Now you need to go to
the Power Plant, but this might be a good time to get the Fly HM. Exit out of Fuchsia City
to the west, and head up the cycling road. There are a few trainers here, and a few new
pokemon. You can catch Spearow (both) and Raticate (both) in the grassy areas.
Finish the course and go through the building. Keep on going until you see a bush that
can be Cut down. Use the Cut skill on the bush and go up through the second building.
Keep going until you see a small house. Enter the house, talk to the lady, and collect the
final HM, Fly. Once you have taught Fly to a pokemon, Fly back to Cerulean City. Take
the east exit out of town and go as far east as you can. You will see a small break in the
rocks blocking off the water. Get right in front of the water and use the Surf skill. Swim up
and around until you get to the other shore, and enter the Power Plant. There are a
couple of cool items to get and a few new pokemon too. You can catch Magnemite
(both), Magneton (both), Raichu (blue), and Electabuzz (red). The main reason for
coming to the Power Plant is Zapdos. Zapdos is one of the legendary pokemon, and
he will only appear in your game once. He is found near the exit of the Plant. I strongly
suggest not using your master ball at this time. The master ball should be reserved for
Mewtwo. Mewtwo will be explained in a later chapter). Zapdos is at level 50, so he is
really kind of hard to catch. The best idea (and this works on all 3 of the legendary
pokemon) is to freeze them with and ice attack like icebeam, ice punch, or blizzard. Once
he is almost dead and frozen, just throw a bunch of ultra balls at him. He will eventually
stay in the ball. Once you are done with the Power Plant, use Fly again to take you back
to Fuchsia City.
Chapter 7: To Cinnabar Island
Once in Fuchsia, exit the city to the south. you will see a huge body of water. Surf into it
and start swimming north. You can catch a Tentacruel in both versions here. Just follow the
water until you get to land. You will see the Seafoam Islands, which is a cave. To get
through to Cinnabar Island, you will need a pokemon who has the Strength ability. Enter
the cave and use Strength. Then go to the boulders and push them into the holes. After
you push the boulder into the hole, jump in the hole and push the boulder down again.
Continue this until you have the boulder in the water. Then go up to the top floor and push
the second boulder into the hole, following the same process as the first. Repeat this
process until you have all the boulders in the cave in the water. To find all the boulders,
you will have to do a little exploring. You can catch a ton of new water type pokemon in
the cave. On the first floor you can get Seel (both), Slowpoke (both), Psyduck (both),
Golduck (red), Horsea (red), Krabby (blue), Shellder (red), and Staryu (blue). On the
second level you can catch Staryu (both), Dewgong (both), and Seadra (red). On the
third you can get Kingler (blue). The forth floor has Golbat (both) and Slowbro (blue). On
the forth floor, if you have all the boulders in the water, you can fight Articuno, the
legendary ice pokemon. If all the boulders are in the right spots, you can swim over to
him. Articuno is at level 50, and he is pretty hard to catch. Use the same techniques as
you did with Zapdos, and you should be able to catch him. Try putting him to sleep or
paralyzing him. To get out of the cave, make sure all the boulders are in the right spots,
then jump into a hole on the second floor into the water, or go to the third floor and Surf
into the water. Swim over to the land area in the bottom right corner and take the stairs.
Keep following the stairs until you find the exit. Now Surf over to the Cinnabar Island. The
island is like a normal town, with the exception of the Pokemon Lab. You can take your
fossil and the Old Amber to the Lab and get a pokemon. The Old Amber becomes the
Aerodactyl, the Dome Fossil becomes the Kabuto, and the Helix Fossil becomes
Omanyte. Just give your items to the man in the last room, exit the building, then go back
in and talk to him. He will give you the pokemon. Now you need the seventh badge. As
you can see, the Gym is locked, so you need the key. Its located in the building in the top
left corner of the city. This is the only building with random battles on the island. (*Heres
a little known secret for all you pokemon trainers out there: The forth and final Moon
Stone is located in this building. It can be found by using the itemfinder in the room you
start out in when you enter the building.*) There are a few new pokemon to catch here.
You can get Grimer, Muk, Koffing, Wheezing, and Ponyta in both versions of the game.
On the second floor, in the blue version only, you can catch Magmar. To get the key, you
have to get to an area on the third floor that has an open ledge that you can jump off. To
get there, you will have to push the buttons on the statues that open the various electric
doors in the building. When you get to there, jump off the ledge. There are three spaces
that you can jump off, and each takes you to a different place in the building. Try them all,
until you get to the basement. Search the basement to get the key. Now exit the building
and go to the Gym. Beat all the trainers, and get to the Gym Leader, Blaine. He uses fire
Pokemon. He’s got Growlithe, level 42, Ponyta, level 40, Rapidash, level 42, and
Arcanine, level 47. Beat him to get the Volcano Badge, and the TM 38, which has Fire
Blast, a very powerful fire attack.
Chapter 8: The road to the Indigo Plateau
The eighth and final badge is located at Viridian City. Remember that locked Gym at
the beginning of the game? It’s unlocked now, and the final leader is there. Beat all the
trainers and fight the final Gym Leader. Its Giovanni Again! He’s not much more powerful
now, so just take him out. He’s got Rhyhorn, level 45, Dugtrio, level 42, Nidoqueen, level
43, Nidoking, level 45, and Rhydon, level 50. Any water or psychic pokemon will have no
problem killing them. Now, heal all your pokemon and stock up on items. I recommend
getting about 20 ultra balls (if you can afford it), a bunch of potions, and a few escape
ropes. Also make sure you have pokemon with the Surf and Strength skills. Now exit
Viridian City to the west, and enter the big building. Go through all the check points until
you get to a cave. In the grassy area before the cave you can get a Arbok (red) and
Sandslash (blue). Save the game, then enter the cave. To advance through the cave,
called Victory Road, you must push the boulders onto the switches to unlock the
blockades. The cave can be pretty confusing, but just keep pushing the boulders and
pressing onward. Eventually, you will get to a boulder next to a hole. Push the boulder
through the hole, then follow it down. Just follow the stairs to the exit. If you do some extra
exploring, you will find Moltres (he’s on the second floor). He is the third and last of the
legendary pokemon. Once again, freezing attacks work very well against him. Also try
confusion, paralize, and sleep attacks. You can catch three new pokemon here. On the
first floor, there is Machoke (both) and Marowak (both). On the second floor there is a
Venomoth (both). Find the exit and enter the Indigo Plateau, the final challenge of the
game!
Chapter 9: The Elite Four and Gary
This is the final test, the only battle that really counts. If you have only been building up
one pokemon the entire game, you might have a little trouble with this fight. First, before
even trying to fight the Elite Four, I recommend going back into Victory Road and building
up some levels. Once you have gotten about 4 pokemon to level 60 or above, you will be
able to win the final challenge. Also, before entering the battle, go to the store in the
Indigo Plateau and buy lots of Max Potion, Revive, and Full Heal. These items are
essential to winning the next battle. Now enter the door at the top of the room to begin.
The first challenger is Lorelei. She uses ice/water type pokemon. To beat her, use a fire,
fighting, or psychic pokemon. She has Dewgong, level 54, Cloyster, level 53, Slowbro,
level 54, Jynx, level 56, and Lapras, level 56. They can be hard if you are not prepared.
After beating her, heal any pokemon that are injured, or have status problems, and head
to the next fight. Its against Bruno, and in my opinion, its the easiest battle in the series.
He uses fighting/rock pokemon, so use any ice, water, ground, or psychic pokemon
against him. The reason he is so weak is that his pokemon are strong but slow, so if you
use a pokemon that is super effective against him, you will kill him without having him
attack even once. He has Onix, level 53, Hitmonchan, level 55, Hitmonlee, level 55. Onix,
level 56, and Machamp, level 58. Take him out, heal your pokemon, and get ready for
the next battles, cause they start getting pretty hard. Next fight is against Agatha, a ghost
pokemon trainer. She also has some other creepy pokemon. To win this match, get a
psychic pokemon for the ghosts, and any other strong pokemon for the others. Your
psychic pokemon will really do damage with the Psybeam and Psychic attacks.
Agatha has Gengar, level 56, Golbat, level 56, Haunter, level 55, Arbok, level 58, and
Gengar, level 60. Beat her and heal. Make sure to save some Full Heals for this fight
because her ghosts and snakes and bats can cause some pretty bad status problems.
Now, get ready for the fourth battle. Its against Lance, the dragon tamer. His pokemon
are tough, but can be easily beaten with any ice pokemon. Icebeam and Blizzard will
take them all out. Lance has Gyrados, level 58, Dragonair, level 56, Dragonair,
level 56, Aerodactyl, level 60, and Dragonite, level 62. Beat him down to get to the final
battle. Before confronting Gary, make sure your pokemon are in top fighting condition.
Now go get him. All of Gary's pokemon have different classes, so you will need at least
2 or 3 powerful pokemon to beat him. His first 3 pokemon are Pidgeot, level 61,
Alakazam, level 59, and Rhydon, level 61. His second three differ, depending on which
pokemon he choose at the start of the game. If he picked Bulbasaur, he will have
Gyrados, level 61, Arcanine, level 63, and Venusar, level 65. If he picked Charmander,
he will have Exeggutor, level 61, Gyrados, level 63, and Charizard, level 65. If he picked
Squirtle, he will have Arcanine, level 61, Exeggutor, level 63, and Blastoise, level 65.
Beat him to beat the game. Congratulations! Your next job is to collect all 150 pokemon!