Gold Any% Glitchless Route

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Pokemon Gold Notes
Early Game
* Set Time: 9 Hour 59 Minutes
* Day: Sunday
* Daylight Savings Time: No
* Totodile: Male Atk 12-13 + Spec Def 11 + 10 Speed if possible
* Pick up Berry on way to CherryGrove
* Pick up Hidden Potion at Bottom Left Flower outside Mr. Pokemon’s House
* Pick up Berry on way back to CherryGrove
* Rival 1: Leer x1 then Scratch
* Check Stats at level  6: 14 Attack + 12 Special Attack + 12 Special Defense
* Catch Sentret on Route 29 if One is Found
Route 30/31
* Youngster Mikey: Scratchx2 Pidgey, Scratchx3 Rattata
* Start counting from now on: you need 292 extra EXP from spinners and/or wild Pokemon before Chuck's gym.
* Go around top of Bug Catcher spinner to only pass him once (if hit, all Rage, +66XP)
* Grab Bitter Berry at Route 31
* Catch Bellsprout on Route 31 if no Sentret & One is Found
Violet City
* Potion + Equip Berry Before Level 9 Trainer in Gym
* Bird Keeper Abe:  Ragex4
* Potion After Abe + Equip Bitter Berry
* Bird Keeper Rod: Ragex3 Pidgey, Ragex2 Pidgey
* Potion After Rod
* Falkner:  Ragex3 Pidgey, Ragex2 Pidgeotto
* Get Egg + Deposit it. If you have Cutter, Deposit+Withdraw Totodile, else take center normally.
Route 32
* Get Przcureberry before Route 32
* Catch Bellsprout on Route 32 if no Sentret & One is Found
* Youngster Albert : All Scratch Rattata & Zubat
* Take the way down the dock to avoid trainers.
* If you were hit by the Bug Catcher or are racing, fight Ralph [Scratchx5 Goldeen]. This gets you Water Gun before the Union Cave stuff. If you’re racing and didn’t hit the Catcher, kill an encounter too to get enough. [+237XP from Goldeen].
Union Cave/Route 33
* Catch Sandshrew in Union Cave if no Bellsprout/Sentret
* Avoid Onix spinner. If caught, all Rage & Pray / Water Gun if you have it [+253XP]
* Hiker Russell: All Rage Geodudes / Water Gun if you have it
* Avoid Spinner Firebreather Bill. If caught, All Water Gun Koffings [+290XP]
* Firebreather Ray: Water Gun+Rage Vulpix
* Avoid Spinner Anthony. If caught, All Water Gun. [+409XP]
Azalea Town/Well/Ilex Forest
* Take Center.
* Pokemart: Buy 2 Potion, 4 Escape Rope, 5 Repel, 2 Antidote.
* Slowpoke Well: Rocket Grunt #1: All Water Gun Rattatas
* If you get an encounter and you fought Onix or Koffing guy, kill it to get to 292.
* Rocket Grunt #2: All Water Gun Zubat & Ekans
* If poisoned, use Antidote
* Pick up Super Potion
* Rocket Grunt #3: Scratchx2 Ratatta, All Water Gun Zubats
* Rocket Grunt #4: Water Gunx4 Koffing
* Twins Amy & May: Left first if good speed/bitter berry gone, Right first otherwise. Water Gunx2 Spinarak, Scratchx2 Ledyba
* Fight RIGHT Trainer: Bug Catcher Al: Water Gunx2 Caterpie, Water Gunx2 Weedle
* Spinner 3: Benny: Avoid. If not, Water Gun Weedle+Kakuna, Rage Beedrill [+622XP]
* Bugsy: Water Gun Metapod then Rage all, if Scyther not dead at red health, use Water Gun
* Heal at Center, Equip PrzCureBerry, Teach Fury Cutter Over Scratch
* Rival 2: Water Gunx2 Gastly, Fury Cutter x3 Bayleef, Water Gunx2 + Rage Zubat
* Repel  throughout forest, Get Revive, Teach Cut to Bellsprout/Sandshrew
* Get hidden Full Heal & Super Potion. Get Headbutt TM. Don't repel more on next Route.
Goldenrod City
* Grab Bike, Teach Headbutt over Fury Cutter, Register + Use Bike. Straight to Gym.
* Lass Carrie: Headbutt x3 Snubbull. If Charmed, Water Gun.
* Super Potion + Equip Berry [if you have one] before Whitney
* Whitney:  All Rage, pray for Doubleslap from Clefairy.
* Learn Bite Over Leer [if no spinners, this will be on the Vulpix instead].
* Just talk to the Squirtbottle lady, no need to talk to the lass.
* Mart Floor 5 right guy: Sell Revive + Mud-Slap + Attract. Buy TM 33 Ice Punch.
* Floor 3: Buy 5 X Special, 2 X Speed, 6 X Attack, 2 Guard Spec [if 13@6 or Headbutt, buy 7 X Attack & 1 Guard Spec]
* Floor 2 bottom guy: Buy 1 Full Heal, 1 Poke Doll, potions/paralyz heals from top guy if any extra money
* Take Pokemon Center
* Grab Kenya north of Goldenrod
Route 35/36
* Picknicker Kim : Headbutt[x2] Vulpix
* Camper Ivan: Bite Diglett, Headbutt Zubat, Water Gun 14 Diglett. Reset Route.
* Avoid 4Poke Spinner Irwin[+~700XP]. Repel & equip PrzCureBerry just before/after.
* Bug Catcher Arnie: Headbuttx2 Venonat
* Run from Sudowoodo.
* Psychic Greg: Headbutt+Bite Drowzee
Ecruteak City/Route 39&40
* Kimono Girl Naoko: Headbuttx2 Flareon
* Kimono Girl Sayo: Headbuttx2 Espeon
* Kimono Girl Zuki: Headbuttx4 Umbreon
* Kimono Girl Kuni: Headbuttx2 + Bite Vaporeon
* Heal at less than 45 HP
* Kimono Girl Miki: Headbuttx2 Jolteon
* Get HM03 Surf
* Super Potion + Teach Ice Punch over Rage + Surf over Water Gun
* Sage Ping: Surf Gastlies
* Avoid 2nd trainer
* Sage Jeffrey: Bite + Ice Punch Haunter
* Medium Martha: Surf Gastly, Surf Haunter if Double 12 Special at 6, Bite + Ice Punch if not, Surf Gastly
* Repel + Super Potion if needed before Morty
* Morty: X Speed + X Special + Ice Punch Gastly, Surf Haunter, Bitex2 Gengar, Surf Haunter
* Bike to Olivine through grass. Sailor is a rotato. Avoid Dana [+~700XP]. At Pokefans, go round the dude and into grass.
Olivine City (Lighthouse)/Routes 40&41
* Olivine Pokemart: Buy 4 Super Potions, 2 Paralyz Heals, 2 Awakenings, 16 Super Repels
* Heal at Pokecenter, head to lighthouse.
* Gentleman Alfred:  Headbuttx2 Noctowl
* Gentleman Preston: Headbutt Growlithes
* Lass Connie: Headbutt + Bite Marill
* Go Down Left hole, Grab Ether.
* Avoid Spinner Ernest UNLESS level 28. If not, Surf Machops, Headbuttx2 Poliwhirl [+~1200xp]
* Talk to Jasmine, Fall down hole + Grab Rare Candy unless somehow level  30.
* Escape Rope out + Go get Strength from guy west of Pokecenter. Rare Candy if level 29, Super Repel, Teach Strength to Sandshrew if you have him, Teach it over Headbutt if not.
* Surf to Cianwood, Avoid Spinner Kaylee [Headbutt Goldeens&Seaking], Head to Gym
Cianwood City/Route 42
* From Now on, I assume you have Strength, Replace all Strengths with Headbutt if needed. TODO: Headbutt will miss a few marginal Pokemon like Glooms in Underground and scrub’s Bellossom in Nugget Bridge. Write the reroute for Headbutt. For now, just use Strength.
* Blackbelt Yoshi: Strengthx2 Hitmonlee
* Blackbelt  Lao: Strengthx2 Hitmonchan
* Blackbelt Nob: Surf Machop, Strengthx2 Machoke
* Blackbelt Lung: Surf Mankey, Surf Mankey, Strengthx2 Primeape
* Super Potion + Equip Bitter Berry if you have it Before Chuck
* Chuck:  X Attackx1/[2 if 13@6 or Headbutt]. Strength Primeape, Strengthx2 Poliwrath
* Grab Fly from Chuck’s Wife outside Gym, Grab Secretpotion from guy in house next to Chuck’s Wife.
* Super Repel, Teach Fly to Kenya, Fly to Ecruteak, Head east to Route 42.
* Grab Ultra Ball, Surf through (not faster to Mt.Mortar here). Avoid Spinner.
Mahogany Town/Lake of Rage
* Go north from Mahogany.
* Bike North along left side of grass, then Surf north, and bike to Lake of Rage.
* Poke Doll on Shiny Gyarados [YOLOstrat: Chuck your Ultra Ball!], Talk to Lance, Fly back.
* Enter Team Rocket Hideout
* All Surf or Strength alarm scrubs (grunts #1 and #2).
* Go South Twice at Intersections
* Scientist Jed:  Surf Magnemites
* Activate Secret Switch.
* Go down Stairs, do NOT take teleporter
* Rocket Grunt #3: Strength Venonats
* After Stairs, Head Left and up into Room.
* Scientist Ross: Surf Koffings
* Talk to girl up top. Rocket Grunt #4: Ice Punch Ekans, Strength Gloom
* TALK TO GIRL AFTER YOU BEAT HER, Head out of room and into Left Room.
* Scientist Mitch: Strength Ditto. Now talk to spinning Rocket to the left.
* Rocket Grunt #5: Strength Raticate
* TALK TO GRUNT AFTER YOU BEAT HIM, Head out of room and to Northeast Staircase. Head left.
* Rocket Grunt #6: Bite Rattatas & Zubat.
* Rocket Executive: Strength Zubat, Surf Raticate, Surf Koffing
* TALK TO BIRD AFTER BEATING EXEC. Backtrack down 2 sets of stairs. Go right, grab the Protein, enter stairs.
* Open the Door and go in.
* Rocket Executive 2: Surf Arbok, Ice Punch Gloom, Surf Murkrow
* Surf all the Electrodes, if they live finish them with Ice Punch/Bite
* WALK OUT (left, teleporter), Ether Surf, Protein, Bike to Gym. Head Left of Left Statue: Up Up Right Down Left Up Right
* If hit by Spinner Boarder Douglas, all Bite.
* Pryce: Strength [+ Bite] Seel, Strengthx2 [+ Bite] Dewgong, Surf Piloswine
* Left Down Left Down to escape Gym, Fly to Olivine
Olivine City [2]
* Go back up Lighthouse, Deliver Potion, Escape Rope
* Jasmine:  Surf Magnemites & Steelix
* Leave Gym, Fly to Goldenrod, Bike to Radio Tower.
Rocket Invasion in Goldenrod
* Rocket Grunt #1: Strength Raticates
* On second floor, go down, round, back up between the two rockets, fight the guy on the north wall.
* Rocket Grunt #2: Strength Zubats
* Rocket Grunt #3: Surf[Strength if 3 left] Grimer, Surf Grimer,  Strengthx2 Muk
* Floor 3, go straight Right to the Rocket on the North Wall and Talk to him
* Rocket Grunt #4: Ice Punch Koffing & Grimer, Bite Zubat & Ratatta
* Go South and Left to South Wall, Talk to Scientist on Right.
* Scientist Marc: Surf Magnemites
* Go up to Floor 4
* Scientist Rich: Surf + Ice Punch Porygon
* Rocket Executive:  Surf Koffings & Weezing (Ice Punch the first if only 5 left)
* Walk out of Radio Tower, make sure to hug south wall on Floor 3
* Bike to Pokemon Center + Heal.
* Enter Underground via North Building. Finish all damage ranges here with Bite.
* Pokemaniac Donald: Bite Slowpokes
* Super Nerd Teru: Surf First Magnemite, Bite other 2, Bite Voltorb
* Rival 4: Ice Punch Golbat, Surf Magnemite, Strength + Ice Punch (Ice Punch first if Strength) Meganium, Surf Haunter, Surf+Bite Sneasel
* Rocket Grunt #1: Bite Rattata
* Ignore switches to begin with. Rocket Grunt #2: Surf Muk, Bite Koffing, Bite Rattata
* Rocket Grunt #3:  Ice Punch Koffing, Surf Muk
* Switches: 3, 2, 1
* Burglar Eddie: Strength Growlithe, Bite Koffing
* Burglar Duncan: Bite Koffing, Bite Koffing, Strength Magmar
* Rocket Grunt #4: Strength Glooms
* Rocket Grunt #5: Strength Raticate, Surf Golbat
* Rocket Grunt #6: Surf Grimer, Ice Punch Weezing
* Rocket Grunt #7: Bite Koffings
* Get Card Key, Escape Rope out, head back to Radio Tower.
* Hug South Wall on Floor 3, Use Card Key
* Rocket Grunt #8: Ice Punch Raticate, Bite Koffing
* Rocket Executive #1: Ice Punch + Bite Golbat
* Rocket Executive #2: Surf Arbok, Ice Punch Vileplume, Surf Murkrow
* Rocket Executive #3: Strength Houndour, Ice Punch Koffing, Surf Houndoom
* Walk to bottom floor, Talk to Right Lady behind Counter: YYNYN
Ice Path
* Fly to Mahogany Town, Bike Right to Route 44.
* Surf into the water at the start. Wait for a Poliswag. If 26+ or Poliwhirl, Ice Punch once. Chuck all balls starting with the Ultra (66% chance).
* Now bike along bottom row till the girl, then go up to avoid the guy.
* Bird Keeper Vance: Bite Pidgeottos. Repel at start of Ice Path.
* First Ice Puzzle: Up Left Up Right Up Right Down Left Up Left Down Right Down Right Up Right. Enter second puzzle on top row.
* 2nd Ice Puzzle Right Up Left Down Left Up Right Get HM 07, Left Down Left.
* Strength Puzzle: Push Top Left Boulder next to path from topright, go round to it and push it into hole, dropdown bottomleft hole, up, right, staircase, staircase.
* In this room, go to the leftmost tile on the right ice, slide over it, and jump down the ledge on this tile. Left to the staircase.
* Down, right, up, left, up, left, down, left.
* Leave Ice Tunnel
Blackthorn City
* Head to gym
* Cooltrainer Paul:  Strength Dratinis
* Up Stairs, Go South and East
* Cooltrainer Fran:  Bitex2 Seadra
* Push Bottom Right Rock Down, Bottom Left Rock Up and into hole.
* Cooltrainer Cody: Bite Horsea, Bitex2 Seadra
* Push Top Rock Right, Then the other Rock into the hole and jump in
* Cooltrainer Lola: Strength Dratini, Ice Punch Dragonair
* Clair: Ice Punch Dragonair, Ice Punch Dragonair, Ice Punch Dragonair, Bite+Strengthx2 Kingdra
* Leave Gym, Surf, Super Repel, Teach Whirlpool and Waterfall to Poliwag.
* Dragons Den: bike to far left tile possible, then surf, whirlpool, get Dragon Fang.
* Get shit from Clair, Escape Rope out.
The Elite Four
* Fly to New Bark Town, go to bottom tile, east and surf. Go through Taijo Falls, down ASAP to dodge rotato, surf east.
* Cooltrainer Blake: Surf Magneton, Ice Punch Exeggcute, Surf Quagsire.
* Go right on Blake's tile, surf down on the same tile as the next trainer. Get back on land after the girl trainer. Surf to avoid the fat guy, go north.
* Psychic Richard: Strength Espeon.
* Take heal house. Dodge Spinner Joyce [Strength Pikachu, Strengthx2 Blastoise]. North and fight again.
* Cooltrainer Gaven: Ice Punch Victreebel, Bitex2 Kingler, Strength Flareon
* Cooltrainer Jake: Ice Punch Parasect, Strengthx2 Golduck
* Cooltrainer Beth: Surf Rapidash
* Go through the checkpoint, and go up the stairs, down the left stairs and down the ladder, then east and north up another ladder. Go East, then West and down the hole. Get the TM, jump off right and up the ladder. Go East then North.
* Rival 5: Surf Sneasel, Surf Magneton, Strength + Ice Punch Meganium, Ice Punch Golbat, Surf Haunter, Strength Kadabra
* Don't take center. Buy 21 Full Restores + 11 Revives
* Will: X Special + Ice Punch Xatu, Ice Punch Exeggutor, Strength Jynx at perfect Attack, Surf if not. Bitex2 Slowbro, Ice Punch Xatu
* Teach Earthquake over Bite
* Koga: X Special + Surf Ariados, Surf Venomoth, Surf Forretress, Earthquake Muk, Ice Punch Crobat
* Bruno:  X Attack + Earthquake Hitmontop, Earthquake Hitmonchan, Earthquake Hitmonlee, Strengthx2 Machamp, Surf Onix
* Karen:  Guard Spec + X Special + Full Restore(if confused) + Surfx2 Umbreon, Ice Punch Vilepume, Earthquake Gengar, Surf Murkrow, Surf Houndoom
* Heal before lance if not full health
* Lance: Strengthx3 Gyarados, Ice Punch Dragonite, Ice Punch Dragonite, Strength + Ice Punch Dragonite,  Surf Aerodactyl, Surf Charizard
* Yay, Hall of Fame, Yay Credits
* After Credits, Continue
SS Aqua
TODO: check Strength vs Headbutt for marginal fights for Kanto and suggest alternative move order for Headbutt (this is actually based on a Strength run for now)
* Bike to Professor Elm, Talk to him to get the S.S Ticket.
* Fly to Olivine, get on the boat.
* Go East and down the stairs, talk to guy blocking you, go back upstairs.
* Go in 3rd room on the top from the left, talk to guy inside.
* Sailor Stanly: Strength Machop, Strength Machoke, Strength Psyduck
* Go back downstairs, and west at the intersections, up the stairs.
* Talk to the Girl in the Captain’s Quarters
Kanto Badge 1
* Leave the ship. Fly to Vermillion City and Bike North to Saffron.
* Bike east to Route ??. Cut & Super Repel through the middle section. East to Lavender, north.
* Hiker Jim: Earthquake Machamp.
* Get through Rock Tunnel.
   * Left until bonk, Up until bonk, Right until bonk, Up <screen>
   * Left 1, Down until bonk, Right 1, Down 1, Right 1, Down 2, Right until bonk, Down <screen>
   * Left until bonk, Down 1, Left until bonk, Up until bonk, Down 1, Left <screen>
   * Right until bonk, Down until bonk, Left until bonk, Down until bonk, Left until bonk, Down until bonk, Right until bonk, Up until bonk, Left <screen>
   * Down until bonk, Left until bonk, Up until bonk, Left, up, left using the exit as a guide
* Surf south to Power Plant.
* Talk to fat guy in red in the east part of the Power Plant, then leave.
* Fly to Saffron, bike north to Cerulean, go to Gym & GET PART, Bike north to Route 24.
* Schoolboy Dudley: Strength Oddish
* Lass Ellen: Strength Wigglytuff, Surf Granbull
* Schoolboy Joe: Ice Punch Tangela, Earthquake Vaporeon
* Lass Laura: Strength Gloom, Strength Bellossom, Strength Pidgeotto
* Camper Lloyd: Earthquake Nidoking
* Lass Shannon: Strength Paras, Strength Paras, Strength Parasect
* Super Nerd Pat: Earthquake Porygon
* Interupt Misty’s Date, Fly to Lavender, navigate Rock Tunnel again, go to Power Plant again.
* Talk to fat Red Guy again.
* Fly to Lavender, get EXPN card.
* Fly to Saffron, bike west to Celadon, go to Erika's gym.
* Twins Jo + Zoe: Strength Victreebel, Earthquake Vileplume
* Fight Left Trainer
* Picnicker Tanya: Ice Punch Exeggutor
* Beauty Julia: Strength Paras, Strength Exeggcute, Strength Parasect
* Erika: Ice Punch Tangela, Ice Punch Jumpluff, Ice Punch Victreebel, Strength + Ice Punch Bellossom
Kanto Badge 2
* Bike West out of Celadon and go south down Cycling Road.
* Bird Keeper Bob: Strength Noctowl
* Enter the Gym: Bottom Left Leader is Janine
* Janine: Surf Crobat, Surf Ariados, Surf Weezing, Surf Weezing, Surf Venomoth
Kanto Badge 3
*  Fly to Vermilion. Enter Gym. Fight Right Trainer:
* Gentleman Gregory: Ice Punch Pikachu, Ice Punch Flaaffy
* Lt. Surge:  Surf Raichu, Surf Magneton, Earthquake Electabuzz, Surf Electrode, Surf Electrode
Kanto Badge 4
* Bike east out of Vermillion, use Super Repel, Tune to 20, Run from Snorlax, go through Diglett’s Cave.
* Go to Pewter’s Gym.
* Camper Jerry: Surf Sandslash
* Brock: Surf Graveler, Surf Kabutops, Surf Omastar, Surf Onix, Ice Punch Rhyhorn
Kanto Badge 5
* Bike South to Pallet Town, Super Repel after forest, Surf South to Cinnabar, Talk to Blue.
* Surf East to Seafoam Islands.
* Blaine: Earthquake Magcargo, Earthquake Magmar, Earthquake Rapidash
Kanto Badge 6
* Fly to Cerulean, take center. Go into gym. Far right side, surf to Misty.
* Misty: X Attack + Strength[Earthquake?] Golduck, Strength[Earthquake?] Quagsire, Earthquake[+Strength] Lapras, Strength[Earthquake?] Starmie
Kanto Badge 7
* Bike directly to Sabrina’s Gym: take teleport, go Up, Down, Down, Left. Avoid spinners.
* Medium Rebecca spinner: Strength Drowzee, Earthquake Hypno
* Medium Doris spinner: Earthquake Slowpoke, Strengthx2 Slowbro?
* Sabrina: Earthquake[+IP] Espeon, Earthquake [+IP] Mr. Mime, Strength/Surf Alakazam
Kanto Badge 8
* Get out: take tele, right, up, up, down. Fly to  Viridian, bike to Gym.
* Blue: X Attack [if feeling yolo-like] + X Special + Ice Punch Pidgeot, Ice Punch Exeggutor, Surf Alakazam, Strengthx2 Gyarados, Surf Rhydon, Surf Arcanine
The Final Frontier
* Fly to pallet Town, Talk to Professor Oak.
* Fly to Viridian City, Bike West to Mt. Silver
* Mt. Silver: North, East, North, West, South, West, North, East, North,East, North, West, South, West, North to not dark room.
* Red: Guard Spec, X Attackx2[3 if none on blue], X Speed. Heal on Thunder hits. Strength Pikachu, Earthquakex2 Venusaur, Earthquake Espeon, Earthquakex2 Snorlax, Earthquakex2 Blastoise, Strengthx2 Charizard.
* Non-yolo Red: Earthquake Pikachu, Ice Punch Venusaur, pray for freeze. X Attackx3 + X Speed after freeze, then Earthquake. Earthquake Espeon, Set up on Snorlax if no freeze. Strength + Earthquake Snorlax. Strength + Earthquake Blastoise, Strengthx2 Charizard.