Pokémon Gold and Silver/Mahogany Town

'You will run into a number of oddities and road blocks when you first wander into Mahogany Town. You won't be able to enter the Gym or Route 44. The Pokémon Mart is selling really strange items, and there's a rumor that a red Gyrados has appeared at the Lake of Rage.'



What's going on here?
Something's wrong in Mahogany, and it shouldn't take three guesses to figure out who's to blame. Team Rocket has the Gym blocked, and the path to Route 44 shut down. The guy who blocks you way will offer to sell you a Ragecandybar for 300. Ragecandybars heal 20HP, just like a standard Potion, except that it may also improve your Pokémon's happiness as well.

No matter how many you buy, the guy won't let you pass. He won't leave until you defeat Mahogany Town's Gym Leader and solve the Goldenrod Radio Station dilemma. That leaves you no choice but to head north to and the.

A very unusual item shop
Instead of the usual staples, the item shop in town sells odd items like Tinymushrooms and Slowpoketails. Both of these items have no real use (they can be resold for the same price), and the shop will revert to a normal store when all of this Team Rocket madness has been cleared up.

Gym Battle 7: PRYCE


This gym is unavailable to you until you've run Team Rocket out of town. There are five trainers total, and the floor is slippery, since it's made of ice. In order to get to Pryce you will have to skate your way through a labyrinth. The key is to step on the slippery ice blocks facing the direction you want to go and there are two ways to stop. One way is to land on one of the metal tiles, and the other is to run into a wall.

Of course there is always a way to avoid fighting all trainers, but since ice is an element you haven't really had to come up against it's a good idea to fight them anyways. There's a lot of money and great experience points waiting for you. Just remember to save and save again.

Because Pryce uses Ice type Pokémon you should use Fire type. If you started off with, that's great! If not, hopefully you've picked up a on either Routes 36 or 37. Fighting, Rock and Steel all work equally as well against ice, but when frozen using a fire type move will unfreeze your Pokémon immediately. Also keep in mind and most of them are dual type Pokémon so if yo don't have a full fledged army or Fire type, a few good Grass do well against, , , and , while  is also weak against Ghost and Rock type.

After defeating Pryce he will give you Glacier Badge and TM 16 -. Icy Wind inflicts damage and then lowers the target's Speed stat by one stage. It will hit both opposing Pokémon in a double battle.