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Pokemon: Red, Green, and Blue Versions
Version: 1.2
First Created on: January 24, 2004
Last Updated on: February 29, 2004
Created By: Jason Howell (CAHowell)
Email: howellgames@howell-games.com
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Copyright Notice: This is Copyright ©2004 by Jason Howell, and
may only be used on Gamefaqs.com, Ign.com,
SA2BSB.com, and Gamespot.com. Any other site
caught plagiarizing this guide will have their
ISP contact and possible Legal action. You are
free to print out this guide for personal use.
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|                         A10. TABLE OF CONTENTS                          |
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|Section Name       |ID |Section Name   |ID |
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|TABLE OF CONTENTS  |A10|POKEDEX INFO   |A50|
|VERSION HISTORY    |A20|VARIOUS INFO   |A60|
|BASICS             |A30|LEGAL INFO     |A70|
|WALKTHOUGH         |A40|               |   |
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|                         A20. VERSION HISTORY                            |
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JANUARY 24, 2004: Started to begin on the guide. Added Table of
Contents, Version History, Legal Info, and the
Walkthough up to the Pewter City Gym.
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JANUARY 25, 2004: Added quite a bit today.
-Added the Route up to Mt. Moon and the Mt. Moon
section
-Added the Cerulean City, up to route's 24 and 25,
and the Cerulean City Gym
-Added Pokemon leveling and various catching info.
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JANUARY 26, 2004: Well. few new things
-www.pokemonelite2000.com has given me Permission to use
the content of his Move List for the guide.
-A complete version of the ABC Item guide has been put
up. Item Location and classification based on effect
will come soon.
-All the moves that have the Letter A have been
posted
-Currently working on the Vermilion City section.
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February 16, 2004: Yes, I finished my FR and LG guide, and I edited it so
it would be similar to the older games. Going to add
Trainers, items, and everything else I missed in a few
days.
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February 29, 2004: Well, when working on the Yellow guide, I found a few
mistakes with this one. They should be corrected soon.
As for actual updates, I added the Pokedex info for
Bulbasaur up to Sandslash today. Should have Nidoran
Female to around Golbat tomorrow.
*Update: Added Nidoran Felame-Golbat Pokedex Info
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|                            A30. BASICS                                  |
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The Overworld
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Composed of several area's, the Overworld is somewhat of a mixture of other
previous RPG's. Unlike others that use a map system to move around, Pokemon
breaks up the area's based on several criteria's:
-Route
-City or Town
-Wild Grass
-Building
-Ocean
-Gym
Normally, City/Town's, Building, and Gym's don't have wild Pokemon but may
or may not have trainers. Routes, Wild Grass, and the Ocean usually will
include a combination of Trainers and Wild Pokemon.
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Finding Wild Pokemon
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Similar to the overworl part, finding Pokemon come in different shapes and
sizes. Mainly, Pokemon are randomly encountered in the wild grass, based
apon their encounter rates and so on. Fishing mainly relies on the type of
rod you are using. A old rod will mainly catch Magikarp, while a Super Rod
will usually catch a variety of Pokemon. The ocean is usually one sided,
only being home to a few types of Pokemon.
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Evolution Types:
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Level:    The Most common of them all. Level evolution applies to around
80% of the Pokemon out their. When a Pokemon reaches a certain
level, it will attempt to evolve. If you do not want that
Pokemon to evolve, Press the B Button during the beginning of
the evolution to stop it:
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Stone:    The least common of the types. Stone evolution happends when you
find one of 6 stones and use it on certain Pokemon. The stones
include:
-Fire Stone
-Water Stone
-Leaf Stone
-Water Stone
-Moon Stone
Unlike Level Evolution, you can use the stone at any time, but
once you choose the stone, you cannot cancel the evolution
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Trade:    Unlike the other evolutions that have evolved, Trade Evolution
hasn't evolved much, but has split into two area's.
-Link Evolution: The one that hasen't changed in the long run.
The four Pomeon that are the only one's that can are:
-Kadabra
-Machoke
-Gravler
-Haunter
-Item Evolution: Occures when a certain evolutionary item is
equipped by a pokemon that can evolve with that item is traded
to another game.
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|                          A40. WALKTHOUGH                                |
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As you begin, you will be given the option to name both your rival and
yourself. Once you begin, you will be in your house in pallet town.
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Pallet Town
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As you begin your journy, you will be in your house. Go to your PC and
take the potion out (it is useless now, but will come in handy later. Once
that is done, go down stairs and exit your house to wind up in Pallet Town.
Go north and walk in the grass area to start a cutscene with professor oak.
He will then guide you to his lab and be given the choice of three
starting Pokemon: Bulbasaur (A Grass and Poison Pokemon), Charmander (A
single fire type, and Squitle (A water type). The difficulty of your journy
will differ, depending on who you choose.
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**Note: Here is a rundown on all the starters. Bulbasaur is the best for
beginners. Not only does he have strengths against the first,
second, and Eigth gyms, but he has somewhat of a resistance against
the third, fourth, and six gym, and only has weakness to the fifth
and seventh gym.
Squirtle is the intermidiant Pokemon. He has strengths against the
first, seventh, and eigth gyms, but has weaknesses to all but the
fifth gym. Still, he can get you to the point where you can catch
some decent pokemon for the gyms.
Charmander is the difficult Pokemon to use. Because he is hard to
use in the first Gym battle, it will be hard to progress early in
the game. He only has strengths against the forth gym, and has
weakness to the First, Second, and Eigth gyms.
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Once you choose your starter, your rival will choose the stronger of your
Pokemon, and you will have your first battle.
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|Boss: Rival                       Money Won: 175                         |
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|Pokemon: Bulbasaur, Lv. 5 (Grass/Poison) *If you choose Squirtle         |
|         Charmander, Lv. 5 (Fire) *If you choose Bulbasaur               |
|         Squirtle, Lv. 5 (Water) * If you choose Charmander              |
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|Info: Not much to say here. You have two attacks to choose from, a       |
|      damaging attack, and a status raising or lowering attack. For this |
|      battle, though, you want to use your damaging attack each turn. If |
|      you run low on HP, use the Potion I said to get earlier on your    |
|      Pokemon. If you beat your Rival, your Pokemon's level will go up   |
|      to 6 and you will gain some cash. If you loose, your pokemon's     |
|      level will stay the same, and you will not gain any cash, but you  |
|      won't lose any, either.                                            |
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Once that is done, go outside and go north, back to the grass area you were
at a little while ago, and you will find that you will be able to finally
be able to go on the route.
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Route 1
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Not much to do on Route 1. You can get a Potion that can help you in a
later battle, and you cannot catch wild Pokemon yet, so you may want to
battle for EXP only. Head completely north to reach Viridian City.
**Note: You can use the brown looking fence things to reach Pallet Town
easier on your way back. Unfortunatly, it only works if you use
it from the top part of the fence.
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Viridian City
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There really isn't much you can do at this point. Route 22 (West part)
doesn't have anything interesting at this point, and a old man is
blocking your exit to route 2. Before you may want to continue, you may
want to go to the Pokemon Center (Buliding Labled "Poke") to heal your
Pokemon, and to continue, you will have to go to the Poke Mart (Labeled
"Shop". Also, the Gym in the upper right part of town is closed until
the very end of the game.
**Note: Here is some info on the Pokemon Center. The front desk in the
upper left of the buliding is where you can heal your pokemon.
Not only does it replenish your pokemon's HP and PP, but it
is free.
The Upper Right area is the Cable Club. That is where you can
trade Pokemon to other versions and Battle other People.
Unfortunatly, you will need another Pokemon before you can
Battle.
In the up most part of the upper right corner is the PC. It
is where you can store items, Pokemon, and contact Oak about
your Pokedex.
To continue, you must go to the Shop in the Right part of Town. The clerk
inside will give you a Parcel that you must give to Oak. Head back north
via Route 1 until you reach Pallet Town again.
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Pallet Town
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Not much to do in Pallet Town right now. Head to Oak's lab and talk to
Prof. Oak to get the Pokedex and 5 Pokeballs. If you want, head to your
Rival's House and get the World Map (Somewhat useless....) Anyways,
continue back to Viridian.
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Viridian City
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You definatly want to buy some Poke Balls from the Poke Mary and catch a
few Pokemon (You may want to catch a Pidgey early, since it's evolutions
are pretty useful, and one of the Nidoran on Route 22. Anyways, here's some
info on early Route 22.
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Route 22
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Not much to do. You can go up to the tree on Route 22 and get a potion from
the tree. There are a few rare pokemon of interest, namely the Mankey
and Spearow. More importantly, once you get the Pokedex, you can challenge
your rival again, though this is for a limited ammount of time (Until the
first Gym battle). Oh yea, this is the first major difference in the game
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|Boss: Rival                           Money: 280                         |
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|Pokemon: Pidgey, Level 9 (Normal/Flying)                                 |
|         Starter, Level 8 (Either Grass/Poison, Fire, or Water           |
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|Info: A bit harder this time. Your rival now has a Pidgey, and although  |
|      it is at a lower level, it is still somewhat hard. You may want to |
|      go to Viridian Forest and catch a Pikachu before attempting this   |
|      battle. Although your rival's Starter is at a higher level, and    |
|      has one new move, do what you did last time and stay on the        |
|      defensive. Unlike the other battle, you can actually lose 1/2 of   |
|      your money, so be careful.                                         |
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Another note is this Rival boss is completely optional. Once you capture a
Nidoran, continue back to Viridian, Heal, and head to Route 2.
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Route 2
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Not much of interest on Route 2. Although there are Caterpie and Weedle,
you can catch both in the viridian forest, and they are much easier to
find there.
Also, you will see a few Pokeball-Like items in a area unaccessable at this
time. You cannot get these Items for a little while, so disreguard them and
continue.
Once you reach the gatehouse at the end of the route, enter it and continue
to Viridian Forest.
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Viridian Forest
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Your first Psudo-Dungeon of the game. Fortunatly, it isn't hard to navigate,
and the trainers are low level enough for you. If you want the path out,
here is the directions you need to go: From the beginning, go right, up
right, up, left, up, left, down, left, up, left, down, left, and up.
There are a total of 3 Trainers in the Red and Blue versions, and you can
avoid two of them by either staying in the grass, or walking around them
(Although I recommend challenging them for EXP). The 3rd and last trainer,
though, cannot be avoided, and he can be somewhat hard if your pokemon are
only in the low 4s and 5s.
It is also somewhat important that you capture a few pokemon, based on
what starter you have. If you choose either Charmander or Squirtle, you
may want to capture a Pikachu for the second gym. If you choose
charmander, you may want to capture a few pokemon, such as a Caterpie.
Another thing is, if you want a Beedrill (Final Evolution for Weedle)
or a Butterfree (Final Evolution for a Caterpie), catch there basic
forms, as in Weedle and Caterpie, and not their second evolutions,
as in Kakuna and Metapod. The wild second evolutions only come with
one move, and that is Harden, while Evolved Weedles and Caterpies
keep their Tackle and Poison Sting moves.
Here are my personal recommendations for a Starter's team at this point:
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Bulbasaur Line:
Butterfree, At least Level 10-12
Pikachu, At least level 6-8
Nidoran (Male or Female), At least Level 6-8
Pidgey, At least Level 6-8 (OR Rattata)
Bulbasaur, At least Level 9-12
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Squirtle Line:
Butterfree, At least Level 10-12
Pikachu, At least level 8-10
Nidoran (Male or Female), At least level 6-8
Pidgey, At least level 6-8 (OR Rattata)
Squirtle, At least level 9-12
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Charmander Line:
Butterfree (A must at this point), At least level 10-14
Pikachu, At least Level 8-10
Nidoran (Male or Female), At least level 6-8
Pidgey, At least level 6-8 (OR Rattata)
Charmander/Charmeleon (Level must be high to proceed easier), At least
Level 14/16
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But anyways, that is just a example of what you should have at this point.
Once you are ready, exit Viridian Forest and onto route 2 (Which is the
same as before viridian) and continue on to Pewter City.
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Pewter City
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Not much to do in Pewter City. You can go to the Museum in the upper part
of town, but there really isn't much of interest at this point (Until you
get HM 01, which is cut, Fly, and the Thunder Badge). Anyways, heal at the
Pokemon center if you haven't already, and save. Once you are ready, head
to the Pewter City Gym in the Middle Right of the town.
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Pewter City Gym
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Compared to some of the other Gym's, Pewter City's Gym is rather simple.
If you want, you can skip the single Jr. Trainer (Male) by going around
him, and battleing Brock head on.
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|Gym Leader: Brock                    Money: 1386                         |
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|Pokemon: Geodude, Lv. 12 (Rock/Ground)                                   |
|         Onix, Lv. 14 (Rock Ground)                                      |
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|Info: Although Brock's Gym is suspose to be the Rock Gym, it is more of  |
|      a ground Gym, but there really isn't much of a difference. Like I  |
|      said earlier, the difficulty of brock ranges from the starter you  |
|      choose. If you choose Squirtle or Bulbasaur, both of Brock's       |
|      Pokemon will go down quick with either Vine Whip or Bubble (It does|
|      X4 the damage because of both the Rock and Ground types being weak |
|      to Water and Grass types.)                                         |
|                                                                         |
|      Unfortunatly, if you choose Charmander, it will either have to be  |
|      at a high level or a other pokemon to take brock on. Although      |
|      Butterfree has no special advantages over the two Pokemon, It's    |
|      Confusion is one of the only Non-Starter moves that can decently   |
|      damage Brock's Pokemon, while, a High Level Charmander, or         |
|      Charmeleon can do as much damage.                                  |
|                                                                         |
|      Now, onto Brock's Pokemon. Geodude mainly uses Defence Curl, a     |
|      attack that can Raise a Pokemon's defence up to 5 times in a       |
|      battle. For a physical attack, it uses the simple Tackle attack    |
|      to damage you. Onix has Tackle, Screech (A move that greatly       |
|      lowers defence) and Bide                                           |
|                                                                         |
|      Once you defeat Brock, you will get the TM for Bide, and the       |
|      badge, the boulder badge                                           |
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Once that is done, you can finally leave Pewter City. Go heal at the
Pokemon Center and continue east to Route 3.
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Route 3
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Quite a few trainers on Route 3, many of them have high level Pokemon.
If you are running low on health, go back to Pewter city and Heal (Although
there is a Pokemon Center at the end). You may want to catch a Spearow for
later, and a Jigglypuff if you want a decent normal type for now.
At the end of the route is a Pokemon Center, and the enterance to Mt. Moon.
Go heal at the center. Once you are ready (You want all your Pokemon to be
at least in the 10s), continue to Mt. Moon.
**Note: For a more interesting note, there is a man at the Pokemon Center
on route 3 selling a Magikarp. For all you newbies, Magikarp is
the most useless pokemon to use in combat, but there is a good
use for one at this point. Although it will be a dead weight right
now, Magikarp's evolution, Gyarados, is one one of the best pokemon
in the game, and since you can't catch them wild, and you can't
catch a Magikarp until the third gym, you may want to buy it and
level it up early, so you can have one by the 3rd gym, and at 500
bucks, it's a pretty good deal.
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Mt. Moon
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Your first major dungeon. Mt. Moon is a rather hard area that has many
passages and trainers, many of them ranging from level 10 to 16. Make
sure your pokemon are in the 10's and, at least level 14 for your starter.
Unfortunatly, all of the starters don't have much of a advantage, nor do
they have a disadvantage. The cave is a mixture of rock, normal, grass,
electirc, bug, and poison pokemon, meaning Fire will have somewhat of
a easier time, along with water, while grass pokemon (Hint: Bulbasaur)
will have some trouble.
In terms of catchable Pokemon, there are two pokemon you may want to
catch. Geodude, while weak at this point, evolve into the strong Gravler,
and trade evolve into Golem, so you may want to catch one if you have a
buddy to trade with. Clefairy are pretty exclusive here, and although they
are pretty useless, they are rare, so you want to catch one if you see it.
In terns if navigation, for the first floor:
Go up, right, up, right, up, left, down, left, up, left.
and it's pretty straightforward for the second floor. Beware though, the
second floor has a rocket member that has a Pre-Evolved Raticate, and it's
extremely strong, so avoid if possible. It also may be a good idea to buy
some Escape Ropes (Although it's a bit too late for that), in case your
Pokemon's HP run's low.
Once you get to the last stretch of the final floor, you will have to
face a psudo-boss (and it's forced to continue...anyways).
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|Trainer: Super Nerd                       Money: 300                     |
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|Pokemon: Grimer, Level 12 (Poison)                                       |
|         Voltorb, Level 12 (Electric)                                    |
|         Koffing, Level 12 (Poison)                                      |
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|Info: Nothing you really haven't faced before. The Grimer and Koffing are|
|      poison types, and since you don't have any moves or pokemon that   |
|      can counter that type at this point, use pure physical attacks.    |
|      The voltorb is a electric type, so it may be good to use a Geodude |
|      or even Nidoking/Queen (if you Nidoran evolved and you rushed to   |
|      use the Moon Stone...) Defeat him to proceed.                      |
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Once you defeat him, you will have your choice between the Dome fossil
(For Kabuto) and Helix fossil (Omanyte). If you ask me, get the Helix
fossil, but it won't make much of a difference until the end of the game.
Once you choosen, continue onward until you reach a ladder. Go down to the
next level, and continue down the path until you are on route 4.
**MAJOR NOTE: If you want to do anything in the first part of the region.
as in captureing certain pokemon, do it now. Once you go to
the longer part of route 4, you won't be comming back for a
while. Make sure you capture any Nidoran or Pikachu before
you continue to the 4th town.
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Route 4
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Pretty much empty on Route 4. Once you are ready to continue, jump past
the fence area and into the grass part to continue to Cerulean city.
In terms of Pokemon on this route, there is a difference between the two
versions. Blue trainers get the somewhat useful Sandshrew, which is useful
for the later battles, and red players get the somewhat useless Ekans.
There is a trainer on this route, but she can't be challenged until you
get surf and the sixth badge, so ignore her.
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Cerulean City
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The first REAL city of the game. Cerulean has a few things to do. You can
challenge the Gym Leader, Misty, right away, but unless you have a
Bulbasaur/Ivysaur or a high level Pikachu, you are in bad shape, and should
continue to Route 24 and the Nugget Bridge.
In other side quest, there is a old man next to the Pokemon Center who
wants a Poliwhirl for a Trade Only Jynx (Well, at least for the Red and
blue versions..) Since you cannot get a Poliwhirl yet, ignore his house.
There is a bike shop south of the old mans house that is selling bikes
for 1,000,000, but since your counter only goes up to 999,999 for money,
you will need another method of getting a bike.
Once you are done site-seeing, go to the Poke Center, heal, go by some
potions from the 'mart, and continue up north to Route 24.
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The Nugget Bridge: Pre - Route 24
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Although it is a part of Route 24, the Nugget Bridge is somewhat different
from the rest of the route. Only a few steps in, and you will have to
challenge your Rival, for the Second or Third time.
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|Boss: Rival                              Money: ???                      |
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|Pokemon: Pidgeotto, Level 17 (Flying/Normal)                             |
|         Rattata: Level 15 (Normal)                                      |
|         Abra: Level 15 (Psycic)                                         |
|         Starter: Level 17 (Grass/Poison, Water, or Fire)                |
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|Info: Well, your rival is a bit harder this time. Pidgeotto is a real    |
|      pain in the ass, although you can take it down with Electric       |
|      attacks (Pikachu), and Rock attacks (Geodude). The Rattata is just |
|      like every other rattata you faced, so deal with it the same way.  |
|      Abra is the easiest, since he cannot attack and can only use a wild|
|      pokemon-only move called Teleport, which does nothing in human     |
|      battle. His starter is rather strong, but still, pretty much the   |
|      same from your second fight with him. Deal with it the same way    |
|      back then, and with cold, hard, attack power. But anyways, if he   |
|      has a Bulbasaur, use flying moves. If he has a Squirtle, use       |
|      Electric moves. If he has charmander, use Water Gun (From Mt. Moon)|
|      or Gyrados if you have it.                                         |
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Once you beat  your rival, he  will give you The trainers voice itemhe head
back  to town and save. Head back  to the nugget  bridge and face all 6 of
the trainers.Once you beat the last one, you will get a useless, but nice
Nugget that you can sell for  5,000. Once that is  done, continue on to
the rest of route 24 and 25.
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Route 24
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Although you really can't tell the difference, past Nugget Bridge to the
right is Route 25. Only one non-Nugget Bridge trainer to battle, and he
is in the grass area.
More importantly, the pokemon. It is very important for players who don't
have a grass or strong electric pokemon (Namely people who choose Squirtle
and charmander) to catch a grass type. Red gets the somewhat weak Oddish,
while Blue gets the OK Bellsprout (Although Blue players have a easier
time, Bellsprout has the better moveset). And if you are able to, go
catch a abra. Although it is weak in it's current form, it can learn TM's
and evolve into the strong Kadabra, and Link Evolve into Alakazam.
Once your done raising your pokemon (Try to aim for the 14s and 16s),
continue to Route 25.
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Route 25
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Shitload of trainers on this route. Same pokemon as Route 24, so not much
use to go into detail. Your new objective, now, is to head to the house
at the end of the route. Once inside, talk to the monster to find out he
is a human named bill, turned horribly wrong by some machine.
Once he is inside the machine, go to his computer and press A. he will come
out and give you a Ticket to the S.S. Anne in Vermillion City. Once that
is done, head back to Cerulean, save, and head to the gym, next of the
Pokemon Center.
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Cerulean City Gym
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Unlike Brock's Gym, you cannot avoid all the trainers. You can avoid the
Male Jr. Trainer in the beginning by going around the other side, but you
are forced to battle the Female Jr. Trainer with the Goldeen. Talk to
Misty to start your next battle.
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|Gym Leader: Misty                      Money: 2079                       |
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|Pokemon: Staryu, Level 18 (Water)                                        |
|         Starmie, Level 21 (Water/Psycic)                                |
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|Info: Like Brock, Misty can be a complete bitch if you are low leveled or|
|      have a bad line up. Misty will start off with the weaker Staryu,   |
|      and move on to Starmie once you kill it. Now, lets go over teams.  |
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|      Once again, starters are a key factor for this battle. If you      |
|      choose Bulbasaur, you will have a extremely easy time. Make sure   |
|      he is at least level 16-18, meaning he should be a Ivysaur at this |
|      point. Squirtle and Charmander choosers will be left out in the    |
|      dust. It is key for those who did to have a Pikachu (if you took my|
|      advice earlier), or a grass pokemon (Oddish or Bellsprout, although|
|      Bellsprout is much better). Also, Butterfree can be useful IF it is|
|      at a high level.                                                   |
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Once you have all that completed (Not in that order, you can tackle the
gym at any time), head to the upper right of Cerulean City where the police
man was guarding. Go inside and into the back yard to start a fight with
a Team Rocket Member.
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|Trainer: Rocket                      Money: 510                          |
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|Pokemon: Machop, Level 17 (Fighting)                                     |
|         Drowzee, Level 17 (Psycic)                                      |
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|Info: Your first real fight against a variety of types besides Bug,      |
|      Normal, and so on. Machop goes down easy with Flying (Gust, Pidgey |
|      Pidgeotto), or Psycic (Kadabra). For Drowzee, use any Pokemon that |
|      has bite (Gyrados, if Magikarp evolved, and if you even bought     |
|      one...). Once that is done, you will get the TM for Dig.           |
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Once that is done, continue down to Route 5 and 6.
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Route 5
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Not much on Route 5. The Daycare is still there, along with some wild
Pokemon. The road to Saffron is still blocked, so you will have to wait
until you get to Celadon. The only thing else to do is go down the
Underground Route to Route 6.
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Route 6
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Bunch of Trainers on the route, although you only need to defeat one to
get into Vermillion City. Head north to reach Vermillion City
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Vermillion City
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Ah....old Vermllion. Anyways, there is quite a bit to do. You can get a old
rod from the man in the house next to the Pokecenter, but it only catches
Magikarp. You can get the Bike Voucher from the Pokemon Fanclub President
if you talk to him in the house directly north of the Gym. You can also
Trade a Spearow for a Farfech'd in a house next to the fanclub.
The main attractions in Vermillion are the S.S. Anne, Gym, and Diglett's
cave and Route 11. Before continueing, head to Route 11 and Diglett's cave
for some adventureing.
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Diglett's Cave
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A straightforward path to head back to Route 2. If you have cut, you can go
farther and get a few item's and head back to the beginning part of the
game. Once you exit the cave, you will find a house with a kid inside
looking to trade a Mr. Mime for Abra, and the Prof. Oak Assistent, (You need
cut to reach the gatehouse with him) who will give you the useless TM 05
(Flash), if you have 10 Pokemon. Once that is done, head back though
Digglet's cave and back to Vermillion.
**Warning: The diglett in the cave sometimes have a move that do not allow
you to escape, or change Pokemon. If you find one of these, you
will either have to catch it or defeat it to continue.
Once you catch a Diglett, or the rare Dugthio, head to the S.S. Anne in the
port part of Vermillion (To the south)
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S.S. Anne
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The one and only area of the game that you can only go to once, so make
sure you do and get everything before continueing on. The actual ship is
split into 3 main sections, and many smaller rooms. The smaller rooms
mostly have trainers and items in them. Fortunatly, you only need to do one
quick thing to continue, but you will be required to fight at least once.
Here is a strategy for people who want to do it both the quick way and the
short way:
::Short Way::
From the beginning, go to the left, and continue until you find a staircase
to the upper level. continue down the hall and keep on going on the path
until you run into your rival, and start the next battle....
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|Boss: Rival                              Money: ???                      |
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|Pokemon: Pidgeotto, Level 19 (Flying/Normal)                             |
|         Raticate: Level 16 (Normal)                                     |
|         Kadabra: Level 15 (Psycic)                                      |
|         Starter First Evolved Form: Level 20 (Grass/Poison, Water, or   |
|         Fire)                                                           |
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|Info: It seems that all of Gary's Pokemon have evolved, so the fight is  |
|      much tougher this time, but so are you. Kill Pidgeotto the same way|
|      you did last time (Electric/Rock/Ice, etc). Raticate is pretty much|
|      a stronger rattata, so do the same thing you did on him (Fighting/ |
|      etc). Kadabra is very different this time, now with GOOD attacks,  |
|      such as Confusion. For Kadabra, use a combination of Dark (Bite)   |
|      and any Ghost, if you have any. Finally, the starter is much       |
|      stronger this time, so use whatever time is the stroner (You should|
|      know by now...)                                                    |
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Once you have delt with your rival, continue on to the captains room. Talk
to him and cure him of his seasickness (Only need to talk to him) to get
HM 01 (Cut). Once you do that, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DONE EVERYTHING YOU WANT
TO DO ON THE SHIP. And once THAT is done, exit the ship to see it sail off
to the unknown. On to the Vermillion City Gym!
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Vermillion City Gym
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Ah...the TRUE electric gym. There are about 3 trainers here (and may I note
that they are in different locations..). Anyways, to reach Surge, you will
have to find 2 switches in the trash cans, but the problem is, if you find
one switch, and then not find the other in another one, the other one will
reset and change to a random trash can.
Small tip: Once you find one switch, click on the trashcan that is either
above, below, or to either side of it, since the next switch is ALWAYS in
one of those. Once you get both, the door to Lt. Surge will open, and the
Gym Battle will begin!
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|Gym Leader: Lt. Surge                      Money: 2367                   |
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|Pokemon: Voltorb, Level 21 (Electric)                                    |
|         Pikachu, Level 18 (Electric)                                    |
|         Raichu, Level 24 (Electirc)                                     |
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|Info: Surge has actually changed very little from the old days, only     |
|      offering the new Shock Wave move in his Pokemon's movesets. All 3  |
|      of his Pokemon are Electric, so Pokemon that are Ground Type's will|
|      have a easy time (Namely Diglett/Dugtrio, but Sandshrew and Geodude|
|      will do). It is HIGHLY recomended that you use Diglett in this     |
|      battle, since his new move Magnitutde will work wonders in this    |
|      battle.                                                            |
|                                                                         |
|      In terms of his Pokemon, Voltorb is EXTREMELY fast, and will       |
|      usually try to use either Thunderbolt or Sonic Boom (Deals 20 DMG).|
|      Pikachu and Raichu are also similar (Besides Sonic Boom) and will  |
|      usually try to Paralyze you before attacking. Once you beat surge, |
|      you will get the Thunder Badge, and the TM containing Thunderbolt. |
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Now that Vermillion is done, it is time to head Back to Cerulean.
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Route 5
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Go back to the area near the burgarlised house until you find a tree that
can be cut. Use it to continue on to Routes 9 and 10
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Route 9
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Quite a few Pokemon on the route, along with a few items. There are around
9 trainers here, so make sure you are on your toes. Get to the end to reach
Route 10.
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Route 10
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Only a single trainer here, a few Pokemon, A pokemon center, and the surf
route to the Power Plant (Ignore it for now). Make sure you have a Pokemon
that can use flash, and continue on to the Rock Tunnel.
**Tip: Make sure you bring all the revives, potions, and Escape Ropes you
can. Rock Tunnel has over 15 trainers here, and most of them are
in the low 20's. It is also recommended that all your Pokemon are
in the high 10's, and low 20's before you continue on.
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Rock Tunnel
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Shitload of trainers here, along with a rather long pathway. It is very
hard to navigate unless you have Flash, so make good use of it.
For a easy path from the beginning, head down, right, down, right, and up
until you find a ladder. For the second area, go down, left, up, left, up
right, up, right, up, right, up, left, and up until you find the ladder.
For the next area, go Down, Right, up and right until you find a ladder.
Once again, go left, down, left, up, left, up, and left until you find
the ladder.
For the final area, go left, down, right, down, left, up, left, down
and left until you find a ladder to the rest of route 10.
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Route 10
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Nothing but trainers here, continue down to Lavender town.
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Lavender Town
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Similar to Pallet Town, Lavender is rather small, but has quite a few
thrills. The Pokemon center is to the left of the enterance, the Pokemon
Shop is below Pokemon Tower, The Name Creator will create nicknames for
your Non-Traded Pokemon, and Mr. Fuji's house is above that (Although
it isn't important).
The main attraction, though, is Pokemon Tower, which is to the right
of the towns enterance. Although you can do little at this point, you
may want to go for a quick battle with your rival.
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Pokemon Tower
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Not much to do in Pokemon Tower until you go to Celadon, but there is a
good reason to go if your levels are in the mid 20's, your rival on the
first floor, and he is now in the middle of creating his team.
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|Boss: Rival                         Money: ???                           |
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|Team 1: Pidgeotto, Lv 25 (Normal/Flying)                                 |
|        Kadabra, Lv 20 (Psycic)                                          |
|        Gyrados, 23 (Flying/Water)                                       |
|        Exeggcute, 22 (Psycic/Grass)                                     |