Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Completing the Pokédex

To truly beat the game you will need to complete the Pokédex. The regional Pokédex is the same as the Pokédex from the Pokémon Red and Blue games. Once you have 60 unique Pokémon registered in your regional Pokédex and beaten the Elite Four, Professor Oak will upgrade your regional Pokédex to the National Pokédex, which includes all the Pokémon from Pokémon Gold and Silver and Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, making it a total of 386 Pokémon.

Pokédex Certificates

To obtain the regional Pokédex Certificate you need to catch 150 Kanto Pokémon, excluding Mew.

To obtain the regional National Pokédex Certificate you need to catch 380 of the 386 Pokémon, excluding Mew, Ho-Oh, Lugia, Jirachi, Deoxys, and Celebi. Any Johto and Hoenn Pokémon not listed below will need to be traded from another player to obtain them.

Catching Pokémon

Most Pokémon from the Kanto region are accessible in the wild as you progress through the game. However, there are specific Pokémon exclusive to each version of the game and you will need to trade Pokémon from the complementary version to complete the regional Pokédex.

Kanto exclusives

These Pokémon originally from the Kanto region can only be caught in one of the two games.

Pokémon FireRed exclusives

Pokémon	Location
Ekans	Route 4, Route 8, Route 9, Route 10, Route 11, Route 23
Oddish	Route 5, Route 6, Route 7, Route 12, Route 13, Route 14, Route 15, Route 24, Route 25, Berry Forest, Bond Bridge, Cape Brink, Water Path
Psyduck	Celadon City, Route 4, Route 10, Route 11, Route 12, Route 13, Route 19, Route 20, Route 21, Route 24, Water Labyrinth, Resort Gorgeous, Memorial Pillar, Green Path, Outcast Island, Tanoby Ruins, Pallet Town, Cerulean City, Vermilion City, Cinnabar Island, One Island, Five Island, Trainer Tower, Route 6, Route 22, Route 23, Viridian City, Fuchsia City, Four Island, Cerulean Cave, Safari Zone, Treasure Beach, Kindle Road, Bond Bridge, Five Island Meadow, Ruin Valley, Water Path, Cape Brink, Berry Forest, Seafoam Islands, Icefall Cave, Canyon Entrance
Growlithe	Route 7, Route 8, Pokémon Mansion
Shellder	Pallet Town, Cinnabar Island, Vermilion City, One Island, Five Island, Icefall Cave
Scyther	Safari Zone
Electabuzz	Power Plant

Pokémon LeafGreen exclusives

Pokémon	Location
Sandshrew	Route 4, Route 8, Route 9, Route 10, Route 11, Route 23
Vulpix	Route 7, Route 8, Pokémon Mansion
Bellsprout	Route 5, Route 6, Route 7, Route 12, Route 13, Route 14, Route 15, Route 24, Route 25, Berry Forest, Bond Bridge, Cape Brink, Water Path
Slowpoke	Celadon City, Route 4, Route 10, Route 11, Route 12, Route 13, Route 19, Route 20, Route 21, Route 24, Water Labyrinth, Resort Gorgeous, Memorial Pillar, Green Path, Outcast Island, Tanoby Ruins, Pallet Town, Cerulean City, Vermilion City, Cinnabar Island, One Island, Five Island, Trainer Tower, Route 6, Route 22, Route 23, Viridian City, Fuchsia City, Four Island, Cerulean Cave, Safari Zone, Treasure Beach, Kindle Road, Bond Bridge, Five Island Meadow, Ruin Valley, Water Path, Cape Brink, Berry Forest, Seafoam Islands, Icefall Cave, Canyon Entrance
Staryu	Pallet Town, Cinnabar Island, Vermilion City, One Island, Five Island, Icefall Cave
Magmar	Mt. Ember
Pinsir	Safari Zone

Johto and Hoenn region Pokémon

These are the only Pokémon originally from the Johto region that can catch be caught in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. No Pokémon originally from the Hoenn region can be caught in either game.

Pokémon	Location	FireRed	LeafGreen
Sentret	Canyon Entrance, Five Island Meadow, Water Path	Yes	Yes
Ledyba	Pattern Bush	Yes	Yes
Spinarak	Pattern Bush	Yes	Yes
Ledyba	Ruin Valley	Yes	Yes
Marill	Four Island, Icefall Cave, Ruin Valley	No	Yes
Hoppip	Five Island, Resort Gorgeous, Water Labyrinth, Memorial Pillar	Yes	Yes
Yanma	Ruin Valley	Yes	Yes
Wooper	Four Island, Icefall Cave, Ruin Valley	Yes	No
Murkrow	Lost Cave	Yes	No
Misdreavus	Lost Cave	No	Yes
Unown	Tanoby Ruins	Yes	Yes
Wobbuffet	Ruin Valley, Cerulean Cave	Yes	Yes
Dunsparce	Three Isle Port	Yes	Yes
Qwilfish	Five Island Meadow, Green Path, Memorial Pillar, Outcast Island, Resort Gorgeous, Tanoby Ruins, Trainer Tower, Water Labyrinth, Water Path	Yes	No
Heracross	Pattern Bush	Yes	Yes
Sneasel	Icefall Cave	No	Yes
Slugma	Mt. Ember	Yes	Yes
Swinub	Icefall Cave	Yes	Yes
Remoraid	Five Island Meadow, Green Path, Memorial Pillar, Outcast Island, Resort Gorgeous, Tanoby Ruins, Trainer Tower, Water Labyrinth, Water Path	No	Yes
Delibird	Icefall Cave	Yes	No
Mantine	Tanoby Ruins, Trainer Tower	No	Yes
Skarmory	Sevault Canyon	Yes	No
Phanpy	Canyon Entrance, Sevault Canyon	Yes	Yes
Larvitar	Sevault Canyon	Yes	Yes

Legendary Pokémon

These Pokémon will only appear once, so if you defeat them you won't see them again. Save the game before battling them.

Pokémon	Location
Articuno	Seafoam Islands
Articuno	Power Plant
Moltres	Mt. Ember
Mewtwo	Cerulean Cave

Legendary Beasts

You can only obtain one Legendary Beast, depending on which starter Pokémon you chose. You will need to trade with other players for the two you didn't obtain.

Pokémon	Starter Pokémon
Raikou	Squirtle
Entei	Bulbasaur
Suicune	Charmander

Evolution

Some Pokémon require special steps to evolve their base forms.

Evolutionary Stones

There are 16 Pokémon that can be obtained when you use a Stone on their unevolved forms.

Thunderstone

• Raichu
• Jolteon

Fire Stone

• Arcanine
• Ninetales
• Flareon

Water Stone

• Poliwrath
• Cloyster
• Starmie
• Vaporeon

Leaf Stone

• Exeggutor
• Vileplume
• Victreebel

Moon Stone

• Nidoqueen
• Nidoking
• Clefable
• Wigglytuff

Trading

The following Pokémon need to be traded to evolve.

Evolution	Requirements
Alakazam	Trade Kadabra
Machamp	Trade Machoke
Golem	Trade Graveler
Gengar	Trade Haunter
Slowking	Trade Slowpoke holding King's Rock
Steelix	Trade Onix holding Metal Coat
Scizor	Trade Scyther holding Metal Coat
Kingdra	Trade Seadra holding Dragon Scale
Porygon2	Trade Porygon holding Up-Grade

Friendship

The following Pokémon need at least 220 friendship to evolve.

Evolution	Requirements
Blissey	Chansey
Crobat	Crobat

Available from NPCs

Although not available in the wild, certain Pokémon are available by interacting with characters in the game.

You can only obtain these Pokémon by trading with specific NPCs:

Obtain	Location
Farfetch'd	Vermilion City
Lickitung	Route 18
Mr. Mime	Route 2
Jynx	Cerulean City

During the game, you will collect an Old Amber in Pewter City and either a Dome Fossil or a Helix Fossil in Mt. Moon. Taking these to the Pokémon Lab on Cinnabar Island will allow you to regenerate Aerodactyl, Kabuto and Omanyte respectively. As you can only collect Kabuto or Omanyte, you will need to trade with another player for the one you didn't obtain.

These Pokémon will be given to you as you progress through the game.

Obtain	Location
Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan	The Fighting Dojo
Eevee	Celadon Mansion

Breeding

These 9 Pokémon can only be obtained through Breeding.

• Pichu
• Cleffa
• Igglybuff
• Magby
• Elekid
• Smoochum
• Tyrogue
• Azurill
• Wynaut

You only receive either Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan from the Fighting Dojo, and Hitmontop is not available at all. To collect all 3, you will need to breed the one you have with a Ditto to produce a Tyrogue. Once it reaches level 20, it can evolve into one of the 3 evolutions based on his stats:

Evolution	Stats
Hitmonlee	Attack higher than Defense
Hitmonchan	Defense higher than Attack
Hitmontop	Attack equal to Defense

There are 5 possible evolutions of Eevee, but since there's no day/night cycle you will only be able to evolve three of them. You will need to breed the Eevee you are given two times. If it's a female Eevee then you can breed it with any Pokémon in the Field Egg group, if it's male then you can only breed it with a Ditto.

Evolution	Requirements
Flareon	Fire Stone
Jolteon	Thunderstone
Vaporeon	Water Stone

Unobtainable Pokémon

The following Pokémon are not obtainable through regular means anymore. They were temporarily available via events in the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon Emerald games.

• Mew
• Celebi
• Deoxys