Cianwood City Crystal · Johto town
Cianwood City is an isolated city on Johto’s far west coast, reached by surfing across Route 41 from Olivine. It has Chuck’s Fighting-type Gym, the pharmacy that supplies the SecretPotion for Jasmine’s Ampharos and Chuck’s wife with HM02 Fly, and in Crystal Suicune and Eusine appear on its shore.
- Wild Pokémon
- 8
- Items
- 5
- Trainers
- 6
- Needs
- Surf
- Gym
- Chuck · Fighting
Connects to: Route 41
Cianwood City on the Johto map
Chuck’s Gym Johto badge 5 of 8
- Type
- Fighting
- Badge
- Storm Badge
- Reward
- TM01 DynamicPunch
- Lets you use
- Fly outside battle
- Prize
- ₽750
Gym trainers
| Trainer | Pokémon | Prize |
|---|---|---|
 BlackbeltYoshi |  Hitmonlee 27 | ₽162 |
| BlackbeltLao |  Hitmonchan 27 | ₽162 |
| BlackbeltNob |  Machop 25 Machoke 25 | ₽150 |
| BlackbeltLung |  Mankey 23Mankey 23 Primeape 25 | ₽150 |
Gift and special Pokémon
Shuckle Lv. 15 · GiftShuckie: Mania asks you to look after his Shuckle, holding a Berry. If you keep it until it likes you, he lets you keep it.
Wild Pokémon
| Pokémon | Type | Lv. | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tentacool | WaterPoison | 15–20 | 90% |
 Tentacruel | WaterPoison | 20 | 10% |
| Rod | Pokémon | Lv. | Morning & day | Night |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Rod |  Magikarp | 10 | 85% | 85% |
 Krabby | 10 | 15% | 15% | |
| Good Rod | Krabby | 20 | 55% | 55% |
| Magikarp | 20 | 35% | 35% | |
 Staryu | 20 | – | 10% | |
 Corsola | 20 | 10% | – | |
| Super Rod | Krabby | 40 | 60% | 60% |
| Staryu | 40 | – | 30% | |
| Corsola | 40 | 30% | – | |
 Kingler | 40 | 10% | 10% |
Rock Smash
Each smashed rock has a 40% chance of a battle.
Chances are the game’s encounter slots for each time of day: morning 4:00–9:59, day 10:00–17:59, night 18:00–3:59 (grass and caves 30/30/20/10/5/4/1, surfing 60/30/10). Where to find every Pokémon · Crystal vs Gold & Silver.
Trainers
Eusine Next to the Pokémon Center, after you see Suicune here
Drowzee 23
Haunter 23
Electrode 25Prize ₽625
Prize money is the trainer class’s base payout times the level of the trainer’s last Pokémon. Trainers with phone rematches call you when they want another battle; their teams grow as you progress.
Items
| Item | How | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Revive | Hidden | Cianwood City |
| Max Ether | Hidden | Cianwood City |
| HM02 Fly | Gift Chuck’s wife gives it to you once you’ve beaten Chuck for the Storm Badge. | Cianwood City |
| TM01 DynamicPunch | Gift Chuck’s reward with the Storm Badge. | Gym |
| SecretPotion | Gift The pharmacist gives it to you for the sick Ampharos after Jasmine has explained its illness at the top of the Lighthouse. | Pharmacy |
Hidden items can be found with the Itemfinder from Ecruteak City.
Shops
Cianwood Pharmacy
Potion ₽550Super Potion ₽300Hyper Potion ₽700Full Heal ₽4,000Revive ₽700
Tips
- After talking to Jasmine in the Olivine Lighthouse, the pharmacist gives you the SecretPotion free of charge.
- Beat Chuck’s Lv27 Primeape and Lv30 Poliwrath for the Storm Badge and TM01 DynamicPunch, then his wife outside gives you HM02 Fly.
- Mania lends you his Shuckle, Shuckie, holding a Berry; return it on a later day with friendship of 150 or more and he lets you keep it.
- Once Suicune has fled the Burned Tower, it appears on the shore here, and Eusine battles you with Drowzee, Haunter and Electrode.
- Rock Smash the boulders for Krabby (90%) or Shuckle (10%), and to uncover a hidden Revive and Max Ether.
- The Poké Seer tells you where and when you met a Pokémon, and the Photo Studio takes a picture of your lead Pokémon.
Walkthrough: Part 6: Olivine City to Cianwood City and Chuck
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FAQ
How do you get Fly in Pokémon Crystal?
Beat Chuck at the Cianwood Gym, then talk to his wife outside; she gives you HM02 Fly, which works outside battle with the Storm Badge.
Where do you battle Eusine in Pokémon Crystal?
In Cianwood City, right after Suicune runs from the shore on your first sighting there; he uses Lv23 Drowzee, Lv23 Haunter and Lv25 Electrode.
How do you keep Shuckie in Pokémon Crystal?
Take Shuckie from Mania, raise its friendship to at least 150, and return it on a later day; he decides it should stay with you.
What Pokémon can you catch in Cianwood City in Pokémon Crystal?
8 species: Tentacool, Tentacruel, Magikarp, Krabby, Staryu, Corsola, Kingler, Shuckle.
Sources & picture credits
- Cianwood City (Bulbapedia)
- pret/pokecrystal (decompiled game data and graphics)
- Map drawn from maps/CianwoodCity.blk
- Map drawn from maps/CianwoodGym.blk
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.