Kanto Walkthrough

JeanDeBoos · May 21, 2025

Kanto Walkthrough

This guide will help you with the official story quests. Any sidequests may or may not be mentioned & helped with in this guide.

Placeholder for possible future translation links.

Player made guide:

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JeanDeBoos · May 21, 2025

Quicklinks

Hoenn to Kanto
- Requirements
- Restrictions
- Reaching Kanto ('Skies beyond Hoenn')
Actual Kanto Story Start
- Picking your Starter
- Oak's Parcel & World Map
- Viridian Forest
- Pewter: Brock's Team (Badge 1)
- Mt. Moon
- Cerulean: Misty's Team (Badge 2)
Mt. Pyre, Lilycove, Team Magma Hideout
- Bill's Predicament (S.S. Anne Ticket)
- Route to Vermillion Gym
- S.S. Anne (Cut HM)
  - Gary's Team
- Lt. Surge's Team (Badge 3)
Celadon City - Pokemon Tower - Snorlaxes
- Route to Celadon
- Triggering some quests
- Erika's Team (Badge 4)
- Game Corner
  - Giovanni's Team
  - Silph Scope
- Pokemon Tower
  - Poké Flute
- Sleeping Obstacles (Snorlaxes)
Fuchsia Gym, Saffron City, Cinnabar Island
- Koga's Team (Badge 5)
- Silph Co.
  - Giovanni's Team
- Sabrina's Team (Badge 6) (& Surf HM)
- Blaine's Team (Badge 7)
8th badge - Elite 4 & Champion
- Giovanni's Gym Leader Team
- Gary's Team
- Elite 4 Teams
- Champion Gary's Teams

JeanDeBoos · May 21, 2025

How to start your Kanto journey?

Requirements

Sinnoh story finished
- Sinnoh Champion + Fight Area post story quest
Jvaloh story finished
- Jvaloh Champion + The dragontower post story quests
  - NOTE: after clearing the dragontower top floor, walk out of the dragontower, there's an important NPC talk that happens then.
Hoenn story finished
- Hoenn Champion

Restrictions

Different from previous regions, Kanto has several restrictions in place to avoid people rushing through the story without enjoying the region as we intended.

Region restriction
- All pokemon not caught in Kanto will always scale down to level 1.
- There will not be a region transfer NPC.
  - Syncs are still available this way, without giving free pp refresh/busted stat legendaries/...
Item restriction
- The use of Rare Candies is impossiblefor pokemon from the Kanto region.
  - This will remove people just popping 100 rare candies on their starter in first few minutes to just run through with a ridiculous level advantage.
- The use of any pokemon chests is impossible for players while inside the Kanto region.
  - This will remove people saving (Legendary) pokemon boxes to open them in Kanto to then use busted stat legendaries/...
All other restrictions on previous regions are still in place
- The use of Revives (and several other items) while in battle
- EV training is still possible outside of Kanto for Kanto pokemon; Exp will not be gained.
- ...

Start

First step to start your journey to Kanto is finding Steven.

Steven is inside Mossdeep City's Space Station 2nd floor.

Skies Beyond Hoenn: Sky Disturbance

Steven has detected a strange phenomenon bleeding through the sky from Kanto. Travel to Sootopolis and consult with Wallace about Sky Pillar's connection to the disturbance.

Wallace will be in the entrance to the Cave of Origin.

Skies Beyond Hoenn: Check Slateport Port

Wallace suspects ships may be grounded due to the sky disturbance. Investigate Slateport Port to check on travel conditions to Kanto before attempting Sky Pillar.

Dockmaster Harren is the npc you need. He is standing infront of Stern's Shipyard.

Steven will also appear coming out of the shipyard and start talking to you. Telling you to go to the peak of Sky Pillar.

Skies Beyond Hoenn: Seek the Sky Pillar

Steven has confirmed Sky Pillar is the source of the disturbance. Travel to Route 131 and locate the entrance to the ancient tower that reaches beyond the clouds.

Route 131 is a sea route to the east (right) of Pacifidlog Town. Surf through the rocks to Sky Pillar & find Wallace waiting for you outside the Pillar.

He will fight you with 6 lvl 90+ pokemon. Defeat him to continue.

Skies Beyond Hoenn: Ascend Sky Pillar

Wallace has opened the path to Sky Pillar after testing your strength. Climb to the summit and face Mega Rayquaza to calm the sky disturbance threatening all the journeys to Kanto.

Up, up and away!

Defeat the UNCATCHABLE Lvl 100 Mega-Rayquaza.

Skies Beyond Hoenn: Mission Complete

Rayquaza has been calmed and the storm has cleared. Return to Steven at Mossdeep Space Station to report the successful resolution of the sky disturbance.

Return to Steven at Mossdeep Space Station to report the successful resolution of the sky disturbance.

Skies Beyond Hoenn: Journey to Kanto

Steven has confirmed the skies are safe for travel. Head to Lilycove Port where a vessel awaits to take you across the eastern waters to Kanto.

Dockmaster Harren finally arrived in Lilycove (he said he was going there back in Slateport

). He informs you that Sailor Marcus will allow transfer to Kanto.

Congratulations, you are now (if you agreed sailing with Marcus) in Kanto!

Your next task is to explore Kanto!

JeanDeBoos · May 21, 2025

While exploring, you will get the following quest to start your Kanto quests.

Report back to Professor Oak

Report to Professor Oak in his lab before leaving Pallet Town.

Choose a Starter Pokémon

Select a Pokémon to accompany you on your adventures in the Kanto Region.

Open the 'Choose your starter' UI by standing on one of the cushions.
Use the PC storage system if you entered Kanto with a full party.

When trying to leave the lab, Gary will enter & choose his Starter Pokémon.

Consult with Professor Oak

Inform Professor Oak of your choice and discuss your next steps in Pallet Town.

Talk with Oak & say yes.

If you didn't before:
When trying to leave the lab, Gary will enter & choose his Starter Pokémon.

Fetch the Parcel for Professor Oak

Support Professor Oak's research by retrieving a crucial parcel from the Poké Mart in Viridian City.

Go to Viridian City's Pokemart. Viridian city is located to the North of Pallet Town.
The Store Boy inside the pokemart will have Oak's Parcel.

NOTE 1: Gary will be ready to fight you in Pallet Town. (growl spam)

NOTE 2: Viridian's Gym is locked, in Kanto, this gym is the 8th gym & will be one of the last steps in your journey.

Deliver the parcel to Oak

Deliver the parcel to Professor Oak.

Travel back to Oak's Lab in Pallet Town and deliver the Parcel.

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Get Kanto World Map

Find Daisy in Pallet Town and get Kanto Region Map for your journey.

Daisy's house is the one to the right of the Lab, Gary's house.

Charting the Path (Viridian Forest - Pewter City)

The Kanto region awaits your exploration. Begin your journey to greatness by earning your first Gym Badge and discovering what lies beyond your hometown.

With the Kanto Map in hand, we have to get to Pewter City, located to the North of Viridian City.
Tip: West of Viridian potentially has a couple useful spawns check it out

To get to Pewter, we need to get through Viridian Forest. Talk with NPC's. Emma will be giving the Buzzing Hide & Seek sidequest (released in separate guide) & maybe you'll even see someone you might know.

Pewter city is home to Brock's Rock type gym. Beat him to continue the story.

Geodude-Alola (Lvl 14 )

Archen (Lvl 15 )

Onix (Lvl 16 )

After beating him, you can continue your journey towards Mt. Moon to the East.

[SYS] Received 1,400 F.
[SYS] Added 1 Gen9 TM076 Rock Blast in bag. Now in total 1.
[SYS] Added 1 Blaze Coin in bag. Now in total 1.

Earn Your Second Badge (Mt. Moon - Cerulean City)

Head east from Pewter City and journey through Mt. Moon to reach Cerulean City. Defeat the Gym Leader there to claim your second badge.

If you find the quest, Return of the Moonlight Ritual is a sidequest. Will be explained it it's own topic.

Just before entering Mt. Moon is a Pokémon Center, I strongly suggest using that as a respawn point.

Mt. Moon is being infiltrated by Team Rocket Grunts. Eventually you find a scientist who found 2 fossils, beat him so you can claim one of the fossils.

NOTE: Bill's predicament 1 title lower can be done as training for Cerulean Gym!

Misty from the Gym in Cerulean City is a Water type specialist.

Corsola (Lvl ... )	Starmie (Lvl ... )
Quagsire (Lvl ... )	Azumarill (Lvl ...)

Beat her to continue the story line.
[SYS] Received 2,100 F.
[SYS] Added 1 Gen9 TM011 Water Pulse in bag. Now in total 1.
[SYS] Added 4 Blaze Coin in bag. Now in total 5.

JeanDeBoos · May 21, 2025

The quest tracker is telling you to get your third badge. Once in Vermillion, you'll notice you can't reach the Gym because you cannot use Cut HM in Kanto yet.

To unlock that ability, you need to help the Captain of the S.S. Anne.

Once at the S.S. Anne, you'll be informed you need an S.S. Anne Ticket.

Actual step 1 after beating Misty, will be helping out Bill.

Bill's Predicament

This part does not have an official quest tracker.

Bill has a problem, his cottage is located on route 25.

Get there by going North from Cerulean City.

On the way you will find Gary

Bill will need your help transforming back from a clefairy to a regular person.

He will thank you by giving you an S.S. Anne Ticket, which you need to continue your story.

Route Towards Vermillion City

With Misty defeated, head south from Cerulean City and make your way toward Vermilion City and get your third badge.

You'll notice the following things:
1) North of Cerulean is a dead-end
2) East of Cerulean is blocked by a Cuttable Tree, but you don't have Cut HM yet.
3) South of Cerulean leads to a house where the guard is not letting you pass.
4) West of Cerulean is back towards Mt. Moon and blocked by jumpable ledges.

You will need to take the underground in Route 5, South of Cerulean.
This is a house near the guard's pass and is basically a tunnel straight underneath Saffron ending up in Route 6.

Going North on Route 6 leads to a different guard who will also not let you pass.
Luckily, you need to go South and Vermilion City is reachable.

S.S. Anne - Cut HM

No official quest tracker for this part.

You will once again notice you can't battle the gym, it's locked behind a Cuttable Tree and you still can't use the Cut HM.

You can get on the S.S. Anne with your ticket gained from Bill. S.S. Anne is a boat in the Vermillion Harbor. Find the NPC near the docks to enter the S.S. Anne.

Once on the S.S. Anne, you can battle against a lot of trainers. However also on the boat there's an Aroma Lady healing everyone's pokemon. She does NOT function as a Respawn Point if you black out.
She's sharing a cabin with a battling NPC however!

To continue the story, you need to find the Captain who is very sick. He will be found behind Gary's battle.

The Captain will thank you by giving the permission to use the Cut HM.

Vermillion City Gym

Now that you're in Vermilion City, use Cut to clear the way and challenge Lt. Surge for your third badge.

Now that you can Cut small trees, you can battle the Vermillion City gym. Lt. Surge is an electric type expert.

The gym has a small 'puzzle' to unlock the path to the Gym Leader:

Solution(s) to that puzzle are good for player made guides

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Pincurchin (Lvl 28 )	Raichu-Alola (Lvl 28 )	Kilowatrell (Lvl 29 )
Pawmot (Lvl 30 )	Electivire (Lvl 31 )

[SYS] Received 2,400 F.
[SYS] Added 1 Gen9 TM068 Thunder Punch in bag. Now in total 1.
[SYS] Added 3 Blaze Coin in bag. Now in total 8.

JeanDeBoos · May 21, 2025

Forge Ahead from Vermilion

With your third badge in hand, It's time to continue your journey through Kanto. Head east and see where the road takes you.

Travel to Cerulean City & go East using the Cut HM. [either with the teleporter or by going through Diglett's Cave & back through mt. Moon]

After passing through Rock Tunnel, you will reach Lavender Town, home of the Pokemon Tower. At this point in the story, you can't do much here except battle Gary & trigger a quest.

A mysterious woman in Pokémon Tower spoke of unseen forces beyond. She mentioned a device that could reveal the truth—find it and return to uncover what lies above.

To continue in the story, go West (Route 8) and take another underground under Saffron to go to Route 7/Celadon City.

NOTE: If you go South first, you will trigger the Snorlax Quest (optional to trigger):

Once entering Celadon City, you will overhear a Team Rocket Grunt.

This triggers the quest tracker to update & give 2 quests:

Challenge the Celadon Gym

You've reached Celadon City. Take on Erika, the Gym Leader, and earn your fourth badge.

The gym Leader Erika is a Grass type specialist. Beat the gym to continue the story.

Brute Bonnet (Lvl 36 )	Electrode-Hisui (Lvl 37 )	Arboliva (Lvl 38 )
Victreebel (Lvl 40 )	Venusaur (Lvl 40 )

[SYS] Received 2,900 F.
[SYS] Added 1 Gen9 TM111 Giga Drain in bag. Now in total 1.
[SYS] Added 4 Blaze Coin in bag. Now in total 12.
Beating her will trigger 2 quests, 1 is the quest for the next gym, however, you first need to do the other quest to be able to eventually clear the routes from the snorlaxes.

Suspicious Activity in Celadon (Team Rocket Hideout)

You remember overhearing the Rocket Grunt when entering Celadon City. Investigate Game Corner and wee what they're up to.

After beating Erika, you can discover the location of Team Rocket's Hideout.

The Rocket Game Corner is a front and you can unlock the Hideout by interacting with a poster inside the Game Corner.

After beating that guy, you can go below.

Uncover the Hidden Power (Team Rocket Hideout)

You've 'discovered' a secret entrance beneath the Celadon Game Corner. A dangerous force lurks below—descend into the hideout and uncover the truth.

The Hideout is a big building with lots of trainers.

Rocket Grunt Tim will drop the Lift Key required to reach Giovanni.

You will have to battle Giovanni, Team Rocket's Boss, for the first time.

Rhyhorn (Lvl 35)	Nidoking (Lvl 36)
Nidoqueen (Lvl 36)	Persian (Lvl 37)

He will drop the Silph Scope needed to continue your journey.
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Pokemon Tower - Sleeping Obstacles

A massive Snorlax is blocking the path west of Celadon City on Route 16. You'll need to find a way to wake it up if you want to proceed.

You will notice another sleeping Snorlax blocking your route West of Celadon.

You need to figure out a way to get those Snorlaxes out of the way.

With the Silph Scope in your possession, you can now fully navigate the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town.
Go back through the underground under Saffron to get back to Lavender.

Inside the Pokemon Tower, you will now be able to defeat the spirit of the deceased Marowak, killed by Team Rocket when they were capturing her child.

After defeating the spirit, you can continue inside the Pokemon Tower and free Mr. Fuji from Team Rocket Grunts.

Mr. Fuji will reward you with the Poké Flute, which is needed to wake up the Snorlaxes on Route 12 and 16.

After getting rid of the snorlaxes, you can continue on to Fuchsia.

JeanDeBoos · May 24, 2025

Challenge the Fuchsia Gym

With the Rainbow Badge in hand, it's time to head south to Fuchsia City and take on Koga, the master of Poison-type Pokémon.

You are free to choose your way towards Fuchsia, by starting from either Route 16 West of Celadon or Route 12 South of Lavender.

Both paths will lead you to Fuchsia City, where Koga is a Poison Type Expert and the Gym Leader.

This gym has invisible walls, you'll need to trial and error it or think a bit with map layouts etc.

Glimmora (Lvl 46 )	Toxapex (Lvl 46 )	Weezing-Galar (Lvl 47 )
Overqwil (Lvl 48 )	Tentacruel (Lvl 48 )	Iron Moth (Lvl 49 )

[SYS] Received 4,300 F.
[SYS] Added 1 Gen9 TM083 Poison Jab in bag. Now in total 3.
[SYS] Added 5 Blaze Coin in bag. Now in total 17.

You can now Surf in Kanto!

Saffron City

With Koga defeated, make your way to Saffron City and challenge Sabrina, the master of Psychic-type Pokémon, to earn your sixth badge.

The guardposts around Saffron will now let you through, since Koga's Badge shows that you are strong enough to enter the town during a rough time there.

You will need to travel back to Celadon (go West from Fuchsia & up the bicycle bridge, if you went route 11 to Fuchsia, battle the second sleeping Snorlax).

Once there, you'll find a Team Rocket Grunt blocking the Gym.

Investigate Saffron City

Something suspicious is happening in Saffron city.
Explore its buildings and uncover the truth.

You have to enter Silph Co.; Gary will 'recruit' you to beat Team Rocket together.

Defend Silph Co's. President

Team Rocket has taken over Silph Co.! Defeat their forces and protect the company president.

There's going to be a whole lot NPC's, you can use Ranked Random Battle through PvP or revives/potions/ether etc outside of battle to keep your team healthy & avoid having to walk back and forth.

The Silph Co. Keycard, needed to continue, will be somewhere in this ultra ball.

Even though you are working together to defeat Team Rocket, Gary will want to fight you here.

Giovanni at the end will flee after defeating him.

Rhyhorn (Lvl 55)	Kangaskhan (Lvl 54)	Nidoking (Lvl 56)
Nidoqueen (Lvl 55)	Persian (Lvl 55)

Talk with the Silph Co. President for your reward: a Master Ball!

Once you defeated Team Rocket in Saffron City, you can finally challenge the Psychic type expert Sabrina in her Gym.

Claydol (Lvl 60 )	Espathra (Lvl 61 )	Hatterene (Lvl 61 )
Veluza (Lvl 63 )	Braviary-Hisui (Lvl 64 )	Alakazam (Lvl 65 )

[SYS] Received 4,300 F.
[SYS] Added 1 Gen9 TM218 Expanding Force in bag. Now in total 1.
[SYS] Added 5 Blaze Coin in bag. Now in total 139.

Get Your 7th Gym Badge

With Sabrina defeated and Team Rocket gone, it's time to journey south. Surf from Pallet Town to reach Cinnabar Island and challenge Blaine, the master of Fire-type Pokémon.

The maps to go towards Cinnabar will now be open. Surf towards the Island from either Pallet Town or Fuchsia City.

Seafoam Islands

If you go south from Fuchsia towards Cinnabar (or go right from Cinnabar to train a bit), you will encounter the Seafoam Islands.

During the story, you won't be able to do much here, but you can find some fun spawns already.

Cinnabar Island

When walking up to the gym, you'll notice it's locked and get a new quest.

Unlock the Cinnabar Gym

The Cinnabar Gym is locked tight. Rumor has it that a Secret Key lies somewhere inside the old Pokémon Mansion on the island. Search its ruins and find a way in.

You will need to interact with the small Mewtwo statues in the correct order to unlock the door in the basement. The correct order would make for a cool player made guide

.

There are helpful dropped notes hidden around the mansion aswell. (interact with paper on the ground)

If you interacted with all the Mewtwo statues in the correct order, the room with the Key to the Cinnabar Gym will be opened.

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Unlock the Cinnabar Gym (Pt. 2)

You've obtained the Secret Key from the Pokémon Mansion! Now, unlock the Cinnabar Gym, defeat Blaine, and earn your seventh badge.

Blaine holds the 7th Indigo League Badge. He's a fire type expert.

Torkoal (Lvl 69 )	Arcanine-Hisui (Lvl 70 )	Chandelure (Lvl 70 )
Gouging Fire (Lvl 71 )	Charizard (Lvl 71 )	Scovillain (Lvl 72 )

[SYS] Received 4,700 F.
[SYS] Added 1 Gen9 TM157 Overheat in bag. Now in total 1.
[SYS] Added 4 Blaze Coin in bag. Now in total 21.

JeanDeBoos · Jun 10, 2025

Get Your 8th Gym Badge

With Blaine defeated, word spreads that the Viridian Gym, once locked, has finally reopened. Return to Viridian City and challenge the final Gym Leader to earn your 8th badge.

Clodsire (Lvl 72 )	Garchomp (Lvl 73 )	Nidoking (Lvl 73 )
Steelix (Lvl 74 )	Ursaluna Blood-Moon (Lvl 74 )	Great Tusk (Lvl 75 )

[SYS] Received 5,000 F.
[SYS] Added 1 Gen9 TM149 Earthquake in bag. Now in total 1.
[SYS] Added 4 Blaze Coin in bag. Now in total 147.

Defeat the Pokémon League

With all eight badges in hand, it's time to take on the ultimate challenge. Head to the Indigo Plateau, battle through the Elite Four, and face the Champion to become the Pokémon League Champion!

The road towards the Indigo Plateau is West of Viridian City.

Gary can be found on the way:

You'll have to travel through the Victory's Road.

The E4 teams:

Lorelei
Ice type master.

Mamoswine (Lvl 85 )	Cetitan (Lvl 85 )	Iron Bundle (Lvl 85 )
Chien-Pao (Lvl 86 )	Baxcalibur (Lvl 86 )	Kyurem-White (Lvl 87 )

Bruno
Fighting type master.

Great Tusk (Lvl 85 )	Blaziken (Lvl 85 )	Conkeldurr (Lvl 85 )
Iron Valiant (Lvl 86 )	Annihilape (Lvl 86 )	Koraidon (Lvl 87 )

Agatha
Ghost type master.

Dragapult (Lvl 85 )	Polteageist (Lvl 85 )	Ceruledge (Lvl 85 )
Annihilape (Lvl 86 )	Flutter Mane (Lvl 86 )	Calyrex Shadow Rider (Lvl 87 )

Lance
Dragon type master.

Garchomp (Lvl 85 )	Dragonite (Lvl 85 )	Haxorus (Lvl 85 )
(Lvl 86 )	Roaring Moon (Lvl 86 )	Miraidon (Lvl 87 )

Champion Gary
Counter pick master.

Charizard (mega y) (Lvl 86 )	Leafeon (Lvl 86 )	Dragonite (Lvl 87 )
Ogerpon-Wellspring (Lvl 87 )	Darmanitan-Galar (Lvl 88 )	Miraidon (Lvl 88 )

[SYS] Received 15,000 F.
You can leave E4 by going in the door topside of the map.

Congratulations, you are Kanto's new Champion!

Feel free to explore Kanto more & discover it's secrets. "What's in Cerulean Cave?" "How grateful is Silph Co.'s President really?" "What happened to the Fighting Dojo's?" and many many more.

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