the Bug PoKeMoN, but you have the counters! --- GYM LEADER BUGSY Level 14 Metapod (215 EXP) Level 14 Kakuna (213 EXP) Level 16 Scyther (640 EXP) You get: Hive Badge, 1,600G, & TM49 (Fury Cutter) --- Strategy VERSUS Metapod: Two hyper fangs will down Rattata. Easy peasy! Strategy VERSUS Kakuna: Two hyper fangs will down Kakuna as well. Just watch out for Kakuna's poison sting...it has a chance of poisoning Rattata. Strategy VERSUS Scyther: Here, you can choose. Use Rattata's hyper fangs or if you have Quilava, use ember. Ember will burn Scyther to toast, but hyper fang will do fine, too, it'd just take a bit slower. 2-3 embers, 3-4 hyper fangs. Well, that was one...not-so-painful gym to beat. So now, you have the second badge which lets all PoKeMoN up to Level 30 obey you regardless of whatever, and you can use the HM Cut. You also get TM49, Fury Cutter. This lets PoKeMoN have stronger attacks over time. Whee. Now leave the gym and heal your PoKeMoN at the PoKeMoN Center. Yay for you, because you're about to encounter your rival AGAIN! Yes, the stupid one lies to the west when you exit the town. What a pity. You'll have to destroy him with Rattata and your starter now which are both now Level 19. Woot. He thinks you didn't beat Team Rocket, but...the battle begins. You'll want to use hyper fangs and/or the strongest elemental moves your starters have. Build up a few levels if you must, but do remember that Gastly...cannot be hit by Rattata so use your starter. Starter to kill Gastly with elemental moves, then Rattata to kill your rival's starter. How fun...use hyper fangs. Zubat can be killed by any elemental or hyper fang. Rival Level 12 Gastly (240 EXP) Level 16 Starter (489 EXP) Level 14 Zubat (162 EXP) You get: 960G Haha, "I only lost because my PoKeMoN were weak." Exactly. Well, he speaks big but can't do anything. :P Uncle Ralph calls again about taking care of PoKeMoN and taking out a Zubat. Anyway, heal again, then continue going west into Ilex Forest! Defeat your rival and head the way you were going, west. You'll enter Ilex Forest. |-----------| |Ilex Forest| |-----------| PoKeMoN found in Ilex Forest: # 010 Caterpie # 011 Metapod # 013 Weedle # 041 Zubat # 043 Oddish # 046 Paras Items found in Ilex Forest: HM01 Revive TM02 TM12 Keep heading north up the path, and when the path turns east, turn east with it. Talk to the first guy you see. He is standing near a cut-able bush, and he tells you that his boss' Farfetch'd got away. Keep following the path and you'll find that scary Farfetch'd. XD Anyway, if you talk to the Farfetch'd, it'll run away. Far, far away. Keep on following it and talking to it. Eventually, it'll turn back the opposite direction so make sure you're "pushing" it back the way you came. Grab the Revive you see while you're at it. It will then lead you to the man and his boss. For Rattata if it reaches Level 20, have Focus Energy replace Tail Whip, and Scary Face replace Tackle. It will at Level 20 also evolve to Raticate! Yay! Anyway, talk to the boss and he will give you HM01 Cut! You'll want to equip Cut on Bellsprout right away, and that is in the fourth section of your backpack. Now Cut that cut-able bush to get passed the only one blocking your path. A new feature in Gold/Silver/Crystal is that you can just go up to the bush, press A, and it will get cut down if you have a PoKeMoN with Cut in your lineup. The same goes for Boulders, and that Tree that will come up later. Now you enter the Ilex Forest Shrine, and the Ilex Forest Maze. Keep heading along the path and grab the X Attack you see, and then the Antidote you spot later on the path going east. To the northeast is an Ether, but go right and grab TM02, Headbutt first by talking to the trainer there. Headbutt lets you shake the little trees that are everywhere in the game, sometimes revealing sleeping PoKeMoN. Then, head back left from there and talk to that other trainer for a battle! Bug Catcher Wayne Level 8 Ledyba (122 EXP) Level 10 Paras (150 EXP) You get: 160G Keep going along the path and through the building and you'll make it to Route 34! Whee for Ralph calling again? |--------| |Route 34| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 34: # 019 Rattata # 063 Abra # 096 Drowzee # 132 Ditto Items found in Route 34: Soft Sand Welcome to Route 34. Here, you'll fight even more trainers. Head right up and you'll enter a match right away. Youngster Samuel Level 7 Rattata (85 EXP) Level 10 Sandshrew (198 EXP) Level 8 Spearow (99 EXP) Level 8 Spearow (99 EXP) You get: 128G Keep heading up the path to face the guy who sent his PoKeMoN to the Daycare Center! For Quilava, if it is at Level 21, have quick attack replace smokescreen. Just a suggestion, anyway, Brandon should be easy with either Rattata or your evolved starter. PoKeFan Brandon Level 13 Snubbull (175 EXP) You get: 1040G Continue along the path to face that Youngster! Youngster Ian Level 10 Mankey (157 EXP) Level 12 Diglett (207 EXP) You get: 192G Head a bit down to face the girl in a PoKeMoN battle. Picnicker Gina Level 9 Hoppip (142 EXP) Level 9 Hoppip (142 EXP) Level 12 Bulbasaur (163 EXP) You get: 240G Head up from Youngster Ian and you'll find this building to the right. Enter it and talk. You can't take the egg yet though, because you'll have to deposit a PoKeMoN (Pidgey) into the PC when you reach Goldenrod... Anyway, inside the Daycare/Breeding Center with the old man and woman, you can talk to the man and he will take one of your PoKeMoN to level up. Talking to the woman will do the same thing. It will cost 100G to take them out, and 100G per level up, but their stats won't be as good as if you trained them yourself, obviously. To breed PoKeMoN you must give the old man a Male PoKeMoN and give the old woman a Female PoKeMoN (or vice-versa) that have the same little icon or sprite. Or they must be compatible at breeding. Then exit the building and go walk around for a little while. Come back when you seethe man standing outside with your two PoKeMoN. Talk to him and answer yes, he will give you an Egg. If you put in PoKeMoN of different #'s, for example Pidgey and Hoothoot, the resulting egg will be the same species as the female PoKeMoN and with an Attack that the Male had. Just think of the strange combinations... Head back out as you can't really do much here yet, and talk to the officer just next to the Center to fight! Rattata or your starter can demolish the Level 17er, though... Officer Keith Level 17 Growlithe (280 EXP) You get: 680G Move up to take on the final trainer on the route. Camper Todd Level 14 Psyduck (235 EXP) You get: 280G Great! Now, talk to the same guy again and you'll exchange phone numbers. Then, let's go into Goldenrod City, the LARGEST city in the game, or something like that. Your lineup should now look something like: Level 4 Wooper Level 5 Pidgey Level 5 Mystery Egg Level 8 Bellsprout Level 20 Raticate Level 22 Starter Evolution (Quilava, Bayleef, or Croconaw) |--------------| |Goldenrod City| |--------------| First off, you're gonna want to heal, drop down Pidgey at the PoKeMoN Center, then head back south on Route 34. |--------| |Route 34| |--------| Go back to the Daycare Center you passed earlier, then talk to the old man. You will get an Odd Egg. Now you have two eggs...the Odd Egg can be any of these PoKeMoN: Cleffa, Elekid, Igglybuff, Magby, Pichu, Smoochum, or Tyrogue. Togepi should hatch at about this time too, from the Mystery Egg. Well, that's another PoKeMoN on your lineup! Make your calls to Professor Elm and Mom, then head back up to Goldenrod. |--------------| |Goldenrod City| |--------------| PoKeMoN found in Goldenrod City: # 66 Machop- G, S (Trade) # 133 Eevee- G, S (Get from Bill) PoKeMoN/Items in Goldenrod's Game Corner: (Coins) Abra 200 TM 25 5500 Ekans/Sandshrew 700 TM 14 5500 Dratini 2100 TM 38 5500 Items found in Goldenrod City: Bicycle Coin Case HP Up Radio Card TM 21 TM 27 TM 45 Squirtwater Goldenrod City has got to be the biggest city in the game. There's lots to do in the city, but let's head for the gym for that 3rd badge, shall we? We'll go back to the PoKeMart for supplies later. The gym is in the northeast part of town. This gym's trainer all use Normal PoKeMoN. Raticate is gonna be awesome with hyper fang, so use it and then your starter if you need to. Enter the gym and head up to face Beauty Victoria. Beauty Victoria Level 9 Sentret (109 EXP) Level 13 Sentret (157 EXP) Level 17 Sentret (207 EXP) YOu get: 1496G Easy battle. Go around her and to the right side of the gym to face the other Beauty (so symmetrical, meh?) now. Beauty Samantha Level 16 Meowth (235 EXP) Level 16 Meowth (235 EXP) You get: 1408G Start heading left along the path towards the center, for another battle. Lass Carrie Level 18 Snubbull (243 EXP) You get: 432G Go up to fight the last trainer before the gym leader, Lass Bridget. She loves to use Jigglypuff and has 3 of them, so if anyone gets hit by those sleep spells, you might want to stop at the PoKeCenter to wake up any PoKeMoN before taking on Whitney. Raticate should demolish them before they can do anything, though. Lass Bridget Level 15 Jigglypuff (243 EXP) Level 15 Jigglypuff (243 EXP) Level 15 Jigglypuff (243 EXP) You get: 360G Now, me being me, I'd just go straight into the battle against the gym leader without items or healing, but if you need to, you can go back to the PoKeMoN Center and heal before this battle. Put Raticate as the starter PoKeMoN, and let's get rolling. Yay for warnings, those gym leaders are so egoistic, huh? --- GYM LEADER WHITNEY Level 18 Clefairy (261 EXP) Level 21 Miltank (856 EXP) You get: Plain Badge, 2,000G, & TM45 (Attract) --- Strategy VERSUS Clefairy: Raticate is fast. Raticate is powerful at this time. Use hyper fang. Clefairy will probably respond with Metronome, but it's way too late. Finish Clefairy off with Quick Attack. Easy. Strategy VERSUS Miltank: The most troublesome things about facing a Miltank is that it heals with milk and it has an attack that makes your PoKeMoN get woozy. Your PoKeMoN are unable to attack the Miltank for a few turns and Miltank just slams you with Stomps and Rollouts. Use Raticate's hyper fangs. Expect Raticate to fall anyway, but your starter can clean up the mess with an elemental move. Not too difficult for a gym battle. Remember that if you haven't been following this guide, rock types are also super-effective against Miltank. Whitney won't give you the Plain Badge at first because she will be upset that you've been "so serious". Anyway, she refuses to give you your badge. The trainer below you will talk to you. Then talk to Whitney again. She will now give you the Plain Badge. It will let your PoKeMoN use Strength outside of battle and it boosts your PoKeMoN's Speed. She'll also give you TM45, Attract. Now head out of the gym and we'll hit the east side of town (below the train tracks) for a Bike. Keep heading down that path till you hit a dead end and there's a house. It's the Bike Shop. Talk to the manager inside and he tells you you can get a free bike if you advertise for him, meaning you actually ride the bike. That sounds fun, no? You can access the bike in your Pack (which makes no sense, but whatever) in the 3rd section, so start using it to boost through areas. Now, you'll want to visit the Radio Tower in the western side of town. It is a black building just south of the train tracks. Talk to the middle man for possible ID matches, then talk to the woman on the right for the Radio Quiz. Question 1: Is there a PoKeMoN that only appears in the morning? (YES) Question 2: Is this statement correct? You can't buy a Berry at a Mart. (YES) Question 3: Does HM01 contain the move Flash? (NO, that's HM05) Question 4: Is Falkner the Violet Gym Leader who uses Bird PoKeMoN? (YES) Question 5: Do Goldenrod Game Corner's slots have Charmander on their reels? (NO) Easy quiz. Now you'll get the Radio Card for your PoKeGear, and can listen to the radio anytime. Now go up to the second floor and talk to the lady in the middle whose name is Buena. Now you have a Blue Card! Head back out now. Once you get out, go to your bicycle and press Sel, which means the item will be equipped for use on the Select Button. Now you can simply just press Select and you'll be on your bike. Now, you'll want to head to Bill's house. Go through the path just above the PoKeMoN Center and it should be the first house you see. Talk to the girl that's closer to the door and you'll get Bill's phone number. Calling it will tell you how many PoKeMoN you have. After that, we'll go down under the city for some fighting. Go to the house below Bill's, and it turns out to be the entrance to the underground. Go downstairs. Go up and you'll face a Game Corner cheater. Super Nerd Eric Level 11 Grimer (211 EXP) Level 11 Grimer (211 EXP) You get: 352G Head up to face PoKeManiac Isaac. PoKeManiac Isaac Level 12 Lickitung (325 EXP) You get: 720 Grab the coin case above him. YOu'll need it for the Game Corner. Pass by the three strange shops and stop in front of the guy that's there... Super Nerd Teru Level 7 Magnemite (133 EXP) Level 11 Voltorb (241 EXP) Level 7 Magnemite (133 EXP) Level 9 Magnemite (171 EXP) You get: 288G Head up to face another trainer. PoKeManiac Donald Level 10 Slowpoke (211 EXP) Level 10 Slowpoke (211 EXP) You get: 600G Head to the right and you'll see the door is locked, so come back and go up the stairs above Donald. Come back out and go to the PokeMoN Center to heal. Then, we're ready to head into Route 35 after Liz's offer for a rematch on Route 32. Ride up north past that building...it's so cool how you can just ride through... |------------------------| |Route 35 & National Park| |------------------------| PoKeMoN found in Route 35: # 016 Pidgey # 029 Nidoran (F) # 032 Nidoran (M) # 063 Abra # 096 Drowzee # 132 Ditto # 163 Hoothoot # 193 Yanma Items found in Route 35: Mystery Berry TM04 The short Route 35 is home to a few trainers to fight along with. This is a great place to train up your Rattata (or Raticate) and your starting PoKeMoN. Picnicker Kim Level 15 Vulpix (202 EXP) You get: 300G And Mom buys you something else. Anyhow, beat that guy who thinks he's all that cause he has a girlfriend... Camper Elliot Level 13 Sandshrew (258 EXP) Level 15 Marill (186 EXP) You get: 300G Haha...go up to the girl. "My boyfriend's weak, so I can't rely on him." XD Picnicker Brooke Level 16 Pikachu (280 EXP) You get: 320G Move up to the next trainer! Camper Ivan Level 10 Diglett (185 EXP) Level 10 Zubat (115 EXP) Level 14 Diglett (243 EXP) You get: 280G Keep moving up the short Route 35. Irwin will have ridiculously easy Voltorbs to beat. Juggler Irwin Level 2 Voltorb (42 EXP) Level 6 Voltorb (132 EXP) Level 10 Voltorb (220 EXP) Level 14 Voltorb (309 EXP) You get: 560G Now go up to the trainer at the left. Firebreather Walt Level 11 Magmar (393 EXP) Level 13 Magmar (465 EXP) You get: 624G If you head into the checking station in Route 35 just about that you will find National Park... |-------------| |National Park| |-------------| PoKeMoN found in National Park: # 010 Caterpie # 011 Metapod # 012 Butterfree # 013 Weedle # 014 Kakuna # 015 Beedrill # 016 Pidgey # 046 Paras # 048 Venonat # 123 Scyther # 127 Pinsir # 163 Hoot Hoot # 191 Sunkern Items found in National Park: Berry (Consolation Prize) Everstone (2nd Prize) Gold Berry (3rd Prize) Parlyz Heal Quick Claw Sun Stone (1st Prize) TM 28 There are some rare PoKeMoN here that makes the detour worthwhile, Scyther and Pinsir to be exact and depending on your version the Caterpie family or Weedle family. However these PoKeMoN are only found during the Bug Catching Contest, and the contest only happens on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. When you enter the contest on one of those days, you will either have to decide which PoKeMoN you want to use in the contest or the game will decide for you. During the contest you are allowed to keep only one PoKeMoN (the first one on your team). In order to win the contest you will have to catch a rare PoKeMoN. The best one to catch would be Scyther, which is worth the most points in the contest. You can stay for the Bug-Catching Contest if you like, but otherwise, head up past the first part of the National Park and fight PoKeFan Beverly. PoKeFan Beverly Level 14 Snubbull (189 EXP) You get: 1120G Head northeast to fight Schoolboy Jack! Schoolboy Jack Level 12 Oddish (199 EXP) Level 15 Voltorb (330 EXP) You get: 480G Here in the park you'll also notice that there is high grass. This gives you a bigger chance of encountering wild PoKeMoN. Head back to the left of Beverly, then go northwest to fight the Lass. Lass Krise Level 12 Oddish (199 EXP) Level 15 Cubone (279 EXP) You get: 360G Head a bit northeast and you'll fight the last PoKeMoN fan of the park! PoKeFan William Level 14 Raichu (366 EXP) You get: 1120G PoKeFans sure are rich...well, you'll want to move east and a little south to reach Route 36, across one of those barrier checkpoint things as usual. Withdraw a Repel, then head into Route 36. |-------------------| |Route 36 & Route 37| |-------------------| PoKeMoN found in Route 36 & 37: # 016 Pidgey # 017 Pidgeotto # 029 Nidoran (F) # 032 Nidoran (M) # 037 Vulpix # 058 Growlithe # 163 Hoothoot # 165 Ledyba # 167 Spinarak # 234 Stantler Items found in Route 36 & 37: Blk Apricorn Blu Apricorn Hard Stone Ice Berry Red Apricorn TM 08 Route 36 & 37 are home to even more trainers. Grab the Ice Berry from the tree you see right away, then ride down to face Psychic Mark. Psychic Mark Level 13 Abra (202 EXP) Level 13 Abra (202 EXP) Level 15 Kadabra (465 EXP) You get: 480G Head down from Mark through the small path into Route 35 once again. |--------| |Route 35| |--------| Cut the tree blocking your way with A, then fight the trainer you see right away. Bug Catcher Arnie Level 15 Venonat (240 EXP) You get: 240G Keep going down the grassy route till you reach another trainer. Fight him. Bird Keeper Bryan Level 12 Pidgey (141 EXP) Level 14 Pidgeotto (339 EXP) You get: 336G Drive up to the left side and grab that item you saw earlier, TM04, then head back to Arnie and talk to her for her phone number, then cut the bush and head back onto Route 36. |--------| |Route 36| |--------| Welcome back. You'll want to head east now and take on the next trainers. Schoolboy Alan Level 16 Tangela (566 EXP) You get: 512G Talk to Floria, the girl nearby, now. While she goes away to get the Squirtbottle, you'll want to talk to Alan for his phone number before you run after her back to Goldenrod City. Arnie also gives you a call at about that time about Pidgey. Meh. Anyway, head back through Route 36 to National Park. |-------------| |National Park| |-------------| Head through National Park southward to Route 35. |--------| |Route 35| |--------| Keep biking southward on Route 35 back to Goldenrod City. |--------------| |Goldenrod City| |--------------| Head to the house just to the right of the gym. Talk to the girl you talked to before and it turns out her sister is right in the same house. Talk to her sister and you'll get the Squirtbottle! This will wake up the tree PoKeMoN, Sudowoodo. Don't go anywhere yet...heal at the PoKeMoN Center before you race back to Route 35. Being some 3 1/2 to 4 hours into the game, go back to Route 35. You have two Great Balls, and they should be good enough. Put your starter as your starting PoKeMoN, too, cause Raticate is gonna do absolutely nothing to a rock. |--------| |Route 35| |--------| Head back north to National Park. |-------------| |National Park| |-------------| Ride your way through to Route 36. |--------| |Route 36| |--------| Now that you're at the Sudowoodo, SAVE! This is probably the first time I've asked you to save, but Sudowoodo is going to be a major help to your team, so you'll need his enlistment. That strange tree is blocking your path...well, now that you have the Squirtbottle, just examine the tree and the game will ask if you want to use the Squirtbottle. When you do the tree will attack and you will find that it is the PoKeMoN Sudowoodo like I've said. This is the only one in the game so be sure to catch it. The weird tree attacks! Use elemental moves on your starter PoKeMoN to send him into the red HP range, then use a Great Ball. Remember not to overkill it, you're here to capture it, not kill it off. If you have Quilava, use 3-4 embers, then a quick attack (in response, Sudowoodo will use Rock Throw, Flail, Low Kick, or Mimic, its four moves. That should pull it into deep red HP range, and that will be enough to take it. With Raticate you would use Quick Attacks (hyper fangs at first). Sudowoodo will soon be a great addition to your team, so start training it! Once you have captured Sudowoodo, go find this fat guy to the east. He will give you TM08, Rock Smash for getting Sudowoodo out of the way. Also note that on Thursday, Arthur of Thursday will appear. He will give you the Hard Stone item just for talking to him. Anyway, head east from Sudowoodo into Violet City. |-----------| |Violet City| |-----------| Here, you're gonna want to heal, because Sudowoodo must have done a lot of damage. Do that, and before you leave, deposit Togepi, withdraw Sudowoodo, heal again, and then put Sudowoodo as the starting PoKeMoN so you can start training it for real. Your new lineup should now be: Level 3 Pidgey Level 4 Wooper Level 5 Togepi Odd Egg Level 8 Bellsprout Level 20 Sudowoodo Level 25 Raticate Level 25 Starter Evolution Pidgey and Togepi should be sitting in your PC at the PoKeMoN Center. Now, head back west onto Route 36. |--------| |Route 36| |--------| Ride northwest onto Route 37. |--------| |Route 37| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 36 & 37: # 016 Pidgey # 017 Pidgeotto # 029 Nidoran (F) # 032 Nidoran (M) # 037 Vulpix # 058 Growlithe # 163 Hoothoot # 165 Ledyba # 167 Spinarak # 234 Stantler Items found in Route 36 & 37: Blk Apricorn Blu Apricorn Hard Stone Ice Berry Red Apricorn TM 08 Let the battle begin against the twins you will see first. With your first experience with Sudowoodo, your obviously best move is rock throw, with flail a little stronger than low kick for the most part, except that they are different types. Mimic steals a move from your opponent (and replaces Mimic for the duration of the battle). Anyways, one rock throw is almost enough to take out that Jigglypuff, so finish it with a low kick. Use two low kicks on Clefairy. Woot. Twins Ann & Anne Level 16 Jigglypuff (259 EXP) Level 16 Clefairy (232 EXP) You get: 320G The bike shop calls again and says that you can keep the bicycle for raising sales. Yay? Now head up to fight the Psychic! Those guys are freaky...just don't use low kick. That's just stupid...go with two rock throws. Psychic Greg Level 17 Drowzee (370 EXP) You get: 544G Now head back south of the twins and go through the eastern path to the three apricorn trees. You may want to clear your item pack in Ecruteak City before you take these, so let's head to Ecruteak City. You could also find Sunny of Sunday here as well, who will give you the Magnet item. If it's not Sunday, just head north and you'll reach the sunny city of Ecruteak City and the gym leader Morty. |-------------| |Ecruteak City| |-------------| Enter the PoKeMoN Center. You will be unable to move for a sec because Bill gets his PoKeMoN healed. He's finished adjustments on his Time Capsule, so you can now trade between Crystal and the Red/Blue/Yellow games. Yay! Heal, empty your items pack of all your berries and apricorns, as you won't be doing anything with them for the time being. Also deposit the TMs and deposit Wooper into the PC. Now bike your way back down to Route 37. |--------| |Route 37| |--------| Grab the apricorns you didn't grab earlier (Red, Black, and Blue Apricorns), then bike down to Route 36 once more. |--------| |Route 36| |--------| Ride through Route 36 back to National Park. |-------------| |National Park| |-------------| Ride through National Park back to Route 35. |--------| |Route 35| |--------| Bike down to Goldenrod City. You won't be here for a while again... |--------------| |Goldenrod City| |--------------| Head to the southwest portion of the city and enter Bill's house. He will give you an Eevee to take care of. Take note of this, because Eevee is going to be one of your primary PoKeMoN on your lineup. OK, let's head back onto Route 35! Your new main team of 6 PoKeMoN, in this order, is: Level 20 Sudowoodo Level 20 Eevee Level 25 Raticate Level 25 Starter Evolution Level 8 Bellsprout Odd Egg Sudowoodo and Eevee will want to exchange experience points once in a while so they both get experience before we hit the 4th gym. Route 35 now! |--------| |Route 35| |--------| Head through the short Route 35 to National Park. |-------------| |National Park| |-------------| Head back through National Park to Route 36...yes, again. |--------| |Route 36| |--------| Head up to Route 37. |--------| |Route 37| |--------| Liz tells you that Earl, the guy who runs the Academy in Violet, did something funny. Anyway, go back to Ecruteak City! |-------------| |Ecruteak City| |-------------| Items found in Ecruteak City: HM03 Surf Itemfinder TM30 You've reached Ecruteak City with an Eevee this time! Congratulations! Actually, this isn't a prize booth, as much as you want it to be one. With your new Eevee with you, put it as your starter and enter the Dance Hall just above the PoKeMoN Center. Talk to the man near the door and he will tell you that if you defeat all five Kimono Girls, you will get a gift. A major one at it, so let's get started. Head up the left side of the stage and battle the girl in green. It's time to take on every Eevee evolution, one by one. Your Eevee has Tackle, Tail Whip, Sand-Attack, and Growl. Obviously, Tackle's your only offensive move, so use that for every battle. Kimono Girl Naoko Level 17 Flareon (720 EXP) You get: 1224G Advance to the girl in blue. Espeon is tougher and a psychic evolution...you may need to pull in Sudowoodo's help here. Kimono Girl Sayo Level 17 Espeon (714 EXP) You get: 1224G Mom buys you another item. Feh. Move on to the girl in red! Eevee evolution, dark version. Kimono Girl Zuki Level 17 Umbreon (717 EXP) You get: 1224G OK, move on to the girl at the right that is in blue. Water wars, here we go. Kimono Girl Kuni Level 17 Vaporeon (714 EXP) You get: 1224G Finally, the final trainer. Defeat the final Kimono Girl. Kimono Girl Miki Level 17 Jolteon (717 EXP) You get: 1224G Now, talk to the same old man again. You'll get HM03 Surf for your efforts. You'll equip this on Wooper or Croconaw later on. It's one of the best water moves out there. Anyway, get out of the house now. Head southwest to the gym. Once you see it, go to the building to the right of it and talk to the man inside. He will give you Itemfinder if you answer Yes to his question. Easy cheesy then. Heal again, then we'll head to the Burned Tower in the northwestern portion of town with a lineup of Sudowoodo-Eevee-Starter- Raticate. |------------| |Burned Tower| |------------| Now that you've entered the Burned Tower, a man named Eusine will come and talk to you. He talks to you about the legendary PoKeMoN Suicune that's rumored to be in the tower. Equipping the TM Rock Smash will give you the HP Up at the northeastern part of the floor, but is it really worth it to use up that TM this early? Head left and all the way around the spiral and you will now fight your rival in a battle. He's gonna get owned again by your superior lineup. He has a Magnemite now, but you have two extra Level 21+ PoKeMoN... Against Haunter, use Sudowoodo's rock throws. Against Magnemite, use Sudowoodo's low kicks. Use Sudowoodo's rock throws on Zubat. Against his starter evolution, use Raticate's hyper fangs. Piece of cake. Rival Level 20 Haunter (540 EXP) Level 18 Magnemite (342 EXP) Level 20 Zubat (231 EXP) Level 22 Bayleef/Quilava/Croconaw (673 EXP) You get: 1,320G After your victory, you fall into a hole. Simply move up and you'll unleash the legendary PoKeMoN around all Johto. These PoKeMoN are found RANDOMLY around Johto, and have no set location. They will walk around Johto. To catch them, make sure you're in an area with PoKeMoN under Level 40. Now, exit the Burned Tower! Go down and talk to Eusine again, who is hyper-excited. Head down the ladder Eusine went down and go out of the Burning Tower. |-------------| |Ecruteak City| |-------------| Heal your PoKeMoN just before entering the Ecruteak City Gym. 4 1/4 to 4 1/2 hours in the game...yes! Your lineup should now be: Level 21 Sudowoodo Level 21 Eevee Level 25 Bayleef/Quilava/Croconaw Level 26 Raticate Let's enter the gym now. Go straight up to fight Trainer 1. Bring in a lineup of Sudowoodo-Starter-Raticate-Eevee, because Raticate and Eevee cannot do anything in this ghost-based gym. Sudowoodo's rock throws will smash the first trainer. Sage Ping Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP) Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP) Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP) Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP) Level 16 Gastly (325 EXP) You get: 512G Now head exactly TWO steps right, then FOUR steps up to fight Trainer 2. Doing just about anything else will make you fall off the platform. Keep those rock throws going against Grace. Medium Grace Level 20 Haunter (540 EXP) Level 20 Haunter (540 EXP) You get: 800G Talk to Grace again and basically, the path is the zig-zag. You must face every trainer before you face the gym leader. Go three left, 2 up to Trainer 3. Sage Jeffrey Level 22 Haunter (594 EXP) You get: 704G Time to take on the final trainer before Morty. Go right 3, then up 2. As a test of what's to come, this is almost the same lineup as the gym leader, except Morty has higher levelled and stronger PoKeMoN. Medium Martha Level 18 Gastly (360 EXP) Level 20 Haunter (540 EXP) Level 20 Gastly (406 EXP) You get: 800G You can move straight up to the gym leader, but you're gonna have to heal first. Fall off the path, then exit the gym. Heal, and go back the way you came into the gym. Let's take on Morty with Sudowoodo-Starter-Raticate-Eevee! Morty speaks of something powerful that is rainbow or whatever. Anyway, let's get started. Save before this battle...this is gonna be the second time you save, because this is the first true hard gym battle you'll have, because you only have two PoKeMoN that can slice through four at this time. --- GYM LEADER MORTY Level 21 Gastly (427 EXP) Level 23 Haunter (567 EXP) Level 25 Gengar (1017 EXP) Level 23 Haunter (621 EXP) You get: Fog Badge, 2,300G, & TM30 (Shadow Ball) --- Strategy VERSUS Gastly: A single rock throw from Sudowoodo should and would down Gastly. Strategy VERSUS 1st Haunter: Use two rock throws from Sudowoodo. Strategy VERSUS Gengar: Gengar is really nasty because it has Hypnosis and then Dream Eater to cap on it, but do as many rock throws from Sudowoodo as you can before you pull out your starter evolution. Use elemental moves (meaning non-normal, if you still don't get that) to finish off Gengar. Strategy VERSUS 2nd Haunter: This is the home stretch. Elemental, elemental, elemental moves. Good, good. You won even with the curses hurting you. Well, four badges are down. Half of the League has fallen to you. All Level 50 and below PoKeMoN obey you, and now you can use Surf out of battle. TM30, Shadow Ball, is a fairly good ghost move. Heal, then head west onto Route 38. Arnie calls again...well, yeah. Go through the building into... |--------| |Route 38| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 38: # 019 Rattata # 020 Raticate # 052 Meowth # 081 Magnemite # 082 Farfetch'd # 128 Tauros # 241 Miltank Items found in Route 38: Berry Keep riding along the route, in front of... Beauty Valerie Level 17 Hoppip (268 EXP) Level 17 Skiploom (495 EXP) You get: 1496G Go a bit to the left and you'll get a berry...now go all the way back to just before the checkpoint house, then head up and face the loner. Sailor Harry Level 19 Wooper (211 EXP) You get: 760G Head left to face another trainer! Lass Dana Level 18 Flaaffy (446 EXP) Level 18 Psyduck (307 EXP) You get: 432G Talk to Dana again and you will be able to switch phone numbers with her. Haha, well, she seems to be popular...head left to face the 4th trainer on this route. Schoolboy Chad Level 19 Mr. Mime (553 EXP) You get: 608G Mom calls saying she bought you a doll. Meh. Oh well? Move southward now to face Beauty Olivia. Beauty Olivia Level 19 Corsola (459 EXP) You get: 1672G Nicely done. Head west onto Route 39. |--------| |Route 39| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 39: # 019 Rattata # 020 Raticate # 052 Meowth # 081 Magnemite # 082 Farfetch'd # 128 Tauros # 241 Miltank Items found in Route 39: Mint Berry TM 13 Welcome to Route 39! It's the home of Moo Moo Farm. What a nice place, I think? Anyway, there's four trainers for you to knock off here first... Psychic Norman Level 17 Slowpoke (360 EXP) Level 20 Slowpoke (423 EXP) You get: 640G Check out the Moo Moo Farm to the west of him...you can get Moo Moo Milk there for 500G. They sell for $500, a little expensive, but cheaper than a Super Potion and more effective. However if you want to buy some milk you will have to cure their Miltank. You will have to give them a couple of berries before their Miltank gets better. If you do cure Miltank, you will receive TM13! For now, we're skipping this part, but remember this area. Do grab the Mint Berry first though... Head southward! PoKeFan Ruth Level 17 Pikachu (298 EXP) You get: 1360G Continue down... PoKeFan Derek Level 17 Pikachu (298 EXP) You get: 1360G Continue southward to yet another trainer... Sailor Eugene Level 17 Poliwhirl (477 EXP) Level 17 Raticate (421 EXP) Level 19 Krabby (468 EXP) You get: 760G Head southward into... |------------| |Olivine City| |------------| PoKeMoN found in Olivine City: # 100 Voltorb Items found in Olivine City: Good Rod HM04 TM23 Items found in Olivine City Lighthouse: Ether Great Ball Rare Candy Super Potion TM 34 As soon as you enter Olivine City and, when you are about to pass by the gym your rival will appear. He will not challenge you to a match (because he knows he's going to lose ^_^), but will tell you that Jasmine the Gym Leader is currently at the lighthouse tending to a sick PoKeMoN. He thinks the gym leader is a weakling because he has always favored strong PoKeMoN. Too bad he has none! XD Now go heal at the PoKeMoN Center regardless of whether you need it, cause it'll help for HM Fly later on. Then go up to the house above the PoKeMoN Center and get the Good Rod from the fisherman inside. Then, enter the building to the left of the PoKeMoN Center and talk to the sailor at the table for HM04 Strength! This will let you push boulders around. After you get Strength (HM04) for free, go up the Olivine City Lighthouse in the southeast part of town (not the dock). You'll spot it when you see it. Let's go in and fight! |-----------------------| |Olivine City Lighthouse| |-----------------------| OK, you're going to have to climb up a few floors to even meet Jasmine. Follow the path up to Floor 2, when Liz calls again about guys (Falkner). Meh. Keep going till you see another trainer! Gentleman Alfred Level 20 Noctowl (693 EXP) You get: 1440G Keep advancing and move along the path to face Trainer 2. At this point, you should start using Eevee to start every battle until it can get Quick Attack to replace Growl! You also don't want Eevee to faint...we'll want Eevee to evolve to Espeon for future battles, so let's keep Eevee as the starter for now and give Eevee easy victories, using super potions if necessary, even. Anyway... Sailor Huey Level 18 Poliwag (297 EXP) Level 18 Poliwhirl (504 EXP) You get: 720G Go up to the next floor and fight the trainer you can avoid but shouldn't. Bird Keeper Theo Level 17 Pidgey (199 EXP) Level 15 Pidgey (175 EXP) Level 19 Pidgey (223 EXP) Level 15 Pidgey (175 EXP) Level 15 Pidgey (175 EXP) You get: 360G You'll probably want to heal Eevee up a bit now, so do so with the few potions you have...you'll buy more after these battles. Keep following the path to the 4th trainer battle! Gentleman Preston Level 18 Growlithe (351 EXP) Level 18 Growlithe (351 EXP) You get: 1296G Head up the stairs to the 4th floor and head directly left for trainer battle 5. She seems to be...very...twitchy about things with Jasmine? Lass Connie Level 21 Marill (261 EXP) You get: 504G Head south now, around on the path to the next trainer. Heal Eevee if you must, or use Sudowoodo for experience. Sailor Kent Level 18 Krabby (442 EXP) Level 20 Krabby (492 EXP) You get: 800G Todd will now call and say that Goldenrod finally has cheap sales. Woot? Head up the stairs to Floor 5, is it? Well, after you do so, head down to grab TM34 (Swagger), then go back up to fight another trainer. Bird Keeper Denis Level 18 Spearow (223 EXP) Level 18 Spearow (223 EXP) Level 20 Fearow (693 EXP) You get: 432G Keep going and grab the Rare Candy, then go back down to Floor 4. Fall down the hole next to that girl you fought earlier (Lass Connie), and then you'll fight another trainer... Sailor Terrell Level 20 Poliwhirl (561 EXP) You get: 800G Grab the Ether right next to him, head up the stairs, and head up even more stairs. Fight the trainer below you. Sailor Ernest Level 18 Machop (339 EXP) Level 18 Machop (339 EXP) Level 18 Poliwhirl (504 EXP) You get: 720G Go down and get the Super Rebel, then climb the stairs again. We are finally on the top level, Level 6. Talk to the person on that level, and it is Gym Leader Jasmine. She asks you to get medicine for Ampharos for her. Drop back down to the bottom of the lighthouse and out to Olivine City by jumping the holes on the right side of each floor. |------------| |Olivine City| |------------| Heal at the PoKeMoN Center, then deposit the three types of Apricorns you've picked up, as well as the Mint Berry, then withdraw 3 normal berries. You have 4 now...you need three more before you can do anything at the Moo Moo Farm. Also deposit your highest-level PoKeMoN (probably Raticate) and withdraw Wooper, which you will teach Surf right now. Now exit, and enter the PoKeMart. First time ever, meh? Buy three antidotes, three great balls and seven super potions. Now head west from the PoKeMoN Center onto Route 40! |--------| |Route 40| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 40: # 072 Tentacool # 073 Tentacruel # 098 Krabby # 213 Shuckle # 226 Mantine Head to about where you see the swimmer in the water, then activate Surf by clicking A at the water. It's time for the sea battles to begin! Talk to the swimmer and let's begin a fight! Let Eevee take the first battles for the happiness meter to go up. =) Swimmer Simon Level 20 Tentacool (450 EXP) Level 20 Tentacool (450 EXP) You get: 160G Swim southwest till you see a swimmer that's a girl. Face her next. Swimmer Elaine Level 21 Staryu (477 EXP) You get: 420G Head down till you see another girl...a little southeast. Let's take another water battle! As a note of advice out of random, when your PoKeMoN is confused, don't press A...do nothing, unlike when you have to catch a PoKeMoN. Swimmer Paula Level 19 Staryu (430 EXP) Level 19 Shellder (394 EXP) You get: 380G Head southeast again to encounter another guy there, the final swimmer on the route. During this battle, you might want to give Eevee a super potion... Swimmer Randall Level 18 Shellder (373 EXP) Level 20 Wartotle (612 EXP) Level 18 Shellder (373 EXP) You get: 144G Put another super potion on Eevee, cause fighting 3 PoKeMoN there must have weakened it. Swim south onto Route 41. |--------| |Route 41| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 41: # 072 Tentacool # 073 Tentacruel # 098 Krabby # 213 Shuckle # 226 Mantine Route 41 should give your PoKeMoN (mainly Eevee) lots of training for experience. From that swimmer on Route 41, go straight down and fight the boy swimming around, or more like, spinning around. He seems to be the first trainer you've met to even have six PoKeMoN...use a super potion on Eevee in this battle. Swimmer George Level 16 Tentacool (360 EXP) Level 17 Tentacool (382 EXP) Level 16 Tentacool (360 EXP) Level 19 Staryu (430 EXP) Level 17 Tentacool (382 EXP) Level 19 Remoraid (316 EXP) You get: 152G Liz then calls you about her Nidoran pwning a Rattata. Yay! Continue going south from George and you'll spot another swimmer. Either that, or she spots you. Swimmer Kara Level 20 Staryu (453 EXP) Level 20 Starmie (886 EXP) You get: 400G Well, Starmie did quite some damage against Eevee...Dana calls from Route 38 and she has a gift. How cool? Use a Super Potion on Eevee, then keep heading south along the smaller and smaller path. You will EVENTUALLY spot a swimmer. Fight him, the guy who talks of the Whirl Islands. Use a Super Potion during the battle against Krabby, cause it could do some major damage. Swimmer Mathew Level 23 Krabby (565 EXP) You get: 184G Keep heading west. The girl will battle you. Swimmer Wendy Level 21 Horsea (373 EXP) Level 21 Horsea (373 EXP) You get: 420G You will reach land after that battle. Welcome to... |-------------| |Cianwood City| |-------------| PoKeMoN found in Cianwood City: # 213 Shuckle (Get for free) Items found in Cianwood City: HM02 Secret Potion TM01 Cianwood is pretty small, and you will not be spending much time here. Heal at the PoKeMoN Center, then deposit Wooper and withdraw Raticate back into your lineup. And Arnie challenges you to another battle on Route 35. Meh. Head to the very top of town and Suicune will once again escape...and Eusine, the guy who's trying to capture it, has got you under his tail again. He'll want a battle. He wants Suicune's respect? More like respect for Suicune...use Eevee and then every other PoKeMoN in turn...don't let Eevee faint. Mystical Man Eusine Level 23 Drowzee (500 EXP) Level 23 Haunter (621 EXP) Level 25 Electrode (802 EXP) You get: 2500G Wow, lots of money! And one of the few people that respect you. Yay. Go into the house just to the left of where you battled Eusine and talk to the PokeSeer inside. Choose Eevee. You'll need to raise Eevee better...to get it happier so it evolves. Heal and put Bellsprout into the PC, then head to the building between the PoKeMoN Center and the city gym. In another house a guy will give you his Shuckle, if you keep it away from your rival. If you give his Shuckle back later...well you'll lose it! So don't even let him see you take it. You will receive a Level 15 Shuckie from the PoKeManiac if you agree to take care of it! Now head to the building below that. It's the Pharmacy. A guy inside the house, wearing sunglasses will give you some medicine, a.k.a. Secret Potion. You will give this back to Jasmine in Olivine for Ampharos to light back the lighthouse. If you visit the home in the top part of town, he will offer to take pictures of your PoKeMoN. You can then print them out if you have the Gameboy Printer. Anyways, it's now time to battle in the Cianwood City Gym and face Chuck, the fighting gym leader. Equip HM04 Strength on the new Level 15 Shuckle that you just got. Let it replace Withdraw. 6 hours into the game, enter the gym. Your lineup should now look like this: Level 27 Starter Evolution Level 27 Sudowoodo Level 28 Raticate Level 29 Eevee Level 15 Shuckle Odd Egg PoKeMoN battle go! Simply head up for the battling...Eevee's gonna take quite a pounding here, however. Do realize that fighting types pwn normal and rock. so instead of putting Eevee, Sudowoodo, or Raticate first, put your Starter Revolution first...go up the left side so the left trainer fights you first. This is gonna be a tough fight because you are now reliant on one PoKeMoN at this time. I know you're going to be stretched really thin for this gym, but things will get better. Save before the first trainer battle. Oh yeah, remember that Eevee's Bite should replace Tail Whip. Blackbelt Yoshi Level 27 Hitmonlee (804 EXP) You get: 648G Before you can react, the other Blackbelt fights you... Blackbelt Lao Level 27 Hitmonchan (810 EXP) You get: 648G Switch up Eevee for the 3rd trainer battle! Use tackle on Machop and injure it, then bring in Sudowoodo and its low kicks on both Machop and Machoke. Blackbelt Nob Level 25 Machop (471 EXP) Level 25 Machoke (565 EXP) You get: 600G Use Strength to push your way to the last trainer before the gym leader. Raticate kicks so much @#( with hyper fang...hehe... Blackbelt Lung Level 23 Mankey (364 EXP) Level 23 Mankey (364 EXP) Level 25 Primeape (798 EXP) You get: 600G OK, now go out of the gym, heal, then go back in the gym. To truly get past those boulders, push the left and right ones up one, then push the center one left or right. Easy. Line up your PoKeMoN in this order: Raticate, Quilava, Eevee, Sudowoodo. Now you are set. Save at this point too...3rd major save of the game. Chuck thinks he can intimidate you with his power, but... --- GYM LEADER CHUCK Level 27 Primeape (861 EXP) Level 30 Poliwrath (1188 EXP) You get: Storm Badge, 3000G, & TM01 (Dynamic-Punch) --- Strategy VERSUS Primeape: As you've seen in the last battle, Raticate has a powerful hyper fang move...two of them should do it. Bird PoKeMoN obviously rule for this gym, but Primeape is strong against Raticate and yet Raticate wins. You can even cause Primeape to flinch after the first hyper fang. Raticate owns this gym. Strategy VERSUS Poliwrath: Again, you'll want to use hyper fang every move, but Poliwrath is going to be tougher to pull down. After Raticate falls, pull in your starter and have it unleash elemental moves (or quick attack if it's Quilava). Use quick attack on Eevee. Use low kick on Sudowoodo. The combination of four PoKeMoN unleashing damage on Poliwrath should be enough to down it. Congratulations. For Sudowoodo, Rock Slide should replace Mimic. With the victory over Chuck, you have FIVE badges, another TM (Dynamic-Punch), and more moolah. Woot. You're also within easy range for a 6th badge. Level 70 and under PoKeMoN all obey you and now you can use HM02 Fly, which you'll be getting in just a second. Dynamic Punch is the deadly punch Poliwrath gave you earlier, but it has crappy aim and will only work half the time. Talk to the lady outside the gym and she will give you HM02 Fly after she notices your fifth badge...she turns out to be Chuck's wife. Weird. You'll want to fly back to Olivine now so that you can give the medicine to Jasmine and the Ampharos, but... Heal, deposit the Shuckle and withdraw your Pidgey. Teach Pidgey HM02 Fly and fly back to Goldenrod City. You heard me. Goldenrod City. |--------------| |Goldenrod City| |--------------| Welcome back. Here, we'll want to go into the Goldenrod City underground, so head to the southwestern portion of town and do so. Go in and you'll find the three shops again. Talk to the man who is running the second/middle shop. Pay the 500G for Eevee to get groomed. You want Eevee happy for evolution, right? =) Eevee's happiness meter should get a nice boost. Now get out of there and fly back to Olivine City. |------------| |Olivine City| |------------| OK, you're back in Olivine City. Go to the Olivine Lighthouse... |------------------| |Olivine Lighthouse| |------------------| Climb up the Olivine Lighthouse in the EXACT same way you came up...which means falling to the left of that one lass. Once you get all the way up, talk to Jasmine and say Yes to the fact that Ampharos will be cured by the medicine. Now Jasmine will return to her gym, so that's good. Now drop down out of the Lighthouse like you did before and re-enter Olivine City. |------------| |Olivine City| |------------| At about this time, the Odd Egg will hatch with one of the seven PoKeMoN. I personally got a Magby, but it'll vary. It won't play a major role in your attack towards the Elite Four, though...let's fly to Ecruteak City. |-------------| |Ecruteak City| |-------------| OK, from here, you'll want to head east onto Route 42. Your journey here is primarily to get your 5th Elite Four member...bring along Wooper for Surf and Bellsprout for Cut...you can leave both your odd egg's form and Pidgey in the Center. |--------| |Route 42| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 42: # 021 Spearow # 041 Zubat # 056 Mankey # 179 Mareep # 180 Flaaffy Items found in Route 42: Grn Apricorn Pnk Apricorn Super Potion Ultra Ball Ylw Apricorn Grab the Ultra Ball you see right after you enter the route, and there's Mt. Mortar above, but your goal is to sail across that lake now. You'll spot Suicune behind the trees again, but the best you can do is make it go away, so grab the three Apricorns. Keep going and then grab the Super Potion. Surf across the second lake and talk to the fisherman for a battle! Keep training your PoKeMoN...Raticate's Pursuit should replace Focus Energy. Fisher Tully Level 18 Qwilfish (385 EXP) You get: 720G You'll see two more trainers. Fight them both. PoKeManiac Shane Level 16 Nidorina (400 EXP) Level 16 Nidorino (403 EXP) You get: 960G Fight the final trainer on the route. Hiker Benjamin Level 14 Diglett (243 EXP) Level 14 Geodude (258 EXP) Level 16 Dugtrio (523 EXP) You get: 512G Now ride east into... |-------------| |Mahogany Town| |-------------| Items found in Mahogany Town: TM16 Heal, then head north onto Route 43! |---------------------------| |Route 43 & The Lake of Rage| |---------------------------| PoKeMoN found in Route 43: # 017 Pidgeotto # 048 Venonat # 164 Noctowl # 179 Mareep # 180 Flaaffy # 230 Girafarig Items found in Route 43: Bitter Berry Max Ether Head up the path to fight some five trainers. Let's commenc. Camper Spencer Level 17 Sandshrew (337 EXP) Level 18 Sandslash (592 EXP) Level 19 Zubat (219 EXP) You get: 380G As you go through Route 43 you will see a building blocking the right side of the road. DO NOT GO THROUGH IT. You will find Team Rocket inside and they will take $1,000 from you, just to let you pass. You should go the long way to the Lake of Rage. As you near the end of Route 43 you will find two routes to the Lake of Rage. The left path will bring you two some items (be sure to have a PoKeMoN with Cut), and you will also find Wesley of Wednesday. He will give you the Blackbelt item, which powers up Fighting attacks. The right path will lead to the Lake of Rage. Head up for more battling. Remember to grab the Max Ether... Picnicker Tiffany Level 20 Clefairy (291 EXP) You get: 400G Keep moving up. Use a Super Potion on Eevee (who you should have in front again). PoKeManiac Brent Level 19 Lickitung (516 EXP) You get: 1140G And Mom buys you another item. Erm, keep moving up the path. Two more trainers to go. Haha, the next guy mentions your rival making fun of his PoKeMoN... PoKeManiac Ron Level 19 Nidoking (793 EXP) You get: 1140G Keep going north! PoKeManiac Ben Level 19 Slowbro (667 EXP) You get: 1140G Head up into the Lake of Rage. |------------| |Lake of Rage| |------------| Items found in the Lake of Rage: Blackbelt Max Ether Red Scale TM 10 TM 43 If you talk to the people around, they will tell you that something strange has been going on. If you surf into the Lake of Rage you will find a Gyarados, but this is no ordinary Gyarados, this is a Red Gyarados. There is nothing special about the Red Gyarados, besides it being Red. However color variations of any PoKeMoN are very rare, so you should do everything you can to catch this Gyarados, so save before the battle (4th major save of the game). Use hyper fang and then quick attacks from Raticate to chop it down in HP, then capture it with the help of a Great Ball. Nice, you did it! After you capture the Red Gyarados you will receive the Red Scale. If you bring that item to Mr. PoKeMoN he will give you the EXP. Share item. When you reach the Lake of Rage, talk to someone with a cape on him (he's looking at a sign). He is Lance, the dragon trainer from the first games (the 4th Elite Four member, remember?) Talk to him, and help him investigate the matter...it seems there's a problem in Mahogany Town. Ride back onto Route 43. |--------| |Route 43| |--------| Return to Mahogany Town. |-------------| |Mahogany Town| |-------------| Heal, deposit Wooper and Bellsprout, and withdraw Gyarados and Pidgey, then heal again. We'll fly back to Olivine City now... |------------| |Olivine City| |------------| Enter the Olivine City Gym. This is a steel-based gym with electric elements. Gyarados is of course your best bet, but Sudowoodo and Raticate will do well too. Keep moving up in the gym. You will find there are no apprentices of any kind. It's just Jasmine...let's take her on! Jasmine remembers your help and thanks you for it but goes formal anyway...save before the battle. 5th major save of the game. Put Quilava or Raticate in front. --- GYM LEADER JASMINE Level 30 Magnemite (571 EXP) Level 30 Magnemite (571 EXP) Level 35 Steelix (1470 EXP) You get: Mineral Badge, 3,500G, & TM23 (Iron Tail) --- Strategy VERSUS 1st Magnemite: Sonic boom is awesome for the part of Magnemite, even against PoKeMoN that are strong against it. Sudowoodo's low kick is VERY effective against Magnemite and should down it. Your other option is sending in Quilava (if you have him) or Raticate. Strategy VERSUS 2nd Magnemite: This is basically the same as the 2nd Magnemite. Hyper fangs, low kicks, and ember are effective moves. Strategy VERSUS Steelix: This is the steel evolution of Onix that likes to use strong steel attacks. Iron Tail is quite an attack. You have a few options here. You can use the Gyarados you just got and unleash Dragon Rage every move, cause it does consistent damage. You can use Sudowoodo's low kicks and Quilava (if you have him)'s embers. Otherwise, use your other starter's elementals and normal attacks, and then bust in Eevee's moves. Regardless, Steelix looks hard and has lots of defense, so wear Steelix out with multiple PoKeMoN. Woot! That's your sixth badge! Getting the Gyarados helped, did it not? This gym leader also thinks you're better now (some gym leaders are arrogant), and with the Mineral Badge your PoKeMoN's defense is raised slightly. You also get TM23, Iron Tail, the attack Steelix used. Anyway, getting the Gyarados helped, didn't it? Now that you've gotten your Mineral Badge, heal, then fly back to Mahogany Town...Dana challenges you to a battle on Route 38. We'll get to those rematches later. :P |-------------| |Mahogany Town| |-------------| Heal, then deposit some items...and... Your lineup should now look something like this: Level 27 Starter Evolution Level 28 Sudowoodo Level 30 Eevee Level 30 Gyarados Level 31 Raticate Level 5 Pidgey If you head to the middle of the town where a guy is selling things, you'll find Lance inside basically forcing his way through that house. He'll show you the secret door to Team Rocket's Hideout. You'll team up with Lance to take out Team Rocket now...make sure your trained PoKeMoN are ready for this fight, because after you head downstairs, the war begins. You and Lance must now stop Team Rocket's operations, but you're still left on your own. Head left after you do so. Intruder...you, have been spotted... Rocket Grunt (M) Level 17 Drowzee (368 EXP) Level 19 Zubat (219 EXP) You get: 760G And a second one comes in...whee for you. You see, every time you pass one of those statues...two Team Rocket members will fight you...at least it's all experience... Rocket Grunt (M) Level 16 Zubat (184 EXP) Level 17 Grimer (327 EXP) Level 18 Rattata (219 EXP) You get: 720G Yep, see? You really should read the dialogue...anyway, you'll spot another statue while heading left. Go down and you'll eventually see a pattern of zig- zags that avoid the statues. Sneak your way through that middle section, then let's fight the Scientist! Scientist Jed Level 20 Magnemite (381 EXP) Level 20 Magnemite (381 EXP) Level 20 Magnemite (381 EXP) You get: 2000G Talk to the scientist, then go up to the computer and press A to switch the switch. Now no more Team Rocket Grunts will smack you every time you reach a statue. Pick up the hyper potion, guard spec, and the nugget as you walk around. When you float around to the southwest part of the room, go down the staircase to the next floor (Negative Floor 2). Lance will meet up with you again and heal your PoKeMoN. There are two Rockets on this floor, so beat them...by heading east. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 18 Venonat (288 EXP) Level 18 Venonat (288 EXP) You get: 720G Head down and right... Rocket Grunt (M) Level 18 Golbat (658 EXP) You get: 720G Head downstairs to Negative Floor 3...we need to get passwords. Lance says that to unlock the doors on this level you need to get 2 passwords from the Rocket members. The two members that have the passwords are on this level. Go past the trainer Lance just owned, then head above him to fight the scientist. Scientist Ross Level 22 Koffing (537 EXP) Level 22 Koffing (537 EXP) You get: 2200G Head up to fight the Team Rocket person above that, who MIGHT have the password. She does. Rocket Grunt (F) Level 18 Ekans (238 EXP) Level 18 Gloom (508 EXP) You get: 720G Now that you've beat her, you have the password after you talk to her...SLOWPOKETAIL. Get the Ice Heal outside of the "circular" right area, then head left to fight... Scientist Mitch Level 23 Ditto (313 EXP) You get: 2400G Head left to the final trainer near the 2 items and the table. Fight him. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 19 Raticate (471 EXP) You get: 760G Talk to him again now that you've beat him, and he'll give you his password (RATICATE TAIL). Get the items (X Special and Protein), go up the stairs at the upper-left part of the floor, then head left on Negative Floor 2. Fight the Team Rocket member that spots you...or that you reach. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 17 Rattata (207 EXP) Level 17 Rattata (207 EXP) Level 17 Zubat (196 EXP) You get: 680G Head up the stairs to Negative Floor 1. Head right and then before you reach the locked door, your rival will come and talk to you. He can't battle you though, cause Lance just destroyed him. Haha..."He said I don't love and trust my PoKeMoN enough." Grab the ultra door just past the door, then press A at the door to open it and go in...Giovanni's office. Let the fight begin...Giovanni's guard will fall! Rocket Executive (M) Level 22 Zubat (253 EXP) Level 24 Raticate (595 EXP) Level 22 Koffing (537 EXP) You get: 1584G He quickly runs off after he loses...talk to the Murkrow next to the Rocket Executive and it'll give you the final password, HAIL GIOVANNI. Now head to the second stairs that you did NOT come out of, and grab TM46 from there, then go back down to the same floor as where you just beat the executive. Head back the way you came, past the spinning Team Rocket member, and go back upstairs...pick up the Full Heal on the way. Go back down to the floor with the gate blocking you from entering the area with machines inside....we're going ALL the way back to where you met Lance for the first time INSIDE the Team Rocket hideout, so 2nd, where he healed you. You'll find a door right there. Open it, and you'll quickly get surrounded by two Team Rocket executives. Now you'd have to take both executives, but Lance comes just in time. This time, you're fighting the female Team Rocket boss while Giovanni's apprentice (quite literally) takes on Lance. Spreading the fun? The battle isn't too difficult though, so just defeat her with any combo. Rocket Executive (F) Level 23 Arbok (724 EXP) Level 23 Gloom (649 EXP) Level 25 Murkrow (573 EXP) You get: 1800G She later says that you would be powerful enough to be a Rocket Executive...well, that battle is over. The broadcast experiment is a success...but there goes their hideout...both of them disappear after they lose. Now, go into the area with the machines now (just above you) and help Lance destroy the Electrodes supplying the base with electricity. There are three of them, so you take the left side. (Lance takes the other three) They usually do Self Destruct, so use your Sudowoodo. The signal is supposedly charged by the Electrodes by Team Rocket...and I guess it just makes everything around the signal all...messed up in thoughts and actions. Level 23 Electrode (492 EXP) Level 23 Electrode (492 EXP) Level 23 Electrode (492 EXP) The Lake is saved...and Lance thinks you're the hero. He gives you HM06 Waterpool, an item he found lying around in the hideout. Excellent...you'll have a use for this later. You'll need the 7th badge to use it, though. Follow Lance's way out to the stairs, then use the warp next to it to head out of the hideout...you know your way out now. Heal, then enter the PoKeMoN gym. Let's get that 7th badge now, you'll need your ice skates. I'm serious! This gym will be easier than Jasmine's, because Pryce's PoKeMoN are actually lower level...skate to the left to fight the very first trainer. Get those PoKeMoN levelled up...this is an ICE gym so fire, grass, and rock can be effective... Boarder Ronald Level 23 Seel (513 EXP) Level 23 Seel (513 EXP) Level 25 Dewgong (942 EXP) You get: 1728G Slide up twice, then right one, then down one, then left one to fight another trainer. Boarder Douglas Level 24 Shellder (498 EXP) Level 25 Cloyster (1087 EXP) Level 24 Shellder (498 EXP) You get: 1728G Talk to the trainer again for Pyrce's secret...which isn't much at all. Slide down, then to the right... Boarder Brad Level 26 Swinub (433 EXP) Level 26 Swinub (433 EXP) You get: 1872G Slide once to the right, then down to face another trainer. Skier Clarissa Level 28 Dewgong (1056 EXP) You get: 2016G Head up twice, then float left to the final trainer before Pryce. If you have Quilava, Flame Wheel should replace Leer. Skier Roxanne Level 28 Jynx (822 EXP) You get: 2016G Slide down and out of the gym to heal first. Heal at the center, then go back into the gym. Go to just left of the left pillar then go up, up, right, down, left, up and finally right. You will be standing in front of the gym leader. Good luck against Pryce! Bring in Raticate as your forward fighter. You should now be 7 1/4 to 7 1/2 hours into the game. This will be a piece of cake after Jasmine...even though he thinks he's better cause he's far older... Your lineup should now be: Level 31 Raticate Level 31 Gyarados Level 31 Bayleef or Quilava, or Croconaw Level 31 Eevee Level 31 Sudowoodo Level 5 Pidgey --- GYM LEADER PRYCE Level 27 Seel (577 EXP) Level 29 Dewgong (1093 EXP) Level 31 Piloswine (1052 EXP) You get: Glacier Badge, 3,100G, & TM16 (Icy Wind) --- Strategy VERSUS Seel: Unleash the power of hyper fang. One hit should do it. Easy. Strategy VERSUS Dewgong: Use two to three hyper fangs on Dewgong...it might get one attack on you. Oh no! GASP! Strategy VERSUS Piloswine: Piloswine could be tougher, as it is powerful and has lots of defenses. However, it is slow. Use Raticate's hyper fangs until Raticate falls, then bring in Red Gyarados and dragon rage or Flame Wheel on Quilava. That's game. You're worthy of the badge, and you get the SEVENTH badge. Woot. Special stats of PoKeMoN are raised, you get more mooooney, and you have Icy Wind. You can now use Whirlpool. Skate your way to the bottom of the gym, then exit. One more badge to go! You will now get a phone call by Elm. This is informing you that Goldenrod City has been overrun by Team Rocket! Wow! How could Team Rocket invade almost two cities at once? Heal, then fly to the city on your Pidgey. |--------------| |Goldenrod City| |--------------| You will now see that Team Rocket has pretty much overrun the whole city...we'll want to take it back. Go inside the Radio Tower. This is where all of the Team Rocket trouble is going on. Head in to fight your first Rocket foe. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 24 Raticate (595 EXP) Level 24 Raticate (595 EXP) You get: 960G OK, one Team Rocket member nuked. Keep heading up the stairs to Floor 2. Head left on that floor for more battles... Rocket Grunt (F) Level 26 Arbok (852 EXP) You get: 1040G Talk to the male rocket grunt next to her...for the third battle. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 21 Rattata (256 EXP) Level 21 Rattata (256 EXP) Level 23 Rattata (280 EXP) Level 23 Rattata (280 EXP) Level 23 Rattata (280 EXP) You get: 920G Keep advancing left. You'll meet yet another Team Rocket member that's supposed to be guarding the place. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 26 Zubat (300 EXP) Level 26 Zubat (300 EXP) You get: 1040G Head left...Team Rocket's comeback is nearing... Rocket Grunt (M) Level 23 Grimer (442 EXP) Level 23 Grimer (442 EXP) Level 25 Muk (840 EXP) You get: 1000G Head up to Floor 3. There are four trainers left to fight...keep moving at it! Rocket Grunt (M) Level 26 Weezing (963 EXP) You get: 1040G Head up now...towards Floor 4. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 23 Koffing (561 EXP) Level 23 Grimer (442 EXP) Level 23 Zubat (265 EXP) Level 23 Rattata (280 EXP) You get: 920G And one more... Scientist Marc Level 27 Magnemite (514 EXP) Level 27 Magnemite (514 EXP) Level 27 Magnemite (514 EXP) You get: 2700G Two more trainers...go up to Floor 4. Keep going to another Rocket Grunt. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 22 Zubat (253 EXP) Level 24 Golbat (879 EXP) Level 22 Grimer (423 EXP) You get: 880G Now go up to the scientist to fight him. Scientist Rich Level 30 Porygon (835 EXP) You get: 3000G Well, head up to Floor 5. The battle against the boss will begin now. Rocket Executive (M) Level 30 Koffing (732 EXP) Level 30 Koffing (732 EXP) Level 30 Koffing (732 EXP) Level 32 Weezing (1185 EXP) Level 30 Koffing (732 EXP) Level 30 Koffing (732 EXP) You get: 2160G The director is now in the Underground Warehouse now...you beat Team Rocket here, but it's not over yet. He gives you the Basement Key. Head back out of the place and then heal at the PoKeMoN Center. Then head to the northwestern part of town and enter the northwesternmost building. This is the other Underground entrance. Head down the stairs and then head to the PoKeMoN Salon again to get Eevee a bit happier first. Now head down the hallway that had the locked door you saw WAY back. Enter it now that you have the Basement Key, then head down the stairs. Be ready for a fight with your rival. Try going left and your rival will meet you in another battle. He thinks he can take care of Team Rocket alone and tries to get rid of you. Let Eevee start the hostilities...have him use quick attacks on Golbat, then switch to Sudowoodo's rock slide. Use Gyarados against the starter PoKeMoN, probably Feraligatr. Use Dragon Rages to finish that off. Use Sudowoodo against Magnemite and use rock slides. Use your starter's elemental moves against Haunter. Use your starter if it is Quilava for fire moves, or use Sudowoodo's low kicks to finish off Sneasel. Not too difficult in any case. Rival Level 30 Golbat (1092 EXP) Level 32 Starter Evolution (1440 EXP) Level 28 Magnemite (534 EXP) Level 30 Haunter (810 EXP) Level 32 Sneasel (904 EXP) You get: 1920G Haha, your rival has no clue why he lost. He thinks of Lance's earlier comments and doubts himself. Yay. He still has his dream that will never succeed. Now, move on to take on the Rocket Grunts after you heal (believe me, there's so many of them you will want to)...do so. After you heal, come back here and take on the first Rocket Grunt. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 27 Rattata (328 EXP) You get: 1080G Move on left. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 23 Muk (772 EXP) Level 23 Koffing (560 EXP) Level 25 Rattata (304 EXP) You get: 1000G Move on left... Rocket Grunt (M) Level 24 Koffing (585 EXP) Level 24 Muk (807 EXP) You get: 960G Now, see the three switches next to each Rocket member you defeated? Go back to the 1st trainer, and switch the one next to him, then the one next to the 2nd trainer, then the one to the 3rd trainer. So, you should have turned on the switches in the same order you beat the trainers. Go down from the 3rd trainer...to fight someone else. Burglar Eddie Level 26 Growlithe (500 EXP) Level 24 Koffing (585 EXP) You get: 2112G Now turn off switches 3 and 2 (the last two you did), and then snag the item you see. It is a Full Heal. Exit to the stairs then come back up so the switches are reset, and turn them on in the opposite direction (3, 2, then 1) from the left to the right. This will FINALLY clear a route...head down along the route and you'll fight another burglar. Burglar Duncan Level 23 Koffing (561 EXP) Level 23 Koffing (561 EXP) Level 25 Magmar (894 EXP) You get: 2024G Head right to fight the other Rocket Grunt. Rocket Grunt (F) Level 25 Gloom (706 EXP) Level 25 Gloom (706 EXP) You get: 1000G OK, now go through the door and grab the Ultra Ball, then keep going on the beaten path and eventually a Rocket will spot you. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 24 Raticate (594 EXP) Level 24 Golbat (879 EXP0 You get: 960G Grab the Max Ether to the right and continue on the path up. Next battle! Rocket Grunt (M) Level 26 Grimer (501 EXP) Level 23 Weezing (??? EXP) You get: 920G If anyone gets me the EXP for the above, I will be grateful. Just tell me that it is from the Team Rocket battles of Goldenrod and fill in the EXP. Thanks. Now, head up the stairs to grab the Amulet Coin, which after equipped will be able to DOUBLE the amount of gold you get from each battle on a PoKeMoN. Head back down the stairs and then follow the path until you reach the boss of this freak place. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 25 Koffing (610 EXP) Level 25 Koffing (610 EXP) You get: 1000G Talk to him again and he'll tell you they're basically holding on until the return of Giovanni. Carry on and take TM35 which is next to the Director. Talk to the Director who is now freed thanks to you...kinda. You receive a Card Key now. Remember the part of the Radio Tower that hasn't been liberated by you yet? Now it's time to retake that area. So your job is to save the PoKeMoN worldwide by hitting that region. Exit by the way you came...when you get blocked, use the switch. Heal, then return to the Radio Tower. OK, access the PC in here and deposit a few items from your first pocket of your pack, cause it's obvious you'll be getting even more items. Deposit EVERYTHING you won't be using IN any battles. Head up to Floor 2, then Floor 3. Head to the very right part of the room where you'll spot a shutter thing. Go to the switch and put in the key. Head right to face the first Rocket. Rocket Grunt (M) Level 24 Raticate (595 EXP) Level 26 Koffing (634 EXP) You get: 1040G Go up the stairs to Floor 4, then fight the girl. Rocket Grunt (F) Level 21 Ekans (279 EXP) Level 21 Ekans (279 EXP) Level 24 Gloom (678 EXP) Level 23 Oddish (384 EXP) You get: 960G Attempt to go to Floor 5 and you have your third battle... Rocket Executive (M) Level 36 Golbat (1318 EXP) You get: 2592G And so goes the Team Rocket fortress. Whee. Advance on to Floor 5 and fight...the same boss you fought before. It's amazing how easy Team Rocket is to beat, right? Using just about any PoKeMoN's strongest move against them weakens them greatly... Rocket Executive (F) Level 32 Arbok (1008 EXP) Level 32 Murkrow (733 EXP) Level 32 Vileplume (1261 EXP) You get: 2304G She still wishes you were part of Team Rocket. Meh for her. Go up to the other boss...you remember that Lance beat him last time...he wants to call back Giovanni through the tower. Stop him! Any Water, Ground, Rock, or Fighting move will make this even easier. Sudowoodo's rock slides will be deadly. Rocket Exceutive (M) Level 33 Houndour (805 EXP) Level 33 Koffing (805 EXP) Level 35 Houndoom (1530 EXP) You get: 2520G, Demise of Team Rocket Like Giovanni, he disbands Team Rocket. Well, good job! There goes Team Rocket and its menace. The director will come up to greet and thank you. You are given a Clear Bell...grab the Ultra Ball to the left, and then you'll be able to head to the Tin Tower in Ecruteak City now. Exit the Radio Tower and heal, then fly back to Ecruteak City. Nine hours into the game, your lineup should look something like: Level 9 Pidgey Level 32 Eevee Level 33 Gyarados Level 33 Raticate Level 34 Sudowoodo Level 35 Starter Evolution |-------------| |Ecruteak City| |-------------| Go ahead and go into the Burned Tower, the tower in which you saw the Eusine guy earlier, after you equip TM08 Rock Smash on Sudowoodo, replacing Rock Throw. Head on the right side on Floor 1 to rock smash the rock guarding the HP Up. After you snatch that, get back out and go now to the northernmost house that is to the RIGHT of the Burned Tower. Talk to the monk that is there and then he will let you pass after hearing the Clear Bell. Head downstairs, then upstairs. You will then have to battle three monks in a row...the Wise Trio is ready to test you before you snatch Suicune... Sage Gaku Level 32 Noctowl (1110 EXP) Level 32 Flareon (1356 EXP) You get: 1024G Gaku talks to you again and then he will be amazed that you've seen all of the Legendary PoKeMoN there...the three of them. Next up is... Sage Masa Level 32 Noctowl (1110 EXP) Level 32 Jolteon (1344 EXP) You get: 1024G You now learn about the story of Lugia perched on the Brass Tower...which is now the Burned Tower. Now, for the final battle... Sage Koji Level 32 Noctowl (1110 EXP) Level 32 Vaporeon (1344 EXP) You get: 1024G Congrats. The Wise Trio is defeated. They allow you to pass, but you'll want to go back to the city and heal first, then come back and exit the door past the Wise Trio. Save at this point...it's your 6th major save of the game. If you were to ride to the real Tin Tower, you will find that the 3 Legendary PoKeMoN that aren't Ho-oh or Lugia are in there. You can go for your chance to get Suicune, but you don't have the means yet... So, fly back to Mahogany Town. |-------------| |Mahogany Town| |-------------| Head east onto Route 44 now that you finally can. |--------| |Route 44| |--------| Head straight east... Psychic Phil Level 24 Natu (565 EXP) Level 24 Kadabra (807 EXP) You get: 832G Head up to grab the Burnt Berry from the tree, then the item east of that trainer (Max Repel). Continue heading east and talk to the Fisherman! And your Mom buys you really random items... Fisher Edgar Level 25 Remoraid (417 EXP) Level 25 Remoraid (417 EXP) You get: 1000G Keep heading east... Cooltrainer Cybil Level 25 Butterfree (854 EXP) Level 25 Bellossom (985 EXP) You get: 1200G Keep heading east along this strange route after you beat her... Cooltrainer Allen Level 27 Chameleon (820 EXP) You get: 1296G Wow, respect from two trainers in a row...continue along, and when you see that you can go up, do so and grab the ultra ball, then head along the northern route. Yes, back towards Mahogany Town. More trainers are here. PoKeManiac Zach Level 27 Rhyhorn (780 EXP) You get: 1620G Then talk to the fisherman... Fisher Wilton Level 23 Goldeen (546 EXP) Level 23 Goldeen (546 EXP) Level 25 Seaking (910 EXP) You get: 1000G Now head back east... Bird Keeper Vance Level 25 Pidgeotto (604 EXP) Level 25 Pidgeotto (604 EXP) You get: 600G Now, you'll be heading into the Ice Path. Good luck with the mazes! Haha...fly back to Mahogany to heal first, then deposit Pidgey and withdraw Shuckle for the HM Strength...ride all the way from the town through the route again to the Ice Path. Get off your bike when you get in... |--------| |Ice Path| |--------| Follow the ice path...there's no sliding ice yet. There, however, are two ice mazes that will be interesting...head down the first icy path with simply a right, down, right, and then down. OK, fine, that wasn't really considered an icy maze. There'll be more coming later. Go up the stairs, follow the route, go down the stairs, follow the route, and you'll hit your first ice maze. Now, go up, left, down, left, up, right, down, left, up, left, down, right, down, and then right to pass this section. When you complete this first ice maze, you'll want to head right onto the second ice maze to get HM07 Waterfall. To do so, head right, up, left down, and then right to take the HM. Afterwards, go left again, up, right, down, right, up, right, down, left, down, and then left to get out. HM07, or the waterfall climbing HM, can later be taught to a weakie like your Wooper. Head up the stairway and along the icy path. Head down the stairs and then down the ladder. Now, head along the path till you see two boulders. Here's when strength will be handy. Move the bottom boulder right, then three times down. Now move below it and push it back up one, and now push it again 5 times to the left. Now push it down one and right one and there goes one boulder. OK, now we have the other boulder. Damn boulders...move that one two to the left, then three up, then push that one back down one. Then push it left one and down one. That's two. You will not need to move the far right one. Unfortunately, there's more boulders left. Head far right following the bottom path and you'll spot two boulders...one to the left, one to the right. Let's take care of the one to the left first. Push this boulder two up, then one left, and two up. Simply push it two to the right, then up, and then left to smack it in. Fall through the hole below it and then go left, up, and right to snag the item, FUll Heal! Head down the ladder then rock smash the rock near you. Grab the Nevermeltice, then head right and go up, down the stairs, and with the ladder going down, to the next stage. Head to the right side, and then you'll want to slide down to the part before you fall off. Find the stairway, then go the opposite direction and slide down. Slide right and you have the TM for Rest, TM44. Now go left and up, then go back around. This time, go up the stairway and down the other one and you'll reach an island of solid ice in which you can go up the ladder. Move towards the right and down the stairway. Then go left, down, left, and then down. Simply head left on the weird slippery ice path to get that Iron. Once you head back out, go right, up, right, down, left, up, left, up, and then left. Woot. You're done. Climb up the steps and go up the ladder. Go up even more steps to get the Protein, then slide down at the very left to grab a PP Up. Slide back up and drop anywhere in the middle of the area and then go down from there. Walk out of the cave and finally, into Blackthorn City! |---------------| |Blackthorn City| |---------------| Head southwest and then heal your PoKeMoN. It's time to hit the final gym. 9:45 into the game, we should be ready...head up to the top of the city to reach the gym. This is a dragon-based gym, so this could be interesting... Your lineup should now be: Level 34 Raticate Level 34 Red Gyarados Level 35 Eevee Level 35 Starter Evolution Level 35 Sudowoodo Level 15 Shuckie Head left to fight your first trainer battle. Gyarados and dragon rage should lead the assault, but let others on your team join the fun, too... Cooltrainer Paul Level 34 Dratini (487 EXP) Level 34 Dratini (487 EXP) Level 34 Dratini (487 EXP) You get: 1632G Move up above him and head up the stairs. You'll find out you need to move even more boulders, but luckily, that's why our Shuckie is still around. For the two above you, move the right one up two, and the left one down two and into the hole. Now head down to fight... Cooltrainer Fran Level 37 Seadra (1228 EXP) You get: 1776G Oddly enough, Fran's a girl name. To top that, Gyarados learns Twister after Seadra uses it. You'll want Twister to replace Leer, obviously. You'll see two more boulders nearby...push the right one down three, and the left one up nine, then to the right two to make that fall. Head up to fight the last dragon trainer on this level. Cooltrainer Cody Level 34 Horsea (604 EXP) Level 36 Seadra (1195 EXP) You get: 1728G Push the boulder right next to you three to the right, then move the other one down one. Easy. Now, head down the stairs you saw earlier next to the second hole you encountered. Head two up, then to the left to fight that trainer. Cooltrainer Mike Level 37 Dragonair (1141 EXP) You get: 1776G Head across the boulder path you just created and then to the final trainer before Clair. Cooltrainer Lola Level 34 Dratini (487 EXP) Level 36 Dragonair (1110 EXP) You get: 1728G Now that you've finished beating everyone, retreat back to heal, then come back to face Clair...head the team with Gyarados. Clair says she can hold her own against the Elite Four as the dragon master. We'll see about that! --- GYM LEADER CLAIR Level 37 Dragonair (1141 EXP) Level 37 Dragonair (1141 EXP) Level 40 Kingdra (1773 EXP) Level 37 Dragonair (1141 EXP) You get: Rising Badge, 4,000G, TM24 (Dragon Breath) --- Strategy VERSUS 1st Dragonair: Use Gyarados' dragon rages to wipe out the initial Dragonair. Strategy VERSUS 2nd Dragonair: Send out your starter (Quilava, of course, is preferable), and have him do flame wheel to burn this Dragonair, then use quick attacks to finish it off. Strategy VERSUS Kingdra: Raticate is your best bet here. Keep using hyper fangs and use a quick attack to defeat it. Strategy VERSUS 3rd Dragonair: Use Eevee's quick attacks to take on the final Dragonair, along with Sudowoodo's rock slide. It'll be a close fight, but you'll win. Well, that wasn't too hard...and that would be your 8th badge, but Clair won't give you it just yet. Apparently, she's a sore loser and she won't give you the badge until you get the Dragon Fang in the Dragon's Den. The Dragon's Den is located across the sea above the gym, so go and grab your Wooper from the PoKeMoN Center after you heal and drop Shuckle off. Head in after talking to the guy in front of it, then go down the ladder and then out the door. Then, you'll have a battle. Cooltrainer Darin Level 37 Dragonair (1141 EXP) You get: 1776G Head right to grab the Calcium, then head left. It's a dead end, but surf over to fight that trainer. Cooltrainer Cara Level 33 Horsea (586 EXP) Level 33 Horsea (586 EXP) Level 35 Seadra (1162 EXP) You get: 1680G Surf down and fight... Twins Lea & Pia Level 35 Dratini (502 EXP) Level 35 Dratini (502 EXP) You get: 700G Grab the Max Elixer below them. Now, equip HM06 Waterpool on Wooper. Surf eastward and you'll spot a Whirlpool. Wooper can get rid of it, so do so, then head southward. You will land soon, so head right and into the house. Now you'll have to answer a few questions from the Dragon Master...to test your pureness in a way. Question 1: What are PoKeMoN to you? (Choose Pal OR Friend) Question 2: What helps you win battles? (Choose Strategy OR Raising) Question 3: What kind of trainer do you wish to battle? (Choose Tough Person OR Anybody) Question 4: What is most important for raising PoKeMoN? (Choose Love OR Knowledge) Question 5: Strong PoKeMoN. Weak PoKeMoN. Which is more important? (Choose Both) "You care deeply about your PoKeMoN." Clair will then come in and then wish you failed but you passed, so she is forced to give the badge...even she hasn't passed yet. You can now climb waterfalls with the final HM. All PoKeMoN will now obey you. You still lack TM24...Clair is in denial still...or so you think. Leave the house and then Clair will come after you and finally give you TM24 Dragonbreath. She even gives you instructions to go to the PoKeMoN League, by heading from New Bark Town and surfing east to the PoKeMoN League. She tells you that she'll feel even worse if you lost at the PoKeMoN League because she lost to you so you must win. Now head back out the way you came and when you leave the cave (at the entrance), Professor Elm will give you a call. If you swing by the lab, you'll get something really awesome. After you get the Dragon Fang Clair will finally reward you with the Rising Badge and TM 24. Once you've done that and left the cave you will get a call from Prof. Elm to come back to his lab. You'll want to head south onto Routes 45 & 46 and walk back to New Bark Town but before you do so, take out your Sudowoodo, put him in your box, and head back to where Clair gave you the badge. Go back in and talk to the Dragon Master again, and he will give you a Dratini! If you fly back, be sure to suffer the consequences of having low- level trained PoKeMoN. 10 1/2 hours into the game, your team should now be: Level 15 Dratini Level 35 Raticate Level 35 Quilava Level 35 Eevee Level 36 Gyarados Level 4 Wooper This completes your final team for the Elite Four. Dratini, Raticate, Quilava, Eevee, Gyarados, and Sudowoodo. Let's head south now and get Dratini some experience. |--------| |Route 45| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 45: # 074 Geodude # 075 Graveler # 207 Gligar # 216 Teddiursa # 227 Skarmory # 231 Phanpy Items found in Route 45 & 46: Berry Dire Hit Elixer Max Potion Mystery Berry PRZCure Berry Revive X Special Well, if you took my advice to walk to New Bark Town as you should be doing, Route 45 and Route 46 holds quite a few trainers and items that cannot be gotten on your first trip, so you may want to fly back to Blackthorn City and fight every trainer and grab every item. Anyway, head down the rightmost route... Cooltrainer Ryan Level 25 Pidgeot (920 EXP) Level 27 Electrabuzz (901 EXP) You get: 1296G Head south, grab the item, and then fight... Cooltrainer Kelly Level 27 Marill (920 EXP) Level 24 Warortle (735 EXP) Level 24 Warortle (735 EXP) You get: 1152G At about this time Quilava will evolve. Excellent...a Typhlosion! Head down the right path again... Blackbelt Kenji Level 28 Machoke (776 EXP) You get: 672G Talk to him again and he will give you his phone number. And Ralph will call again...drop to the left to get the Nugget. Continue hopping down the left side for a revive, then drop to the right for a battle against... Hiker Timothy Level 27 Diglett (468 EXP) Level 27 Dugtrio (885 EXP) You get: 864G Liz calls the wrong number, heh...head south to... Camper Quentin Level 27 Fearow (1041 EXP) Level 30 Primeape (957 EXP) Level 30 Tauros (1350 EXP) You get: 600G At about this time Eevee will get the move Baton Pass. Use it to replace Tackle. Drop down the right side to grab the Mystery Berry, then drop down again and follow the route west to... |--------| |Route 46| |--------| PoKeMoN found in Route 46: # 019 Rattata # 021 Spearow # 074 Geodude Upon reaching Route 46 you will notice an entrance to a cave. This is the Dark Cave you saw WAY back in Route 31. Remember? If you don't remember, you have a memory problem of some sort. Haha, just kidding. Don't go in here yet, we'll come back on our second trip. Grab the Berry and PrzCure Berry to the left of it, then drop down just below the cave. Drop down (instead of left) again, and... Hiker Bailey Level 13 Geodude (238 EXP) Level 13 Geodude (238 EXP) Level 13 Geodude (238 EXP) Level 13 Geodude (238 EXP) Level 13 Geodude (238 EXP) You get: 416G Drop down and you'll find yourself back to where you were at the beginning of the game. Head down to Route 29. |--------| |Route 29| |--------| Head east back to New Bark Town. You'll kill these poor Level 3 PoKeMoN.... |-------------| |New Bark Town| |-------------| Talk to Professor Elm in his lab and he'll give you a Master Ball. WOW! Is that real