Pokemon Gold: Quagsire Route

GAME START
- Set options (OFF/FAST/SET)
- 11:00 PM, 1-letter name for the Player

NEW BARK TOWN
- Mom conversation: Saturday, no DST, yes phone
- Head to Elm's lab
- Pick Chikorita, nickname it 'A'
> Male is required

ROUTE 29
- Run from all encounters
- Grab Berry from tree

ROUTE 30
- Get the hidden Potion
- Free heal from Mr. Pokemon
- Collect the Berry from the tree on the way back

CHERRYGROVE CITY
- Rival 1: Spam Tackle
- Afterward, return to Elm's Lab to name the Rival and get Balls

TO VIOLET
- Say No to the guy who wants to show you how to catch
- Joey: Tackle x5 Rattata
> Potion if at Low Health
- Mikey: Tackle x2-3, Tackle x3-4
> Potion if at Low Health
- Don: Tackle x2 Caterpie x2
- When Mom calls, say No
- Grab Antidote
- Get Bitter Berry from the tree on Route 31
- Wade: Tackle x2 Caterpie x3, Tackle x2 Weedle
- Use Antidote after fight if Poisoned
- Battle first Elder in Sprout Tower: Spam Tackle
- Heal at Pokemon Center
- Shopping trip #1
	- Buy 5 Potions
	- Buy 3 X Defend
	- Buy 1 X Speed

VIOLET GYM
- Equip Berry
- [Bird Keeper Abe]
Spearow: Use X Defend, Tackle x4, heal if needed
- Heal up again before next fight
- [Bird Keeper Rod]
Pidgey 1: Razor Leaf x4
Pidgey 2: Razor Leaf x4
- Heal and equip Berry
- [Leader Falkner]
Pidgey: X Defend x2, X Speed, Razor Leaf x4
Pidgeotto: Reflect, Razor Leaf x7
> Heal when at low health
> Crits help a lot
> If Reflect fades, use it again

VIOLET CITY/ROUTE 32/UNION CAVE
- Go to Center to heal, talk to scientist for Egg
- Get Przcureberry before Route 32
- Catch a Lv 8 Wooper in the first patches of Grass before the trainer
> DV Ranges
	- HP 26 = 0-1, HP 27 = 2-7, HP 28 = 8-13, HP 29 = 14-15
	- Att 12 = 0-4, Att 13 = 5-11, Att 14 = 12-15
	- Def 12 = 0-4, Def 13 = 5-11, Def 14 = 12-15
	- Spd 7 = 0-3, Spd 8 = 4-9, Spd 9 = 10-15
	- Spc.A 9 = 0-6, Spc.A 10 = 7-12, Spc.A 11 = 13-15
> Must be Male
- Albert: Water Gun x3 Rattata, Water Gun x5 Zubat
- Liz: Water Gun x5 NidoranF
- Get Potion in grass
- Pick up hidden Super Potion
> For the next 3 fights, use the Center to heal
- Roland: Water Gun x5 NidoranM
> Heal at Center before battling Gordon
- Gordon: Water Gun x5 Wooper
- Pick up hidden Great Ball above Center
- Enter Union Cave
> If you encounter a Rock or Ground type Pokemon, you can kill it for experience. But be cautious of PP Management here
> Equip Bitter Berry to Wooper next heal
- Pick up Potion
- Daniel: Water Gun x2 Onix
- Russell: Water Gun x1 Geodude x3
- Pick up Great Ball
- Bill: Water Gun x3 Koffing x2
> 2HKO Range @ level 12
- Grab X Attack
- Ray: Water Gun x3 Vulpix
- Heal with Potion
> Pass Anthony and use Center if out of Potions
- Anthony: Water Gun x1 Geodude, Water Gun x4 Machop
> Do this after Shopping Trip if needed

AZALEA TOWN/SLOWPOKE WELL
- Talk to Kurt in upper left house, then go to the Mart
- Heal at Center
> Sell TM31, buy 3 Potions, 2 Super Potions, 7 Repels, 2 Antidotes
- Go to Slowpoke Well, pick up Full Heal;
- Grunt #1: Slam x1, Water Gun x1 Rattata x2
> You can Water Gun x3 instead
- Potion after Grunt #1
- Grunt #2: Slam x2 Zubat, Slam x2, Water Gun x1 Ekans
- Use Antidote + Potion if needed
- Pick up Super Potion
- Grunt #3: Slam x1 Rattata, Slam x1, Water Gun x1 Zubat x2
- Grunt #4: Tail Whip x2, Slam x2, Water Gun x1 Koffing
- After cutscene, Get Lure Ball from Kurt, then walk to Gym

AZALEA GYM
- Amy & May: Slam x1 Ledyba, Slam x1, Water Gun x1 Spinarak
- Al: Slam x1, Water Gun x1 Caterpie, Slam x1, Water Gun x1 Weedle
- Equip Przcureberry (and heal if necessary) during Benny pause buffer
- Benny: Water Gun x2 Weedle, Water Gun x2 Kakuna, Slam x2 Beedrill
- Heal before Bugsy
- Bugsy: X Attack, Slam x2 Metapod, Water Gun x4 Kakuna, Slam x3-4 Scyther
> If Harden is used, use Water Gun

AZALEA TOWN/ILEX FOREST
- Deposit Egg at Pokemon Center, Deposit Wooper, then withdraw Wooper.
- One tile before Rival 2, use Repel, then switch Wooper to first in party
- Rival 2: Water Gun x3 Gastly, Slam x2 Zubat, Water Gun x3 Quilava
- Chase Farfetch'd using the top path, not the right (Revive) path
- Get Cut, use Repel, teach Cut to Chikorita, cut tree from the field
- Grab hidden Full Heal
- Grab hidden Super Potion
- Grab hidden Ether
- Get Headbutt TM, teach Headbutt on next Repel menu
- Leave forest, Battle Officer Keith
- Keith: Headbutt x3 Growlithe
> If Growlithe Roars, Sacrifice Ckikorita so Wooper gets full exp
- Use Pokemon Center, then go to Bike Shop in Goldenrod

GOLDENROD CITY/ Underground
- Leave Bike Shop, then register Bicycle and use
- Go to underground early and fight Donald and Teru
- Donald: Slam x2 Slowpoke, Slam x2 Slowpoke
- Teru: Water Gun x2 Magnemite x3, Water Gun x3 Voltorb
> You should hit Lv 20 and evolve at the end of this battle
- Head to Gym

GOLDENROD GYM
- Carrie: Headbutt x2 Snubbull
- Heal to full before Whitney
- Save before this fight
- Whitney: Headbutt x2 Clefairy, Headbutt x5 Miltank
- Go to Flower Shop, talk to blue girl then red girl for Squirtbottle

GOLDENROD / SPINNER HELL
- Deposit then withdraw Quagsire at Center, go to Mart
> 3F: Sell TMs, then buy 7 X Speed, 5 X Special, 4 X Attack
> 2F: Buy 5 Super Potion, 3 Parlyz Heal, 3 Awakening, 1 Poke Doll
- Head North
- Grab Kenya from Guard house
- Kim: Water Gun x1 Vulpix
- Elliot: Water Gun x1 Sandshrew, Headbutt x2 Marill
- Brooke: Water Gun x2 Pikachu
- [Irwin]: Water Gun Voltorbs
- [Walt]: Water Gun both Magmars
- Enter National Park and pick up Dig
- Mark: Headbutt x1 Abra x2, Headbutt x1 Kadabra
- Use Squirtbottle on Sudo, Water Gun x2-3
- Greg: Headbutt x2 Drowsee
- Pick up hidden Ether
- Bike to building directly above Center

KIMONO GIRLS/BURNT TOWER
- Naoko: Water Gun x2 Flareon
> Don't learn Amnesia
- Sayo: Slam, Water Gun Espeon
- Use Super Potion if needed
- Zuki: Headbutt x3 Umbreon
- Kuni: Headbutt x2 Vaporeon
- Miki: Headbutt x2 Jolteon
- Get Surf from old man, then exit building
- Pick up hidden Hyper Potion, then head to the Gym

ECRUTEAK GYM
- Use Super Potion, teach Surf over Water Gun, teach Dig over Tail Whip
- Ping: X Speed, Surf x5 Gastly
- Avoid second trainer by walking right twice, up twice, left to third trainer's vision
- Jeffrey: Dig x1 Haunter
- Use Super Potion if needed
- Medium Martha: X Speed, Surf x1 Gastly, Surf x1 Haunter, Surf x1 Gastly
- Use a Super Potion if needed
- Morty: X Special x3, X Speed x2, Surf x4
> After setting up X Items, Use Hyper Potion, then heal Paralysis, then attack
- Exit gym, Repel, and bike through Route 38 and Route 39 to Olivine City

ROUTE 38/ROUTE 39
- Take Lower Path to Olivine

OLIVINE CITY/LIGHTHOUSE 1
- Bike to Mart
> Sell Repels, Sell Shadow Ball, then buy 14 Super Repels, 4 Super Potions
- Alfred: Surf x2 Noctowl
- Preston: Headbutt x1 Growlithe, Surf x1
- Connie: Slam x2 Marill
- Drop from the left, Grab Ether
- Use Ethers on Surf and Headbutt when pause buffering spinner
- [Ernest]: Slam x1 Machop x1, Slam x1 Poliwhirl
- Talk to Jasmine, then drop to the right for Rare Candy, Super Repel after
- Use Bicycle, then go to the Cafe left of the Center, grab Strength
- Surf to Cianwood
ROUTE 40/41
- [Kaylee]: Slam x1 Goldeen x2, Slam x2 Seaking
- Bike to Gym, heal to full health, teach Strength over Slam

CIANWOOD GYM
- Yoshi: Strength x2 Hitmonlee
- Lao: Strength x2, Surf x1 Hitmonchan
- Use Super Potion, Use Rare Candy to get Quagsire to Lv30
- Nob: Strength x2 Machop, Strength x2 Machoke
- Heal to full health
- Lung: Strength Mankey x2, Strength x2 Primeape
- Use Super Potion to heal
- Recommended to save before fight
- Chuck: X Speed x2, X Attack x2, Strength Primeape, Strength x2 Poliwrath

CIANWOOD CITY/SHINY GYARADOS SEQUENCE
- Get Fly from Chuck’s wife outside Gym
- Get Secretpotion from house next to Chuck's wife
- Teach Fly to Kenya, Fly to Ecruteak (3 down), then head right to Mt. Mortar
- Super Repel before Surfing across land, Grab Super Potion next to the middle entrance to Mt Morter
- [Benjamin]: Headbutt x1 Diglett, Headbutt x1 Dugtrio, Surf x1 Geodude
- Bike north along left side of grass, Surf north, and bike to Lake of Rage
- Use Poke Doll on Shiny Gyarados, talk to Lance, Fly to Mahogony (2 down)

ROCKET HIDEOUT
- Enter Team Rocket Hideout, mash through cutscene
- Grunt #1: All Headbutt
- Grunt #2: All Headbutt
- Jed: Surf Magnemite x3
- Activate switch on computer, Grab X Accuracy, Grab Hyper Potion, Grab Nugget, head downstairs, talk to Lance
- Grunt #3: Headbutt Venonat x2
- Ross: Surf Koffing x2
- Grunt #4: Headbutt x1 Ekans, Headbutt x1 Gloom; talk after for password
- Mitch: Headbutt x1 Ditto
- Grunt #5: Headbutt x1 Raticate; talk after for password
- Grab Full Heal
- Head up the stairs in the upper right hand corner
- [Grunt #6]: Headbutt x3
- Take the stairs down, ignore the second staircase, head to door, mash through cutscenes
- Executive #1: Headbutt Zubat, Headbutt x2 Raticate, Surf Koffing; talk to Murkrow after
- Head back to the room where you acquired the first two passwords
- Take the stairs that lead back to the Lance heal, pick up Protein in the way
- Open the door and mash through cutscene
- Executive #2: Strength x2 Arbok, Headbutt x2 Gloom, Strength x1 Murkrow
- Knock out the three Electrodes Dig x3
- Teach Earthquake over Headbutt
- Mash through Lance cutscene, then Dig

MAHOGANY GYM
- Ice puzzle: left of statue, Up, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Right
- [Douglas]: Earthquake Shellder, Earthquake, Strength Cloyster, Earthquake Shellder
- Pryce: Earthquake Seel, Earthquake x2 Dewgong, Surf Piloswine
- Ice puzzle: Left, Down, Left, Down, exit gym, Fly to Olivine

OLIVINE LIGHTHOUSE 2/GYM
- Bike to the Lighthouse, go through it like normal
- [Ernest]: Strength Machop x2, Strength Poliwhirl
- Give SecretPotion to Jasmine, Dig out, bike to gym
- Jasmine: Earthquake Magnemite x2, Surf Steelix
- Exit gym, Fly to Goldenrod (4 up)

RADIO TOWER 1
- Use the Center, then bike to Radio Tower
- Grunt #1: Strength Raticate x2
- Head upstairs and walk around first Rocket
- Grunt #2: Strength Zubat x2
- Grunt #3: Strength Grimer x2, Earthquake Muk
- Head upstairs and talk to upper trainer
- Marc Surf Magnemite x3
- Grunt #4: Surf Koffing, Strength Grimer, Strength Zubat, Strength Rattata
- Head upstairs, avoid rotator
- Rich: Earthquake Porygon
> Range at Lv37, finish with
- Head upstairs
- Executive #1: Surf Koffing x5, Earthquake Weezing
- Leave Radio Tower and bike to the Underground

UNDERGROUND
- Walk to the right of Teru and use the key on the door, then head downstairs
- Rival 4: X Speed, Strength x2 Golbat, Earthquake Magnemite, Earthquake Haunter, Earthquake Sneasel, Earthquake Quilava
- Grunt #1: Strength Rattata
- Grunt #2: Dig Muk, Surf Koffing, Strength Rattata
- Grunt #3: Surf Koffing, Dig Muk
- Hit the switches in this order: 3, 2, 1
- Use Ether on Surf
- Eddie: Surf Growlithe, Surf Koffing
- Duncan: Surf Koffing x2, Surf Magmar
- Pick up Full Heal before Grunt #4
- Grunt #4: Strength Gloom x2
- Grunt #5: Surf Raticate, Surf Golbat
- Pick up Max Ether
- Grunt #6: Surf Grimer, Surf Weezing
- Grunt #7: Surf Koffing x2
- Get Card Key from Director, Grab TM, walk back to staircase to use elevator to 5F
> 5F: Sell TMs and Nugget, Buy Ice Punch, Get Return TM from Lady
> 3F: Buy 2 X Accuracy, 21 X Attack, 21 X Speed, 11 X Special 1 Guard Spec.
> 2F: Buy 1 Escape Rope
- Exit Mart, Bike to Tower
- Use PC to deposit and withdraw Quagsire

RADIO TOWER 2
- Use Card Key on 3rd Floor
- Grunt: Surf Raticate, Surf Koffing
- Executive #1: Surf x2 Golbat
- Executive #2: Earthquake Arbok, Earthquake Vileplume, Surf Murkrow
- Executive #3: Surf Houndour, Surf Koffing, Surf Houndoom
- Mash through cutscene, Grab Pink Bow, head to lobby
- Take Radio Card Quiz: Y, Y, N, Y, N
- Leave Radio Tower
- Fly to Mahogany

ROUTE 44/ICE PATH/BLACKTHORN CITY
- Bike east, take lower path
- Use Surf for Poliwag/ Poliwhirl
- Vance Strength Pidgeotto x2
- Use a Super Repel, teach Return over Dig, Give Pink Bow to Quagsire, upon entering Ice Path
- Ice Puzzle #1: U, L, U, R, U, R, D, L, U, L, D, R, D, R, U, R
- Ice Puzzle #2: (Start on upper tile) R, U, L, D, L, U, R, HM 07, L, D, L
- Use a Super Repel when needed
- Strength Puzzle: Push top boulder, go around, push into hole, go into lower hole, U, R
- Pick up Full Heal
- Ice Puzzle #3: D, R, U, L, U, L
- Exit Ice Path and head towards the Mart
- Buy 5 Hyper Potions
- Head to the Gym

BLACKTHORN GYM
- Paul: Strength Dratini x3
- Fran: Earthquake x2(Crit OHKO) Seadra
- Cody: Strength Horsea, Earthquake x2 Seadra
- Lola: Strength Dratini, Return x2 Dragonair
- Heal to full health before Clair
- Clair: X Attack x2, X Speed, Heal Paralysis, Return Dragonair x3, Earthquake Kingdra
> With 15 DV Attack, Kingdra is a Range with using only 1 X Attack, Everything else OHKOs
- Super Repel, Teach HM06 and HM07 to Poliwag, Leave gym, Surf to Dragon's Den

DRAGON'S DEN
- Surf around building to east for Dragon Fang
- Mash through cutscenes, Pick up Max Elixir, and Escape Rope out
- Mash through phone call, Fly to Blackthorn, Go To Move Deleter
- Delete Strength off Quagsire
- Teach Ice Punch, then Fly to New Bark Town

TOHJO FALLS/VICTORY ROAD
- Go east and Surf, going through Tohjo Falls
> When exiting cave, move down two and bonk into the tree, then pass rotator
- Blake: Surf x1 Magneton, Ice Punch x1 Exeggcute, Earthquake x1, Return x1 Quagsire
> Quagsire is a range to OHKO with 15 DV attack
> Exeggcute will use Solar Beam, so if a range happens with bad stats, you should still win
- Bike east and north, avoiding trainers along the way
- Richard: Earthquake x1 Espeon
- Grab the free heal
> When leaving house, walk to Joyce, mount bike to buffer first time
- [Joyce]: Return x1 Pikachu, Earthquake x2 Blastoise
- Gaven: Ice Punch x1 Victreebel, Return x2 Kingler, Surf x1 Flareon
> Don't learn Rain Dance
- Jake: Ice Punch x1 Parasect, Return x2 Golduck
- Beth: Surf x1 Rapidash
- Super Repel, navigate Victory Road
- Rival 4: X Speed, X Special, Return Sneasel, Ice Punch Golbat, Return Kadabra, Surf Magneton, Ice Punch Haunter, Surf Typhlosion


ELITE FOUR
- Buy 15 Full Restores, 4 Max Repels
- Heal before Will with Hyper Potion
- Will: X Speed, X Special, Use Full Restore if Confused, Surf Xatu, Ice Punch Exeggutor, Return Jynx, Return x3 Slowbro, Ice Punch Xatu
- Use Hyper Potion
- Koga: X Special, X Accuracy, Surf Ariados, Surf Venomoth, Surf Forretress, Earthquake Muk, Return x2 Crobat
- Use Full Restore if Poisoned, Use Hyper Potion if not and at Low Health before Bruno
- Bruno: X Attack x2, X Speed, Earthquake x5
- Karen: X Special x2, X Speed x2, X Accuracy, Surf, Return Umbreon, Ice Punch Vilepume, Earthquake Gengar, Ice Punch Murkrow, Surf Houndoom
> With 1 X Speed, Gengar and Houndoom outspeed
> Heal with Full Restore if Confused and Low Health, If Good Health, use Full Heal
- Heal to Full Health using Hyper Potion, use Full Restore if out of Hyper Potions
- Lance: X Speed, X Special, Return x2 Gyarados, Ice Punch Dragonite x2, Ice Punch Dragonite, Ice Punch Aerodactyl, Surf Charizard
> Aerodactyl outspeeds, uses Hyper Beam and Rock Slide, might have to heal if below 60 Health
- Reset after Save completes

SS AQUA
- Bike to Professor Elm and get the S.S. Ticket
- Fly to Olivine (5 down), get on the boat
- Go right and down the stairs, talk to guy blocking you, go back upstairs
- Go in 3rd room on the top from the left
- Stanley: All Return
- Go back downstairs, and head left to the Captain
- Leave the ship, Fly to Vermillion (1 up) and bike north to Saffron

POWER PLANT QUEST 1
- Bike north to Cerulean, then bike east to Power Plant
- Edna: Surf Nidorina, Surf Raichu
- Dean: Return Golduck, Return Sandslash
- Tim: Surf Graveler x3
- Heidi: Return Skiploom x2
- Super Repel, Surf to Power Plant, talk to red guy, Fly to Cerulean (1 up)
- Go to Gym, mash through cutscene, leave Gym
- Bike north to Nugget Bridge

NUGGET BRIDGE
- Dudley: Return Oddish
- Ellen: Return Wigglytuff, Return Granbull
- Joe: Return Tangela, Return Vaporeon
- Laura: Return Gloom, Return Bellossom, Return Pidgeotto
- Lloyd: Surf Nidoking
- Shannon: Return Paras x2, Return Parasect
- Pat: Return Porygon
- Interrupt Misty’s date, Fly to Saffron (1 down), bike left to Celadon Gym

CELADON GYM
- Jo + Zoe: Ice Punch Victreebel, Ice Punch Vileplume
- Fight the left trainer
- Tanya: Ice Punch Exeggutor
- Julia: Ice Punch Paras, Ice Punch Exeggcute, Ice Punch Parasect
- Save before Erika
- Erika: Ice Punch Tangela, Ice Punch Jumpluff, Ice Punch Victreebel, Ice Punch x2 Bellossom
> Bellossom goes for Solar Beam
- Exit gym, Fly to Cerulean (1 up), bike to gym

CERULEAN GYM
- Walk right around the gym and Surf to Misty
- Heal to Full Health, use Max Ether on Return
- Misty: X Attack, X Speed, Return Golduck, Return Quagsire, Earthquake Lapras, Return Starmie
- Grab Machine Part in upper left hand corner after fight, exit gym

POWER PLANT QUEST 2
- Bike east towards Power Plant
- Use Super Repel before Water
- Surf to Power Plant, talk to red guy, Fly to Saffron (1 down), bike to gym

SAFFRON GYM
- Teleport puzzle: Up, Left, Down (go around), Down (go around)
- [Rebecca]: Return Drowsee, Return Hypno
- Use Full Restore
- Sabrina: 2 X Speed, X Attack, Return Espeon, Return Mr Mime, Return Alakazam
> Use X Accuracy if Sand Attack hits
> Don't learn Mist and Haze
- Teleport puzzle: Right, Up, Up, Down
- Exit gym, bike right to Lavender

POWER PLANT QUEST 3
- YOLO through the grass
- Talk to guy in Radio Tower, Fly to Vermillion (2 up), head to gym

VERMILLION GYM
- Gregory: Return Pikachu, Slash Flaaffy
- Lt. Surge: Return Raichu, Surf Magneton, Return Electabuzz, Return Electrode x2
- Bike east out of Vermillion, use Super Repel, tune to 20, run from Snorlax
- Go through Diglett’s Cave, head to Pewter gym

PEWTER GYM
- Jerry: Return Sandslash
- Brock: Earthquake x5
- Exit gym, bike south towards Viridian Forest

VIRIDIAN FOREST/ROUTE TO CINNABAR ISLAND
- Stay one tile to left of grass patch, right at cliff
- After Viridian City, Max Repel at right of cliff
- Surf south to Cinnabar
- Talk to Blue, then Surf east to Seafoam Islands

CINNABAR GYM
- Walk up to gym
- Blaine: Earthquake x3
- Exit gym, surf right/up to Fuchsia City

FUCHSIA GYM
- Janine is the trainer in the middle-left of the gym
- Janine: X Speed, Return Crobat, Return Ariados, Return Venomoth, Return Weezing x2
> If Supersonic hits, use Full Heal
- Exit gym, Fly to Viridian (2 up), head to gym

VIRIDIAN GYM
- Use full restore, and use Max Elixir
- Blue: X Speed x2, X Attack x3, Return Pidgeot, Ice Punch x2 Exeggutor, Return Alakazam, Surf Rhydon, Return Gyarados, Earthquake Arcanine
> Blue has 2 Full Restores
- Exit gym, Fly to Pallet (1 up)

MT. SILVER
- Bike to lab, talk to Professor Oak
- Use Super Repel, Fly to Viridian City (2 up), bike west to Mt. Silver
- Heal when next Super Repel is needed
- Red: Guard Spec, X Attack x4, X Speed x3, Return Pikachu, Earthquake Venusaur, Earthquake Espeon, Earthquake Snorlax, Earthquake Blastoise, Return Charizard
> Pikachu only does Charm and Quick Attack
> Easiest Red fight ever