! Walkthru !

You'll start off in your hometown. Professor Oak is nowhere to be seen, but go into the
grassy area and he'll come running. He'll bring you back to his lab. Now, you can choose your
starting pokemon. You have a choice between Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur. Once you
pick one, Gary (your rival) will pick the pokemon that has the advantage over what you chose.
He'll challenge you to a fight. Basically, just keep on tackling (or scratching) and you'll
win. Now, go to your house to heal your pokemon. Head north to Viridian City. You'll come
across Pidgeys and Rattatas. You can't catch them now, but you can fight them to gain
experience.
Minimum Level: 5

Viridian City
When you get here, heal your pokemon at the Pokecenter. Now, go to the Pokemart. The
storekeeper will give you Professor Oak's parcel. Return to Pallet Town and give Oak the
Parcel. He'll give you and Gary a Pokedex. Now, return to Viridian and buy a few Pokeballs.
Go back and catch a Pidgey and Rattata. You should also catch a male and female Nidoran to the
east, where you can also battle Gary again. There's nothing left to do here until later, so
just head north. Along the way, pick up a Caterpie or Weedle depending on your version. Build
them to the Metapod or Kakuna stage before leaving.
Minimum Level: 6

Viridian Forest
You can fight Bug catchers here, and you can also catch a Weedle, Caterpie, Kakuna,
Metapod, and Pikachu. You don't need to catch Kakuna and Metapod, just build up your Weedle,
Caterpie, Pikachu, Rattata, Pidgey, and starting pokemon evenly. When you're finished here,
head north again to Pewter City. It'll take a while before you find Pikachu, so be patient.
Minimum Level: 8

Pewter City
You can't leave until you beat Brock, the gym leader. Build up your starting pokemon
to a high level, you'll need it. If you have Charmander, it better be at a high level, or
you should have a level 12 Butterfree that has learned Confusion. For Squirtle and
Bulbasaur, this battle will be a cinch. When you're finished here, head east and you'll run
into a bunch of trainers. This is a good opportunity to build up your pokemon's levels.
After a while, you should reach Mt. Moon. Be sure to catch a Spearow and Jigglypuff in the
patch of grass before the cave. Sing is especially useful at this point in the game.
Minimum Level: 10

Mt. Moon

Bring along Pidgey and Spearow because there are quite a lot of Zubats here. Catch a
Zubat, Geodude, Clefairy, and Paras here. Clefairy is hard to find, so if you see one, catch
it. Before you leave, make sure you have picked up the Moon Stone, a fossil, and Rare Candy
here. There is a hidden Moon Stone here, but you can come back and get it later. You'll fight
a lot of trainers in here, mainly Rockets. One Rocket will have a Raticate, so be prepared or
it'll Hyper Fang your pokemon to death. You should find the exit in a little while. If you're
having trouble, here are some directions. Go west after the exit to go get some items. Beat
the trainers and head east. Go into every ladder, they lead to trainers and items. Look
around the east section and you'll find a passage leading west, which has a big room with a
Moon Stone and a Hiker. Defeat the Hiker and go down into the next section. You're on your
own until I get further!
Minimum Level: 13

Cerulean City

This gym is owned by Misty. Once you beat her, head north and fight Gary. He'll have
a few tough pokemon, but doesn't pose too much of a threat. Your Pidgey and starting pokemon
should have evolved by now. Once you beat all the trainers on Nugget Bridge, you'll get
a nugget (surprise). Sell it for $5000. In a patch of grass to the left, you can catch Oddish
or Bellsprout and an Abra. Catch two Abras. Catch Abra by throwing a Poke Ball immediately.
Now go east and fight all the trainers until you reach the Sea Cottage. Help Bill become
human again, and he'll give you an S.S Anne ticket. There's also a rumor that if you give him
an Eevee, Jolteon, Flareon, and Vaporeon, he'll give you pokemon #152! Remember that house
that was blocked by a police officer? The police officer has moved. Go through the house and
fight the Team Rocket gang member. He'll give you TM 28 (Dig). Head south and you'll get
access to the Daycare Center! You can also catch Meowth or Mankey in this area. Go through
the tunnel and head to Vermillion. Be warned about the Daycare Center: pokemon can't evolve
there and probably won't reach their full potential. For now, just leave your Magikarp here.
Minimum Level: 16

Vermillion City

First, get the Old Rod from the Fishing Guru. You can catch Magikarp with it. Then,
enter the S.S Anne and fight all the trainers, Gary, and pick up the items here. Talk to the
captain and "rub" his back. He'll thank you and give you the Cut HM. It allows you to cut
down grass or bushes. Teach it to a Grass pokemon and head to Diglett's Cave. You can go
further to the right, but the path is blocked by Snorlax. For now, catch a Drowzee in the grass
and a Diglett from Diglett's cave. Head to the Gym. You'll have to go do this weird game in
which you guess which trash can has a switch. When you get it, you can fight Lt. Surge. If you
got the Bike Voucher from the Pokemon Fan Club, head back to Cerulean and pick up your bike.
With the bike, you can zip through Diglett's cave. Catch Diglett here, and beware of Dugtrio.
Dugtrio can kill your pokemon in one hit. You can catch it now if you want.
Minimum Level: 18

Rock Tunnel

Before entering the Rock Tunnel, you should get the Flash HM from Professor Oak's aide.
Teach it to Voltorb, which you'll find a little later. You can trade your extra Abra for a
Mr. Mime here. You can also get a Moon stone and HP up if you head south. Now, you can
pick up the Old Amber at the back of the Museum. Head to the Rock Tunnel using Cut. Catch
an Onix and Machop here. There are many Pokemaniacs here. Bring an escape rope and someone
with Flash to light this place up. You'll find the exit after a while.
Minimum Level: 20

Lavender Town

You'll have to fight a few trainers after the Rock Tunnel. Go to the Pokemon Center and
heal your pokemon. You can enter pokemon tower and fight the channelers and Gary there, but you
can't identify the pokemon yet. You can either go south through Silence Bridge up until the
Snorlax, or you can take the Underground path to Celadon City.
Minimum Level: 22

Celadon City

Catch a Vulpix or Growlithe slightly to the east of Celadon City. There's a lot to do
here. First, go to the giant Pokemart and buy some supplies and collect the Counter TM. Go to
the top level and buy four drinks: Three for the little girl and one for the guard, who'll let
you through if you do so. The girl will give you valuable TMs for every type of drink you get
her. You may also want to buy a few drinks for yourself; they give a lot of healing. You can
visit Game Freaks Inc., but there's nothing to do there right now, but go through the back
entrance and get Eevee. Go to the Diner and talk to everyone. Someone will give you a Coin
Case and a bunch of people will hint at a hidden door in the Rocket Game Corner. Go the Game
Corner and pick up coins off the ground. Pull the switch on the poster and you can now enter
the Game Corner's basement. Wander around until you find the Rocket Member who has the Lift
Key. Beat him and get it after he drops it. Find Giovanni and beat him. He'll give you the
Silph Scope, which allows you to identify the Ghost pokemon in Lavender Town. There are a few
other places around here, such as the hotel, but I don't think there's anything to do there.
Use Cut to get to Erika's gym and beat her. Now you can finally leave Celadon. Return to
Lavender Town. At the top of Pokemon Tower, you'll find Mr. Fuji. He'll give you the Pokeflute
which will wake up the sleeping Snorlaxes which prevent you from going to Fuchsia. Now that you
have the Pokeflute, you have three choices: 1)Go to Saffron City 2)Go to Fuchsia City by going
through Silence Bridge or 3) Go to Fuchsia City by going through Cycling Road. The easiest and
fastest way is through Cycling Road. For now, go to Fuchsia through Cycling Road, unless you
want to gain experience and fight the trainers on Silence Bridge.
Minimum Level: 24

The Road to Fuchsia

If you go west from Celadon, you'll find a Snorlax blocking the way. Ignore him for now
and cut the bush above you. In the grass you can catch a Doduo. Go through the secret entrance
in the back to get the Fly HM. Now you can fight the Snorlax. There's only two, so catch it.
Now you can go to Cycling Road and fight the bikers here. Most have Grimers, so use Psychic
pokemon. The slope automatically takes you south. You'll eventually reach Fuchsia City.
Someone will offer to give you a Tangela for Venonat, but it's better to catch it south of
Pallet Town, because if you trade for it it'll come with a stupid name: Crinkles. Also,
someone is willing to give you Likitung for Slowbro. You probably don't have a Slowbro yet,
so come back later.
The other route is the long way, through Silence Bridge. There are a few items here only
accessable by Surfing, which you don't have yet. Fight all the fisherman and trainers here.
You might have to head back to the Pokecenter after a while. Eventually you'll reach the second
Snorlax. Catch it and continue heading southwest. There are lots of items and trainers.
You'll finally reach Fuchsia after going through a small maze of trainers. Pick up Ditto and
Venonat in the grass east of town.
Minimum Level: 27

Fuchsia City

The first thing to do here is head straight to the Safari Zone. You can catch Chanseys,
Tauroses, Kangaskahns, Nidorinas, Dratinis, Nidorinos, Exeggcutes, Psyducks, Krabbys, female
Nidorans, male Nidorans, Parasects, Doduos, Parases, Slowpokes, Venonats, Venomoths, Rhyhorns
and more. You can also find tons of items. You should get the Warden's Teeth and find the
Secret House in order to get the Surf HM and Strength HM. After you have your fun in the
Safari Zone, head to the gym and fight Koga. Once you beat him, you'll have another three
choices: 1)Head to Saffron City 2)Head to Cinnabar Island and 3)Head to the Seafoam Islands.
Before leaving, get the Super Rod and get Goldeen or Seaking behind a house.
Minimum Level: 30

Saffron City

Before entering the Silph Co., you should go to the un-blocked Gym. A Haunter or Gengar
will cream all of the pokemon there. Once you best the trainers there, you'll have a choice
of Hitmonchan or Hitmonlee. Once this is done, go into the Silph Co. Immediately go to the
fifth floor and after a bit of wandering aimlessly, you'll find the card key. It gets kind of
confusing after a while, but eventually you'll run into Gary. Gary has really strong pokemon
(level 35-45). Once you beat him, talk to the guy to the left and he'll give you Lapras.
Soon you'll find Giovanni. Beat him and the president of Silph Co. will give you a Master Ball.
The Master Ball will catch pokemon 100% of the time. Use it wisely! The Gym will open, but
first give a Pokedoll to the Copycat. She'll give you the Mimic TM. This gym uses psychic
pokemon. Once you beat Sabrina, you should Surf down to the Seafoam Islands. Make sure you
got the Psychic TM before leaving. Chansey or Butterfree would be a good choice (I made the
mistake of teaching it to Kadabra).
Minimum Level: 34

Seafoam Islands

Articuno is somewhere around here, so bring lots of Ultra Balls and a level 40 Lapras.
You can catch a lot of water pokemon here, including Seel and Slowbro. You'll come across
two holes and a bunch of boulders. Push a boulder in each hole and drop down. Surf up and
you'll find Articuno. Refer to the "Catching Rare Pokemon" section above on how to catch him.
From here, you can find the exit or just go back out the entrance.
Minimum Level: 36

Cinnabar Island

There's not a lot to do here (just a lab, mart, center, mansion, and gym). Get here by
Surfing south from Pallet Town. Go through the mansion to learn about Mew and Mewtwo and get
the secret key. After that, go to the lab to exchange the fossils you got earlier for
rare pokemon. Head to the gym and beat Blaine, the leader. Once you're done, you can go
to the Power Plant to catch Zapdos!
Minimum Level: 38

Power Plant

Most of the items here are actually Electrodes, so be careful. You can catch Magnemite
and Electabuzz here also. In a few minutes you will find Zapdos, the second legendary bird
(hence the name "Zap-dos". Dos, two, get it? Aw, never mind). Don't leave until you get the
Thunder TM. Teach it to Electrode or Magneton if you want, but I taught it to one of my vast
collection of Chanseys. Electrode and Magneton suck anyway, and Pikachu, Jolteon, and Zapdos
already learn it.
Minimum Level: 30
Return to Viridian City

Remember that gym that was closed back in the beginning of the game? Well, it's now
opened. The leader? I won't t ell you. But he uses Ground pokemon. Once you're finished,
bring a pokemon with Surf and one with Strength. Go east to the pokemon league headquarters.
You'll run into Gary again. The only one that'll give you trouble is the Alakazam. Beat him
and continue heading west. In a while, you'll come across the Pokemon League HQ.
Minimum Level: 39

Pokemon League HQ

Just go through and show your badges to the guards. You can catch some good pokemon in
the grass, but just move on through. Bring someone with Strength and Surf.
Minimum Level: 39

Victory Road

There are tough puzzles, pokemon, and trainers here, and plenty of items. The final
legendary bird, Moltres, is a short distance away from the exit. Be sure to pick up all of the
valuable TMs. Bring along a Water pokemon with Surf, there's lots of Onix here. You'll need
someone with Strength.
Minimum Level: 40

Indigo Plateau

Before entering the door leading to the Elite Four, be sure you're ready. Buy 4-6 Full
Restores, 2-3 Revives, and a few Max Potions too. Bring your best pokemon. It's tough to
beat them unless your pokemon are at at least level 45. Refer to above on how to beat them.
Minimum Level: 43

Unknown Dungeon

There are tons of pokemon here, all of which are from level 50-70. You'll run into
Chanseys, Wigglytuffs, Marowaks, Rhydons, Sandslashes or Arboks, Parasects, Hypnos, Kadabras,
and more. Put your highest level pokemon on the top so you can run away from battles easier.
At the end of the cave, you'll find the final rare pokemon, Mewtwo. I hope you saved your
Master Ball for this one. Supposedly there is a secret Moon Stone somewhere here, but I
haven't found it.
Minimum Level: 50

There, you're done with the game. But you still have to catch all 150.