Pokémon Gold and Silver/Mt. Silver

Pokémon found

Silver Cave (Outside) encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Tangela	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Ponyta	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	N/A	30%	N/A
Rapidash	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	N/A	10%	N/A
Ursaring	20%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Donphan	N/A	N/A	N/A	20%	20%	20%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arbok	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	20%	N/A
Doduo	N/A	5%	N/A	N/A	5%	N/A	N/A	5%	N/A
Dodrio	N/A	5%	N/A	N/A	5%	N/A	N/A	5%	N/A
Sneasel	N/A	N/A	10%	N/A	N/A	10%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Poliwhirl	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	40%
Golbat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30%

Items

• Full Restore (hidden in middle of plain, surf left on water)

Pokémon found

Silver Cave entrance encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Golbat	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	N/A	5%	45%
Graveler	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Onix	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%	20%
Ursaring	30%	30%	30%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30%	N/A
Donphan	N/A	N/A	N/A	30%	30%	30%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Larvitar	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	N/A	5%	N/A
Magmar	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	10%	N/A
Golduck	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5%

Trainers

Screenshot of Final Battle against Red.

Silver Cave is where you will battle the Legendary Trainer Red who became Pokémon League Champion of Kanto nearly three years ago (he was the protagonist controlled by the player in Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow and even Green JPN.). Don't expect it to be a breeze though, as he is the most powerful trainer in all of Kanto (until you defeat him, of course). His Pokémon are tough, but bring plenty of Revives and Hyper Potions. It may be a good idea to have all your Pokémon levels 70-80, but, with type advantages, it's possible with low level Pokémon too (levels 40-65). If you have a level disadvantage, it's a good idea to have moves which do a fixed amount of damage regardless of stats like Toxic, Sandstorm, Seismic Toss, etc.

His Pokémon:

• Pikachu:

Very easy if you have a Ground-type Pokémon. A single strong blow takes it out most of the time, specially if it's an Earthquake.

• Espeon:

Weak to Bug, Ghost and Dark. Reflect softens Bug or Ghost blows, so anything Dark-typed works wonderfully here. Just don't send in Poison or Fighting types or something with very low Special Defense.You should use gengar shadow ball which is super effective although watch out for espeons psychic, it could also knock out gengar in one move.

• Blastoise:

Screams for a Grass or Electric-type, but Blastoise has Blizzard in his move set so be careful when using a Grass type. A strong electric move backed up with a high Special Attack can down him in one hit.Use magneton with thunderbolt, its speciall attack is pretty good so it should knock out blastoise in one go

• Charizard:

Weak to Electric, Water and is specially weak against Rock. Although it can hit pretty hard, it takes a massive load of damage from Rock moves.

• Snorlax:

This one is VERY resistant. Not only can he take an incredible amount of hits, he can regain health with Rest, use Snore while still asleep, paralyze your team with Body Slam and become almost immune to Special Attacks with Amnesia. He can't do anything against a ghost-type, though. A couple of good moves for Snorlax are Dynamic Punch, Cross Chop, which are super-effective, or Rollout, which does increasing damage for successive hits.Just use gengar here again and use hypnosis and dream eater or disable on snorlax's amnesia

• Venusaur

This can be downed easily with a Psychic, Flying, Fire or Ice-type. Just be careful because it can land incredibly strong successive Solarbeams after using Sunny Day - interestingly, that makes it even more vulnerable to Fire attacks. Use this to your advantage. Use typhlosion,alakazam or gengar with psychic

Just figure out a good team that can take advantage of Red's Pokémon types, and be sure that your team is all Level 55-70 and you can defeat Red with barely a scratch. Some good suggestions are Rhydon (learns Earthquake at level 65 and is specially useful against Pikachu and Snorlax), Kadabra/Alakazam (lands hard hits on anything but Espeon and Snorlax, using Psychic or Ice/Thunder/Fire Punch), Ampharos (With Thunder/Thunderpunch, Fire Punch and a high level, it should be able to defeat Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur), Machoke/Machamp (doing huge damage on Snorlax), and Umbreon (walks on Espeon).

Mt. Silver is the last zone in the game, only accessible if you have all 16 badges. Unique Pokémon such as Donphan, Larvitar, and Magmar, inhabit this place. There are no trainers inside the cave at all, so it's all wild Pokémon. However, that changes when you reach the summit. When you talk to this person, he greets you with "..." and starts to battle. This trainer is Red from the first games (specifically Yellow).

• Pokémon Trainer Red:

  

  • Pikachu (lvl. 81)
  • Espeon (lvl. 73)
  • Blastoise (lvl. 77)
  • Snorlax (lvl. 75)
  • Charizard (lvl. 77)
  • Venusaur (lvl. 77)

Red, easily the strongest trainer in the history of Pokémon, isn't messing around. His Pikachu, with Charm, Quick Attack, Thunderbolt, and Thunder, held the title for highest leveled trainer's Pokémon until Gen 4, however regaining the title shortly after. Pikachu can decimate your team if your Ground type isn't on the field. Graveler is the best to take care of it, but Donphan and Sandslash make good replacements.

Venusaur, at level 77, has the moves Giga Drain, Synthesis, SolarBeam, and Sunny Day. This things can't hurt a Pokémon like Ho-oh, Charizard, or Victreebel. Venusaur likes to use the Sunny Day and Solarbeam combo. Depending if you send out a Victreebel or a Ho-oh, this could tip the battle to either teams favor, either powering-up Charizard, or powering-down Blastoise.

Blastoise, also at level 77, has Blizzard, Surf, Rain Dance, and Whirlpool. If Venusaur's Sunny Day is still up, or one of the Pokémon on your team changed it, he will change it to rain. After that, he'll use Whirlpool to rack some damage, and then Blizzard or Surf to do even more. Lanturn is recommended, however, Ampharados does somewhat well in this spot also. This thing doesn't stand long to a couple Thunders from them.

Charizard, his last starter, and at level 77, is similar to his Blastoise, with Flamethrower, Fire Spin, Wing Attack, and Slash. Instead of packing a weather move, he somewhat relies on Venusaur to bring in the sunlight and he takes off from there. Similarly to Blastoise, trapping to rack up damage and then using it's STAB moves to knock them out. Graveler and Onix, or any Rock or Rock/Ground type will do here. The STAB moves won't hurt them at all and they fight back with Charizard's x4 weakness to Rock.

Espeon, at level 73, doesn't have the most diverse, or well planned moveset. With Psychic, Swift, Mud-Slap, and Reflect, Murkrow is the best counter for it. The best it will do to you is lay down a Reflect and spam Swift. Other Dark types, like Houndoom, Tyranitar, and Espeon's cousin Umbreon take care of it. With a Faint Attack on Umbreon/Houndoom, this thing is a joke mostly to Umbreon. Houndoom has to be careful with the weakness to Ground.

His last Pokémon, Snorlax at level 75, is the bulkiest Pokémon on his team, with Rest, Amnesia, Snore and Body Slam, this thing can stall anything that's not named Gengar, Haunter, or Misdreavus. Using Amnesia to raise Special Defense, Rest/Snore to do damage to the Pokémon while asleep, and Body Slam while awake, Snorlax is a force to be reckoned with. However, a good Fighting type move will bring it down. If using a Ghost type, go for any move that can hit it, but beware if it Rest's again.

After taking out the last Pokémon on his team, Red ends the battle, giving 7700 dollars (14400 if Amulet Coin is held) as prize money, and vanishes. You are treated to another run through of the credits, and the game is finished. Hope you enjoyed your travels through Johto/Kanto!

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  Outside

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  First floor

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  Second floor

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  Max Revive/Expert Belt room

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  Full Restore/Moltres' room

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  Summit

You have to defeat the Elite Four again if you want to face Red another time (his Pokémon will not be any stronger than they previously were).

Items

• Ultra Ball: Inside Silver Cave, in the back left corner.