Team Rocket Hideout Crystal · Johto landmark

Map of Team Rocket Hideout in Pokémon Crystal — B1F (in-game map)

Team Rocket’s hideout lies under the souvenir shop in Mahogany Town, from where a radio signal is forcing Lake of Rage’s Magikarp to evolve. After the red Gyarados, Lance reveals the stairs and raids the base alongside you, and clearing its three floors ends with HM06 Whirlpool.

Wild Pokémon: None
Items: 12
Trainers: 13

Connects to: Mahogany Town

Where Team Rocket Hideout is on the Johto map Team Rocket Hideout on the Johto map

Gift and special Pokémon

Voltorb Lv. 23 · One-off encounter

One of the fake item balls on B1F.

Geodude Lv. 21 · One-off encounter

One of the fake item balls on B1F.

Koffing Lv. 21 · One-off encounter

One of the fake item balls on B1F.

Electrode Lv. 23 · One-off encounter

Three Electrode power the generator on B2F; you must defeat or catch all three.

Wild Pokémon

No wild Pokémon here.

Trainers

Rocket Grunt B1F

Drowzee 17

Zubat 19

Prize ₽190

Rocket Grunt B1F

Zubat 16

Grimer 17

Rattata 18

Prize ₽180

Rocket Executive B2F, at the end

Arbok 23

Gloom 23

Murkrow 25

Prize ₽450

Rocket Executive B3F, guarding the boss room

Zubat 22

Raticate 24

Koffing 22

Prize ₽396

Trainer	Pokémon	Prize	Where
Rocket GruntGrunt	Rattata 16 Rattata 16 Rattata 16 Rattata 16	₽160	B1F
ScientistJed	Magnemite 20 Magnemite 20 Magnemite 20	₽500	B1F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Golbat 18	₽180	B2F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Rattata 17 Zubat 17 Rattata 17	₽170	B2F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Venonat 18 Venonat 18	₽180	B2F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Ekans 18 Gloom 18	₽180	B3F
Rocket GruntGrunt	Raticate 19	₽190	B3F
ScientistRoss	Koffing 22 Koffing 22	₽550	B3F
ScientistMitch	Ditto 24	₽600	B3F

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
Hyper Potion	Item ball	B1F
Nugget	Item ball	B1F
Guard Spec.	Item ball	B1F
Revive	Hidden	B1F
TM46 Thief	Item ball	B2F
Full Heal	Hidden	B2F
HM06 Whirlpool	Gift Lance gives it to you after you shut down the Electrode generator powering the Rocket signal.	B2F
Protein	Item ball	B3F
X Special	Item ball	B3F
Full Heal	Item ball	B3F
Ice Heal	Item ball	B3F
Ultra Ball	Item ball	B3F

Hidden items can be found with the Itemfinder from Ecruteak City.

Tips

Security cameras on B1F summon Rocket Grunts when you walk past, and some Poké Balls on the floor are Voltorb, Geodude and Koffing in disguise.
Two Grunts on B3F give up the passwords SLOWPOKETAIL and RATICATE TAIL, and a Murkrow there reveals HAIL GIOVANNI for the B2F door.
Three Lv23 Electrode power the generator on B2F; all three must be defeated or caught.
Lance gives you HM06 Whirlpool once the generator is down.
Items include TM46 Thief on B2F and a Protein, Ultra Ball and X Special on B3F.

Walkthrough: Part 9: Team Rocket Hideout and Pryce

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FAQ

What are the Team Rocket Hideout passwords in Pokémon Crystal?

HAIL GIOVANNI opens the B2F door (from the Murkrow), and SLOWPOKETAIL and RATICATE TAIL open the boss room on B3F.

Where do you get HM06 Whirlpool in Pokémon Crystal?

From Lance after you defeat the three Electrode powering the generator in the Team Rocket Hideout.

How do you get into the Team Rocket Hideout?

After seeing the red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage, meet Lance in Mahogany Town’s souvenir shop; he exposes the hidden staircase.

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.