Low Budget Crystal: 8 badges
What opens up at this point in the game, and everything you can catch by now that you couldn't before.
✓ Wild Pokémon are worked out from Lv 41, trainers from Lv 45, and the optional cap is Lv 56. The gate to Victory Road opens, and so does the Johto League.
Newly reachable
Newly catchable (1)
Bosses around here
Rival — rematch 4 — Lv 57Rival — rematch 4 — Lv 60Elite Will — Lv 56Elite Will — Lv 57Elite Will — 16 badges or more — Lv 74Elite Will — 16 badges or more — Lv 76Elite Bruno — Lv 56Elite Bruno — Lv 57Elite Bruno — 16 badges or more — Lv 74Elite Bruno — 16 badges or more — Lv 76Elite Karen — Lv 56Elite Karen — Lv 57Elite Karen — 16 badges or more — Lv 74Elite Karen — 16 badges or more — Lv 76Elite Koga — Lv 56Elite Koga — Lv 57Elite Koga — 16 badges or more — Lv 74Elite Koga — 16 badges or more — Lv 76Champion Lance — Lv 58Champion Lance — Lv 60Champion Lance — 16 badges or more — Lv 73Champion Lance — 16 badges or more — Lv 76Champion Lance — rematch — Lv 60Champion Lance — rematch — Lv 65Elite Phoebe — Lv 56Elite Phoebe — Lv 58Elite Phoebe — 16 badges or more — Lv 74Elite Phoebe — 16 badges or more — Lv 76Elite Glacia — Lv 56Elite Glacia — Lv 58Elite Glacia — 16 badges or more — Lv 74Elite Glacia — 16 badges or more — Lv 76Elite Drake — Lv 56Elite Drake — Lv 58Elite Drake — 16 badges or more — Lv 74Elite Drake — 16 badges or more — Lv 76Champion Steven — Lv 58Champion Steven — Lv 60Champion Steven — 16 badges or more — Lv 74Champion Steven — 16 badges or more — Lv 78Champion Steven — rematch — Lv 65Champion Steven — rematch — Lv 70