Appendix:FireRed and LeafGreen walkthrough/Section 1: Difference between revisions

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While you’re battling your Rival, Prof. Oak will explain some things about battling and the moves that you use while battling. And if you find yourself low on health during this battle, use the Potion that you took from your PC at the beginning of the game. To use an Item during battle go to Bag and it’ll automatically put you in the Items Pocket of your bag, then you choose your Item, in this case Potion (it’ll be the only Item in there), press the A button on it, and then Use. You’ll have to choose the Pokémon to use it on, in this case your Starter (the only one you have), and it will restore you Pokémon’s health. Do the best you can against your Rival and don’t worry about losing this battle, all it is for is so you can get used to the Battle System.

 

Now that the battle is over, exit the Lab and head North toward the exit for Pallet Town again. This time you won’t be stopped and you’ll enter into Route 1. The first person you see on Route 1 is a PokéMart employee, talk to him and he’ll give you a Potion. The Pokémon that can be found in Route 1 are:

 

Rattata / Levels 2-3 (maybe 4) / Common

Pidgey / Levels 2-3 (maybe 4) / Common

 

It wouldn’t hurt to battle some of these weaker Pokémon to Level your Starter up a bit while making your way North toward the Viridian City.

 

Once in Viridian City, you’ll find a building with a red roof. That is a Pokémon Center where you can heal your Pokémon if they are low on health or even fainted. From the Pokémon Center, go to your right a bit and then up, you’ll see a building with a blue roof. That is a Pokémon Mart where you can buy assorted Items to help you in your Quest to be a Pokémon Master. Go into the PokéMart and the clerk will ask you if you came from Pallet Town and if you know Prof. Oak. He’ll then give you a Package for Prof. Oak and ask you to deliver it for him. Go back to Pallet Town and give Oak the package.

 

Your Rival will show up once you give Oak the Package and wonder what he was called back to the Lab for. Oak will then tell both of you about a request he has. He’ll give both you and your Rival each a PokéDex and ask that you two work on completing it. He’ll also give you 5 Pokéballs each to help you complete his request. Once the conversation ends, exit the Lab and go to your Rival’s house and talk to Daisy for a Town Map. Once again, make your way toward Viridian city.

 

Now that you have Pokéballs you can catch wild Pokémon. To catch a wild Pokémon it is best to get its health down into the red and then throw a Pokéball for your chances of catching it will increase. To use a Pokéball, go to Bag while in a battle with a wild Pokémon, find the Balls Pocket (sounds funny I know *snickers*) and press the A button on Pokéball (the only Items you have in that Pocket), then Use. You’ll throw the Pokéball and, depending on how low you got its health, it will either break out of the Ball or stay in. If it breaks out just try again and if it stays in, congratulations, you caught a Pokémon.

 

Once you are back in Viridian City you may need to heal if you haven’t done so before now. From the Pokémon Center go left toward Route 22 and right as the dirt path starts there’s a little space for you to go up, do so and you’ll find a Potion. Go back to the dirt path and continue on to Route 22. There will be a grassy area that you can find wild Pokémon in and I suggest doing some Leveling up here before moving on to the next part. Level 10 should be good enough for what is to come. The Pokémon that can be found on Route 22 are:

 

Spearow / Levels 2-5 / Common

Rattata / Levels 2-5 / Common

Mankey / Levels 2-5 / Common

 

**Quick suggestion: If you chose Charmander as your Starter I’d suggest catching a Mankey here to prepare you for later on.