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Pokémon Red & Blue level caps

The highest-level Pokémon each boss brings, in story order — the number to cap your team at if you play with level caps. Taken from the game's own documentation, not estimated.

Boss	Where	Team	Level cap
Elite Four Agatha	Agatha's Room	5	60
Elite Four Bruno	Bruno's Room	5	58
Rival Blue (Bulbasaur)	Cerulean City	4	18
Rival Blue (Charmander)	Cerulean City	4	18
Rival Blue (Squirtle)	Cerulean City	4	18
Elite Four Lance	Lance's Room	5	62
Elite Four Lorelei	Lorelei's Room	5	56
Rival Blue (Bulbasaur)	Oak's Lab	1	5
Rival Blue (Charmander)	Oak's Lab	1	5
Rival Blue (Squirtle)	Oak's Lab	1	5
Rival Blue (Bulbasaur)	Pokémon Tower	4	20
Rival Blue (Bulbasaur)	Pokémon Tower	5	25
Rival Blue (Charmander)	Pokémon Tower	4	20
Rival Blue (Charmander)	Pokémon Tower	5	25
Rival Blue (Squirtle)	Pokémon Tower	4	20
Rival Blue (Squirtle)	Pokémon Tower	5	25
Rocket Boss Giovanni	Rocket Hideout	3	29
Rival Blue (Bulbasaur)	Route 22	2	9
Rival Blue (Bulbasaur)	Route 22	6	53
Rival Blue (Charmander)	Route 22	2	9
Rival Blue (Charmander)	Route 22	6	53
Rival Blue (Squirtle)	Route 22	2	9
Rival Blue (Squirtle)	Route 22	6	53
Rival Blue (Bulbasaur)	Silph Co.	5	40
Rival Blue (Charmander)	Silph Co.	5	40
Rival Blue (Squirtle)	Silph Co.	5	40
Rocket Boss Giovanni	Silph Co.	4	41
Brock	Pewter City Gym	2	14
Misty	Cerulean City Gym	2	21
Lt Surge	Vermilion City Gym	3	24
Erika	Celadon City Gym	3	29
Koga	Fuchsia City Gym	4	43
Sabrina	Saffron City Gym	4	43
Blaine	Cinnabar Island Gym	4	47
Giovanni	Viridian City Gym	5	50
Champion Blue (Bulbasaur)	Champion's Room	6	65
Champion Blue (Charmander)	Champion's Room	6	65
Champion Blue (Squirtle)	Champion's Room	6	65

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