Pewter City

Your First Badge

The first thing to do when you arrive at Pewter City is to heal your Pokemon, and buy some Potions and other useful items to prepare for your first gym battle. When you've got everything taken care of, you're ready to get your first badge.

Go into the Gym and you'll first fight a trainer. He uses Rock-type Pokemon, just like the gym leader. After that, save your game and fight with Brock, the leader of the Pewter Gym. All he has is a lv. 12 Geodude and a lv. 14 Onix, but you're going to have a hard time with a Charmander. Using Bulbasaur or Squirtle is a peice of cake. After you beat Brock, you will get TM39 - Rock Tomb and a TM Case. This is a Key Item that can be accessed to view a list of your TMs in order to teach it to a Pokemon. Of course, he'll give you what you really came for: the Boulder Badge. From here on, there's seven more badges to go.

Now what do you do? Well, there's really not much to do now in Pewter City. The museum here is a waste of time and precious money; it'll only be worth a visit later in the game when you get Cut. You can then Cut your way into the house next to the museum, and obtain an Old Amber, which can be ressurected into an Aerodactyl. Leave the city through the East. Before you can leave though, one of Prof. Oak's aides will come up to you and give you a pair of Running Shoes! Hold "B" while moving in any direction to speed up your traveling.

Route 3

On Route 3, you'll meet a whole bunch of trainers waiting to crush you with lv. 10+ Pokemon. Luckily, if your Pokemon have high levels, you'll be able the crush them instead. Although there are many trainers, there are plenty of them that you can avoid. However, I would suggest that you get a lot of experience early in the game by fighting every trainer you see.

At the end of Route 3, you'll see a Pokemon Center. Go in there and heal your Pokemon. Inside, a guy will sell you a Magikarp for $500. Even though it'll soon evolve into a strong Gyarados, I suggest that you don't buy that, and fish for a Magikarp later instead. After going out of the Pokemon Center, you'll be at the foot of Mt. Moon.

Locations (Route 3)

* Jigglypuff
* Mankey
* Nidoran (F)
* Nidoran (M)
* Pidgey
* Spearow

Mt. Moon

Mt. Moon is a maze with a few trainers and some good items. None of the starters have a good advantage in here, as the Pokemon here are of many different types. Here, you'll find TM09 - Bullet Seed, TM46 - Thief, two Moon Stones, a Rare Candy, and other less important items. Note that there are many hidden items that can be found in boulders that look different from surrounding boulders. Among the trainers you will battle are a few members of Team Rocket, trying to mess around in Mt. Moon. If you are lucky, you'll find a rare Clefairy.

When you've finally reached the end of Mt. Moon, you'll see two shell-shaped fossils. One is the Dome Fossil (which can be turned into a Kabuto), and the other one is the Helix Fossil (which can be turned into an Omanyte). A trainer owns both of them, and he will fight you. Beat him, and he'll share a fossil with you. You can only take one of them, not both. After taking your fossil, it's time to leave Mt. Moon.

Locations (Mt. Moon)

* Clefairy
* Geodude
* Paras
* Zubat

Route 4

There isn't much on Route 4 except TM05 - Roar and two Move Tutors who teach Mega Punch and Mega Kick. After you get through this route, head on to the next city.

Locations (Route 4)

* Ekans
* Mankey
* Sandshrew
* Spearow