The Walkthrough
Pallet Town
This is where you begin. You start in your room, where there is a
PC. Go check it
out and WITHDRAW the Potion. It will come in handy. Journey to
the grassy area
north, and Prof. Oak will drag you back to his lab. You will be
given the choice
between 3 Pokemon, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. No matter
what you
choose, your rival Gary (or whatever you named him), will pick
the Pokemon that
has an advantage over yours.
Your Choice
Gary's Choice
Bulbasaur
Charmander
Charmander
Squirtle
Squirtle
Bulbasaur
Note: Charmander is the best BEGINNER'S choice. He has a fair
amount of
strengths and weaknesses. Squirtle is what most people choose,
because he will
become quite strong. Charmander is probably the strongest, but
the most difficult
to raise early on, because early enemies are immune to
Charmander's fire attacks.
After you select your Pokemon, you will battle Gary. Be sure to
win, so you can
gain a little experience and score some cash. Both yours and
Gary's Pokemon have
about 2 moves. 1 is Tackle, and the other is a move that lowers
defense or attack.
Use use the basic attack, that should kill Gary since he usually
wastes his time on
the attacks that lower defense or attack. Once you win/lose
against Gary, go to
his house (right of your house), to get a Town Map from his
sister. Now, you will
set off to Viridian City, by going north through Route 1.
Viridian City
The PokeMart has something for Professor Oak that you need to
bring to him. It
allows you to use the Pokedex and allow you to play linked games
or trade. Bring
Oak's Parcel (that's the item) back to Professor Oak in Pallet
Town. On the way
back, you can catch two pokemon, Pidgey and Rattata.. Now, go
back to Viridian,
buy whatever items you feel is neccessary from the Pokemart (just
some pokeballs,
potions, and maybe antidotes) and go through Route 2 to get to
the Viridian
Forest.
Viridian Forest
Here, you will face many trainers. Don't worry, this can be a
good thing. It builds
up experience real fast, and you can catch Pokemon while your
here. Building up
levels too fast can be bad too, since they won't obey you early
on. If you bought
Pokeballs, you can capture some ok Pokemon. Depending on what
version, you'll
either get a lot of Caterpie/Metapods or Weedle/Kakunas and less
of the other.
If you're lucky, you can find a Pikachu. (Pikachu is really
really rare..... I takes a
lot of patience to find one.... Just wander in grass and fight
waves of
caterpie/weedles untill you finally see a pikachu... it took me
about 30 minutes
untill I finally caught a Pikachu)
Pewter City
Here is the location of the first Gym. The trainer here is Brock.
He uses
rock-type Pokemon. If you chose a Squirtle, you'll win fast.
Bulbasaur does pretty
good too. Charmander isn't effective when you use Fire attacks on
rock-pokemon,
so over level him or use other pokemon. Defeating Brock will get
you a Boulder
Badge, which will let you use FLASH any time and raises the Power
of all your
Pokemon a little.
Note: When a badge lets you use something like FLASH or CUT, it
doesn't mean
you can use it right away. You need to find a Hidden Machine (HM)
that teaches
that ability. Use it to give that ability to a Pokemon and THEN
you can use it.
There are several things to do in Pewter. Pewter is one of the
few cities where you
don't have to do anything to get out of that city, in order to
get to the next one.
It's a good thing to talk to everyone, explore suspicious areas,
and check our all
the buildings. As in every RPG, it will usually end up with you
getting rewards and
freebies. When you're ready, take Route 3 to get to Mt. Moon. If
your Pokemon
are in bad condition, use an item to heal them. If you are cheap
(like I was), you
just have to make the trip back to the Pokecenter in Pewter.
Mt. Moon
Outside is a Pokecenter. In there, there is a man who will sell
you a Magikarp for
$500. Do not be dumb like James and buy it.... just leave it
alone. Magikarp is the
worst Pokemon out there. BUT once he evolves to level 20, he
turns into a Gyrados.
At level 20, I think he's as strong as some level 30 Pokemon
even. But, don't get it
right now. you can get one (or many) for free later.
Not much to say about Mt. Moon. Find your way out. <You can
find rare Clefairy's
in the deeper sections> There are plenty of items lying
around, and trainers
protecting them as well. Some trainers give you special items
when you defeat
them. Bring items along or go back to the Pokecenter is all I
have to say. There is
one person who you MUST battle that isn't too tough, but when you
win, will give
you a special item. There are 2 Fossils to choose from when you
defeat him. Dome
or Helix Fossils. Either one of those fossils will allow you to
get a Rare Pokemon
when you get to the Cinnebar Island. For now, when you get to a
PC, store this
item, since you won't be able to use it for a while.
Cerulean City
At this city, Misty is the trainer at Gym #2. She uses water type
Pokemon. If you
have a Bulbasaur, he'll make short work of them. Squirtle does
average, and
Charmander the worst. Like I said, Charmander isn't good early
on. If you
captured a Pikachu already, he'll do well also. It's important
that you defeat
Misty, because you will get the Cascade Badge. It lets you use
CUT and Pokemon
up to level 30 will obey you. That means that your Pokemon won't
ignore your
orders in combat unless they are higher than level 30. It'll be a
major relief when
you get this. Explore a little. In this city, there's a Bike Shop
that will sell you a
Bike for $1,000,000,000 (or was it 1 mil?). Don't buy it! You can
get a coupon
which is good for a free bike in the next town. There's a house
with a cop blocking
it. This will be important later. Gary is lurking around, so be
prepared to fight.
He's at the bridge. There's a few trainers on the bridge that you
must defeat to
get to Bill's Sea Cottage. Defeat them and get a prize.
Sea Cottage
Bill, the Pokemaniac is here. He invented the Pokemon storage
system (the thing
that says Someone's PC on the computer). He is stuck in the form
of a Pokemon
until you can help him turn back to a human. Help him, and you
will recieve an SS
Anne Ticket. As a bonus, you can check out Bill's PC and get the
info on the
evolved forms of Evee. Now that you've helped him, when you go to
a PC, it will
now say Bill's PC instead of someone's PC. Return to Cerulean
City when you're all
wrapped up.
Cerulean City (Part II)
Now that you've helped Bill, the house that was guarded by the
cop is now
accessible. Talk to the people inside. They will tell you that
Team Rocket messed
up their house and stole the Dig TM. He's right outside in the
back. Defeat him,
get the TM, and return it. You'll get it as a reward. Go out to
the back of the
house again, and travel South. There's 3 buildings there. There's
a daycare center,
here, you can leave a Pokemon and have the person raise it's
level. You will be
charged $100 minimum. You have to leave it there for a while. For
every level it's
raised, it will cost you another $100. The daycare center is
great for low-level
Pokemon. They improve faster than a Pokemon who is already
strong. There is a
second building to the right. It has an underground tunnel that
will take you to
Vermilion City and the SS Anne. Below the daycare center is the
city gates. This
one leads to Saffron City, which is between Cerulean and
Vermilion City on the
Map. You can't really go though yet. City gates are everywhere,
and are not usable
until you do a favor for the guards.
Vermilion City
Vermilion is the location of Gym #3. The leader is known as Lt.
Surge. He uses
Electric Pokemon. Electric Pokemon suck against Grass Pokemon.
Water will last
the shortest. Fire fights average. Defeating Surge will get you
the Lightning
Badge. It increases your Pokemon's speed slightly, and lets you
use FLY. You won't
be able to get to Surge however, until you get the CUT HM (see SS
Anne).
Vermilion has some neat stuff. Check out all the buidlings you
can. There's even a
Pokemon club. Going there will get you a Bike Voucher. Take it
back to the bike
shop in Cerulean to get a free Bike. Now, traveling is a breeze.
Put it at the top of
your item list, since you will use it a lot. Bike's can be used
only outdoors and in
caves. Go back to Vermilion City and get a fishing rod from the
old man in the
house near the SS Anne. Now you can get unlimited Magic Karps
when you fish in
water. Fish up a "Magic Krap" and leave it at the
daycare.... Now go back and
board the SS Anne.
SS Anne
I hope you brought some items along, because you will have many
opponents to
face. This is mostly optional though. But it's best to do so to
get some items and
experience. Most of the SS Anne's passengers quarters have
trainers who will
fight you. Almost all of them use Water Pokemon also. There are
many visible
items as well as hidden items to search for in the rooms. Gary is
on the ship too.
Try to stock up on recovery items because you are not permitted
to leave the ship
often to go to the Pokecenter. You MIGHT be able to get off once,
but if you try
again, the ship might just leave before you accomplish an
important goal. The
Captain of the ship is sick. Help him <rub rub??!!>, and
get the CUT HM. If you
don't get it before the SS Anne leaves, you never will. And, you
will be stuck
forever. Save before you board the ship just to be safe. Getting
the CUT HM lets
you figt Lt Surge by the way.
Vermilion City (Part II)
Now that you have the CUT HM, teach it to one of your Pokemon. I
don't know
who can be taught for sure, but I know ground-type can be taught
(like
Sandshrew), Charmander, grass-type (Bulbasaur), and a few others.
Know one
really knows how they are limited. The good thing about HMs is
that they can be
used an unlimited amount of times, where as with TMs, you can
only use them once,
and many of them you will only find 1 of in the game. CUT can
also be used as an
attack in combat, but it is pretty weak (it's ideal for weakening
Pokemon to
capture in my opinion). BE sure to use it on a pokemonFight Surge
and win the
badge. East of Vermilion City is Diglett's Cave.
Diglett's Cave
This is a short path that will take you back to a special part of
Pewter City that
you couldn't reach before, unless you returned their and used
CUT. Diglett's cave
is filled with yup, you guessed it-Digletts. Very few Dugtrios
are in there, but
they are hard to capture anyways. You should try and capture one.
They are great.
At a certain level, they learn DIG which is a skill you can use
in and out of
combat. Out of combat, you can use it like an Escape Rope and get
it out of Caves
and some buildings, and will take you back to the Pokecenter you
visited last. DIG
in combat is a devatating attack. It can often be a 1-hit kill
move. Beware, Diglett
is a ground-type, which means it will die with just a splash of
water.
Pewter City (from Diglett's Cave or using CUT ability)
Here, you will get the FLASH HM from one of Oak's Aides in one of
the houses.
He will give it to you AFTER you catch a certain amount of
Pokemon. Also, you can
get many items that you missed because you didn't have CUT
before. Now go back
to Cerulean City so you can get to Rock Tunnel. With the CUT
ability, use it right
next to the museum. It will take you behind the counter of the
museum so you can
talk to some Scientists. Talk to the top one and you will get
Amber. Store this in
your PC. It is just like the Helix and Dome Fossil, which can be
used to get some
rare pokemon later.
Rock Tunnel
To get here, you have to defeat some trainers. You will be able
to catch some
Electric Pokemon that you couldn't find before. Teach FLASH to an
Electric
Pokemon that you don't like. Flash isn't a good attack to begin
with, plus, you'll
only use it ONCE to see in the dark at Rock Tunnel. So, like I
said, give it to a one
of your crappy electric-pokemon. Flash isn't really an attack.
It's one of those
abilities that lowers stats in combat, although I forget which.
While in the tunnel,
you will fight trainers and find items.
Lavender Town
There's no gym here. This Town is the location of Pokemon Tower,
where dead
pokemon are remembered. Don't try going in there unless you want
to find out
why, the hard way. Talk to all the people and you will find out
Mr. Fuji is missing.
He is in Pokemon Tower. If you try and go in, on the second
floor, you will be
greeted by Gary. Continue after that, and you will fight a host
of Channellers
(ghost-pokemon trainers) and a bunch of Ghost pokemon. You can't
fight/ID Ghost
Pokemon unless you have a Silph Scope, which you can get from
Celadon City. So
heed my warning, and don't go. Just find out what's up, and go
West of Lavender
Town. There will be a City Gate to Saffron City (which you can't
use, STILL) and
an underground tunnel that will take you to Celadon City.
Celadon City
This is the location of Gym #4. The trainer here is Erika. She
specializes in
grass-type pokemon. If you have a Charmander, you will kill her
pokemon quick.
You can match grass vs. grass pokemon if you had a Bulbasaur.
Squirtle's water
attacks will not be effective against grass, so if you use him,
just use non-water
attacks. However, since Squirtle is a water-type pokemon, thier
grass attacks will
kill him fast. You will be awarded a Rainbow Badge for winning.
It makes it so
level 50 pokemon obey you, and lets you use STRENGTH. To get to
here, you will
need to use CUT on the bushes South of Celadon. In her gym, you
will find MANY
trainers. Take your time to gain more EXP. Celadon is home to a
very large
shopping mall where you can buy things for your Pokemon. On the
top floor, there
are vending machines where you can buy Water, Soda Pop, or
Lemonade. If you've
been talking to the guards at the city gates, you'd know you need
to buy them
water. Buy one for a guard, and give it to him. He will share
some with the other
guards, and you can now go through the city gates. Also on the
top floor, there is a
girl who is thirsty. Buy here any one of those drinks, give it to
her, and she will
give you a TM. You can give her all 3. In the mall, you can get a
Stone that evolves
certain pokemon. Also, there is a Pokedoll, which will get you an
item later, or help
you RUN from combat. You can also get the one of a kind Evee by
going into the
back of one of the buildings. Once you have given the water to
the guards, you can
go to Saffron. But first, back to the Lavender Town business. If
you've been
around, you know what the Game Corner is. If you want to play,
you need to get a
Coin Case from a guy in the Diner. You might have heard rumors
that Game Corner
is run by Team Rocket. You also might have heard there is a
secret switch. Go to
Game Corner and talk to the guy facing the wall. He is a member
of Team Rocket
and will fight you. Defeat him and you can press the switch. It
will open a door to
the left, which leads to the basement levels of Game Corner.
In Game Corner's basement, there are some Team Rocket trainers to
fight, and
items to find. In a nutshell, here's how you get to the boss,
Geovanni, leader of
Team Rocket. Go down the stairs as far as you can (4th Basement
Level). You're
going to have to find and fight a Team Rocket guy who mentions
the Lift Key. It
will make it so you can operate the elevator on the lower
right-hand of every floor
(except 3rd Basement) so you can get to Geovanni. You might have
to talk to him
after you beat him so
you get the Lift Key. Now, take the elevator to get to the bottom
floor and fight
Geovanni. Defeat him and get the Silph Scope. Now, you can
identify/fight ghost
pokemon in Lavender Town. At this point, you can either go to
Saffron City and
get the Marsh Badge or return to Lavender Town to rescue Doctor
Fuji. Also in
this city is HM 02 which is FLY. It is located left of Celadon
City, near the city
gate. Get to it's location by CUTTING the bush in the small path
that is close to
the City Gates which lead to the bike path. Go up and left,
through the house. It
will take you to a small hallway that is right above the
guardhouse. Then, there will
be a house. Go in it and the girl inside will give you FLY. Now,
you can quickly
return to cities that you have already visited without having to
journey long
distances to return.
Lavender Town (Part II)
Why are we here at Lavender Town rescuing someone if our goal is
to get badges
to go to the Pokemon league? 2 Reasons. There's a sleeping
Snorlax blocking the
route from Lavender to Fuschia (Routes 12-15) and another Snorlax
blocking the
Bike Path that takes you from Celadon City to Fuschia City
(Routes 16-18). Now,
what does this have to do with Lavender Town? Well, Mr. Fuji is
trapped in
pokemon tower. So what you say? Well, he has a PokeFlute. What's
a PokeFlute?
It is an item that will
wake up the Snorlax and can be used to wake up sleeping pokemon
in combat. Mr.
Fuji is on the top floor if I haven't mentioned it already. With
the PokeFlute, you
can wake up a Snorlax and attempt to capture it. There are only 2
in the whole
game, so you should save before you wake it up. It sleeps a lot,
so it should make it
easier. You can go right on ahead to Fuschia but it's better to
go to the Saffron
City Gym first. You might wanna get a ghost-type pokemon just in
case (because
the Saffron Gym Leader uses psychic pokemon, which are weak
against ghosts.
Saffron City
This is the location of Gym #5, which is headed by Sabrina. She
prefers Psychic
pokemon and will give you a Marsh Badge if you defeat her. It
will make it so level
70 pokemon will obey you. You can't access this gym at first. If
you've been to
Saffron before you finished up business in Pokemon Tower, you'd
have noticed
that there was a tall building (Silph Co.) with the entrance
guarded. If you
rescued Mr. Fuji, you can now go in. Here, you will take on Team
Rocket trainers
and rescue Silph Co. Doing so earns you a Master Ball. The Master
Ball will catch
ANY pokemon, 100% of the time. Beware, you only get one, so save
it (for
Mewtwo). To get the Master Ball, defeat Geovanni to save the
president of Silph
Co.
If you don't wanna go there right away, you can find the
Psychic's house. The
person there will give you a free TM. Another place you can visit
is a Dojo (Gym).
It was the former Pokemon Gym, but lost thier title, and now
operate outside of
the Pokemon League. In there, you will fight a few fighting-type
pokemon trainers.
Defeat the boss of the gym and you get a free pokemon. He will
let you pick
between Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee. There's only one of each in the
game, so this is
the only time you can get
it. When you finish off Geovanni and defeat Sabrina, you should
move on to
Fuschia City. It is home of the Safari Zone.
Fuchsia City
This is the location of Gym #6. The leader is Koga, who uses
pokemon with
hypnosis-related abilities. You can access this gym right away,
but there's a catch.
There are invisible walls in the gym, so you'll have to navigate
blindly through the
maze. If you look close enough, you'll notice that the floor has
lines going from
left to right. You can tell what is a wall and what isn't by the
lines on the floor. If
they go up-down, then thats a piece of wall. It's pretty simple
to figure out. And
you can get there
eventually if you run into the wall enough times. Anyways, defeat
Koga and get a
Soul Badge. It lets you use SURF and the defense of your Pokemon
will be raised
a little.
Safari Zone/Helping the Warden
If you do some exploring in Fuschia, you'll find out something's
up with the warden
of the Safari Zone. He's missing his gold teeth. You can find it
in the Safari Zone
next to the Secret House. In the Secret House, you can get a free
SURF HM.
When you bring the Gold Teeth back to the Warden, give it to him
and he will give
you the STRENGTH HM. It is used to move boulders, and can be a
pretty strong
attack. You can use the skill and move the Boulder in the
Warden's house and get
the TM. Next Door to the Warden's house is the fisherman's older
brother. Talk
to him and he'll give you a Great Rod to fish with. You can catch
Goldeen and a few
other water-pokemon. If you came to Fuschia through Routes 12-15
(from
Lavender to Fuschia), you might have met the fisherman's oldest
brother. Talk to
him and get the Super Rod, which will catch you some better
water-pokemon.
Seafoam Islands
Not much to explain here. Navigate through the cave to get out
the other end so
you can head off to Cinnebar. If you try to swim inside the cave,
there might be
strong currents that will push you in the wrong directions. To
stop that, look for
boulders in the cave and use STRENGTH to push them in the nearest
holes you can
see. This will act as a dam and regulate the force of the
current, so you can SURF
easier and maybe get out quicker. Theres a secret Pokémon in
here. It's one of the
rare birds...Articuno!
Cinnebar Islands
Location of Gym #7. The leader here is Blaine, who will give you
a Volcano Badge
if you win. It makes it so your pokemon's special abilities
increase a little. Blaine
specializes if fire-type pokemon. You won't be able to get into
the gym until you
find the Secret Key. The Secret Key is located in the building
right above the lab.
It has many fire Pokemon. Make plenty of room for items too.
Also on this island is a lab, where you can finally unload those
Helix and Dome
Fossils, as well as the Old Amber <you get that by cutting a
bush near the Museum
in Pewter City>. The scientist there will restore the pokemon
using the fossil you
found. It will take a little bit of time though. When you are
done with Blaine, swim
North and return home to Pewter. Go through Pewter and get to
Viridian City.
Viridian City (Part II)
Location of Gym #8. If you explored here in the beginning, you'd
know that the
Gym was not accessible before. Now, you will be allowed to enter.
In the Gym is a
bunch of those spin-tiles that you encountered in Game Corner's
basement. If you
navigate your way correctly, you will meet the 8th Gym Leader.
The Gym Leader is
someone you have fought twice before. No, not Gary. You've faced
him too many
times. If you guessed Geovanni, you are correct. You already know
what kinda
pokemon he uses. Win against him and you are rewarded with the
Earth Badge. It
makes it so pokemon at any level will obey you. He will also give
you a TM. It
contains Fissure, which is a 1-hit kill attack. It is somewhat
innaccurate, but could
work out pretty well with the correct pokemon. Now, journey West
to the Pokemon
League. You must have all 8 badges, plus a pokemon with SURF and
a pokemon with
STRENGTH to head to Indigo Plateau. You need SURF to cross water
so you can
head to the cave that leads to the Pokemon League. In the cave,
you'll need
STRENGTH to move boulders to activate switches which operate
certain doors. If
you travel down the right path, you will actually see a pokemon.
Save before you
decide to talk to it. That pokemon is a Moltres, a rare bird
pokemon. You can
capture it with almost any Pokeball, but don't use the Master
Ball. When you get
through the cave, you will see a cottage-like building. That's a
Pokemart/Pokestore. If you are there, you have reached Indigo
Plateau.
Indigo Plateau
Inside is a Pokemart and Pokecenter. Here, you can still
deposit/withdraw items or
pokemon, and you can still trade/match with other players with
the game link
cable. In order to defeat the Elite Four (the Pokemon League),
you will have to
rely on items. You will have to face 4 Trainers with lefel 50+
Pokemon,
consecutively. Lose once, you'll have to start all over.
Note: The surroundings of the pokemon trainer will give you a
hint of what kind of
Pokemon they use. The first one uses Ice Pokemon. The second is
rock-type. The
third is psychic-ghost-type. The fourth is dragon-type.
Upon defeating the Elite Four, they crown you league champion.
That is, they
would if you didn't have 1 more trainer to face. He defeated the
Elite 4 right
before you came along. Yup, you've guesses it. Gary. He is pretty
tough, but if you
have recovery items, you should be fine. Win against him, and
your Pokemon's
name/level as well as time will be entered into the Hall of Fame.
After that, you
can continue on an rechallenge the Elite Four and Gary, or
continue on with your
quest to become a Pokemon
Master.
*Secret Dungeon
The Secret Dungeon is located right next to Cerulean. Go up the
bridge and use
SURF, and head on downward til you see the cave entrance. This is
just a cave with
lots of great level 50 pokemon to capture. Here, you will find
Mewtwo. If you can
see him, capture him with the Master Ball you've saved up. he's a
level 70 psychic
pokemon!!! In this cave, you will need SURF to get to Mewtwo. You
will also find
some high-level Raichus as well. You cannot get here until you
have ecome a
Pokemon League
Champ.
*Power Plant
Another secret area you can only get to with SURF. Here, you will
find lots of
electric pokemon (including level 20-24 Pikachus). If you manage
to find your way
to the exit, you will see a Pokemon. This one is a Zapdos, and
electric-flying
pokemon (lethal combo). You can capture him with any ball except
the standard
Pokeball I think. he's rare and 1-of-a-kind, so you might wanna
save before
engaging him. To get to the Power Plant, go to the area
North-East of the Rock
Tunnel. It's right above the Pokecenter. use SURF and follow the
river.