HYBRID FIRERED
CHARMANDER START

• Obtain: Starter — pick at Lv 5 in Pallet Town
• Lv 7 → learns Ember (first real attacking move)
• Lv 13 → learns Metal Claw (too late for Brock — do not plan around this)
• Lv 16 → evolves to Charmeleon. Evolve immediately.
• Lv 36 → evolves to Charizard. Learns Wing Attack at evolution — replace it immediately with Fly (HM02, Route 16 girl, S10).

• S07 SS Anne → TM31 Brick Break — teach to Charmeleon. This is the only copy in the game. Do NOT give to Nidoking.
• S10 Celadon Game Corner → TM35 Flamethrower — replaces Ember on Charmeleon
• S20 Victory Road → TM02 Dragon Claw — fills final slot on Charizard

• Obtain: Buy Magikarp for ₽500 from salesman inside the Route 4 Pokémon Center
• Lv 1–14: only knows Splash — useless in battle, just switch-train it
• Lv 15 → learns Tackle (first usable move)
• Lv 20 → evolves to Gyarados. Automatically learns Bite at evolution.
• Lv 25 → learns Dragon Rage (always deals exactly 40 damage — good filler for now)
• Lv 30 → learns Leer — useless. Do NOT let it overwrite Bite or Tackle.

• S14 Fuchsia → HM03 Surf — primary Water STAB, replaces Tackle
• S17 One Island (after Blaine) → TM27 Return — from a man on Kindle Road. Replaces Dragon Rage. Power scales with happiness (max 102 BP). Teach as soon as you land on One Island.

• Obtain: Route 3 (east of Pewter City, after Brock) — good encounter rate. Do NOT try Route 22 — Nidoran♂ is rare there. Box Mankey after Brock and catch Nidoran♂ here instead.
• Lv 12 → learns Double Kick (Fighting — useful for Normal types)
• Lv 16 → evolves to Nidorino. Evolve immediately — nothing worth waiting for.
• Nidorino Lv 22 → learns Thrash — WAIT for this before using the Moon Stone.
• After Thrash at Lv 22 → use Moon Stone → Nidoking. Nidoking learns no new moves by level-up.

• S08 Cerulean → TM28 Dig — strong Ground coverage, teach to Nidorino immediately
• S11 Rocket Hideout B2F → TM36 Sludge Bomb — Poison STAB, replaces Leer or weakest filler
• S18 Viridian Gym area → TM26 Earthquake — replaces Dig when obtained (stronger, no charge turn)

• Obtain: Celadon Mansion back entrance, top floor — free Eevee around Lv 25
• Eevee already knows Quick Attack by the time you collect it (learned at Lv 17)
• Use Thunder Stone immediately — no Eevee moves are worth waiting for.
• Jolteon Lv 33 → learns Thunder Wave (paralysis — strong utility in boss fights and catching)
• Jolteon Lv 41 → learns Pin Missile (Bug-type, multi-hit — coverage vs Psychic types)

• S10 Celadon Game Corner → TM24 Thunderbolt — teach immediately on evolving

• Obtain: Route 12 south of Lavender Town — Lv 30. Requires Poké Flute (from Lavender Tower) and Silph Scope (from Rocket Hideout). Use Ultra Balls.
• Check moveset on capture — it will have some combination of Normal-type attacks and Amnesia at Lv 30
• Lv 33 → learns Rest (heals all HP and cures status — core move, keep forever)
• Lv 35 → learns Amnesia (doubles Sp. Def — stall powerhouse with Rest)
• Body Slam Move Tutor — available on One Island after Blaine (S17). 85 BP Normal with 30% paralysis chance. Replaces whatever Normal filler Snorlax has.

• S15 Silph Co → TM30 Shadow Ball — Dark/Ghost coverage, teach immediately when obtained. Leave one slot open for this until S15.
• HM04 Strength — utility slot filler until Body Slam replaces it on One Island

• Obtain: Silph Co 7F (S15) — given for free after defeating Team Rocket boss. Around Lv 25.
• Lapras joins with Water Gun and some status/filler moves — replace these immediately.
• Lv 28 → learns Body Slam — keep, good Normal-type physical attack
• Lv 31 → learns Confuse Ray — keep, strong utility in tough fights
• Lv 37 → learns Perish Song — skip, do NOT let it overwrite Confuse Ray

• S10 Celadon Game Corner (buy & hold) → TM13 Ice Beam — teach immediately when Lapras joins in S15
• S15 Saffron City free → TM29 Psychic — from man in west house, fill 4th slot
• S14 Fuchsia → HM03 Surf — teach to both Lapras and Gyarados

Charmander to Lv 7 for Ember. Mankey to Lv 11 for Karate Chop + Low Kick.

• Route 22: Mankey — common spawn. Your Brock slave only — box it immediately after Brock.
• Optional: Route 1 Pidgey or junk mon for Cut HM slave

• Charmander: Ember at Lv 7
• Mankey: Low Kick (Lv 9) + Karate Chop (Lv 11) — both Fighting type, both super effective vs Rock. Lv 11 is the minimum before entering Pewter.

• Fight the 3 optional trainers for safe XP.
• If Mankey isn't Lv 11 yet, grind wild encounters here or on Route 22 before moving on — you want Karate Chop before Brock.
• No move changes needed here.

• REQ Box Mankey — its job is done. Head to Route 3 to catch Nidoran♂.

• REQ Nidoran♂ — Route 3 has good encounter rates. This is your permanent team member. Catch as early as possible here.
• Box Mankey in the PC once Nidoran is caught.

• Lv 12 → learns Double Kick (Fighting — useful vs Normal types)
• Lv 16 → evolves to Nidorino. Evolve immediately.
• Nidorino Lv 22 → learns Thrash — hold the Moon Stone until after this

• Nidoran to Lv 16 → evolve to Nidorino
• Charmeleon hits Lv 13 around here → learns Metal Claw. Keep it for now as a Steel-type coverage option until Brick Break arrives in S07.

• REQ Moon Stone — SAVE IT (use after Surge at Lv 22+)
• Escape Rope

• Rare Candy — 1F, near the southeast corner of the floor. Use Itemfinder.

• Magikarp — buy from Pokémon Center salesman
• Rare Candy — hidden behind the robbed house (SAVE)

• Rare Candy — Cerulean City, in the backyard behind the Gym Badge man's house (the house south of the Gym). One step south and three west of the northeast corner of the yard.

• Automatically learns Bite on evolution — your main attacking move for now
• Lv 25 → learns Dragon Rage (always 40 damage — keep until you get Return from One Island)
• Lv 30 → learns Leer — do NOT let this overwrite Bite

• Nidorino vs Normal types (Double Kick)
• Charmeleon vs Grass starter
• Gyarados Bite vs Kadabra-type threats

• REQ TM31 Brick Break → Charmeleon. This is the only copy of TM31 in the game — do NOT teach it to Nidorino/Nidoking. Charizard needs it to hit Rock types that resist Fire and Flying.
• HM Cut → temporary HM slave only, not your core team

• TM Dig from Cerulean (Rocket/robbed house questline) → teach to Nidorino

• Use Moon Stone → Nidoking

• Fight Hikers for good XP — skip filler trainers if rushing
• Route 9 Rare Candy — pick up, SAVE

• Rare Candy — Route 9, in the tall grass near the east end of the route. Use Itemfinder.
• Ether — also Route 9 in the grass. Not critical but free PP restoration.

• Celadon Mansion (back entrance, top floor) → pick up Eevee

• Use Thunder Stone immediately → Jolteon

• REQ Flamethrower → Charmeleon line
• REQ Thunderbolt → Jolteon
• REQ Ice Beam → buy and HOLD for Lapras

• Charmeleon: Flamethrower replaces Ember
• Jolteon: Thunderbolt main move, keep Quick Attack
• Jolteon Lv 33 → learns Thunder Wave automatically — keep it
• Jolteon Lv 41 → learns Pin Missile automatically — keep it (Bug coverage for Psychic types)

• PP Up — Celadon City, on the east side of the city overworld. Use Itemfinder near the back of the Game Corner building.

• Enter the Celadon Game Corner (the casino building)
• Interact with the poster on the back wall → reveals hidden staircase to B1F
• Fight your way down to B4F where Giovanni waits

• TM36 Sludge Bomb — lying on the floor on B2F. Pick this up now. It fills Nidoking's moveset at the end of the game, replacing Rock Slide which is post-game only in FireRed.

• Receive Silph Scope — now you can reveal and fight the ghost Marowak in Pokémon Tower
• Head to Lavender Town (Section 12)

• PP Up — B1F, in the bottom-right plant of the group of six pots on the first basement floor.
• Rare Candy — B3F, in the northwest corner of the spin tile maze.
• Nugget — B3F, also in the northwest area. Sell it for ₽5,000.

• Gyarados Bite → Kadabra
• Charizard Flamethrower → Grass starter

• Rare Candy — 6F, in the west area of the floor. Use Itemfinder. SAVE it.
• Soothe Bell — 7F, hidden item on the top floor after rescuing Mr Fuji. Boosts happiness gain — give to Gyarados immediately so Return builds power faster.

• REQ Wake with Poké Flute → Snorlax (permanent)
• Use your stocked Ultra Balls from Celadon. Inflict Sleep or Paralysis first to help.

• HM Strength → Snorlax (utility + filler until Body Slam)

• Lv 33 → learns Rest automatically — keep this forever
• Lv 35 → learns Amnesia automatically — keep this (pairs with Rest)
• One Island after Blaine (S17) → Body Slam Move Tutor — replaces Strength

• Leftovers — stand on the exact tile where Snorlax was sleeping, use Itemfinder. Restores a small amount of HP each turn — give to Snorlax immediately to enhance the Rest + Amnesia stall.
• Rare Candy — southwest corner of Route 12, in a rectangle of grass patches. Itemfinder helps.

• REQ HM Surf
• REQ Gold Teeth → trade to Warden for HM Strength

• Surf can go on Gyarados temporarily — final Surf user is Lapras (but Gyarados keeps its own copy — see Section 15)
• Strength → Snorlax (if not already taught)

• Max Revive — Fuchsia City, behind the Safari Zone Warden's house in the southeast corner. Walk through the Fishing Guru's brother's house to access. One of only a handful in the game.
• PP Up — Route 13, near the southern hedge in the fence opening southwest of Picnicker Gwen. Grab on the way to/from Fuchsia.

• Use Max Repel throughout
• 7F: receive Lapras from the employee (permanent)
• REQ Teach Surf → Lapras immediately (replace Water Gun)
• REQ Teach saved Ice Beam → Lapras immediately (replace filler)
• REQ Teach TM29 Psychic → Lapras (replace Sing or Mist)
• REQ 3F: pick up TM30 Shadow Ball → teach to Snorlax now

• Lv 28 → learns Body Slam — keep it
• Lv 31 → learns Confuse Ray — keep it (replaces Growl or status filler)
• Lv 37 → learns Perish Song — skip, do NOT let it overwrite Confuse Ray

• PP Up — Silph Co, found on one of the floors. Use Itemfinder throughout.
• Calcium, HP Up, Iron, Carbos, Protein — all hidden in Silph Co on various floors. Not essential but free stat boosts — use on Charizard or Jolteon.

Nidoking and Snorlax are already solid. These three are your late-game carries that need the most catching up.

• Rare Candy — middle of the right bike path, east of the third sign from the north.
• PP Up — middle of the left bike path, directly west of the second sign from the north.
• Full Restore — left of the northernmost sign, next to the water.
• Max Revive — south end of Route 17. One of only a few in the game.
• Max Elixir — also on Route 17. Save it for the Elite Four.

• Max Repel through the whole thing
• REQ Grab the Secret Key (needed for Blaine's gym door)
• Escape Rope out immediately after

• Rare Candy — 3F, just beyond the collapsing walls. Use Itemfinder.
• Elixir — 4F. Save for Elite Four PP management.
• Moon Stone — 1F hidden. Not useful to us but grab and sell.

• REQ TM27 Return — from a man on Kindle Road on One Island. Teach to Gyarados (replaces Dragon Rage). Power scales with happiness — keep Gyarados healthy and it will hit very hard.
• REQ Body Slam Move Tutor — also on One Island. Teach to Snorlax (replaces Headbutt or Strength). 85 BP with 30% paralysis chance.

• REQ TM26 Earthquake → Nidoking (replaces Dig — stronger and no charge turn)
• Sludge Bomb should already be taught (S11). If not, teach now from TM36.

• Pidgeot → Jolteon Thunderbolt
• Alakazam → Snorlax Shadow Ball
• Rhydon → Lapras Surf
• Gyarados → Jolteon Thunderbolt
• Grass starter → Charizard Flamethrower
• Arcanine → Lapras Surf

• Rare Candy — Victory Road 1F, in the northwest area. SAVE it.
• Full Restore ×2 — one in Victory Road 1F, one on Route 23 just before the entrance. Both are hidden.
• Ultra Ball ×2 — Victory Road 1F and Route 23. Free catch balls if you want them.
• Max Ether — Route 23. Good E4 PP reserve.
• Max Elixir — Route 23. SAVE for Elite Four — restores 10 PP to all moves.

• Dragon Claw → Charizard (replace filler)
• Confirm Ice Beam on Lapras
• Confirm Thunderbolt on Jolteon
• Confirm Shadow Ball on Snorlax
• Confirm Sludge Bomb on Nidoking

• REQ Full Restore ×10 — primary healing
• REQ Revive ×5 — emergency revival
• REQ Elixir ×4–6 — PP for Lapras + Jolteon after Bruno
• SAFETY Full Heal ×5 — status cure backup
• OPT Max Elixir — restores 10 PP to all moves, save for Champion