How To Get HM01 Cut in Pokémon Yellow

You’ll get HM01 Cut on the S.S Anne in Vermillion City. It is given to you by the ship captain in his room on the 2nd floor of the ship.

But you won’t be able to get onto the S.S Anne until you get the S.S ticket from Bill at his house on Route 25. Once you get the ticket, HM01 will become available.

Prerequisites

This is all you’ll need to do before you can get HM01:

Obtain the S.S Ticket from Bill at his house at the northeast edge of Route 25

Heading to the S.S. Anne

Starting from the Vermillion City Pokémon Center, head southeast.

Standing in front of the Vermillion City Pokémon Center.

When you reach the officer next to the Poké Mart, head east.

Standing behind the officer next to the Poké Mart.

Once you reach the start of the dock, walk along the path.

At the start of the path leading to the S.S Anne.

At the end of the path you’ll be greeted by a sailor.

He’ll check for your S.S Ticket and if you have it, he’ll let you onto the S.S Anne.

Talking to the ticket checking sailor before heading onto the S.S Anne.

Standing in front of the S.S Anne.

After entering the S.S Anne, head west down the hallway.

Standing near the front entrance of the S.S Anne.

Once you reach the flight of stairs at the end of the hallway, go up them.

Facing the stairs you need to head up.

After heading up the stairs, head south.

On the 2nd floor of the S.S Anne.

Then head east along the hallway and go all the way to the end.

Next to a flight of stairs on the 2nd floor of the S.S Anne.

At the end of the hallway, turn north and follow the hallway along.

You’ll then run into your Rival and will need to battle him before you can reach the ship Captain.

At the end of the hallway.

Fighting Your Rival & Rival’s Team

Just before you can reach the ship captain, your rival appears and challenges you to a fight.

Running into your Rival on the S.S Anne.

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Rival’s Team (S.S Anne)

Pokémon	Spearow	Rattata	Sandshrew	Eevee
Level	Lv. 19	Lv. 16	Lv. 18	Lv. 20
Type	Normal/Flying	Normal	Ground	Normal
Moves	Peck Growl Leer Fury Attack	Tackle Tail Whip Quick Attack Hyper Fang	Scratch Sand Attack Slash	Tackle Tail Whip Sand Attack Growl

Aside from being a higher level, his Pokémon are the same ones he used in your previous fight in Cerulean City.

The most notable change is that your rival’s Sandshrew has learnt Slash.

Slash is a powerful normal type move with 70 power and an increased critical hit ratio, so keep that in mind when facing his Sandshrew.

Getting HM01 Cut

After defeating your Rival, head up the stairs on the left at the end of the hallway. You’ll reach the captain’s room where the ship captain can be found.

Talking to the captain reveals he’s feeling seasick.

So you rub his back and it makes him feel better.

Meeting the seasick captain of the S.S Anne.

Since he still feels too sick to teach you Cut himself, he gives you HM01 Cut instead.

Getting HM01 Cut from the captain after rubbing his back.

Note: To use Cut outside of battle, you first need to obtain the Cascadebadge by defeating Misty in Cerulean City.

Note #2: Once you leave the S.S Anne after talking with the captain, you won’t be able to go back onto the S.S Anne for the rest of the game. If there are any other items you want to get, or trainers you want to fight, do so before you leave the ship.

It’s recommended you go through the rest of the ship first and visit as many other rooms as you’d want to before talking to the captain and getting HM01.

Cut Move Details

Cut Move Details
Type	Normal
Power	50
Accuracy	95%
PP	30 (max. 48)
Effect	No additional effects in battle. Outside of battle, can cut down small trees.

As a move in battle, Cut is nothing too special.

It’s ideal to teach Cut to a Normal Type Pokémon since they’ll gain a same-type attack bonus (STAB) from using Cut.

However, the only Normal-type Pokémon in Gen 1 who can learn Cut are Lickitung and Farfetch’d, whose attack stats aren’t very good.

Still, at 50 Power, Cut can prove to be a decent move at the point of the game in which you get it.

Beedrill using Cut on a wild Abra.

Being an HM also means that Cut can be taught an unlimited amount of times to multiple different Pokémon.

Note: Once an HM move is taught to a Pokémon, it can’t be forgotten. Make sure you choose wisely when teaching HMs to your Pokémon.

Outside of battle, Cut lets you cut down small trees.

Since there are a number of small trees that prevent you from progressing to new areas, getting Cut is necessary to complete the game.

So be sure to keep a Pokémon on your team or in your PC that knows Cut, so you get past those roadblocks.

Cut being used outside of battle to cut down trees.

Fun Fact: Outside of battle, Cut can also cut down tall grass where you’d encounter Pokémon. However, the grass will reset once you leave the area.

Cut being used outside of battle to cut down tall grass.

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