It turns out that Silph Co. is being forced to produce advanced technology for Team Rocket. You must reach the top floor and free the company president from Giovanni's clutches. If you roust Giovanni, you won't have to defeat the rest of Team Rocket's agents individually. When you need to heal your Pokémon, look for a woman at the bottom-left corner of the ninth floor.
1F[edit | edit source]
This 11 floor building, with 31 trainer battles, only seems difficult. If you know where to go, you can make it to the top and save the President quickly and easily. Then, after scaring Team Rocket away, you can get the items without opposition. You will need the card to open the door for a warping panel that leads to the Rocket boss. While the warping panels are annoying, the items are well worth it!
The first floor lobby is eerily empty, so just advance to the stairs in the back. Note that the guard blocking the entrance to the building won't stand aside to let you in until you've cleared Pokémon Tower.
Note that the red circles on this map indicate the warp points that connect two teleportation tiles with the same letter to one another. Also, Silph Co. is one of the very few buildings that you can use your running shoes in.
Finally, while it is not recommended, you can skip most fights by following the instructions detailed in the Fifth Floor section.
2F[edit | edit source]
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
 Team Rocket Grunt Reward:  800
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 Scientist Jerry Reward: 1344
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 928
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Scientist Connor Reward: 1248
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A Move Tutor lady in the northwest office next to the boxes will teach Thunder Wave.
Items[edit | edit source]
- Ultra Ball (Hidden in the bottom plant of the southwest office)
3F[edit | edit source]
If you need combat experience, don't hesitate to seek out every Team Rocket agent and challenge them to duel.
However, if you want a quick end to this situation, follow the instructions from Fifth Floor so you can grab the Card Key, which will open every electronic door in the building. Then come to the Third Floor, and use warp tile O to reach the 7th floor, then step on warp tile P to reach the hallway outside of the president's office.
Read the info in Seventh Floor for information on the challenges and rewards that await you on that Floor and beyond!
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 896
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Scientist Jose Reward: 1392
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Items[edit | edit source]
- Hyper Potion (Found near the scientist)
- Protein (Hidden in the middle plant, among the plants in the southeast corner)
4F[edit | edit source]
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 800
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 928
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Scientist Rodney Reward: 1584
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Items[edit | edit source]
- TM41 Torment (On a table in the southeast room)
- Iron (Hidden in the bottom right plant of the southeast room)
- Full Heal (In the left room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- Max Revive (In the left room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- Escape Rope (In the left room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
5F[edit | edit source]
Don't be confused by all the teleporters: The elevator will take you to any floor you want, and you only need to use one series of teleporters to get to the right part of Floor 11.
First take warp tile G, then come back though the same warp tile, and follow the path to the right and you'll find the Card Key. With that you can open any of the locked doors! Check the info in Floor 3 to make your way up to the top!
Be wary of the bald guy on this floor, for he's the one of the only ones to use Psychic-types Kadabra and Mr. Mime. If there's a Pokémon on your front line with low HP, it'll be quickly knocked out, so be sure to put a strong Pokémon on top before entering battle.
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 1056
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 Juggler Dalton Reward: 1160
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Scientist Beau Reward: 1248
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 928
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Items[edit | edit source]
- Protein (In the northwest room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- TM01 Focus Punch (In the southwest room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- PP Up (Hidden in the central right room, in the top right plant)
- Elixir (Hidden in the central left room in the bottom plant)
- Card Key (Around the southern area)
6F[edit | edit source]
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 928
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 896
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Scientist Taylor Reward: 1200
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Items[edit | edit source]
- HP Up (In the southwest room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- X Special (In the southwest room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- Carbos (Hidden in the northwest room, in the plant on the left)
7F[edit | edit source]
Even if you can best the Rocket members and Scientists here, you'll still be in for a tough fight with Blue. Before stepping out of pad O, make sure to bring a wide variety of Pokémon types to exploit his party's weaknesses and ensure that your Pokémon are at least level 35 or above.
After defeating your rival, go back and heal at either the Pokémon Center, or on the beds located in the Ninth Floor. You only have tougher fights ahead.
Also, this is where you can receive a level 25 Lapras from the person standing at the other side of the room. Lapras can be an excellent addition to your team, especially if you did not choose Squirtle as your starter, as it is a very powerful Water/Ice Pokémon. Step on pad P and head to the Eleventh Floor and your next challenge!
Rival battle[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
 Rival Blue Reward: 1440
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| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Rival Blue Reward: 1440
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| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Rival Blue Reward: 1440
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More Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 928
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 832
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Scientist Joshua Reward: 1392
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 928
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New Pokemon[edit | edit source]
The person right below your rival will give you a free Lapras!
Talk to the Silph Co. employee next to Blue after your fight for a well-deserved reward: a Water/Ice-type Lapras. Apart from Icefall Cave, this is the only place you can get one in the game.
It comes at level 25 without Water Gun but with a bunch of HP. To get anything else good, you'll need to level it up significantly. Level 31's Ice Beam and level 49's Hydro Pump are fairly strong and you can teach it Surf once you get HM03 from Fuchsia, which is decently powerful, so it should fill in some holes in your offensive line-up.
Items[edit | edit source]
- TM08 Bulk Up (In the top room on the east side, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- Calcium (Around the southwest, near the scientist)
- Zinc (Hidden in the top room on the east side, hidden in the bottom plant, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
8F[edit | edit source]
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 832
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 896
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Scientist Parker Reward: 1392
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Items[edit | edit source]
- Iron (In the east room)
- Nugget (Hidden in the east room, in the top plant)
9F[edit | edit source]
By the time you reach the Ninth Floor, your team is bound to be a bit worse for the wear. Visit the woman between the beds in the lower-left corner of the floor to fully recover your Pokémon's HP and PP.
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 896
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 896
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Scientist Ed Reward: 1344
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Items[edit | edit source]
- Max Potion (Hidden in the room to the right of the beds, in a space beside the boxes)
- Calcium (Hidden in a room on top of the one containing the boxes, in the plant on the right)
10F[edit | edit source]
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 1056
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Scientist Travis Reward: 1392
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Items[edit | edit source]
- Carbos (In the southwestern room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- Rare Candy (In the southwestern room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- Ultra Ball (In the southwestern room, unlocked after obtaining the Card Key)
- HP Up (Hidden in the northeast room's plant)
11F[edit | edit source]
The teleporter right past Gary (P) takes you directly to the Eleventh floor, where players will have to deal with two more Rockets before approaching their boss.
Trainers[edit | edit source]
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 1024
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Team Rocket Grunt Reward: 800
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Boss[edit | edit source]
Then there's Giovanni, the leader of Rocket. After you busted up his racket in Celadon City, Giovanni moved his base to Saffron City. It's too bad for him you arrived in time to short-circuit his new scheme. Defeat Giovanni's Nidorino, Rhyhorn, Nidoqueen, and Kangaskhan to rescue the Silph Co. president.
He's not any tougher than Gary, but you'll definitely need to be in peak condition to stand a chance. Before engaging Giovanni, use Dig to warp back to the Pokémon Center, or retrace your steps and take the elevator up to the Ninth Floor, where the girl by the beds will heal you.
Giovanni is tough, but easily beatable if you make use of type advantages. Nidorino is weak to ground, so Dig will make quick work of him here. Rhyhorn is a ground/rock type, so Metal Claw or Water moves work well here. Use a high power attack on Kangaskhan that KOs it in one or two hits. Nidoqueen is a Poison/Ground Pokémon that is weak against Water, Ground, Psychic, and Ice.
| FireRed and LeafGreen | |
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| Trainer | Pokemon |
 Boss Giovanni Reward: 4100
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When you've sent Giovanni running, the president of Silph Co. will be ecstatic that you interrupted his "meeting" with Giovanni. To reward you for breaking Team Rocket's hold on his company, he'll hook you up with the incredible Master Ball. This technological wonder will catch any Pokémon without fail, but this is the only one you'll get in the entire game, so be sure to save it for a special occasion (such as the Legendary beasts). When you're finished, you can collect the items in the now Rocket-free lower floors.
Items[edit | edit source]
- Zinc (On the east side of the floor, reached by taking the elevator up)
- Revive (Hidden outside of the President's office in the middle plant)
- Master Ball (Given to you by Silph Co.'s President after defeating Giovanni)
Finishing up Saffron City[edit | edit source]
Now that Team Rocket's plans have been thwarted, all the buildings that were blocked by grunts are now accessible such as the Gym and the mimic girl's house. Head back to the Saffron City Gym