Gold, Silver, and Crystal walkthrougs
New Bark Town
When you start the game, a little box appears on the right side of the screen. This is
where you will set the time of day. Pressing up and down will change the hour.
When you have decided, press A, and it will ask you if that�s OK. The top-most selection
will be �Yes.� The box will be the minutes.
Why bother with all of this? Well, some of the game�s Pok�mon can be caught only in
the morning (4am-9:59am), others during the day (10am-5:59pm), others at night
(6pm-3:59am). The internal clock will keep track of time automatically, so when you play
the game at night before you go to bed, the time of day in the game will also be night.
After a rousing pep talk by Professor Oak, you�ll be asked to enter your name.
The choices are:
Your Own Name
Gold (Silver in the Silver version)
Kamon
Oscar
Max
Now, go to the house all the way up and to the left.
This is Professor Elm�s lab. Once you go inside, Elm will give you the choice of three
Pok�mon on the table. The left one is Cyndaquil (a Fire Pok�mon), the middle one is
Totodile (a Water Pok�mon) and the right one is Chikorita (a Grass Pok�mon). If you�re
a beginner, choose Chikorita. It learns Razor Leaf at level 8. Its chance for critical hits is
good, making it a nice starting Pok�mon. It is also the only starter than can learn Flash.
Before you leave, Elm�s assistant will give you a Potion (you can�t avoid it). Don�t worry
about Pok� Balls just yet; they�ll be given to you later.
Cherrygrove City and the Pok�mon Elder
Your destination is Cherrygrove City to the west, but you should take the time to raise
your Pok�mon up to level 10 just outside New Bark Town.
You�ll have an easier time this way. If you need to heal your Pok�mon, go to Elm�s lab
and use the computer. It acts as a Pok�mon Center.
Once you�ve built up to level 10, go west. Don�t bother going north, because you won�t be
able to get very far. Keep going until you get to Cherrygrove City. Talk to the old man at
the entrance of the town, answer �Yes� to his question, and he�ll take you on a tour of the town.
When the tour ends at his house, he will give you a Map Card. It will allow you to access
a map from your Pok�Gear.
Go north and into the house. Here, a man will give you a Berry. There are many different
types of berries around the game (some heal, cure poison, cure paralysis, etc.), and you
can get them from the fruit-bearing trees that appear during the game (there is one outside his house).
The good thing about a Berry is that you can equip it on a Pok�mon, and whenever it�s
low on Hit Points, it will automatically use the fruit. Additionally, the trees replenish
themselves once a day.
Keep going northeast to the Pok�mon Elder�s house. He will give you a mysterious egg.
Plus, Professor Oak will give you a Pok�dex and tell you to go to Violet City. If that
weren�t enough, he will heal all of your Pok�mon.
Back to New Bark
Once you step out of the house, Elm will call you, telling you there is trouble at the lab
and that you should return immediately. Return to Cherrygrove City and use the
Pok�mon Center. Just before you leave town, you�ll encounter a young man who uses
one of the Pok�mon that you could have chosen in the beginning.
You should be at a high enough level to defeat him easily, even though your Pok�mon
will be weak against the one he has chosen.
Heal at the Pok�mon Center if you need to, then go to Elm�s lab. The police will be
there, and you�ll have to name the young man that you fought.
That man will then be your rival for the remainder of the game. Elm will marvel at your
egg and take it for a time to study. Just as you are about to leave, Elm�s assistant will
give you five Pok� Balls. Finally, you can catch those wild Pokemon!
The first man you see outside of New Bark Town will instruct you on how to use the balls.
Violet City and the Zephyr Badge
At this point, you may want to catch some Pok�mon to add to your team. A good choice
to catch would be Sentret, the flying raccoon, which can be caught only during the
morning or day. It can learn Cut, and, strangely enough, Surf.
Another good one is Pidgey, which can learn Fly. And while you�re at it, pick up a
Geodude (in the area I previously advised you not to enter because you couldn�t get very
far or in the dark cave here) if you want to learn Strength. Keep at least one slot open in
your party. I�ll tell you why later.
Make your way to Violet City, then beat Falkner at the gym. The gym members and
leader use Bird-type Pok�mon and should be relatively easy if you built up your levels,
especially if you snagged a rock-type. Defeat Falkner to get the Zephyr Badge.
It increases the attack of all your Pok�mon, and it allows you to use Flash at any time.
He also gives you TM 31, Mud-Slap. It�s basically a high-damage ground-type Sand Attack.
Elm will call after you exit the gym. He�s discovered your egg needs to be with fighting
Pokemon in order to hatch and he wants your help. Go to the Pok�mon Center of Violet
City, and Elm�s assistant will be there. Answer �Yes� to his question, and you�ll be given
your egg back, but this time it will be in your party. It cannot attack but will eventually
hatch into Togepi!
Now, go to the northern part of town to the Sprout Tower. Battle your way to the top, and
defeat the temple master for the Flash HM. You may also find it advantageous to pick
up a Gastly at night in this tower for use against later gyms.
Bugsy and the Hive Badge
Go south through the cave to Azalea Town (if you try going west, you�ll be blocked by
some sort of tree). Enter the Pok�mon Center and talk to the fisherman to get the
Fishing Rod. Talk to Kurt, the Pok� Ball maker, at the northern end of town, and he�ll
ask you to save the captive Slowpokes. He�ll then leave the house.
Now go to the front of the town and into the hole previously blocked by a man. Kurt will
be there. Defeat all the Team Rocket members, and Kurt will give you a Lure Ball.
Next, go to the gym and defeat the leader for the Hive Badge. It allows you to control
Pok�mon up to level 30 and enables you to use Cut outside of battle. She also gives
you TM 49, Fury Cutter. It�s the Slash attack that she used on you earlier.
Heal at the Pok�mon Center, then go west through the gate. Just as you are about to
leave, your rival appears again. This battle is a little tougher but shouldn�t be too difficult
if you have built up your Pok�mon.
Goldenrod City and the Plain Badge
Go through the forest, and play a game of �Catch the Farfetch�d� to get the Cut HM from
the grateful man. Cut your way north into Goldenrod City. Explore the town but don�t go
into the gym yet. You should be able to find a Coin Case in an underground tunnel (you
won�t be able to go into the door yet) and a Bicycle in the Bicycle Shop � both for free.
Go to the radio tower (the large building to the west end of town) and talk to the woman
at the right end of the counter. Answer her questions correctly and she�ll give you the
Radio Card. You�ll be able to access the radio from your Pok�Gear.
You can go to the gym now, if you want. However, you may want to build up each of your
Pok�mon to at least level 25. This is because the gym leader, Whitney, uses a Pok�mon
called �Miltank.� The �tank� part is accurate, because it has massive HP and can easily
wipe out low-level Pok�mon.
Not only that, it has an attack called �Attract,� which charms your Pok�mon into not
attacking if they�re the opposite gender of Miltank. If that weren�t bad enough, it has
another attack �Milk Drink�, so when you reduce its HP, it can heal itself! This will be one
of the most difficult battles you have faced up to this point. If you picked up a Gastly
earlier, you can use it in this gym since it is immune to normal-type attacks; however,
it�s attacks are also useless against the normal-types except for Hypnosis.
You will get the Plain Badge for winning. At first, she won�t give it to you, but one of the
club members will coax it out of her. It allows you to use Strength outside of battle. She
also gives you TM 45, Attract.
Ecruteak City and the Fog Badge
Exit the gym and go to the house on the top-right. Talk to the lady next to the flowers,
and she�ll give you a Squirt Bottle. Go north through the gate and all the way around
until you get to something that looks like a tree. If you have the Squirt Bottle, examine
it, then answer, �Yes.� (Normally, if you examined the tree, it would simply shake). The
tree will then turn into a Pok�mon, Sudowoodo, and attack you. This is your only
opportunity to catch this Pok�mon. After you do, walk a little bit to the right and
encounter the pudgy man, and he�ll give you TM 08, Rock Smash. You need this to
destroy the broken rocks that you encounter within the game.
Now enter Ecruteak City. You�ll encounter, but not fight, your rival at the Pok�mon
Center. Go to the house to the left of the Pok�mon Center and answer �Yes� to get an
Item Finder. Now go to the house north of the Pok�mon Center that has dancing girls.
Defeat all of the girls (they use Eevee evolutions, including the two new ones) and talk to
the gentleman in the room. He�ll give you the Surf HM.
Now you can go to the gym and defeat the leader (who uses Ghost Pok�mon) for the Fog
Badge. It allows you to control Pok�mon up to level 50 and enables you to use Surf
outside of battle. He also gives you TM 30, Shadow Ball.
Go to the smaller temple in the northwest portion of town. You will encounter your rival
there. Break the rocks and walk around until there is a pit to fall down. Walk to the
stairs, and the three Pok�mon that are there will jump away.
Olivine City
Go west to Olivine City. You can stop by the Miltank farm if you want. One of the Miltank
is sick. Feed it seven Berries, and it will get better. Then you can talk to the mother in
the house, and she will give you TM 13, Snore. Plus, you�ll now be able to buy milk from
the father, which heals a substantial amount of HP. You don�t have to complete this little
side-quest if you don�t want to.
In Olivine City, you�ll notice that the gym is empty. Climb the lighthouse (the large
building) and talk to Jasmine at the top. The Pok�mon is sick, and you will need
medicine to cure it.
Exit the lighthouse and go to the last house just before the beach. Talk to the sailor to
get the Strength HM.
Cianwood City and the Storm Badge
Surf over to Cianwood City (the city over the sea) but avoid all of the little caves that you
see along the way (since you won�t be able to do anything about them at the current
time). Defeat the gym leader to get the Storm Badge. It will allow you to control
Pok�mon up to level 70. He also gives you TM 01, Dynamicpunch.
Talk to the woman just outside of the gym to get the Fly HM. Go into the very last house
at the bottom of Cianwood City and talk to the man. He will give you some medicine.
Back to Olivine City and the Mineral Badge
Now, go back to Olivine City and climb the lighthouse again. Talk to Jasmine, and she
will go down to the gym after healing the Pokemon. Defeat her for the Mineral Badge,
which increases your Pok�mon�s Defense. She also gives you TM 23, Iron Tail, for the
massive attack that her Steelix uses.
Mahogany Town and the Glacier Badge
Go west from Ecruteak City to Mahogany Town. There is a man blocking the gym door, so
you can�t go in just yet. Go north and defeat/capture the Red Gyarados. Once you do,
look for the sign in the same area. Lance will be looking at it. Talk to him, and he�ll ask
for your help before running off.
Go back down to Mahogany Town and enter the shop. Lance will be there, and he�ll show
the way into Team Rocket�s HQ.
Go into the HQ. Defeat the Researcher at the computer, and examine the computer
to turn off a switch. If you don�t, then every statue you walk past will cause two Rocket
Grunts to run out and challenge you to duels. On the next floor, you will meet Lance
again. He will also heal your Pok�mon. Defeat the two Team Rocket members behind
the scientists to get passwords. (Don�t worry; you don�t have to write them down or
anything.) Those passwords will allow you to open up the gate into the boss�s room.
Enter the boss�s room at the top and defeat him. Talk to the bird to get the final password.
Go back down to the floor that had the large machine behind a gate. Defeat the Team
Rocket members with Lance�s help, then go into the Generator Room. Defeat the three
Electrodes on your side (the left one). Lance will then give you HM 06, Whirlpool. This HM
is used to fill in whirlpools. Once outside, you will see that the man is no longer in front
of the gym. You can now enter and defeat Pryce for the Glacier Badge and TM 16, Icy Wind.
Goldenrod City and the Radio Tower
At this point, since you will have seven badges, you will get a call from Professor Elm.
There is trouble at the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City. Enter the Radio Tower and defeat
all of the Team Rocket members. There will be a gate on one of the floors. Ignore it for
now and continue to go up the stairs to defeat the boss at the top. You will then get a key.
Exit the Radio Tower, and go just north of it to the underground passage (the place
where you got the Coin Case). Unlock the door, and go in. Your rival will then enter and attack you.
You will have to manipulate the switches at the top part of this room in order to open the
gates. Not only this, you will have to defeat the Team Rocket members who are waiting
for you.
Get the card key from the guy who is trapped on one of the floors. Then enter
the elevator and you�ll end up in the shop.
Re-enter the Radio Tower, and go through the gate that was previously locked. Defeat
the remaining Rockets, and the tower is free!
Blackthorn City and the Rising Badge
Now that Team Rocket�s taken care of, go back to Mahogany Town, and east to
Blackthorn City through a cave. This cave is basically one big puzzle. The ground is slick
with ice, and whenever you take a step, you will continue in that direction until you hit a
wall or block. The goal will be to get to the top and push the blocks through the floor.
Then drop to that floor as well. The blocks will help you get to the ladder in the middle.
Also, HM 07, Waterfall, is in this cave (in an Item Ball), and you need it!
In Blackthorn City, defeat Clair at the Gym, but she won�t give you your badge yet. Surf
on the area behind the gym and through the cave. Find the Item Ball with the feather in
it, and Clair will show up. She will then give you your Rising Badge. It allows you to
control all Pok�mon. She also hands you TM 24, Dragonbreath.
Preparing for the Pok�mon League
After getting the badge and exiting the cave, Elm will give you a call. Go to him, and he
will give you the infamous Master Ball.
Now that you have all eight badges, you can go to the Pok�mon League. Access it from
New Bark Town (the first town). Surf to the right, and a man will give you a new Map Card
(to see the second map).
However, you may need some firepower. You should start your quest for one of the two
new legendary birds. If you are playing Gold, you can get Ho-Oh first; if Silver, you can
get Lugia. Whichever one it is, it will be at level 40.
Ho-Oh and Lugia
Ho-Oh is in the Legendary Temple. Go back to Ecruteak City and into the double-space
house that has a door on it. Follow it around until you get to a temple. Ascend to the
top, and Ho-Oh will be there.
Lugia, on the other hand, is in the set of caves to the east of Cianwood City (the network
of caves will remind you of Seafoam Islands). Go into the middle-right cave. You will be
nearing Lugia�s area if you go down a waterfall. Enter the cave, and Lugia will be there.
To the Pok�mon League
Once you have received the second map from the man, go into the cave and walk all
the way through. Prepare for a long walk up to the League.
Go through the very last cave (it�s not very long), and your rival will confront you for the
last time. Defeat him and enter the league.
- Defeat the Elite Four �
Will (Psychic), Koga (Poison), Bruno (Fighting) and Karen (Dark)
� and finally the current champion, Lance (Dragon).
The Second Quest
Well, you finished the first game. You did know that there is a second quest, didn�t you?
Vermillion City and the Thunder Badge
Press �continue� after the credits roll and the title appears. Elm will call you. Go to him
and get a Boat Ticket.
Go to Olivine City and down the pathway until you get to the boat. Enter it and go to your
room (the one with the sailor standing in front of it). Look at the bed to heal if you need to.
Enter all of the rooms and talk to the man in one of them. His daughter is missing. Go
up the stairs and talk to the sailor who won�t let you through. Go back down to the room
to the right of yours and defeat the sailor.
Go back down and defeat the passengers and sailors on that floor. Ascend the stairs
and talk to the little girl with the captain. You will both be warped back to her cabin.
At this time, you should be at your destination, Vermillion City! Go to the gym and
defeat Lt. Surge for the Thunder Badge. It increases the speed of your Pok�mon.
Saffron City and the Marsh Badge
Go north to Saffron City and defeat Sabrina for the Marsh Badge.
Now go east to Lavender Town and into the Radio Station there. Talk to the men, then
exit. Go north from that town and around. Surf down until you get to the Power Station.
Talk to the man in the Generator Room, then leave.
Cerulean City and the Cascade Badge
Return to Saffron City, and go north to Cerulean City. Enter the gym. A Team Rocket
member will bump into you, and then leave. The gym is empty.
Exit the gym and go north up the trail, where you will find the Rocket. Defeat him, and
he will tell you about an item that he hid in the gym. This item is the component that
they are missing at the Power Station.
Go back to the gym and to the little pool in the middle of it. Examine the upper-left
corner of the pool for the item.
Go north again, and fight the string of trainers. You should then see a young lady. Talk
to her, and she will go back to the Cerulean City Gym. Return to the gym and defeat her
(Misty) for the Cascade Badge.
Return to the Power Station and give the item to the man. He will give you TM 07, Zap
Cannon, in return. Now, go back to the town on the second map with the Radio Tower.
Talk to the man, and he will give you a Radio Upgrade.
Return to Vermillion City and visit the Pok�mon Fan Club. Talk to the plump man at the
table, and he will give you a Clefairy Doll.
Go back to Saffron City and into Mimic�s house. Go up the stairs and talk to her. She will
give you the Magnet Train Ticket. You can now go back and forth between the maps
much more easily.
Celadon City and the Rainbow Badge
Go west to Celadon City. Defeat Erika at the gym for the Rainbow Badge and TM 19, Giga Drain.
Fuchsia City and the Soul Badge
Go west down Cycling Road to Fuchsia City. Enter the gym and defeat Janine. She is the
girl who is on the lower left. She will give you the Soul Badge.
Pewter City and the Boulder Badge
Return to Vermillion City and up to the Snorlax. Enter your Radio Screen, and go to the
last tunable station (the one with nothing but music). Exit the menus and examine the
Snorlax. It will wake up and attack you.
Once the Snorlax is dealt with, go through Diglett�s Cave and emerge near Pewter City.
Next, go to Pewter City and defeat Brock at the gym for the Boulder Badge.
There is also a trainer�s house in this town. You can go into the basement to fight a
high-level trainer. You can only do this once per day, though.
You can also go right to Mt. Moon (a very short cave). You will fight your rival for the very
last time here. At the top is a shop (people are in it only during the day) and an open field.
Viridian City and Pallet Town
Now, go south to Viridian City. The gym is empty. (Sense a pattern here?). Go south to
Pallet Town and talk to Professor Oak in his Lab.
Surf south from Pallet Town to Cinnabar Island. There will be a young man examining
a rock. Talk to him and he will leave.
Cinnabar Island and the Volcano Badge
Surf to the right into a little cave. This is the Cinnabar Island Gym. Defeat Blaine and get
the Volcano Badge.
Viridian City and the Earth Badge
Return to Viridian City, and defeat Blue (also known as Gary) to obtain the Earth Badge.
Now you have all 16 badges!
Good news: Now you can go back and get the other new legendary bird. Talk to everyone
in Pewter City again. One of them will give you another feather. This will allow you to go
to the other location to grab the bird.
However, this bird will be at level 70! Want a good way to capture it? Run it out of attacks.
Mt. Silver
But wait, there�s still a little more.
Go back to Pallet Town and talk to Professor Oak. He will tell you about Mt. Silver, which
has some strong Pok�mon.
Return to Viridian City (again) and go west. Go through the small cave to emerge by
some grasslands. Warning: This area contains some of the most-powerful wild Pok�mon
in the game, with levels of 40 or greater. This is a good place to build up levels.
Here�s some good news: There is a Pok�mon Center there. What�s more, you can fly to
the Pok�mon Center here from the locations on the first map.
Red (Ash)
But there is also a cave. Go through it (it isn�t very difficult) to find someone at the end.
This is Red, also known as Ash. He has the game�s most-powerful Pok�mon.
He has:
a level-81 Pikachu
a level-77 Blastoise
a level-77 Venusaur
a level-77 Charizard
a level-73 Espion
a level-73 Snorlax.
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