A Specialized FAQ for Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue Itemfinder FAQ This is version A, created by Liquefy on March 6, 2016. If you have any questions, corrections, additions, suggestions, or comments, please contact me at jps5@hotmail.com. ****************************************************************************** CONTENTS: ****************************************************************************** 1) Introduction 2) Itemfinder 3) Getting the Itemfinder 4) Hidden Item Locations 5) Hidden Items ****************************************************************************** 1) INTRODUCTION ****************************************************************************** Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue were released by Nintendo for Game Boy in North America on September 30, 1998. This FAQ describes the Itemfinder, but is mostly a list of all the items available in Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue that can be found using the Itemfinder. The 51 items are listed by location, in the general order of a "typical" game walkthrough. ****************************************************************************** 2) ITEMFINDER ****************************************************************************** The Itemfinder is an in-game Key Item that can be used anywhere within the game. It allows the player to locate hidden items. These items can be almost anything, from types of Poke Balls, to health items like Potions, to other useful items like Moon Stones. The Itemfinder will locate only items that are "on-screen" (within the window of your game). If you are scouring a location to look for items, you will need to move your player around and use the Itemfinder often in order to check an area completely. You obtain the item by directly facing the hidden item and pressing the "A" button. You can't get the item if you are standing on the exact spot where the hidden item is located. If there are no items to find, you will get a verbal response saying, "Nope! ITEMFINDER isn't responding." If there is an item nearby, you will hear four pings and get a verbal response saying, "Yes! ITEMFINDER indicates there's an item nearby." Unfortunately, you don't get any hints about how close your player is to the hidden item, or in which direction your player must go to find the hidden item. Start pressing the "A" button as you wander the general area. ****************************************************************************** 3) GETTING THE ITEMFINDER ****************************************************************************** You get the Itemfinder from Professor Oak's Aide, located on the upper floor of the Gate at the eastern end of Route 11, where it connects with Route 12. In order to get the Itemfinder, you must have 30 different Pokemon in your Pokedex. By the time the typical player has reached the eastern end of Route 11, the following Pokemon could have been caught: 1) Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle as a starter 2) Pidgey in Route 1 (or 2, 3, 5, 6, 24, or 25) 3) Rattata in Route 1 (or 2, 4, or 22) 4) Spearow in Route 22 (or 3, 4 or 11) 5) Nidoran(F) in Route 22 (or Route 5 trade (trade a Nidoran(M))) 6) Nidoran(M) in Route 22 7) Caterpie in Viridian Forest (or Routes 2, 24, or 25) 8) Metapod in Viridian Forest (or Routes 24 or 25) 9) Wheedle in Viridian Forest (or Routes 2, 24, or 25) 10) Kakuna in Viridian Forest (or Routes 24 or 25) 11) Pikachu in Viridian Forest 12) Jigglypuff in Route 3 13) Clefairy in Mt. Moon 14) Zubat in Mt. Moon 15) Paras in Mt. Moon 16) Geodude in Mt. Moon 17) Ekans or Sandshrew in Route 4 (or 11) 18) Oddish or Bellsprout in Route 24 (or 5, 6, or 25) 19) Abra in Route 24 (or 25) 20) Mankey or Meowth in Route 5 (or 6) 21) Magikarp in Vermilion City (or Pallet Town, Veridian City, Routes 6, 22, 24, 25, or Route 3 purchase) 22) Farfetch'd in Vermilion City (trade a Spearow) 23) Diglett in Diglett's Cave 24) Dugtrio in Diglett's Cave 25) Mr. Mime in Route 2 (trade an Abra) 26) Drowzee in Route 11 27) Nidorina in Route 11 (trade a Nidorino) Any evolved forms of these Pokemon will "count" as well. You can get two Moon Stones in Mt. Moon to evolve Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Clefable, or Wigglytuff. Pokemon that evolve "quickly" are Butterfree (level 10), Beedrill (level 10), Nidorina (level 16), Nidorino (level 16), or Kadabra (level 16). Lastly, you can trade to evolve Alakazam or Golem. If you don't have 30 Pokemon in your Pokedex, you can always come back to the Gate later in the game. ****************************************************************************** 4) HIDDEN ITEM LOCATIONS ****************************************************************************** You don't have to use the Itemfinder to obtain the hidden items. As long as you know the exact location of an item, you can face the spot and press the "A" button to get the item. Here are the locations of hidden items: ************************* Pallet Town ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 1 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Viridian City ************************* Find Potion on the north side, in a tree that can be Cut. ************************* Route 2 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Viridian Forest ************************* Find Antidote in the tree directly in front of the entrance, on the left side. Find Potion near the northwest corner, immediately to the left of the final Bug Catcher. ************************* Pewter City ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 3 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Mt. Moon ************************* Find Ether on BF2 after going down the second ladder, at a lone rock, past the Rocket. Find Moon Stone on BF2 after going down the final ladder, just before the steps leading to the two fossils, at the end of a dead-end path, in the wall. ************************* Route 4 ************************* Find Great Ball near the northwest corner, in the middle of the raised rectangle of ground. ************************* Cerulean City ************************* Find Rare Candy near the northwest corner, on the ground, near the right end of a brick plaza. Walk through the Badge Master's house. ************************* Route 24 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 25 ************************* Find Elixer [sic] near the northwest corner, northeast of Hiker, at the end of a short dead-end path, in the north wall. Find Ether near the north side, west of the Sea Cottage, just east of Lass, in the fence. ************************* Route 5 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Underground Path (5-6) ************************* Find Full Restore directly west of the northern steps. Find X Special toward the south. ************************* Route 6 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Vermilion City ************************* Find Max Ether near the center, at the house northeast of the gym, in the west roof, accessible by Surf. ************************* S.S. Anne ************************* Find Great Ball in the kitchen, in the trash can to the south. ************************* Diglett's Cave ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 11 ************************* Find Escape Rope near the northeast corner, in the solitary tree. ************************* Route 9 ************************* Find Ether near the western end, northeast of Jr. Trainer(F), in a rock south of the grass patches. ************************* Route 10 ************************* Find Super Potion in the wall, next to the Pokemon Center, after cutting down the tree. Find Max Ether near the southeast corner, to the east of the Rock Tunnel exit, in the solitary tree. ************************* Rock Tunnel ************************* Nothing. ************************* Lavender Town ************************* Nothing. ************************* Pokemon Tower ************************* Find Elixer [sic] on the fifth floor (with the purification zone), just southeast of the entrance stairs, in the wall. ************************* Route 8 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Underground Path (7-8) ************************* Find Elixer [sic] near the center, next to the lower wall. Find Nugget toward the west, one space away from the upper wall. ************************* Route 7 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Celadon City ************************* Find PP Up on the eastern side, at the end of a dead-end path, in the north tree. ************************* Rocket Hideout ************************* Find PP Up on B1F, south of the entrance, in a plant in the southeast corner. Find Nugget on B3F, near the southeast corner, immediately to the right of TM10 Double Edge. Find Super Potion on B4F, in the "cabinet" immediately behind Giovanni. ************************* Route 16 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 17 ************************* Find Rare Candy near the northeast corner, northeast of Cue Ball, in the middle of the grass patches. Find Full Restore near the center, on the middle bike path, about a half dozen steps north of the northernmost sign ("discarded items"), next to the water on the left. Find PP Up near the center, to the right of the right bike path, several steps directly south of Cue Ball. Find Max Revive south of where the middle bike path ends, north of Biker, just east of the left bike path. Find Max Elixer [sic] near the southern end, southwest of Biker, a couple steps north of the west end of the middle fence. ************************* Route 18 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Fuchsia City ************************* Nothing. ************************* Safari Zone ************************* Find Revive in Area 3, in the statue southeast of the Secret House. ************************* Route 12 ************************* Find Hyper Potion near the center, between the Route 11 gate and the place where Snorlax sleeps, in a tree that "sticks out" into the path from the south. ************************* Route 13 ************************* Find Calcium on the south side, near the center, in the fence immediately to the right of the Trainer Tips sign. Find PP Up on the south side, toward the west, at the end of a dead-end path, in the tree. ************************* Route 14 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 15 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Saffron City ************************* Find Nugget near the northwest corner, in Copycat's room, immediately next to her computer. ************************* Silph Co. ************************* Find Elixer [sic] on the fifth floor, near the north side, in the plant on the right. Find Max Potion on the ninth floor, near the southwest corner, in the foot of the west bed. ************************* Power Plant ************************* Find Max Elixer [sic] near the center, in a room with visible wild Voltorb and Electrode, at the end of a dead-end path, in the rock. Find PP Up near the northwest corner, in the very small room, at the end of a short dead-end path, in the north rock. ************************* Route 19 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 20 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Seafoam Islands ************************* Find Nugget on the second floor down, on the south side, in a rock. Find Max Elixer [sic] on the third floor down (with the boulder puzzle), near the southwest corner, in a rock south of two boulders. Find Ultra Ball on the fourth floor down (bottom floor with Articuno), in the southeast corner, in a rock. ************************* Cinnabar Island ************************* Nothing. ************************* Pokemon Mansion ************************* Find Moon Stone in the entrance hallway, in the fifth "pillar" on the right. Find Max Revive on the third floor, on the west side, at the end of a dead-end path, in the north rubble. Find Rare Candy in the basement, on the west side, in the room with the Secret Key, in the northwest corner, on the floor. ************************* Route 21 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 22 ************************* Nothing. ************************* Route 23 ************************* Find Max Ether after the Soulbadge Gate, on the square island, in the northwest corner. Find Ultra Ball after the Marshbadge Gate, on the right side, in the tree to the south. Find Full Restore after the Volcanobadge Gate, in the northwest corner of the grass patches, in the rock. ************************* Victory Road ************************* Find Ultra Ball on the second floor (with Moltres), near the northwest corner, immediately to the right of PokeManiac, in a rock. Find Full Restore just before the exit, immediately to the right of the final ladder, in a rock. ************************* Indigo Plateau ************************* Nothing. ************************* Unknown Cave ************************* Find Rare Candy on the entrance floor, near the center, in a square of four "rocks," in the southwestern, cracked "rock." Find Ultra Ball on the lower floor, near the northeast corner, in a square of four "rocks," in the southeastern, cracked "rock." ****************************************************************************** 5) HIDDEN ITEMS ****************************************************************************** Here is a list of the hidden items with their locations: ************************* Health Items ************************* Antidote - Viridian Forest Elixer [sic] - Route 25, Pokemon Tower, Underground Path (7-8), Silph Co. Ether - Mt. Moon, Route 25, Route 9 Full Restore - Underground Path (5-6), Route 17, Route 23, Victory Road Hyper Potion - Route 12 Max Elixer [sic] - Route 17, Power Plant, Seafoam Islands Max Ether - Vermilion City, Route 10, Route 23 Max Potion - Silph Co. Max Revive - Route 17, Pokemon Mansion Potion - Viridian City, Viridian Forest Revive - Safari Zone Super Potion - Route 10, Rocket Hideout ************************* Balls ************************* Great Ball - Route 4, S.S. Anne Ultra Ball - Seafoam Islands, Route 23, Victory Road, Unknown Cave ************************* Helpful Items ************************* Escape Rope - Route 11 ************************* Skill Items ************************* Calcium - Route 13 PP Up - Celadon City, Rocket Hideout, Route 17, Route 13, Power Plant Rare Candy - Cerulean City, Route 17, Pokemon Mansion, Unknown Cave X Special - Underground Path (5-6) ************************* Evolution Items ************************* Moon Stone - Mt. Moon, Pokemon Mansion ************************* Value Items ************************* Nugget - Underground Path (7-8), Rocket Hideout, Saffron City, Seafoam Islands