The complete walkthrough
Pallet Town
This the starting place of the game. Your mom will tell you that Prof. Oak wants you in the lab. First get the potion out the PC in the corner. When you are out the house go north to leave the town and Prof. Oak will come and meet you. He will take you to his lab where Gary(your rival)is waiting impatiently, he will give you a pokemon from the chose of three . There is Bulbasaur, a plant-type Pok�mon; Charmander, a fire-type Pok�mon; and Squirtle, and water-type Pok�mon. Your rival, Gary, will pick the one which is best againest yours. When you to leave, Gary will challenge you to a Pok�mon battle. If you beat him your pokemon will gain one level and you will get $175 to add to your money. At this point your mom will give you rests, and you can go though out the town now.
Route 1
This leads north to Viridian city. You'll encounter lots of Pidgeys and Ratattas. 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. now you have two Potions. keep them safe you might need them later.
Viridian City
Talk to the Shop clerk and then head back to Pallet Town with the Parcel. Give it to Prof. Oak and he will give you and Gary each a Pok�dex, 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, but you can get a Town Map from his sister. Go back to the city. There is a gym there with locked doors, just come back later when all seven badges have been collected. Buy some Poke Balls and talk to the old man to learn how to capture Pokemon. A boy will talk about caterpillar Pokemons. If you go west towards the Pokemon HQ, you will fight Gary. He has captured another Pokemon. After you fight him, he will tell you that you need Badges to go through. Around here, you can also pick up a few Nidorans.
Route 2
Pick up a Pidgey and a Ratatta. You can get higher-level ones later in the game, but if you train hard they will grow stronger better than the higher-leveled ones. You can also get Caterpies and Weedles.
Viridian Forest
In the forest there are several pokemons to catch, pikachu, catapie, weedle, metapod and kakuna, since Caterpie and Weedle will evolve into metapod or kakuna eventually. There is no need to catch the metapods and kakunas, a few easy trainers in the forest, they are Bug-catchers and use bugs, so fire works best on them. The first has a pair of caterpillars at Lv. 6 (Caterpie/Weedle). The second has 2 Lv. 7 Weedles and a Lv. 7 Kakuna. The final trainer has a Lv. 9 Weedle. There is a Poke Ball, Anidote (comes in handy from the Weedles posion sting), and a Potion in the forest. Makes nice additions to your items.
Pewter City (Boulderbadge)
The Gym here starts out with a JR. Trainer with a Lv. 11 Diglett and Lv. 11 Sandshrew, so use water againest them both. Plant works too. Brock, the Gym Leader has a Lv .12 Geodude and a Lv. 14 Onix, 2 Rock-type Pok�mon. Water and grass will work very well on them, Onix has a move where it absorbs damage for two turns and returns it back in double, which is Bide. I suggest either beating it quickly or do non-damaging attacks like TAIL WHIP or GROWL, so you take no damage off him and he does not damage you. When you defeat Brock, he will congraulate 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, because the damage done doesn't care about the enemy's defense at all, and you will receive your first badge. You can look around the museum,to see the two extinct pokemon which you might get later.
Route 3
This leads east from Pewter City to Mt.Moon. You can collect a spearow here. But it is very important to pick up a Jigglypuff, since this is the only place you'll see it. There are also many trainers along the path to battle for money and experience. You will meet two new kinds of trainers: Youngster and Lass. trainers here will have one or two new pokemons you have not seen yet.
Mt. Moon
Heal up at the Poke Center if the energy is low. A man will sell a Lv.5 Magikarp to you in the poke centre. It is weak but will evolve into the powerful Gyarados at Lv.20. See if it is worth the $500 he wants, you can always catch one later on though, you can get it by fishing for it. Time to walk into the cave!. There are a couple of trainers to battle and also many pokemons in the cave, Zubat (VERY weak against electric) and Geodude (weak against water). Paras and Clefairies. 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 hanging around. Going south at the fork will let you take a Potion, a Rare Candy (level increase by one), and an Escape Rope (Lets you go to the last Poke Center). Under the first stairway, 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(can be used to evolve a certain type of pokemon), 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. Then 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 Lab on Cinnabar Island(near the end of the game).
Route 4
Light!!! at last, After you cross the last ledge, you are stuck and can not go back. So take the TM04 on the way first.
Cerulean City (Cascadebadge)
The Gym here is owned by Misty, who has a Staryu and Starmie. Pikachu can make short work of both of them if you have trained it well. (Lv. 20 or 21 recommanded) But watch out for Starmie's BUBBLEBEAM, a strong water attack that does a lot of damage and can reduce speed. Go ahead and beat her and get the BUBBLEBEAM TM. Go north and fight Gary again(second time). He now has a Lv. 18 Pideotto, a Lv. 15 Abra, a Lv. 15 Rattata, and whatever he started with. Beat him and go north. On the way up 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 (can only be sold for $5000 or tosed away) if you win. Go east here, through Route 25, you will meet acouple of trainers, beat them for money and experience. You will get the S.S. Anne Ticket from Bill in the house further east, only if you help him. Bill will share information about Eevee and its evolutions. You can trade a Poliwhirl for Jynx here in the town. The Jynx can only be gotten this way. Polywhirls evolve from Poliwags and will be very easy to get in the future. A guy will tell you the badge's uses. Behind his house is a hidden rare candy. You can get Bellsprouts (BLUE) / Oddish (RED) and Abras here. (Route 24 and (Route 25) The Abra is unique to this city, so get one. I would get two because one could be traded away later for a Mr. Mime. Abra only has the TELEPORT move, but when it evolves at Lv.16 to a Kadabra, it will learn more attacks. It is also a good "utility" pokemon because Teleport can run away from battles and return you to the last Poke Center. After that, go to the house previously blocked by a policeman. Fight the ROCKET(who says he is a passer by) and he will give you the TM 28(dig). (an excellent TM because it is very powerful and is useful against electric pokemon as well.) walking down the south, there is a Pok�mon Daycare Center. The man there will care for one Pok�mon and raise its level while you are gone for $100 (and each level your pokemon gains $100 is added on the bill)(but remember if you leave it to long the pokemon might learn new moves and your good moves will get forgotton). At the end of the road, there is a big building which is a gate house for Saffron City. At this point, the guard will not let you through. The smaller building is the entrance of a underground passage to Vermilion City. You can trade a Nidoran (m) for a Nidoran (f) here.
Route 11
Don't forget to get the exclusive Drowzee here. It is one of the first, and one of the best psychic pokemons. On the way, you can also get Meowth (BLUE). His PAY DAY attack will give you money in battle. And no, this is not the Team Pocket meow ^_^
Vermilion City (Thunderbadge)
Here you can get the Bike Voucher by talking to the man in the pokemon fan club. The voucher 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 when you say you like fishing, which could catch you Magikarps only. A third thing is that a boy will trade a Far'Fetched for a Spearow. After that, go to S.S. Anne to the south. You can get on the boat with the S.S. Ticket. On the ship, there are many trainers and items. Your first Great Ball will be found here in the bin in the food court. Gary will be here (again) with a different appearence. 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 ship will take off when you exit the ship. 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. The Diglett's cave to the east has some high-level Digletts and Dugtrios. If you get them they will help you a lot for the boss. Now, teach HM 01 to a Plant-type Pokemon. The move is good in battle sometimes! Go to the southwest of the city, CUT a bush, and go to the Gym. The leader there has a electric locked door. You have to find two switchs, both will be next to each other. Defeat Lt. Surge, the gym leader, who has a Voltorb, a Pikachu and a Raichu. Digletts and Dugtrios can defeat them easily, as well as anyone you gave your DIG technique to. Talk to him afterwards to get TM 24 (Thunderbolt), a more 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 caught more than 30 Pokemons. This item finder will help you find items(of course). But not too important really. In the same room is a guy who will trade a Nidorino for your Nidorina. After this, go into the Diglett's cave again. It will lead you near Pewter city and you can do things you couldn't do before. A person will trade a Mr. Mime for an Abra(as mentioned before). So if you have a spare one, trade it. (This is the only way to get a Mr. Mime) You can also get HM 05 (flash) from one of Prof. Oak's aides if you have caught more than 10 Pokemons. Then go back and up to Cerulean City. From there go east into the Rock Tunnel.
Rock Tunnel
It is very dark inside, you need a Pokemon with HM 05 (Flash). Pick up an Onix and a Machop here if you want. The tunnel is quite long, so equip yourself with a couple of potions and escape ropes just incase. There are quite a few Pokemaniacs and Miners in there. A Poke Center is right by the entrance to get you started up, so go and heal all the pokemon before the Rock Tunnel.
Lavender Town
In the northeast section of the town there is a big building, that is the Pokemon Tower. But you can't do much there yet. There is, however, a man who will "rate" and rename your Pokemon(pointless really). To the south are many fisherman wanting to battle. Let them have their fun. This is a good chance to train electric and plant pokemons. That includes Pikachu, if you had one.
Route 8
Near the city, the BLUE game player will find Meowths, Sandshrews, and Vulpixs, while the RED ones will find Glowlithes, Ekans, and Mankeys. This is a chance to catch some more pokemons for your collection. Go west through the tunnel to Celadon City after you pick up a Vulpix.
Celadon City (Rainbowbadge)
Celadon is the biggest city in the whole game(Woowwwww!!!). You can get an Eevee from a back entrance to the Game Freak, Inc. building. You can buy stones from the Mart to evolve the Eevee and many other pokemons. You can use the Thunder Stone to evolve Pikachu, Fire Stone to evolve Vulpix, Leaf stone to evolve Weepinbell, etc. The Gym leader Erika uses plant Pokemon. Fire is useful here (Vulpix, of course if you have one or a charmander if you chose it at the beginning). After the battle, you will recieve a TM with MEGA DRAIN. Give it to your favorite plant Pokemon or you can keep it for further on the game. 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. The mart, Game area, and of course the secret enterance to the Rocket hideout.
1.Store
You can buy stones, items, TMs, and drinks. Give 3 kinds of drinks to the girl on the top floor, since she will give you a TM for each drink. Get an extra few drinks, you'll need it. 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 pub. 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(Ooooooowwww!!). Go down and fight some ROCKETS. Giovanni, the boss, has the Silph Scope just right for you to go to the pokemon tower.
Lavender Town
After getting it, go back to Pokemon Tower and prepare for a long journey. Remember to heal your pokemon. Channelers are hanging around possessed by ghost pokemons(Scaryyyyy). Fighting pokemon are useless here, because ghosts are immune to physical attacks. There are a lot of ghosts around, but they can be identified with the Silph Scope you got from the secret Rocket hideout. Catch a Gastly, Haunter and a Cubone here. Soon, you will fight Cubone's mother, a Lv.30 Marowak. You can not capture her, but if you win, her soul will be freed. Go beat the Rockets to rescue Mr. Fuji, who'll give you the Poke Flute. Now, go back to Celadon.
Celadon City
Go West from Celadon City. On the 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 (he is pretty hard to fight as he can sleep and gain full energy)(and remember there is only TWO of them in the game so becarful if you are going to catch one). Cut down a nearby bush and go up and left. Go through the building and into the secret house you find. The girl inside will give you HM 02 (fly). It can be used in battle, it is similar to DIG and you can use it outside, it will fly you to a Poke center of your chose (one that you 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 to battle. It is quite a nice ride down but a nasty ride up. When you see a gate house, a boy inside will trade a Lickitung for a Slowbro.
Fuschia City (Marshbadge)
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. Go north, and you'll see a hut where the person will give you the Super Rod(Tada). 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 Pokemons 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. To capture other rare pokemons as well as water type using the Super rod. If you find the secret house, you'll be rewarded HM 03 (surf). If you give the Gold Teeth (also found there) and give it to the warden outside in a nearby hut, he will give you HM 04 (strength). 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. SURF can be used by water pokemon to travel on water while STRENGTH is used to move boulders.
A list of Safari Zone Pokemon
Nidoran(m)
Nidoran(f)
Nidorino
Nidorina
Paras
Parasect
Venonat
Venomoth
Rhyhorn
Doduo
Chansey
Kangashan
Tauros
Exeggute
Pinser (BLUE)
Scyther (RED)
If you think you're ready after you pick up a few more pokemons. Go challenge the boss Koga. His men are psychic Jugglers (who can call back pokemon at will) and animal Tamers who has Pokemons with skills of sleeping, paralyzing, and poisoning. If you beat him 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. Any will do because they'll share the drink between the four of them.
Saffron City
There are 2 Gyms in this city. In the gym on the left, you'll fight many BLACKBELTS. Since they have fighting Pokemon, your best chose is to use psychic Pokemon like Kadabra and Drowzee. Ghost pokemon also works well because they are immune to physical moves. After battling the final boss in the gym, you can get Hitmonlee, the kicker, or Hitmonchan, the puncher. The other gym will be blocked by a ROCKET though. You need to go to SILPH Company, the biggest building in City, defeat all Rocket Gang members in it to get the master ball.
Silph Co.
There are many Items and Rocket Gang members in here. You need to warp around everywhere. If you get the Card Key, you can use the lift and get to the boss easier. After beating Gary (again), a man will give you Lapras(water pokemon). At the 11th floor, fight Giovanni (again) and if you win, you will get the Master Ball. The master ball is always a 100% catch to any pokemon, There is only one of the Master balls in the whole game so I suggest you use it on a very rare Pokemon including: The Legendary Birds, Snorlax, and Mewtwo. The Birds are Lv.50 each and are very powerful, the Snorlax are Lv. 30 (but you might have already got one), while Mewtwo is pokemon at Lv. 70 ( I used the Master ball to catch Mewtwo as none of the other balls worked on it for me).
Some people have said that the Legendary Birds can only be caught by the Master Ball. It is not true I have caught all three with the Ultra balls. I would save the ball for mewtwo if you want. You might not need the master ball for mewtwo if you are good .
Back to the city. Now you can enter Sabrina's Gym and fight her for the Soulbadge. There are Psychics and Channelers here, and you also need to warp around. I found out if you go to the bottem left warp square all the time you can reach Sabrina. Watch out for psychic Pokemon and use bug or ghost pokemon against them. She will give you PSYWAVE after the you win. A girl living in a house to the left will trade TM31 for a Poke Doll. It contains MIMIC.
Power Plant (optional)
Cross the water by Cerulean City and SURF down and around to the Power Plant. There are lots of Electric Pokemons here. You can get Pikachus, Raichus, Voltorbs, Electrobes, Magnemites, Magnitrons and Electrabuzzes (RED). (some Voltorbs are hidden as Poke Balls, they are Lv. 40 each! There is also an Lv.41 Electrode masquerating as a Poke Ball) (so be carful) Near the end is Zapdos(L50), the Legendary Electric Bird.
Seafoam Islands (optional)
Cross the water after you get to Fuschia City. Many Water Pokemons live here, (Seels, Shellders, Krabbys, Psyducks, etc.) You'll need STRENGTH and SURF in this place. This is where Articuno, the Legendary Ice Bird(L50) is. Krabby's are pretty good. About the level in which they become Kinglers, they will learn the powerful 1-hit KO GILLOTINE move!(amazing)(I missed this place out the first time but went to get the bird in the second time)
Cinnabar Island (Volcanobadge)
South of Pallet Town is Cinnabar Island. Enter the Pok�mon Laboratory and get some new Pok�mons. Depending on which 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(using cut). 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 build up experience quickly. One scientist will give you a TM. There is a Pokemon Mansion here with puzzles involving switches. Behind a pillar on the first level is the final piece of the Moon Stone. Read the text laid around some of the tables to find out about the mysterious Mewtwo Pokemon. Here you can get Grime, Muk, Koffing, Ponyta, Vulpix (BLUE) / Magmar (RED)(This is very very rare,it took me one hour walking around before one of them showed up. You will also get a key for the gym. The gym leader, a mad scientist named Blaine, uses fire Pokemon. Water works very well on them. If you win he will give you a very powerful fire attack (FIRE BLAST). Now you only have one more Gym left(Phewwwwwwwwwwwww!!)
Viridian City (Earthbadge)
Here is the final Gym... (the Gym was locked before) The boss is non other than Giovanni(again)! He wants to use this place to get more ROCKET members! He has a variety of good Pokemon. After beating him, go west to the Pok�mon League HQ. Gary will be on the road (again), challenging you for the final(??) time as a warm up battle.
Pokemon League HQ
Very large building. You can get Dittos, Rhyhorns, and some other good Pokemons here(If you stuggled to get them before) . You also need all 8 badges so the guards will let you pass. When you see a door, you have reached the... VICTORY ROAD!!!!!!!!! YIPPY!!
Victory Road
To pass here you will need the moves SURF and STRENGTH, all the skills, and best Pokemon you have. There are TOUGH Pokemon here (Lv. 40 Marowaks, Lv. 40 Venoats, etc.) and very skilled trainers(with good pokemons). 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.(Ggggrrrrrrrrrrrrr)
Indigo Plateau
Hehe the final part of the game. There is a Pok� Center and a Pok� Mart. Get all the things you need, pick your best 6 Pokemon(Take a deep breath), and go though the door at the top to fight the Elite Four, a group of the most powerful trainers ever. All their Pok�mon are over lv. 50, so be prepared for some good fights.
The worst thing is to loss as you have to start again.
The 1st, Lorelei has a group of ice Pokemon. (Electric can dish out SUPER damage, it can take on all five one-by-one) 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 2nd 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 this.
The 3rd 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. she is on of the only trainers who can call back pokemon at will.
The 4th man (Lance) has awesome Dragons to fight you. He said he trained for a long time, no wonder she 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! Watch out for HYPER BEAM!
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