Appendix:Gold and Silver walkthrough/Section 17

This is the Bulbapedia walkthrough for Pokémon Gold and Silver. This walkthrough follows the original Game Boy Color version, not Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
The guide for those can be found here.

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Route 6

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Route 6

Your next stop is Saffron City, so head north through Route 6. The area is much the same as it was, though the land has shifted slightly, shortening the route. There are no Trainers here, and there is a man blocking the entrance to the Cerulean-Vermilion Underground, saying that it's closed until the Power Plant is operational again.

Head through the guardhouse to enter Saffron City.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Abra G S C Grass 12-14 10% Magnemite G S C Grass 15 10% Pidgey G S C Grass 13-14 50% 50% 0% Pidgey G S C Grass 13 30% 30% 0% Bellsprout G S C Grass 13 30% 30% 20% Meowth G S C Grass 14 20% 20% 30% Oddish G S C Grass 13-14 0% 0% 60% Oddish G S C Grass 13 0% 0% 30% Fishing and Surfing Psyduck G S C Surfing 5-14 90% Golduck G S C Surfing 10-14 10% Magikarp G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 85% Poliwag G S C Fishing Old Rod 10 15% Poliwag G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 65% Magikarp G S C Fishing Good Rod 20 35% Poliwag G S C Fishing Super Rod 40 70% Magikarp G S C Fishing Super Rod 40 20% Poliwhirl G S C Fishing Super Rod 40 10% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Saffron City

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Saffron City

Spend some time to see the sights before you challenge Sabrina at the Saffron Gym.

Mr. Psychic

Stop by the house in the city's southeast district. The homeowner, Mr. Psychic, will give you TM29 (Psychic).

Silph Co

Silph Co. is open for business, but a security guard blocks access beyond the first floor. He gives you an Up-Grade as a souvenir, one of the company's latest products.

Magnet Train Station

The Magnet Train Station is situated in the city's northwest district, but the train is currently inoperable due to some problem at the Power Plant. Once the electricity has been restored, this high-speed bullet train will run between Johto's Goldenrod and Kanto's Saffron; 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Fighting Dojo

Visit the Fighting Dojo in the north, and you can get a Focus Band by the rear wall.

Now you can set your sights on the Saffron Gym.

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Saffron Gym

Saffron Gym

SAFFRON CITY
POKéMON GYM
LEADER: SABRINA
The Master of
Psychic Pokémon!

The Saffron Gym has the same layout that it always has, though Sabrina has three less Trainers in her Gym than she used to. Follow the trail of warp tiles, and you'll eventually reach the Gym Leader. Her Alakazam may be the biggest nuisance with its Recover, but a few Template:Type2 moves, like Bite, and you'll win your tenth badge.

Saffron Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Medium Rebecca Medium Rebecca トミコ Tomiko Reward: $1400 Drowzee♀ Lv.35 No item Hypno♀ Lv.35 No item Psychic Jared Psychic Jared タクミ Takumi Reward: $1120 Mr. Mime♂ Lv.32 No item Exeggcute♂ Lv.32 No item Exeggcute♂ Lv.35 No item Medium Doris Medium Doris ケサコ Kesako Reward: $1440 Slowpoke♀ Lv.34 No item Slowbro♀ Lv.36 No item Psychic Franklin Psychic Franklin ヒロ Hiro Reward: $1184 Kadabra♂ Lv.37 No item Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon. File:Sabrina 02.png Leader Sabrina Saffron Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Leader and Professor Sabrina Oak Saffron Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $4800 Types: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Espeon♂ Lv.46 Sand-Attack Ground   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Swift Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Mr. Mime♀ Lv.46 Barrier Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Baton Pass Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.48 Recover Normal   --       Future Sight Psychic   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --

After her defeat, Sabrina gives you the Marsh Badge. The badge is merely symbolic of your victory over the Saffron Gym, seeing as it doesn't affect your Pokémon's stats.
After claiming the Marsh Badge, leave west from the city to Route 7.

Route 7

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Route 7

The Celadon-Lavender Underground has been closed indefinitely by Celadon Police due to excessive battling in the tunnel, but it isn't needed to bypass Saffron's guards anyway. This route is the first chance you'll have to find two new Template:Type2 Pokémon (Murkrow and Houndour) if you pass through here overnight.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Meowth G S C Grass 17 30% Raticate G S C Grass 19 10% Persian G S C Grass 19 5% Rattata G S C Grass 15-19 40% 35% 0% Rattata G S C Grass 17 0% 0% 30% Rattata G S C Grass 15 5% 0% 0% Spearow G S C Grass 17 30% 30% 0% Growlithe G S C Grass 18 20% 25% 20% Vulpix G S C Grass 18 20% 25% 20% Murkrow G S C Grass 17-19 0% 0% 35% Murkrow G S C Grass 17 0% 0% 30% Houndour G S C Grass 15 0% 0% 5% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Don't worry about Celadon City just yet.
Backtrack through Saffron City to Route 8 instead.

← Part 16 Back in New Bark Town, S.S. Aqua, Vermilion City

Gold and Silver walkthrough

Route 8, Lavender Town, Route 10, Rock Tunnel, Power Plant Part 18 →

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