Pallet Town
Pokemon Found 001: Bulbasaur, 004 Charmander, 007 Squirtle
The game starts off in your (Ash's) house. Go downstairs and say good-bye to your mom before heading out to capture Pokemon. You can leave town by going north, but first visit Gary's house (your Rival), then Professor Oak's lab. The Prof. isn't in, so being to walk up the northern path. Before you can enter the grassy fields, Prof. Oak will run up and stop you from going in. He will tell you that there are wild Pokemon that could attack, then he will escort you back to his lab. There, he will let you and Gary choose among three of his Pokemon. After you pick a Pokemon, Gary will challenge you to your first match.
Vs. Gary Your first battle will be a heated one, especially if you choose Bulbasaur. If you win, you'll get a couple of bucks, but if you lose, your Pokemon will faint and Gary will take all the bragging rights. Take your fainted Pokemon home to your mom for medical treatment, then head out of town into the wild.
Route 1
Pokemon Found 016 Pidgey, 019 Rattata
On your first journey into Route 1, you won't be able to capture any Pokemon. You can only fight for experience. You can't purchase any Pokeballs until you deliever the package to Prof. Oak. Wild Pokemon tend to live in grassy areas, so avoid tall grass if your Pokemon is weak. Head north to reach Viridian City. You may also bump into other Pokemon trainers. Some may only want to give you sage advice, but others may want to fight!
Viridian City
Viridian City is only slightly bigger than Pallet Town, with it's own Pokemon Center, Pokemon Mart, and a Gym. The Gym is usually a busy hangout for Pokemon Trainers all over, but this one is closed (for now). The friendly citizens will gladly help you out with any questions you have. Drop by the Pokemon Center to heal your Pokemon, then head towards the Pokemon Mart. Once inside, the clerk will ask you to take a package to Prof. Oak. Run back to Pallet Town and deliver the package to get a Pokedex. As long as you're in Pallet Town, drop by Gary's house and get a map from his sister. When you return to Viridian City, stock up on Pokeballs and return to Route 1 to capture a few Pokemon. If you continue on to Route 2, buy a couple of Antidotes to cure any Poison attacks you will encounter.
Pokemon Mart Inventory
*Pokeball-----------200
*Antidote-----------100
*Paralyze Heal------200
*Burn Heal----------250
Route 2
Pokemon Found 010 Caterpie, 013 Weedle, 016 Pidgey, 019 Rattata
On your way north, you will see items on the other side of the trees, but you won't be able to reach them (not yet). Route 2 has a few Pokemon and trainers to worry about, but you should worry about the forest ahead.
Viridian Forest
Pokemon Found 010 Caterpie, 011 Metapod, 016 Pidgey, 019 Rattata
There are lots of trainers hanging around in the forest, so be sure to have at least three Pokemn in your possession. As you wander around the forest, you will find items misplaced by other trainers. You will also find, if you're lucky, a Pikachu. If you capture one, it can be helpful later on, especially if you don't have Bulbasaur.
Items found in the Forest
*Antidote
*Pokeball
*Potion
Pewter City
Pewter City is much bigger than Viridian City, and it has a Pokemon museum as well. The museum has several interesting exhibits, but you won't understand their meaning until later in the game. Talk to the townsfolk to learn more about the surrounding land, then head towards the gym to do battle with Brock, the Gym Leader. Pokemon Mart
*Pokeball--------200
*Potion----------300
*Escape Rope---550
*Antidote--------100
*Burn Heal-------250
*Awakening------200
*Paralyze Heal---200
Pewter City Gym
You must first battle Jr. Trainer before you can take on Brock. The Jr. Trainer has a Diglet and a Sandshrew.
Vs. Brock Squinty-eyed Brock will challenge you when you first meet him. He controls a Geodude and an Onix, both powerful Rock Pokemon. Bulbasaur or Squirtle will fare the best against the enemy. If you don't have either of them, a Level 16 Pikachu will have to do. Once you defeat him, he will give you the Pewter Badge and some sage advice
Pewter Museum Return back after you win the Cascade Badge and the Cut HM (on the S.S. Anne) and cut down the bush on the right side of the Museum entrance. Follow the path to a smaller house. Inside, a scientist will give you the Old Amber. Perhaps you can use it for something....
Route 3
Pokemon Found: 016 Pidgey, 021 Spearow, 039 Jigglypuff, 153 Magikarp
The pathway to Mt. Moon is infested with Pokemon Trainers, all looking for a fight. Try to have plenty of Pokemon with you to handle anything thrown at you. A Pokemon Center will be convieniently neat the mountain entrance, giving you a chance to heal your battered Pokemon.
Mt. Moon
Pokemon Found: 135 Clefairy, 041 Zubat, 046 Paras, 074 Geodude
Mt. Moon is the breeding ground for Zubats, a poison/flying Pokemon that only come out in the darkness. They tend to swoop down from the ceiling when you least expect it. If you have a Pikachu, put him ahead of the pack, because its Thunder Shock will take down the Zubats with one hit. Plenty of trainers are down here as well, trying to find rare Geodudes, but they will take time out to challenge you. You will also encounter Team Rocket for the first time. They are mining out minerals from Mt. Moon. Since they are expert Pokemon Trainers, you should be very cautious when confronting them. If you find yourself in a sticky situation, use the Escape Rope to get out of the cave immediatly. You will also find lots of items on the cavern floor.
Items Found in Mt. Moon
*Potion (2)
*Rare Candy
*Escape Rope
*Moon Stone
*HP Up
*TM 01
*TM 12
Route 4
Pokemon Found: 016 Pidgey, 019 Rattata, 023 Ekans (R), Sandshrew (B)
You will find a few trainers and Pokemon on the path to Cerulean City. It won't be too bad to find a TM dropped along the path as well. Keep in mind that once you jump over the barrier, you won't be able to get back over.
Items Found along Route 4
*TM 04
Cerulean City
If you want a faster way to travel, the Bike Shop has just the thing for you...for the low cost of only...1,000,000$? You will also find a house that has been ransacked by Team Rocket, but you won't be able to enter until after you defeat Misty and cure Bill (on Route 25).
Pokemon Mart
*Pokeball--------200
*Potion----------300
*Repel-----------350
*Antidote--------100
*Burn Heal-------250
*Awakening------200
*Paralyze Heal---200
Cerulean City Gym
Misty is the leader of the Cerulean Gym, and she loves water Pokemon. You can tell because she has converted the Gym into a pool! Two other Trainers will challenge you before you can take on Misty, but Pikachu or Bulbasaur can blow them out of the water.
Vs. Misty Swimsuit clad Misty likes to swim, but she simply loves to battle. She packs Water Pokemon, a Staryu and a Starmite. If you have Bulbasaur or Pikachu, you will win this battle fairly quickly. Misty, rather impressed, will give you her Cascade Badge and a TM 11 for a job well done.
Route 24 & 25
Pokemon Found: 010 Caterpie, 011 Metapod, 013 Weedle, 014 Kakuna, 016 Pidgey, 043 Oddish (R), 063 Abra, 069 Bellsprout (B)
After you defeat Misty, the path to the north will open up. But before you can go very far, Gary will show up once again to make trouble.
Vs. Gary Gary has added three Pokemon to his arsenal, an Abra, a Rattata, and a Pidgeotto. A heavily built up Pikachu or Bulbasaur (which should have evolved to an Ivysaur by now) has the best chance. Defeat Gary to send him off in a fit.
As you continue onto the bridge, you will be challenged by six members of Team Rocket. Their Pokemon are tough, so return to the Pokemon Center after each battle to heal your monsters. When you defeat all six, you will get a valuable Nugget as a reward. Sell it off to get 5000$. Continue to the east where you will find even more Pokemon Trainers. Once you get past them, you will find the Sea Cottage.
Bill the Pokemaniac Poor Bill has turned himself into a Pokemon! If you help him out, Bill will give you a ticket to board the S.S. Anne, a cruiseship for only the best Pokemon Trainers!
Items Found on Routes 24 & 25
*TM 18
*TM 45
Routes 5 & 6
After you help out Bill, return to Cerulean City and visit the house that was robbed. Head into the backyard and confront the Team Rocket Member. Defeat him to get a TM 28. Use it's DIG ability to immediatly escape from dungeons. Continue down to the south. Routes 5 holds some rare Pokemon, such as Meowth or Mankey. You will also find a Pokemon daycare.
Pokemon Daycare
The man here runs a daycare, and will raise one of your Pokemon for a 100$ per level charge. Drop off a young Pokemon and don't forget to drop by later.
Toll Booth
The road ahead is under constrution and the guard won't let you go ahead. He will mention that he is thirsty. Perhaps you can can bribe your way past him with a cool beverage...
Underground Path
This path will bring you to Vermilion City. The pathway has many hidden items, but you need the Item Finder to detect them. You get the item finder later on in the game. On the other end of the tunnel, a kid will want to trade his Nidoran Male for a Nidoran Female.
Vermilion City
Vermilion City is a huge port town, always busy with activity. It's even more hectic today, because the great Pokemon trainer luxury liner is docked at the bay! Aboard are the best trainers in the world!
Old Man's House Talk to the old man to hear his tales of the sea. He will give you the Old Rod for your time.
Little Kid's House This little kid has raised a Farfetch'd from an egg, but sadly it has grown to big for him. He will trade you the bird for a common Spearow.
Pokemon Fan Club The long winded chairman will give a big speech about Pokemon. Stick around long enough for the whole speech and he will give you a Bike Voucher, good for a free Bike back in Cerulean City!
S.S. Anne
The exclusive ship is for only the most prestegious trainers. Flash the Ticket you got from Bill and step aboard! The word on the ship is that the Captain is seasick, and the ship can't leave port until he is well. Once aboard the ship, be sure to enter every cabin to search for items. However, some passangers won't be so pleased about being barged in on! The passangers mostly carry Water Pokemon, so put Pikachu at the head of the party. To gain the most experience possible, fight all the trainers aboard before you see the Captain.
Vs. Gary How did Gary hook passage on this ship? Before you can ask, Gary is using a fake French accent and tossing Poke-balls at you. Slap the fake accent out of his mouth and continue on to the captain.
Captain's Quarters
The Captain is suffering from seasickness and the ship can't launch until he feels better. Help out the captain and he will be so gratefull, he will reward you with a Hidden Machine, which teaches the CUT ability! After you help the captain, keep in mind that once you step off the ship, it will leave port for the open sea.
Vermilion Gym The leader of the gym is Lt. Surge, and he is a paranoid trainer. To reach him, you must find two secret switches. He also has three other trainers, who will attack with electric Pokemon.
Vs. Lt. Surge Lt. Surge likes to use Electric Pokemon. He gets a real jolt out of them. Puns aside, a built up Ivy-saur or Geodude is your best bet. The Lt. uses Voltorb, Pikachu and Raichu in this battle. Once you defeat him, he will give you the Thunder Badge and the TM24.
Route 11
Pokemon Found: Spearow, Ekans (R), Nidorina, Drowzee, Sandshrew (B)
After defeating Lt. Surge, the path to the east will open and you will be able to procede to Route 11. As you wander on the sidewalks, you will be challenged by no fewer than ten trainers, each with up to four Lv. 20 Pokemon. The wild Pokemon found here are not very strong, but they possess the power to make your monsters fall asleep! When you enter the toll gate, you'll be warned that the road is blocked ahead by a sleeping Snorlax! As long as you're here, you may as well go up into the observing tower. If you have 30 Pokemon, you will get an Itemfinder from Prof. Oak's aide!
Diglett's Cave
Pokemon Found: Diglett, Dugtrio
Since Route 12 is blocked off, you will have to take a detour to Lavender Town. Return to the entrance to Route 11 and enter the cave opening. This is also the only place you will find Diglett and Dugtrio. They aren't terribly powerful, but there's a lot of them. You will emerge back on Route 2, on the other side of Virmilion Forest, where you couldn't go before. Go south to collect the items that you couldn't reach before. Inside the observing tower, Prof. Oak's aide awaits to give you the FLASH HM... as long as you have 15 Pokemon! You'll need it to enter Rock Tunnel.
Routes 9 & 10
Pokemon Found: Rattata, Spearow, Sandshrew (B), Ekans (R), Voltorb
Return to Cerulean City and chop down the bush blocking the path to the east. Beyond the comforts of Misty's hometown are ten riled up trainers and a TM. The TM is just below the entrance to Route 9. The trainers are tough, but fortunatly, there is a Poke-Center near the entrance to Rock Tunnel.
Rock Tunnel
Pokemon Found: Zubat, Geodude, Machop, Onix
You must have the FLASH ability to make your way through this dark cavern. Though it's not nearly as confusing as Mt. Moon, you still have your work cut out for you in Rock Tunnel. This cave is mostly about endurance. Dangerous Machops and Onixs will constantly try to grind your monsters into gravel and Zubats swoop down to take a bite out of smaller victims. If that weren't enough, over 15 trainers await to challenge you. Most trainers will have Rock-Type Pokemon, so put a Plant Pokemon at the head of your group. Be sure to bring along a Diglett with the DIG ability. If you find yourself low on life out of battle, you can use the DIG ability to escape the cave. This works in any cave or building. Once you find the exit, you still have to get past a few more trainers before you reach Lavender Town.
Celadon City
The sister city of Saffron is huge, mostly due to the very popular Game Corner, a casine that gives Pokemon away as prized. Despite happy customers, a dark cloud of doubt is hanging over the Celadon citizens heads, because it is rumored that Team Rocket is operating the Game Corner.
Celadon Mansion There is a huge mansion in Celadon, but coming in the front entrance doesn't reveal much. Go around the back and cut down the bush behind the building. You will enter a secret back door! Follow the stairs to find cool hidden treats, including the Pokemon programmers! You will also find the rare Pokemon Eevee on the top floor.
Celadon Diner Talk to the people in the diner to hear their woes about losing it all at the Game Corner. Talk to the man in the corner to receive a Coin Case, which holds Game Corner Tokens.
Slots and Exchange The slot machines and the Exchange Corner are next door to each other. Play the slots to earn Tokens, which you can exchange for Pokemon or TMs. There are TMs 23, 15, and 50 in both versions of the game. The Pokemon you can win vary in the versions. In Red you will find Abra, Clefairy, Nidorian, Dratini, Scyther, and Porygon. In Blue you will find Abra, Clefairy, Nidorino, Pinsir, Dratini and Porygon.
Celadon Gym To get to the gym, cut down the bush in front of the diner and follow the path. You may want to build up your Pokemon in the Game Corner first. Come back later.
Celadon Department Store This huge store has almost everything! Talk to all the cashiers to see what they have or to get a free sample.
*Great Ball ----------------------------600
*Super Potion -------------------------700
*Revive -------------------------------1500
*Super Repel --------------------------500
*Antidote -----------------------------100
*Burn Heal ----------------------------250
*Awakening ---------------------------200
*Paralyze Heal -------------------------200
*TM 32 or 33 -------------------------1000
*TM 02, 07 or 37 ---------------------2000
*TM 01, 05, 09 or 17----------------- 3000
*Poke Doll ----------------------------1000
*Fire, Thunder, Water or Leaf Stone-- 2,100
*X Accuracy --------------------------950
*X Attack -----------------------------500
*X Defend---------------------------- 550
*X Speed -----------------------------350
*X Special ----------------------------350
*Guard Special ------------------------700
*HP Up -------------------------------9800
*Protein, Iron, Carbos or Calcuim -----9800
Rooftop Cafe An annoying little girl on the roof keeps asking for a drink. Get a nice cool one out of the vending machines and give it to her. Give her some water, followed by soda pop and lemonade, and she'll give you TMs 13, 48 & 49. As long as you're up here, why not get some water for those poor parched Gate Guards.
Game Corner
Ah, the happy sounds of the Game Corner. The endless plinkering of tokens and the rumble of the slots. A place where dreams are made...and crushed. Everyone is having fun, but you suspect that mysterious figure in the back of the room. Confront him and defeat his Pokemon and he'll run into a secret passage that will slam shut in your face! Check out the poster the man was standing by and lift it up. You will find a switch that opens up the passage leading to the basement!
Team Rocket members are around every corner below the casino, armed to the teeth with Pokemon! Along the way you will encounter conveyer belts, but they are easy to figure out. You need to defeat Rocket members to open certain doors and to get the Lift Key in the upper left corner of F4B. Once you have the lift key, ride down the lift to face the mastermind behind all this!
Vs. Giovanni Giovanni was greedily counting his profits when you came storming in. Giovanni would take pleasure in booting you out of his office with his Lv. 29 Onix, Rhyhorn and Kangaskhan. Hopefully, your Ivysaur has evolved into a Venusaur by now, which will be perfect against them. After you defeat Giovanni, he will warn you not to mess with him again and then disappear. He will leave behind the Silph Scope, which is what you need to see the Ghost Pokemon in the Pokemon Tower!
Celadon Gym
This girls-only gym has everything, including a Peeping Tom sneaking around outside. There are seven other trainers, and despite quoting the Spice Girls, are formatable opponents. To gain the most experience, fight them all before you face Erika, because they won't fight once you defeat their leader.
Pokemon Tower
Pokemon Found: Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, Cubone
Now that you have the Silph Scope, you can identify the ghosts in Pokemon Tower and even capture them! Before you get too far into the tower though, Gary will show up again!
Vs. Gary Gary is back and packing five powerful Pokemon! All of them are around Level 23. He has Pidgeotto, Gyrados, Growlithe, Kadabra and his start Pokemon. Kick them all out of the tower and continue going up.
Along the way to the top you will run into many Channelers, who usually give guidance to grieving trainers. Today, however, they are possessed by Pokemon spirits. They almost always send out a Gastly. Teach Farfetch'd the FLY ability and use that against the ghosts, but be sure Farfetch'd is Level 35 or above. Once you defeat the spirit, the Channeler will return to normal. You will find a special Heal Zone on the fifth floor that will completely revive your monsters. When you finally reach the seventh floor, you will find three Team Rocket members holding poor Mr. Fuji prisoner! Kick 'em out of the way and save Mr. Fuji. To show his thanks, Mr. Fuji will bring you back to his house and give you the Poke Flute, which can wake up sleeping Pokemon.
