Part 1: Just started — no badges

A fisherman in the Viridian City Mart gives you the Old Rod right away. Hard Mode caps your team at Lv 12 until you beat Brock.

Just started — no badges opens 7 areas. There are 11 trainers standing in them. The fight at this checkpoint is Rival Blue.

Where to go

1. Route 1

   Wild: Pidgey 65% · Lv 2-5, Rattata 30% · Lv 2-4, Spearow 5% · Lv 5-6

   Trainers: Professor Oak Lv 70

2. Route 2

   Wild: Pidgey 35% · Lv 5-8, Rattata 25% · Lv 5-8, Nidoran♀ 15% · Lv 6, Vulpix 15% · Lv 5-7 +2 more

   Pick up: HM05 Flash

3. Route 22

   Wild: Poliwag 90% · Lv 10-20, Goldeen 50% · Lv 5, Horsea 50% · Lv 20, Krabby 50% · Lv 20 +6 more

   Trainers: ★ Rival Blue Lv 9, ★ Rival Blue (Flareon team) Lv 55, ★ Rival Blue (Jolteon team) Lv 55, ★ Rival Blue (Vaporeon team) Lv 55

4. Viridian Forest

   Wild: Caterpie 20% · Lv 4, Weedle 20% · Lv 4, Pidgey 19% · Lv 7-8, Kakuna 15% · Lv 7 +3 more

   Trainers: Bug Catcher Lv 6, Bug Catcher #2 Lv 7, Bug Catcher #3 Lv 9, Bug Catcher #4 Lv 6, Lass Lv 6

5. Pallet Town

   Wild: Staryu 60% · Lv 25-30, Goldeen 50% · Lv 5, Horsea 50% · Lv 20, Krabby 50% · Lv 20 +4 more

6. Viridian City

   Wild: Poliwag 100% · Lv 15-30, Goldeen 50% · Lv 5, Horsea 50% · Lv 20, Krabby 50% · Lv 20

   Pick up: TM27 Fissure, TM42 Dream Eater

7. Oak's Lab

   Trainers: ★ Rival Blue Lv 5

★ Rival Blue — Oak's Lab

1 Pokémon · level cap Lv 5 (every cap) · Rival Blue’s own page

	Pokémon	Ability & item	Moves	Base stats
	Eevee Lv 5 Normal		Tackle	HP70Attack65Defense65Sp. Atk70Sp. Def70Speed55Total395

Everything you can have caught by this checkpoint · Open the interactive guide