Appendix:HeartGold and SoulSilver walkthrough/Section 16

This is the Bulbapedia walkthrough for Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions. This walkthrough follows the remade Nintendo DS versions, not Pokémon Gold and Silver.
The guide for those can be found here.

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Back in New Bark Town

Congratulations, you are now the Indigo League Champion! That major accomplishment means that you are the strongest Trainer in all of Johto and Kanto. However, just because the League is behind you, that doesn't mean the game is over.

After the credits roll, you wind up back at your home in New Bark. Head downstairs, and your mom will tell you that Professor Elm has something for you. Swing by the lab to get the S.S. Ticket, a pass to board the S.S. Aqua! Fly off to Olivine, and head to the harbor to catch the ferry to Vermilion City, your first stop in Kanto!

Olivine Harbor

The SS Aqua,
docked in Olivine Harbor

The ferry sails between Johto's Olivine & Kanto's Vermilion

Enter the harbor and you'll be greeted by Professor Oak, who upgrades your Pokédex to the National mode. This unlocks quite a few new things; tracking the Gym Leaders down for rematches, accessing the Battle Frontier, and wild Hoenn and Sinnoh Pokémon, to name a few. Talk to the sailor to reach the ferry; as you go to exit the building, Baoba calls you, excited about his new Object Arrangement feature at the Safari Zone. Use your Dowsing MCHN to find a Protein hidden on the dock, and board the ship.

Fast Ship S.S. Aqua

Upon boarding the ship, you will be nearly trampled by a frenzied old man. His granddaughter is missing, and asks for your help before running off. It's quite a long voyage, so you will have plenty of time to search for the old man's granddaughter before reaching Vermilion City.

Top Floor

Starting with the room to the right of the entrance and moving anticlockwise around the hallway, here are the contents of the cabins:

• This cabin contains a sleeping Sailor. Be careful not to wake him.
• This is your cabin. It has a PC and a cosy bed to heal your Pokémon — good to have with all of these Trainers aboard!
• This cabin belongs to Firebreather Lyle. Enter the cabin to battle him.
• Unoccupied.
• Pokéfan Colin uses this cabin; enter it to battle him. When you have battled him, you can also battle his twin daughters Meg & Peg in a Double Battle.
• This is the old man's cabin. Take his granddaughter here when you find her.
• Unoccupied.
• This room belongs to Hiker Noland. Enter and he will battle you.

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Hiker Noland ヒロカズ Hirokazu Reward: $1344 Bronzor Lv.39 No item Golem♂ Lv.42 No item Pokéfan Colin ヒロシ Hiroshi Reward: $2560 Delibird♂ Lv.40 No item Twins Meg & Peg マコとミコ Miko & Mako Reward: $1248 Teddiursa♀ Lv.39 No item Phanpy♀ Lv.39 No item Firebreather Lyle ダイ Dai Reward: $1152 Koffing♂ Lv.36 No item Flareon♂ Lv.39 No item Koffing♂ Lv.36 No item

After beating these Trainers, use the stairs located above the entrance to go to the lower floor.

Basement Floor

In the left room, which is the crew's dormitory, you can find Juggler Fritz, who is seasick but still insists on battling you. The room to the right, the crew's mess, contains Sailor Jeff. In front of the engine room, one of the crew members is on guard duty, and asks you to find his relief for the next shift. Sailor Stanly is sleeping in the cabin next to yours, and when you confront him, he springs awake and challenges you to a battle. Put him in his place, and he'll run off. Head back downstairs, and you'll be free to walk past him, where you'll find Picnicker Debra standing near the ship's engine. Climb the ladder to reach the Captain's quarters.

Trainers
Trainer Pokémon Juggler Fritz ジョニー Johnny Reward: $1184 Mr. Mime♂ Lv.37 No item Machoke♂ Lv.37 No item Magmar♂ Lv.37 No item Sailor Jeff カツオ Katsuo Reward: $1280 Makuhita♂ Lv.40 No item Raticate♂ Lv.40 No item Sailor Stanly シゲロウ Shigerō Reward: $1088 Machop♂ Lv.39 No item Machoke♂ Lv.41 No item Psyduck♂ Lv.34 No item Picnicker Debra マナミ Manami Reward: $656 Seaking♀ Lv.41 No item

Captain's Quarters

It is here that the little girl has wandered off to, trying to get the Captain to play with her. When you try to talk to her, she will insist on playing a game of hide-and-seek. Track her down to end her game; you'll find her on the bottom floor, hiding in a dark corner, past the seasick Juggler. Take her back to her grandfather's cabin, and he will give you a Metal Coat as thanks, which enhances Steel-type attacks by 20% (and is also required for Onix and Scyther to evolve).

Item Location Games Metal Coat Gift from gentleman for finding his granddaughter  HG  SS  Random Plate Gift from the captain on the first voyage of each day (changes based on index number)  HG  SS

With the girl safe and sound, the SS Aqua docks in Vermilion City. In the future, when you travel on the SS Aqua, you will be able to battle a selection of Trainers (which is different depending on the direction of travel) and receive a random type plate from the Captain.

Vermilion City

Vermilion City

On your way into the city, you'll see Suicune standing on the water just east of the docks! It runs off as soon as you see it, and Eusine shows up again, talking about seeing a pattern. You can't go east to Route 11 yet, as a sleeping Snorlax is blocking the trail, as well as the eastern entrance to Diglett's Cave, so head back into the city.

Surf southeast from near the Gym to reach the Luck Incense (which lets a Chansey produce Happiny eggs) on the sand by the harbor, and check the boat to the north for a Heart Scale. The man and his Machop from Generation I are still preparing the land for construction to the north, but smash one of the rocks to find a hidden Full Heal. There are really only two areas of interest in Vermilion: the Pokémon Fan Club and the Vermilion Gym. Visit the Pokémon Fan Club and talk to the president to get a Rare Candy, and then rest your team for the Vermilion Gym if you want to get the Thunder Badge now. Actually, you can challenge the Gyms in Kanto in any order you want, except for Viridian Gym, which you must defeat all other 7 Gyms before challenging.

Available Pokémon

Pokémon Games Location Levels Rate Diglett HG SS Rock Smash 24-37 90% Shuckle HG SS Rock Smash 32-35 10% Fishing and Surfing Tentacool HG SS Surfing 30-35 90% Tentacruel HG SS Surfing 35 10% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 95% Tentacool HG SS Fishing Old Rod 10 5% Magikarp HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 60% Tentacool HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 30% Chinchou HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 7% Shellder HG SS Fishing Good Rod 20 3% Chinchou HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 60% Shellder HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 30% Tentacruel HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 7% Lanturn HG SS Fishing Super Rod 40 3% Special Pokémon Wingull HG SS Swarm 35 60% A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Items

Item Location Games Rare Candy Received from the Fan Club chairman  HG  SS  Lost Item Received from a Fan Club member after hearing about Copycat's missing doll  HG  SS  PP Max Received from the man near Route 11 after obtaining all 16 badges  HG  SS  TM34 (Shock Wave) Reward for defeating Lt. Surge  HG  SS  Luck Incense On the sand near Vermilion Harbor  HG  SS  Pearl (×2) On a sandy area only accessible from Route 11 (hidden)  HG  SS  Big Pearl On a sandy area only accessible from Route 11 (hidden)  HG  SS  Star Piece Under smashable rocks (unlimited, random chance)  HG  SS  Revive Under smashable rocks (unlimited, random chance)  HG  SS  Red Shard Under smashable rocks (unlimited, random chance)  HG  SS  Blue Shard Under smashable rocks (unlimited, random chance)  HG  SS  Yellow Shard Under smashable rocks (unlimited, random chance)  HG  SS  Green Shard Under smashable rocks (unlimited, random chance)  HG  SS  Heart Scale Under smashable rocks (unlimited, random chance)  HG  SS  Max Ether Under smashable rocks (unlimited, random chance)  HG  SS  Full Heal South of the Machop (hidden)  HG  SS

Vermilion Gym

Vermilion Gym

Vermilion City Pokémon Gym
Leader: Lt. Surge
The Lightning American

The Vermilion Gym specializes in Electric-type, so your Ground-types will have the easiest time here. A Rock/Ground-type or a Steel/Ground-type Pokémon works wonders here, as they resist almost all of Surge's attacks. Avoid bringing any Water- or Flying-types unless they are higher-leveled, or they won't last very long. Lt. Surge's trash can puzzle from three years ago is working again after being disabled in Generation II. When you find the first switch hidden inside a trash can, the second is hidden in the next one. When you flip both switches, the electrical barrier that blocked you from reaching the Gym Leader is deactivated.

Lt. Surge shouldn't be too much of a challenge if you've got a strong ground-type. However, his Raichu likes to use Double Team and will become hard to hit in a few turns, so make sure you can OHKO or at least 2HKO it. Look out for Thunder Wave, his Magneton's Supersonic, and his second Electrode's Selfdestruct. Full Heals will be useful here.

Vermilion Gym Trainers Trainer Pokémon Juggler Horton ジョナサン Jonathan Reward: $1376 Electrode Lv.43 No item Electrode Lv.43 No item Electrode Lv.43 No item Guitarist Vincent ジュンイチ Jun'ichi Reward: $1008 Jolteon♂ Lv.45 No item Voltorb Lv.43 No item Magnemite Lv.42 No item Gentleman Gregory アンソニー Anthony Reward: $8400 Pikachu♂ Lv.46 No item Electrike♂ Lv.42 No item Flaaffy♂ Lv.43 No item Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon. Leader Lt. Surge Vermilion Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Lt. Surge Oak Vermilion Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6360 Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Raichu♂ Lv.51 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Electrode Lv.47 Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Electrode Lv.47 Screech Normal Status   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Selfdestruct Normal Physical   --       Charge Beam Electric Special   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Unknown Held item: None Magneton Lv.47 Supersonic Normal Status   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Mirror Shot Steel Special   --       Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: Sitrus Berry Electabuzz♂ Lv.53 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Low Kick Fighting Physical   --

After the battle, Surge awards you with the Thunder Badge, as well as TM34 (Shock Wave) as a prize.

With Lt. Surge defeated, head north to Route 6.

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