Pokémon Crystal Wiki & Guide
Quick reference for the Game Boy Color’s last Johto adventure: a walkthrough from New Bark Town to Red on Mt. Silver, all 97 locations with wild Pokémon by morning, day and night, trainers and items from the game data, maps drawn from the game’s own tiles, all 16 Gyms, the League, the Battle Tower and what changed from Gold and Silver.
- Released
- 2000–2001
- System
- Game Boy Color
- Pokédex
- 251
- Badges
- 16
- Locations
- 97
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WalkthroughAll 23 parts, Johto to Mt. Silver
Locations97 towns, routes and dungeons
Where to find every PokémonAll 251, by time of day
Crystal vs Gold & SilverWhat changed, what is missing
Gym LeadersAll 16 teams and badges
Elite FourWill, Koga, Bruno, Karen
Champion Lance & RedThe final battles
Rival battlesEvery team by starter, and Eusine
Legendary & gift PokémonSuicune, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Odd Egg
Battle TowerRules and rewardsTMs & HMsWhere to find them all
Image galleryMaps, sprites and artworkStarter Pokémon
The eight Johto Gyms
FalknerViolet City Lv. 9
BugsyAzalea TownBug Lv. 16
WhitneyGoldenrod CityNormal Lv. 20
MortyEcruteak CityGhost Lv. 25
ChuckCianwood CityFighting Lv. 30
JasmineOlivine CitySteel Lv. 35
PryceMahogany TownIce Lv. 31
ClairBlackthorn CityDragon Lv. 40The eight Kanto Gyms
Johto and Kanto
Quick tips
- Set the clock carefully at the start: many Pokémon only appear in the morning, during the day or at night, and some events only happen on one weekday.
- Register trainers’ phone numbers; they call for rematches and to tell you about swarms and rare items.
- Collect the Odd Egg from the Day-Care man on Route 34 early: it hatches into a baby Pokémon that knows Dizzy Punch and is often shiny.
- Use Headbutt (TM02 from Ilex Forest) on trees for Pokémon you cannot find in the grass, such as Heracross, Aipom and Pineco.
- After the Elite Four, Kanto has eight more Gyms, Ho-Oh and Lugia wait at level 60, and with all 16 badges you can climb Mt. Silver to battle Red.
More Crystal guides
Getting started · Characters and the Suicune pursuit · Badges, the League and Kanto · Generation II battles and training · Suicune and the original Battle Tower
FAQ
When did Pokémon Crystal come out?
December 14, 2000 (Japan); July 29, 2001 (North America); September 30, 2001 (Australia); November 2, 2001 (Europe).
What is new in Pokémon Crystal?
A Suicune storyline with Eusine, the choice to play as Kris, the Battle Tower, the Odd Egg, a move tutor, animated Pokémon sprites, changed wild Pokémon and level 60 Ho-Oh and Lugia after the Elite Four. Every difference from Gold and Silver.
What is the Gym order?
Johto: Falkner, Bugsy, Whitney, Morty, Chuck, Jasmine, Pryce, Clair. Kanto: Brock, Misty, Lt. Surge, Erika, Janine, Sabrina, Blaine, Blue, mostly in any order.
Can you still play Pokémon Crystal?
Yes: on the original cartridge on a Game Boy Color or Game Boy Advance, or on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console release from 2018, which also unlocks the Celebi event.
Sources & picture credits
Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against the game’s own scripts and Bulbapedia. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances for all three times of day, fishing, Headbutt and Rock Smash tables, items, trainers, gifts, trades and shops come from the pret/pokecrystal decompilation (pret/pokecrystal 3bc8daa417). Maps, sprites and the Johto and Kanto Pokégear maps are drawn by retrogameindex from the game’s own graphics in that decompilation (listed on the image gallery). Pokémon © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.