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---- 7 > Cherrygrove City and Routes 29-31 ----
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Video Playthrough Link (Introduction through Violet City Gym):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqJtkx8DcE0

After you get your starting Pokémon, He says that Mr. Pokémon lives somewhere
past Cherrygrove, the next city. Then you get Elm's phone number. He'll call you
a few times over the course of the game. And just like in the Red, Blue, and
Yellow games, the professor's assistant gives you something. In this case, it's
a free potion. Potions can be used to heal your Pokémon up to 20 HP. Now leave
the lab!

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|New Bark Town|
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After choosing your Pokémon carefully, it seems your stupid rival's still
outside the lab. Head west onto Route 29, where your first battles with wild
Pokémon will begin.

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|Route 29|
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Pokémon found on Route 29:

#016 Pidgey
#019 Rattata
#161 Sentret
#163 Hoothoot
#187 Hoppip

Items found on Route 29:

Berry
Pink Bow
Potion

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| Chikorita | Cyndaquil |Totodile| THE              |
|-----------|-----------|--------| STARTING         |
| Tackle    | Tackle    | Scratch| Pokémon          |
| Growl     | Leer      | Leer   | TYPES            |
|-----------|-----------|--------|------------------|
|Move    Type   PP Power Description                |
|---------------------------------------------------|
|Tackle  Normal 35 35    A full-body charge attack. |
|Scratch Normal 35 40    Scratches with sharp claw. |
|Growl   Normal 40 --    Reduces the foe's attack.  |
|Leer    Normal 30 --    Reduces the foe's defense. |
|---------------------------------------------------|

Here you will fight all different varieties of Pokémon, depending what time of
day it is, or what day it is. Note that the battle system looks all cool now
because it looks far more obvious how much HP you have, and how much EXP you
need your Pokémon to get before they advance to the next level. The EXP meter is
below the HP meter. Also note the new gender differences in Pokémon. 

In any case, you'll want your starting Pokémon to be at Level 8 by the time you
reach Cherrygrove City, so keep training. If you're new to the Pokémon world,
you might also want to talk to the trainers on the path, as they give good
advice. When you're on Route 29, to the north is Route 46. You can go there and
visit if you'd like, but it'll be a pain to defeat any Pokémon there because you
only have normal moves. The berry is in the tree in the northwest, the potion is
in the northeast.

Thard_Verad adds, "Berry and Apricorn trees regenerate every day so don't be
afraid to pick them. And go back tomorrow and pick them again!"

Remember to have your starting Pokémon at Level 8 before you pass through
Cherrygrove City. You really need the experience. Keep heading west until you
arrive in...

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|Cherrygrove City|
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Items found in Cherrygrove City:

Map Card

See that man at the entrance to the city? Talk to him and he will show you
around the city and some key Pokémon concepts, as well as places, like the
Pokémon Center, the PoKeMart, the routes, the sea, and his house. Most
importantly, you get the Map Card when he gives you it at the end. Then go into
the Pokémon Center, and heal your starting Pokémon by talking to the nurse.
Don't bother trying to get Pokeballs because they aren't being sold just yet. 

Head west then north up Route 30 when you're at Level 8. If you're not, go back
to Route 29, fight till your starter is about to faint, heal again at the
Pokémon Center in Cherrygrove City , and then head up Route 30, since you can't
buy anything from the PoKeMart yet.

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|Route 30|
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Pokémon found on Route 30:

#010 Caterpie
#011 Metapod
#016 Pidgey
#019 Rattata
#165 Ledyba (Silver only, morning only)

Items found on Route 30:

Antidote
Berry (2X)
Mystery Egg
PoKeDeX
PSNCure Berry

Welcome to Route 30! Reading the sign, you'll notice this is the midpoint route
between Cherrygrove City and Violet City. On this route, your starter Pokémon
should reach Level 10 by the time you get back to Cherrygrove City. Go a bit up
from the sign and you'll find a house with a tree next to it. Grab the berry
next to it and then enter the house for another berry.

Don't actually use them, though. Potions are better most of the time. Just above
the house is an Antidote. Take that and head up the right fork. On the left
fork, you'd see a guy that will tell you that he trains his Pokémon, as well as
two boys battling on the path. You can't pass that area just yet. Going up the
right path, you'll eventually spot a house. To the left is a tree containing a
PSNCure Berry. Take that, then enter the house. 

You'll find Mr. Pokémon and Professor Oak inside. Mr. Pokémon gives you the
Mystery Egg, which Professor Elm wants to see. Apparently, the Daycare Service
gave Mr. Pokémon that Mystery Egg. This is the reason you must go back to
Professor Elm later, because he knows the evolutionary stuff even better than
Professor Oak! Wow, where'd he come from? Professor Oak wants you to help him
track down more Pokémon, and gives you the Pokedex. How dependable you are! It's
basically an encyclopedia, dictionary, and recorder all in one, if that makes
any sense. Professor Oak has to go for a radio show in Goldenrod, but Mr.
Pokémon will heal your Pokémon before you leave.

Right when you leave the door, Professor Elm will give you a call on your cell
phone. He tells you that something terrible has happened in the lab. Now that
you're Professor Elm's 911 phone contact, you'll want to quickly head back to
New Bark Town. Consider training up  your Pokémon to Level 10 before you even
exit Cherrygrove City onto Route 29. Keep training and heal at Cherrygrove's
Pokémon Center if you need to first.

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|Cherrygrove City|
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Heal at the Pokémon Center. Do not forget this. After your Level 10 Pokémon is
prepared for combat, exit Cherrygrove City to the east. Something stops you. You
notice that it's your rival. He is currently named ???. I've never met anyone
with that name before. I wonder who named him that? He calls you a wimp, but I
think he's the wimp around here. Your Level 10 Starter should completely destroy
his Level 5 one. XD

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|Rival                   |
|Level 5 Starter (84 EXP)|
|You get: 300G           |
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Well, that was an easy battle. You probably lost less than 10HP. Now that you've
beaten him, he gets past you and now you can exit to Route 29 again. No way
he'll be the world's best Pokémon trainer.

Moving forward, you will want to be cognizant of starter type weaknesses. Think
of it like paper-rock-scissors. Water beats fire. Fire beats grass. And grass
beats water. Your rival will always have the starter that can use super
effective moves against your starter. Keep that in mind as you play through the
game.

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|Route 29|
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Pokémon found on Route 29:

#016 Pidgey
#019 Rattata
#161 Sentret
#163 Hoothoot
#187 Hoppip

Keep heading east to New Bark Town. Keep training, too. Your starter should be
Level 11 by the time you reach New Bark, go back through Route 29, and back to
Cherrygrove.

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|New Bark Town|
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Go back to Professor Elm's laboratory and talk with the police officer in his
lab. The police officer says he has talked to Professor Elm, and when you note
that you've seen this person, you get to name your rival, the one who you just
battled and had the Pokémon stolen from Professor Elm. Name him whatever name
you feel like naming him. That's supposed to help the investigation, apparently.
He goes by the name Silver in the Pokémon community, though.

Talk to Professor Elm and give him the discovery from Mr. Pokémon, the Mystery
Egg. Professor Elm is very surprised at you receiving a PoKeDeX. Only the
trainers with the best potential get one, after all. You're amazing already!
Professor Elm informs you that he thinks you have what it takes to try to get
the eight badges for the Pokémon Johto League. 

When you try to leave the lab, Professor Elm's aide will come up to you again
and give you five Pokeballs to begin your journey. Excellent. Now go right to
your home and talk to your mom, who will save your money for you. Now your
journey truly begins. Head west back onto Route 29.

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|Route 29|
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Pokémon found on Route 29:

#016 Pidgey
#019 Rattata
#161 Sentret
#163 Hoothoot
#187 Hoppip

Start heading west back to Cherrygrove City again. Before you can even go
anywhere, the first trainer will come up to you and teach you how to catch
Pokémon, so if you need the tutorial, by all means let him teach you. It's a
demonstration of him catching a Level 5 Rattata with a Pokeball. Nothing
special, really. Catch both a Hoothoot and Rattata on this route or Route 46.
Rattata's Super Fang can be a useful move early on. And Hoothoot can use the
ater HM Fly.

In the Items pocket, note that there are now 4 sections. The 2nd one contains
the Pokeballs. Before you even fight a Pidgey, reach Level 11. Then, you are
able to do more damage and keep the Level 3 Pidgey low on HP. Capture it. Don't
go to Cherrygrove City yet. First, make a visit north onto Route 46.

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|Route 46|
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I know it doesn't look like much, but here there's a better chance of finding a
Rattata. Don't use your Level 11 Starter to catch it, you'll just kill it in a
hit. Instead, use Pidgey to weaken it, then capture it. An advanced strategy
would be to keep leveling up your starter Pokémon and have an imbalanced Pokémon
lineup. However, if you want to use a more balanced lineup, this could be your
2nd Pokémon that you use in your game playthrough, as its super fang is super
useful. Weaken it to the point where Pidgey is also weakened, then capture it.

Head back onto Route 29, then west to Cherrygrove City.

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|Cherrygrove City|
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Heal at the Pokémon Center, then head north onto Route 30! If you want a more
balanced Pokémon lineup where you level up more than one Pokémon, move that
Pokémon to the #1 spot in your lineup. That way, Rattata will appear in battle
first. You'll want to switch to your starter on turn 1, and then your starter
will defeat the other Pokémon. Then both your Pokémon get equal experience and
the Pokémon you are leveling up will grow quickly. Do this even in trainer
battles.

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|Route 30|
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Pokémon found on Route 30:
#010 Caterpie
#011 Metapod
#013 Weedle
#014 Kakuna
#016 Pidgey
#042 Zubat
#06? Poliwag
#163 Hoot Hoot
#165 Ledyba (Silver only, morning only)
#167 Spinarak (Gold only, night only)

OK, this time, you'll want to steer away from the right path but rather to the
left path. On the left path, you'll meet some resistance. The two boys that were
fighting earlier will both challenge you to battles, since they've already
battled each other.

Youngster Joey
Level 4 Rattata (48 EXP)
You get: 64G

Note that now some of your money goes to your mom for safekeeping now. Move up
to the next trainer for the next battle!

Youngster Mikey
Level 2 Rattata (24 EXP)
Level 4 Rattata (48 EXP)
You get: 64G

Go pass the lady to the third trainer to fight!

Bug Catcher Don
Level 3 Caterpie (33 EXP)
Level 3 Caterpie (33 EXP)
You get: 48G

Advance north onto Route 31.

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|Route 31|
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Pokémon found on Route 31:

#010 Caterpie
#011 Metapod
#013 Weedle
#014 Kakuna
#016 Pidgey
#042 Zubat
#06? Poliwag
#069 Bellsprout
#163 Hoot Hoot
#165 Ledyba (Silver only, morning only)
#167 Spinarak (Gold only, night only)

Items found on Route 31:

Antidote
Bitter Berry
Pokeball
Potion

You'll find the entrance to Dark Cave at the beginning of Route 31, as well as a
Potion. The Dark Cave won't really do you any good till you have the HM Flash,
so wait it out and grab that Potion to the left of it. When you see two
trainers, head south to where the item is and fight!

Bug Catcher Wade
Level 2 Caterpie (20 EXP)
Level 2 Caterpie (20 EXP)
Level 3 Weedle (33 EXP)
Level 2 Caterpie (20 EXP)
You get: 32G

I'm not really clear on how these Bug Catchers are catching the bugs. Are they
using their nets, or Pokeballs? Grab the Pokeball below the trainer, head back
up to grab the Bitter Berry from the tree, then head west, through the house-ish
entry, and into Violet City.

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|Violet City|
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Pokémon found in Violet City:

#95 Onix

Items found in Violet City:

PRZCure Berry
TM 31

Heal your Pokémon. There is a GYM there in Violet City that uses Flying type
Pokémon. Don't go there just yet, head over far north to a tower called the
Sprout Tower. The experience you get up there will be very useful for the gym.

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