Move Tutor

A move tutor (Japanese: わざおしえ人 Move Teacher) is a non-player character who will teach a Pokémon moves that are not normally able to be learned through level up, TMs, or HMs. Move tutors are found in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Orre, and Sinnoh. They are not to be confused with move relearners.

Johto move tutors

Crystal

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In Pokémon Crystal, an elderly fellow visits Goldenrod City's Game Corner every Wednesday and Saturday after the player has become the League Champion. He teaches three different moves for 4000 coins, two of which were TMs in Generation I and returned to that status in Generation III, and one of which later became a TM with the other two. These moves are breedable in the same fashion as TMs and HMs.

Move Type Location Gen I TM Flamethrower  Fire  — Ice Beam  Ice  TM13 Thunderbolt  Electric  TM24 HeartGold and SoulSilver The following tutor moves are available in Johto's remakes, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Similar to Emerald most of the moves that a move tutor can teach to a Pokémon require a set amount of Battle Points. Fourteen of these moves are exclusive to HeartGold and SoulSilver, while the rest are also obtainable in Platinum. The following moves are also available in Pokémon Platinum by going to the move tutors on Route 212, in Snowpoint City, and in the Survival Area, but with the difference that they require shards instead of BP as payment: Move Type Cat. Location Air Cutter  Flying  Special Frontier Access 48BP AncientPower  Rock  Special Frontier Access 40BP Aqua Tail  Water  Physical Frontier Access 40BP Blast Burn  Fire  Special Blackthorn City — Bounce  Flying  Physical Frontier Access 32BP Dive  Water  Physical Frontier Access 40BP Draco Meteor  Dragon  Special Blackthorn City — Earth Power  Ground  Special Frontier Access 40BP Endeavor  Normal  Physical Frontier Access 64BP Fire Punch  Fire  Physical Frontier Access 64BP Frenzy Plant  Grass  Special Blackthorn City — Fury Cutter  Bug  Physical Frontier Access 32BP Gastro Acid  Poison  Status Frontier Access 32BP Gunk Shot  Poison  Physical Frontier Access 32BP Helping Hand  Normal  Status Frontier Access 40BP Heat Wave  Fire  Special Frontier Access 48BP Hydro Cannon  Water  Special Blackthorn City — Ice Punch  Ice  Physical Frontier Access 64BP Icy Wind  Ice  Special Frontier Access 48BP Iron Defense  Steel  Status Frontier Access 40BP Iron Head  Steel  Physical Frontier Access 40BP Knock Off  Dark  Physical Frontier Access 40BP Last Resort  Normal  Physical Frontier Access 48BP Magnet Rise  Electric  Status Frontier Access 40BP Mud-Slap  Ground  Special Frontier Access 32BP Ominous Wind  Ghost  Special Frontier Access 48BP Outrage  Dragon  Physical Frontier Access 48BP Rollout  Rock  Physical Frontier Access 32BP Seed Bomb  Grass  Physical Frontier Access 40BP Signal Beam  Bug  Special Frontier Access 40BP Spite  Ghost  Status Frontier Access 40BP Snore  Normal  Special Frontier Access 32BP Sucker Punch  Dark  Physical Frontier Access 40BP Superpower  Fighting  Physical Frontier Access 48BP Swift  Normal  Special Frontier Access 40BP Synthesis  Grass  Status Frontier Access 40BP ThunderPunch  Electric  Physical Frontier Access 64BP Trick  Psychic  Status Frontier Access 48BP Twister  Dragon  Special Frontier Access 40BP Uproar  Normal  Special Frontier Access 48BP Vacuum Wave  Fighting  Special Frontier Access 48BP Zen Headbutt  Psychic  Physical Frontier Access 64BP The following moves are only available to the move tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver: Move Type Cat. Location Block  Normal  Status Frontier Access 32BP Bug Bite  Bug  Physical Frontier Access 32BP Gravity  Psychic  Status Frontier Access 32BP Headbutt  Normal  Physical Ilex Forest — Heal Bell  Normal  Status Frontier Access 48BP Low Kick  Fighting  Physical Frontier Access 32BP Magic Coat  Psychic  Status Frontier Access 32BP Pain Split  Normal  Status Frontier Access 64BP Role Play  Psychic  Status Frontier Access 48BP Sky Attack  Flying  Physical Frontier Access 64BP String Shot  Bug  Status Frontier Access 32BP Super Fang  Normal  Physical Frontier Access 40BP Tailwind  Flying  Status Frontier Access 48BP Worry Seed  Grass  Status Frontier Access 32BP Kanto/Sevii move tutors These move tutors are in FireRed and LeafGreen. They do not appear in the older versions for the Game Boy system. Normal move tutors These tutors will teach a Pokémon a move otherwise unobtainable with the Generation III TM list. Many of the NPCs which gave a TM containing a move in Generation I that is no longer available in TM form in the current generation will directly teach the move they would have given instead. These can only be taught once. Move Type Location Gen I TM Body Slam  Normal  Four Island TM08 Counter  Fighting  Celadon Department Store TM18 Double-Edge  Normal  Victory Road TM10 Dream Eater  Psychic  Viridian City TM42 Explosion  Normal  Mt. Ember TM47 Mega Kick  Normal  Route 4 TM05 Mega Punch  Normal  Route 4 TM01 Metronome  Normal  Pokémon Lab TM35 Mimic  Normal  Saffron City TM31 Rock Slide  Rock  Rock Tunnel TM48 Seismic Toss  Fighting  Pewter City TM19 Softboiled  Normal  Celadon City TM41 Substitute  Normal  Fuchsia City TM50 Swords Dance  Normal  Seven Island TM03 Thunder Wave  Electric  Silph Co. TM45 Special move tutors A woman at Boon Island's Cape Brink will teach one move to each of the fully evolved Kanto starter Pokémon. She will teach Frenzy Plant to Venusaur, Hydro Cannon to Blastoise, and Blast Burn to Charizard. The moves can only be taught to one of these three Pokémon once, and the Pokémon learning the move must have maximum happiness. Hoenn move tutors In Pokémon Emerald, various move tutors can be found across the Hoenn region. Some moves may be purchased at the Battle Frontier. Those that cannot be purchased may only be learned once from the tutor. Move Type Location Body Slam  Normal  Battle Frontier 48BP Counter  Fighting  Battle Frontier 48BP Defense Curl  Normal  Battle Frontier 16BP Double-Edge  Normal  Sootopolis City — Dream Eater  Psychic  Battle Frontier 24BP DynamicPunch  Fighting  Mossdeep City — Endure  Normal  Battle Frontier 48BP Explosion  Normal  Pacifidlog Town — Fire Punch  Fire  Battle Frontier 48BP Fury Cutter  Bug  Verdanturf Town — Ice Punch  Ice  Battle Frontier 48BP Icy Wind  Ice  Battle Frontier 24BP Mega Kick  Normal  Battle Frontier 48BP Mega Punch  Normal  Battle Frontier 24BP Metronome  Normal  Fallarbor Town — Mimic  Normal  Lavaridge Town — Mud-Slap  Ground  Battle Frontier 24BP Psych Up  Normal  Battle Frontier 48BP Rock Slide  Rock  Battle Frontier 48BP Rollout  Rock  Mauville City — Seismic Toss  Fighting  Battle Frontier 24BP Sleep Talk  Normal  Fortree City — Snore  Normal  Battle Frontier 24BP Softboiled  Normal  Battle Frontier 16BP Substitute  Normal  Lilycove City — Swagger  Normal  Slateport City — Swift  Normal  Battle Frontier 24BP Swords Dance  Normal  Battle Frontier 48BP ThunderPunch  Electric  Battle Frontier 48BP Thunder Wave  Electric  Battle Frontier 48BP Orre move tutor In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, there is a move tutor in Agate Village. Move Type Location Body Slam  Normal  Double-Edge  Normal  Dream Eater  Psychic  Icy Wind  Ice  Mimic  Normal  Nightmare  Ghost  Seismic Toss  Fighting  Selfdestruct  Normal  Sky Attack  Flying  Substitute  Normal  Swagger  Normal  Thunder Wave  Electric  Mew, when transferred over from any game to Pokémon XD, can learn other moves with the purchase of 5,000 Poké Coupons. Though this can only be done after beating the game, it can be done multiple times. Mew does not normally learn the following moves, but is able to do so through the use of this move tutor. Move Type Location Faint Attack  Dark  Fake Out  Normal  Hypnosis  Psychic  Night Shade  Ghost  Role Play  Psychic  Zap Cannon  Electric  Sinnoh move tutors Diamond/Pearl There are two Move Tutors in Sinnoh - one on Route 228 and one on Route 210. The move tutor on Route 210 teaches Draco Meteor to a Dragon-type Pokémon which has had its happiness maximized. Similar to the Cape Brink move tutor in FireRed and LeafGreen, the Route 228 Move Tutor will teach one of the elemental versions of Hyper Beam to a fully-evolved starter with maximum happiness. Unlike the Cape Brink tutor, it can be any of the twelve starter Pokémon, but the move's type will always correspond with the Pokémon's primary type. Also unlike the Cape Brink tutor, it can be taught as many times as the player likes. Move Type Cat. Location Blast Burn  Fire  Special Route 228 Draco Meteor  Dragon  Special Route 210 Frenzy Plant  Grass  Special Route 228 Hydro Cannon  Water  Special Route 228 Platinum In Pokémon Platinum, in addition to the move tutors in Diamond and Pearl, three new move tutors are added, in Snowpoint City, on Route 212, and in the Survival Area. These move tutors accept shards in return for their services, charging eight shards of various colors per move. Red Shards emphasize power. Blue Shards are for special effects. Yellow shards are for status problems. Green Shards are what I like! Move Type Cat. Location Air Cutter  Flying  Special 2 2 4 0 Dive  Water  Physical 2 0 4 2 Fire Punch  Fire  Physical 2 0 6 0 Fury Cutter  Bug  Physical 0 0 8 0 Ice Punch  Ice  Physical 2 0 6 0 Icy Wind  Ice  Special 0 2 6 0 Knock Off  Dark  Physical 4 0 4 0 Ominous Wind  Ghost  Special 0 2 6 0 Sucker Punch  Dark  Physical 0 0 6 2 ThunderPunch  Electric  Physical 2 0 6 0 Trick  Psychic  Status 0 0 4 4 Vacuum Wave  Fighting  Special 2 2 4 0 Zen Headbutt  Psychic  Physical 0 0 4 4 Move Type Cat. Location Helping Hand  Normal  Status 2 2 0 4 Last Resort  Normal  Physical 0 8 0 0 Magnet Rise  Electric  Status 0 2 2 4 Snore  Normal  Special 2 2 0 4 Spite  Ghost  Status 0 0 0 8 Swift  Normal  Special 0 4 2 2 Synthesis  Grass  Status 0 6 0 2 Uproar  Normal  Special 0 2 0 6 Move Type Cat. Location AncientPower  Rock  Special 6 2 0 0 Aqua Tail  Water  Physical 6 2 0 0 Bounce  Flying  Physical 4 2 0 2 Earth Power  Ground  Special 6 2 0 0 Endeavor  Normal  Physical 4 0 0 4 Gastro Acid  Poison  Status 4 2 0 2 Gunk Shot  Poison  Physical 4 2 2 0 Heat Wave  Fire  Special 4 2 2 0 Iron Defense  Steel  Status 4 0 2 2 Iron Head  Steel  Physical 6 0 0 2 Mud-Slap  Ground  Special 4 0 4 0 Outrage  Dragon  Physical 6 0 0 2 Rollout  Rock  Physical 4 2 2 0 Seed Bomb  Grass  Physical 4 4 0 0 Signal Beam  Bug  Special 2 2 2 2 Superpower  Fighting  Physical 8 0 0 0 Twister  Dragon  Special 6 2 0 0 Trivia Mega Kick and Mega Punch are only available in the Generation III games, making them a rare move to teach Pokémon since you would have to trade them to Generation IV games in order for a Generation IV Pokémon to learn the moves. In Pokémon Platinum, each move require exactly eight shards. However, how many of each color varies. Signal Beam is the only move tutor move which requires shards of each color. Fury Cutter, Last Resort, Spite and Superpower are the only moves that requires one type (color) of shards. In Platinum, there are exactly two tutorable moves for every type except for the Template:Type2. Of all of the HeartGold and SoulSilver move tutors, only five can be learned outside the Battle Frontier (for free). Of those five, four are learned in Blackthorn City. This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.