Pokemon Yellow Walkthrough Page

Pallet Town #1: Starting point of game. From Dr. Oak, you receive
Pikachu here. Gary gets an Eevee. Here you get the Pokedex from 
Dr. Oak when you bring him his shopping list from Viridian City (#2)
and you can get the Town Map from Gary's sister. 

Viridian City #2: Gym #8 located here. When first going to Viridian
City, be sure to go into the shop, the attendant there will give you a 
shopping list, for Dr. Oak. Take it back to him. It will allow you to 
buy stuff, get past the private property, and also get your Pokedex. 
Look at the palm tree next to the man who laying down earlier, it will 
give you a potion. After getting tree cutter ability, talk to the fat kid in
the closed off place by cutting down the tree. He will give you 
something nice. 

Viridian Forest #3: The first place where you challenge a large 
amount of guys, they all own insects. Look out for available items 
sitting around.

Indigo Plateau #4: Location of the Pokemon League. Accessible 
only after you have beaten all eight gyms. Many trainer battles in here
and also you can find one of the three rare birds in here, Moltres.

Pewter City #5: Location of Gym #1. Above is a large building, a 
museum. The building on the right is only accessible by cutting down a
tree and walking in. The man in there will give you a fossil, the Old 
Amber, which you can later turn into Aerodactyl.

Celadon City #6: City with extremely large shopping center. Location
of Gym #4. On the top floor of the shopping center, they have 
vending machines that sell three types of drinks. There is a girl up there
that if you give her one of each drink, she will give you a different TM.
Also in the Slot Machine center there is a man that is standing in front
of a poster in the back in a black suit. Fight him and then inspect the 
poster by pressing A. You will here a *KLUNK* and a stairwell will 
be opened. This is the Team Rocket Lair. Go immediately down when
you first enter the hideout and press A on the pots the plants are in 
and you will find a PP Up. Here you can get the Silph Scope used for
seeing the ghosts in the Pokemon Tower, get other items, and fight in 
many trainer battles. Before you get to Giovanni, you also encounter 
Jesse and James. To the left of the large shopping center is a small 
road with a sleeping monster blocking the way, this is one of two 
Snorlaxes. Use the Poke Flute on him once you get it to get by. Be 
careful! If you're going for all 150 pokemon, there are only two 
Snorlaxes in the game. Save before fighting him so if you mess up, you
can reset and try again. Also there is a tree there. Cut down that tree,
go up and to the left, and you will see a house. Go into that house and
a girl will give you HM02, which us Fly. Use it on any flying pokemon.
This ability puts up a map and lets you go to any city that had a Poke
Center that you went into. For example, if you went to Lavender 
Town and didn't go into the Poke Center, that town will not be an 
option. If you go to the bottom right of the city, and proceed up the 
right side of the wall into a narrow passage and press A against the 
tree you see there, you can find a PP Up. 

Mt. Moon #7: This is a cave that will take you from the outskirts of 
Pewter City to the outskirts of Cerulean City. You can get some items
scattered around in there. One of four Moon Stones is in here, next to
the man who challenges you for one of the fossils. Go into the narrow
path and press A on the end, and you will find a hidden Moon Stone. 
The man who challenges you for one of the fossils will give you only 
one when you beat him, either the Dome Fossil or the Helix Fossil. As
you exit the cave, Jesse and James will pop-up for the first time in the 
game. In the Poke Center near the entrance to the cave, a man is 
inside the there that will sell you Magikarp for 500 Yen. 

Cerulean City #8: Location of Gym #2. At the bottom of the city is a
bicycle shop. The man who owns it will give you a bike for free if you
give him the voucher (see Vermillion City #12 to get the voucher). To
the north of here is a bridge and a path to Bill's House with lots of 
challengers on it and an item. In Bill's House, you need to change him
from a pokemon back to himself. When you do this, he will give you
the S.S. Anne Ticket. To the upper left of the Poke Center is a house
with a man that will tell you what every badge for pokemon does. Go
out of his house and to the right on his patio there is a hidden Rare 
Candy there. Go north (the same way you would be going if you were
to visit Bill) and you will find a boy. He will give you Charmander if 
your Pikachu is somewhat happy. Also in the house that used to 
contain the man that would trade you a Jynx for a Poliwhirl, is a girl 
that has a Bulbasaur. When Pikachu is extremely happy, come back 
to her and she will give you Bulbasaur.

Rock Tunnel #9: At the entrance to the Rock Tunnel, you notice a 
small river way extending down on the right side of the screen. Return
here later when you get swim to get to the Abandoned Power Plant.
In here there are items, some items are actually Voltorbs, disguised as
an item. Also in the Power Plant you can face one of the three rare 
birds, Zapdos. To catch him refer to the FAQ. The Rock Tunnel 
without the ability flash is completely black. To make it light, use 
HM05 on a Pokemon like Clefairy, Pikachu, or Jigglypuff. To get 
HM05, there is an area next to the trail that leads to Viridian Forest, 
that is blocked off by trees. Use tree cutter and go into the house and 
talk to the men inside, they will give you HM05. Also above that 
house is another house. In there, a boy will trade you an Abra for a 
Mr. Mime. There are many guys to face in there in the Rock Tunnel, 
but no items. 

Saffron City #10: The only way in here is to give the guard a drink. 
Go to the top of the Shopping Center in Celadon City and get one of 
the three drinks (anyone is fine). He will then let you in. Location of 
Gym #6. There are two sections of the gym, the first section on the 
left is where you can get one of two monsters, but only one. The 
monsters you can choose from are Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan. There
is one building where you must beat the Team Rocket Leader again. 
In this building is also the Master Ball, given to you by the man when 
you defeat the Team Rocket Leader again. By doing that, you now 
have access to the second part of the gym where you can get the 
badge for Gym Boss #6. 

Lavender Town #11: Location of Pokemon Tower. Nothing of much
importance here. Man in bottom right house will rename your 
Pokemon if you are the original owner. To the trail on the left are 
some challenges and a house that has an underground trail to Celadon
City (#6). To the trail to the south of Lavender Town, are challengers.
Go farther south and there is a sleeping monster blocking the way. 
You need to get the Silph Scope to view the ghosts in the Pokemon 
Tower (Celadon City, #6). After beating the Pokemon Tower, the 
man at the top will give you the Poke Flute. This can be used to wake
Snorlax, the sleeping monster blocking the way to the south. This path
will now lead you to Fuschia City (#13). On the way down to Fuschia
City, there is a house, the only one along the way. In here, a man will 
give you the Super Rod. You can catch a variety of Pokemon with 
this. 

Vermillion City #12: Location of Gym #3. To the immediate left of
the entrance to Vermillion City is a Poke Center. To the left of that is a
house, is another. Go into the farthest house to the left. In here, a man
will give you the Old Rod. This can only be used to capture Magikarp.
To the south of the city is a pier with large Cruise Liner that is docked.
On the boat are many challengers in the rooms, which also have some
items in them. The captain of the boat will give you HM01, which is 
Cut. If you have beaten all the guys on the boat and he will not give it
to you, make sure you don't have your 20 item limit all the way full. 
Cut can be used on monsters that appear as a flower/four-leaf clover
under the Pokemon category when you press start. Above and to the
left of the gym, there is a house with six people in it, two of which are 
pokemon. Talk to the man in a black suit and had on the top left of the
house, and he will give you the Voucher for a free bicycle. There is a
police officer in the center of the town, and if Pikachu is happy, she 
will give you Squirtle.

Fuschia City #13: Lots of things to get here! Location of Gym #5.
Two houses to the south, near the entrance to the city. The one on the
left is the house of the Safari Zone director. He will give you 
HidenMachin04, which is rock push ability when you find his Gold 
Teeth in the Safari Zone. In the same house as the man who gives you
HM04, there is an item blocked by a rock. Use rock push to get the 
item. In the house next to the Safari Zone director's house, there is a 
man that will give you the Good Rod. With this you can catch two 
different types of water Pokemon. To get HM03, which is swim, you
need to go into the Safari Zone. For 500 Yen, you get 30 Safari Balls
(the equivalent to Great Balls), and 500 paces to move. For an 
example of a pace, lightly tap any direction and you will move one 
square, which is one pace. Don't worry, 500 is a lot. In the way back 
of the Safari Zone is a house with many statues in front of it. This is the
house where you get HidenMachin03. There should only be one man 
in there, and the inside should look metallic, unlike the other houses in
the Safari Zone. Be sure to do the Safari Zone a lot, 500 Yen is great 
for 30 Safari Balls and there is a large variety of monsters. Be sure to 
also stock up on Ultra or Great Balls while here (Ultra Balls are the 
best). If you're having trouble catching pokemon in the Safari Zone, 
just keep trying. There is no special way to guarantee a catch, except
to just to keep trying. Expect to spend quite a sum of money to catch
pokemon like Kangaskhan or Tauros. 

Seafoam Islands #14: To get here, you need to use the swimming 
ability given to you by the guy in the Safari Zone (see Fuschia City, 
#13). There are some guys to oppose while going there. When you 
get to the islands, the only thing there are two cave entrances, and only
one is accessible, the other is the exit that leads to a trail that goes to 
Cinnabar Island (#15). Bring some Ultra Balls and Great Balls along 
because 95% of the monsters you face are new. You can get Ultra 
and Great Balls in Fuschia City (#13). To my knowledge, there are no
items or people to challenge in the cave. There is though, one of the 
three rare birds here, Articuno. 

Cinnabar Island #15: Location of Gym #7. There is also a building 
there that has many assorted items scattered around in there, with 
many guys to face, and also many Pokemon not available before, like
Koffing and Ponyta. Also here you can bring your fossils to one of the
scientists in the building on the bottom left of the island. Give the man 
one of your fossils, go to the Pewter City Museum, and look at the 
fossil exhibits. Then, return to the scientist and the fossil will now be a 
pokemon depending on which fossil you chose earlier in the game 
while in Mt. Moon. After beating this gym, go back to Viridian City 
(#2) and beat Gym #8 to get to the Indigo Plateau.