Celadon City + Rocket Game Corner: Pokémon FRLG Walkthrough Part 8

by ReOcelot

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Guide
Exploring Celadon
Getting The Tea
The Celadon City Gym
Team Rocket Hideout Walkthrough (Step-by-Step)
- Giovanni Battle & the Silph Scope

Quick Guide

Get the Tea from the elderly lady in the Celadon Mansion
Defeat Erika in the Celadon City Gym to get the Rainbow Badge
Defeat the Team Rocket Grunt in the Rocket Game Corner, press A on the poster, then walk down the stairs to the Rocket Hideout
Make your way through the Rocket Hideout and defeat Giovanni to get the Silph Scope

Exploring Celadon

Celadon is one of the most interesting cities in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

The first thing you’ll probably notice is all of the Team Rocket members roaming around. These guys will come into play later.

Before we progress the story and take on the local Gym (and local bad guys), let’s take a look at the “just for fun” stuff. There’s plenty of fun to be had and goodies to grab in Celadon City.

Goodie #1: Eevee

The only place you can find Eevee in FireRed and LeafGreen is in Celadon City. You don’t find Eevee in the wild, though – you find it on the Celadon Mansion roof.

Head to the Pokémon Center, drop off one Pokémon in your PC (to make room for Eevee), then walk through the tiny path to the right of the Pokémon Center. This will lead to the back entrance of Celadon Mansion.

Entering the back of the Celadon Mansion to get Eevee

Afterwards, just take the stairs to the top and enter the tiny compartment on the roof. There will be a Poké Ball sitting on the counter that contains an Eevee.

Just grab the Poké Ball and be on your way!

Goodie #2: The Celadon Department Store

Now that you have Eevee, it’s time to buy an evolution stone.

The Celadon Department Store has plenty of goodies to buy, including evolution stones, TMs, Revives, Super Potions, Stat Boosters, etc.

Standing outside of the Celadon Department Store

I recommend taking a look at all of the shops in the Department Store but there are a couple of items you should really consider picking up:

Some Revives and Great Balls from the 2nd Floor
A Fire, Thunder, or Water Stone on the 4th Floor for evolving your Eevee
Fresh Water from the Vending Machine on the roof

The Fresh Water from the Department Store is actually one of the best bangs for your buck when it comes to healing items. It also has a lot less calories than regular Potions, so it’s a win / win.

Goodie #3: The Game Corner & Coin Case

Celadon City has one more important building in town (other than the Gym). The Game Corner is the orange building in the middle of town, and it’s a great place to get some rare goodies.

Outside of the Rocket Game Corner in Celadon City

The larger building on the left is full of Slot Machines that you can play to earn coins. You can exchange these coins for prizes in the building on the right. The prizes consist of everything from TMs to items to actual Pokémon.

However, you can’t play Slots or win prizes without a Coin Case.

The Coin Case can be found in the blue/green building directly to the south east of the Game Corner.

Outside of the house where the Coin Case is given

Just head inside and talk to the balding man in the top-left corner. He’ll give you a Coin Case, which you can then use to go play slots in the Game Corner.

Alternatively, you can just purchase Coins at the Game Corner counter to buy your way into those rare prizes!

Getting The Tea

Now that we’ve covered all the fun stuff, it’s time to get down to business.

Remember how the thirsty guards would never let us cross into Saffron City? Well now we can finally quench their thirsts.

Head to the Celadon Mansion on the north side of town, just above the Rocket Game Corner.

Outside of the Celadon Mansion

Enter through the front door and talk to the elderly lady in the room on the left.

She’ll give you Tea, which we can give to the guards to finally let us cross into Saffron City.

Getting the Tea from the lady in the Celadon Mansion

But that’ll come later — before we head into Saffron, we have some more business to take care of in Celadon City.

The Celadon City Gym

All of us Charmander Choosers can finally rejoice, because the Celadon City Gym is full of Grass Type Pokémon. They will also be weak against Flying, Ice, and Bug Type moves.

If you didn’t choose Charmander, then you can pick up:

A Growlithe (FireRed) or Vulpix (LeafGreen) on Route 7, just east of Celadon to help you out
Or you could also evolve your Eevee into a Flareon with the help of a Fire Stone from the Department Store

Once you’re thoroughly prepared to take on Erika and her Grass-types, head to the south part of Celadon City and chop down the conspicuous Tree.

Cutting down the tree blocking the path to the Celadon City Gym

Afterwards you can walk through the treeline, follow the path, and enter the Gym.

The Gym is straight forward, you just have to beat a few trainers and then speak to Erika.

Challenging Erika to a battle for the Rainbow Badge

Erika only has three Pokémon, but they’re all fairly high level. However, they’re also all Grass Types so there aren’t many surprises.

Erika’s Team
Pokémon	Level
Victreebel	29
Tangela	24
Vileplume	29

After you defeat Erika, she’ll give you the Rainbow Badge, which will let you use HM04 Strength outside of battle.

She’ll also give you TM19 Giga Drain, which is a powerful Grass Type move.

And now that we’ve defeated the Gym, we can head back to the Rocket Game Corner to complete the Rocket Game Corner Hideout.

Team Rocket Hideout Walkthrough (Step-by-Step)

Head inside the Game Corner and walk to the back wall.

There should be a Team Rocket member standing (suspiciously) in front of an odd looking poster. Talk to him and defeat him in battle.

Talking to the Grunt guarding the poster in the Rocket Game Corner

After you defeat him, he’ll disappear and you can press A on the poster.

After the Rocket Grunt disappears, press A on this poster to open up a secret staircase

After you press A on the poster, a staircase will appear just to your right. Go ahead and walk down those stairs to reach the Rocket Hideout.

Walk down the staircase to enter the secret Team Rocket Hideout in the Celadon City Game Corner

The Hideout is fairly tricky with a few small puzzles you have to walk through.

So here’s a step-by-step guide to get you through the Rocket Hideout and reach Giovanni:

Step 1: Take the stairs immediately to your right after entering the Hideout.

Walk down the stairs to B2F as soon as you enter the Rocket Hideout

Step 2: Walk around the divider on the left of the screen and then take the stairs going down to B3F.

Walk around the corner then head down to B3F using the staircase

Step 3: Walk slight left and then walk south down the corridor to reach the arrow maze.

Walk down here to enter the arrow maze room

Step 4: Complete the arrow maze by walking over the arrow pads in the following order:

Take the first arrow pad going left, which will land you on a yellow pad

Walk south from that yellow pad and take the arrow pad going right which will land you on a yellow pad

Walk left of that yellow pad then head south and walk around the walls to reach the circled arrow pad going right

Step 5: After you land on the final yellow pad (across from a Team Rocket Grunt), head south outside of the arrow maze.

This arrow will send you to another arrow, which will send you to the final yellow pad. Now you can leave the maze

Step 6: Head east, hug the right of the wall, and then walk north until you see a staircase going down.

Leave the arrow maze, then walk around the wall and head north

Step 7: Take the staircase going down to BF4.

Take the staircase in the corner to reach B4F

Step 8: Walk north when you reach B4F until you see a Rocket Grunt camping in the northwest corner.

Walk north as soon as you reach B4F until you reach the Rocket Grunt in the northwest room

Step 9: Battle and defeat the Team Rocket Grunt.

Battle and defeat this Rocket Grunt to get the Lift Key that will let you use the elevator

Step 10: After you defeat the Grunt, he’ll drop a Poké Ball containing the Lift Key. Pick up the Lift Key since you’ll need it to reach Giovanni.

Pick up the Lift Key after you defeat this Rocket Grunt

Step 11: Take the previous two staircases back up until you reach B2F again (both staircases pictured below).

Walk up the staircase south of the Rocket Grunt to go from B4F to B3F

Walk back to the northeast corner of B3F to use the staircase to reach B2F

Step 12: Follow the arrow maze on B2F in this order:

Take the bottom arrow pad (aiming left), which will send you across a couple more arrow pads and land you on a yellow pad

Walk south from that yellow pad and take the bottom arrow pad pointing right (circled) that will land you on a yellow pad

Walk directly right form this yellow pad and take the arrow pad pointing right, which will land you on a yellow pad

Walk left from this pad and take the arrow pad pointing left. You will hit a down-facing arrow pad and land on a yellow pad

Follow the slim path on the right to walk down and take the top arrow pad pointing left (circled)

Take the final arrow pad pointing right that will land on a yellow space 4 tiles away

Step 13: Walk east as far as possible until you see the Red-color door going to the Lift/Elevator in the southeast corner.

Walk north, then east to leave the arrow maze and find the elevator

Step 14: Walk inside of the elevator and head to B4F.

Walk inside of this elevator now that we can use it with the Lift Key

Press A on the elevator buttons and select B4F from the list

Step 15: Walk out of the elevator, go around the corner, and then head north until you see two Rocket Grunts.

Leave the elevator and head immediately north

Step 16: Walk up and talk to both Rocket Grunts to battle and defeat them. Afterwards the red gate will open.

Battle these two Rocket Grunts guarding Giovanni’s door

Step 17: After you defeat the two Rocket Grunts, the red gate will lift and you can walk through the doorway. This will bring you face to face with the big man himself, Giovanni.

Walk past the Grunts and talk to Giovanni to start the final battle

Giovanni is the leader of Team Rocket and an all-around bad person, which he’ll explain to you at length.

Giovanni Battle & the Silph Scope

Challenging Giovanni in the Rocket Game Corner

Giovanni’s Pokémon really aren’t that tough, especially if you’ve already defeated Erika. He has mostly Rock and Ground Type Pokémon and their levels aren’t anything crazy.

Giovanni’s Team
Pokémon	Level
Onix	25
Rhyhorn	24
Kangaskhan	29

After you defeat Giovanni, he’ll drop the Silph Scope on the floor.

This Silph Scope will let us see the Ghost Pokémon in Pokémon Tower, which means it’s time to head back to Lavender Town.

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