Pokemon FireRed Any% Route

This route is missing some important technical information.

Starter Natures:
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Best
Rash (S), Mild (D)

Good Attack
Lonely (D), Naughty (S)

Good Speed
Hasty (D), Naive (S)

Neutral
Hardy, Docile, Serious, Bashful, Quirky

Defence
Lax, Gentle

Bad
Everything Else
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Natures:
Lonely: Boosts Attack, Lowers Defense
Brave: Boosts Attack, Lowers Speed
Adamant: Boosts Attack, Lowers Sp. Attack
Naughty: Boosts Attack, Lowers Sp. Defense

Bold: Boosts Defence, Lowers Attack
Relaxed: Boosts Defense, Lowers Speed
Impish: Boosts Defense, Lowers Sp. Attack
Lax: Boosts Defense, Lowers Sp. Defense

Timid: Boosts Speed, Lowers Attack
Hasty: Boosts Speed, Lowers Defense
Jolly: Boosts Speed, Lowers Sp. Attack
Naive: Boosts Speed, Lowers Sp. Defense

Modest: Boosts Sp. Attack, Lowers Attack
Mild: Boosts Sp. Attack, Lowers Defense
Quiet: Boosts Sp. Attack, Lowers Speed
Rash: Boosts Sp. Attack, Lowers Sp. Defense

Calm: Boosts Sp. Defense, Lowers Attack
Gentle: Boosts Sp. Defense, Lowers Defense
Sassy: Boosts Sp. Defense, Lowers Speed
Careful: Boosts Sp. Defense, Lowers Sp. Attack

Hardy: Neutral
Docile: Neutral
Serious: Neutral
Bashful: Neutral
Quirky: Neutral
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Minimum Stats: 11 Atk, 11 Sp Atk, 9 Speed

Rival:
Bulbasaur: Tackle until you win

Route 1:
Get the free Potion from the guy
If you get an encounter - Defeat a Pokemon that is Level 3 or lower - only use tackles

Viridian City:
Get the parcel from the Mart and go back to Pallet Town

Route 1:
Try to catch a Pidgey/Rattata if you get an encounter

Viridian Forest:
Get the Antidote on the way to the exit

Bug Catcher:
Weedle: Tail Whip, Tackles

Get the hidden Potion by the Bug Catcher if you used the Mart Potion
(This is located all the way left of the Bug Catcher, directly across from him)

Pewter City:
Camper:
Geodude: Bubble until it faints
(Geodude Tackle does 7 damage)
Sandshrew: Bubble until it faints
(Sandshrew Scratch does 7 damage)

Brock:
Geodude: Bubble until it faints
(Geodude Tackle does 6 damage)
Onix: Bubble until it faints
(Onix Tackle does 5 damage and he's faster than you)
(Onix Rock Tomb does 9 damage)

Teach Water Gun over Tackle at Level 13

Mart:
Sell Rock Tomb
Buy 10 Potions
Buy 4 Antidotes
Buy 3 Paralyz Heals
Buy 3 Awakenings
Buy 4 Repels

Route 3:
Battle the 1st trainer, the 3rd trainer, and 4th trainer
Being in Torrent for the 3rd and 4th trainer is good
Trainers: All Bubbles till Water Gun, teach it over Tackle, then all Water Guns.

If you didn't catch a Pidgey, catch either a Pidgey or a Spearow in the grass below the walking Lass. She only looks up and down, and has a range of 4.

Pause right before entering Route 4
Use a Potion on Squirtle if needed
Use a Repel

Get Persim Berry hidden in middle of rocks near Poke Centre

Mt. Moon:
Get Rare Candy on 1F at the south-east area of the map

B1: If you didn't catch a Rattata, catch a Paras here. They are 100% Encounter on B1.

Give the Persim Berry to Squirtle here if you have to catch a Paras

Trainers: All Water Gun, with Bubble to finish them off. Watch out for the Rocket spinner.

Swap Water Gun and Bubble during the Super Nerd fight

Route 4:
Teach Mega Kick over Withdrawl
(The guy on the right gives Mega Kick)

Cerulean City:
Get the Rare Candy above the badge house
(It is right below the 3rd flower)

Give the Persim Berry to Squirtle if you haven't already
Use regular Potions to heal to max HP before Misty
Use both Rare Candies to get to Level 19
Teach Bite over Bubble

From this point on, it is usually good to finish off any Pokemon with Bite if they are at a low amount of HP

Misty:
Swap Bite and Tail Whip during Staryu
Staryu: Mega Kick, Bite
Starmie: Mega Kick, Bite, Bite
(Swift does about 13 damage)

Heal with one Potion
Teach Water Pulse over Tail Whip

Rival 2:
Pidgeotto: Water Pulse, Water Pulse if it did over half (Mega Kick if it did less than half)
(If Pidgeotto uses Sand-Attack, switch out and let your Pokemon die so Wartortle gets his accuracy back)
(27 Speed ties with Pidgeotto)
Bulbasaur: Bite, Mega Kick
(Bulbasaur Vine Whip does 16 damage)
Abra: Bite
Rattata: Water Pulse
(Rattata Quick Attack does 6-7 damage)

Route 24/25:
Nugget 1 (Bug Catcher):
All Bites

Nugget 2 (Lass):
All Bites

Nugget 3 (Youngster):
All Water Pulses

Nugget 4 (Lass):
Nidoran Male: Water Pulse
Nidoran Female: Bite, Bite

Nugget 5 (Camper):
Mankey: Water Pulse
(Low Kick does 10 damage)

Rocket Grunt:
All Water Pulses

Get Hidden Elixir above the hiker after Nugget Bridge
(It is in the top right corner, next to the 2 bushes, to the left of the top bush)

Hiker (Not the one by the hidden Elixir):
Onix: Water Pulse

Spinner: Bite

Picnicker:
All Water Pulses

Camper:
All Water Pulses

Running Guy (Avoidable):
All Water Pulses

Heal Before Lass If Needed
Lass:
All Bites

Get S.S. Ticket from Bill

(You can get the hidden Ether just past Bill's house as a backup. It is located 2 spaces right of the last space on the yellow path below Bill's house)

Head back to Cerulean.

Cerulean City:
Rocket Grunt:
Machop: Water Pulse
Drowzee: Mega Kick (Bite if Mega Kick missed)
(Drowzee Confusion does 7 damage)

Route 6:
Get the Rare Candy and Sitrus Berry above the ledges on each side

Camper:
All Water Pulses
(Raticate Hyper Fang does 14 damage)
(Raticate Quick Attack does 8 damage)

Vermilion City:
Mart:
Buy 8 Super Potions
Buy 2 Paralyz Heals
Buy 3 Repels

S.S. Anne:
Take the free heal (Room directly south of the entrance)

Get the Chesto Berry from trash can and give it to Squirtle
(This is in the bottom trash can on the right side of the room)
Get the Pecha Berry from the trash can
(This is 2 trash cans above the Chesto Berry trash can)

Rival 3:
Pidgeotto: Bite, Water Pulse
(If Pidgeotto uses Sand-Attack, switch out and let your Pokemon die so Wartortle gets his accuracy back)
Ivysaur: Bite, Mega Kick
(Ivysaur Razor Leaf does 18 damage)
Raticate: Mega Kick
Kadabra: Bite
(Kadabra Confusion does 14 damage and he’s faster than you)

Get HM01 Cut

Take the free heal again (Room directly south of the entrance)

Vermilion City:
Teach Dig and Cut to Rattata/Paras
Give the Sitrus Berry to Wartortle

Trash Cans

These Spinners have a range of 3
Spinner Left:
All Water Pulses

Spinner Right:
All Water Pulses

Gentleman:
Pikachu: Water Pulse, Water Pulse

Heal to full HP before Surge
Lt. Surge:
Voltorb: Bite, Bite
Pikachu: Water Pulse
Raichu: Water Pulse, Mega Kick

Get the Bike Voucher and head back to Cerulean

Get the Bike

Outside the Bike Shop:
Heal to at least 30HP
Give Wartortle the Chesto Berry if you still have it
Register Bike and use it

Route 9-10:
Picnicker:
Oddish: Mega Kick
Bellsprout: Bite
Oddish: Mega Kick
Bellsprout: Bite

Spinner:
All Water Pulses

Bug Catcher:
All Bites

Get the Rare Candy at the north-east corner of the route
(In the brown area just right of the walking Hiker, one space down from the top wall, 3 spaces left of the right wall)

Rock Tunnel: http://i.imgur.com/dsiF33t.jpg
Use Elixir on Wartortle
Use Repel

Pokemaniac:
Cubone: Water Pulse
Slowpoke: Bite, Bite

Pokemaniac:
Slowpoke: Bite, Bite

Heal Before Picnicker If Needed (Heal to at least 30HP)
Picnicker:
Oddish: Bite, Bite
Bulbasaur: Mega Kick

Hiker:
Geodude: Water Gun

Hiker:
Onix: Water Gun
Onix: Water Gun
Geodude: Bite

Picnicker:
All Water Pulse

Hiker:
Geodude: Bite
Geodude: Bite
Graveler: Water Gun

Spinner: All Bites

Picnicker:
Meowth: Bite
Oddish: Mega Kick
Pidgey: Bite

Pass through Lavender Town

Route 8:
Gamer:
All Water Guns

Go through Underground Path to Celadon City

Celadon City:
Game Corner:
Rocket Grunt:
All Water Pulses

Rocket Hideout:
Go to B3F

Go through the room to the stairs leading down

B4F:
(You can get the Max Ether on table as a backup)

Rocket Grunt:
All Water Guns

Get Lift Key

Go back up the stairs

B3F:
Get the Rare Candy while going back
(It is the item that is right above the stairs here)

Go to B2F

B2F:
Get Moon Stone while moving through the room

Get to the Elevator

B4F:
Rocket Grunt on the left:
Sandshrew: Water Gun
Sandslash: Water Gun
Ekans: Water Pulse

Rocket Grunt on the right:
Ekans: Water Pulse
Sandshrew: Water Pulse
Arbok: Bite, Water Pulse

Use 3 Rare Candies at Level 33

Giovanni:
Onix: Water Gun
Rhyhorn: Water Gun
Kangaskhan: Water Pulse, Water Pulse, Water Pulse

Get Silph Scope

Dig out with Rattata/Paras

Celadon Dept.:
2F:
Bottom Salesman:
Sell Nugget
(Buy 2 Antidotes if you don't have any)
Buy 8 Super Repels

5F:
Bottom Salesman:
Buy 5 X Attacks
Buy 8 X Speeds
Buy 21 X Specials
Buy 5 X Accuracies
Buy 3 Guard Specs

Take Elevator to 1F

Get HM02 Fly

Outside the house:
Use Super Potion on Blastoise
Teach Fly to Pidgey/Spearow
Fly to Lavender Town

Pokemon Tower:
Use a Super Repel right away

Rival 4:
Pidgeotto: X Special, Water Pulse
Ivysaur: Bite, Bite
(Ivysaur Razor Leaf does 24 damage)
Gyarados: Bite, Bite
(Gyarados Thrash does 16 damage)
Growlithe: Bite
Kadabra: Water Pulse

Get the Elixir on 4F
(This is the item directly left of the stairs. Move down one space so you dont fight the trainer.)

5F:
Spinner:
Water Gun

Don't Heal in the white center

Channeler:
Haunter: Water Pulse

6F:
Channeler:
Gastly: Water Gun

Channeler:
Gastly: Water Gun

Get the Rare Candy to the left of the stairs

Marowak ghost: Water Pulse

6F:
Rocket Grunt:
Zubat: Water Gun
Zubat: Water Gun
Golbat: Water Pulse

Rocket Grunt:
All Water Pulses

Rocket Grunt:
Swap Water Gun and Water Pulse
All Water Guns

Get Poke Flute

Fly to Celadon City

Get Tea

Wake up Snorlax
Snorlax: Run Away

Route 16:
Spinners: All Water Guns

Get the hidden Rare Candy on the path on the right
(You can find this by looking at the wooden signs just left of the water. Once you get to the 3rd sign, the Rare Candy will be one space above the sign space, and 2 spaces from the water.)

Get the hidden Max Elixir by the end of the hill
(This one is 3 spaces right and 1 space up from the sign at the end of the 2 paths)

Go through Fuchsia City and go to the Safari Zone

Get the Full Restore next to the Rest House on the 2nd screen

Get the Gold Teeth and HM03 Surf

Outside House:
Teach Surf to Blastoise over Water Gun
Fly to Fuchsia City

Spinner: Surf, Bite, Surf

Juggler:
All Surfs

Spinner: Bite + Surf, Surf, Bite + Surf

Give Pecha Berry to Blastoise
Heal Blastoise to at least 50HP

Koga:
Koffing: X Special, X Special, Surf
Muk: Bite, Surf
Koffing: Surf
Weezing: Surf

Get HM04 Strength

Use Super Repel
Fly to Pallet Town

Surf to Cinnabar Island

Pokemon Mansion:
3F:
When using the next Super Repel:
Heal Blastoise to at least 30HP
Use Rare Candies

B2:
Get the hidden Elixir to the right of the statue in the north-east corner of the floor
(It is directly across from the statue, 2 spaces from the wall)

Get TM14 Blizzard from the room across from the hidden Elixir

Get the Secret Key from the table

Dig out with Rattata/Paras

Quiz Answers:
Question 1: Yes
Question 2: No
Question 3: No
Question 4: No
Question 5: Yes
Question 6: No

Blaine:
All Surfs
(85 Speed ties with Rapidash - Use an X Speed if you have less than 85 Speed)
(Growlithe Take Down does 20 damage)
(Rapidash does 24 damage with Fire Blast and Take Down)
(Arcanine does 37 damage with Fire Blast and Take Down)

Say no to Bill

Heal Blastoise to around 30HP
Teach Blizzard to Blastoise over Mega Kick
Fly to Celadon City

Beauty:
All Bites

Beauty:
Exeggcute: Bite

Erika:
Victreebel: Surf
Tangela: Bite
Vileplume: Blizzard

Outside the gym:
Use Max Elixir on Blastoise
Heal with Full Restore (Super Potions if you don't have a Full Restore)
Fly to Celadon City

Bike to Saffron City

Silph Co.:
Walk up to the 5th Floor

5F:
Walking Scientist (Avoidable): All Surfs

Rocket Grunt Spinner:
Arbok: Surf

Get Card Key

Open door next to the Rocket Spinner and take the teleport tile

3F:
Open the door and take the teleport tile

7F:
Rival 5:
Pidgeot: X Accuracy, X Special, Surf
Venusaur: Blizzard
Gyarados: Blizzard, Bite
(Gyarados Dragon Dage does 40 damage exactly)
Growlithe: Surf
Alakazam: Surf
(Alakazam can’t damage you (his only attacking move is Future Sight))

11F:
Rocket Grunt:
All Surfs

Giovanni:
X Special on Nidorino, All Surfs
(Nidorino Horn Attack does 14 damage)
(Nidorino Fury Attack does 4-5 damage per hit)
(Kangaskhan Fake Out does 14 damage)
(Kangaskhan Mega Punch does 26 damage)

Dig out with Rattata/Paras

Teleporters: Start, Top Left, Bottom Left, Bottom

Sabrina:
Use X Special and X Speed on Kadabra, All Surfs
(Kadabra Future sight does 20 damage after 2 turns)
(Kadabra Psybeam does 26 damage)
(Mr. Mime Psybeam does 21 damage)

Use Elixir on Blastoise
Dig out with Rattata/Paras

Fly to Viridian City

Black Belt:
All Surfs

Cooltrainer:
Marowak: Water Pulse
Marowak: Water Pulse
Rhyhorn: Surf
Nidorina: Surf
Nidoqueen: Surf

Giovanni:
Rhyhorn: Water Pulse
Dugtrio: Water Pulse
(Dugtrio Earthquake does 30 damage)
Nidoqueen: Surf
Nidoking: Surf
Rhyhorn: Surf

Outside the gym:
Use Super Repel
Use Super Potions on Blastoise for full HP

Rival 6:
Pidgeot: X Special, X Special, X Accuracy, X Speed, Surf
(Use a 3rd X Special if not in torrent)
Venusaur: Blizzard
Rhyhorn: Bite
Gyarados: Blizzard
(Gyarados Hydro Pump does 16 damage)
Growlithe: Bite
Alakazam: Surf

When a Super Repel runs out:
Teach Strength to Blastoise over Bite
Teach Earthquake to Blastoise over Water Pulse

Go through Victory Road

Indigo Plateau:
PC:
Move Pokemon
Move Blastoise into and out of the box to heal
Move slaves into the box

Buy as many Full Restores as you can

Lorelei:
Dewgong: X Attack, X Attack, X Attack, X Attack, Strength, Strength
(100 speed ties with Jinx - Use an X Speed if you have less than 100 Speed)
Cloyster: Earthquake, Earthquake
Slowbro: Earthquake, Earthquake
Jynx: Earthquake
Lapras: Earthquake, Earthquake

Bruno:
Guard Spec., X Special, X Special, and X Special on Onix, All Surfs
(X Speed on Onix if you have less than 104 speed)
(Onix Rock Tomb does 16 damage)
(Onix Earthquake does 31 damage)
(Hitmonchan Sky Uppercut does 55 damage)
(Hitmonchan Rock Tomb does 22 damage)
(Hitmonchan Mach Punch does 26 damage)
(Hitmonlee Mega Kick does 58 damage)
(Hitmonlee Brick Break does 53 damage)

Agatha:
X Special, X Special, X Special, and X Speed on Gengar, All Surfs

Before Lance:
Use a Full Restore on Blastoise

Lance:
Guarados: X Accuracy, X Accuracy, X Special, X Special, Blizzard, Blizzard
(102 Speed ties with Gyarados - Using an X Speed is optional here)
(Gyarados Hyper Beam does 80 damage)
(Gyarados Dragon Rage always does 40 damage)
Dragonair: Blizzard
Dragonair: Blizzard
Dragonite: Blizzard
Aerodactyl: Surf
(Aerodactyl Hyper Beam does 64 damage)

Before Champion:
Use a Full Restore on Blastoise
Use an Elixir on Blastoise

Champion:
Pidgeot: Guard Spec., X Accuracy, X Special, X Special, Guard Spec., X Special, X Speed, Surf
(Pidgeot Aerial Ace does 37 damage)
Venusaur: Blizzard
Alakazam: Surf
(Alakazam Psychic does 74 damage)
(Alakazam Future Sight does 44 damage after 2 turns)
Rhydon: Surf
Gyarados: Blizzard, Blizzard
(Gyarados Thrash does 46 damage)
Arcanine: Surf
(Arcanince Extreme Speed does 41 damage)

done