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Gold / Silver
Gen 2 · Johto & Kanto · Game Boy Color · 1999 · 16 badges
- Generation
- Gen 2
- Goal
- 16 badges
- Available dex
- 251 species
- Bosses
- 22 in order
What it does to a run
- Held items, breeding and the day/night cycle arrive — encounter tables change by time of day.
- Johto's level curve is famously low; Kanto's second half is a large jump.
- Special splits into Sp. Atk and Sp. Def.
Where runs die
- Whitney's Miltank
- Morty's Gengar
- Clair's Kingdra
- Red at Mt. Silver
Starters
The pick that decides your first gym.
The gauntlet
Open as splits →The ace is the highest-level Pokémon on that team, and the cap is its level in the standard release — the number a Hardcore run caps at for that segment.
| Stage | Trainer | Type | Ace | Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gym 1 | Falkner | flying | Pidgeotto | Lv9 |
| Gym 2 | Bugsy | bug | Scyther | Lv14 |
| Gym 3 | Whitney | normal | Miltank | Lv18 |
| Gym 4 | Morty | ghost | Gengar | Lv25 |
| Gym 5 | Chuck | fighting | Poliwrath | Lv30 |
| Gym 6 | Jasmine | steel | Steelix | Lv35 |
| Gym 7 | Pryce | ice | Piloswine | Lv31 |
| Gym 8 | Clair | dragon | Kingdra | Lv40 |
| Elite Four | Will | psychic | Xatu | Lv41 |
| Elite Four | Koga | poison | Crobat | Lv44 |
| Elite Four | Bruno | fighting | Machamp | Lv46 |
| Elite Four | Karen | dark | Houndoom | Lv47 |
| Champion | Lance | dragon | Dragonite | Lv50 |
| Kanto 1 | Brock | rock | Onix | — |
| Kanto 2 | Misty | water | Starmie | — |
| Kanto 3 | Lt. Surge | electric | Raichu | — |
| Kanto 4 | Erika | grass | Bellossom | — |
| Kanto 5 | Janine | poison | Venomoth | — |
| Kanto 6 | Sabrina | psychic | Alakazam | — |
| Kanto 7 | Blaine | fire | Magcargo | — |
| Kanto 8 | Blue | mixed | Arcanine | Lv58 |
| Postgame | Red | mixed | Pikachu | Lv81 |
On RunLocke
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