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Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG)

6th Badge Walkthrough Guide

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This is a walkthrough guide for getting the 6th Gym Badge in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG). See a step-by-step guide for how to beat the 6th Gym, as well as important items and Pokemon to get here.

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List of Contents

Sixth Badge Walkthrough

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Saffron City Silph Co.
Gym -

Saffron City

1 Head into Saffron City via Route 6 with the Tea Key Item from the woman in Celadon Mansion. The guard will take the Tea in exchange for letting you through.
2 When you enter, head West until you can go North, then continue North until you can turn East. Walk East until you reach the center of Saffron City to find the Silph Co. building, and head inside. Make your way to the elevator.

Silph Co.

1 There are a total of 11 Floors in the building. To progress, make your way to the 5th Floor.
2 From the elevator, head West, then South until you see a warp tile. Step on it to be sent to the 9th Floor, and then reuse the warp tile to be sent back to the 5th floor. Continue to head South and go East to find the Card Key item.
3 Use and reuse the warp tiile from earlier to end up back on the other side. Open the gate to your left and use the warp tile to end up on the 3rd Floor.
4 Go East, then North and unlock the gate to your left. Use the warp tile to end up on the 7th Floor.
5 Your Rival will be waiting for you in this room. Defeat him, then talk to the other person in this room to receive Lapras.
4 Use the other warp tile after defeating your Rival to reach the 11th Floor. Then, head South and East to find a room with Giovanni in it. Defeat him to clear the building and obtain the Master Ball.
Giovanni fights with mainly Ground types, with their levels at 35-41. Some of his Pokemon can inflict Poison, so keep some Antidotes ready.

Saffron City Gym

1 With Giovanni defeated, you can now challenge the Saffron City Gym. It is a Psychic type gym, but Ghost and Dark type Pokemon are either uncommon or outright unavailable at this moment.
We recommend using strong physical attackers to take advantage of the low Def stat of Sabrina's Pokemon.
2 The Gym uses warp tiles similar to those in the Silph Co. building. To get to the gym leader, take the following tiles:
East (Entrance) > Northeast > Northwest > Southwest > Southwest (Sabrina)
3 Take on the gym leader Sabrina to claim the Marsh Badge, as well as TM04: Calm Mind.
Her team consists of Level 37-38 Psychic-types, with her ace being a higher-level Alakazam. Be wary of her using stat-boosting moves like Calm Mind, as these can make her Pokemon forces to be reckoned with.

6th Gym Badge Trainers and Teams

Jump to a Trainer
Rival Giovanni
Psychic Cameron Channeler Tasha
Psychic Johan Psychic Tyron
Channeler Stacy Channeler Amanda
Psychic Preston Gym Leader Sabrina

Rival

Your Chosen Starter
Bulbasaur Charmander Squirtle

Rival's Team if You Chose Bulbasaur

Pokemon Type
Pidgeot Pidgeot (Lv. 37)
Pokemon FRLG - Flying Pokemon FRLG - Normal
Alakazam Alakazam (Lv. 35)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Exeggcute Exeggcute (Lv. 38)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Grass
Gyarados Gyarados (Lv. 35)
Pokemon FRLG - Water Pokemon FRLG - Flying
Charizard Charizard (Lv. 40)
Pokemon FRLG - Fire Pokemon FRLG - Flying

Rival's Team if You Chose Charmander

Pokemon Type
Pidgeot Pidgeot (Lv. 37)
Pokemon FRLG - Flying Pokemon FRLG - Normal
Alakazam Alakazam (Lv. 35)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Exeggcute Exeggcute (Lv. 38)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Grass
Growlithe Growlithe (Lv. 35)
Pokemon FRLG - Fire
Blastoise Blastoise (Lv. 40)
Pokemon FRLG - Water

Rival's Team if You Chose Squirtle

Pokemon Type
Pidgeot Pidgeot (Lv. 37)
Pokemon FRLG - Flying Pokemon FRLG - Normal
Alakazam Alakazam (Lv. 35)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Gyarados Gyarados (Lv. 38)
Pokemon FRLG - Water Pokemon FRLG - Flying
Growlithe Growlithe (Lv. 35)
Pokemon FRLG - Fire
Venusaur Venusaur (Lv. 40)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison Pokemon FRLG - Grass

Giovanni

Pokemon Type
Nidorino Nidorino (Lv. 37)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison
Kangaskhan Kangaskhan (Lv. 35)
Pokemon FRLG - Normal
Rhyhorn Rhyhorn (Lv. 37)
Pokemon FRLG - Rock Pokemon FRLG - Ground
Nidoqueen Nidoqueen (Lv. 41)
Pokemon FRLG - Ground Pokemon FRLG - Poison

Psychic Cameron

Pokemon Type
Slowpoke Slowpoke (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Water
Slowpoke Slowpoke (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Water
Slowbro Slowbro (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Water

Channeler Tasha

Pokemon Type
Gastly Gastly (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Ghost Pokemon FRLG - Poison
Gastly Gastly (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Ghost Pokemon FRLG - Poison
Haunter Haunter (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Ghost Pokemon FRLG - Poison

Psychic Johan

Pokemon Type
Kadabra Kadabra (Lv. 31)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Slowpoke Slowpoke (Lv. 31)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Water
Mr. Mime Mr. Mime (Lv. 31)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Kadabra Kadabra (Lv. 31)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic

Psychic Tyron

Pokemon Type
Mr. Mime Mr. Mime (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Kadabra Kadabra (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic

Channeler Stacy

Pokemon Type
Haunter Haunter (Lv. 38)
Pokemon FRLG - Ghost Pokemon FRLG - Poison

Channeler Amanda

Pokemon Type
Gastly Gastly (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Ghost Pokemon FRLG - Poison
Haunter Haunter (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Ghost Pokemon FRLG - Poison

Psychic Preston

Pokemon Type
Slowbro Slowbro (Lv. 38)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic Pokemon FRLG - Water

Gym Leader Sabrina

Pokemon Type
Kadabra Kadabra (Lv. 38)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Mr. Mime Mr. Mime (Lv. 37)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Venomoth Venomoth (Lv. 38)
Pokemon FRLG - Bug Pokemon FRLG - Poison
Alakazam Alakazam (Lv. 43)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic

Pokemon to Get Before the Sixth Badge

Notable Pokemon to Catch

Pokemon Explanation
Pokemon FRLG - Lapras Lapras ・Lapras is a bulky Water/Ice Pokemon that has a great movepool.
・Lapras is gifted to you after defeating your Rival at Silph Co.
Pokemon FRLG - Hitmonlee Hitmonlee ・Hitmonlee is a Fighting type Pokemon that has a high Atk stat and a decent movepool.
・One of Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan are gifted to you upon clearing the Fighting Dojo.
Pokemon FRLG - Hitmonchan Hitmonchan ・Hitmonchan is a Fighting type Pokemon that has a lower Atk than Hitmonlee but higher Spd.
・One of Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan are gifted to you upon clearing the Fighting Dojo.

Items to Get Before the Sixth Badge

Useful Items to Get

Item Location
Psychic
(TM29)		 Found at Mr. Psychic's house in the city.
Nugget Found beside the Mimic tutor's computer by using Itemfinder.
Card Key Found in the 5th Floor of Silph Co.
Focus Punch
(TM01)		 Found in the 5th Floor of Silph Co.
Bulk Up
(TM08)		 Found in the 7th Floor of Silph Co.
Rare Candy Found in the 10th Floor of Silph Co.
Master Ball Found in the 11th Floor of Silph Co. after defeating Giovanni.

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