Pokemon Red and Blue :: Full Walkthrough

You could have covered the Safari Zone before or after you obtained the Soul Badge, but it's advisable to do it after, as you'll be able to use HM03 - Surf instantly. At the Safari Zone, you'll be given 30 Safari Balls and 500 steps to catch as many Pokemon as you can. The zone is divided into four areas, each with different Pokemon and varying frequencies in which they occur. The main objective the first time you visit is to pick up HM03 - Surf and the Gold Teeth, as these two key items are essential for completing the game. Try to pick as many items as you can, but be wary of the time. If you've bought the Super Rod along, you'll be able to fish for some Dratini.

Safari Zone Entrance Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Psyduck	Fish	25%
Slowpoke	Fish	25%
Krabby	Fish	25%
Dratini	Fish	25%
Nidoran F	Walk	20%
Nidorina	Walk	5%
Nidorina	Walk	10%
Nidoran M	Walk	20%
Nidorino	Walk	5%
Nidorino	Walk	10%
Parasect	Walk	4%
Venonat	Walk	15%
Exeggcute	Walk	20%
Rhyhorn	Walk	20%
Chansey	Walk	2%
Scyther	Walk	4%
Pinsir	Walk	4%

[Map of Center Area]
The item in the middle of the island is a Nugget. Don't bother going into the house (or any other houses for that matter), there are only a few people who will rant about their Safari Zone experiences. Head for A.

Safari Zone Area 1 Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Nidoran F	Walk	20%
Nidorina	Walk	6%
Nidorina	Walk	10%
Nidoran M	Walk	20%
Nidorino	Walk	6%
Nidorino	Walk	10%
Paras	Walk	15%
Parasect	Walk	6%
Doduo	Walk	15%
Exeggcute	Walk	20%
Kangaskhan	Walk	4%
Scyther	Walk	4%
Pinsir	Walk	4%

[Map of Area 1]
There is a Carbos, Max Potion, Full Restore and TM37 - Egg Bomb to grab here. Head for B.

Safari Zone Area 2 Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Nidoran F	Walk	20%
Nidorina	Walk	15%
Nidoran M	Walk	20%
Nidorino	Walk	15%
Paras	Walk	15%
Venomoth	Walk	4%
Exeggcute	Walk	20%
Rhyhorn	Walk	20%
Chansey	Walk	4%
Tauros	Walk	2%

[Map of Area 2]
TM40 - Skull Bash and a Protein available here. Don't go into the empty area, it's a waste of time. Head for E.

Safari Zone Area 3 Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Nidoran F	Walk	20%
Nidorina	Walk	5%
Nidorina	Walk	10%
Nidoran M	Walk	20%
Nidorino	Walk	5%
Nidorino	Walk	10%
Paras	Walk	15%
Venonat	Walk	20%
Venomoth	Walk	4%
Exeggcute	Walk	20%
Rhyhorn	Walk	20%
Chansey	Walk	4%
Kangaskhan	Walk	2%
Tauros	Walk	2%
Tauros	Walk	4%

[Map of Area 3]
Make sure you pick up the item immediately to the south! It's the Gold Teeth, a Key Item that you'll need to trade for HM04 - Strength. Head west from the item ball and, if you hopefully haven't run out of time, talk to the man inside the house to claim HM03 - Surf. Examine one of the statues for a Revive as well. There's also TM32 - Double Team on the way. Surf south of the prize house to get a Max Potion, then head east on the ledge and down again to pick up a Max Revive.

At this stage, you'll be running out of time quite soon, so just try to walk around in the grass and see if you can get lucky, or station yourself at a pond edge and fish up some Dratini.

With the Gold Teeth, visit the Safari Warden in the left of the two houses in the south-east corner of Fuchsia City. He'll pop the teeth into his mouth (ugh) and you'll be able to understand him. He'll give you HM04 - Strength, which you can use to move boulders like the one to the right of his house; the item ball there holds a Rare Candy.

Now that you have all five HMs, you have the option of getting a few items and exploring some new places.

Firstly, fly to Celadon City and Surf on the pond there (its by the Rocket Game Corner). Talk to the man and he'll give you TM41 - Softboiled, which only Chansey and Mew can learn - it recovers half their HP.

Get TM16 - Pay Day by Surfing on Route 12 - it's a bit further south of the gatehouse where you got TM39 - Swift.

An optional area can be accessed near the Route 9 entrance to Rock Tunnel. Head for the Route 9 Pokemon Center and head north. You'll reach a strip of water where you can Surf. Follow the canal down and you'll reach the Power Plant. A guide to the Power Plant can be found [here]

Your next destination is Cinnabar Island; you have two methods of getting there. The first is to head south from Fuchsia City and use Sea Routes 19 and 20 to get there, but you'll have to go through Seafoam Islands. The easier way is to fly to Pallet Town and Surf south - not only is the route shorter, there are also less trainers.

Route 19 and Route 20 Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Shellder	Fish	25%
Horsea	Fish	25%
Goldeen	Fish	25%
Staryu	Fish	25%
Tentacool	Surf	100%

Route 21 Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Shellder	Fish	25%
Horsea	Fish	25%
Goldeen	Fish	25%
Staryu	Fish	25%
Tentacool	Surf	100%
Pidgey	Walk	40%
Pidgeotto	Walk	10%
Rattata	Walk	30%
Raticate	Walk	15%
Tangela	Walk	5%

These five Route 21 Pokemon are found in the wild grass immediately to the south of Pallet Town.

When you arrive, you'll notice that the Gym is locked - you'll need to find the key in the Cinnabar Mansion. Do some exploring first - head to the Pokemon Lab to the left of the Pokemon Center. In the first room, you can trade a Raichu for your Electrode, or a Tangela for your Venonat. In the second room, the scientist in the corner will give you TM35 - Metronome. Finally, in the third room, there is a scientist who will trade you a Seel for your Ponyta.

You can also ressurect the fossils by talking to the other scientist in the third room - Old Amber becomes Aerodactyl, Helix Fossil becomes Omanyte and Dome Fossil becomes Kabuto. Simply have the Fossil in your bag, talk to the scientist, and walk around for a while.

Pokemon Mansion 1F and 2F Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Vulpix	Walk	15%
Growlithe	Walk	15%
Ponyta	Walk	30%
Grimer	Walk	6%
Grimer	Walk	35%
Muk	Walk	4%
Muk	Walk	10%
Koffing	Walk	6%
Koffing	Walk	35%
Weezing	Walk	4%
Weezing	Walk	10%

Pokemon Mansion 3F Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Vulpix	Walk	15%
Growlithe	Walk	15%
Ponyta	Walk	20%
Ponyta	Walk	30%
Grimer	Walk	6%
Grimer	Walk	25%
Muk	Walk	4%
Muk	Walk	20%
Koffing	Walk	6%
Koffing	Walk	25%
Weezing	Walk	4%
Weezing	Walk	20%
Magmar	Walk	10%

Pokemon Mansion B1 Wild Pokemon
Pokemon	Method	Rate
Vulpix	Walk	15%
Growlithe	Walk	15%
Ponyta	Walk	15%
Grimer	Walk	6%
Grimer	Walk	45%
Muk	Walk	4%
Muk	Walk	10%
Koffing	Walk	6%
Koffing	Walk	45%
Weezing	Walk	4%
Weezing	Walk	15%
Magmar	Walk	5%

You'll need to find the Secret Key hidden somewhere in the depths of the abandoned Cinnabar Mansion in order to unlock the gym. First of all, head up and inspect the fifth pillar on the right to get your fifth and last Moon Stone in the game. A bit further north is an Escape Rope. There are several switch doors here, to trigger them, inspect the Pokemon Statues. When you activate the switch, one door will open and another will close. There's a switch in the far left room, but don't activate it. Climb up the stairs when you're ready.

Head up the stairs to the right. There's a Burglar wandering around here, and a diary excerpt of how scientists created Mewtwo from Mew. Here is the complete diary:
July 5 - Guyana, Southern America. A new Pokemon was discovered deep in the jungle.
July 10 - We christened the newly discovered Pokemon, Mew.
February 6 - Mew gave birth. We named the newborn Mewtwo.
Sept 1 - Mewtwo is far too powerful. We have failed to curb its vicious tendencies...

South of the table is a Max Potion. Immediately above the itemball, at the end of the narrow passage is a Max Revive. There's nothing else in this room, so return to the floor below.

On the second floor, there's a Calcium to the far right, in the top corner room. On the way, you'll see another diary excerpt. You can activate the switch by the stairs if you want (There's no point unless you want to read the diary excerpt to the south), but to continue on, use the stairs in the top left room.

On the third floor, head right for an Iron, then activate the switch to the left. You'll see the doors change, and you'll be able to go in to the balcony room. After beating the scientist, head down the right ledge, and you'll end up on the ground floor, in a section you couldn't access before. There's a Carbos here, pick it up and head down the stairs to the basement.

Get the Full Restore on the far left side of the room, then go inside the lone room in the center. Pick up TM14 - Blizzard, and activate the switch. Head out the other door, and head north from the stairs. Go all the way down the passageway and pick up the Rare Candy first. Backtrack to the adjacent room and flip the switch. Go back down and you'll see the door has opened. Pick up TM22 - Solarbeam on the table, and then pick up the Secret Key directly south of it.

Blaine, the Cinnabar Island Gym Leader, is very fond of quizzes and puzzles. To unlock the doors in his gym, and hence proceed, you can either defeat the trainer guarding it, or you can correctly answer his quiz by examining the machine in the corner. If you get the question wrong, the trainer will automatically battle you. You still have the option of battling the trainer if you get the question right, however. The questions and correct answers are:
1. Caterpie evolves into Butterfree? (Yes)
2. There are 9 certified Pokemon League Badges? (No, there are 8)
3. Poliwag evolves 3 times? (No, only twice)
4. Are thunder moves effective against ground-element type Pokemon? (No, Ground Pokemon are immune to Electric attacks)
5. Pokemon of the same kind and level are not identical? (Yes)
6. TM28 contains Tombstoner? (No, it contains Dig)

You'll receive the Volcano Badge as your reward, which increases the Special of your Pokemon. You'll also receive TM38 - Fire Blast, which contains the most powerful Fire move in the game.

POKEMON RED AND BLUE WALKTHROUGH

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