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Pokémon Red and Blue

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Introduction

Main Goals

The main goals of the player in this game are two:

• Capture all 151 Pokémon in order to complete the Pokédex.
• Win the eight Gym Badges from the Gym Leaders to access and win the Pokémon League.

Game Start

The player receives one Pokémon from Prof. Oak, which must be trained to make it stronger in order to defeat other trainer's Pokémon in battle or to weaken wild Pokémon which can be captured with a special artifact called Pokéball.

Every Pokémon that wins a battle receives Experience Points, which allow it to grow, achieving new levels, learning new, more powerful movements, and even evolving into greater, bigger Pokémon.

To help the trainer in his mission, there are objects which can be used to restore health to Pokémon or cure them from Special Conditions such as Confusion or Paralysis.

Version Differences

Pokémon not available

Some Pokémon are exclusive to either Pokémon Red or Pokémon Blue, and must be traded from another game if you have the other version.

Pokémon exclusive to Pokémon Red

• 023 - Ekans
• 024 - Arbok

• 043 - Oddish
• 044 - Gloom
• 045 - Vileplume
• 056 - Mankey
• 057 - Primeape
• 058 - Growlithe
• 059 - Arcanine
• 123 - Scyther
• 125 - Electabuzz

Pokémon exclusive to Pokémon Blue

• 027 - Sandshrew
• 028 - Sandslash
• 037 - Vulpix
• 038 - Ninetales
• 052 - Meowth
• 053 - Persian
• 069 - Bellsprout
• 070 - Weepinbell
• 071 - Victreebel
• 126 - Magmar
• 127 - Pinsir

Starting out

Kanto

The adventures in Pokémon Blue take place in the land of Kanto. This includes many cities and routes that the trainer must visit.

Beginning the game

Choose the New Game option in the menu which appears after the presentation. After setting your and your opponent's name, the game shall begin with you appearing in your room in Pallet Town. The first thing to do is to withdraw the Potion which you shall find stored in your computer.

After that, it's time to go! Explore Pallet Town a bit and you'll find your house, your rival's house and Professor Oak's lab.

Professor Oak's not in his lab, so you'll have to go to look for him somewhere else. The water-barred route to the south is not an option, so the only choice is to go north.

Once you step on the grass, Professor Oak shall appear yelling at you how dangerous is the path to the north, and he'll bring you to his lab, where his grandson (your rival) is awaiting. After a bit of talk, he'll grant you the chance to choose between one of the three starter Pokémon of this game: Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur.

• Charmander has the strongest Attack and Speed of them. By contrast, his defence is weak.
• Squirtle has the greatest level of defence. It also learns the best variety of attacks. Nevertheless, it is quite slow.
• Bulbasaur is the best with Hit Points and Special Attack. On the other hand, it learns few good attacks by itself.

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  Bulbasaur

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  Charmander

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  Squirtle

Whatever Pokémon you choose, your opponent shall select the one which has type advantage over yours. After you have both chosen your starter Pokémon, your rival shall challenge you to a battle to test your newly received Pokémon.

In this first combat, an agressive tactic is the best. Charmander's Scratch and Bulbasaur and Squirtle's Tackle are the best moves here. Keep on using damaging moves against the opponent's Pokémon, and don't forget to use the Potion you withdrew earlier from the PC if it is necessary, using it to restore up to 20 HP to your Pokémon (even though you lose a turn). Following this strategy, you should be able to beat the other Pokémon and win your first battle.

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Route 1

After defeating your rival, you can leave Pallet Town by heading north. This will bring you to Route 1, the first of many numbered Routes that connect the cities and towns in Kanto. Travel north, zig-zagging left and right as you go. Route 1 is home to a number of ledges: small cliffs that you can jump over if moving south, but not if heading north.

Route 1 will where you will see (and walk through) your first patches of tall grass. The most common way of encountering wild Pokémon is through walking through tall grass. When you are standing inside the grass, the game will check for the chance of an encounter every step you take. Unfortunately, you have no Pokéballs right now, so you cannot catch any of the Pokémon you meet. The Pokémon you will encounter in this and other Routes are listed in a separate section.

The first man you see on this Route will give you a Potion if you talk to him.

Viridian City

This is the first urban area you will enter after leaving Pallet Town. The first building you will come to will be a Pokémon Center. Northeast of the Pokémon Center is the Pokémart. Usually a Pokémart would sell you goods like Pokéballs or recovery items. However, the first time you talk to the proprietor, he will give you a package to deliver to Professor Oak. Until the package is delivered, he will sell you nothing.

If you continue north of the Pokémon Center, you will eventually run into a man who has fallen down, in a rather inconvenient place. You cannot proceed north past this area at this time. To the west you will find Route 22, but since you still can’t catch any Pokémon, there is little reason to go there.

Next to the pond you will find an object that looks like a tree with two branches. This is a Cut tree, sometimes referred to as a bush. Until later in your adventure, Cut trees are impassible obstacles. If you search the town, you can find a back pathway that dead-ends at another Cut tree. However, when you reach the end, you will see a Pokéball on the ground. This is an item. Examine it (face it and press A), and you will find that it is a Potion, now yours to keep.

The Pokémon Center

A Pokémon Center is a very useful place. If you enter the Pokémon Center and talk to the first attendant (closest to the entrance), she will heal all your Pokémon for you, for free. Your Pokémon will no longer be fainted, will all have full HP, and will also have full PP (a statistic that controls how much you can use a single move in battle). You can do this any time you wish.

Return to Pallet Town

This is as far as we can go towards our adventure at this point. Talk to the man in the Pokémart to receive Professor Oak’s package, then return south to Pallet Town, back down Route 1. When you give the package to the Professor, your rival will enter. However, he is not interested in battling this time. Professor Oak will give him, and you, a Pokédex. The Pokédex contains a screen for each and every Pokémon in existence. (In this game, there are 151.) However, until you catch the Pokémon, its page will not appear. Completing the Pokédex is one of the things you can do after you beat the game, but since that there are some Pokémon that don’t exist in a game. You will need to trade (using a Game Boy Link Cable) with another copy of Pokémon Red and Blue that has caught one of these Pokémon. Some Pokémon, namely the starter Pokémon and their evolutions, cannot be caught at all save for the one you received when you began your adventure.

At this point, Professor Oak will now give you five Poké Balls. Now that you have these, you can catch the wild Pokémon you meet, not just battle them.

Before you leave Pallet Town, enter your rival’s house (due north of Professor Oak’s lab). Inside you will find your rival’s sister. If you talk to her, she will give you the Town Map. This item displays a map of the Kanto region (the same one listed at the top of this page, in fact) and lists your current location.

Boulder Badge

Starting your journey for real

Now your journey truly begins. Return north to Viridian City.

Remember the Poké Mart? They will now sell you items such as a Potion or a Poké Ball. You can learn more about the various status conditions by examining the blackboard in the house north of the Pokémon Center (the Pokémon School).

If you go further north, you will see that the man who had fallen has now gotten back up. You are now free to proceed to Viridian City’s north exit. If you talk to him, he will give you a short tutorial on how to use Poké Balls. Unfortunately, the Gym in this town is closed. The Gym Leader is apparently elsewhere.

Side trip: Route 22

If you are interested in a side trip, there is another direction you can take out of Viridian City. At the west side of the city you’ll find the path to Route 22. Shortly after you enter Route 22, you will find a patch of tall grass. Unlike the tall grass in Route 1, you can encounter Nidoran♂ and Nidoran♀ (not the same species).

If you walk farther into the Route past the tall grass, you will encounter your rival and have a battle with him. He has a Lv.9 Pidgey and the same Pokémon he chose at Professor Oak’s lab, now Lv.8. If you defeat him, you will receive •280. (Every Trainer in the game gives you a set amount of money when you defeat them.) If you proceed even farther west, you will encounter the Pokémon League Gate. You cannot travel any further in this direction until late in the game.

Route 2

Your real direction, however, is north to Route 2. You will pass three Cut trees, and there will be another patch of tall grass here as well. In addition to the usual Pidgey and Rattata, you can also encounter either Weedle (if you are playing Pokémon Red) or Caterpie (if you are playing Pokémon Blue). At the north side of the Route, you will encounter a building. Walk into it and straight out the other side and you will be in Viridian Forest.

Viridian Forest

In this area you will find your first enemy Trainers: people who will walk up to you when you step into their line of sight and challenge you to a battle. There are three enemy Trainers in Viridian Forest.

Viridian Forest is large and sprawling, and you can find many more Pokémon here than you can on the previous Routes. There are also three items hidden in Viridian Forest. This is the best way to traverse Viridian Forest:

1. Starting at the tree you see at the entrance, go north and west through the tall grass. You will find a Poké Ball here.
2. Return to the entrance tree and go east, then north past the patch of tall grass. You will encounter an enemy Trainer here.
3. Either continue north through the grass, and battle another enemy Trainer at the end, or take the east path and bypass the area.
4. Just before you get to a fork in the road, you will find an Antidote. The decision of which path you take at this fork is meaningless. The east path simply winds around a bit before rejoining the west path. Head west and south; then zig-zag north and south until you reach another fork.
5. Head east at this fork to find a dead-end and a Potion.
6. Continue following the west path and, after defeating the third and final enemy Trainer in the area, make your way north to the exit.

After a very short jaunt up the other side of Route 2 (passing another Cut tree as you go), you will arrive in Pewter City.

Pewter City

Pewter City is the location of the first Pokémon Gym. This city is large and more open than Viridian City, with only two houses and a lot of open area. The large building at the north side of the city is the Pewter City Museum. If you try to enter, you will be charged •50 admission. There is absolutely no reason for you to need to do this. You’ll also notice a back door to the Museum, off to the right, but it is blocked by yet another Cut tree.

The other exit to Pewter City is to the east, but you’ll have to earn your first Gym badge before you can proceed that way. Be sure to heal at the Pokémon Center before entering the Pokémon Gym. If you are defeated, you will return to the last Pokémon Center you visited; it would stink to end up all the way back at Viridian City!

Pewter City Gym

The Pewter City Gym is very small, and contains mostly rocks. There is one enemy Trainer between you and Brock (although you can bypass him if you want). Oddly, despite this being the Rock-type Gym, the Trainer here uses only Ground-type Pokémon. (Even more strangely, none of the Pokémon in this Gym know any Ground-type or Rock-type moves.) Please see the Enemy Trainers section of this guide for information on the Pokémon you will encounter in this Gym.

Boss — Brock (•1385 reward)

1. Level 12 Geodude
2. Level 12 Onix

After you defeat Brock, you will receive the Boulder Badge, the first of eight Gym Badges you will need to earn to battle the Elite Four and Champion. Receiving the Boulder Badge will also give your Pokémon a 12.5% attack boost (for in-game battles only). It also permits you to use HM 05 (Flash) outside of battle, although you will not be able to do so until you receive the item much later in the game. You will also be given TM 34 (Bide), which is a move that Brock will use in battle.

Cascade Badge

Route 3

After defeating Brock, the man who was blocking the east exit from Pewter City will be gone. This leads to Route 3. The first part of this area is home to eight enemy Trainers in close proximity to each other. You will find a patch of tall grass near the eighth Trainer. After that, the Route opens up. There will be a man (but who is not an enemy Trainer) standing next to a sign and a patch of tall grass. Head north from here. You will soon encounter a Pokémon Center, out in the middle of nowhere. To the east of the building is a cave entrance.

Inside this Pokémon Center is a man who will offer to sell you a Magikarp for •500. This is not that good a deal, because later in the game you will receive the Old Rod, which can catch an infinite number of Magikarp at any watered area.

When you’re ready, enter the cave.

Mt. Moon

Mt. Moon is a large cave, with many tunnels and three floors to explore. This is the most effective way to fully conquer Mount Moon:

1. Starting at the entrance to the cave, go north until you reach the sign. The large room to the west contains TM 12 (Water Gun) and a Potion, as well as one enemy Trainer.
2. Return to the sign and go east, past another enemy Trainer. You will soon encounter a ladder. Step on the ladder and you will climb down to the next floor.
3. The first basement floor of Mount Moon is nothing but a collection of straight tunnels. Traverse the one you’re in and continue down the next ladder.
4. You will arrive in an enclosed area with an enemy Trainer, the first member of Team Rocket you will battle in this game. Past him is a small pedestal area that holds an HP Up.
5. Go back up both ladders, then head south. This part of the cave contains two enemy Trainers and three items: a Potion in the southwest corner, a Rare Candy in the southeast corner, and an Escape Rope north of there. Continue north past where you find the Escape Rope.
6. To the northwest there will be another ladder. Go down it, traverse the straight cave, and go down again. You will now be in a different enclosed area on the lowest floor of Mount Moon. Here you will find another member of Team Rocket, TM 01 (Mega Punch) on the pedestal, and behind the rock to the east, an Ether.
7. Go back up the ladders. Continue down the path until you reach the large room. In the northeast corner is an enemy Trainer, a valuable Moon Stone in the very corner, and another ladder down.
8. Go down the ladders. You will now be standing on a raised platform near where you found TM 01. Follow the path all the way around, battling two Team Rocket members as you go. Past the second Team Rocket member is a doorway-like formation. Immediately after you pass through it, go east. You will see a small, one-tile-sized dead-end passage. Enter this passage and examine the tile closest to the wall. Even though you can’t see it, you will find another Moon Stone here.
9. Go up the stairs. The enemy Trainer you battle here will be, interestingly, not a Rocket. He is the last enemy Trainer in Mount Moon. After you defeat him, you will be offered the choice of one of two items: the Dome Fossil and the Helix Fossil. Both items, while worthless right now, can be exchanged towards the end of the game to receive a Pokémon you can’t get anywhere else: The Dome Fossil will yield a Kabuto, while the Helix fossil turns into an Omanyte. Whichever fossil you do not choose is lost forever.
10. Past there, you will find another ladder. At the end of one more straight cave, you will find that when you step on the last ladder you will exit the cave onto a new Route.

Note that the Escape Rope you find here can be a useful item. If you use it, you will immediately be teleported out of wherever you are in the cave and respawn at the Pokémon Center just outside Mt. Moon. (You will have to walk back to where you were, though.)

Route 4

This large, open route is your last step before reaching Cerulean City. There are two items here. The first is TM 04 (Whirlwind), which is in plain sight on top of a hill. The other item, a Great Ball, is hidden. Just as you leave Mt. Moon, go northeast to find a sort of plateau made of ledges; the item is hidden somewhere in the middle.

Once you reach the far side of Route 4, you will have to jump a ledge that you cannot then climb up again. Once you do so, you will be trapped in the area around Cerulean City. There is a small patch of tall grass here, if you need to train your Pokémon.

Cerulean City

Cerulean City is the same size as Pewter City, but is much more dense. There are four exits from this city; you came from the west one. The north exit leads to Route 24. The east and south exits are currently inaccessible.

You will find the Bike Shop in the southwestern corner of the town. You might think that the bike is impossible to obtain, since they are charging •1 million for it and the maximum money you can hold at any one time is •999,999. However, you will soon receive a Bike Coupon that you can use here.

Cerulean City Gym

The Cerulean City Gym is a series of platforms over a large pool. There are two enemy Trainers between you and Misty; the first can be avoided. The Trainers here use Water-type Pokémon. Please see the Enemy Trainers section of this guide for information on the Pokémon you will encounter in this Gym.

Boss — Misty (•2079 reward)

1. Level 18 Staryu
2. Level 21 Starmie

After you defeat Misty, you will receive the Cascade Badge. While receiving the Cascade Badge does not grant any boost in battle, it enables you to use traded Pokémon up to level 30. (If you trade in a Pokémon of higher level than this, it will refuse to attack in battle.) This badge also grants you the ability to use the Cut move outside of battle. You will also receive TM 11 (Bubblebeam).

Thunder Badge

Route 24

After leaving the Cerulean City Gym with your Cascade Badge, be sure to heal up at the Pokémon Center. When you’re ready, go to Cerulean City’s north exit, where you will run into your rival, who will immediately challenge you to a battle.

Boss — Rival

1. Level 18 Pidgeotto
2. Level 15 Rattata
3. Level 15 Abra
4. Rival’s starter (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, or Charmander, depending on which Pokémon you chose in Pallet Town) at Level 17

Once you have defeated him, heal again and exit Cerulean City. You will pass over a bridge with five Jr. Trainers on it. Defeat each one in turn, and when you get to the far end of the bridge, a man will reveal himself to you as a Rocket. After defeating him, he will give you a Nugget. This item can be sold at any Poké Mart for a large amount of money. There is one more enemy Trainer in a patch of tall grass to the west.

Route 25

Route 25 is dense and features nine enemy Trainers. There is only a small patch of tall grass on this Route, at the beginning. Proceed east, weaving through the maze of trees. About halfway through you will find another Cut tree. Normally, the item beyond would be inaccessible, but if you plan ahead you can get it early. When fighting the Jr. Trainer, ensure you are as far south of him as possible when walking into his line of sight, so that you can slip around him and through the gap where he stood. You will then find TM 19 (Seismic Toss).

Immediately to the northeast of the first enemy Trainer on this Route, you will see a small, seemingly useless path between the rock wall and the trees. However, if you examine the wall at the far end of the path, you will find a hidden Elixir. You can also find a hidden Ether a few squares due east of the last enemy Trainer.

Once you get to the end of the Route, you will find a house. Enter it. You will find an unusual situation inside. Help resolve it by examining the computer when prompted. You will then meet Bill, the person who runs the PC Storage System you’ve been using at the Pokémon Center (“Someone’s PC”); from here on it will be listed as Bill’s PC. He will give you an S.S. Ticket. This item will be required soon. South of Bill’s house, you will find a straight path that leads back to Cerulean City.

The Burglar of Cerulean City

Upon returning to Cerulean City, go to the house in the northeast corner that was blocked off. Turns out that someone burgled this house, and that someone is a Rocket. You must defeat him to continue. Once you do so, cut through the house’s yard and depart Cerulean City to the south.

Route 5

The two straight paths out of Cerulean City are not actually the way you want to take. In between them, a series of ledges and tall-grass patches will lead you to the Pokémon Daycare. If you drop a Pokémon off here, it will gain one point of EXP for every step you take. When you return, it will hopefully be of a higher level. Note that if the Pokémon learns a move during the process of leveling up, and an existing move must be forgotten, the computer will choose which move to delete, or to keep all four existing moves. You have no control over this. However, if you purchased that Magikarp back in Route 3, you can drop it off here and return to a Gyarados. You will be charged •100 for every level your Pokémon has gained when you withdraw them from the daycare.

South of there you will find a small building to the east, and a large one to the south. The south building is a gate leading to Saffron City. Unfortunately, the gate is closed and you cannot enter. Therefore, enter the small building instead, and you will discover one of two tunnels that exist in Kanto. Both allow you to pass underneath Saffron City to the other side. The tunnel is long and straight, but not completely featureless. You can find a Full Restore hidden on the ground two tiles due west of the stairs at the north entrance to the tunnel, and an X Special two tiles east and six north of the stairs at the south end of the tunnel.

Route 6

You will emerge on Route 6, to the south of Saffron City. There will be another closed gate building to the north. Ignore it and go south instead. You will find a lot of tall grass here, as well as six enemy Trainers. After you pass through Route 6, you will arrive at Vermilion City.

Vermilion City

Vermilion City is a large port city, and the site of your next Gym. The Pokémon Center is to the west, just after you enter town. Inside the building west of that, one of the men will give you an Old Rod. This item of dubious utility enables you to fish at any body of water. Unfortunately, the only thing it will ever catch is Magikarp. You will receive better fishing rods later.

The Pokémon Gym in this area is block off by a Cut tree. We will be able to deal with this shortly. North of that building is the Pokémon Fan Club. The president of this group likes to brag. Listen to his spiel and he will give you a Bike Voucher. When we return to Cerulean City, we can give this to the Bike Shop to receive a Bike!

If you stand at the door to the Pokémon Fan Club and walk five squares east, then two squares north, you may be able to find a hidden Max Ether.

Perhaps most importantly, the building immediately east of the Fan Club houses a trading opportunity. If you are willing to part with a Spearow, a person in this house will give you a Farfetch’d. This is the only way you’ll ever be able to meet a Farfetch’d, and it is the only one you can ever get. While Farfetch’d is not very useful in battle, he can learn the Cut HM and the Fly HM. This will be important, and useful, in just a bit.

Boarding the S.S. Anne

Currently docked at the pier at the south end if the city is the cruise ship S.S. Anne. Assuming you have the S.S. Ticket (and you wouldn’t be able to be here if you didn’t), the doorman will let you board the liner.

The S.S. Anne is a unique area. It is only available for a short period of time. At the end of this area, you will receive the Cut HM from the ship’s captain. Once you do that, after you leave the vessel it will depart, and you will never be able to enter it again. Given that there are two TMs here to be collected, a good search of this vessel is an excellent idea, not just for the EXP. (Note that, until you receive the HM, you can enter and leave the ship as you please.) If you explore the ship as narrated below, you will battle every enemy Trainer and obtain every item on the ship.

The main deck of the ship (where the entrance is) has five rooms to the west of the entrance and one to the east. Let’s number these rooms 1–6 (where room 1 is on the western side of the ship). Rooms 1 and 3 contain little of interest. Room 2 contains two enemy Trainers, and, past them, TM 08. Room 4 contains a woman who will heal your Pokémon when you talk to her, just like at a Pokémon Center. Rooms 5 and 6 contain one enemy Trainer.

But this is only the first deck! If you proceed to the right past Room 5, you will find a staircase down to the basement. Numbering from 1–5 from the left, Room 1 contains two enemy Trainers. Room two contains one enemy Trainer and TM 44 (Rest). Room 3 contains an enemy Trainer and an Ether. Room 4 contains two enemy Trainers, and Room 5 contains a Max Potion.

Returning to the main deck, if you go left instead, you will reach stairs going up and a corridor to the south. The south path leads to the kitchen, a large open area with no enemy Trainers. However, going there is not entirely pointless; if you search the trash cans, one of them contains a Great Ball.

On the upper deck of the S.S. Anne, you will first find more stairs going up. If you take them, you will be on the lido deck, which extends to the S.S. Anne’s prow. Two enemy Trainers can be found there. You will also find six more rooms. Numbering them as before, you will find only that Rooms 2 and 4 contain anything of interest. Room 2 contains two enemy Trainers and a Max Ether. Room 4 contains two more enemy Trainers and a Rare Candy.

Before proceeding to the east beyond Room 6 here, return to the main deck and heal your Pokémon in Room 4, for you have a boss battle coming up. When you are ready, move past the last room to encounter your rival. After a short speech, he will battle you.

Boss — Rival

• Level 19 Pidgeotto
• Level 18 Kadabra
• Level 16 Radicate
• Level 22 evolved form of his starter (either Ivysaur, Charmeleon, or Wartortle, depending on which Pokémon you chose in Pallet Town).

Past the rival battle, the corridor turns north and you see a final set of stairs. Take these and you will be in the captain’s cabin. The captain does not battle you; speak to him and he will give you, after a bit of chatter, HM 01 (Cut). Once he gives you this item, be aware that the S.S. Anne will sail away forever when you next step off the ship. If you have been following the sequence above, you should be good to go here.

Vermilion City Gym

Unlike a TM (which teaches a specific move to one of your Pokémon, once), an HM is multiple-use. You use these items to teach moves to Pokémon as many times as you want. Furthermore, all HMs have what are called field effects. These are ways you can affect your environment outside of battle. The field effect for Cut allows you to remove the Cut trees you have been seeing all over the region, most notably in front of the Vermilion City Gym. Note that if you put a Pokémon that knows an HM in the PC storage system, you will no longer be able to use that field effect until you take it back out or teach it to another Pokémon.

Inside the Vermilion City Gym, you will find three enemy Trainers and the Gym Leader. Please see the Enemy Trainers section of this guide for information on the Pokémon you will encounter in this Gym. To reach the Gym Leader, you must find and press two switches. You do this by examining the trash cans sprinkled liberally around the room. The location of the first switch is random. The location of the second switch is also random, but it is certain to be in the can either directly north, west, east, or south of the first switch. If you do not find the second switch on your first try, the first switch will move to another random location.

Boss — Lt. Surge (•2376 reward)

1. Level 21 Voltorb
2. Level 18 Pikachu
3. Level 24 Raichu

After you defeat Lt. Surge, you will receive the Thunder Badge. Receiving this badge will give your Pokémon a 12.5% speed boost in battle (for in-game battles only). You will also be given TM 24 (Thunderbolt).

To Lavender Town

Vermilion City

Your next destination is Lavender Town. The fastest way there is via Route 11, to the east of Vermilion City.

Route 11

This Route has paved pathways, lots of tall grass, and no fewer than 10 enemy Trainers. The small cave you see at the beginning of the Route does not lead to Lavender Town, so skip that for now. Towards the east end of the Route you will see an enemy Trainer looking at a bush. If you examine this bush, you will find an Escape Rope.

You will reach a small gatehouse at the east end of the Route. Be sure to go upstairs, as there you will find one of Professor Oak’s assistants. Check the “Owned” number in your Pokédex. If this number is 30 or more, talk to him and he will give you the Itemfinder, which helps pinpoint the locations of hidden items. You will also find an individual willing to trade a Nidorido for a Nidorida. Continue east.

Route 12

Uh oh… what’s this? It seems that a giant Pokémon called Snorlax has fallen asleep in the most inconvenient spot in all of Kanto. You will need a special item to wake him that you do not have. We must turn back, unfortunately. Go back down Route 11, and this time enter the small cave you passed by earlier.

Diglett’s Cave

This small cave is a straight line (well, a diagonal line) connecting Vermilion City to Route 2. It is completely featureless except for the prodigious amount of wild Diglett you will encounter. A Flying-type Pokémon may be your friend here.

Route 2

You will emerge from the cave not far from the north entrance to Viridian Forest. Except, this time, you are located on the other side of those maddening Cut trees you saw when you first came through here. Go due south from the cave entrance. Inside the house, you will find a man who wants an Abra. These common but obnoxious Pokémon flee whenever you try to battle them. If you happen to have a spare one (that hasn’t evolved), you can trade your Abra for Mr. Mime, the only Mr. Mime in the game. Continue south.

Inside the larger building, you will find another of Professor Oak’s aides. If you have a full team of six, plus at least four Pokémon in the PC box (ten or more Pokémon overall), talk to him and he will give you HM 05 (Flash). You will need this soon.

South of there, you will find an HP Up and after that a rare Moon Stone. At this point, since you’re in the neighborhood, let’s do a bit of backtracking. Since you now have Cut, you can destroy the Cut trees to travel around (rather than through) Viridian Forest.

Viridian City

Remember this place? The Gym is still closed. But that’s OK; we’re here for something else. In the southwest corner of the city is a pool of water and a man behind a Cut tree. Destroy this Cut tree and talk to him. He will give you TM 42 (Dream Eater). Now head back north.

Pewter City

Remember the back door to the Pewter City museum? We can now get into that, too. Destroy the Cut tree and enter the building. Inside, one of the researchers will give you an Old Amber. This item works just like the Dome Fossil and the Helix Fossil you saw back in Mt. Moon. If you take this item to a lab in a distant town, you will receive a Pokémon found nowhere else. You now need to return to Cerulean City. You can either go east through Mt. Moon, or back through Diglett’s Cave and north using the underground tunnel.

Cerulean City

Exit east this time. You will find a Cut tree; dispose of it.

Route 9

This Route has a lot of ledges and a lot of enemy Trainers. You will have to take a roundabout path to reach the patch of tall grass you may see just after entering the Route. Due south of the first enemy Trainer, you will find TM 30 (Teleport). If you do wander about in the tall grass on this route, be sure to examine the lone tree at the end of the ledge. You’ll find an Ether hidden there.

Route 10

Now this is interesting. There is only one enemy Trainer on this route, but if you go all the way south you can see a huge building. This is the Power Plant. Sadly, the only way you can reach the Power Plant is via the river that runs down the east end of this Route, but you can’t swim. Remember this place well, though, as a Legendary Pokémon hides within it.

You will find a Super Potion hidden in the cliff face immediately to the east of the cave entrance.

Rock Tunnel

Get ready for another cave. Unlike Mt. Moon, however, you can’t see a thing! It’s pitch black in here. This is the place where the HM for Flash comes in handy. Teach it to a Pokémon and use it to light up the cave. There is little to do in this area except move through it or stay and catch Pokémon. Here is the fastest path to the other side:

1. Head east, then south at the fork, past the enemy Trainer. (The east path is a dead end.)
2. Go down the ladder you find at the end.
3. Go west out of this room; you will find another enemy Trainer here. At the fork, go north; west is a dead end.
4. Follow the winding trail until you reach another fork in the northeast. Pick either path; they both lead to the same place and both have one enemy Trainer each.
5. Go up the ladder.
6. Go south. If you avoid the enemy Trainer here by going west, you will have to fight a different one. Both paths rejoin in an open area. You will find a ladder down the north path.
7. Go down the ladder.
8. Go west until you get to the fork; turn south. Go west at the next fork. Then go north and, immediately after that, west again. Go north from there and you will reach another ladder.
9. Go up the ladder.
10. Follow the winding path until you reach a fork; go west.
11. At the south side of this room you will find the exit!

Route 10 (southern part)

You will emerge from the cave right next to an enemy Trainer. Go east instead and search the very conspicuous rock to find a Max Ether. Then go south and you’ll finally reach Lavender Town.

Lavender Town

Finally, a Pokémon Center! Be sure to check out the Poké Mart here, as it sells several new items. This includes the Great Ball (more effective at catching a Pokémon than a regular Poké Ball) and the object called a Revive (use it on a fainted Pokémon and it will un-faint and regain half its health).

In the southeast of the three houses in this town, you will find a man called the Name Rater. This apparent eccentric actually serves a very useful purpose: editing (or adding) the nicknames you give to Pokémon when you catch them.

The house at the center of town is the residence of a kind old man named Fuji. He has mysteriously disappeared.

The large tower to the northeast is Pokémon Tower. You are not intended to explore the tower at this point in the game. If you do, you will run into a rival battle (balanced for a more powerful team than yours is now), and past that you will find that the ghosts inhabiting the tower make progress impossible. You will have to come back later.

Rainbow Badge

Route 8

When you’re ready to leave Lavender Town, use the west exit. (The south exit will take you past a lot of water and bridges until you get stuck at that same Snorlax you saw earlier.)

Head due west on Route 8. If you follow the paved road, you will encounter seven enemy Trainers on the way, plus two more in the clearing at the end. There is tall grass here, but you will need to remove Cut trees to access it.

At the west end of Route 8 you find a third entrance to Saffron City — and you can’t get in this way, either! This is getting to be annoying. Thankfully, the smaller house nearby contains another underground tunnel, like the one that you traveled through on your way to get the Thunder Badge. There are two items hidden here as well. The first item, a Nugget, can be found in the bottommost “row” of tiles, thirty-five tiles west of the entrance. The other, an Elixir, can be found in the second row, nineteen tiles east of the west exit.

Route 7

Route 7 is a very small Route on the west side of Saffron City. You’ll find one last entrance to the city here, blocked off as usual. Saffron City is completely inaccessible for some reason. Your only clue as to why are that the guards blocking your way are thirsty. What might that mean?

Pass by the patch of tall grass and head northwest to enter Celadon City.

Celadon City

This large city is home to several tourist attractions: the Celadon City Gym, the Department Store, and the Game Corner (casino). As you enter, go around the back of the Pokémon Center and west after you pass through the tree line. The next gap in the trees that you will see is a back entrance to that building. Head all the way up to the top floor and you will reach a person who will give you an Eevee, the only one in the game. Eevee is notable for having three different evolutions (and even more in later generations), but it does not evolve on its own. To evolve an Eevee, use any evolutionary stone on it except for the Moon Stone, which Eevee does not respond to. Conveniently enough, you can buy these stones at the Department Store.

If you enter through the front door of that building, you will reach Game Freak. This recurring trope in Pokémon games has a man waiting to give you a prize if you can show him a Pokédex with all 151 Pokémon “seen” in it. This is blatantly impossible. Pokémon #151, Mew, is what is called an event legendary. These Pokémon were only released at certain limited-time real-world events back in the 1990s. It is impossible to catch a Mew today, and you will need one to satisfy this man. Just forget about it.

Skip the Game Corner for now. We’ve got a Gym to beat.

Celadon City Gym

This Gym is very small. Erika, the Gym Leader, is standing inside an enclosed area at the top of the room along with three other enemy Trainers. There are four more around the perimeter of this area. You will need to dispose of a Cut tree to get to the Gym Leader. As always, see the Enemy Trainers section of this guide for information on the Pokémon you will encounter in this Gym.

Boss — Erika (•2871 reward)

• Level 19 Victreebell
• Level 24 Tangela
• Level 29 Vileplume

After you defeat Erika, you will receive the Rainbow Badge as well as TM 21 (Mega Drain). Possession of the Rainbow Badge grants you the ability to control traded Pokémon up to level 50.

Rocket Hideout

Don’t even think about leaving Celadon. If you try to exit to the west, you will find another extremely inconveniently placed sleeping Snorlax. Instead, let’s look at the town’s other attractions.

There is something fishy going on in this town. Go to the local diner (in the southeast) and chat up the clientele. Something very suspicious indeed, and no one can agree on what. If you try the shipping warehouse next door, you will learn that this depot is shipping over 2,000 Pokémon a month, most to be given as prizes at the Game Corner. One of the men says that any suspicious activity has absolutely nothing to do with the man standing in front of the poster inside the Game Corner. Nothing at all!

The fool. Go to the Game Corner. Talk to the man. He will turn out to be a Rocket. Defeat him and he will flee. Now examine the poster he was standing in front of, and a staircase will magically appear to the east. Welcome to…

The Rocket Hideout

You’ve stumbled upon Team Rocket’s secret base! It is your responsibility as protagonist to thwart whatever evil schemes Team Rocket might be planning. Let’s get to it!

This is a large area, with many branching paths, and many hidden items. Team Rocket must be running some very profitable scams, as virtually every item in their base is rare or valuable.

Rooting out Team Rocket completely will take a lot of time because their base is something of a labyrinth. If you follow this path, you will defeat every Rocket and collect every item in the area, and then defeat the mob boss leading this whole operation.

Go south into the large hallway. To the west is a Rocket, and, in the room behind him, an Escape Rope. To the east there is a room guarded by another Rocket. There is nothing in this room except a strange door that you cannot open. This will be your exit from the hideout once you’re finished here. In between these two rooms you will find an area with many potted plants. Examine the bottommost plant on the right side to find a hidden PP Up. Now go down the stairs to the second level.

You will now see one of the game’s most complex puzzles: directional pads. After you defeat the Rocket standing near the stairs, look at the area between the walls. Directional pads have arrows on them, and if you step on one, you will be launched in that direction, traveling in a straight line until you either hit another directional pad, or a stop pad that looks like four squares.

Here is a path through this maze that will enable you to collect every item within it:

1. Step on the bottom of the two tiles pointing left. You will hit a stop tile in the room’s northwest corner. Backtrack the way you came in on foot, and you will reach a nook containing a Nugget.
2. Step on any of the directional pads to return to where you were before. You might see an item ball hidden in a cranny, and you can get there on foot by going south. This is a Moon Stone.
3. Step on the topmost of the three right-pointing directional pads. You will land near another item ball, containing TM 07 (Horn Drill). Team Rocket is sure involved in some profitable scams for them to have this many valuable items just laying around!
4. Return again to the northwest corner. Of the two right-pointing pads here (not the one that you just stepped on), take the top one. When you land, go straight east. Once you stop, go west. You will now find two left-pointing pads on top of each other. For the fastest path towards clearing out Team Rocket’s hideout, take the top one and skip the next step. If you want to spend a little extra time to get an additional item, choose the top one.
5. Step on the bottom left-pointing pad and you will be flung close to the wall. Go southeast, and you will see two pads; take the right one. This will bounce you near a Super Potion. The only way out of this area will land you all the way back near where TM 07 was. Return to where you were at the end of step 4.
6. Step on the sole right-pointing pad. Follow the path after you stop and you will reach a room with stairs going up.

These stairs will take you to a large room on the entry level. There are two Rockets and a Hyper Potion here. To get out of the maze, step on the pad that leads up and you will be deposited back at the entrance. Now go down to the next floor.

Getting the Lift Key

When you arrive, go south to find a Rocket and TM 10 (Double-Edge) in a dead end. Go to the west, through the small opening… and find another directional pad maze. Fortunately, this one is much simpler.

1. Where there are two pads pointing in opposite directions, go left. Immediately south of there is another pad. Step on that one, then once you land, go south from there and you will land at a nook containing a Rare Candy.
2. Unfortunately, from here you’ll have to restart the maze from the beginning, as that is the way the the only directional pad leading out will take you. Get back on the left-pointing pad, then go south until you reach the next pad.
3. Once you stop, backtrack through the zigzag path and you will find four right-pointing directional pads arranged in a diagonal line. Take the one that is second from the bottom; the other three will dump you back where the Rare Candy was.

As you exit the maze you’ll fight a Rocket. Head south from him through the opening, then go northeast, where you will find another set of stairs. Take them down to the bottommost floor.

In this corridor, go south. You will find a room where there is a table with an HP Up on it. Now go north. Go around the table to the south and you will find TM 02 (Razor Wind).

The next Rocket you fight was instructed to guard a valuable item: the Lift Key. Problem is, where’s the lift to use it on?

Using the Lift Key

Return to the floor where the first giant pad maze was. Traverse the maze as before until you get to the stairs, but don’t take them this time. Continue on instead and you will reach an elevator. This elevator will take you to the first, second, or fourth floors of the hideout. First, let’s make a shortcut. Choose the first floor and go north past the Rocket. Once you defeat him, the large metal door you saw earlier will open, allowing you easy access to the entrance of the base. Now might be a good time to use the Pokémon Center, as we have a boss coming up. Once you are prepared, return to the elevator and choose the fourth floor.

Look at what we have here: a locked door with two Rockets guarding it. Something important must be inside. Before you take them on, check the room to the southwest to find an Iron. Defeat both Rockets and the door will open, allowing you to invade the boss’s office.

Boss — Giovanni (•2871 reward)

• Level 25 Onix
• Level 24 Rhyhorn
• Level 29 Kangaskhan

Once you teach Team Rocket’s leader a lesson, he will give you something called the Silph Scope. Giovanni will then escape, to plot and scheme another day. Before you leave the area, examine the computer Giovanni was standing in front of to find the last item here, a Super Potion.

Pokémon Tower

Celadon City

With Team Rocket now gone, you can turn your attention to the Silph Scope you received. This item allows you to see and fight the Ghost Pokémon in Pokémon Tower. That will be our next stop; however, don’t head back down Route 7 just yet. Leave Celadon City from the west instead.

Route 16

A giant Snorlax blocks the road here too, but don’t pay attention to it. Shortly before it you will see a Cut tree. Demolish it and head through the building to the small house at the back. Inside a woman will give you HM 02 (Fly), one of the most useful moves in the game. If you teach it to one of your Pokémon, you will then be able to use it outside of battle to teleport to any city you have already visited on foot. If you don’t have a Pokémon that can use it, you can catch a Doduo in the tall grass nearby. Fly back to Lavender Town.

Lavender Town

Once you arrive, stop by the Poké Mart and pick up a couple of Max Repels if you like. Then head straight for Pokémon Tower.

Pokémon Tower

This circular area has seven floors; the first is merely a lobby. You will need to climb all the way to the top. The ground floor staircase is to the east, at the 3 o’clock position.

Second Floor

As you enter this floor, you will encounter your rival. As usual, he will challenge you to a battle. His team is more varied at this point.

Boss — Rival

If you chose Squirtle at the beginning of the game:

• Level 25 Pidgeotto
• Level 23 Gyarados
• Level 23 Growlithe
• Level 20 Kadabra
• Level 25 Ivysaur

If you choose Bulbasaur at the beginning of the game:

• Level 25 Pidgeotto
• Level 23 Exeggcute
• Level 22 Gyarados
• Level 20 Kadabra
• Level 25 Charmeleon

If you chose Charmander at the beginning of the game:

• Level 25 Pidgeotto
• Level 23 Growlithe
• Level 22 Exeggcute
• Level 20 Kadabra
• Level 20 Wartortle

After you defat your rival, head west then south to reach the stairs to the next floor.

Third Floor

From here on you will start encountering wild Ghost-types. If you tried to climb this tower without the Silph Scope, you would be unable to harm (or even identify) the Pokémon here. First, head east and north past an enemy Trainer to reach an Escape Rope. Head east and south from the stairs, then you have three paths to take. Two of them contain an enemy Trainer. All three paths meet at the stairs to the next floor.

Fourth Floor

The maze gets even more complicated. In the southwest corner of this “room” you will find an Elixir. Take the bottom of the two paths to the west and you will pass an Awakening. If you go due south from there, past an enemy Trainer, you will find an HP Up. Then go northwest to find another enemy Trainer and the stairs. (If you were to take the top of the two paths, you would find a path straight to the stairs without encountering any enemy Trainers or items.)

Fifth Floor

Follow the path to the east. You will see a room to the north; it contains an enemy Trainer and nothing else. Soon you will see a square area containing sixteen small squares. If you step onto this mat, your Pokémon will be fully healed, just as if you visited a Pokémon Center. East of the mat is an enemy Trainer blocking a direct path to the stairs. If you go west from the mat and follow the path, you will pass an enemy Trainer and another side room to the south. Unlike the last one, this room contains a valuable Nugget in addition to an enemy Trainer.

Sixth Floor

You’re almost at the top here. Head south past an enemy Trainer to find an X Accuracy tucked away in a nook. Follow the path north past two enemy Trainers to find an item ball blocking your way; it is a Rare Candy.

If you keep following the path from here you will find a last set of stairs; however, something will be standing in your way. There is a hardcoded encounter with an enemy Level 30 Marowak here. If you came here early (before getting the Silph Scope), you would be unable to defeat this Pokémon and could not proceed to the top floor. Interestingly, this Pokémon is not considered wild because it cannot be caught. You can throw all the Poké Balls you want at it; it will dodge each and every one (even a Master Ball, were you to have any). Just defeat it and move on.

Seventh Floor

Here you will find a straight hall containing three Rockets. Defeat all of them and talk to the man at the end, who turns out to be the missing Mr. Fuji. He will explain the strange Marowak downstairs as the ghost of a mother Pokémon that was apparently killed by Team Rocket. He will then give you the Poké Flute. This item can be used to immediately wake any sleeping Pokémon; you can get rid of those Awakenings now. Even more usefully, this is the only thing that is able to wake those sleeping Snorlax that were blocking your way earlier.

To Fuchsia City

Lavender Town

Now that you have the Poké Flute, you can finally remove the Snorlax that are blocking your way south. There are two paths to take that both end in the same destination (Fuchsia City), going west from Celadon or going south from Lavender Town. The Celadon path is much faster, but there is an important item to be found on the Lavender Town route, as well as many more enemy Trainers to battle against.

West Path to Fuchsia

If you go west from Celadon, close to where you got the Fly HM, you will see that giant Snorlax sitting in the middle of the road. Step up to it, go into your Bag, use the Poké Flute, and get ready to battle; Snorlax is not happy you woke him from his nap. There are only two catchable Snorlax in the game; this one and the one on Route 12. Few players continue to adventure on foot when they can ride a Bike. If you for some reason do not have one, you will need to Fly to Cerulean City and get one now. You cannot pass through the guardhouse on foot.

Past there you will find a skinhead gang lounging around. After defeating the six enemy Trainers that compose this gang, head south.

Route 17

This long, vertical Route is on a steep slope. If you stop moving, you will be dragged downward unless you hold the A or B buttons. However, there really isn’t any reason to spend much time on this Route. There are no interesting Pokémon in the tall grass, and all the items are hidden (use the Itemfinder to locate them). There are, however, ten enemy Trainers. Continue south.

The hidden items

• There is a Rare Candy hidden in the center of the Route’s only patch of grass.
• Towards the top of the middle bridge segment (water on both sides) is a Full Restore.
• If you search south of the point where the center bridge joins with the left bridge, you can find a Max Revive.
• If you take the east bridge and look around halfway down, you will find a PP Up.
• A Max Elixir is near the small straight left-right bridge at the bottom of the Route.

Route 18

Once you reach the bottom of the Cycling Road, go right through the gatehouse. There are three enemy Trainers in the patch of grass south of the exit. As with Route 17, there are no Pokémon in the tall grass here that are worth catching. Go east and you will be in Fuchsia City.

East path to Fuchsia

Head south from Lavender Town.

Route 12

Route 12 is made entirely of bridges over the water. There are some maze-like segments here you will have to navigate. You will be able to find TM 39 (Swift) by talking to the people in the northernmost building you pass through on this Route. You might see an item ball on a small segment of bridge that is completely surrounded by water. This is TM 16 (Pay Day), a quite useful move, but you will not be able to get it until you are able to Surf, which requires the next Gym Badge. Be sure to come back here.

You can now do something about the Snorlax that is sleeping at a very inconvenient spot, blocking off two different Routes. If you go up to it and use your Poké Flute, it will awaken and battle you. There are only two Snorlax in the game (this one and the one on Route 16), so be sure to catch it if you want it. If you go west from here, you will be on Route 11, heading back towards Vermilion City. (If you go west, there is a Hyper Potion hidden on the first tree on the bottom that sticks out into the road.)

Continuing south past the Snorlax, you will pass another house. Be sure to enter this house and speak with its owner. He will give you the Super Rod, which is used just like the Old Rod, but can be used to catch Pokémon other than just lousy Magikarp. Past there you will see a Cut tree blocking off an enemy Trainer and an Iron.

Route 13

This Route is a long maze filled with enemy Trainers — no fewer than fifteen! To get to the Route’s patch of tall grass, you will need Cut.

To the left of one of the Trainers closest to the exit (where there is a gap in the fencing), examine that gap and you will find a hidden PP Up. If you go to the east, you will see a similar gap in the fencing at the end of a dead-end passage. Examine this gap and you will find a hidden Calcium.

Route 14

This Route is a short distance south. It is also densely populated by enemy Trainers; looks like another biker gang. You will need Cut to access this route’s patch of tall grass.

Route 15

There are two ways you can go through this Route. If you remove the Cut tree when the path turns west, you will find a long, straight, unremarkable stretch of land that extends all the way down the Route. There is one enemy Trainer about halfway down and TM 20 (Rage) at the end.

If you take the south path, however, you will find more tall grass and ten enemy Trainers all clustered together. To this Route’s western exit is Fuchsia City.

Soul Badge

Fuchsia City

This large city hosts the Safari Zone and the next Pokémon Gym. However, you will also need to collect two more HMs that you cannot complete the game without. One of them is Strength, which allows you to move certain heavy boulders outside of battle. The other is Surf, which lets you move on water. Both of these HMs require a trip to the very back of the Safari Zone.

Encounter Rates

Here you will find a centralized list of which Pokémon can be found in the various locations in the game.

Route 1

In the tall grass

• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 55% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 55% encounter rate
• 019 - Rattata
  • Pokémon Red: 45% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 45% encounter rate

Route 2

In the tall grass

• 010 - Caterpie
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 013 - Weedle
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rate
• 019 - Rattata
  • Pokémon Red: 45% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 45% encounter rate

Route 3

In the tall grass

• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 50% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 50% encounter rate
• 021 - Spearow
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rate
• 039 - Jigglypuff
  • Pokémon Red: 10% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 10% encounter rate

Route 4

In the tall grass

• 019 - Rattata
  • Pokémon Red: 45% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 45% encounter rate
• 021 - Spearow
  • Pokémon Red: 30% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 30% encounter rate
• 023 - Ekans
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 027 - Sandshrew
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Route 5 & Route 6

In the tall grass

• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 35% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 35% encounter rate
• 043 - Oddish
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 052 - Meowth
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 056 - Mankey
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 069 - Bellsprout
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rate

Route 7

In the tall grass

• 026 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 35% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 35% encounter rate
• 037 - Vulpix
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 10% encounter rate
• 043 - Oddish
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 069 - Bellsprout
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 052 - Meowth
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 30% encounter rate
• 056 - Mankey
  • Pokémon Red: 30% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 058 - Growlithe
  • Pokémon Red: 10% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear

Route 8

In the tall grass

• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 35% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 35% encounter rate
• 023 - Ekans
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 027 - Sandshrew
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 037 - Vulpix
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 052 - Meowth
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 056 - Mankey
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 058 - Growlithe
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear

Route 9

In the tall grass

• 021 - Spearow
  • Pokémon Red: 30% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 30% encounter rate
• 019 - Rattata
  • Pokémon Red: 45% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 45% encounter rate
• 023 - Ekans
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 027 - Sandshrew
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Route 10

In the tall grass

• 021 - Spearow
  • Pokémon Red: 30% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 30% encounter rate
• 023 - Ekans
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 027 - Sandshrew
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 100 - Voltorb
  • Pokémon Red: 45% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 45% encounter rate

Route 11

In the tall grass

• 021 - Spearow
  • Pokémon Red: 30% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 30% encounter rate
• 023 - Ekans
  • Pokémon Red: 45% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 027 - Sandshrew
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 45% encounter rate
• 096 - Drowzee
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Route 12

In the tall grass

• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 35% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 35% encounter rate
• 047 - Venonat
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounte rate
• 043 - Oddish
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 044 - Gloom
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 069 - Bellsprout
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rate
• 070 - Weepinbell
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate

Fishing with the Old Rod

• 129 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 100% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 100% encounter rate

Fishing with the Super Rod

• 072 - Tentacool
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 098 - Krabby
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 118 - Goldeen
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 127 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Route 13

In the tall grass

• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 30% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 30% encounter rate
• 047 - Venonat
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 069 - Bellsprout
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rate
• 070 - Weepinbell
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 043 - Oddish
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 044 - Gloom
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 132 - Ditto
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate

Fishing with the Old Rod

• 129 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 100% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 100% encounter rate

Fishing with the Super Rod

• 072 - Tentacool
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 089 - Krabby
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 118 - Goldeen
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 129 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Route 14 & Route 15

In the tall grass

• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 043 - Oddish
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 044 - Gloom
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 047 - Venonat
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 069 - Bellsprout
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rate
• 070 - Weepinbell
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 132 - Ditto
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate

Route 16

In the tall grass

• 019 - Rattata
  • Pokémon Red: 30% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 30% encounter rate
• 020 - Raticate
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 021 - Spearow
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rate

Route 17

In the tall grass

• 020 - Raticate
  • Pokémon Red: 30% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 30% encounter rate
• 021 - Spearow
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rare
• 022 - Fearow
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 084 - Doduo
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Route 18

In the tall grass

• 020 - Raticate
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 021 - Spearow
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 022 - Fearow
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 084 - Doduo
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Fishing with the Old Rod

• 129 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 100% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 100% encounter rate

Fishing with the Super Rod

• 072 - Tentacool
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 098 - Krabby
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 118 - Goldeen
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 129 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Route 22

In the tall grass

• 010 - Caterpie
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 013 - Weedle
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 45% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 45% encounter rate
• 019 - Rattata
  • Pokémon Red: 40% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 40% encounter rate

Route 24

In the tall grass

• 010 - Caterpie
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 011 - Metapod
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 013 - Weedle
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 014 - Kakuna
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 063 - Abra
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 069 - Bellsprout
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Fishing with the Old Rod

• 129 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 100% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 100% encounter rate

Route 25

In the tall grass

• 010 - Caterpie
  • Pokémon Red: 1% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 011 - Metapod
  • Pokémon Red: 4% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 013 - Weedle
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 1% encounter rate
• 014 - Kakuna
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 4% encounter rate
• 016 - Pidgey
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 043 - Oddish
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 063 - Abra
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 069 - Bellsprout
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Diglett’s Cave

Anywhere

• 050 - Diglett
  • Pokémon Red: 95% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 95% encounter rate
• 051 - Dugtrio
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate

Mt. Moon

First floor (anywhere)

• 035 - Clefairy
  • Pokémon Red: 1% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 1% encounter rate
• 041 - Zubat
  • Pokémon Red: 79% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 79% encounter rate
• 046 - Paras
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 074 - Geodude
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate

Connecting tunnels (anywhere)

• 035 - Clefairy
  • Pokémon Red: 4% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 4% encounter rate
• 041 - Zubat
  • Pokémon Red: 60% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 60% encounter rate
• 046 - Paras
  • Pokémon Red: 10% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 10% encounter rate
• 074 - Geodude
  • Pokémon Red: 26% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 26% encounter rate

Deepest floor (anywhere)

• 035 - Clefairy
  • Pokémon Red: 6% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 6% encounter rate
• 041 - Zubat
  • Pokémon Red: 54% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 54% encounter rate
• 046 - Paras
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 074 - Geodude
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Rock Tunnel

Upper floor (anywhere)

• 041 - Zubat
  • Pokémon Red: 55% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue 55% encounter rate
• 066 - Machop
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 074 - Geodude
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 095 - Onix
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate

Lower floor (anywhere)

• 041 - Zubat
  • Pokémon Red: 50% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue 50% encounter rate
• 066 - Machop
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 074 - Geodude
  • Pokémon Red: 26% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 26% encounter rate
• 095 - Onix
  • Pokémon Red: 9% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 9% encounter rate

Pokémon Tower

Third floor (anywhere)

• 092 - Gastly
  • Pokémon Red: 90% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 90% encounter rate
• 093 - Haunter
  • Pokémon Red: 1% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 1% encounter rate
• 104 - Cubone
  • Pokémon Red: 9% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 9% encounter rate

Fourth floor (anywhere)

• 092 - Gastly
  • Pokémon Red: 86% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 86% encounter rate
• 093 - Haunter
  • Pokémon Red: 9% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 9% encounter rate
• 104 - Cubone
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate

Fifth floor (anywhere)

• 092 - Gastly
  • Pokémon Red: 86% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 86% encounter rate
• 093 - Haunter
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 104 - Cubone
  • Pokémon Red: 9% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 9% encounter rate

Sixth floor (anywhere)

• 092 - Gastly
  • Pokémon Red: 85% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 85% encounter rate
• 093 - Haunter
  • Pokémon Red: 6% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 6% encounter rate
• 104 - Cubone
  • Pokémon Red: 9% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 9% encounter rate

Seventh floor (anywhere)

• 092 - Gastly
  • Pokémon Red: 75% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 75% encounter rate
• 093 - Haunter
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 104 - Cubone
  • Pokémon Red: 10% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 10% encounter rate

Safari Zone – Entrance

In the tall grass

• 029 - Nidoran ♀
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 10% encounter rate
• 030 - Nidorina
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 029 - Nidoran ♀
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 033 - Nidorino
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 102 - Exeggcute
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 047 - Parasect
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 047 - Venonat
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 111 - Rhyhorn
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 113 - Chansey
  • Pokémon Red: 1% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 1% encounter rate
• 123 - Scyther
  • Pokémon Red: 4% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear

Fishing with the Old Rod

• 129 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 100% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 100% encounter rate

Fishing with the Super Rod

• 089 - Krabby
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 054 - Psyduck
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 079 - Slowpoke
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 147 - Dratini
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate

Safari Zone – North Area

In the tall grass

• 029 - Nidoran ♀
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 030 - Nidorina
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 10% encounter rate
• 032 - Nidoran ♂
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 033 - Nidorino
  • Pokémon Red: 10% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 046 - Paras
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 049 - Venomoth
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 102 - Exeggcute
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 111 - Rhyhorn
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 113 - Chansey
  • Pokémon Red: 4% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 4% encounter rate
• 128 - Tauros
  • Pokémon Red: 1% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 1% encounter rate

Safari Zone – West Area

In the tall grass

• 029 - Nidoran ♀
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 030 - Nidorina
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 10% encounter rate
• 032 - Nidoran ♂
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 033 - Nidorino
  • Pokémon Red: 10% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 102 - Exeggcute
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 084 - Doduo
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 048 - Venonat
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 115 - Kangaskhan
  • Pokémon Red: 1% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 1% encounter rate
• 128 - Tauros
  • Pokémon Red: 4% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 4% encounter rate

Safari Zone – East Area

In the tall grass

• 029 - Nidoran ♀
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 030 - Nidorina
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 10% encounter rate
• 032 - Nidoran ♂
  • Pokémon Red: 25% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 25% encounter rate
• 033 - Nidorino
  • Pokémon Red: 10% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 046 - Paras
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate
• 084 - Doduo
  • Pokémon Red: 15% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 15% encounter rate

• 102 - Exeggcute
  • Pokémon Red: 20% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 20% encounter rate
• 115 - Kangaskhan
  • Pokémon Red: 4% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 4% encounter rate
• 123 - Scyther
  • Pokémon Red: 1% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: Does not appear
• 127 - Pinsir
  • Pokémon Red: Does not appear
  • Pokémon Blue: 1% encounter rate

Viridian Forest

In the tall grass

• 010 - Caterpie
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 50% encounter rate
• 011 - Metapod
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 35% encounter rate
• 013 - Weedle
  • Pokémon Red: 50% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 014 - Kakuna
  • Pokémon Red: 35% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate
• 025 - Pikachu
  • Pokémon Red: 5% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 5% encounter rate

Viridian City

Fishing with the Old Rod

• 129 - Magikarp
  • Pokémon Red: 100% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 100% encounter rate

Fishing with the Super Rod

• 060 - Poliwag
  • Pokémon Red: 50% encounter rate
  • Pokémon Blue: 50% encounter rate
• 072 - Tentacool
  • Pokémon Red: 50% encounter rate

References

The statistics in this page were compiled from the StrategyWiki version of this guide.

Enemy Trainers

In this page you will find a database of all the enemy Pokémon Trainers in the game, the Pokémon they use, and the reward they give when you defeat them, organized by where in Kanto you fight them. Note that unlike later generations, enemy Trainers do not have individual names; you simply see a title like “Bug Catcher” or “Lass.” Members of the villainous Team Rocket are identified solely as “Rocket.”

Route 3

1. Lass (•135 reward)
   1. Level 9 Pidgey
   2. Level 9 Pidgey
2. Bug Catcher (•100 reward)
   1. Level 10 Caterpie
   2. Level 10 Weedle
   3. Level 10 Caterpie
3. Youngster (•165 reward)
   1. Level 11 Rattata
   2. Level 11 Ekans
4. Bug Catcher (•90 reward)
   1. Level 9 Weedle
   2. Level 9 Kakuna
   3. Level 9 Caterpie
   4. Level 9 Metapod
5. Lass (•150 reward)
   1. Level 10 Rattata
   2. Level 10 Nidoran♂
6. Youngster (•210 reward)
   1. Level 14 Spearow
7. Bug Catcher (•110 reward)
   1. Level 11 Caterpie
   2. Level 11 Metapod
8. Lass (•210 reward)
   1. Level 14 Jigglypuff

Route 6

1. Bug Catcher (•160 reward)
   1. Level 16 Weedle
   2. Level 16 Caterpie
   3. Level 16 Weedle
2. Jr. Trainer♂ (•400 reward)
   1. Level 20 Squirtle
3. Jr. Trainer♀ (•400 reward)
   1. Level 16 Rattata
   2. Level 16 Pikachu
4. Bug Catcher (•200 reward)
   1. Level 20 Butterfree
5. Jr. Trainer♀ (320 reward)
   1. Level 16 Pidgey
   2. Level 16 Pidgey
   3. Level 16 Pidgey
6. Jr. Trainer♂ (•380 reward)
   1. Level 16 Spearow
   2. Level 16 Raticate

Route 8

1. Lass (•330 reward)
   1. Level 22 Clefairy
   2. Level 22 Clefairy
2. Gambler (•1680 reward)
   1. Level 24 Growlithe
   2. Level 24 Vulpix
3. Super Nerd (•550 reward)
   1. Level 22 Grimer
   2. Level 22 Muk
   3. Level 22 Grimer
4. Lass (•345 reward)
   1. Level 23 Nidoran♀
   2. Level 23 Nidorina
5. Super Nerd (•650 reward)
   1. Level 26 Koffing
6. Lass (•360 reward)
   1. Level 24 Meowth
   2. Level 24 Meowth
   3. Level 24 Meowth
7. Lass (•285 reward)
   1. Level 19 Pidgey
   2. Level 19 Rattata
   3. Level 19 Nidoran♂
   4. Level 19 Meowth
   5. Level 19 Pikachu
8. Gambler (•1540 reward)
   1. Level 22 Poliwag
   2. Level 22 Poliwag
   3. Level 22 Poliwhirl
9. Super Nerd (•550 reward)
   1. Level 20 Voltorb
   2. Level 20 Koffing
   3. Level 20 Voltorb
   4. Level 20 Magnemite

Route 9

1. Jr. Trainer♀ (•360 reward)
   1. Level 18 Oddish
   2. Level 18 Bellsprout
   3. Level 18 Oddish
   4. Level 18 Bellsprout
2. Hiker (•700 reward)
   1. Level 20 Machop
   2. Level 20 Onix
3. Jr. Trainer♂ (•420 reward)
   1. Level 21 Growlithe
   2. Level 21 Charmander
4. Bug Catcher (•190 reward)
   1. Level 19 Beedrill
   2. Level 19 Beedrill
5. Bug Catcher (•200 reward)
   1. Level 20 Caterpie
   2. Level 20 Weedle
   3. Level 20 Venonat
6. Jr. Trainer♂ (•380 reward)
   1. Level 19 Rattata
   2. Level 19 Diglett
   3. Level 19 Ekans
   4. Level 19 Sandshrew
7. Hiker (•735 reward)
   1. Level 21 Geodude
   2. Level 21 Onix
8. Hiker (•700 reward)
   1. Level 20 Geodude
   2. Level 20 Machop
   3. Level 20 Geodude
9. Jr. Trainer♀ (•460 reward)
   1. Level 23 Meowth

Route 10 (north of Rock Tunnel)

1. Jr. Trainer♀ (•360 reward)
   1. Level 20 Pikachu
   2. Level 20 Clefairy

Route 10 (south of Rock Tunnel)

1. Jr. Trainer♀ (•420 reward)
   1. Level 21 Pidgey
   2. Level 21 Pidgeotto
2. Hiker (•735 reward)
   1. Level 21 Geodude
   2. Level 21 Onix
3. Hiker (•665 reward)
   1. Level 19 Onix
   2. Level 19 Graveler
4. Pokémaniac (•1000 reward)
   1. Level 20 Cubone
   2. Level 20 Slowpoke

Route 11

1. Gambler (•1260 reward)
   1. Level 18 Polywag
   2. Level 18 Horsea
2. Youngster (•315 reward)
   1. Level 21 Ekans
3. Youngster (•285 reward)
   1. Level 19 Sandshrew
   2. Level 19 Zubat
4. Youngster (•270 reward)
   1. Level 18 Nidoran♂
   2. Level 18 Nidorino
5. Gambler (•1260 reward)
   1. Level 18 Bellsprout
   2. Level 18 Oddish
6. Gambler (•1260 reward)
   1. Level 18 Growlithe
   2. Level 18 Vulpix
7. Engineer (•1050 reward)
   1. Level 21 Magnemite
8. Youngster (•225 reward)
   1. Level 17 Rattata
   2. Level 17 Rattata
   3. Level 17 Raticate
9. Gambler (•1260 reward)
   1. Level 18 Voltorb
   2. Level 18 Magnemite
10. Engineer (•900 reward)
    1. Level 18 Magnemite
    2. Level 18 Magnemite
    3. Level 18 Magnemite

Route 12

1. Fisherman (•770 reward)
   1. Level 22 Goldeen
   2. Level 22 Poliwag
   3. Level 22 Goldeen
2. Fisherman (•840 reward)
   1. Level 24 Tentacool
   2. Level 24 Goldeen
3. Fisherman (•945 reward)
   1. Level 27 Goldeen
4. Fisherman (•735 reward)
   1. Level 21 Poliwag
   2. Level 21 Shellder
   3. Level 21 Goldeen
   4. Level 21 Horsea
5. Rocker (•725)
   1. Level 29 Voltorb
   2. Level 29 Electrode
6. Fisherman (•840 reward)
   1. Level 24 Magikarp
   2. Level 25 Magikarp
7. Jr. Trainer (•840 reward)
   1. Level 29 Nidoran♂
   2. Level 29 Nirodrino

Route 13

1. Jr. Trainer (•560 reward)
   1. Level 28 Goldeen
   2. Level 28 Poliwag
   3. Level 28 Horsea
2. Birdkeeper (•725 reward)
   1. Level 29 Pidgey
   2. Level 29 Pidgeotto
3. Jr. Trainer
   1. Level 24 Pidgey
   2. Level 24 Meowth
   3. Level 24 Rattata
   4. Level 24 Pikachu
   5. Level 24 Meowth
4. Beauty (•1890 reward)
   1. Level 27 Rattata
   2. Level 27 Pikachu
   3. Level 27 Rattata
5. Beauty (•2030 reward)
   1. Level 29 Clefairy
   2. Level 29 Meowth
6. Jr. Trainer (•600 reward)
   1. Level 30 Poliwag
   2. Level 30 Poliwag
7. Jr. Trainer (•540 reward)
   1. Level 27 Pidgey
   2. Level 27 Meowth
   3. Level 27 Pidgey
   4. Level 27 Pidgeotto
8. Birdkeeper (•625 reward)
   1. Level 25 Spearow
   2. Level 25 Pidgey
   3. Level 25 Pidgey
   4. Level 25 Spearow
   5. Level 25 Spearow
9. Biker (•700 reward)
   1. Level 28 Koffing
   2. Level 28 Koffing
   3. Level 28 Koffing
10. Birdkeeper (•650 reward)
    1. Level 26 Pidgey
    2. Level 26 Pidgeotto
    3. Level 26 Spearow
11. Birdkeeper (•650 reward)
    1. Level 26 Pidgey
    2. Level 26 Spearow
    3. Level 26 Pidgey
    4. Level 26 Fearow
12. Birdkeeper (•650 reward)
    1. Level 26 Pidgey
    2. Level 26 Spearow
    3. Level 26 Pidgey
    4. Level 26 Fearow
13. Birdkeeper (•700 reward)
    1. Level 28 Pidgey
    2. Level 28 Pidgeotto
    3. Level 28 Doduo
14. Birdkeeper (•725 reward)
    1. Level 29 Pidgeotto
    2. Level 29 Fearow
15. Birdkeeper (•700 reward)
    1. Level 28 Spearow
    2. Level 28 Duduo
    3. Level 28 Fearow

Route 14

1. Biker (•580 reward)
   1. Level 29 Koffing
   2. Level 29 Muk
2. Birdkeeper (•825 reward)
   1. Level 33 Farfetch’d
3. Biker (•560 reward)
   1. Level 28 Grimer
   2. Level 28 Grimer
   3. Level 28 Koffing
4. Biker (•580 reward)
   1. Level 29 Koffing
   2. Level 29 Grimer
5. Biker (•520 reward)
   1. Level 26 Koffing
   2. Level 26 Koffing
   3. Level 26 Grimer
   4. Level 26 Koffing
6. Birdkeeper (•725 reward)
   1. Level 29 Spearow
   2. Level 29 Fearow

Route 15

1. Jr. Trainer♀ (•580 award)
   1. Level 29 Pikachu
   2. Level 29 Raichu
2. Beauty (•2030 reward)
   1. Level 29 Pidgeotto
   2. Level 29 Wigglytuff
3. Biker (•500 reward)
   1. Level 25 Koffing
   2. Level 25 Koffing
   3. Level 25 Weezing
   4. Level 25 Koffing
   5. Level 25 Grimer
4. Biker (•560 reward)
   1. Level 28 Koffing
   2. Level 28 Grimer
   3. Level 28 Weezing
5. Beauty (•2030 reward)
   1. Level 29 Bulbasaur
   2. Level 29 Ivysaur
6. Jr. Trainer♀ (•560 reward)
   1. Level 28 Gloom
   2. Level 28 Oddish
   3. Level 28 Oddish
7. Jr. Trainer♀ (•660 reward)
   1. Level 33 Clefairy
8. Birdkeeper (•725 reward)
   1. Level 28 Doduo
   2. Level 28 Doduo
   3. Level 28 Doduo
9. Birdkeeper (•650 reward)
   1. Level 26 Pidgeyotto
   2. Level 26 Farfetch’d
   3. Level 26 Doduo
   4. Level 26 Pidgey
10. Jr. Trainer♀ (•580 reward)
    1. Level 29 Bellsprout
    2. Level 29 Oddish
    3. Level 29 Tangela

Route 16

1. Biker (•580 reward)
   1. Level 29 Grimer
   2. Level 29 Koffing
2. Cue Ball (•700 reward)
   1. Level 28 Machop
   2. Level 28 Mankey
   3. Level 28 Machop
3. Cue Ball (•725 reward)
   1. Level 29 Mankey
   2. Level 28 Machop
4. Biker (•660 reward)
   1. Level 33 Weezing
5. Cue Ball (•825 reward)
   1. Level 33 Machop
6. Biker (•520 reward)
   1. Level 26 Grimer
   2. Level 26 Grimer
   3. Level 26 Grimer
   4. Level 26 Grimer

Route 17

1. Biker (•560 reward)
   1. Level 28 Weezing
   2. Level 28 Koffing
   3. Level 28 Weezing
2. Cue Ball (•725 reward)
   1. Level 29 Machop
   2. Level 29 Machoke
3. Cue Ball (•725 reward)
   1. Level 29 Mankey
   2. Level 29 Primeape
4. Biker (•660 reward)
   1. Level 33 Muk
5. Biker (•580 reward)
   1. Level 29 Voltorb
   2. Level 29 Voltorb
6. Cue Ball (•825 reward)
   1. Level 33 Machoke
7. Cue Ball (•650 reward)
   1. Level 29 Mankey
   2. Level 29 Mankey
   3. Level 29 Machoke
   4. Level 29 Machop
8. Cue Ball (•725 reward)
   1. Level 29 Primeape
   2. Level 29 Machoke
9. Biker (•580 award)
   1. Level 29 Weezing
   2. Level 29 Muk
10. Biker (•500 reward)
    1. Level 29 Koffing
    2. Level 29 Weezing
    3. Level 29 Koffing
    4. Level 29 Koffing
    5. Level 29 Weezing

Route 18

1. Birdkeeper (•725 reward)
   1. Level 29 Spearow
   2. Level 29 Fearow
2. Birdkeeper (•650 reward)
   1. Level 26 Spearow
   2. Level 26 Spearow
   3. Level 26 Fearow
   4. Level 26 Spearow
3. Birdkeeper (•850 reward)
   1. Level 34 Dodrio

Route 24

1. Bug Catcher (•140 reward)
   1. Level 14 Caterpie
   2. Level 14 Weedle
2. Lass (•210 reward)
   1. Level 14 Pidgey
   2. Level 14 Nidoran♀
3. Youngster (•210 reward)
   1. Level 14 Rattata
   2. Level 14 Ekans
   3. Level 14 Zubat
4. Lass (•240 reward)
   1. Level 16 Pidgey
   2. Level 16 Nidoran♀
5. Jr. Trainer♂ (•350 reward)
   1. Level 14 Rattata
   2. Level 14 Ekans
6. Rocket (•450 reward)
   1. Level 15 Ekans
   2. Level 15 Zubat
7. Jr. Trainer♂ (•350 reward)
   1. Level 14 Rattata
   2. Level 14 Ekans

Route 25

1. Hiker (•525 reward)
   1. Level 15 Machop
   2. Level 15 Geodude
2. Hiker (•595 reward)
   1. Level 17 Onix
3. Youngster (•225 reward)
   1. Level 15 Rattata
   2. Level 15 Spearow
4. Youngster (•255 reward)
   1. Level 17 Slowpoke
5. Lass (•255 reward)
   1. Level 15 Nidoran♂
   2. Level 15 Nidoran♀
6. Hiker (•545 reward)
   1. Level 13 Geodude
   2. Level 13 Geodude
   3. Level 13 Machop
   4. Level 13 Geodude
7. Jr. Trainer♂ (•280 reward)
   1. Level 14 Rattata
   2. Level 14 Ekans
8. Youngster (•210 reward)
   1. Level 14 Ekans
   2. Level 14 Sandshrew
9. Lass (•195 reward)
   1. Level 13 Oddish
   2. Level 13 Pidgey
   3. Level 13 Oddish

Celadon City Gym

1. Lass (•345 reward)
   1. Level 23 Bellsprout
   2. Level 23 Weepinbell
2. Beauty (•1680 reward)
   1. Level 24 Bellsprout
   2. Level 24 Bellsprout
3. Beauty (•1470 reward)
   1. Level 21 Oddish
   2. Level 21 Bellsprout
   3. Level 21 Oddish
   4. Level 21 Bellsprout
4. Jr. Trainer (•480 reward)
   1. Level 24 Bulbasaur
   2. Level 24 Ivysaur
5. Beauty (•1820 reward)
   1. Level 26 Exeggcute
6. Cooltrainer (•840 reward)
   1. Level 24 Weepinbell
   2. Level 24 Gloom
   3. Level 24 Ivysaur
7. Lass (•345 reward)
   1. Level 23 Oddish
   2. Level 23 Gloom

Cerulean City

1. Rocket (•525 reward)
   1. Level 17 Machop
   2. Level 17 Drowzee

Cerulean City Gym

1. Swimmer (•320 reward)
   1. Level 16 Horsea
   2. Level 16 Shellder
2. Jr. Trainer (•380 reward)
   1. Level 19 Goldeen

Mt. Moon

1. Bug Catcher (•110 reward)
   1. Level 11 Weedle
   2. Level 11 Kakuna
2. Lass (•210 reward)
   1. Level 14 Clefairy
3. Super Nerd (•275 reward)
   1. Level 11 Magnemite
   2. Level 11 Voltorb
4. Bug Catcher (•100 reward)
   1. Level 10 Caterpie
   2. Level 10 Metapod
   3. Level 10 Caterpie
5. Lass (•165 reward)
   1. Level 11 Oddish
   2. Level 11 Bellsprout
6. Youngster (•150 reward)
   1. Level 10 Rattata
   2. Level 10 Rattata
   3. Level 10 Zubat
7. Hiker (•350 reward)
   1. Level 10 Geodude
   2. Level 10 Geodude
   3. Level 10 Onix
8. Rocket (•330 reward)
   1. Level 11 Sandshrew
   2. Level 11 Rattata
   3. Level 11 Zubat
9. Rocket (•360 reward)
   1. Level 12 Zubat
   2. Level 12 Ekans
10. Rocket (•390 reward)
    1. Level 16 Raticate
11. Rocket (•390 reward)
    1. Level 13 Rattata
    2. Level 13 Zubat
12. Super Nerd (•300 reward)
    1. Level 12 Grimer
    2. Level 12 Voltorb
    3. Level 12 Koffing

Pewter City Gym

1. Jr. Trainer♂(•220 reward)
   1. Level 11 Diglett
   2. Level 11 Sandshrew

Rock Tunnel Lower Level

1. Pokémaniac (•1520 reward)
   1. Level 25 Slowpoke
2. Jr. Trainer♀ (•440 reward)
   1. Level 22 Oddish
   2. Level 22 Bulbasaur
3. Pokémaniac (•1100 reward)
   1. Level 22 Charmander
   2. Level 22 Cubone
4. Hiker (•875 reward)
   1. Level 20 Machop
   2. Level 20 Onix
5. Hiker (•700 reward)
   1. Level 25 Geodude
6. Jr. Trainer♀ (•420 reward)
   1. Level 21 Jigglypuff
   2. Level 21 Pidgey
   3. Level 21 Meowth
7. Hiker (•735 reward)
   1. Level 21 Geodude
   2. Level 21 Geodude
   3. Level 21 Graveler
8. Pokémaniac (•1000 reward)
   1. Level 20 Slowpoke
   2. Level 20 Slowpoke
   3. Level 20 Slowpoke

Pokémon Tower Third Floor

1. Channeler (•660 reward)
   1. Level 23 Gastly
2. Channeler (•660 reward)
   1. Level 22 Gastly
3. Channeler (•720 reward)
   1. Level 24 Gastly

Pokémon Tower Fourth Floor

1. Channeler (•690 reward)
   1. Level 23 Gastly
   2. Level 23 Gastly
2. Channeler (•660 reward)
   1. Level 22 Gastly
3. Channeler (•720 reward)
   1. Level 24 Gastly

Pokémon Tower Fifth Floor

1. Channeler (•660 reward)
   1. Level 22 Gastly
2. Channeler (•720 reward)
   1. Level 24 Gastly
3. Channeler (•660 reward)
   1. Level 22 Haunter
4. Channeler (•690 reward)
   1. Level 23 Haunter

Pokémon Tower Sixth Floor

1. Channeler (•660 reward)
   1. Level 22 Gastly
   2. Level 22 Gastly
   3. Level 22 Gastly
2. Channeler (•720 reward)
   1. Level 24 Gastly
3. Channeler (•720 reward)
   1. Level 24 Gastly

Pokémon Tower Seventh Floor

1. Rocket (•750 reward)
   1. Level 25 Zubat
   2. Level 25 Zubat
   3. Level 25 Golbat
2. Rocket (•780 reward)
   1. Level 26 Koffing
   2. Level 26 Drowzee
3. Rocket (•690 reward)
   1. Level 23 Zubat
   2. Level 23 Rattata
   3. Level 23 Raticate
   4. Level 23 Zubat

Rock Tunnel Upper Level

1. Pokémaniac (•1150 reward)
   1. Level 23 Cubone
   2. Level 23 Slowpoke
2. Hiker (•665 reward)
   1. Level 19 Geodude
   2. Level 19 Machop
   3. Level 19 Geodude
   4. Level 19 Geodude
3. Hiker (•700 reward)
   1. Level 20 Onix
   2. Level 20 Onix
   3. Level 20 Geodude
4. Hiker (•735 reward)
   1. Level 21 Geodude
   2. Level 21 Graveler
5. Jr. Trainer♀ (•440 reward)
   1. Level 22 Bellsprout
   2. Level 22 Clefairy
6. Jr. Trainer♀ (•380 reward)
   1. Level 19 Pidgey
   2. Level 19 Rattata
   3. Level 19 Rattata
   4. Level 19 Bellsprout
7. Jr. Trainer♀ (•400 reward)
   1. Level 20
   2. Level 20 Oddish
   3. Level 20 Pidgey

S.S. Anne Main Deck

1. Gentleman (•1260 reward)
   1. Level 18 Growlithe
   2. Level 18 Growlithe
2. Gentleman (•1330 reward)
   1. Level 19 Nidoran♂
   2. Level 19 Nidoran♀
3. Lass (•270 reward)
   1. Level 18 Pidgey
   2. Level 18 Nidoran♀
4. Youngster (•315 reward)
   1. Level 21 Nidoran♂

S.S. Anne Basement

1. Sailor (•595 reward)
   1. Level 21 Shellder
2. Sailor (•510 reward)
   1. Level 17 Horsea
   2. Level 17 Shellder
   3. Level 17 Tentacool
3. Sailor (•510 reward)
   1. Level 17 Horsea
   2. Level 17 Horsea
   3. Level 17 Horsea
4. Sailor (•540 reward)
   1. Level 18 Tentacool
   2. Level 18 Staryu
5. Sailor (•595 reward)
   1. Level 17 Tentacoo
   2. Level 17 Staryu
   3. Level 17 Shellder

1. Sailor (•600 reward)
   1. Level 20 Machop

S.S. Anne Upper Deck

1. Fisherman (•350 reward)
   1. Level 17 Goldeen
   2. Level 17 Tentacool
   3. Level 17 Goldeen
2. Gentleman (•1640 reward)
   1. Level 23 Pikachu
3. Gentleman (•1190 reward)
   1. Level 17 Growlithe
   2. Level 17 Ponyta
4. Lass (•315 reward)
   1. Level 18 Rattata
   2. Level 18 Pikachu

S.S. Anne Lido Deck

1. Sailor (•510 reward)
   1. Level 17 Machop
   2. Level 17 Tentacool
2. Sailor (•540 reward)
   1. Level 18 Machop
   2. Level 18 Shellder

Team Rocket Base (in front of poster)

1. Rocket (•630 reward)
   1. Level 20 Raticate
   2. Level 20 Zubat

Team Rocket Base (first basement)

1. Rocket (•630 reward)
   1. Level 21 Drowzee
   2. Level 21 Machop
2. Rocket (•630 reward)
   1. Level 21 Raticate
   2. Level 21 Raticate
3. Rocket (•600 reward)
   1. Level 20 Grimer
   2. Level 20 Koffing
   3. Level 20 Koffing
4. Rocket (•570 reward)
   1. Level 19 Rattata
   2. Level 19 Raticate
   3. Level 19 Raticate
   4. Level 19 Rattata
5. Rocket (•660 reward)
   1. Level 22 Grimer
   2. Level 22 Koffing

Team Rocket Base (second basement)

1. Rocket (•510 reward)
   1. Level 17 Zubat
   2. Level 17 Koffing
   3. Level 17 Grimer
   4. Level 17 Zubat
   5. Level 17 Raticate

Team Rocket Base (third basement)

1. Rocket (•630 reward)
   1. Level 21 Machop
   2. Level 21 Machop
2. Rocket (•600 reward)
   1. Level 20 Rattata
   2. Level 20 Raticate
   3. Level 20 Drowzee

Team Rocket Base (deepest level)

1. Rocket (•630 reward)
   1. Level 21 Koffing
   2. Level 21 Zubat
2. Rocket (•690 reward)
   1. Level 23 Sandshrew
   2. Level 23 Ekans
   3. Level 23 Sandslash
3. Rocket (•690 reward)
   1. Level 23 Ekans
   2. Level 23 Sandshrew
   3. Level 23 Arbok

Vermilion City Gym

1. Rocker (•500 reward)
   1. Level 20 Voltorb
   2. Level 20 Magnemite
   3. Level 20 Pikachu
2. Sailor (•630 reward)
   1. Level 21 Pikachu
   2. Level 21 Pikachu
3. Gentleman (•1610 reward)
   1. Level 23 Pikachu

Viridian Forest

1. Bug Catcher (•60 reward)
   1. Level 6 Weedle
   2. Level 6 Caterpie
2. Bug Catcher (•70 reward)
   1. Level 7 Weedle
   2. Level 7 Kakuna
   3. Level 7 Weedle
3. Bug Catcher (•60 reward)
   1. Level 9 Weedle

References

The statistics in this page were compiled from the StrategyWiki version of this guide.

Safari Zone

The Safari Zone is a large area located north of Fuchsia City. It contains many Pokémon that cannot be found anywhere else.

You must pay a fee of •500 every time you enter the Safari Zone. You are given 30 Safari Balls, and released into the Zone. When you throw your last Safari Ball, you are automatically teleported back to the entrance. Additionally, there is a time limit. Once you enter the Zone, the game will start counting “steps” (movements from one tile to another, triggered by pressing the + Control Pad). When you take your five hundredth step, you are teleported to the entrance.

Catching Pokémon

You do not (and cannot) use regular Poké Balls to capture Pokémon in the Safari Zone. You are instead given 30 Safari Balls. When you encounter a wild Pokémon, you must start throwing Safari Balls immediately, hoping for a lucky break. You are not permitted to battle the Pokémon in any way before you throw the Safari Balls. Naturally, the more desirable Pokémon are encountered less, and the better a Pokémon is, the more often it will escape from your Poké Balls.

You are also given Pokémon Food and a supply of rocks. When you encounter a wild Pokémon, you have the choice of throwing either. (You never run out of these items.) This will make the Pokémon more or less likely to stay inside a Safari Ball. Throwing rocks causes most wild Pokémon to flee.