Pokémon Red and Blue/Cerulean Cave: Difference between revisions

Now that you're the undisputed Pokémon League champion, it's time to capture the experimental Pokémon known as Mewtwo. If you select Continue after the credits roll, you'll pick up where you left off, with all of your Pokémon intact. Go back to Route #24, just north of Cerulean City. Dive into the water and Surf south until you reach a cave. Mewtwo is in there, on the lowest level.

One last challenge

The game's not over quite yet. After the ending, the game will automatically be saved. Load it up any time afterwards and you'll find yourself where it all began, at your home in Pallet Town. Nothing has changed anywhere in the world, except for one small detail. The guy standing outside of the cave right outside of Route #4 is gone, and you can now enter the game's final dungeon. To get there, you'll need to go up to Route #24 and Surf to the south.

The only real treasure in this cave is Mewtwo, the Pokémon that awaits at the end, a la Zapdos, Articuno, and Moltres. He's even harder to catch than those three, though, so hit a Poké Center first and get out that Master Ball. In addition to Mewtwo, the Unknown Dungeon is one last opportunity to catch some rare Pokémon and fill up your Poké-Dex. You can get Pokémon that were previously only available in the Safari Zone. like Chansey and Rhyhorn, as well as evolved forms of more common Pokémon.

The dungeon's layout differs drastically between the Red/Blue and Yellow game paks, so both maps are presented here. Getting to the end is easier in Red/Blue, where you can go straight to point E, then to F and G. Yellow players will need to hit each and every ladder from A to G in order.

A	Full Restore	B	PP Up	C	Ultra Ball

File:Pokemon RB UnknownDungeon F2.png

Red/Blue Unknown Dungeon 2nd floor

Red/Blue F2 encounters
Venomoth	20%	20%
Dodrio	20%	20%
Kadabra	8%	8%
Electrode	12%	12%
Marowak	12%	12%
Rhydon	8%	8%
Wigglytuff	8%	8%
Chansey	4%	4%
Ditto	8%	8%

A	Nugget	B	Max Elixer	C	Full Restore

File:Pokemon RB UnknownDungeon F1.png

Red/Blue Unknown Dungeon 1st floor

Red/Blue F1 encounters
Golbat	16%	16%
Hypno	18%	18%
Magneton	16%	16%
Sandslash	N/A	6%
Parasect	6%	6%
Raichu	6%	6%
Arbok	6%	N/A
Venomoth	10%	10%
Dodrio	10%	10%
Kadabra	6%	6%
Ditto	6%	6%

A	Max Revive	B	Ultra Ball

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Red/Blue Unknown Dungeon basement 1

Red/Blue B1 encounters
Marowak	18%	18%
Rhydon	16%	16%
Electrode	14%	14%
Sandslash	N/A	4%
Parasect	12%	12%
Raichu	12%	12%
Arbok	4%	N/A
Chansey	12%	12%
Ditto	12%	12%

A	Rare Candy	B	Ultra Ball	C	Max Revive	D	Full Restore

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Yellow Unknown Dungeon 2nd floor

Yel. F2 encounters
Sandslash	10%
Golbat	36%
Gloom	10%
Weepinbell	10%
Graveler	10%
Rhyhorn	8%
Rhydon	8%
Ditto	8%

A	Ultra Ball	B	Max Revive	C	Max Elixer	D	Rare Candy

File:Pokemon Yellow UnknownDungeon F1.png

Yellow Unknown Dungeon 1st floor

Yel. F1 encounters
Sandslash	6%
Golbat	40%
Gloom	14%
Weepinbell	12%
Graveler	14%
Parasect	8%
Venomoth	8%
Ditto	8%

A	Ultra Ball	B	Max Elixer	C	Ultra Ball	D	Max Revive

File:Pokemon Yellow UnknownDungeon B1.png

Yellow Unknown Dungeon basement 1

Yel. B1 encounters
Golbat	36%
Graveler	16%
Ditto	12%
Rhyhorn	10%
Rhydon	10%
Chansey	8%
Lickitung	8%

#150 Mewtwo	Mastering Mewtwo To reach Mewtwo, use the maps to follow the ladders back and forth between the levels. Follow the ladders in order from A to G. Once you reach the lowest level, go to the bottom-right corner to find Mewtwo. The only guaranteed way to capture Mewtwo is to use the Master Ball you received from the president of Silph Co. If you have the Master Ball don't bother fighting; just use it right away. If you don't have the Master Ball, you'll have to snare Mewtwo the old-fashioned way.
Not only is Mewtwo the strongest Pokémon in the game, but he starts at level 70. So if you're trying to catch him with Ultra Balls, the experience will make catching Zapdos seem like a picnic by comparison. You can whittle him down with power techniques like Thunder and Blizzard, but he might just Recover all that health back. He's weak to Bug attacks, but most Bug Pokémon don't actually learn any Bug attacks beyond Leech Life. Beedrill and Jolteon both learn Pin Missile, which is pretty good, but Mewtwo's Psychic attack will lay waste to just about any Pokémon except for other Psychics. It's a tough fight, but it won't matter if you still have that Master Ball… Just toss it on turn one and start thinking of nicknames for your new pet. The easiest way to get Mewtwo without a Master Ball is to attack him with Articuno's Blizzard and Ice Beam until you freeze him. Because Mewtwo cannot change out of frozen status until you attack him with fire or use haze, he should be extremely easy to catch. Mewtwo is simply the best Pokémon in the game with phenomenal stats in every category.