Pokemon Crystal Manipless Beginner Route
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Pokemon Crystal Manipless Beginner Route
Updated 4 years ago by Quelaagging

I take no credit for this guide, all of the strats were from wsopboy91 's guide that you can see here if you prefer pastebin https://pastebin.com/nTaMhcTN i just added a few things to help new runners navigate better and to make a guide for people who dont like pastebin.

Girl, 5:51PM, Toto(reset female), take 12 12 10 10 10 or better(reset if bad attack and bad special at lvl 6), take off berry when you get a runnable Toto. kill only hoppip and poliwags, get potion before mr pokemon(have this pastebin open to see what to do with your stats for mid game https://pastebin.com/MVXVses1 )

RIval 1 -Chikorita- leer, scratch Catch Sentret/poliwag if you see one Mikey- scratch(swap rage and use rage if lvl 7) -Catch Poliwag if you see one, consider yoloball Bellsprout -Get 3rd potion if you need to heal for spearow and/or have bad stats -Get bitter berry FALKNER GYM -if you had 11 defense at level 5 and didn’t get experience, heal to 32+ before Spearow -Spearow- swap rage and use rage -Trainer 2- rage -Falkner- rage -Center and get egg, then get przberry -Get the repel pokeball in the grass and take the left path to Union Cave -Menu equip bitter berry and use repel when you enter Union Cave UNION CAVE (if you hit Russel skip Bill) Bill- Rage -Consider saving for Anthony -Talk to kurt, mart sell mudslap, buy 1 potion, 5 super potion, 6 repel, 2 antidote and then pick up full heal SLOWPOKE WELL -Rocket shorts guy- rage -Trainer 2- water gun(rage zubat or scratch ekans depending on dv's) -Trainer 3- water gun rat, water gun or scratch zubat depending on dv's -Trainer 4- water gun AZALEA GYM -Fight the twin on the right and take the right path after the fight -Ledyba- scratch, Spinarak- water gun or scratch depending on dv's -Caterpie- water gun, weedle- water gun -Bugsy- rage -Menu tile before rival 2- equip przberry, super potion, repel, teach fury cutter in slot 2(skip repel if still need cut slave) -Ghastly- watergun, bayleef- fury cutter, zubat- water gun(rage) AZALEA FOREST -Follow the bird until the NPC gives you Cut -Menu- super potion, repel, teach cut -Consider getting full heal/super potion -Get headbutt,menu teach headbutt in slot 1, repel then go get bike GOLDENROD CITY -Register and use bike then get kenya and go through spinner hell -Talk to flower lady then go to Whitneys gym -Headbutt snubbull (water gun if charmed) -Whitney: fury cutter(bite over slot 2) -Get squirtbottle, if early underground bite slowpokes, water gun magnemites and headbutt voltorb -Goldenrod Mart 1, top floor sell attract then buy ice punch, 2 floors down buy 1 x speed, 1 x special(2 if 24 for rival 3), 1/2 x attack, 6 ropes, 2 full heals, 1 pokedoll -On way back through spinner hell, deposit croc and egg in the house before Sudowoodo then withdraw croc -Before sudowoodo, use bike, then menu swap croc to 1 then use repel ECRUTEAK CITY -Make your way to the kimono girl gym -Flareon- HB x2 -Espeon- HB x2 -Umbreon- HB x3 -Vaporeon- HBx2 -(Heal if below 45 hp)- HB + scratch -Exit house and menu, super potion, repel, ice punch in slot 3, surf in slot 4 then bike to burnt tower -Rival 3- (x spec on Haunter if no spinners OR below 11 spec) Haunter- surf, magnemite- surf, bayleef- ice punch x2, zubat- ice punch -Activate Legendary doggo cutscene then rope out then bike to mortys gym ECKRUTEAK GYM -Ghastly x5- ice punch x5 -Haunter- Bite+ ice punch -Trainer 3- surf x3(Surf+bite haunter ONLY if level 27 otherwise do Bite+Ice Punch ) -Morty- x speed, x special, ice punch, bite, bite + surf, surf ( Surf Gastly and set up on Haunter if no przberry and you don’t want to risk getting paralyzed) OLIVINE CITY -Bike and repel then make way to Olivine city taking top path

  • fight First Lady by the ledges in Olivine and surf pikachu -Mart- 4 hyper potion, 14 super repel. Make your way to the lighthouse. -HB + surf noctowl -HB x2 Growlithes -HB + Bite Marill -Get candy if no spinner then do menu below -If spinner, heal, super repel, swap to top then rope then get strength and teach it on kaylee pause over slot 1 CIANWOOD GYM -Strength x2 hitmon's -Surf machop, surf x2 machoke -If healing before pushing boulders heal and use strength from the Pokémon menu Strength x4 mankey/primeape -Chuck- x attack (x attack), strength x3 -Get fly, get secret potion -Teach fly, fly 3 down, bike to mt mortar and use a repel, pokedoll on gyarados -Fly down 2 then go to hideout ROCKET HIDEOUT -Rocket 1- surf x2 -Rocket 2- strength x3 -Scientist- surf x3 -Lance heal -Rocket 1- strength x2 -Rocket 2- strength x2(get password) -Rocket 3- strength(get password) -Rocket exec- surf x3 -Rocket exec 2- surf, ice punch, surf -Surf all electrodes then rope out then save for douglas and soft reset if he hits you -Read this pastebin if you have to get a late Poliwag: https://pastebin.com/ywRLCDev -Pryce- strength + bite, strength x2, surf -Fly 4 down, get candy, rope out, bike to gym, surf x3 -Fly 4 up, center, then mart Get return, 5/6 special, 11 attack, 3 speed(2 if outspeed blue), 1 guard spec, 2 x acc -If below 12 spec delay mart until after the first part of radio tower and do the same Mart above while buying 3 calciums

Follow PP route pastebin, candy 38-39(or 37-38) -Get pink bow, do the quiz AABAB, then fly 2 down then go to ice path and repel 4 tiles in -When repel wears off use repel then use Strength from the pokemon menu -After repel wears off, menu super repel, equip pink bow, teach whirlpool and waterfall (if you did late Poliwag you dont need to do this menu) -After Claire make your way to Dragon's Den and answer the questions.11212, super repel, then rope, fly to new bark -Make your way to E4 (I recommend watching videos of movement here it’s hard to explain in a guide) -Get the free heal from the lady in the house before the Joyce spinner. -Rapidash- surf -Rival 5- x spec, return, surf, ice punch, surf, ice punch, strength -When entering Pokemon League buy 11 Full Restores and proceed to fight Will. -Will- x spec, surf, ice punch, return, return x3, surf -Koga- x spec, (x acc), surf, surf, surf, return x2(surf if acid armor), ice punch -Bruno- x attack x2, return, return, return, return, surf (ice punch if surfed muk) -Karen- x spec,(x acc/full heal), surf x2, ice punch, surf, return, surf -Lance- return x2, ice punch, ice punch, strength+ ice punch(can go for ice punch range), surf, surf -ONCE GAME HAS SAVED SOFT RESET -Talk to Elm to get S.S Ticket and fly down 5 to Olivine then make way onto the boat. -Sailor- return x3 -Make your way to the Power Plant -Camper dean- return x2 -On Heidi pass use repel -Talk to the fat man then exit out of power plant and fly up 1 -Enter gym to activate the Rocket dialogue then exit right to proceed to Nugget Bridge -Bridge 1- strength -Bridge 2- surf x2 -Bridge 3- return x2 -Bridge 4- strength x3 -Bridge 5- return -Bridge 6- strength x3 -Bridge 7- surf -Fly 1 down, bike to Erika CELADON GYM -Trainer 1- return x2 -Trainer 2- return(ice punch if bad attack) -Trainer 3- strength x3 -Erika- ice punch, return, x attack, return, return -Fly up 1, bike to misty gym -Misty- x attack, return, return, return, return -Get the machine part at the top left of the bottom left pool, then go to power plant once again using repel on the Heidi pass, talk to the fat man, then exit and fly 1 down and go to sabrina gym -Top right, Top Left, Bottom left 2x, -Sabrina- return, return, return -Bike right to go to Lavender tower and talk to the executive there and fly up 2 and go to Surge’s gym -Gentleman- ice punch x2 -Surge- strength, surf, return, strength, strength -Super repel and radio before Snorlax -Sandslash return(unless bad attack then use surf) -Brock- surf x5 -Get max ether, repel on 2nd green tree tile -Menu before water, super repel, max ether on return, surf from menu(slot 2) -Blaine- surf, return, surf -Janine- return x5 -Blue- x attack x2(3 if under 12 dv atk), return, (speed if under 13dv spd), return, return, return, return, surf -Fly up 1, talk to oak, menu super repel and fly up 2 -Make way to Mt. Silver -2nd menu, super repel, hyper potion -Red- Guard spec, x speed, x attack x2, return x10