Appendix:Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Walkthrough/Part 3

## Cerulean City

Welcome to Cerulean City, the city of water. And home of the second Gym. There are a few things you can do before challenging the Gym, though.

You can go into the Bike Shop, but a Bicycle costs a whopping 1,000,000—which is above the limit of money you can carry. So we'll have to come back later.

The Poké Mart has the following items:

Once you have a Poliwhirl, you can go to the house west of the Pokémon Center to find a man who will trade you his Jynx for it. It will be nicknamed "Zynx." You need either a Good Rod or a Super Rod in order to get a Poliwhirl, though.

There is a hidden Rare Candy hidden behind the house in the northwest corner of the city, between two flowers.

Go to the two northern houses of the city. Enter the right one to find an old man who will give you a Powder Jar if you have a Berry in your Berry Pouch. This jar is used to collect the Berry Powder that is obtained from the Berry Crush minigame. Collecting lots of powder allows you to prepare many different medicines in exchange.

Whenever you're ready, you can challenge the Cerulean Gym.

### Cerulean Gym

Misty is a tough opponent, unless you have Bulbasaur (or probably Ivysaur at this point)—which most likely has a strong Grass-type move by now. Also, if Magikarp has evolved into Gyarados, it can probably use the Dark-type move Bite against her Starmie.

After defeating her, she will give you TM03 (Water Pulse). And the  Cascade Badge also allows you to use Cut outside of battle.

After defeating Misty, exit the Gym and head north. You will be stopped by Blue. He will brag a little then battle you.

* If you chose Bulbasaur
* If you chose Charmander
* If you chose Squirtle

Upon defeat he leaves, but then comes back and gives you the Fame Checker, which records information given through NPCs in-game about key characters, such as Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and a few others such as Professor Oak, Daisy, and Bill, who we will meet in a bit. Head north onto Route 24.

## Route 24

The main part of Route 24 is Nugget Bridge. You will fight several trainers on your way up to meet Bill.

### Nugget Bridge

The Rocket Grunt will give you a Nugget upon defeating him.

There is a glitch where, if the player loses to the Team Rocket Grunt at the end of Nugget Bridge, the player has a chance to battle him again, unlike in the Generation I games. Each time he is rebattled, he will give the player a Nugget, so one can purposely lose to obtain Nuggets repeatedly. This is caused by an unset flag before the battle begins, making the script endlessly repeat itself. Note that this is only possible in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, not in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow.

On the left side, going down, is another trainer.

Head up and on the plateau to the north is TM45 (Attract). Head east onto Route 25.

## Route 25

There are several more trainers here you can defeat.

There is an item behind a bush that requires Cut to get, but if you have the nearby Camper walk forward, you can get it. The item is TM43 (Secret Power).

After defeating all the trainers, you will make it to Bill's house. His latest experiment has gone awry and he accidently combined his DNA with that of a Clefairy. He asks you to help him, and he steps into the teleporter. Go over to his computer and push the button, and he will come out good as new. As thanks for helping him, he gives you the S.S. Ticket, so you can now board the S.S. Anne in Vermilion City.

Exit Bill's house and go right back in. Check his PC and you'll find data for Eevee, Vaporeon, Jolteon, and Flareon for your Pokédex.

## Cerulean City

Head back down to Cerulean City and you'll see the officer who previously blocked the entry way into the house has moved. Enter in and talk to the people and you'll find out they've been robbed. Head out through the hole in the back and you'll eventually run into another Team Rocket Grunt, who will battle you.

He will give you TM28 (Dig) upon defeat. Head down to Route 5.

## Route 5

Route 5 connects Cerulean City to Saffron City. Really not much to do on this route, except one thing.

Go down the ledges through the grass until you see the house. This is the Day Care. The man inside will raise one of your Pokémon for a while. It will gain one EXP point for every step taken. If you haven't trained your Magikarp yet, this would be a good place to put it for now. To get your Pokémon back, he charges 100, plus 100 more for every level gained.

After you visit the Day Care, go down the ledge. If you try to go through the building directly south, you will be stopped by a guard who says the road is closed. So go back out and go to the other little building. This is the Underground Path. It will take you down to Route 6.

### Underground Path

Inside the Underground Path, however, is a girl that will offer her Nidoran♀**FR**/Nidoran♂**LG** in exchange for the opposite-gender counterpart. If you caught one at Route 3, you can choose to do so. They will be nicknamed "Ms. Nido**FR**/Mr. Nido**LG**."

Exit now to Route 6.

## Route 6

After arriving at the other end of the Underground Path, you'll end up on Route 6. There are six trainers, but only the last two are required to battle.

After defeating them, head down to Vermilion City.