Cerulean City Route 9 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Goldeen Seaking Magikarp Goldeen Seaking Rattata Rattata

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Route 10 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Goldeen

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Seaking Magikarp Goldeen Seaking Raticate Raticate Spearow Fearow Voltorb Electabuzz Electabuzz Quagsire Quagsire

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From the Rock Tunnel Pokemon Center, head north until you find some water. Surf right around the canal until you reach a large building - this is the Power Plant. Go right inside and talk to the Manager, who is standing by the generators. He'll tell you that it's been ruined, and on your way out, you'll be asked to help. Follow the guard's advice to Cerulean City, which is directly west of the Rock Tunnel Pokemon Center. If you're lazy and don't feel you need the experience, simply Fly to Saffron City and head north. The only real thing in Cerulean City is the gym, so head there and you'll run into a Rocket member who's missing a few brain cells. He'll babble on aimlessly and then run off. He's actually stolen the a part needed to fix the Power Plant generator, so check the middle of the Cerulean Gym where the bridge complete encloses a square of four tiles, and you'll receive a Machine Part. Head north onto Nugget Bridge where you'll find the Rocket. Talk to him and you'll battle (He's only got a Golbat). He'll reveal the location of the Machine Part, but you should already have it. Don't return it to the Power Plant just yet, continue north to the end of the bridge. If you Surf down the water, you'll eventually see a boy standing in someone's backyard (If you talked to him before, he's the one who said his Itemfinder was responding). Immediately to the

left of him, hidden in the corner of the cliff is a Berserk Gene. From the bridge, head east and you'll fight seven trainers - talk to the eighth person you see and he'll give you a Nugget, then will battle you. (The item behind the Cut bush is a Protein). Continue onwards and you'll see Misty, who will agree to fight you back at the Cerulean Gym. The house you're standing outside is home to Bill's Grandfather, who will give you evolution stones if you show him a certain Pokemon. Check out the FAQs for more information. In the mean time, head back to Cerulean Gym. Cerulean City Gym Misty's trainers will have now filled the gym, but your real goal is the girl at the back. Pokemon Information Moves Surf Disable Psych Up Psychic

Level: 42 Type: Water Golduck

Cerulean City Gym: Misty Quagsire Speciality: Water

Level: 42 Type: Water/Ground

Surf Amnesia Earthquake Rain Dance

Level: 44 Type: Water/Ice Lapras

Surf Perish Song Blizzard Rain Dance

Level: 47 Type: Water/Psychic Starmie

Surf Confuse Ray Recover Ice Beam

Bring on the heavy Electric-type attacks like Thunderbolt, and if Rain Dance gets underway, Thunder. You'll need a Grass type for Quagsire as its Ground half is immune to Electric attacks; now would be a good time to try out TM19. When you win, you'll receive the Cascade Badge. It's time to return to the Power Plant with the Machine Part.

Restoring Power Talk to the Manager and he'll thank you with TM07 - Zap Cannon. With the power back, there's some things that need to be done. First of all, Fly to Lavender Town and talk to the Radio Tower manager (They guy by the tables) to get an Expn Card, which lets you tune into the Kanto Radio Stations. Secondly, Fly to Saffron City and visit the CopyCat (She's in the house south of the Magnet Train station). She'll tell you that she's lost her favourite Pokedoll, so go to the Vermilion City Pokemon Fanclub to retrieve it (It's that Clefairy Doll). She'll thank you with a Pass, which lets you use the Magnet Train at any time! The Magnet Train will take you between Saffron City in Kanto to Goldenrod City in Johto - it's a lot more convenient than the SS Aqua. Finally, head to Snorlax east of Vermilion City. Equip yourself with a few Ultra Balls (Or Heavy Balls) and tune your Pokegear's Radio to a frequency of 20 - the PokeFlute. Walk up to Snorlax, examine it, and it will attack you. Snorlax

Snorlax, a Normal type, is one of the most powerful Pokemon in GSC. With its ridiculously high HP, Attack and Special Defense, as well as a huge move pool, Snorlax became a powerhouse with moves like Curse and Belly Drum to maximise its attack, as well as Return, Double-edge and Body Slam to cause severe damage with STAB. If you don't catch it, at least use Thief to grab the Leftovers attached to Snorlax. The cave behind it is Diglett's Cave, and this leads to Pewter City. Bring along someone with Cut, and traverse the underground. Pewter City On exiting, head east and north to get a Carbos, then visit the house to the south to get a Nugget. Just north of here is Pewter City, and you'll have to use Cut to get through. Find the man walking around to the right of the PokeMart. He'll give you a Silver Wing if you're playing Pokemon Gold, or a Rainbow Wing if you're playing Pokemon Silver. While Pewter City's Museum is closed for renovations, the Gym is always open. Pewter City Gym Pewter City Gym: Brock Pokemon Information Moves

Speciality: Rock Graveler

Level: 41 Type: Ground/Rock

Defense Curl Rock Slide Rollout Earthquake

Level: 41 Type: Ground/Rock Rhyhorn

Fury Attack Scary Face Earthquake Horn Drill

Level: 42 Type: Water/Rock Omastar

Bite Surf Protect Spike Cannon

Level: 44 Type: Ground/Rock Onix

Bind Rock Slide Bide Sandstorm

Level: 42 Type: Water/Rock Kabutops

Slash Surf Endure Giga Drain

All five of Brock's Pokemon are 4x weak to Grass attacks, so Giga Drain should be able to take them out in one shot. Alternatively, use Water and Ice types for Graveler, Onix and Rhyhorn, and Electric types for Omastar and Kabutops. Rock Pokemon have high defenses, but you can still cause considerable damage to all of them if you use Earthquake or a good Fighting move. When you win, you'll receive the Boulder Badge. Exit the gym and head east. Mt. Moon Mt. Moon Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time

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Sandshrew Sandslash Clefairy Zubat Zubat Paras Geodude Geodude

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It's not essential that you come here, but it's a very good idea to, especially if today is Monday. Heading east from Pewter City, you'll eventually come across a cave opening, and on entering, you'll be confronted by your rival. He'll attack with a lv41 Sneasel, a lv41 Magneton, a lv42 Golbat, a lv43 Alakazam, a lv43 Gengar and a lv45 fully evolved starter. After the battle, you can head south to the exit, which leads back to Cerulean City, but you should head east and up the ladder. If you do decide to go to Cerulean City, there's an HP Up on the top ledge of Route 4. During the day, the shop here will be open for business, but on Monday nights, Clefairy will gather here, to dance and pray to the Moon Stone.

On approaching them, they'll run away and you can use Rock Smash to break open the rock and get the Moon Stone. This occurs every Monday so you'll never run out of Moon Stones. You're done here, so Fly back to Pewter City. Viridian City and Pallet Town Route 2 Wild Pokemon

Pokemon Caterpie Metapod Butterfree Weedle Kakuna Beedrill Pidgey Pidgey Pidgeotto Pidgeotto Pikachu Hoothoot Hoothoot Noctowl Noctowl Ledyba Ledian Spinarak Ariados

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South of Pewter City is Viridian Forest, and while there aren't any bug Pokemon inside, you can still get a few items like a Max Potion, Full Heal, Max Ether, Revive, Dire Hit and Full Restore. Use the Itemfinder to help you. On exiting, use Cut to the east to grab an Elixir.

Viridian City's newest feature is the Trainer House, where you can battle a copy of the last person that you used Mystery Gift with. The default is Cal, who has a level 50 Meganium, Typhlosion and Feraligatr. You can only do this once a day though. Also, use Cut or Surf to the west of the Pokemon Center and talk to the man to get TM42 - Dream Eater. Since the Gym Leader is currently out, just continue south to Pallet Town. Route 1 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Pidgey Rattata Rattata Sentret Furret Hoothoot
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You can check out the homes of Red and Blue, the main characters of RBY. Blue's sister, Daisy, will groom your Pokemon from 3pm - 4pm each day and increase their happiness. You can also visit Prof Oak, who will rate your Pokedex. Cinnabar and Seafoam Islands Route 21 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Krabby Kingler Staryu Corsola Tentacool Tentacruel Tangela
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Tangela Mr. Mime Mr. Mime

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Surf south of Pallet Town and you'll reach the crumbled ruins of Cinnabar Island. The volcanic eruption has obliterated the township that was once here. You can stop by the Pokemon Center to heal your Pokemon, but really you're here to talk to the lone character behind the building. He'll reveal himself to be Blue, the Viridian City Gym Leader, and will teleport off. Check the narrow path to the north for a Rare Candy, and surf east. Route 20 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Krabby Kingler Staryu Corsola Tentacool Tentacruel
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You'll come across an island with a cave on it. If you read the sign next to the Cinnabar Pokemon Center you'll know what's here - it's Blaine, the Gym Leader who has had to relocate his gym due to the eruption. Cinnabar Island Gym Pokemon Cinnabar Island Gym: Blaine Level: 45 Type: Fire/Rock Magcargo Curse Smog Flamethrower Rock Slide Information Moves

Speciality: Fire

Level: 45 Type: Fire Magmar

Thunderpunch Fire Punch Sunny Day Confuse Ray

Level: 50 Type: Fire Rapidash

Quick Attack Fire Spin Fury Attack Fire Blast

Although Blaine's Pokemon are quite high levelled, they're far from being a good challenge. Use Rain Dance to your advantage, or just pummel away with moves like Rock Slide, Earthquake and Surf. If you're really worried, bring along some Burn Heal to prevent that nasty side effect of many fire attacks. When you win, you'll receive the Volcano Badge. You can head to Fuchsia City by following the route east (The boulders in the way have now been cleared), or you can Fly back to Viridian City for your final Kanto gym battle. Viridian City Gym Pokemon Information Moves Quick Attack Whirlwind Wing Attack Mirror Move

Level: 56 Type: Normal/Flying Pidgeot Viridian City Gym: Blue Level: 56 Type: Ground/Rock Rhydon

Speciality: Diversity

Fury Attack Sandstorm Rock Slide Earthquake

Level: 54 Type: Psychic Alakazam

Disable Recover Psychic Reflect

Level: 58 Type: Water/Flying Gyarados

Twister Hydro Pump Rain Dance Hyper Beam

Level: 58 Type: Grass/Psychic Exeggutor

Sunny Day Leech Seed Egg Bomb Solarbeam

Level: 58 Type: Fire Arcanine

Roar Swift Flamethrower Extremespeed

Most definitely the hardest battle yet (Why the sudden change in difficulty?). Use an Electric attack to take out Pidgeot and Gyarados, a Water attack for Rhydon and Arcanine, and a Ghost or Dark attack for Alakazam and Exeggutor. Alternatively, exploit other weaknesses such as Exeggutor's fire, bug and flying disadvantages. Your Pokemon should be equally or higher levelled, and should be able to take a good hit or two from Blue's Pokemon. If you find this battle tough, you'll need to level up. When you win, you'll receive the Earth Badge. Fly to Pallet Town and talk to Prof Oak. He'll congratulate you, and grant you access to Silver Cave, the final dungeon in the game. Return to Viridian City, and head west. Remember this building? You passed by here on your way to the Indigo Plateau from New Bark Town. Head right through to the now cleared exit. Silver Cave Route 28 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Poliwag Magikarp Poliwag Poliwhirl
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Ponyta Rapidash Doduo Dodrio Tangela Sneasel Ursaring Donphan

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Silver Cave Outside Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate

The wild Pokemon here are quite high levelled, so this is a good place to train. Just head all the way west until you spot the Pokemon Center, and use this as a base to train. If you check your Pokegear, you'll see you're back in Johto. If you follow the path created when you Cut down the bush just to the east of the Pokemon Center, you'll find a house where the occupant inside will give you TM47 - Steel Wing. If you continue down the path (Don't jump off the ledge), you'll find a hidden Rare Candy. Just beyond the Pokemon Center is a cave entrance. Inside is the world's most powerful trainer. You'll need Flash for the first room, but if you're good, you can use the map to the left to navigate. It's a good idea to bring in someone with Waterfall and Surf too, because there's some exploring to do. You can always return to the Pokemon Center and make changes to your lineup to face the final challenge.

Silver Cave Entrance Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Golbat Graveler Onix Ursaring Donphan
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Larvitar

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The items in the first room are an Escape Rope, an X Accuracy and a Max Elixir, but if don't mind the random battles, you can search around more with the Itemfinder. Once you head to the next room (The exit is at the top of the map), you won't need Flash anymore. Silver Cave Inner Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Golbat Golduck Quagsire Quagsire Misdreavus Ursaring Donphan Larvitar
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Silver Cave beyond Waterfall Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Golbat Golduck Quagsire Quagsire Misdreavus Ursaring
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Donphan Larvitar

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Here's where Waterfall and Surf come into play. In the pool of water immediately to your left when you enter the room, Surf up and use Waterfall to get to a ledge. The room here holds a Max Revive. Return to the entrance and head up the stairs. When you can Surf, do so to get to a room with a Full Restore. The cave opening up ahead leads to your final challenge. Silver Cave Rear Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Goldeen Seaking Magikarp Goldeen Seaking Golbat Golduck Onix Ursaring Donphan Larvitar
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The Final Battle Champion: Red Speciality: Diversity

Swift Espeon Psychic Mud-Slap Reflect Psychic Rest Snorlax Normal Snore Amnesia Body Slam Quick Attack Pikachu Electric Charm Thunderbolt Thunder Whirlpool Blastoise Water Rain Dance Surf Blizzard Giga Drain Venusaur Grass/Poison Sunny Day Synthesis Solarbeam Fire Spin Charizard Fire/Flying Wing Attack Slash Flamethrower The best trainer in the entire game, and all his Pokemon are above level 70. If you've trained properly and have a bit of luck, you should be able to beat him at level 60. * Pikachu, the first Pokemon, can be fainted in one shot by a strong Earthquake from a Groundtype Pokemon. * Espeon isn't difficult to beat either, a Dark-type or a Pokemon with high Special Defense should be able to take it down. * Snorlax will be a real difficulty. If you have a Ghost, Steel or Rock Pokemon you should be able to survive long enough. The difficulty comes when it uses Rest, or when Body Slam paralyses. Don't bother with status ailments as Rest will cancel its effects. Your best bet is to stick with strong physical attacks, especially Fighting attacks, and persevere. * Blastoise will attempt to use Rain Dance, then trap you with Whirlpool. If someone knows Thunder, use Rain Dance to your advantage, otherwise just hit it with strong Electric attacks. * While Venusaur has a deadly Sunny Day combo, use it to your advantage by hitting it with Level 77 Level 77 Level 77 Level 81 Level 75 Level 73

strong Fire attacks. Alternatively, use a Steel, Flying or Poison Pokemon for some resistance. * Finally, Charizard can be taken down with a powerful Water or Rock attack. If Sunny Day is in effect from Venusaur, Water damage is halved, and Flamethrower/Fire Spin's damage is boosted. Since this is the final battle, don't be afraid to use your items - Full Restores come in handy here, and things like X Special and X Attack will help too. Give it everything you've got. Red will disappear in a fadeout, and the credits will roll. That's it! You've beaten the toughest trainer in Pokemon Gold, Silver and Crystal. But don't worry, he'll be back so you can fight him again. Feel free to wander around the world, doing sidequests and completing your Pokedex. Well done on a long, but enjoyable game. Optional Areas The following is a whole guide to the optional areas of the game. As the name suggests, these areas do not have to be completed in order to progress with the storyline, but they do get you some good Pokemon and good items. You'll have to do them to catch all the Pokemon for your Dex. Ruins of Alph Ruins of Alph Interior Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Unown
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Ruins of Alph Outside Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Poliwag Magikarp Wooper Quagsire Natu Smeargle
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The Ruins of Alph can be found to the west of Violet City. It consists of a central cave surrounded by four smaller caves. In each of these smaller caves lies a sliding puzzle that you have to solve - each puzzle unlocks certain letters of the Unown alphabet so if you want to complete the set of 26, you'll have to solve them all. Solution: The first puzzle, Kabuto, can be accessed very early in the game. The cave is very close to the entrance to the Ruins of Alph and just above the Research Center. A Pokemon that hid on the sea floor. Eyes on its back scanned the area. Solution: The second puzzle, Aerodactyl, can be accessed after you have HM03 - Surf. The cave is south of the Ruins entrance, past the small patch of water. This flying Pokemon attacked its prey with saw-like fangs. Solution:

The third puzzle, Ho-oh, can be accessed after you have HM03 - Surf. You must head through Union Cave to get to this place. Mid-way between the entrance and exit, there is a ladder heading down to the next floor. In the next room, surf across the water and exit at the northernmost opening. Defeat the Psychic, and enter the cave. A Pokemon that flew gracefully on rainbow-colored wings. The final puzzle, Omanyte, can be accessed after you have HM03 - Surf and HM04 - Strength. Like the third puzzle, you must go through Union Cave. Instead of exiting through the northermost opening on the second floor, head west after surfing and use Strength on the rock to get past and into the final cave. This Pokemon drifted in the sea by twisting its ten tentacles.

Solution:

After completing each of the puzzles, you'll drop down into the main chamber where you can encounter wild Unown. By catching three different kinds of Unown, you can grab an Unown Dex at the Research Center. Each Unown has a word associated with it, but these have no real significance. Take a look at our complete Unown Dex here. You can access your Unown Dex but opening up the Pokedex and pressing [Select]. Once you've completed the dex, you can print them out at the Research Center. Union Cave Union Cave 1F Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Goldeen
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Seaking Magikarp Wooper Quagsire Rattata Rattata Sandshrew Zubat Geodude Onix

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Union Cave B1 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Goldeen Seaking Magikarp Wooper Quagsire Rattata Rattata
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Sandshrew Zubat Geodude Onix

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Union Cave B2 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Tentacruel Shellder Chinchou Lanturn Tentacool Tentacruel Quagsire Rattata Raticate Zubat Golbat Geodude Onix
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Return to Union Cave with Surf and head in through the entrance closest to Azalea Town. Ideally, come on a Friday, and bring along anything necessary to catch a Pokemon. You'll find that by surfing over one of the pools of water you can access a whole new level with some new trainers and Pokemon.

[ Union Cave Basement Map ] Try out one of the Fishing Rods here too. The item in the top right is an Elixir while the item in the middle of the map is a Hyper Potion. The real prize here is a lv20 Lapras at the bottom of the map. It reappears every Friday so you can catch more than one. Lapras

Lapras is a dual Water/Ice type with one of the best movepools in the game. With ridiculously high HP and moves like Rest, Substitute and Confuse Ray to keep it alive, it can stall for time as well as launch an impressive array of elemental moves like Surf, Ice Beam, Psychic and Thunderbolt. For the truly cheap, try out Rest, Sleep Talk and Horn Drill. Mt. Mortar Mt Mortar is situated on Route 42, between Ecruteak City and Mahogany Town. You will need a spare slot in your party (i.e., carry 5 Pokemon) as well as Flash, Surf, Waterfall and Strength. If you're really impatient, then bring along a good supply of Repels, but you run the risk of missing the chance to capture a rare Marill. There are three entrances to the cave - go through the one closest to Ecruteak City. [ Mt. Mortar 1F ] Mt. Mortar 1F Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Goldeen
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[ Mt. Mortar Lower Cave ] Mt. Mortar Lower Cave Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Rattata Zubat Machop Geodude
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You may have already done this part before, if so, simply skip this. Referring to the Mt. Mortar 1F, go through (A) and then up the ladder to the northwest. You should appear at (C) and you can get the Ether here. Head back down the ladder (C) and head east. Use Strength on the rock there and navigate your way to an Escape Rope on the right, and a Hyper Potion on the left. There are plenty of hidden items, so examine any lone rocks that look suspicious and you might get lucky. Back at the bottom of the map, you'll see the (B) exit, and a ladder to the north of that. At the top of this ladder (D), you can grab a Guard Spec.

[ Mt. Mortar Upper Cave ] Mt. Mortar Upper Cave Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Goldeen Seaking Magikarp Goldeen Seaking Raticate Golbat Machop Machoke Geodude Graveler
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Exit Mt Mortar and re-enter through the middle entrance. Surf up the Waterfall and go through (F). The maze here is quite confusing, especially since the area is quite large and everything looks the same. If you haven't bought Repels along, you'll really need the map. If you want all the items, you'll have to double-back quite a bit, but hey, it's only time that's being spent. The item on the far left is a Rare Candy, while the item on the far right is a Max Potion. TM40 Defense Curl can be found on the raised platform in the center of the map; an Escape Rope is on the top-right platform; an important Dragon Scale is on the platform at the top-center and finally an Elixir can be found just south of the ladder (G). Once again, check suspicious rocks around the place for hidden items. Ladder (G) leads to the Lower Cave where you'll find yourself on a raised platform above the rest of the level. Head right and up around - follow the boundary and you'll reach ladder (H). The item on the way is a Max Revive.

[ Mt. Mortar B1 ] Mt. Mortar B1 Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Goldeen Seaking Magikarp Goldeen Seaking Rattata Raticate Zubat Machop Geodude
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Ladder (H) takes you to the Basement of Mt Mortar. Immediately to the right of the ladder is the Fighting Dojo Master (He owns the abandoned gym next to Saffron City's Psychic Gym) - talk to him and you'll battle - he has a level 34 Hitmonlee and a level 34 Hitmonchan. As a reward for trudging your way through the entire mountain, and for beating the Karate King, you'll receive Tyrogue, the pre-evolution of Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee and Hitmontop. You should have listened to me when I said have a spare slot in your party.

To get out, you can use one of the Escape Ropes you've acquired along the way, or you can use Strength on the rock to the south. On this level, the far left item is a Full Heal and the far right

item is a Hyper Potion. Navigate your way to ladder (E) and you'll find yourself just above the middle entrance of Mt Mortar (refer to the First Level map). Dark Cave There are three entrances to Dark Cave - the first just east of Violet City, the second is just south of Blackthorn City, and the third is near the south side of Route 45. You'll probably want to start at the Blackthorn City end, so Fly there and make sure you've got someone with Surf, Rock Smash and Flash. Bring along some Pokeballs too, because Dark Cave is the only place in the game where you can catch a wild Wobbuffet. [ First Section ] Dark Cave (Blackthorn Entrance) Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Goldeen Seaking Magikarp Magikarp Zubat Golbat Geodude Graveler Wobbuffet
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[ Second Section ] Dark Cave (Violet Entrance) Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Goldeen
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On entering, circle round to the left and talk to the guy here - he'll give you BlackGlasses, which increases the power of Dark-type moves by 10%. The other items here are a Revive on the right platform by the water, and TM13 - Snore just to the east of the opening to the next room. In this next room, you'll need Rock Smash to get to the remaining parts of the cave. The two items on the part leading to the Route 45 exit are a Hyper Potion and a Full Heal, while the item near the Violet City exit is just a Potion. Tin Tower Tin Tower Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rattata Rattata Gastly
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Tin Tower, located in Ecruteak City, is home to the legendary bird, Ho-oh. In Pokemon Gold, Ho-oh is level 40, while in Pokemon Silver, it is level 70. You must have two items in order to access Tin Tower - one is the Ecruteak Gym Badge (Fog Badge), and the other is a Rainbow Wing. This you will receive from the Radio Tower Manager (Gold) or the man in Pewter City (Silver). Head to Ecruteak City and enter the house on the far north side, by the pond. There are nine levels in total; the first two are bare and needs no walkthrough, but the remaining seven involve mazes. The following table shows the path to the next level as well as what items are available on that level.

Full Heal in the bottom left

Ultra Ball in the right-middle; Super Potion at the bottom right; Escape Rope at the bottom left.

Rare Candy in the center

No items on this level

Max Revive at the top right

Full Restore at the top left; Max Elixir in the center; Nugget at the bottom

No items on this level. You'll eventually reach the roof of Tin Tower where you'll find Ho-oh resting. If you don't want to catch it (I really suggest you do catch it), at least Thief it for a Sacred Ash. Ho-oh

Ho-oh is a dual Fire/Flying type, meaning that it has a nasty 4x weakness to Rock-type attacks. Nevertheless, like other legendaries, Ho-oh has some great stats (namely Attack and Special Defense), as well as some really good moves at its disposal. One includes its unique attack, Sacred Fire, which causes good Fire damage as well as burns 50% of the time. Take advantage

of its high attack with moves like Earthquake, Shadow Ball and Ancientpower. Throw in Recover, Curse and Roar, and you'll have a strong Pokemon on your team. Alternatively, utilise the Special Attack with the Sunny Day/Sacred Fire/Solarbeam combo. Whirl Islands Whirl Islands 1F Wild Pokemon Pokemon Method Time Rate Krabby Kingler Horsea Seadra Tentacool Tentacruel Horsea Zubat Golbat Seel Krabby
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The Whirl Islands are situated on the sea route that takes you between Olivine City and Cianwood City. As the name suggests, the islands are surrounded by Whirlpools that require use of HM06 - Whirlpool to remove. Bring along some Pokemon that can use Surf, Whirlpool and Flash, and if you want, Strength and Waterfall. You should also have the Silver Wing and have some Ultra Balls. There are four islands that lead to a massive underground cave, and these have been appropriately labelled A, B, C and D on this map: [ Whirl Islands ] Each island entrance takes you a certain part of the cave and have been labelled with the corresponding letters. The ladders inside the cave have been labelled numerically to distinguish them from the exits.

To skip the exploration bit and get to Lugia, enter the cave through Island B, then chose the upper path to go down Ladder 2. This will lead you to Ladder 3 at the top of the waterfall - just head down and into the cave where a lv40 (Pokemon Silver) or lv70 (Pokemon Gold) Lugia will be waiting for you. Lugia

Lugia is a strong Psychic/Flying type and a very worthy addition to any team. Its defense stats are sky-high, and combined with Recover, it's an extremely hard Pokemon to take down. A common moveset utilises TM03 - Curse, where a drop is Speed in traded for a rise in Attack and Defense. While keeping its HP high with Recover, you can use Lugia to dish out the damage with physical moves like Shadow Ball, Earthquake and its unique attack, Aeroblast. Add a good special attack like Psychic, Thunderbolt, Surf or Ice Beam, and you have a force to be reckoned with.

But for the real hardcore players who want everything (Good on you!), here's a listing of all the items: - Ultra Ball, by Ladder 1 in Cave B. - Guard Spec, by Ladder 5 in Cave C. - Escape Rope, just to the south of Exit 7 in the main cavern. - Calcium, to the north of Ladder D in the main cavern. - Carbos, en route to Ladder 6 from Ladder A in the main cavern. - Full Restore, to the south of the stairs immediately near Ladder A in the main cavern. - Nugget, to the west of Ladder 1 in the main cavern - circle round by dropping down the ledge then heading up the stairs to the raised platform.