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5th Badge Walkthrough Guide

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This is a walkthrough guide for getting the 5th Gym Badge in Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen (FRLG). See a step-by-step guide for how to beat the 5th Gym, as well as important items and Pokemon to get here.

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5th Gym Badge Walkthrough

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Pokemon Tower Route 12
Route 13 Safari Zone
Route 17 Route 16
Fuchsia Gym -

Pokemon Tower

1 After the fight with Erika, backtrack via Route 8 into the Pokemon Tower at the northeastern end of Lavender Town. Make sure you collected the Silph Scope that Giovanni dropped in Team Rocket's Hideout before proceeding.
2 Continue exploring the upper floors of the Tower until you reach the 6th floor. The Silph Scope allows you to properly combat the Ghost-type Pokemon in the area as they won't force you to just Run anymore.
The Channelers in the area primarily use Gastly from Lv. 22-24, so you can use Dark-type moves to defeat them easily.
3 Once you reach the stairs leading to the 7th floor, your Silph Scope will reveal a Level 30 Ghost Marowak that was initially blocking the entrance. Defeat it to free the Marowak's soul and your way upstairs.
4 There will be 3 Team Rocket Grunts blocking the way to Mr. Fuji. Their Pokemon mainly consists of Poison and Psychic types from Lv. 23-26, so prepare accordingly.

Route 12

1 Speak to Mr. Fuji back at the Pokemon House in Lavender Town to get the Poké Flute, which will allow you to wake up the two Snorlax blocking the way to other routes.
2 Leave Mr. Fuji's house and head south of Lavender Town to reach Route 12. You can use the Poké Flute to wake up the Snorlax blocking the way forward, and you can also battle the trainers along the bridge to gain more EXP!

Route 13

1 Continue heading south along the bridge to arrive at Route 13. Make your way through the fence maze while defeating the many trainers along the way to reach the next area.
2 Keep walking south through Route 14 and head west through Route 15 to reach Fucshia City.

Safari Zone

1 Before moving to the next gym, explore the Safari Zone at the northern area of Fucshia City to catch more Pokemon and obtain valuable items.
2 After paying the entrance fee and entering the Safari Zone, head through the eastern path to reach Area 2. From there, follow the path north and west to get to Area 3, then continue west to take the left path leading south. Once you're in Area 4, immediately pick up the Gold Teeth south of the sign and enter the building to the west to get the HM for Surf after talking to the man.

Fuschia City Gym

1 Head back to Fuschia City. However, before going to the gym, hop of the ledge to the west and enter the first house so you can give the Gold Teeth to warden and get the HM for Strength as a reward!
2 Once you're ready, enter the Fucshia Gym at the southwest area of Fuchsia City. You'll need to go through the invisible maze inside to reach the Gym Leader.

You can follow the general direction of the other trainers in the gym to reach the middle. They'll mainly have Poison and Psychic Pokemon from Lv. 31-34.
3 Defeat Koga to obtain the Soul Badge and TM06: Toxic. You can then head to Saffron City afterwards for your next gym.

5th Gym Trainers and Teams

Jump to a Trainer
Juggler Nate Juggler Kayden
Juggler Kirk Tamer Edgar
Tamer Phil Juggler Shawn
Leader Koga -

Juggler Nate

Pokemon Type
Drowzee Drowzee (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Kadabra Kadabra (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic

Juggler Kayden

Pokemon Type
Hypno Hypno (Lv. 38)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic

Juggler Kirk

Pokemon Type
Drowzee Drowzee (Lv. 31)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Drowzee Drowzee (Lv. 31)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Kadabra Kadabra (Lv. 31)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Drowzee Drowzee (Lv. 31)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic

Tamer Edgar

Pokemon Type
Arbok Arbok (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison
Sandslash Sandslash (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Ground
Arbok Arbok (Lv. 33)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison

Tamer Phil

Pokemon Type
Sandslash Sandslash (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Ground
Arbok Arbok (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison

Juggler Shawn

Pokemon Type
Drowzee Drowzee (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic
Hypno Hypno (Lv. 34)
Pokemon FRLG - Psychic

Leader Koga

Pokemon Type
Koffing Koffing (Lv. 37)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison Pokemon FRLG - Grass
Muk Muk (Lv. 39)
Pokemon FRLG - Grass
Koffing Koffing (Lv. 37)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison Pokemon FRLG - Grass
Weezing Weezing (Lv. 43)
Pokemon FRLG - Poison Pokemon FRLG - Grass

Pokemon to Get Before the Fifth Badge

Notable Pokemon to Catch

Pokemon Explanation
Pokemon FRLG - Haunter Haunter ・Haunter being a Ghost-type allows you to deal against Psychic-type Pokemon more effectively in Generation III.
・Haunter and its younger evolution form, Gastly are easily found in Pokemon Tower Floors 3 and above.
Pokemon FRLG - Rhyhorn Rhyhorn ・Rhyhorn is a tanky Steel-type Pokemon, which has great advantage due to its' typing and the fact that it has less vulnerabilties in Generation III.
・Can be found in Fuchsia City's Safari Zone.

Items to Get Before the 5th Gym

Useful Items to Get

Item Location and Effect
Poke Flute
Found after talking to Mr. Fuji and Liberating Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town.
Steel Wing
(TM47)		 Found in Area 3 of the Safari Zone.
Gold Teeth Found south of the sign asking for the Gold Teeth in Area 4 of the Safari Zone.
Surf
(HM03)		 Obtained from the man in the building in Area 4 of the Safari Zone.
Strength
(HM04)		 Obtained from the Safari Zone Warden in Fuschia City after giving him the Gold Teeth.

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