Pokémon G/S Walkthrough - Chapter 3

Goldenrod City

Things to get:

- Bike (from the Bike shop beside the department store) 

- Regular Badge (defeat Gym Leader) 

- TM45 (defeat Gym Leader) 

- TM27 (lady on fifth floor of department store) 

- TM41 (fifth floor of department store) 

- TM48 (fifth floor of department store) 

- TM33 (fifth floor of department store) 

- TM02 (fifth floor of department store)

- Coin case (basement tunnel) 

- TM25 (5500 coins at Game Corner)

- TM14 (5500 coins at Game Corner)

- TM38 (5500 coins at Game Corner)

- Radio (lady at the Radio Tower) 

- HP up (guard in the tunnel house to Route 35)

Free bicycle

You can get a bicycle for free at the Miracle Bike Shop beside the big department store.  You need to go around in order to get to it.  Your travel speed is two times faster than your walking speed when you are riding the bicycle. 

Regular badge

You can challenge the gym anytime you feel ready.  The trainers in this gym use only normal type Pokémon .  They are not too tough if you trained your Pokémon  well.  However, the gym leader Akane uses a LV18 Clefairy and a LV20 Mirutank.  Mirutank has a lot of HP and it is equipped with recovering milk so be prepare.  You should either paralyze it or put it to sleep first or else it may become a long battle.  After you defeat Akane, she still won't give you your badge.  However, another trainer will talk to you and then you can talk to Akane the second time in order to get your badge and TM45.  The regular badge will allow you to use HM4 (strength) in and out of battles.

Squirtle liquid

After you get your Regular badge, you can go to the house just on the right of the gym.  Talk to the lady besides the flowers, and she will give you "Squirtle liquid".  You will need this item in order to get to the next town.  She will not give it to you if you don't have your third badge.

Department Store

This department store has a lot of items for sale:

Second floor - first guy 

Second floor - second guy 

Third floor 

Fourth floor 

Fifth floor 

Sixth floor 

Getting a coin case in the basement tunnel

There are two ways to get into the basement tunnel in Goldenrod City (Hence, a tunnel).  The first time you enter this tunnel you will have to battle some of the trainers in it.  You will also find an itemball which is actually the coin case for you to store your coins from the Game Corner.  Be careful you can only hold a max. of 9999 coins at a time.

Game Corner

After you received your coin case, you can purchase coins at the Game Corner in order to play games.  The prices for the coins are: 50 coins for $1000, and 500 coins for $10000.  You can win prizes by playing the games here (if you have $$$, you can just purchase enough coins for the prize).

Changing the nickname of your Pokémon

There is a man who will change the name of your Pokémon for you in Goldenrod City.  So, visit him at his house if you want to rename one of your Pokémon.

Underground Tunnel Shops

There are a few shops that do not open all the time in this city.  They are all located in the underground tunnel where you get your coin case.  Two brothers take turn working in a beauty salon on a daily basis.  A old lady opens a Chinese herb store on the weekend (Saturday and Sunday).  A discount store owned by a old man sells items cheaper than normal Pokémart every Monday morning. For more information on these shops, go to the Time-based Events section.

Trading a Drowzee for a Machop

Here is a chance for you to get your first fighting Pokémon in the game.  A guy on the fifth floor of the department store is willing to trade his Machop for your Drowzee.  If you don't have a Drowzee, go catch one of Route 34.

Getting Eevee

Well, not yet, but you should make a note on the house beside the Pokémon Center.  Right now there are only a woman and a kid inside.  However, after you talk to Masaki in the Pokémon Center of Ecruteak City (the next city), you can return to this house and get Eevee from Bill.

There are a lot of things to explore in this city.  However, when you are ready to proceed, just head north to Route 35 to continue your journey.  In the tunnel house between Goldenrod City and Route 35, you can get a Spearow from the guard if you will deliver his mail to Route 31.  After you delivered his mail, you can talk to the guard again to get a HP up.