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Pokémon Sour Crystal 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.

Normal difficulty

Boss	Where	Team	Level cap
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Cherrygrove City	1	5
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Cherrygrove City	1	5
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Cherrygrove City	1	5
Falkner	Violet Gym	2	13
Bugsy	Azalea Gym	3	17
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Azalea Town	3	18
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Azalea Town	3	18
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Azalea Town	3	18
Whitney	Goldenrod Gym	2	20
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Burned Tower 1F	4	22
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Burned Tower 1F	4	22
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Burned Tower 1F	4	22
Morty	Ecruteak Gym	4	25
Chuck	Cianwood Gym	2	31
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances	5	32
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances	5	32
Pryce	Mahogany Gym	3	34
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances	5	34
Jasmine	Olivine Gym	3	35
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Victory Road	6	40
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Victory Road	6	40
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Victory Road	6	40
Clair	Blackthorn Gym 1F	4	41
Elite Four Will	Wills Room	5	42
Elite Four Koga	Kogas Room	5	44
Elite Four Bruno	Brunos Room	5	46
Elite Four Karen	Karens Room	5	47
Champion Lance	Lances Room	6	50
Janine	Fuchsia Gym	5	50
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Mount Moon 1F	6	50
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Mount Moon 1F	6	50
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Mount Moon 1F	6	50
Lt.Surge	Vermilion Gym	5	53
Brock	Pewter Gym	5	54
Misty	Cerulean Gym	4	54
Sabrina	Saffron Gym	3	55
Erika	Celadon Gym	4	56
Blaine	Seafoam Gym	3	59
Blue	Viridian Gym	6	60
Falkner (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Violet Gym	5	62
Whitney (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Goldenrod Gym	5	64
Bugsy (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Azalea Gym	5	66
Morty (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Ecruteak Gym	5	69
Pryce (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Mahogany Gym	5	72
Chuck (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Cianwood Gym	5	72
Clair (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Blackthorn Gym 1F	5	72
Misty (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Cerulean Gym	5	72
Lt.Surge (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Vermilion Gym	5	72
Erika (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Celadon Gym	5	72
Sabrina (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Saffron Gym	5	72
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Indigo Plateau Pokémon Center 1F	6	72
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Indigo Plateau Pokémon Center 1F	6	72
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Indigo Plateau Pokémon Center 1F	6	72
Blue (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Viridian Gym	6	72
Brock (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Pewter Gym	5	73
Jasmine (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Olivine Gym	5	74
Elite Four Will (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Wills Room	5	74
Janine (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Fuchsia Gym	5	74
Blaine (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Seafoam Gym	5	74
Champion Lance (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Lances Room	6	75
Elite Four Bruno (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Brunos Room	5	76
Elite Four Karen (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Karens Room	5	76
Elite Four Koga (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Kogas Room	5	76
Champion Red	Silver Cave Room 3	6	81

Challenge Mode difficulty

Boss	Where	Team	Level cap
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Cherrygrove City	1	5
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Cherrygrove City	1	5
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Cherrygrove City	1	5
Falkner	Violet Gym	2	14
Bugsy	Azalea Gym	3	19
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Azalea Town	3	19
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Azalea Town	3	19
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Azalea Town	3	19
Whitney	Goldenrod Gym	2	22
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Burned Tower 1F	4	26
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Burned Tower 1F	4	26
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Burned Tower 1F	4	26
Morty	Ecruteak Gym	4	28
Chuck	Cianwood Gym	2	35
Jasmine	Olivine Gym	4	38
Pryce	Mahogany Gym	4	40
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances	5	42
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances	5	42
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Goldenrod Underground Switch Room Entrances	5	42
Clair	Blackthorn Gym 1F	4	48
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Victory Road	6	48
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Victory Road	6	48
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Victory Road	6	48
Elite Four Will	Wills Room	5	50
Elite Four Koga	Kogas Room	5	52
Elite Four Bruno	Brunos Room	5	54
Elite Four Karen	Karens Room	5	55
Janine	Fuchsia Gym	5	58
Champion Lance	Lances Room	6	60
Lt.Surge	Vermilion Gym	5	61
Brock	Pewter Gym	5	62
Misty	Cerulean Gym	5	62
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Mount Moon 1F	6	62
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Mount Moon 1F	6	62
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Mount Moon 1F	6	62
Sabrina	Saffron Gym	4	63
Erika	Celadon Gym	5	66
Blaine	Seafoam Gym	5	67
Blue	Viridian Gym	6	68
Falkner (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Violet Gym	6	76
Whitney (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Goldenrod Gym	6	78
Bugsy (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Azalea Gym	6	78
Morty (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Ecruteak Gym	6	81
Janine (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Fuchsia Gym	6	82
Pryce (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Mahogany Gym	6	84
Chuck (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Cianwood Gym	6	84
Clair (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Blackthorn Gym 1F	6	84
Misty (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Cerulean Gym	6	84
Lt.Surge (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Vermilion Gym	6	84
Erika (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Celadon Gym	6	84
Sabrina (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Saffron Gym	6	84
Rival — if you chose Totodile	Indigo Plateau Pokémon Center 1F	6	84
Rival — if you chose Chikorita	Indigo Plateau Pokémon Center 1F	6	84
Rival — if you chose Cyndaquil	Indigo Plateau Pokémon Center 1F	6	84
Blue (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Viridian Gym	6	84
Brock (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Pewter Gym	6	85
Jasmine (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Olivine Gym	6	86
Elite Four Will (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Wills Room	6	86
Elite Four Bruno (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Brunos Room	6	86
Blaine (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Seafoam Gym	6	86
Elite Four Karen (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Karens Room	6	88
Elite Four Koga (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Kogas Room	6	88
Champion Lance (rematch, after the Elite Four)	Lances Room	6	88
Champion Red	Silver Cave Room 3	6	88

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