Where To Get TM06 Toxic in Pokémon Crystal

TM06 Toxic
#	Location	Repeatable?
1	Fuchsia City Gym. Rewarded by Gym Leader Janine after defeating her in battle.	No

You’ll get TM06 Toxic as a reward for defeating Gym Leader Janine in Fuchsia City’s Gym, which is located in the Kanto region. So this TM is only available in the post-game of Pokémon Crystal.

To reach Kanto you must board the S.S. Aqua at Olivine City with the S.S. Ticket handed to you by Prof. Elm in New Bark Town.

You can get the ticket once you’ve conquered the Johto Pokémon League and defeated the Elite IV.

Prerequisites

The only real prerequisite to challenging Fuchsia Gym and obtaining TM06 Toxic is having access to the Kanto region so you can reach Fuchsia City.

That means:

Obtaining all eight Johto Badges.
Defeating the Elite IV and Champion Lance at the Indigo Plateau.
Receiving the S.S. Ticket from Prof. Elm in New Bark Town.
Boarding the S.S. Aqua to sail to Kanto’s Vermillion City.

From there, just go north into Saffron City, then west to Celadon City, and travel south over the Cycling Road (west of Celadon) to reach Fuchsia City.

Getting TM06 Toxic (Step-by-Step)

Step 1: Find the Fuchsia Gym to the west of the Pokémon Center in Fuchsia City.

Approaching Fuchsia Gym.

Step 2: Traverse the invisible wall maze and find the real Janine.

Not only is there a maze of invisible walls, but every trainer has disguised themselves as Gym Leader Janine – making it hard to find the real one and get your TM.

The real Janine is standing on the west side of the room. Here’s the most efficient route to reach her:

Bird’s eye view of Fuchsia Gym showing the path toward the real Janine.

If you know which one the real Janine is, you don’t have to fight any of the other trainers.

Step 3: Defeat Gym Leader Janine and receive TM06 Toxic.

Gym Leader Janine’s Team

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Janine

Pokémon	Crobat (Lv.36)	Weezing (Lv.36)	Weezing (Lv.36)	Ariados (Lv.33)	Venomoth (Lv.39)
Type	Poison/Flying	Poison	Poison	Bug/Poison	Bug/Poison
Held Item	None	None	None	None	None
Moves	Wing Attack Confuse Ray Supersonic Screech	Sludge Bomb Smog Toxic Explosion	Sludge Bomb Smog Toxic Explosion	String Shot Night Shade Giga Drain Scary Face	Toxic Psychic Double Team Supersonic

Psychic-type Pokémon and moves are invaluable to help you deal with everyone in Fuchsia Gym – Janine included.

Ground-types are amazing as well due to their type advantage against Poison-types, but keep in mind that Ground-type moves won’t affect the Flying-type Crobat.

Tip: One of the best Pokémon to bring is Steelix. It’s immune to Poison-type moves due to its Steel-type, and can learn Ground and Rock-type moves that are super effective vs. Poison, Flying, and Bug-types.

She’ll gladly hand you TM06 Toxic if you prevail against her noxious team.

Receiving TM06 Toxic from Janine.

TM06 Toxic Details + Uses

Toxic Move Details
Type	Poison
Category	Status
Effect	Badly poisons the target.
Accuracy	90%
PP	10

Toxic is a powerful move that can wear down your opponent much faster than the average Poison-type move.

Where Poison Sting simply poisons the target, Toxic badly poisons them.

Regular Poison damages the affected Pokémon for 1/16th of their HP each turn. Bad Poison starts like that, but it adds another 1/16th every turn that passes in battle.

Tip: The maximum damage per turn from Toxic is 15/16ths of the affected Pokémon’s HP, but rarely will a fight last long enough for that to happen.

Almost any Pokémon in Crystal can learn Toxic. The exceptions are:

Caterpie
Metapod
Weedle
Kakuna
Magikarp
Ditto
Unown
Wobbuffet
Smeargle

That said, some Pokémon will get more use from it than others. Tanky Pokémon that can stall while Toxic does its job are ideal for this TM. Here are some great candidates:

Pokémon	Type	Location
Blissey	Normal	Evolve Chansey.
Steelix	Steel/Ground	Evolve Onix by trading while holding Metal Coat.
Umbreon	Dark	Evolve Eevee with high Friendship during the night.
Skarmory	Steel/Flying	Route 45 (Morning, Day).

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