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Quests

Every quest in the game, as the Quest Log shows it. The main story is handed out by Professor Oak, one after another; side quests appear in the Available tab once you reach their level. Quests give no experience: every level comes from battles.

The quest log
The quest log
58 quests

Main story

1A Journey BeginsLv. 16 objectivesPick 1

Your very own Pokemon adventure begins today. Get up, hear Mom out and get ready for the road.

Objectives

  1. Learn the basics
  2. Leave your bedroom
  3. Talk to Mom
  4. Open your bag
  5. Put on your new shades
  6. Talk to Mom

Rewards

    Pick one of the following:

    • 1xOrange Shades
    • 1xRed Shades
    • 1xPurple Shades
    • 1xBlue Shades
    • 1xGreen Shades
    • 1xYellow Shades
    • 1xBlack Shades
    2The ProfessorLv. 15 objectivesPick 1

    Professor Oak is waiting at his lab with your very first Pokemon. Choose your partner and take the gear every trainer carries.

    After A Journey Begins

    Objectives

    1. Leave the house
    2. Enter Professor Oak's laboratory
    3. Talk to Professor Oak
    4. Choose your first Pokemon
    5. Receive your starter kit
    3PartnersLv. 16 objectives5x3x2x

    A Pokemon is more than a ball in your bag. Professor Oak will show you how to carry your partner, send it out and see the world through its eyes.

    After The Professor

    Objectives

    1. Put your Pokemon in the Pokebar
    2. Send your Pokemon out
    3. Order your Pokemon to walk
    4. Look through your Pokemon's eyes
    5. Walk your Pokemon around in Pokeview
    6. Report to Professor Oak
    4Route 1Lv. 310 objectives10x3x2x2x

    Professor Oak wants to see how you and your new partner fare outside town. Route 1 runs north from Pallet Town to Viridian City through tall grass where wild Pidgey and Rattata wait for anyone who strays off the path. Win your first battles there and catch a Pokemon of your own, then carry on to the Pokemon Center in Viridian City: every great trainer started on this very road.

    After Partners

    Objectives

    1. Get Professor Oak's Pokedex Research
    2. Get Aide Felix's Field Records
    3. Go to Route 1
    4. Use a move
    5. Take the loot into your bag
    6. Throw a Poke Ball at a fainted Pokemon
    7. Catch a wild Pokemon
    8. Defeat 3 wild Pokemon (0/3)
    9. Heal your Pokemon with a Potion
    10. Revive a fainted Pokemon (optional)
    5Viridian CityLv. 54 objectives5x

    Viridian City is the first big town north of Pallet, and its Pokemon Center is where every young trainer stops first. Nurse Joy heals any team for free, the PC beside her keeps every Pokemon you catch beyond the six your Pokebar holds, and registering the city with her means a fainted team wakes up here.

    After Route 1

    Objectives

    1. Talk to Nurse Joy
    2. Register Viridian City with Nurse Joy
    3. Open the PC
    4. Buy or sell something at the Poke Mart

    Rewards

    6Route 22Lv. 86 objectives2x1x1x

    West of Viridian City, Route 22 runs toward the Pokemon League gate. Spearow, Mankey and Nidoran live in its grass, a step up from Route 1. Veteran Ernest says every trainer should toughen up there before Viridian Forest.

    After Viridian City

    Objectives

    1. Go to Route 22
    2. Defeat 5 Spearow (0/5)
    3. Defeat 5 Mankey (0/5)
    4. Defeat 5 Nidoran F (0/5)
    5. Defeat 5 Nidoran M (0/5)
    6. Catch a Spearow, Mankey, Nidoran F or Nidoran M (0/1)
    7Viridian ForestLv. 104 objectives5x3x1x

    North of Viridian City, Route 2 winds into Viridian Forest, a maze of old trees on the road to Pewter City. Bug Catchers roam its paths and battle anyone who talks to them, and the lucky ones swear a Pikachu lives deep in the woods.

    After Route 22

    Objectives

    1. Enter Viridian Forest
    2. Defeat Rick
    3. Reach Pewter City
    4. Cure your Pokemon with a Full Heal (optional)
    8The Boulder BadgeLv. 142 objectives5x3x

    Brock, the rock-solid Leader of the Pewter City Gym, is the first real test of every Kanto trainer. His Rock-type Pokemon shrug off weak hits, but Water and Grass moves break them. Ask the Gym Guide at the door to start a run, then hear Brock out on the gym floor.

    After Viridian Forest

    Objectives

    1. Challenge the Pewter City Gym
    2. Defeat Brock
    9Mt. MoonLv. 196 objectives2x

    Route 3 leads east from Pewter City to Mt. Moon, a pitch-black cave where Clefairy are said to dance around fallen moon stones. Team Rocket has been seen digging in its tunnels. Bring a Pokemon with Flash to light the way: Fire and Electric Pokemon know it.

    After The Boulder Badge

    Objectives

    1. Head east along Route 3
    2. Defeat Ben
    3. Enter Mt. Moon
    4. Light the cave with Flash
    5. Defeat the Rocket Grunt
    6. Reach Cerulean City

    Rewards

    10The Cascade BadgeLv. 192 objectives10x5x

    Cerulean City's Gym belongs to Misty, the tomboyish mermaid, and her Water-type Pokemon. Electric and Grass moves hit Water hard.

    After Mt. Moon

    Objectives

    1. Challenge the Cerulean City Gym
    2. Defeat Misty
    11The Thunder BadgeLv. 284 objectives5x5x

    South of Cerulean lies the port of Vermilion City, home of Lt. Surge, a war veteran who trusts nothing but Electric-type Pokemon. Ground moves hit Electric hard. His door is sealed by a puzzle hidden in the trash cans.

    After The Cascade Badge

    Objectives

    1. Head south along Route 5
    2. Reach Vermilion City
    3. Challenge the Vermilion City Gym
    4. Defeat Lt. Surge
    12The Rainbow BadgeLv. 385 objectives5x5x

    Rock Tunnel, as dark as Mt. Moon, leads to Lavender Town and its haunted Pokemon Tower, so bring a Pokemon with Flash. From Lavender the road runs west to Celadon City, where Erika, a princess who loves nature, tends her Grass-type Pokemon. Fire, Ice, Flying and Poison moves hit Grass hard, and only Cut clears the tree in front of her.

    After The Thunder Badge

    Objectives

    1. Cross Rock Tunnel
    2. Reach Lavender Town
    3. Reach Celadon City
    4. Challenge the Celadon City Gym
    5. Defeat Erika
    13The Soul BadgeLv. 464 objectives10x3x

    West of Celadon City the Cycling Road races south along the coast to Fuchsia City, home of the Safari Zone. Koga, a master ninja, leads its Gym with Poison-type Pokemon, and Ground and Psychic moves hit Poison hard. His Gym is a maze of walls you cannot see.

    After The Rainbow Badge

    Objectives

    1. Take Route 16 west of Celadon City
    2. Reach Fuchsia City
    3. Challenge the Fuchsia City Gym
    4. Defeat Koga
    14The Marsh BadgeLv. 503 objectives10x3x

    Saffron City sits in the heart of Kanto, home of Silph Co., the makers of the Poke Ball. Sabrina, a Leader with real psychic powers, fields Psychic-type Pokemon, and Bug moves hit Psychic hard. Her Gym is a maze of teleport pads.

    After The Soul Badge

    Objectives

    1. Reach Saffron City
    2. Challenge the Saffron City Gym
    3. Defeat Sabrina
    15The Volcano BadgeLv. 574 objectives15x3x

    The S.S. Anne sails from Vermilion City's pier to Cinnabar Island, a volcanic isle of hot springs and old secrets. Blaine, a hotheaded quiz master, leads its Gym with Fire-type Pokemon; Water, Ground and Rock moves hit Fire hard. Answer his quiz machines right and you skip his trainers.

    After The Marsh Badge

    Objectives

    1. Board the S.S. Anne in Vermilion City
    2. Reach Cinnabar Island
    3. Challenge the Cinnabar Island Gym
    4. Defeat Blaine
    16The Earth BadgeLv. 613 objectives20x5x

    The Viridian City Gym has stood locked since the day you left Pallet, and its Leader is the last person anyone would expect. It opens only to a trainer holding the other seven badges. Giovanni fields Ground-type Pokemon, and Water, Grass and Ice moves hit Ground hard. This is the last badge in Kanto.

    After The Volcano Badge

    Objectives

    1. Return to Viridian City
    2. Challenge the Viridian City Gym
    3. Defeat Giovanni
    17The Pokemon LeagueLv. 784 objectives25x5x

    With all eight badges, the road climbs Victory Road to the Indigo Plateau, where every trainer's journey is measured. The Elite Four and the Champion wait inside the Pokemon League, back to back: beat them all in one sitting and your name goes into the Hall of Fame.

    After The Earth Badge

    Objectives

    1. Reach the Indigo Plateau
    2. Challenge the Elite Four
    3. Defeat the Elite Four
    4. Defeat Champion Blue

    Side quests

    Lv. 1Pokedex Research IPallet TownProfessor Oak10x6x

    Professor Oak is completing the Kanto Pokedex with your help. Register more Kanto Pokemon by pointing your Pokedex at them or catching them, then come back to him.

    After Partners

    Objectives

    1. Register Kanto Pokemon in the Pokedex (0/10)
    Lv. 1Pokedex Research IIPallet TownProfessor Oak10x5x3x7x5xPick 1

    Professor Oak is completing the Kanto Pokedex with your help. Register more Kanto Pokemon by pointing your Pokedex at them or catching them, then come back to him.

    After Pokedex Research I

    Objectives

    1. Register Kanto Pokemon in the Pokedex (0/25)
    Lv. 1Pokedex Research IIIPallet TownProfessor Oak15x5x5x10x

    Professor Oak is completing the Kanto Pokedex with your help. Register more Kanto Pokemon by pointing your Pokedex at them or catching them, then come back to him.

    After Pokedex Research II

    Objectives

    1. Register Kanto Pokemon in the Pokedex (0/50)
    Lv. 1Pokedex Research IVPallet TownProfessor Oak20x5x10x

    Professor Oak is completing the Kanto Pokedex with your help. Register more Kanto Pokemon by pointing your Pokedex at them or catching them, then come back to him.

    After Pokedex Research III

    Objectives

    1. Register Kanto Pokemon in the Pokedex (0/75)
    Lv. 1Pokedex Research VPallet TownProfessor Oak30x10x5x5x

    Professor Oak is completing the Kanto Pokedex with your help. Register more Kanto Pokemon by pointing your Pokedex at them or catching them, then come back to him.

    After Pokedex Research IV

    Objectives

    1. Register Kanto Pokemon in the Pokedex (0/100)
    Lv. 1Pokedex Research VIPallet TownProfessor Oak45x3x8x

    Professor Oak is completing the Kanto Pokedex with your help. Register more Kanto Pokemon by pointing your Pokedex at them or catching them, then come back to him.

    After Pokedex Research V

    Objectives

    1. Register Kanto Pokemon in the Pokedex (0/130)
    Lv. 1Pokedex Research VIIPallet TownProfessor Oak1x3x

    Professor Oak is completing the Kanto Pokedex with your help. Register more Kanto Pokemon by pointing your Pokedex at them or catching them, then come back to him.

    After Pokedex Research VI

    Objectives

    1. Register Kanto Pokemon in the Pokedex (0/146)
    Lv. 1Pokedex Research VIIIPallet TownProfessor Oak1x5x

    Professor Oak is completing the Kanto Pokedex with your help. Register more Kanto Pokemon by pointing your Pokedex at them or catching them, then come back to him.

    After Pokedex Research VII

    Objectives

    1. Register Kanto Pokemon in the Pokedex (0/151)
    Lv. 1Field Records IPallet TownAide Felix10x5x

    Aide Felix keeps the lab's field records of every Pokemon species caught in Kanto. Catch more kinds of Pokemon, then come back to him.

    After Partners

    Objectives

    1. Catch different Kanto Pokemon species (0/10)
    Lv. 1Field Records IIPallet TownAide Felix10x6x

    Aide Felix keeps the lab's field records of every Pokemon species caught in Kanto. Catch more kinds of Pokemon, then come back to him.

    After Field Records I

    Objectives

    1. Catch different Kanto Pokemon species (0/25)
    Lv. 1Field Records IIIPallet TownAide Felix2x14x

    Aide Felix keeps the lab's field records of every Pokemon species caught in Kanto. Catch more kinds of Pokemon, then come back to him.

    After Field Records II

    Objectives

    1. Catch different Kanto Pokemon species (0/50)
    Lv. 1Field Records IVPallet TownAide Felix2x20x

    Aide Felix keeps the lab's field records of every Pokemon species caught in Kanto. Catch more kinds of Pokemon, then come back to him.

    After Field Records III

    Objectives

    1. Catch different Kanto Pokemon species (0/75)
    Lv. 1Field Records VPallet TownAide Felix3x25x

    Aide Felix keeps the lab's field records of every Pokemon species caught in Kanto. Catch more kinds of Pokemon, then come back to him.

    After Field Records IV

    Objectives

    1. Catch different Kanto Pokemon species (0/100)
    Lv. 1Field Records VIPallet TownAide Felix5x45x

    Aide Felix keeps the lab's field records of every Pokemon species caught in Kanto. Catch more kinds of Pokemon, then come back to him.

    After Field Records V

    Objectives

    1. Catch different Kanto Pokemon species (0/130)
    Lv. 1Field Records VIIPallet TownAide Felix3x25x

    Aide Felix keeps the lab's field records of every Pokemon species caught in Kanto. Catch more kinds of Pokemon, then come back to him.

    After Field Records VI

    Objectives

    1. Catch different Kanto Pokemon species (0/146)
    Lv. 1Field Records VIIIPallet TownAide Felix3x25x

    Aide Felix keeps the lab's field records of every Pokemon species caught in Kanto. Catch more kinds of Pokemon, then come back to him.

    After Field Records VII

    Objectives

    1. Catch different Kanto Pokemon species (0/151)
    Lv. 1Field WorkViridian CityRowan Guard1x

    Pokemon are more than battle partners: all over Kanto they carry trainers across water, through the sky and past fallen trees and boulders. Search the Pokedex for Surf, Ride, Fly, Cut, Rock Smash or Dig to find one, then put it to work.

    After The Boulder Badge

    Objectives

    1. Use a field ability
    Lv. 1After the StormRoute 1Mika5x3x

    Ever since a stormy day when a boy and his Pikachu took on a whole flock of Spearow, the Pidgey and Rattata of Route 1 will not stop squabbling. Mika the birdwatcher needs ten of each calmed down.

    After The Professor

    Objectives

    1. Defeat 10 Pidgey (0/10)
    2. Defeat 10 Rattata (0/10)
    3. Report to Mika
    Lv. 1Lesson: Type MatchupsPallet TownTeacher Clara3x

    Teacher Clara wants to know you understand how types beat one another. Hear her lesson in the Trainer School, then pass her quiz.

    Objectives

    1. Pass the type matchups quiz

    Rewards

    Lv. 1Lesson: Catching PokemonPallet TownTeacher Clara5x

    Teacher Clara teaches how a wild Pokemon is caught. Hear her lesson in the Trainer School, then pass her quiz.

    Objectives

    1. Pass the catching quiz

    Rewards

    Lv. 1Lesson: Caring for Your TeamPallet TownTeacher Clara2x

    Teacher Clara teaches how to keep a team on its feet: Potions, Revives and Nurse Joy. Hear her lesson in the Trainer School, then pass her quiz.

    Objectives

    1. Pass the team care quiz

    Rewards

    Lv. 1GraduationPallet TownTeacher ClaraPick 1

    You passed every one of Teacher Clara's quizzes. She has something for her newest graduate: go and see her at the Pallet Trainer School.

    After Lesson: Type Matchups, Lesson: Catching Pokemon, Lesson: Caring for Your Team

    Objectives

    1. Collect your graduation gift from Teacher Clara

    Rewards

      Pick one of the following:

      • 1xBlack Goggle Cap
      • 1xBlue Goggle Cap
      • 1xBrown Goggle Cap
      • 1xGreen Goggle Cap
      • 1xMaroon Goggle Cap
      Lv. 5Route 1 ChestRoute 1—5x1x1x

      An old chest lies hidden here, watched over by wild Pokemon. Find it and open it.

      Completed the moment the chest is opened.

      Objectives

      1. Find the chest in Route 1
      Lv. 7Training for BrockViridian ForestGus5x5x2x

      Hiker Gus has watched trainer after trainer walk into the Pewter Gym too early and walk out with a fainted team. Train in the last stretch of Viridian Forest, where the strongest Metapod and Kakuna live, raise one of your Pokemon to level 12, and he will help you with the last stretch before Brock.

      After Viridian Forest

      Objectives

      1. Defeat 25 wild Pokemon in the last stretch of Viridian Forest (0/25)
      2. Raise a Pokemon in your Pokebar to level 12 (0/12)
      Lv. 8Challenge of the SamuraiViridian ForestSamurai5x3x1x

      A young Samurai waits in Viridian Forest for trainers from Pallet Town. He wants a duel of Metapod against Metapod, but the Beedrill nest in the trees does not like the noise.

      After Viridian City

      Objectives

      1. Catch a Metapod (0/1)
      2. Defeat Samurai with one Metapod
      3. Defeat 10 Kakuna (0/10)
      4. Report to Samurai
      Lv. 14Five Ways to FightPewter CityVera3x3x

      Vera is building an exhibit at the Pewter Museum on the five battle roles: Defender, All-rounder, Attacker, Speedster and Supporter. Hear her explain them, defeat one Pokemon of four of those roles on Route 3, then come back and pass her quiz. Your Pokedex shows each species' role beside its rarity.

      After The Boulder Badge

      Objectives

      1. Defeat a Jigglypuff, a Supporter
      2. Defeat a Nidorina, a Defender
      3. Defeat a Nidorino, an All-rounder
      4. Defeat a Pidgeotto, an Attacker
      5. Pass Vera's quiz on the battle roles
      Lv. 15A Letter for the MuseumUnion RoomFlint2x

      Flint, Brock's father, waits in the Miner Tunnel of the Union Room. He swung a pickaxe in Kanto's rock for years. Pass his quiz on mining and he will write you a letter for Hale, the curator of the Pewter Museum, who teaches new Miners. Take the letter to Hale in the museum's fossil hall.

      After Viridian City

      Objectives

      1. Pass Flint's mining quiz
      2. Give Flint's Letter to Hale in the Pewter Museum

      Rewards

      Lv. 15A Trade of Your OwnUnion RoomRosa3x3x

      Artisan Rosa has your first commission: Wren, the ranger in the Ranger Camp below the Games Room, needs a Worn Kit. Craft it at the Atelier in the Union Room from the materials Rosa gave you, take it to Wren, then come back to Rosa. Take the stairs in any Pokemon Center to reach the Union Room.

      After The Boulder Badge

      Objectives

      1. Craft a Worn Kit at the Atelier
      2. Give the Worn Kit to Wren in the Ranger Camp
      Lv. 15A Line in the WaterUnion RoomOtto1x3x

      Fisherman Otto, in the Fisher Lodge of the Union Room, says fishing is a trade of its own: any water brings up Water Pokemon, and some species only bite on a line. Wear the Old Rod he gave you in your tool slot, hook three Pokemon and defeat them, then land the Magikarp everyone laughs at. A fished Pokemon gives 20% of the experience of a wild one, because the water keeps sending them: you fish for Fisher XP, pearls and the species you cannot find anywhere else.

      After The Boulder Badge

      Objectives

      1. Defeat 3 Pokemon you fished (0/3)
      2. Catch a Magikarp
      Lv. 15Digging Up the PastPewter CityHale1x3x

      Curator Hale says every fossil in the Pewter Museum came out of Kanto's rock on the end of a pickaxe. Wear the Rusty Pickaxe he gave you in your tool slot and mine three ore veins: veins stand near the places wild Pokemon live, each one gives its ore once, and every swing spends Labor, which refills over time. Helix Fossils turn up from Miner level 30, Dome Fossils from level 33 and Old Amber from level 46.

      After A Letter for the Museum

      Objectives

      1. Mine 3 ore veins (0/3)
      Lv. 15Field NotesUnion RoomWren3x3x

      Wren, a ranger in the Ranger Camp of the Union Room, is surveying the feathers and scales the wild Pokemon on the road to Cerulean shed. Wear the Worn Kit she gave you, defeat wild Pokemon and use the kit on them while they lie fainted: harvest three Pidgeotto (Routes 3, 24 and 25) and three Ekans (Route 4), then report to Wren.

      After Viridian City

      Objectives

      1. Harvest 3 fainted Pidgeotto (0/3)
      2. Harvest 3 fainted Ekans (0/3)
      Lv. 15Berry PickingUnion RoomTessa3x3x

      Tessa keeps her planters in the Botanist Greenhouse of the Union Room. Wear the Dull Sickle she gave you and cut three berry bushes: they grow beside the places wild Pokemon live, outdoors, and each one gives its harvest once. Then bring her an Oran Berry.

      After The Boulder Badge

      Objectives

      1. Cut 3 berry bushes (0/3)
      2. Give Tessa an Oran Berry
      Lv. 15Capsule ScienceUnion RoomHeath3x1x

      Heath, in the Researcher Lab of the Union Room, studies the Pokemon around Mt. Moon, where trainers need Ability Capsules for the dark. Craft an Ability Capsule at the Research Center beside him from the materials he gave you, then register three Pokemon in your Pokedex and report to Heath.

      After The Boulder Badge

      Objectives

      1. Craft an Ability Capsule at the Research Center
      2. Register 3 Pokemon in your Pokedex (0/3)
      Lv. 15First BrewUnion RoomSora3x3x

      Sora brews at the Laboratory in the Union Room. Brew Berry Juice there from the materials she gave you, drink one, then tell Sora how it tasted. A food works for 15 minutes and only one works at a time.

      After Viridian City

      Objectives

      1. Brew Berry Juice at the Laboratory
      2. Drink a food
      Lv. 18Viridian Forest ChestViridian Forest—10x5x5x2x

      An old chest lies hidden here, watched over by wild Pokemon. Find it and open it.

      Completed the moment the chest is opened.

      Objectives

      1. Find the chest in Viridian Forest
      Lv. 20Bill's AccidentBill's Sea CottageBill—

      Bill's Cell Separator merged him with his Clefairy. He got them apart, but the Clefairy ran off and the machine lost its calibration. A healthy Clefairy would set it right.

      Objectives

      1. Catch a Clefairy (0/1)
      2. Bring the Clefairy to Bill

      Rewards

      None

      Lv. 22Mt. Moon ChestMt. Moon—10x5x5x1x1x1x

      An old chest lies hidden here, watched over by wild Pokemon. Find it and open it.

      Completed the moment the chest is opened.

      Objectives

      1. Find the chest in Mt. Moon
      Lv. 26Through the TunnelRoute 2 (Viridian Forest)Dale5x5x1x

      The Diglett have dug a tunnel all the way from Route 2 to Route 11, beside Vermilion. Dale has not heard from his sister Ruth, who keeps watch at the other end. Walk the whole tunnel, through its deep middle where the strongest Pokemon live, and tell Ruth the way is open.

      Objectives

      1. Reach the deep tunnel of Diglett's Cave
      Lv. 26Lost in the DarkRoute 11Ruth3x1x

      Ruth's son Toby chased a Diglett into the cave and never came back out. He must be somewhere in the deep tunnel, where it is darkest. Find him and tell him the way out, then let Ruth know he is safe.

      Objectives

      1. Find Toby in the deep tunnel of Diglett's Cave
      Lv. 30The Eevee of CeladonCeladon CityMira

      Mira looks after an Eevee someone left behind in Celadon. It wants to roam Routes 7 and 8, but the Growlithe and Vulpix there keep chasing it home. Show them who is in charge and the Eevee is yours.

      Objectives

      1. Defeat 8 Growlithe (0/8)
      2. Defeat 8 Vulpix (0/8)
      Lv. 35The Fighting DojoSaffron CityKoichiPick 1

      Koichi, master of the Fighting Dojo, will give one of his two prize Pokemon to a trainer with real fighting spirit. Prove it in Rock Tunnel against the Machop and Primeape that train there, then pick Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan.

      Objectives

      1. Defeat 10 Machop (0/10)
      2. Defeat 10 Primeape (0/10)

      Rewards

        Pick one of the following: