In order to get the badge, you must go through the cave directly behind the gym, past the small lake. Once in, take the first ladder to the next level and take the door below. You should now be in a large cavern. Go to the left hand side and surf down until you see a wall of stones in the lake. Make sure you are on the left side of them. Keep going south until you see a small whirlpool . If you got HM 6 and taught it to a Pokémon, simply go up to it, press the A button and choose the first option. The whirlpool should disperse and you should be able to proceed south. Go south until you can't go anymore, then go east until you find a small strip of land, do not go there. Instead, go to the strip of land to the northeast of it and pick up the Pokéball there. Apparently, it is the badge. The 8th gym leader will approach you and talk for a bit, then leave. Exit the cave the way you came and go into town.
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Fly back to the first town you started at (where your house is at). Talk to the professor at his house, where you received your starting Pokémon. He will give you the ultimate Pokéball, the master ball. It will catch any wild Pokémon, no matter how powerful. Now, you have two options. You can go to the elite four and test your luck, or you can go in search of a rare and highly powerful Pokémon. If you have the Gold version, you will be searching for houou. If you have the Silver version, you will be searching for Lugia. Both are very useful and very hard to find and catch. If you want to go on to the elite four, skip the next section. If you want to catch the rare Pokémon, read on.
To find Houou, go to Enju city. It is the city where you fought the 4th gym leader (the one with all the ghost Pokémon). Go north while in the city and you should find a small pond. Go to the left of it and enter the house there. Find the ladders to the next level until you find one with a checker board floor mad to the right. Go through it, it is a door. Follow the pathway until you reach another temple. Enter it. Go to the back and you should find a staircase in between some Pokémon statues. Take it up to the next floor, go south where you find another staircase.
This is a trick floor with ramps that allow you to jump to the next platform, but never back. Make your way to the northeast corner of the room where you will find a statue. On the next floor, go to the northwest corner and take the stairs there. Go right to a ramp. Jump over to the second platform and take the ramp down to the next platform below. Go take the two ramps to the left, one south, one right, and keep taking the ramp south until you can't go anymore. Then, take the two ramps to your right, then the one south. There, you should find a platform with stairs, take them to the next floor.
Follow the wooden walkway around the room until you find another staircase, take it. Go up, then take a right where you should find a red square, don't take it. Instead, continue east and keep going around the room until you find another red square. Step on it to be transported to the next level. On the next floor, take the transport pad to the south. Then, on the next floor, the one to your left. Next floor, take the one to your left. Finally, you should be on a center platform with a staircase. Take it to the next floor. You should now be on the roof. Make sure your Pokémon are healed, ready to battle, and you have enough Pokéballs. Then, go north where you'll find a bird. Talk to it and you will fight it.
This thing is tough. A water Pokémon and water attacks would work best. try the red gyarados. Houou has a fire attack that will take away a good chunk of your Pokémon's HP. As an added bonus/nightmare, he can heal himself nearly all the way. I used the masterball, since I was in a hurry. If you don't want to use it yet, keep up the attacks until it is nearly passed out, then try to put it to sleep and throw a couple Pokéballs until you've caught it.
For Lugia, fly to the fifth gym leader's city, next to the ocean, where you got HM Fly. Surf to the right and you will find four mini islands blocked by whirlpools. Surf to the upper right island blocked by a whirlpool to the bottom right. Enter the cave on the island. Use flash to brighten things up. Go up until you meet the wall, then go right until you jump off of two ledges and run into the wall. Then, go up to find a staircase, use it. Then, follow the white pathway to another staircase, use it. You should be on a small strip of land nearly surrounded by water. Surf down to the right and down the waterfall. As soon as you land off the waterfall, don't move. Surf on over to the left where you should see a strip of land and a cave entrance on it. Enter the cave. Inside, surf north until you see a bird floating in the water. It is Lugia. Lugia, like Houou, is hard to catch. Just use the same method as with Houou (above).
If you win, good job! Trust me, either will come in handy.
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Now, fly back to your starting town, where you got your masterball and starting Pokémon. Once there, go to the ocean to the east of the city and swim. Keep going east until you find an island. There is a cave to the north of the island, enter it. Swim to the left, once inside the cave. You will find a waterfall. If you got HM 7 back at the ice cavern and you taught it to a water Pokémon, go up to the waterfall and press the A button, then choose the first option. You should shoot up to the top, then, head east where you'll find another waterfall, go down it. You will see a cave exit near the bottom right, before leaving, your rival will challenge you. Make sure you are fit to fight and try to go through the door where he will stop you. The red haired rival uses a level 34 Nyuura, a level 36 magneton, a level 36 golbat, a level 35 haunter, a level 35 Kadabra, and a level 38 Bakufun. He's not too tough, but he will probably knock you around some. Just keep it up until you win. Then, exit the cave.
Once outside of the cafe, swim east, find another mainland, and continue east. You will find a white walkway, follow it east, then north. Once it ends, keep going north until you find another white walkway. Follow it north for a while until it leads to a building, at the furthest north of the trail. A man behind a desk will talk to you and ask to see your 8 badges. After that, go north and you will find a door. You should now be in a large cavern. Keep heading northwest until you find a ladder, take it. Then, on the next floor, head northeast where you will find another ladder to the left of a ladder sitting on the ledge. Take the left ladder up to the next level. Now, go north until you find a cave exit at the north end of the cave. You will find another building, it is the house of the elite four.
Inside, there is an item shop, a Pokémon Center, and a PC where you can exchange you Pokémon line-up. There are a few things you should do before going to battle the elite four. Make sure you have your best Pokémon in your line-up, then make sure to heal them. Even though they appear fine, they might have low PP on a certain move. Then, make sure you stock up on super potions that cure 200 HP on a Pokémon. they sell for 1200 and are the third on the list at the item shop in the building. You might also want to get a lot of Super revives that revive a KO'd Pokémon and raise it's HP bar by half. They go for 1500 bucks and are second to last on the item list (they have an "S" symbol at the end of their name). Make sure to take out some ethers and elixirs that you might have stored in the PC. They will replenish PP to a certain move or all the Pokémon's attack PPs. This is useful after about the third battle when your attack's PP is depleted. They start with what looks like " t - t- ". Once you are ready, go to the east, inside the building, then north where you'll find a staircase. Prepare to battle the Elite four!
Itsuki
Lv 40 Neiteio
Lv 41 Jynx
Lv 41 Slowbro
Lv 42 Neiteio
Lv 41 Exeggutor
Itsuki isn't that bad. She uses mainly ice Pokémon with the exception of slowbro and Exeggutor. Stick to your fire or fighting Pokémon, they should take out the other Pokémon in one or two hits.
Koga
Lv 41 Araidosu
Lv 42 Muk
Lv 44 Kuroba
Lv 43 Uoretosu
Lv 41 Venemoth
Koga has a good line-up and you might find yourself changing your Pokémon mid battle to gain the advantage. Water attacks seem to work fine though. After some lumps, you should come out victorious.
Bruno
Lv 41 Pokémon with spike on head
Lv 42 Hitmonchan
Lv 43 Onix
Lv 46 Machamp
Lv 42 Hitmonlee
Manly, Bruno sticks to fighting Pokémon. Psychic and flying attacks have the advantage. Strength works fine and water attacks work great on Onix. Watch out for machamp's rock slide.
Karin
Lv 42 Blacky
Lv 45 Gengar
Lv 44 Yamikarasu
Lv 42 Vileplume
Lv 47 Heruga
Use mainly fly, water and strength attacks. Vileplume is strong against fire, so use fly.
Lance
Lv 44 Gyarados
Lv 47 Dragonite
Lv 47 Dragonite
Lv 50 Dragonite
Lv 46 Aerodactyl
Lv 46 Charizard
Lance is by far, the best trainer of the elite four...err, now five. He is a dragon trainer so stick to strength and hyper beams. For Aereodactyl, use strength, for Charizard use surf and for the Dragonites, hyper beam works fine.
If you win, congrats, you earned it. After the ending cinema ends, be sure to start up your saved game as normal, but save the game as soon as your saved game loads. If not, your data from the elite four will have not been saved and you will have to beat them again. Now that you think you've beaten the game, guess again. A whole new adventure awaits you! (enter maniacal laugh) ...*ahem* Moving on.
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Now that you've beaten the first half of the game, it's time to explore the second half of it. After beating the elite five, you should be back in your starting city where the professor lives. Make sure that you save your game after the ending credits end. Then, go to the professor's office in town and talk to him. He will give you the SS Anne ticket. Now, exit the building and fly to the town where the sixth gym leader (whom you had to give an item to) lives. Go to the south of the city and you'll find a check-in station. Upon entry, you'll find a staircase in the middle of the room, use it. On the next level, continue south where you'll find another staircase, use it. You should now be on a dock. Follow it south, where you'll find a guy in a blue bandana . Talk to him and choose the first option when one is presented. He will take you down the dock and take you on the SS Anne!
Once on board, you must battle each competitor and talk to everyone. There is a PC in one of the first rooms so you can pick up some potions or another Pokémon once aboard. Once you beat everyone, go to the right side of the boat and take the stairs down. There is a man there, if he does not let you past him, it means that you have not talked to or battled everyone. If he does let you past him, continue west and battle everyone. You might notice that your Pokémon have been healed. Then, you'll find a staircase to the southeast of the walkway. Use it and you should see the captain. Be sure to talk to him, after the girl leaves. Then, return to the first deck and find and talk to the girl, standing next to her father, in one of the cabins. After that, go to the north end of the boat and talk to the guy at the door where you came in. He should allow you to leave. If not, be sure to talk to everyone and try again. Once off, you should now be in the old world, at Vermillion city!
Don't worry, you can always go back to the other side of the map if you want to. Just go back to the place where the elite five are at (at the upper left hand side of the map). You then have to go through the cave and back the way you came. It's kind of long, but you shouldn't need to do it often.
An easier way of getting back is to use the metro. Since you are still in Vermillion city, you can do this, beat surge, head on up and do the second part. Go to the house past below the Poké center, below the lake. Inside you will find a group of people sitting around at a table. You should find a clefairy. Talk to it, then talk to the person in the blue shirt sitting directly above the clefairy. After a lengthily conversation, you will receive a doll. Now, head on up to Saffron city. Head north and in the northwest corner of the city you will find a building to the left of the northern check-in station. The building houses the train station. Do not enter it yet. Instead, head south from it until you see a row of houses. Enter the house second to the end. Inside, you will find two people and a clefairy and a staircase leading to the second floor, use it. On the second floor, you will see a girl with a bird Pokémon. Talk to her. She will give you an item. Exit the house. Now, head directly north of the house to the building that housed the train station. Go north, inside the station, and you will find a guy in a blue hat, talk to him. He will allow you to pass. You will then be taken back to the city where the third gym leader lives, Kogame city. If you wish to go back, just talk to the guy in the blue hat again. It's much easier.
Once in Vermillion city, you can look around, heal your Pokémon and pick up some supplies. Then, you can challenge the gym leader there, Lt. Surge, the electric Pokémon trainer.
Once inside his gym, you'll find three trainers and a large grouping of trash cans. You'll also notice that the door leading to Surge is closed. You must inspect each trash can until the dialogue changes. This means that you have found one of the electronic switches. You now have a one in four chance of finding the next one. It will be within one of the four surrounding trash cans. If the message is the same statement that you usually get when inspecting an empty wastebasket, then you have to start all over again to find the first switch. They will change after every failure. If the message is the same as when you found the first switch, Lt. Surge's door should now be open. Go up to him and challenge him.
Lt. Surge
Lv 44 Raichu
Lv 46 Electabuzz
Lv 40 Electrode
Lv 40 Magneton
Lv 40 Electrode
Don't think you are going to waltz in and wipe the floor with him, he is tough. His magneton is a major annoyance. He will paralyze your Pokémon and bring your actual attack percent to 10%! Bring out rock Pokémon or something strong against thunder attacks. Houou works fine too with his fire attacks.
Next, go north of the city where you'll find a white pathway. Follow it up to the check-in station to the north. Once past, you'll be in Saffron city. There, you can recharge, then continue up to the northeast part of the city where you'll find two gyms. Enter the one to the right. Once inside, you'll find numerous teleportation pads. Step on the first one. There should now be four pads per room. But, a helpful way to get to where you want to go is, if you appear in a room with a telepad above you, take that one. If you appear in a room with one below you, take that one. Eventually, you will find Sabrina.
Sabrina
Lv 46 Efi
Lv 46 Mr. Mime
Lv 48 Alakazam
Sabrina should be pretty easy. Just use plain ol attacks with your strongest Pokémon and you should win.
Now that you have beaten her, go to the mid western part of town where you will find a check-in station. It leads to a small path, then to a city called Celadon City. There is a casino here where you can use the same tokens and get some new items and Pokémon including Eevee for 6,666 tokens! Once done, head south there you'll find a bush blocking a small pathway. Cut the bush and follow the path to the gym.
Inside, you will find Erika, the grass Pokémon trainer.
She isn't bad, just use fire Pokémon.
Once you defeat her, return to Saffron City.
Now, go to the check-in station in the northern center part of town. Keep going up until you find a town. It is called Cerulean city. You should go to the gym there, but you'll find Misty is gone. Instead, go to the 2 step by 2 step square in the room, filled up with water. Go to the bottom left hand side of it and face north. Now, use swim, but don't move. Once you are in the water, press the A button. You will find an item. If not, keep searching there until you find it. Now, exit the gym and go around the gym and another building to get to the right side of the town. There should be a pathway bordered by rocks heading east. Keep heading east until you can't go anymore. You should see a river, go around the rocks and swim in it. Follow it down and around until you see a large building. Enter it. Go to the room to the right with the blue floor and the electrical generators. Talk to the fat man there and he will ask you for the item you found in the gym. Choose the first option. He will thank you. Leave and fly back to Misty's gym. Enter it. Inside, a Team Rocket member will talk to you then run out. Leave the gym and follow the white path above the gym, leading north, until you find a brick walk way. You should see the Team Rocket member again and he will talk and run once more. Continue north on the path until you can start going east. Keep going east, battling the trainers until you find a house. There, you should see a girl and a boy talking. They will have a fight and run off. Now, go back to Misty's gym. Inside, you will find Misty awaiting your challenge. Challenge her to a battle.
Misty
Lv 42 Golduck
Lv 42 Upa
Lv 44Lapras
Lv 47 Starmie
Misty isn't tough. Just use electric and fighting Pokémon. No fire or rock Pokémon. I used the red gyarados, due to its water type and used strength on my opponents making for an easy win. You should be able to overpower and defeat her.
Now, go to the east of town, along the same path as before, leading east. Only, this time, don't swim down the river like last time. Instead head south from that point where you'll find a Poké Canter and a cave. Enter the cave and use flash. Head east and you should find a ladder, use them. Now, go to the north eastern corner of the cavern where you'll find another ladder, use it. Head east and you'll find another ladder, use it. Head to the north western part of the cave where you'll find yet another ladder, use it. Then, head south until you should see a cave exit, enter it. Head south once outside and you should find another town, this one called Lavender town.
Head to the large building in the east of town. Inside, you should find a man in a black hat facing the wall. talk to him and he will give you an upgrade for your Poké radio. You must have a radio, which you got at the black tower, where the third gym leader was (in the old world, not in the current world). This upgrade allows you to listen to the Pokéflute. It is the station farthest right on your list of stations.
Now, go to the south of the city and follow the path down. It should be a ways, but finally, you should turn east when you can't go south anymore. Follow the picket fence maze until you can go south. Go south for a bit until the path turns west, then head west. Keep going until you find a check-in station, pass through it. Once past, you should be in Fuchsia city.
The Safari zone is closed and there isn't much else to do here but challenge the gym leader. Head to the southern left-hand side of the city. The gym is next to a Poké center on a ledge. Inside, there are invisible walls forming a maze. If you have a Gameboy Color, you can see the small dividers separating the walls making it easier to navigate past the trainers. You will notice that all the trainers look alike and the gym leader Koga |