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POKéMON Red and Blue Walkthrough
Red/Blue Pallet Town

This is the starting place of the game, Pallet Town. Your mom will tell you that Prof. Oak wants you. To get him to bring you to his laboratory, try to leave the town by walking North into the tall grass, you will hear someone say, "Don't go in there!" and Prof. Oak will come get you. He leadsyou to his lab, where you will be able to choose your first Pokemon. You'll have the choice of three Pokemon. (Start here) There is Bulbasaur, a plant-type Pokemon; Charmander, a fire-type Pokemon; and Squirtle, and water-type Pokemon. Your rival, Gary, will pick up another Pokemon, which is elementally superior. Water beats Fire, Grass beat Water, Fire beats Grass. When you try to leave, Gary will challenge you to a Pokemon duel, he's not too hard to beat, just keep attacking and he'll go down. Beating it will give you a nice boost in experience (Your Pokemon will raise a level too), and $175, making your money total $3175 now. Your first Pokemon will be level 5 to start with, so if you keep it strong, it will be a very good asset.

Go back to your house. On the PC, you can withdraw a Potion from your hard drive. Your mom will, starting now, give free rests to you and your Pokemon, acting as a Pokemon center without the computer. After that you will have to go North to Viridian City.

Route 1

This leads north to Viridian City. You'll encounter Pidgeys and Ratattas you cannot catch right now so just defeat the Pidgeys and Rattatas for exp. points (try to raise your Pokemon at lease two levels). If your Pokemon get hurt you can take them to your house and your mom will heal them.

A boy on the way explains that he is a Poke Mart worker at Viridian City, and he will give you a free Potion as a sample. What a nice guy.

Viridian City

Once you reach Viridian City you should go to the Pokcenter and heal your Pokemon. Go to the Mart and Talk to the Shop clerk, he will hand a parcel to you to deliver to Prof. Oak back to Pallet Town. You can jump over the little barriers, you will save time and also you'll encounter fewer battles. Give it to Prof. Oak and upon delivery and he will give you and Gary each a Pokedex, which is an electronic encyclopedia. He will tell you of his dream to complete the Pokedex (by capturing/having captured all Pokemon in the game) to you. Gary will act arrogant and walk off, you won't have to battle Gary this time, but you can get a Town Map from his sister, contrary to what he said so get the map and head back to Viridian.

There you should buy Pokballs, Potions are not needed really because you are close to a pokcenter. In the area, Pidgeys and Rattatas are the only Pokemon found. For exp. points, you can head West and battle Gary, but your Pokemon should be level 12 or above. Go west towards the Pokemon HQ, and Gary will show up. He captured another Pokemon. After you fight him, he will tell you need Badges to go through. Around here, you can also pick up a few Nidorans.

The gym's doors are locked, and they won't unlock for a very long time until you've beaten the other 7 trainers in the game. Talk to the old man to learn how to capture Pokemon. A boy will talk about caterpillar Pokemon.

About the old man, if you go left from him, you will see a tree. Go around the other side and you will get a POTION. Now Head North to Viridian Forest.

Route 2

Pick up a Pidgey and/or a Ratatta. You can get higher-level ones in the future, but if you train hard they will grow stronger better than the higher-leveled ones. You can also get Caterpies and Weedles. You cannot pick up the items to the right just yet, but you will go back later in the game.

Viridian Forest

In the forest there are 3 easy trainers in the forest, they are Bug-catchers and use bugs so if you chose Charmander this should be REALLY easy, if you picked Squirtle or Bulbasaur then it will still be easy but not as easy as Charmander. First of all, right when you get in, there is a man next to a tree. Go above the man, look at the tree, and press A for an Antidote. On your way through Viridian Forest, you should pick up a Pikachu, a Caterpie, and a Weedle. Don't get Kakunas and Metapods, since Caterpie and Weedle will evolve into one eventually. Go West from the beginning and you can pick up a Pokball, but you do have to walk through the grass. Go Northeast of the beginning to fight a trainer (You have to fight this one), His Pokemon are: Weedle level 6 (Bulbasaur is immune to the poison in poison sting), and Caterpie level 6. From there go North along the road, the next trainer is optional and has 2 Lv. 7 Weedles and a Lv. 7 Kakuna. The final trainer has a Lv. 9 Weedle. Keep going North and you'll find an Antidote. Go along the road and you'll find a split towards the end, go south and you'll find another item. Make sure to pick up all the items in the forest, they make nice additions to your arsenal. A certain Pokemon you should look for is Pikachu, although Pikachu is here, he is weak and doesn't have many moves. But he is effective against Misty. It?s only weakness is against ground Pokemon. It will learn decent attacks later on as well. DO NOT turn it into a Raichu to right away so it can learn some of the moves it can only learn in the Pikachu Stage. Once out of the forest, You'll have to go to Pewter City.

Pewter City (Boulderbadge)

In Pewter city you must fight Brock. If you don't you cannot proceed to Mt. Moon. The Gym here starts out with a JR. Trainer with a Lv. 11 Diglett and Lv. 11 Sandshrew. You probably never met these two, but a good hint is that Diglett will be strong against your Pikachu if you have one, so use water on it. Water also works well on the Sandshrew. Plant does too.

Brock, the Gym Leader has a Lv .12 Geodude and a Lv. 14 Onix, 2 Rock-type Pokemon. Water works very well on these. Brock's Pokmon are easily beaten by Squirtle or Bulbasaur, Charmander's just out of luck and will have to make it with what he has (Evolving a Caterpie and/or a Weedle is a good choice if you're using Charmander). Be careful for the Onix's BIND (a multiple-hit move in which your Pokemon is immobile during it) and BIDE, a move where it absorbs damage for some turns and returns it double. When it does BIDE, I suggest either beating it very quickly or do non-damaging attacks like TAIL WHIP or GROWL, so you are debilitating him without taking damage. If you defeat him, Brock will congratulate you and give you BIDE, TM 34. I suggest giving it to a Pokemon with high hit points, and it is best used against Pokemon with high defense and high offense, because the damage done doesn't care about the enemy's defense at all. The BOULDER BADGE increases you Pokemon's power a bit, also flash can now be used (Badge moves such as FLASH, CUT, FLY, STRENGTH, and SURF can only be used when a HM is equipped to a Pokemon.)

Tip. Work Bulbasaur to level 13 or so until he learns VINE WHIP. This attack should faint each of Brock's Pokemon in one hit.

You can look around the museum, but the $50 it costs is unreasonable, since you can't get anything there except looking at fossils of Aerodactyl and Kabutops, two extinct Pokemon, which you might get later. Get some supplies and head to Mt. Moon. You'll want to get some potions, an Escape Rope or two and some more Pokeballs if you need them. Now would be a good time to level up your beginning Pokemon. Get them to about level 20 or so.

Route 3

This leads east from Pewter City to Mt.Moon. Get a Spearow if you want. But it is very crucial for a collector before entering Mt. Moon to pick up a Jigglypuff in the grass, since this is the only place you'll see it. There are also many trainers along the way for money and experience. I suggest you to train the Pikachu and your original Pokemon strongly.

You will meet two new kinds of trainers: Youngster and Lass. The former likes Pokemon such as Rattatas, the latter likes "cute" Pokemon like Clefairies and Jigglypuffs.

Mt. Moon

Heal up at the Poke Center. A man will sell a Lv.5 Magikarp to you. It seems weak but will evolve into the powerful Gyarados at Lv.20. See if it is worth the $500 he wants. Don't worry if you don't get it, though, since you can get it later by fishing for it.

Time to walk into the cave! You will meet two new kinds of trainers (again). Super Nerds, who likes nerd stuff like Voltorbs or Magnemites, and Hikers with rock Pokemon like Geodude. There are also many Pokemon?s in the cave, Zubat (beaten by Pikachu easily) and Geodude (weak against water) are more common than Paras and Clefairies (who are indigenous to this place and this place only).

It is strongly suggested getting a geodude here as well. It will help immensely in the battle again Lt. Surge, and it will eventually add three Pokemon to your pokedex.

After walking in, take a left and you'll get TM12, which contains WATER GUN. Going up will yield a Potion and a Bug-catcher. Now, you can go east further into the cave with a few trainers loafing around. Going south at the fork will let you take a Potion, a Rare Candy (automatic Level Increase), and an Escape Rope (Lets you go to the last Poke Center). Under the first stairwell, there is a Rocket (gang members with a variety of good Pokemon), along with a HP-UP that increases a Pokemon's HEALTH permanently. Keep on going, past a Lass with a pair of Lv. 11 plant Pokemon (Bellsprout/Oddish), and go into the second staircase.

Another Rocket is here, guarding TM01 (MEGA PUNCH). You will also find an Ether hidden in a solitary rock. Going up, left, and finally to a staircase guarded by a Hiker. Above him is the first piece of the Moon Stone, so don't forget to get that. Enter the staircase and fight 3 Rockets in a row and finally a Super Nerd with a Grimer, a Voltorb, and a Koffing.

Here you can get one of two fossils. You can choose the Helix Fossil or the Dome Fossil. The Helix Fossil will become Omanyte and the Dome Fossil will become Kabuto when you take them to the Pokemon Laboratory on Cinnabar Island. Since can't get these Pokemon until later in the game store the fossil in your PC as soon as you get to Cerulean City.

The trick for the first great ball is when you get out of Mt.Moon and walk to the right you see land that is surrounded by ledges. When you stand on the steps or the little opening, take 2 step up one step to the right, then one step to the left and press the A button and you will find the first great ball.

Route 4

Out already? After you cross the last ledge, you are stuck and can not go back. So take the TM04 on the way first. Hop along the edges gradually to the right until you get to a city.

Cerulean City (Cascadebadge)

The Gym here is owned by Misty, who has a Staryu and Starmie. Did you get a Pikachu in Viridian Forest? If you did and you own a Squirtle or a Charmander gain them to high levels before the fight, If you have Bulbasaur it'll still be easy so don't worry. Pikachu can make short work of both of them if you trained it well. (Lv. 20 or 21 recommended) But watch out for Starmie's BUBBLEBEAM, a strong water attack that does a lot of damage and may reduce speed. Go ahead and beat her and get the BUBBLEBEAM TM. Misty is difficult if you chose Charmander. Her Pokemon are Staryu at level 18 and Starmie at level 21. If you win you'll receive the CASCADE BADGE, it allows ALL Pokemon up to level 30 to obey, also lets you use CUT.

If you go to the 1st house on the Northwest side of the city, a guy in there will tell you the badge's uses. You can go into the backyard and find a Rare Candy, You'll have to search a bit but its in the middle of the two rows going horizontally (Rows meaning spaces North to South in space). Bikes are too expensive right now but you'll get one soon enough. You can trade a Poliwhirl for Jynx here. The Jynx can only be gotten this way. Polywhirls evolve from Poliwags and will be very easy to get in the future.

Road to Bill's house/Bill's house

From Cerulean City, go north and fight Gary again. He now has a Lv. 18 Pideotto, a Lv. 15 Abra, a Lv. 15 Rattata, and whatever he started with. On the way you will fight 5 trainers in a row for a prize, only to find out that it was a plan by TEAM ROCKET to recruit new members. You'll refuse the ROCKET's order and fight him, getting a Nugget (useless object, sell it for $5000) if you win. Go east here, through Route 25. There are lots of trainers in the way so you may have to go to the Pokcenter in Cerulean. Once you get to Bill's house you'll see a Pokmon but no Bill. Talk to the Pokmon and do as he asks. After that Bill gives you a ticket to the S. S. Anne. Bill will share information about Eevee and its evolutions.

You can get Bellsprouts (BLUE) / Oddish (RED) and Abras here. (Route 24 and (Route 25) Go into the grass to the West of the bridge and get an Abra. The Abra is unique to this city, so get one. It?s recommend get two because one can be traded away later for a Mr. Mime. To catch an Abra, just throw a Pokball at it (its not a guaranteed catch but its the best way right now). Abra only has the TELEPORT move, but when it evolves at Lv.16 to a Kadabra, it will get more attacks. It is also a good "utility" Pokemon because Teleport can run away from battles and return you to the last Poke Center.

Cerulean City Continued

Go back to Cerulean and you'll see that the house previously blocked by a policeman. The policeman has moved so you can get into the house. You'll find a ROCKET in the back, fight, beat ROCKET and he will give you the TM 28. (An excellent TM because it is very powerful and is useful against electric Pokemon as well.) Go back in the house and the guy doesn't care anymore so just keep it! Onward south, there is a Pokemon Daycare Center. The man there will care for one Pokemon and raise its level while you are gone for $100 * (1 + no. of levels it gains). Catch a Mankey or a Meowth on your way to the tunnel. At the end of the road, there is a big building that is a gatehouse for Saffron City. At this point, the guard will not let you through. The smaller building is the entrance of underground passage to Vermilion City. You can trade a Nidoran (m) for a Nidoran (f) here.

The person at the underground passage speaks of hidden items. There have been two items found there, A Full Restore and a X special. Keep your eye out for them because there invisible!

Route 11

Don't forget to get the exclusive Drowzee here. It is one of the first, and one of the best psychic Pokemon. On the way, you can also get Meowth (BLUE). The only places to capture him are by Cerulean, Vermillion, Celadon, or Lavender. His PAY DAY attack will give you money in battle, equal to 2 times your level.

Vermilion City (Thunderbadge)

In Vermilion you have a few things to do?Here you can get the Bike Voucher by visiting the Pokemon Fan Club and talking to the club president. It will let you get the bike in Cerulean City for free. (Like you are ever going to get $1000000...:) There is also an old man who will give you an Old Rod, which could fish for Magikarps only. This is quite a good time to start training a Gyarados though... A third thing is that a boy will trade a Farfetch'd, a "sword-fighting" bird Pokemon for a Spearow. Get the Bicycle with the Bike Voucher and use that, The Bike speeds your journey up A LOT.

This is the only place you can get one... After that, go to S.S. Anne to the south.

S.S. Anne

You can get on the boat with the S.S. Ticket. On the boat, there are many good trainers and items so make sure your Pokmon's levels are high. If you go into the kitchen you will find a Great Ball in one of the trashcans of all places. Try to search all the rooms because they?re some great things in there. Gary will be here (again) with a different appearance. After you beat him you can talk to the captain. He will give you HM 01(cut) after you help him through his seasickness. Then boat will take off when you exit. Don't forget to pick up BODY SLAM, an awesome fighting move that can cause paralysis.

The HM is very important. It will now let you do things you couldn't do before, like going back to Pallet Town, or getting Old Amber in the back door to Pewter City's museum.

Lt. Surge is an electric type Pokemon gym leader, so got to the Diglett's cave. It's to the east and has some high-level Digletts and Dugtrios. If you get them they will help you a lot against the boss because they should be almost totally immune to the attacks of the electric Pokemon. If you cant catch one, go back to Mt. Moon and get a Geodude. Now, teach HM 01 to a Plant-type Pokemon. The move is even good in battle sometimes!

Go to the southwest of the city, CUT a bush, and go to the Gym. The leader there has an electric lock door. You have to search the trashcans and find one switch (It's random), and another switch, which is always BESIDE it. Lt. Surge's Pokemon are Voltorb at level 21, Pikachu at level 18, and Raichu at level 24. Digletts and Dugtrios can defeat them easily, as well as anyone you gave your DIG technique to. The THUNDER BADGE speeds up your Pokemon a bit and lets you use FLY. Talk to him afterwards to get TM 24, which contains THUNDERBOLT, a powerful version of THUNDERSHOCK.

One of the Prof. Oaks' aids is also in a building to the east. He will give you the Itemfinder if you have more than 30 Pokemon. This item finds items... duh. But not too important really. By him is a guy who will trade a Nidorino for your Nidorina. From here you should go through the Digletts cave again.

Diglett's Cave

Not much here, Ride your bike through. It will lead you near Pewter City and you can do things you couldn't do before. Once through the cave you'll see a house. There you can get the HM 05 (flash) from one of Prof. Oak's aides if you caught more than 10 Pokemon and the items you couldn?t before (with CUT equipped onto a Pokemon). A person will trade a Mr. Mime for an Abra. So if you have a spare one, trade it. (This is the only way to get a Mr. Mime) Then go back and up to Cerulean City. From there go east into the Rock Tunnel. Go back and East through the mini-maze.

Mini-Maze

Just stay on the middle track and go North on the last turn if you're going on a track where at the beginning there was a man near a sign your going the wrong way, you should see a track going left, a man, and another man but not in the same place. Go Northeast and you should be on a direct track where a Jr. Trainer (Female) is waiting for you, fight her and go east. Here you can catch Ekans (Red), Sandshrew (Blue), Spearow, and Drowzee.

Rock Tunnel

Just before the Rock Tunnel you should be at a river with a nearby field and a little barricade you can jump over. Go South to the Poke Center and heal your Pokemon, now go north and catch a Voltorb. It is very dark inside; you need a Pokemon equipped with HM 05. Equip Flash on it and proceed into the cave. Go through the cave, it?s semi-direct not TOO confusing. Pick up an Onix and a Machop here if you want. It is quite long and there are quite a few Pokemaniacs and Miners in there. Here you can catch Zubat, Geodude (if you don't have them), Onix, and Machop. Luckily, a Poke Center is right by the entrance to get you started up.

Lavender Town

Once out of the cave you should be just North of Lavender Town. You don't have to fight the trainers so just go to the Pokecenter and heal up.

In the northeast section of the town there is a big building, Pokemon Tower. But you can't do much there now. There is, however, a man who will "rate" and rename your Pokemon.

You'll hear a lot of stories. Mainly about a Cubone who lost his mother, a kind Mr.Fuji's disappearance, and the ghosts in the Pokemon Tower.

To the south are many fishermen eager for battle. Let them have their fun. This is a good chance to train electric and plant Pokemon. That includes Pikachu. One of the fishermen actually has 5 Pokemon though (Gasp) luckily, they are all Magikarps. Now proceed west.

Route 8

Near the city, the BLUE players will find Meowths, Sandshrews, and Vulpixs, while the RED ones will find Gowlithes, Ekans, and Mankeys. You'll have to fight at least 1 trainer. After some collecting, go west through the tunnel to Celadon City. Train a while here, as you are almost half way through the game.

Celadon City (Rainbowbadge)

Celadon is the biggest city in the whole game and you have a number of things to do here in Celadon. You can get an Eevee from a back entrance to the Game Freak, Inc. building. You can buy stones from the Mart to evolve him -- and many others for this matter.

Fire Stone: Vulpix -& Ninetales
Eevee -& Flareon
Growlithe -& Arcanine

Leaf Stone: Weepinbell -& Victreebell
Gloom -& Vilepume
Exeggute -& Exegguter

Water Stone: Staryu -& Starmie
Shelder -& Cloyester
Poliwhirl -& Poliwrath
Eevee -& Vaporean

Thunder Stone: Pikachu -& Raichu
Eevee -& Jolteon

And although you can't buy it, you can do these with the Moon Stones:

Jigglypuff -& Wigglytuff
Clefairy -& Clefable
Nidorina -& Nidoqueen
Nidorino -& Nidoking

The Gym leader Erika uses plant Pokemon. Erika isnt too hard to beat, Just Use a fire or bird Pokemon that?s around the same level as her Pokemon. You're gonna have to battle at least 3 trainers. You MUST come with a Pokemon with CUT equipped. The easiest way to go is on the right side and then hug the left side. Erika's Pokmon: Victreebel lvl29, Tangela lvl 24,Vineplume lvl 29. The RAINBOW BADGE make Pokmon up to level 50 obey, and you can use STRENGTH. After the battle, you will receive a TM with MEGA DRAIN. Give it to your favorite plant Pokemon. This useful move does a lot of damage and gives half of it to your Pokemon as health.

Walk around for a bit. There are many interesting things in Celadon.

1. Store

You can buy stones, items, TMs, and drinks. Give 3 kinds of drinks to the girl on the last floor, since she will give you a TM for each drink.

Get an extra drink, you'll need it to give to the road guard later.

The TMs they will sell:

TM32 DOUBLE TEAM $1000
TM33 REFLECT $1000
TM02 RAZOR WIND $2000
TM07 HORN DRILL $2000
TM37 EGG BOMB $2000
TM01 MEGA PUNCH $3000
TM05 MEGA KICK $3000
TM09 TAKE DOWN $3000
TM37 SUBMISSION $3000

2. Game Corner

Play the slot machines here, but you need Coin Case and coins to play. The Coin Case is in one of the other buildings. Some of the people playing will give you coins. You can also buy coins, 50 of them for 1000. Some coins are also hidden.

You can trade coins for Pokemon/TMs next door. A list of Pokemon that could be bought there:

(First window)
Abra - 180 (RED) / 120 (BLUE)
Clefairy - 500 (RED) / 750 (BLUE)
Nidorino (BLUE) - 1200
Nidorina (RED) - 1200

(Second window)
Scyther (RED) - 5500
Pinser (BLUE) - 2500
Dratini - 2800 (RED) / 4600 (BLUE)
Porygon - 9999 (RED) / 6500 (BLUE)

Talk to the ROCKET by the picture to reveal a secret entrance - the ROCKET hideout. Fight the guy and press the switch behind him. Go in the door and go down another flight of stairs. There will be a number of puzzles to solve and Rockets to fight. One guy at the bottom should drop a lift key. Now take the lift and go to the bottom floor, You'll have to fight two Rockets and then fight Giovanni, he has a level 24 Rhyhorn a level 25 Onix and a level 29 Kangaskhan. Now after you've fought Giovanni, he should drop the Silph scope, the one for the ghosts in the Poketower. Now go back to Lavender Town.

Lavender Town Continued

After getting it, go back to Pokemon Tower where nothing has changed, and prepare for a long journey. Channelers are hanging around possessed by ghost Pokemon. Fighting Pokemon are useless here, because ghosts are immune to physical attacks. In the Pokemon Tower you will encounter Gastly, Haunter, and Cubone.

There are a lot of ghosts around, when you fight them the silph scope automatically identifies them.

Catch a Gastly (unique to this place) and a Cubone here. There is a floor with healing tiles for you to heal up, so you can build good experience there. All the Pokemon are around levels 20 - 25. Once you've made it to the 2nd to the top floor a ghost will fight you (pre-programmed battle) This ghost is a Lv.30 Marowak, Cubone's mother and you cannot capture her, but if you win, her soul will be freed. Use a water Pokemon and it should be easy. You step up to the last floor, and realize that TEAM ROCKET is behind this! Beat them, and you can now go back to Celadon after rescuing Mr. Fuji and getting the Poke Flute from him. Now you should be able to wake up the sleeping Pokemon to the West (Snorlax)

Celadon City

Go West from Celadon City. On this road, a Snorlax is sleeping, and you must wake him up. If you have the Poke Flute, you can wake him up and fight him, make sure to capture him because there are only 2 Snorlax's in the entire game. Cut down a nearby bush and go up and left. Go through the building and into the house you find. The girl inside will give you HM 02 (fly). Used in battle, it is similar to DIG. Used outside, it will bring you to a Poke center already visited.

Cycling Road

This leads to Fuschia City. This is a cycling road, so you will go down automatically. There are a few Riders and Cueballs on the way also. The former usually has nasty Pokemon (Grimer, Koffing, etc.) and the latter with fighting Pokemon. It is quite a nice ride, if your Pokemon could survive the poison.

When you see a gatehouse, a boy inside will trade a Lickitung for a Slowbro. This is the only place you can get a Slowbro.

Around here, you can begin to catch Dittos. Use a Magikarp against it, let it transform, then it will be easy to catch.

Fuschia City (Soulbadge)

You can see many trainers if you go to the shore, the meadow, or east of the town. If you go east, and up, you will see a road leading to Lavender Town. Another Snorlax is on this road, so if you couldn't get the first one this is your only chance left to catch it. Save your game and try to catch the Snorlax. Go north, and you'll see a hut where the person will give you the Super Rod. Even more north will let you see that the city is connected to Lavender Town. Then go back to the city.

Go north to the Safari Zone. You will get many items and unique Pokemon that can only be caught here. You can fish for Dratinis here, as opposed to the 4600 coins (BLUE) / 2800 (RED) you need to pay for it in Celadon City. Lets see, 4600 coins equal $ 92000, (unless you had a very good winning streak). 2800 coins is cheaper, or $56000. Either way, I rather pay the $500 for entering the Safari Zone, and I will still get more bang for the buck because I can capture other rare Pokemon. First you must find the GOLD TEETH and the SURF HM. Get in there and get on your bike and ride East, now from here ride to the hill and up onto it, ride West and off of it, from here ride Northeast and then West when you get to the wall. Now you should go Northwest over another hill, you should be in a spot where there are 3 mini-lakes, you must go Northeast around the Lakes, there should be a sign next to a bush barrier that says "Trainer

Tips: The secret house is still ahead!". Go South and you should find a Pokeballitem which is the GOLD TEETH, from there go Northwest until you see a house, go inside and a man should give you the SURF HM 03. Try to go outside (Time should have run out by now) and go to the Warden's house. Give him the teeth and he'll hand you the STRENGTH HM 04. Both of these are crucial to the game. When SURF is used in battle, it is a good water attack. STRENGTH is a very strong fighting attack. In the overworld, SURF can be used by water Pokemon to travel on water while STRENGTH is used to move boulders. A Rare Candy is in the ball on the other side of the room.

A list of Safari Zone Pokemon:

Nidoran(m), Nidoran(f) Overall, a good chance to collect Nidorans. Nidorino, Nidorina

Paras The only other place for these is Mt. Moon, Parasect / So if you see one, get it.

Venonat, Venomoth You can get them later, but why not? Rhyhorn, Doduo Chansey, Kangashan, Tauros (The real "rare" Pokemon. You can only get them), Exeggute here. Chanseys are also available in the Unknown, Pinser (BLUE) | Dungeon, but that is a long time later, Scyther (RED).

If you think you're ready after you pick up a few more Pokemon go challenge the boss Koga. If you picked Bulbasaur this will be an easy task, Bulbasaur is almost completely immune to poison, for Charmander or Squirtle I'd suggest a Victreebell or Vileplume depending on which version you have. His men are psychic Jugglers (who can call back Pokemon at will) and animal Tamers and he has Pokemon with sfaints of sleeping, paralyzing, and poisoning so carry allot of antidotes unless using Bulbasaur. There are invisible walls here so you'll have to fight at least 3 trainers if you don't know where you're going. For beating him you receive the SOUL BADGE, the defense of your Pokemon increases a little and it allows you to use SURF and you'll get TOXIC, a strong poison attack that will do more damage with each additional poison hit. Now is the time to go through the gate to Saffron City, which is between the other four cities on your Map. Remember, give a drink to one of the guards.

In a house by the pond, you will get the Good Rod. It is the second most effective rod. Why not fish in the lake?

Saffron City

There are 2 Gyms in this city. Next to Sabrina's Gym is the Fighting Dojo. This Gym is for fighting Pokemon only and you'll fight many BLACKBELTS. Since they have fighting Pokemon, your best bet is to use psychic Pokemon like Kadabra and Drowzee. Ghost Pokemon also works well because they are immune to physical moves. It's is actually possible to beat the two with a low-level ghost Pokemon! The best blackbelt will use two Pokemon?s against you, a Hitmonchan and a Hitmonlee, and if you beat all the trainers you get the choice of Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan. Hitmonlee is a Kicking based Pokemon and Hitmonchan is a Punching based Pokemon.

Silph Co. (Marshbadge)

By now, the guy in front of the Silph co. building has fallen asleep (He'll be off to the side and won't stop you). There are many Items and Rocket Gang members in here. Once you go inside its a maze, First you must fight many people (this includes scientists) and find the Key Card, This will allow you to get into all the locked areas, move more freely and get to the boss. Next you must find a portal that leads you to Gary (You'll have to battle him again?), once you defeat Gary, A nearby man will give you Lapras. Go through the other portal. At the 11th floor, fight Giovanni again and defeat Giovanni. He is easy with Squirtle or Bulbasaur, since he uses ground Pokemon Water and Grass Pokemon are effective. You'll get the Master Ball from the President of Silph co, it has a 100% chance of catching any Pokemon. SAVE IT! Its VERY important! Store it on your PC. Now you have a choice at this point... either waste it on some arbitrary Pokemon, or use it on crucial one-time Pokemon including the Legendary Birds, Snorlax, and Mewtwo. The Birds are Lv.50 each and are very powerful in their own element, the Snorlax are Lv. 30 and are quite good, while Mewtwo is "THE" perfect Pokemon and starts at Lv. 70. Now Team Rocket has left town so you can now Go and defeat Sabrina.

Back to the city. Now you can enter Sabrina's Gym and fight her for the Marshbadge. There are Psychics and Channelers here, and you also need to warp around often. Watch out for psychic Pokemon and use bug or ghost Pokemon against them. Sabrina?s Psychic Pokmon aren?t too difficult. Still be careful, you don't have to fight any trainer besides Sabrina, just go into the opposite portal unless you want Exp. points, You'll know when you reach her. Sabrina's Pokemon are Kadabra level 38 Mr. Mime level 37 Venomoth level 37 and Alakazam level 43. Your Pokemon should be about level 30 or above. You get the MARSH BADGE for beating her, Pokmon up to lvl 70 will obey you. She will give you PSYWAVE after the battle, a psychic attack.

A girl living in a house to the left will trade TM31 for a Poke Doll. It contains MIMIC.

To avoid the PowerPlant and the Seafoam Islands, equip FLY to a bird Pokemon and fly to Pewter City, Go north to the Museum and CUT the bush in the front. In the back talk to the guy near the item on the pedestal. He'll give it to you. Now its time to go to Cinnabar Island. First you must FLY to Pallet Town. Save your game and go south. From here SURF down south, catch a tentacool on your way you should eventually find Cinnabar Island.

Power Plant (optional)

Cross the water by Cerulean City and SURF down and around to the Power Plant. There are lots of Electric Pokemon here. You can get Pikachus, Raichus, Voltorbs, Magnemites, and Electrabuzzes (RED). (Some Voltorbs are hidden as Poke Balls, they are Lv. 40 each! There is also an Lv.41 Electrode masquerading as a Poke Ball) Near the end is Zapdos, the Legendary Electric Bird.

Seafoam Islands (optional)

Before you come here, heal your Pokemon and go to a Mart. First prepare with Ice Heals, the highest potion, 2 escape ropes, and lots of Ultra balls. Take a Fire Pokemon (Ponytas a great choice if you don't have Charmander), an Electric Pokemon (A well leveled Pikachu or Raichu is good), a Pokemon with STRENGTH, a Pokemon with SURF, and Your starting Pokemon (If you don't have Charmander),you should also bring a high level Butterfree or a high level grass Pokemon (With sleep powder). SURF until you get to the Seafoam Islands. Here prepare to face level 50 Pokemon (They won't all be level 50 but I know one will...). Save and go inside, then get on your Bike and ride downstairs. Ride until you reach the water and SURF, you should be swept into another screen. Go East and you should see a blank space (only a 1 step space) search it and you should find an item. From there do North and get onto land, get on your Bike and Ride West (Not up the stairs) and go up the new set of stairs (DO NOT SURF! You'll be swept away). You should go Southeast and Push the Top Left boulder North 2 spaces, Push the opposite boulder you just pushed into the hole (but don't go in yourself). And push the remaining boulder in the hole opposite to the one you just were using. Once you've completed that, jump in the hole. Now SURF north until you reach a island with a Pokemon just standing there. Save your game and fight him, use your fire Pokemon and weaken him. Now take the Pokemon with sleep powder and put him to sleep. Now throw Ultra Balls until you catch him (Make sure you do or else you'll have to start all over). Articuno the Legendary Ice Bird is level 50 and very difficult to beat, also he only appears once per game (like all other Pokemon just standing there). Now use an escape rope and save. Many Water Pokemon live here and you can catch Seel, Dewgong, Slowpoke, Slowbro, Psyduck, Golduck, Horsea, Seadra, Krabby, Kingler, Zubat, Golbat, Shellder, Staryu. Krabby's are pretty good. About the level in which they become Kinglers, they will learn the powerful 1-hit KO GUILLOTINE move!

Cinnabar Island (Volcanobadge)

South of Pallet Town is Cinnabar Island. Here you'll want to take the fossil from your earlier adventures and enter the Pokemon Laboratory and get some new Pokemon. Depending on what fossil you got in Mt. Moon, you can get Kabuto or Omanyte. You can also get Aerodactyl if you picked up the Old Amber in Pewter City's museum. Go to the 3rd door down and give the man in the back a fossil, go to the Mart and then back into the center to pick up your new Pokemon. Repeat with the amber and you'll get Aerodactyl. Three people there will trade your Raichu for an Electrode, your Venonat for a Tangela, or your Ponyta for a Seel. Non of these are too important, but they can rack up experience quickly since they are traded Pokemon.

Now go and heal your Pokemon, buy some supplies, buy some Burn heals, and save. Go into the burned out building (This is a rough walkthrough, not exact) in here, go North and examine the statue (A), it should have a switch, press it and go upstairs. Behind a pillar on the first level is the final piece of the MoonStone. Do the same on this floor (Read the notes if you wish, they tell the story of Mew and Mewtwo). Here you can get Koffing, Weezing, Growlithe (red), Grimer, Muk, Vulpix (Blue), Magmar (Very Rare, Blue), and Ponyta, etc. On the 3rd floor you should press the switch and go South, don't fight the scientist but instead go (there are two exits, a big one to the left and a smaller one to the right) take the exit to the left, you should land on the 1st floor but in an area you couldn?t get to. Defeat the scientists and get the Secret Key. Now exit the building (If you have an Escape Rope its better) and you can now fight Blaine, the Fire gym leader.

The gym leader, a mad scientist named Blaine, uses fire Pokemon. He has: Growlithe 42, Rapidash 42, Ponyta 40, Arcanine 47.If you chose Squirtle or Charmander this will be a cinch. Use A strong Water Pokemon or semi-strong water Pokemon and a semi-strong fire Pokemon to absorb the damage. You will have to defeat almost every trainer here to advance. The VOLCANO BADGE increases your Pokmon's abilities a little. He will give you a very powerful fire attack (FIRE BLAST), and the seventh badge. Now you only have one more Gym left...

Squirtle and Bulbasaur will easily beat all Pokemon in here, Charmander should be substituted for a high level bird Pokemon (level 50 Fearow is a good choice) a high level Water or Grass Pokemon (In here either is good) If you have a high level dugtrio or other guy with dig I would use him against the poison type Pokemon. I won't reveal the gym leader for spoiler reasons but his/her Pokmon are: Dugtrio 42, Rhydon 50, Nidoking 45, Nidoqueen 43,and Rhyhorn 45. Beating him/her gives you the EARTH BADGE which makes all Pokmon obey. Now that you have all 8 badges, go to Pokmon league.

Viridian City (Earthbadge)

From Cinnabar Island Fly to Viridian City. Save and go to the gym. Here is the final Gym... (the Gym was locked before) The boss is non other than... Giovanni! He wants to use this place to get more ROCKET members and start anew! Are you going to let him? No! Squirtle and Bulbasaur will easily beat all Pokemon in here, Charmander should be substituted for a high level bird Pokemon (level 50 Fearow is a good choice) a high level Water or Grass Pokemon (In here either is good) If you have a high level dugtrio or other guy with dig I would use him against the poison type Pokemon. He has a variety of good Pokemon and they are Dugtrio 42, Rhydon 50, Nidoking 45, Nidoqueen 43,and Rhyhorn 45. After beating him, he gives you the EARTH BADGE which makes all Pokemon obey. Now that you have all 8 badges, go west to the Pokemon League HQ. Gary will be on the road again, challenging you for the final (?) time.

Pokemon League HQ

You'll have to fight Gary along the way to Victory Road. He's hard but easy enough to beat. You have to bring a Pokemon with STRENGTH and one with SURF. Bring some Ultra Balls, Max Potions, Escape Ropes, and a few Full Heals. A Very large building. You can get Dittos, Rhyhorns, and some other good Pokemon here. You also need all 8 badges so the guards will let you pass. If you see a door, you have reached the...

Victory Road

To pass here you will need the move STRENGTH, all the sfaints, and best Pokemon you have. There are TOUGH Pokemon here (Lv. 40 Marowaks, Lv. 40 Venoats, etc.) and very sfainted trainers. This is where you will also find Moltres, the Legendary Fire Bird. There are a lot of puzzles, and by the end you will probably be VERY worn-out, but still wondering how come Gary was again one step ahead of you, as explained by the people in the cave.

Indigo Plateau/Elite Four

This is a Poke Center and a Poke Mart. Now its time to beat the Elite 4,but you have to prepare first. Get LOTS of Full Restores (You'll need them more than anything). You don't need much else in items, a Pokeflute you should take too. Now, bring only your strongest 6 Pokemon and try to make sure they're over level 60. Go though the door at the top to fight the Elite Four, a group of the most powerful trainers ever. All their Pokemon are over lv. 50, so be prepared for some good fights.

Your going to need for knockout Pokemon, and TWO back-up powerhouses for the last two slots.

Now, the roster.

The first, Lorelei has a group of ice Pokemon. An electric type can dish out SUPER damage for the first Three, and use a fire type for the last 2. She starts with a Lv. 54 Dewgong, secondly a Lv. 53 Cloyester, then a Lv. 54 Slowbro. A Jynx (Lv. 56) follows the battle, and finishes off with a Lv. 56 Lapras.

The second man (Bruno) has rock / fighting Pokemon. To be exact, he starts off with a Lv. 53 Onix. After that, he switches off to fighting and gets out a Lv. 55 Hitmonchan and then a Lv. 55 Hitmonlee. After the fighting duo, he gets a Lv. 56 Onix and finally his ace card, the Lv. 58 Machamp. Bring a water and a psychic/ghost Pokemon for the fighters and a water Pokemon for the rock. Grass Pokemon will also work well.

The third lady (Agatha) has mind-controllers at her control, kicking off with a Lv. 56 Gengar. Then, a Lv. 56 Golbat will try to CONFUSE you into submission. A lighter challenge (Lv. 55 Haunter) comes in afterwards. You might think she ran out of good Pokemon, but a Lv. 58 Arbok comes out next, followed by a Lv. 60 Gengar. (A psychic type will make these fights very easy. An electric type is recommend for the Golbat) Remember, she is one of the only trainers who can call back Pokemon at will. Put them to sleep first and then attack.

The forth man (Lance) has awesome Dragons to fight you. He said he trained for a long time, no wonder he starts off with a Lv. 58 Gyrados! A pair of Lv. 56 Dragonairs follows the fight. A Lv. 60 Aerodatcytl next (I guess he was at the lab too). Finally, he brings out his long-trained and VERY hard-to-get Lv. 62 Dragonite! One word... watch out for HYPER BEAM! (A strong electric can beat the Gyrados easily. As for the dragons, use an Articuno or an ice type if you have one. It can go ahead and take on all four. The Aerodacytl is another good target for a water type.)

Gary

After 4 long, hard battles, you will realize that another had already defeated the Elite Four! Who is it? Why.. it is Gary! After he tells you of his ambition, you fight his 6 strong Pokemon with what is left of your six. He starts with a Lv. 61 Pidgeot, which is easy to defeat. (A small-fry for an electric) Then he calls an Lv. 59 Alakazam, (pound with everything you got) followed by a Rhydon. (Use a water type to get full effect) He finishes off with Pokemon of fire, water, and plant types with them being Lv. 61, Lv. 63, and the last being Lv. 65 (his first pick in the game). If you chose Squirtle he would have: Gyarados, Arcanine, and Venesaur, If you chose Bulbasaur he would have: Exeggutor, Gyarados, and Charizard, If you chose Charmander he would have: Arcanine, Exeggutor, and Blastoise. They will come out in rotating power order (Water-Fire-Plant. Fire-Plant-Water, or Plant-Fire Water). (A water type gets the fire, electric gets the water, and psychic for the plant) If you manage to defeat him in this climatic and difficult battle, be prepared for the ending of Pokemon!

THE END... or is it?

Cerulean Cave

After you have beaten the Pokemon League, go back to Cerulean City. Northwest of Cerulean City in a cave is Mewtwo, the best Pokemon there is (# 150). He is at lv. 70 and is at the end of a long way in the cave. There are Lv. 50s Pokemon from everywhere (Dodrio, Venomoth, Kadabra, Rhydon, Marowak, Electrode, Chansey, Wigglytuff, Ditto, Parasect, Raichu, Arbok (Red), Sandslash (Blue), etc.). It is possible to catch Mewtwo without the Master Ball, but it is hard. He is no pushover and will do a lot of damage against you. He has Swift, Psychic, Recover, and Barrier at his command. Which means 2 attacks (one fast and one powerful) and two defenses (one for healing and one for defense), making him a balanced and powerful Pokemon.

The Ongoing Quest

There is always the quest of catching all 150 Pokemon... If you manage to do this, go to Celadon City for a nice surprise. Remember that you need to trade a lot to achieve this goal.

Your Mark in History

You can now use the computers to connect to Pokemon League. It will show pictures and stats of the teams who won the game in a Hall Of Fame that looks pretty good and shows your Pokemon in winning glory!