Pokemon: Fire Red - Strategy Guide (Page 04)
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__________________________________________ / RIVAL BATTLE NO. 5 Reward: Nothing \___________,---------------------. | Boss: Rival ( Winning Money: 2871 | |------------------------------------.-----------------`---------------------| | His Team #1: Pidgeotto Lv. 25 | My Pokemon: Jolteon Lv. 29 | | Kadabra Lv. 20 | Kadabra Lv. 30 | | Gyrados Lv. 23 | Nidorino Lv. 30 | | Exeggcute Lv. 22 | Charmeleon Lv. 31 | | Charmeleon Lv. 25 | | >-----------------------------------'--------------------------------------< | His Team #2: Pidgeotto Lv. 25 | My Pokemon: Jolteon Lv. 29 | | Kadabra Lv. 20 | Kadabra Lv. 30 | | Growlithe Lv. 23 | Nidorino Lv. 30 | | Exeggcute Lv. 22 | Charmeleon Lv. 31 | | Charmeleon Lv. 25 | | >-----------------------------------'--------------------------------------< | His Team #3: Pidgeotto Lv. 25 | My Pokemon: Jolteon Lv. 29 | | Kadabra Lv. 20 | Kadabra Lv. 30 | | Gyrados Lv. 22 | Nidorino Lv. 30 | | Growlithe Lv. 23 | Charmeleon Lv. 31 | | Ivysaur Lv. 25 | | >-----------------------------------'--------------------------------------< | | | This is where you see some real difference in your rival. He still has | | Pidgeotto which is as annoying as usual with Sand Attack, but is now armed | | with a new attack, Whirlwind. He'll use this rarely but it can be dangerous| | since it switches your Pokemon. | | | | Now, if your rival started with a Charmander or Bulbasaur, he will have a | | Gyarados. This thing is about as hard as spelling its name. It will constan| | use Thrash which will have a lot of power and can KO a lot, but will confus| | itself after 3 turns which is your chance to strike. Electric atacks should| | do the trick. BTW, if you ever want this Pokemon, evolve your Magikarp if u| | haven't already ;o | | | | If you rival started with a Charmander or Squirtle, he will have an | | Exeggcute. It's a bit of a joke really. It will usually use Awakening first| | followed by a Reflect to increase defense. It can easily be KO'd within a | | few turns as long as you have an Awawkening. It's a new face but easy to | | defeat. | | | | If your rival started with a Bulbasaur or Squirtle, he will have a | | Growlithe. Another easy dude, you've faced many on the SS Anne and this one| | is no different. Use Ground, Rock, or Water attacks. | | | | Kadabra is also the same as always. High Special Attack and low defense, so| | a couple of Quick Attacks should make quick work of it. It will use Kinesis| | a lot which is just like Pidgeotto's Sand Attack so finish it fast and keep| | switching. | | | | Now for the starter. All three of them will just use their normal elemental| | attack along with a new damaging attack. They're all pretty simple and wil | | fall fast to something that they are weak against. | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' When you finish with Gary, head up to the third floor and battle the trainer. Near Hope, you'll find an Escape Rope. Grab it and head to the next floor. Also on this floor, you'll find an Elixir, an Awakening and a Great Ball. When you have all the goods, cruise up to the next floor. At the center of this room is a healing area, so visit that. In the healing area, you'll find a Cleanse Tag, and there is a Nugget in the lower left corner. Before heading up, be sure to grab these goodies. On the next level, you'll run into: You will find an X Accuracy and Rare Candy on this level. The stairs to the top floor are guarded by a ghost -- which turns out to be the spirit of a Level 30 Marowak. At the top of the tower are several Team Rocket Grunts. They play as follows: Team Rocket Grunt ----------------- Zubat, Lv. 25 Zubat, Lv. 25 Golbat, Lv. 25 Team Rocket Grunt ----------------- Koffing, Lv. 26 Drowzee, Lv. 26 Team Rocket Grunt ----------------- Zubat, Lv. 23 Zubat, Lv. 23 Rattata, Lv. 23 Raticate, Lv. 23 After you have beaten all the trainers, you will find the missing Mr. Fuji. As a thank you for rescuing him, he will give you an awesome prize: the Poké Flute. Not only can you use it to wake up the two sleeping Snorlax that block your way, you can even use it in battle to wake up any sleeping Pokémon. If you want, you can now head to Route 11 or Route 12 and wake up and capture the Snorlax. Remember though, there are only two Snorlax in the game. Be sure to catch at least one of them, as it's a powerful Normal type. Next stop: Saffron City. Go west from Lavender Town to get there. O============================================================================O | --- 6.08 - Saffron City --- (0608) | O============================================================================O .----------------------------. If you haven't done it yet, give the guard in | Saffron City Pokemart | the guard house something a drink from the >--------------------------< Celadon Department Store to pass. | Great Ball.............600 | | Hyper Potion...........700 | Buy plenty of the Full Heal items and sell all | Max Repel..............100 | your other status healing items to free up | Full Heal..............200 | inventory. Say good bye to all those | Revive................1500 | Antidotes and Burn Heals. You should have some | Escape Rope............250 | left from when you bought them a Viridian City. '----------------------------' Saffron City has been taken over completely by Team Rocket. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to enter the once benevolent Silph Company HQ and free it from said Rocket infestation. Before you move on, you may want to pop into the local Gym. Which one? Yep, you're right. There are two. At first, you can only enter into the one on the left. Fighting Dojo Gym ----------------- This gym is actually not required to beat the game. But you get a cool Pokémon prize when you beat it, so don't skip it. The opponents are really easy to beat. Just use a Ghost type (it can't be hit by the Fighting Pokémon) After you have beaten the Karate Master, you will be given the choice of one of two rare Fighting Pokémon: Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee. You can only get one of the two, so choose wisely. Since Hitmonchan's Special rating sucks, it's probably a good idea to pick the lightning fast Hitmonlee. How do you get the second one? Sorry, you can only obtain the other through trade or by beating Pokémon Stadium's Gym Leader Battle mode. Get TM 29 - Psychic ------------------- Enter the house in the southeast to get TM29 (Psychic), one of the most reliable attacks in the game. Use it often against Poison (/Ghost) and Fighting types for one-hit wins. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Silph Co. - | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- This office maze can be really confusing when you don't know where you're going. There are tons of teleporters that take you places -- and guess what, most of them are completely superfluous. All you need to do is take the elevator up to the fifth floor (you'll need to go the warp spot, then head back to 5F to get to it) and grab the Card Key in the narrow corridor in the southern part of the room. Now you can open every locked door in the building, so you don't need to try and warp around too much. Head to the third floor. Open the locked door and take the teleporter next to the table. You will now fight your arch nemesis, your Rival. __________________________________________ / RIVAL BATTLE NO. 5 Reward: Nothing \___________,---------------------. | Boss: Rival ( Winning Money: 1440 | |------------------------------------.-----------------`---------------------| | His Team #1: Pidgeot Lv. 37 | My Pokemon: Jolteon Lv. 34 | | Alakazam Lv. 35 | Kadabra Lv. 34 | | Gyarados Lv. 35 | Nidorino Lv. 34 | | Exeggcute Lv. 38 | Charmeleon Lv. 35 | | Charizard Lv. 40 | | >-----------------------------------'--------------------------------------< | His Team #2: Pidgeot Lv. 37 | My Pokemon: Jolteon Lv. 34 | | Alakazam Lv. 35 | Kadabra Lv. 34 | | Growlithe Lv. 35 | Nidorino Lv. 34 | | Exeggcute Lv. 38 | Charmeleon Lv. 35 | | Blastoise Lv. 40 | | >-----------------------------------'--------------------------------------< | His Team #3: Pidgeot Lv. 37 | My Pokemon: Jolteon Lv. 34 | | Alakazam Lv. 35 | Kadabra Lv. 34 | | Gyarados Lv. 35 | Nidorino Lv. 34 | | Growlithe Lv. 38 | Charmeleon Lv. 35 | | Venasaur Lv. 40 | | >-----------------------------------'--------------------------------------< | | | All I can say is wow. His puny little second-evolution starters have | | evoloved, and so have two other pokemon. For Pidgeot, use electric attacks | | as fast as you can. It has very high speed and will probably attack first. | | Fortunately, it no longer knows sand-attack. Alakazam still has weak | | defense, so treat it like you did Kadabra. Gyarados is now something even | | more powerful than before. It's attack is really high, and so is it's | | special defense, but because it's water/flying, it'll bow down to electric | | attacks. | | | | Exeggcute is the same, just a higher level, and same with Growlithe, which | | learned a couple new attacks. The starters are what will really slow you | | down. Charizard knows flamethrower, an extremely powerful fire attack. | | Venusaur is a killer with razor leaf, and likes to inflict status condition| | Blastoise has a high defense and special defense, | so make sure you have strong attacks. | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' By the way, you can heal your Pokémon at any time by going to the 9th floor and talking to woman in the southwest corner of the building. If your Pokémon are healthy enough for the final showdown, continue on from Rival's position to face the following trainer: Team Rocket Grunt ----------------- Cubone, Lv. 32 Marowak, Lv. 32 Drowzee, Lv. 32 Now beat the TEAM ROCKET BOSS! Boss Giovanni Battle No. 2 -------------------------- Nidorino, Lv. 37 Kangaskhan, Lv. 35 Rhyhorn, Lv. 37 Nidoqueen, Lv. 41 Beat Giovanni to get your hands on the valuable Master Ball. Store this gem away for later use. There is no use in listing all the trainers in this building as you're likely to take your own route through here. After you have beaten Giovanni, you can now explore the building without getting attacked and safely retrieve all the items scattered about. Here's a look at what's where: 2nd Floor: Thunder Wave [Move Tutor] 3rd Floor: Hyper Potion 4th Floor: Full Heal, Max Revive, Escape Rope, TM41 (Torment) 5th Floor: Protein, TM01 (Focus Punch) 6th Floor: HP Up, X Special 7th Floor: TM08 (Bulk Up), Calcium 8th Floor: Iron 10th Floor: Carbos, Rare Candy, Ultra Ball 11th Floor: Zinc Get Lapras Be sure to pay a visit to the Silph employee on the 7th Floor, in the same room where you fought Gary. He will give you a rare Level 15 Lapras as a reward. Get TM31 (Mimic) Once you have liberated Silph Co., you can enter the house in the northwest. Give the Poké Doll you bought in Celadon City to the cookie girl upstairs and she'll give you TM31 (Mimic). Now heal at the Pokemon center and head to the Saffron Gym. _ _ -| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |- | | - SAFFRON CITY GYM - | | -|_|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|_|- After you have saved the Silph Company's president, you can finally enter the official Saffron City Gym and battle Sabrina. In order to get to Sabrina, you need to step on the teleportation squares on the ground. Use this sequence to get to Sabrina: • Step on the first square to warp to the southeast room. • Step on the upper right square to warp to the room above. • Now use the upper left square to go to the northeastern room. • The lower left square brings you to the northwest corner. • Pick the lower left square again and you'll face Sabrina. Talk to Sabrina to begin the battle. ________________________________________ / SAFFRON CITY GYM Reward: TM 04 \_____________,---------------------. | Gym Leader: Sabrina ( Winning Money: 1440 | |------------------------------------.-----------------`---------------------| | Her Pokemon: Kadabra Lv. 38 | My Pokemon: Jolteon Lv. 36 | | Alakazam Lv. 43 | Kadabra Lv. 36 | | Mr. Mime Lv. 37 | Nidoking Lv. 36 | | Venomoth Lv. 38 | Charizard Lv. 37 | >-----------------------------------'--------------------------------------< | | | With one of the toughest types downgraded from there RBY days, Sabrina's | | team is easier than ever to defeat. Kadabra, Mr. Mime, and Alakazam are | | all pure Psycic, meaning they fall prey to Dark (Bite, etc) and Ghost moves| | Venomoth falls with Psycic and Fire moves. A good team to bring along is | | Gyrados with Bite, Zapados with Drill Peck and Thunderbolt, and any fire | | Pokemon for Venomoth. | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' Once you beat Sabrina, you will receive the Marsh Badge that lets you train Pokémon up to level 70, as well as TM04 (Calm Mind). Once you're done here, move on to Route 12 to catch yourself a Snorlax and some Water Pokémon. Your ultimate destination is Fuchsia City, so you can also take a different way -- like Routes 16-18, for example. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Route 12 - | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- Go south from Lavender Town to get to Route 12 (or north from Route 13, if you went the other way). Get Return Enter the guard house and talk to the kid upstairs. You will get your hands on a TM27 (Return). Catch Snorlax There are only two Snorlax in the game (the other one being on Route 16). Wake it up using the Poké Flute, put it to sleep and wear down its hitpoints - - then catch it using a Great Ball or better. Get the Super Rod The second building on this route is home to another fishing aficionado. Talk to him to get the Super Rod (and don't forget to store away your lesser fishing rod in the PC whenever you've got the chance). Use the rod to get your hands on some new Water Pokémon. Note that you will need to Surf around to get SlowPoké or Slowbro. Important Items --------------- TM 16 - Pay Day: Use Surf to find it towards the north. Iron: Cut down the bush in the southwest near the Camper. Route 13 Route 13 isn't the most exciting place on Pokémon Island, but there's a patch of high grass in the east that houses some interesting Pokémon for you to catch. Be sure to examine that suspicious gap in the southernmost fence. You'll find a PP Up. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Route 15 - | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- Remember Route 14? Route 15 is more of the same, but at least you get to pick up a new technique: TM 20 - Rage. Although this skill isn't very exciting, another, much better item awaits you at the end of the path. Cut down the tree and explore the upper path to find some trianer. At the end of the path, you'll score a TM18 (Rain Dance). The rest of the trainers can be found on the lower path. Get EXP. ALL If you have caught 50 or more different types of Pokémon, Professor Oak's aide will give you EXP. ALL at the end of Route 15. He is waiting for you upstairs in the guard house. If you carry EXP. ALL in your inventory, all the experience you gain in battles is evenly shared between all six Pokémon in your party -- whether you used them in battle, or not. It's a great way to level up five low-level Pokémon while using only one strong one at the top, but you should store it in your PC if you want to focus on leveling up single Pokémon at a time. Head west from the guardhouse to get to Fuchsia City. O============================================================================O | --- 6.09 - Fuchsia City --- (0609) | O============================================================================O Now that you have thwarted Team Rocket's clumsy efforts to corrupt Saffron City, it's time to concentrate on your Pokémon training skills once again. This small town outside the famed Safari Zone is home to yet another Pokémon Gym -- but you may want to explore the streets of Fuchsia City first. Pokémon Mart Here's a listing of items available for purchase: .----------------------------. | Fuchsia City Pokemart | >--------------------------< | Great Ball.............600 | | Hyper Potion...........700 | | Max Repel..............100 | | Full Heal..............200 | | Revive................1500 | | Escape Rope............250 | '----------------------------' The Move Deleter ---------------- If you want a Pokémon to "unlearn" a move it has learn, visit the Move Deleter in the building directly next to the Pokémon Center. If you go to the house in the southeast of town, you'll be able to get yet another fishing rod. Sadly, this so-called "Good Rod" isn't nearly as good as the Super Rod you already own -- so don't pick it up, or simply dump it into your PC as soon as possible. You do, however, may want to do some fishing in the pond behind this guy's house. The Safari Zone's Warden lives in the house next door. Don't try too much to decipher what he's saying -- you can't. Well, until you fix his speech impediment, which is accomplished by finding his Gold Teeth. So head into the Safari Zone, pay the 500 entrance fee and look for the teeth. Here's how you find them: From the entrance, head north and east to find the exit to Area 1. Head east until you come to a grassy area, then go up the steps to the north. Go west, then down the steps and continue on north where you will see another short stairway. Go up the stairs, go east, and then down the next stairway you see. The exit to Area 2 is to the west, so go north until you can turn left and continue on west until you find the exit. Now that you're in Area 2, go west until you're in the tall grass, then continue on north and go up the steps (not the ones by the sign), then take the next flight of stairs down again. Go west until you bump into a pond, then continue on north. Go east until you find yourself in tall grass again, then go north. When you can't go any further, turn to the left and continue on west (pick up the Protein power-up on the way). You'll come to another patch of tall grass. You're almost there. Just go all the way to the south and exit this map to go to Area 3. There, finally -- a few squares to the south -- you will find the Gold Teeth. Get HM 03 (Surf) and TM 32 (Double Team) ---------------------------------------- Since you're already here, why not get the most useful HM at the same time as the teeth? Just go to the west from where you entered into Area 3 and you'll see a small hut (you will also see TM32 lying outside on the ground, so grab it). Inside the hut, you will receive Surf. Teach this to your Pokémon to get a powerful Water attack that almost always hits its target -- and the ability to cross rivers, ponds, lakes and even oceans. To go for a swim anywhere, just walk up to a shore and select the Pokémon that knows Surf in the Pokémon menu. Select Surf and you're on your way. Get HM04 (Strength) and Rare Candy ---------------------------------- With the Gold Teeth in hand, go back to the Warden's house in Fuchsia City (it's the house in the southeast, below the pond). As a reward for bringing back his teeth, he will give you HM04 (Strength). This power lets your Pokémon push around large boulders (you have to manually activate the Strength power every time you enter a new area). Use Strength in the Warden's house and push the boulder to the right. You can now grab the Rare Candy. SAFARI ZONE ----------- The Safari Zone is home to some rare Pokémon, as well as a number of interesting items. We've already covered how you can find the Gold Teeth, HM03 and TM32 above, but there is certainly some more stuff to be found here: Nugget: In the entrance area. You need Surf. Leaf Stone: Area 1 Max Potion: Area 1 Quick Claw: Area 1 TM11 (Sunny Day): Area 1 Full Restore: Area 1 TM47 (Steel Wing): Area 2 Protein: Area 2 Gold Teeth: Area 3 TM32 (Double Team): Area 3 Max Revive: Area 3 Max Potion: Area 3 In case you're confused about how to catch Pokémon in the Safari Zone, here are the basic rules: You can take 500 steps before you're automatically recalled to the entrance. You can only use the 30 Safari Balls provided by the park. You cannot attack or use items or status altering moves. You can throw stones to make the Pokémon you are trying to catch angry. This will make it more likely that you will catch the Pokémon, but it will also make the Pokémon more likely to run away. You should throw multiple stones to increase your chances. You can toss out bait to make the Pokémon stay around longer. On the downside, this makes them harder to catch. Catching some of the rare Pokémon, like Chansey can be tough. It's not unusual to throw all 30 Safari Balls without catching a Pokémon, so don't get discouraged. Just save your game before you enter the Safari Zone. If you don't catch anything good, just restart. _ _ -| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |- | | - FUCHSIA CITY GYM - | | -|_|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|_|- Fuchsia City's gym is led by Koga, a friend of Poison type Pokémon. Bring a team that contains Psychic, Fire, Ground, Water and Bug Pokémon and you will breeze right through this gym. There are a couple of invisible walls in this gym that prevent you from directly walking up to the respective trainers, but it's pretty easy to figure out this maze. First battle the Juggler on the left side of the room, then walk over to the guy on the right. From there, just continue on up (fight 3 and 4) until you hit the wall. Now go to the left side of the room and head down. You'll bump into another wall. Just go to the right and down and you'll fight trainer #5. Go back to the left side of the room and head down (fight 6 on the way). About four squares below #6, go to the right and face Koga. ________________________________________ / FUCHSIA CITY GYM Reward: TM 06 \_____________,---------------------. | Gym Leader: Koga ( Winning Money: 4257 | |------------------------------------.-----------------`---------------------| | His Pokemon: Koffing Lv. 37 | My Pokemon: Jolteon Lv. 38 | | Koffing Lv. 37 | Nidoking Lv. 38 | | Weezing Lv. 43 | Slowpoke Lv. 34 | | Muk Lv. 39 | Dragonair Lv. 34 | | | Alakazam Lv. 38 | | | Charizard Lv. 40 | >-----------------------------------'--------------------------------------< | | | This is a very tough line-up. If you have kadabra(or possibly Alakazam), | | you'll have no problem because of Alakazam's high sp. attack and speed, | | which make sit a quick killer. The weapons to look at for are Muk and | | maybe Weezing with Explosion. Muk it probably the staller or | | recuperator of his team. He'll use Acid Armor(which raises sp. defense(bad | | for your Alakazam!>_<)) and Minimize(which raises evasion, which can be | | annoying if used many times). So your Alakazam/Kadabra and you will get | | frustrated against Muk. But with patience, you'll beat it. | | | | Weezing has the Explosion ability, which shouldn't be much of a problem | | if you have other pokemon with you. Once finishing that possibly LONG | | battle, your done, and you'll get the Soul Badge! You will get 4257 yen. | | | '----------------------------------------------------------------------------' You'll get the Soul Badge as a prize for your victory as well as TM06 (Toxic), the best Poison attack in the game. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Route 18 - | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- Welcome to the most boring place in the universe. Okay, maybe it's not quite THAT boring. But aside from three trainers and the chance to catch some wild Doduos, there's really nothing here. Oh, if you haven't redeemed your bike voucher for a bicycle yet, this is the perfect time. You won't get far without a bike, so go back to Cerulean City's Bike Shop if you haven't gotten one yet. If you head upstairs in the guardhouse, you will find a chap who is looking for a Golduck. If you have one, go ahead and trade it for his Lickitung! If you don't have a Tentacool yet, try fishing for one around here. But that's really all you can do on Route 18. Let's move on to Route 17, which is directly attached to the northern portion of this section. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Route 17 - | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- Though Route 17 is about four times the size of Route 18, there isn't really much more going on here. You will notice that if you neglect to push up, you will be repelled back by the steep grade. Just head on north to get to Route 16 and fight as many trainers on the way as you want. It's really easy to avoid battles, but you may want to fight just to build up some of your weaker Pokémon. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Route 18 - | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- Although it doesn't look like much, Route 16 is definitely the most interesting part of the Route 16-18 section. Sure, there's not a whole lot of action going on (only six trainers), but you will encounter a sleeping Snorlax and finally get the cherished HM02 (Fly) that lets you "warp" between the different towns and routes. First, though, knock off the biker rally: Go inside the guard house and chat with the Prof. Aide upstairs. If you have caught 40 or more Pokémon, he will reward you with the Amulet Coin. If you have enough, say yes... otherwise, get capturing! Get HM 02 (Fly) --------------- Go through the guard house, wake up the Snorlax with the Poké Flute and capture it (if you haven't done that yet) and look for the "Cut"-able bush on this passage. Get rid of it using the Cut technique and go through the top part of the guard house. Before you can, you'll face a pair: You will find a small hut -- the secret retreat of a reclusive Pokémon trainer. As a reward for keeping her place secret, she gives you HM 02 - Fly. Apart from being a great two-turn Flying attack during battles (only Swift can hit your Pokémon while it's in the air), it also lets you fly from town to town outside of battle. That's it for Route 16 -- it's now time for yet another little side quest. O============================================================================O | --- 6.10 - Side Quest --- (0610) | O============================================================================O Side quests. Do you like this word? This section is totally optional. I recommend that you do it. Some benefits are extra items, rare Pokemon including a strong legendary, and a few little this and thats. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Power Plant- | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- .--------------,----------,------------.----------------------. | Pokemon Name | FireRed | LeafGreen | Items on Power Plant |_______________ >-------------+----------+-----------<`----------------------| Max Potion | | Magnemite | Uncommon | Common | | TM25 (Thunder)| | Voltorb | Common | Uncommon | | TM17 (Protect)| | Mageneton | Rare | Rare | | Thunderstone | | Pikachu | Common | Common | | Elixer | | Electabuzz | Rare | None | '---------------' '--------------'----------'------------' Now that you've got both Fly and Surf, it's high time to visit the Power Plant, close to Route 9. To get there, use Surf in the northeast corner of Route 10 and swim all the way down to the large building you first spotted from the south of the area. You will face a single trainer when you get out of the water (you can also ignore him). Enter the building after you've beaten him and prepare to fight oodles of Electric Pokémon. The Power Plant is really straightforward, but watch out for fake item balls. Only five of the item balls in this stage actually contain items, the others are actually camouflaged Voltorbs. Don't worry too much about them, though. If you've got a decent Ground Pokémon with Dig, you can easily rack up tons of experience by disposing of the Voltorbs. Plus, the item rewards are pretty sweet: Zapdos > Catching Difficulty: Very Hard ---------------------------------------- You don't want to miss out on this powerhouse of an Electric Pokémon that awaits your challenge in the northwest corner of the building. There is only one single Zapdos in the game and you better make sure that you catch it for your collection. Use a Ground or a Grass Pokémon to attack it and try to put it to sleep and lower its HP as quickly as possible. Then use Ultra Balls to catch it. Note that this can take quite a while. Your best bet is to save right before the encounter and just reset your Game Boy if you happen to mess up. Once you've got Zapdos and caught all the Pokémon you were looking for, go back to Fuchsia City to access Route 19. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Route 19 - | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- Go south from Fuchsia City to get to Route 19, which is directly connected to Route 20. Walk down to the island and get in the water... Route 19 is mostly water, so you'll need to Surf it! All the Pokémon you encounter are susceptible to electricity, so be sure to bring your brand-new Zapdos to breeze right through this area. Also, be sure to have a Pokémon that knows Strength on your team. You'll need it in the area after Route 19. Here are the trainers you'll find in your path: At the end of Route 19, get out of the water and enter the cave to go to Seafoam Island. --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- | | - Seafoam Islands - | | --|-|---------------------------------------------------------------------|-|-- .--------------,----------,------------.-----------------------. | Pokemon Name | FireRed | LeafGreen | Items: Sefoam Islands |______________ >-------------+----------+-----------<`-----------------------| Ice Heal | | Zubat | Uncommon | Common | | Revive | | Golbat | Common | Uncommon | | Big Pearl | | Shellder | Rare | Rare | '--------------' | Slowpoke | Common | Common | '--------------'----------'------------' You can't get through Seafoam Island unless you have a Pokémon that knows Strength. So remember to bring it. This underground maze looks mighty confusing, but it's actually not that bad. The idea is to use your Strength ability to move boulders out of the way and drop them into holes in the floor. This will make them fall to a lower level and form a dam -- which stops the strong current and lets you safely swim around. If you mess up and move a boulder into a bad spot, simply exit the room to find the boulder reset to its original position. After you enter the cave, go to the east and push the boulder into the hole to the north of it. Now go back to the steps to the north of the entrance and go up. Grab the Ice Heal. Instead of going down the ladder in front of you, continue on to the east and go down the steps there. Push the boulder down the hole, then take the ladder next to the hole down to the basement. You will now see the rock you pushed through from above lying on the ground. Push it into the next hole and head back up. You should now take the ladder you originally passed by. You will emerge on top of a plateau. Make your way south, then east, up the steps and all the way north. Now go to the right and go down the steps. Voila. There's that first boulder you pushed down. Push it into the next hole and head back up onto the plateau and go back to the very northwestern corner of this room. There, you will find another ladder (it's close to the ladder you original came down from). Go down and head east to find your boulder again. Push it into the hole and head back up. Go south and east and back onto the second plateau. On the southern portion, you will find a Revive. Go down the ladder on this plateau, then head west and take the steps down leading to the ladder in the southwestern corner of this room (be sure to pick up the Big Pearl to the east before heading down). Confused yet? It will get worse. You should now emerge from the ladder just to the north of another boulder. To get there, head to the east and down. There are four boulders here that you need to push around, two of which have to be pushed into holes. Here's the easy way to do it. Start with the right boulder and push it up two squares. Now you can push the second boulder from the right down. Push it one square down only, then one square to the left. Next, push the boulder just to the north of you all the way to the left. You can now drop the lboulder just north of its hole down into it. Return to the final stone, push it two spaces to the left, then one space down to finish. Go up the steps and continue on northwest until you see steps leading down to a small area with another ladder. Take those down to the lowest level. Make your way to the northeastern corner of this area and use the ladder to go back up (it's near a sign). Take the next ladder up as well. You will now be able to push the last boulder into the hole. Now go back down the two ladders -- you are ready for a swim. With the boulders blocking the current, you can now go to the westernmost part of this area and walk down the steps into the water. Swim to the very north until you see a bird Pokémon perched on a small island. This is your chance to catch another legendary bird Pokémon. Articuno > Cacthing Difficulty: Very Hard ----------------------------------------- Articuno can be found in the northwest corner of the lowest level of this dungeon. It's a lot easier to catch than Zapdos since you can use Electric attacks to bring its HP down. Be sure to save your game before you try to catch Articuno as it can take a couple of tries (and a lot of Ultra Balls) to get it. But catch it you must. It's already at level 50 and will learn the powerful Ice attack Blizzard at level 51. After you're done, go back to the ladder you just passed and take it up. You should now be on the level where you pushed around the four blocks. Go south, but don't take the ladder you see there -- instead go east and up, then descend the steps into the water and swim over to the right. Walk up the steps and go south to find a new ladder. This is the way out. As you emerge from the cave, it's another trainer fight. When this fight concludes, plop in the water and work to the west. Continue on to the west to go to Cinnabar Island. O============================================================================O | --- 6.11 - Cinnabar Island --- (0611) | O============================================================================O You have arrived on the mysterious Cinnabar Island, home to many mysteries -- but also many revelations. It's Jurassic Park meets Pokémon. This innocent looking laboratory houses some of Pokémon Island's smartest scientists. Using the island's remote locations as a protection against curious journalists, these scientists have worked on a secret project to clone extinct Pokémon and even genetically engineer new ones. It sounds problematic, but it's actually good for you. Bring the fossil you received on Mt. Moon as well as the Old Amber (Pewter City Museum) and have the scientists turn them into real, living Pokémon. This way, you'll get Aerodactyl and either Kabutops or Omastar. There are also a number of trading opportunities here, although they're not crucial to completing your Pokédex. Bring a Raichu to get an Electrode, trade a Venonat for a Tangela, or exchange a Ponyta for a Seel.
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