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POKEMON GOLD AND SILVER WALKTHROUGH
Team Rocket's Return
On stepping outside, Prof Elm will call and tell you that something is wrong with the Radio Broadcasts. Before heading to the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City, head to the toll booth north of town where the Rockets charged you $1000 to get through. The guard there will give you TM36 - Sludge Bomb, and will allow passage to the Lake of Rage for free. If you return there, you'll see that some trainers have appeared.
At this stage, you can head to Blackthorn City through the Ice Path east of Mahogany Town, but this will be covered later. Head back to Goldenrod City, where you'll see that the Rockets are guarding the passageways to many of the buildings. Heal at the Pokemon Center, and head to the Radio Tower.
Team Rocket have taken over the Radio Tower, and so you'll have to fight your way to the very top where the director's office is. Most of them have Rattata and Poison Pokemon, so it's not very hard. Feel free to return to the Pokemon Center to heal at any time. On the top floor, you'll see the director is actually a Team Rocket executive who you'll have to fight. When you beat him, he'll give you the Basement Key. Head to the Underground via the north exit by the Nickname Rater's house.
The long narrow passage leading to the right leads to the Underground Warehouse where the Director is being held captive. As soon as you enter the Underground however, your rival will appear and challenge you to a battle with a lv30 Golbat, lv28 Magnemite, lv32 Sneasel, lv30 Haunter and a lv32 evolved starter. After the battle, he'll run off, and you're left to contend with a bunch of doors, and three switches. Each switch opens some doors and closes others, so you'll have to find the correct combination to get through. The sequence is actually really easy, but in order to get the items (Full Heal and Smoke Ball), you'll have experiment yourself. If you mess up, simply exit the room and reenter to try again. In order to proceed, flick the switches in this order: Left, Center, Right, and make your way to the doors in the bottom right corner.
Inside the warehouse, just follow the path, grabbing a Max Ether along the way. When you get to the stairs, continue on to find the director and TM35 - Sleep Talk. He'll give you a Card Key, which will open the shutters on the third floor of the Radio Tower. Head up the warehouse stairs and get the Amulet Coin. Return later, and the position of the boxes will have changed so you can get the other items (an Ultra Ball, a Burn Heal and an Ether).
Heal once you're out, and head to the Radio Tower where you can examine the shutters to unlock them. Work your way to the top where Team Rocket is broadcasting their radio signal. The Rocket Executives are harder than usual, but still easy if you have the type advantage. Use Psychic, Water, Ice and Electric-type moves to your advantage. Once again, you've saved the day and you'll get a Rainbow Wing if you're playing Pokemon Gold, or a Silver Wing if you're playing Pokemon Silver. See the section on Ho-oh and Lugia if you want to go catch them now.
Meanwhile, you can get some items as thanks for freeing the Radio Tower. Talk to Mary one floor down to get a Pink Bow, which increases the power of Normal-type moves by 10%. You can also get TM11 - Sunny Day from the girl walking around near the shutters on the third floor.
Ice Path
So with Team Rocket out of the way, head east from Mahogany Town to the Ice Path that will take you to Blackthorn City. You'll notice that in Mahogany Town, someone has opened up shop in the house leading to the Rocket's HQ, so check it out of you want. On Route 44, you can surf to the middle of the lake for a Max Revive, a hidden Elixir, and some wild Pokemon. There's an Ultra Ball to the northeast, and nearby, the entrance to the Ice Path. Make sure you have someone with Strength.
There's a lot of ice here that causes you to slide around like in Pryce's gym. As such, you'll have to work your way around the puzzles in the way. The path otherwise is very straightforward. The first puzzle solution:
Immediately after passing that puzzle, you'll see some stairs leading up to a platform. Ignore that for the moment and continue east:
The item ball is HM07 - Waterfall, and you will need this to complete the game. Head back, up the stairs, and down the ladder to the next level. Here you need to push one rock down each hole:
Drop down to the next level and you'll see that the rocks have conveniently formed a spiralling route to the center ladder. Check the four corners of the room too, there's a Max Potion and a hidden Carbos. The center platform has a Full Heal. In the next room, you'll see a place where you can use Rock Smash, but you can just walk right around to get the item ball, a Nevermeltice, which powers up Ice-type moves by 10%. Continuing on, the next room has an easy sliding puzzle that you should be able to figure out yourself. The item ball contains TM44 - Rest. In the next room:
The bottom path leads to an Iron, while the top path leads to the exit. Grab a PP Up in the next room before heading outside.
Blackthorn City
If today is Saturday, you'll find Santos near the gym, and he'll give you a Spell Tag, which powers up Ghost-type moves by 10%. You can also trade a Rhydon for your female Dragonair. But perhaps the most useful person in town is the Move Deleter, who will force a Pokemon to forget a move, even if it is an HM Move. He can be found a little to the south of the PokeMart. Behind the gym is the Dragon's Den, and you'll be coming here very soon. Head to the Gym first, and bring along someone who knows Strength.
Blackthorn City Gym
Clair, the gym leader, specialises in Dragon Pokemon, meaning your visit through Ice Path should have netted you some good Ice types. The gym puzzle involves pushing a few rocks down some holes to make a bridge across the lava to the gym leader - not an extremely difficult task.
Clair won't give you the Rising Badge just yet. You'll be instructed to go to the Dragon's Den to pick up a Dragon Fang, so grab yourself a Pokemon with Whirlpool and Surf, and head to the cave behind the gym.
Inside, surf close to the west, and south until you reach a Whirlpool. Examine it and choose to get rid of it, and continue around until you see an Item Ball. On picking it up, Clair will award you the Rising Badge, which makes all Pokemon obey you, and allows you to use HM07 - Waterfall outside of battle. You'll also get TM24 - Dragonbreath, a strong Dragon-type attack that can cause paralysis.
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Poliwag
Poliwhirl
Bellsprout
Weepinbell
Lickitung
Tangela
Zubat
Golbat
Jynx
Swinub
Delibird
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