Pokemon Gold FAQ
Version 1.4
By JEdah (
[email protected])
Date 30/11/99 (British Calendar)
It's been a few days and I have done a lot more. Still lacking proper
descriptions and all that, plus I totally forgot the Fuschia Gym's Pokemon. I'll
do a good update for the weekend. Oh well, enjoy!
Section 0: Release History
Section 1: Welcome
Section 2: Walkthrough
Section 3: Pokemon
Section 4: New Attacks/Skills
Section 5: New Pokemon Types
Section 6: New Pokemon Trainers
Section 7: Breeding.
Sectiob 8: The rest.
0. Release notes:
1.4 - Defeated all 8 original Gym Leaders and Ash Ketchum. Added town names.
Added nex "Pokedex" (list of Pokemon 152 to 251)
1.3 - Beat the Elite Four, made it to the original map, defeated three of the
old Gym Leaders. Added many more names. Added how to get past the first Gym
(where the Togepi Egg is). Rewrote the section on new attack notes, and
mentioned the three new types.
1.2 - Added information about the flute required to get past Usocky (the tree).
More Pokemon, started naming them.
1.1 - Added to guide how to get up to 8th gym. Togepi evolved! New trainers,
new Rockets! Remembered where Strength came from.
1.0 - First release! Info up to fourth gym.
1. Welcome!
Hi, welcome to my latest effort, the Pokemon Gold FAQ. Before emailing me please
read the disclaimer. Well, I think I have done pretty well considering I can't
read a word of the game.I've had a lot of help and wish to thank everyone who
has emailed me, even if I couldn't get back to them. Now on with the show!
Thanks to everyone who has written in so far (provided they weren't asking
about the ROM). I'm sorry I can't email people to let them know when a new
release is out. Best bet it to always check GAMEFAQs.com. It is always up there
first, as soon as I write it (earlier than even my own site). I get a LOT of
email on this and my Yellow FAQ, plus all the regular porn ads and special deals
you expect from the "net." Sigh.
Quick disclaimer:
- I can't read a word of the game, so I'm improvising through it.
- All begging for a ROM is deleted.
- I welcome any help (especially since I'm stuck)
- Correspondence will only occur if you cite where you downloaded this from.
And now, a walkthrough.
2. WALKTHROUGH
Beginning.
You start by setting the clock (this game uses an internal clock!). After this,
a similar introduction to the old game occurs, where Oak talks to you and you
name yourself. No rival though...
WAKABA TOWN
Then, you appear in your house. Go into the big building where you get to choose
a starter Pokemon from the table (and the professor is NOT Oak!). The three
available are:
- Hinoarashi; Hedgehog thingy (Fire)
- Waninoko; Crocodile thingy (Water, I chose this)
- Chicolita; Leaf-headed thingy (Grass)
Then, head left, towards the next town. You don't have Pokeballs yet so you can
only fight wild ones, not capture.
YOSHINO CITY
When you reach the first town, use the Pokemon Center if you must, then go
north. One route is blocked by two kids having a Pokemon battle, so go the other
way, to a hut. In there you find - OAK! He gives you a Pokedex, then leaves.
When you go outside, your phone (??) rings. Listen to the conversation, then
head back home. On the way, your "rival" appears, and will challenge you, with
the Pokemon from the start that is strong against yours (I chose Croc, he chose
the Leaf-Head thing).
After you beat him, head home, talk to the professor, and then go back to the
next town. A guy there shows you how to catch Pokemon. You can now buy Pokeballs
from the store.
Head north, past where the two kids were battling (they are gone), and enter
the next city (go up, then left, the cave is dark).
KIKYOU CITY
In this city you find - A GYM! Go ahead and fight the gym trainers and Leader.
They all use flying types.
GYM LEADER - Hayato
Pidgey
Pidgeotto
What a weak Gym!
Win the badge, and then enter the tower slightly north. Make your way to the
top, fighting the monks and their Bellsprouts. At the top, the Rival beats up a
monk and leaves. You then fight this monk, and if you win, you get HM Flash.
In the Pokemon Center you will see an "Aide." Make sure you have an open slot
on your belt (5 or less Pokemon) and he'll give you the Togepi Egg.
From here, go South, as going West is blocked by a "tree" (more on this later).
South there are caves, in one you must make up a puzzle-shape (a Kabuto!) and if
you do, you fall through a trapdoor into the other cave. In there you fight
these strange "stick-like" Pokemon who all look different but have the same Dex-
entry.
Further South, past a man who blocked you before (if you tried), you enter a
cave similar to the old "Rock Tunnel." Getting through is fairly
straightforward. You'll reach the next city, which is being held captive??
Maybe. It's Team Rocket!
HIWADA TOWN
You can't enter the gym yet. Go to the north-most house, and talk to the man. He
rushes out. Return to the well you saw upon entry. The Team Rocket man has gone.
Fight the Rockets in the well, and once beaten they all leave. (Apparently they
kidnapped some Slowpokes!) You can now enter the Gym - The Bug Gym!
GYM LEADER - Tsukushi
Kakuna
Metapod
Scyther
Another lame gym!
After this, Rival will attack again. This time s/he has three Pokemon - Zubat
and Gatly in addition to the starter. Next, head west, into the forest. You'll
meet a Farfetch'd, that keeps running away from you. Chase it until it runs into
someone else and has nowhere to go. The police officer gives you HM Cut. Use
this to cut your way out of the forest. Next, go north, until you reach a big
City.
KOGANE CITY
Around this time, I only just noticed I had an egg, I do not know from where,
and - IT HATCHED! TOGEPI! More on him later.
Enter the gym - the NORMAL GYM? Here you fight all normal types.
GYM LEADER - Akane
Clefairy
Clefairy
Milktank!
Some people have said Milktank is super tough. WTF? I wasted it easily!
Win this one, then go into all the houses and talk to everyone. Somebody gives
you a Pokeflute type item (apparently a Sqirtle shell thingy) which you'll need
soon. Then you can go north to come kind of park, with grass cut in the shape of
a Pokeball. You can enter some contest here, dunno what it does. I caught a
Caterpie. (!!)
If you leave and go East, you'll encounter that tree thing again that blocked
your path. In order to get it to wake up, you'll need the "Poke flute" from the
city you just visited (apparently it's a Squirtle shell instrument or
something). Head back to the tree and press A. It's a Pokemon! Usocky! Must be
the new Snorlax. Be sure to catch it, there's only one (so far)!
ENUJ CITY
Go north to the next city and the next gym. The GHOST GYM! All the trainers
have ghosts.
GYM LEADER - Matsuba
Gastly
Haunter
Gengar (yay!)
Haunter
There is a house in this city with Japanese singing girls. Each one challenges
you to a match with an evolved Eevee (including two new types!). Defeat them all
and the business man will give you HM Surf.
ASAGI CITY
>From there go West, to the seaside town. There is nobody in the gym, but Rival
comes out and talks to you, then leaves. A man in a hut somewhere in this town
gives you HM Strength. Surf south and then West to reach an island town.
TABAN CITY
Enter the gym. These guys use fighting types.
GYM LEADER - Shijima
Primeape
Poliwrath
Outside the Gym, a lady gives you HM Fly. Leave this place and back to the town
with the empty gym. Make your way up the lighthouse tower. No, you won't find
Bill in there, but there are a lot of trainers. At the top you'll meet the Gym
Leader and her Pokemon (the steel Onix, I think). She'll leave after a chat.
(NOTE: Many people say she will not leave. Anybody know why?)
Head to the gym and fight her. Steel Gym?
GYM LEADER - Mikan
Magnemite
Magnemite
Haganail (Steel Onix)
Next, head East, past the town with the Ghost gym, and enter the cave to the
west, exit the other side.
CHOJU TOWN
You'll reach a little town with a gym and a fat man in the way. Head north, not
east, as a man blocks the path east, and takes money off you for nothing! North
then (Important: There is a toll booth belonging to Team Rocket who charge $1000
per passage! Better to take the grassy route.). In the lake is a Red Gyrados.
Surf in and fight it (capture it, it's good!). After this, return to dry land
and next to a signpost you'll see.... Lance? Lance the Dragon Trainer! Talk to
him and he flies away. Go back to the little town, and then enter the "store."
Lance will rough up some guys then uncover a secret staircase. Go down.
It's a Team Rocket base! Make your way through, trashing the Rockets. Defeat
everyone and pick up the items (two of them are keys, I think). Note - there is
an item hidden in one of the bookshelves, this may be a key.
Rival shows up but does not fight.
Eventually you'll fight the apparent bosses of Team Rocket. The first is a man
(looks a bit like Butch!) and when beaten he runs. Make you way towards the
entrance again and open the door to the "reactor." The boss guy shows up with a
woman too, but Lance shows up. Tag team! You fight the woman, she's not very
hard (don't know who she is, it isn't Jessie). Win, then deactivate the reactor,
to do so, defeat the three Electrodes. Lance will give you HM 06 and then leave.
You can now enter gym 7 - Ice Gym!
GYM LEADER - Yanagi
Seel
Dewgong
Inomu (Mammoth)
Back to KOGANE CITY (The Third one)
From here you could go East, however the gym in the last city is barred. Return
to the City with the third gym (the cow). Go to that building shaped like a
gothic tower. Team Rocket have taken over! Make your way through and kick their
butt. There is a huge locked door, but you'll come back. At the top you meet the
male boss guy. Waste him. From here, go downstairs, into the tunnel that exists
in this town. A previously locked door in this tunnel can now be opened. When
you go in, it's some kind of prison, but before you do anything, Rival attacks!
Rival now had the third stage evolution of Leaf-Head. Destroy him/her.
Then go through the Team Rocket prison, opening the doors (controls on the
wall) and picking up stuff. Take the lift up and out (you end up in the
department store). Then head into the gothic building again. Go up to that big
door, and open it now. Fight the Rockets up to the top floor, where you will
face both the he and the she Rocket bosses. After this, you can NOW go to the
eighth gym.
CHOJU TOWN (7th Gym) and then FUSUBE CITY
Sigh.... go back to gym 7. Now, go east, and through the arctic cave. Some
tricky ice slide things in here. Work them out for yourself, they're fun! Be
sure to get HM 07 in here, you'll need it. When you leave, you'll be in a City.
Go to the gym - dragon gym! You'll need someone with Strength to push boulders
and stuff round.
GYM LEADER - Ibuki
Dragonair
Dragonair
Dragonair
"Kingdra"! (Kingudora)
Ibuki does not give you the badge. Leave and Surf upwards to a cave behid the
GYM. You'll enter a cavern with whirlpools. Use HM 06 to eliminate the whirlpool
and then search around for a Pokeball. When you get it, Ibuki will walk in and
give you the 8th badge.
From here you have 2 choices - onto the elite, or go capture Houou first.
HOUOU
Go to the city with the Ghost Gym. Head to the north-most house. A series of
tunnels leads to a tower. Climb this tower (which was previously blocked by a
monk) and at the top you will find Pokemon number 250, Houou. You only get one
chance to capture it, so be careful. If you wondered, Houou was the bird Ash saw
flying past in the first ever episode of the cartoon.
Lugia, the other rare, only exists in Silver. I do not know if Houou is in
Silver or not.
THE ELITE FOUR
Ok. To get to the Elite Four, you must return to WAKABA TOWN. You see the water
to the right? Surf across it. You'll reach a cavern which you can only get
through if you have HM 07, the waterfall climbing HM. From there, surf and walk
along the appropriate path, fighting the trainers along the way. Check the map.
Look familiar? Sure does to me...
VICTORY ROAD
The man at the door will let you in. Make your way through Victory Road. Just
as you reach the end, you face Rival for the final time. S/he has 6 Pokemon now.
Defeat him/her and s/he leaves. You can then head into the Indigo Plateau
ELITE FOUR
As before, you must defeat all 4 without and visit to a Pokemon Center. Are you
ready? Yup. Let's go! (Sorry, I forgot some of the Pokemon, so I listed them as
????. I haven't had time to go back and check them.)
ELITE FOUR MEMBER ONE - ITSU (looks like Ricochet from Slingers)
Neito
Exeggutor
Jynx
Slowbro
Neito
As you can see he uses all psychic types.
ELITE FOUR MEMBER TWO - KOGA (!!!)
Ariadosu
Venomoth
Foretosu
Muk
Kurobat (Evolved Golbat)
Koga has been promoted! He uses poison types as usual.
ELITE FOUR MEMBER THREE - BRUNO
"Capoera" (looks like a new Hitmon, a cross between them both)
Hitmonchan
Hitmonlee
Machamp
Onix
Bruno is still amongst the Elite. He uses Fighting and Rock types.
ELITE FOUR MEMBER FOUR - KARIN
Blacky
Vileplume
Gengar
Yamikarasu
Belugar
She uses Ghost and Evil types (perhaps just Evil types if Gengar is now Evil -
don't know)
Now onto the league champion - no, it isn't Rival, Gary or Ash, its:
POKEMON LEAGUE CHAMPION - LANCE
Gyrados
Dragonite
Dragonite
Dragonite
Aerodactyl
Charizard
The ONLY battle I was defeated at in the entire game! THREE Dragonites??
After you win, Oak and your mom show up - you've completed Pokemon Gold!
But is there more? Oh yeah....
THE OLD WORLD - ASAGI CITY
That's right! If you go to the town with Gym 6, you can catch a boat. On board
you have to beat several trainers and reach the captain. Talk to the little
girl, and then the ship docks in....
VERMILLION CITY
Vermillion City! Get off and look around - it's pretty much the same! Enter the
Gym there to face..
GYM LEADER - Lt. Surge
Raichu
Magneton
Electabuzz
Electrode
Electrode
Looks like Surge has been collecting! Win and you apparently get a Thunder
Badge!
From here you can go north to...
SAFFRON CITY
The Fighting Spirits Gym exists still, but nobody in there will fight. But the
main gym is still there...
GYM LEADER - Sabrina
Eifi
Mr. Mime
Alakazam
Defeat her for a Marsh Badge.
Next up, go East to....
CELADON CITY
If you go up the back door of the programming tower, you will NOT get Eevee!
Damnit. Head into the Celadon Gym ..
GYM LEADER - Erika
Tangela
Turnip thingy
Victreebell
???
FUSCHIA CITY
In the Fuschis Gym, there are many ninjas. Fight them all. One of them (bottom
left) is the new Gym Leader, a woman. Is this supposed to be Aya? Doesn't she
wear electric pink?
GYM LEADER - ??
???
???
???
???
???
POWER PLANT
Next, head to the power plant and talk to everyone there. Then go to Cerulean
City.
CERULEAN CITY
When you enter the gym, you'll meet a member of Team Rocket! He runs away. Head
up Nugget Bridge and you'll meet him there. Defeat him. Head for Bills and there
you will meet Misty (note - could actually be Daisy). She'll return to the gym
and you can go beat her for a Cascade Badge.
GYM LEADER - Misty
Golduck (Psyduck evolved? Nooooo!)
???
Lapras
Starmie
Now, searach around the square pond area in the gym for a very important item.
POWER PLANT AND LAVENDER TOWN
Take this to the Power Plant and give it to the man working on the generator.
He'll give you a TM and stuff. Now go to Lavender Tower and talk to the business
man. He'll improve your radio.
VERMILLION CITY
FINALLY, head back to Vermillion City, and to the HUGE Snorlax blocking the
path. On the radio, select the highest frequency - the Pokeflute. Then press a
next to Snorlax and it'll wake up. You only have one chance to capture one, do
it! (Did it take like forever for us to work out how to get past Snorlax or
WHAT?)
VIRIDIAN AND PEWTER CITY
Go through the Rock Tunnel to Viridian City. There's nobody in the gym, so head
to Pewter City. The Viridian Forest is just a bit of the world map now, not a
seperate dungeon. Enter Pewter City Gym and you'll face Brock.
GYM LEADER - Brock
Graveler
Kabutops
Omastar
Rhyhorn
Onix
PALLET TOWN AND CINNABAR ISLAND
After this, head to Pallet Town and Surf down to Cinnabar Islands. Hey, whos
that stood there? It's Gary! Talk to him and he flies away. Surf to the left
towards the old Seafoam Islands. Enter, and you'll find Gym Leader Blaine (alas,
with no wig).
GYM LEADER - Blaine
????
Magmar
Rapidash
VIRIDIAN CITY
Now go to Viridian City, and face the Gym Leader - GARY IAK!
GYM LEADER -Gary
Pidgeot
Exeggutor
Alakazam
???
???
Arcanine
Now you have all 8 of the original badges. Only one true battle remains - ASH
KETCHUM! Talk to Oak in Pallet town, then head to Victory Road (East of
Viridian). Then go left, you'll notice the two men who once blocked your path
are gone. Head east and then north, into a cave. Make your way gradually north
through the cave, and eventually you'll come face to face with Ash! He doesn't
speak, he merely battles!
??? - ASH KETCHUM
Pikachu
Venusaur
Eifi
Snorlax - THIS REMINDS ME WHY I HATE ASH KETCHUM SO MUCH! I HATE THIS STUPID
POKEMON!
Blastoise
Charizard
After you defeat him, he teleports away a la Team Rocket, and you get ending
credits! Congratulations - you uber-finished Pokemon Gold!
3. POKEMON!
Pokedex entreies 152 to 251. Various people have sent this list in; it is
likely from Meowth 346's site, but ehh.
152 CHIKORITA - Starting Grass Type and evolved forms.
153 BEIRIFU
154 MEGANIUMU
155 HINOARASHI - Starting Fire Type and evolved forms
156 MAGUMARASHI
157 BAKUFUN
158 WANINOKO - Starting Water Type and evolved forms.
159 ARIGEITSU
160 ODAIRU
161 OTACHI
162 OOTACHI
163 HOHO - Owl and evolved
164 YORUNOZUKU
165 REDEIBA - Ladybug and evolved form
166 REDEIAN
167 ITOMARU - Spider and evolved form.
168 ARAIDOSU
169 KUROBA
170 CHONCHI
171 RANTAN
172 PICHU - Result of mating two Pikachu
173 PII - Result of mating two Clefairy
174 PUPURIN - Result of mating two Jigglypuff
175 TOGEPI
176 TOGECHIKKU - Evolved Togepi
177 NEITEI - Pea-shaped bird
178 NEITEIO - Green Penguin (evolved)
179 MERIPU
180 MOKOKO
181 DENRYUU
182 KIREIHANA
183 MARIRU - "Pikablu" the blue mouse ball shaped thing.
184 MARIRURI
185 USOKKI - Tree that blocks road.
186 NYOROTONO
187 HANE
188 POPO
189 WATAKKO
190 EIPAMU
191 HIMANATTSU
192 KIMAWARI
193 YANYANMA
194 UPA
195 NUO
196 EFUI
197 BURAKKI
198 YAMIKARASU - Dodo/crow thing.
199 YADOKINGU
200 MUUMA
201 ANNON - The Unknown one with many shapes.
202 SONANSU
203 KIRINRIKI
204 KUNUGIDAMA
205 FUORETOSU
206 NOKOCCHI
207 GURAIGA
208 HAGANERU
209 BURU - Snubble/Bruno
210 GURANBURU
211 HARISEN
212 HASSAMU
213 TSUBOTSUBO
214 HERAKUROSU
215 NYURA
216 HIMEGUMA
217 RINGUMA
218 MAGUMAGGU
219 MAGUKARUGO
220 URIMU
221 INOMU
222 SANIGO
223 TEPPOUO
224 OKUTAN
225 DERIBADO
226 MAINTAIN - Manta Ray
227 EAMUDO
228 DERUBIRU
229 HERUGA
230 KINGUDORA - Evolved Seadra
231 GOMAZOU
232 DONFUAN
233 PORIGON2 - Evolved form of Porygon.
234 ODOSHISHI
235 DOBURU
236 BARUKI
237 KAPOERA
238 MUCHURU
239 EREKIDDO
240 BUBII
241 MIRUTANKU
242 HAPINASU
243 RAIKOU
244 ENTEI
245 SUIKUN
246 YOGIRASU
247 SANAGIRASU
248 BANGIRASU
249 LUGIA - Rare Dragon
250 HOUOU - Rare bird
251 SEREBII - New "Mew" equivalent.
And probably more!
They've mostly all been redrawn (again), and some of them look excellent.
Magikarp is back to it's old look, only better, some like Kadabra and Raichu
look totally sweet. In contrast, some like Hitmonchan look totally lame.
Caterpie, to my recollection, has not been redrawn. Dammit! Why not? It's
mortal enemy, Weedle, has! Even if Weedle does have a big fat head.
And, AND, in Silver, they're all redrawn AGAIN!
Togepi: It hatches at level 5, and has something like growl, and something
where a heart pops up! WTF? At level 7 it learns Metronome! Some....weird attack
at level 17 that causes confusion! And IT EVOLVES AT LEVEL 25! Into.... some
kind of ostrich with wings? Far out!
Croc-thingy!: My starting Pokemon, had scratch and leer. Learned Water Gun,
Bite. Evolved at level 18. Learned A better Leer, and Slash. Evolved again at
level 30!
I'll add evolution levels/stones/trades and all that as soon as I a) find them
out, and b) have the time.
4. New attacks/Skills
The Ghosts have a new voodoo type move. MAN does this hurt!! It will stab
itself and do big damage to itself, but then YOU will take that damage each
phase until you faint! It's EEEEVIL!
Wrap and similar attacks no longer prevent you attacking, but they continue to
hit and hit and hit. PLus, most important, you cannot swap Pokemon whilst caught
by such an attack!! Evil!
The only other attack I can recall is the one that Dodo uses where it fades out
and does damage to you, some kind of evil attack probably.
More info to follow.
5. New Pokemon types
Three new types have been added.
Steel
Devil
Evil
In my opinion I think the Ghosts are now Ghost and Evil type, instead of
poison, which makes sense; they don't poison.
Magnemite and Magneton appear to be Electric and Steel.
More info to follow.
6. NEW TRAINERS!
Fire-Breathing Clown!: Uses poison and fire types
Pikachu fanatic!: This guy is great. He wears a black T-shirt with Pikachu on
it, and has a little boy with him dressed up as Pikachu! Uses..... PIKACHU!
(Also Raichu)
Cop: for some reason, cops attack you! They use Growlithes.
Twins: Two girls together on the map (harder to dodge!). Use bug types.
Rocket boss, male: Looks like Butch!
Rocket boss, female: Doesn't look like Cassidy or Jessie!
Rock Star! Only saw him in Surge's Gym - using electric types.
Of course everyone looks new but has been redrawn. One of the old girls looks
like my good (maybe someday better, fingers crossed, ha ha) friend Rebecca, to
her detriment.
7. Breeding.
Expect this section soon. For now, as I guessed, breeding is the only way to
get the devolved Piakchu, Jigglypuff and Clefairy. I believe this is also the
way to make the new Hitmon, that looks like a combination of Chan and Lee. Also
the new Magmar, who looks like Muk and Magmar? And the devolved Jynx? Who ever
heard of a male Jynx?
Section 8: Stuff.
Where to get this guide.
Team Rocket UK:
http://www.jedah.force9.co.uk/TeamRocket.html
GameFAQs:
http://www.gamefaqs.com
The Cerulean Gym:
http://www.ceruleangym.com
You get it from ANYWHERE else, it's stolen. No reply for you.
Thanks go to:
Skullcorp (Anthony Leong): A lot of the names, Rival information.
Meowth 346: Told me about the boat to Vermillion City, also runs a kickass site
for Gold and Silver
Danielle Akemi: ent me the information on Snorlax and several name corrections.
Plus assorted other thousands of ICQ messages.
A whole lotta people at alt.games.nintendo.pokemon: All sorts of stuff. Sorry I
couldn't name you all.
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