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Rocket Hideout FireRed & LeafGreen · Dungeon

Map of Rocket Hideout in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Rocket Hideout B1F (in-game map)

The Rocket Hideout is Team Rocket's four-floor base under the Celadon Game Corner, entered by pressing a switch behind a poster after beating the guard. You usually come here while working through Celadon City, and Giovanni waits on B4F. Beating him leaves you with the Silph Scope, which you need for Pokémon Tower.

Wild Pokémon
None
Items
18
Trainers
12
Needs
Lift Key (found on B4F, needed for the elevator and Giovanni's office)

Connects to: Celadon City

Where Rocket Hideout is on the Kanto mapRocket Hideout on the Kanto map

Wild Pokémon

No wild Pokémon here.

Trainers

Giovanni

Giovanni B4 F

OnixOnix 25RhyhornRhyhorn 24KangaskhanKangaskhan 29

Prize ₽2,900

TrainerPokémonPrizeWhere
Team Rocket GruntRaticateRaticate 21RaticateRaticate 21₽672B1 F
Team Rocket GruntDrowzeeDrowzee 21MachopMachop 21₽672B1 F
Team Rocket GruntRattataRattata 19RaticateRaticate 19RaticateRaticate 19RattataRattata 19₽608B1 F
Team Rocket GruntGrimerGrimer 20KoffingKoffing 20KoffingKoffing 20₽640B1 F
Team Rocket GruntGrimerGrimer 22KoffingKoffing 22₽704B1 F
Team Rocket GruntZubatZubat 17KoffingKoffing 17GrimerGrimer 17ZubatZubat 17RaticateRaticate 17₽544B2 F
Team Rocket GruntMachopMachop 21MachopMachop 21₽672B3 F
Team Rocket GruntRattataRattata 20RaticateRaticate 20DrowzeeDrowzee 20₽640B3 F
Team Rocket GruntKoffingKoffing 21ZubatZubat 21₽672B4 F
Team Rocket GruntEkansEkans 23SandshrewSandshrew 23ArbokArbok 23₽736B4 F
Team Rocket GruntSandshrewSandshrew 23EkansEkans 23SandslashSandslash 23₽736B4 F

Prize money is four times the level of the trainer’s last Pokémon times the trainer class’s base rate (doubled in double battles). Use the VS Seeker to rematch trainers.

Items

ItemHowWhere
Escape RopeItem ballB1 F
Hyper PotionItem ballB1 F
PP UpHiddenB1 F
X SpeedItem ballB2 F
Moon StoneItem ballB2 F
TM12 TauntItem ballB2 F
Super PotionItem ballB2 F
Rare CandyItem ballB3 F
TM21 FrustrationItem ballB3 F
BlackGlassesItem ballB3 F
NuggetHiddenB3 F
TM49 SnatchItem ballB4 F
Max EtherItem ballB4 F
CalciumItem ballB4 F
Nest BallHiddenB4 F
Net BallHiddenB4 F
Silph ScopeGiftB4 F
Lift KeyGiftB4 F

Hidden items sparkle with the Itemfinder.

Tips

  • The B2F and B3F floors use spinner tiles that carry you in a fixed direction until you hit a stop tile, so plan your path and expect to loop a few times to reach every item ball.
  • A Rocket Grunt on B4F drops the Lift Key; the elevator it unlocks is how you reach Giovanni's office, and that side of B4F (reached by the elevator) also holds the Calcium and the hidden Nest Ball and Net Ball near the office.
  • Giovanni uses Onix, Rhyhorn and Kangaskhan, so Water, Grass and Fighting moves do well. Winning gives you the Silph Scope.
  • Grab the TMs on the way: TM12 Taunt (B2F), TM21 Frustration (B3F) and TM49 Snatch (B4F), plus a Moon Stone on B2F and a Rare Candy on B3F.
  • There are no wild Pokémon, so the only fights are the eleven or so Grunts; keep a few healing items for the B4F pair near the office.

Walkthrough: Part 7: Rocket Hideout

More maps

Rocket Hideout: Rocket Hideout B4F
Rocket Hideout B4F
Rocket Hideout: Rocket Hideout B3F
Rocket Hideout B3F
Rocket Hideout: Rocket Hideout B2F
Rocket Hideout B2F

FAQ

How do I get into the Rocket Hideout?

Defeat the Grunt at the poster in the back of the Celadon Game Corner and press the switch behind the poster to reveal the stairs down.

Where do I find the Lift Key?

A Rocket Grunt on B4F carries it and drops it when you beat him.

How do I get the Silph Scope?

Defeat Giovanni in his office on B4F and the Silph Scope is dropped for you.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Bulbapedia and the game data. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances for both versions, items, trainers, gifts, trades and shops come from the pret/pokefirered decompilation (pret/pokefirered 037335f4c7). Maps and sprites © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, archived from the Bulbagarden Archives; the region maps are drawn from the game’s own map graphics (listed on the image gallery).