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1 Full type chart
Rows = the attacking move's type. Columns = the defending Pokémon's type. Green = super-effective, orange = resisted, red = no effect. (This is the Generation-3 chart Fire Red actually uses — note there's no Fairy type.)
Legend: ×2 super-effective · ½ resisted · 0 immune · blank = normal damage. Dual-type Pokémon multiply both columns together — e.g. Ice vs Dragonite (Dragon/Flying) = 2 × 2 = ×4, and Water vs Golem (Rock/Ground) = ×4.
2 Quick weakness lookup
The match-ups you'll use most against Kanto's gyms and Elite Four.
Hit these hard
| Enemy | Wreck it with |
|---|
Watch your own types
| Your mon is… | Fears |
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3 The physical/special quirk read this
In Fire Red, whether a move uses Attack or Special Attack depends on its type, not the individual move (the per-move split didn't arrive until Gen 4). This changes which moves are actually good on your Pokémon:
Physical types (use Attack stat)
Normal Fighting Poison Ground Rock Bug Ghost Steel
Special types (use Sp. Atk stat)
Fire Water Grass Electric Psychic Ice Dragon Dark
Why you care
Gyarados has monster Attack but its Water moves run off Special — so give it physical Normal moves (Return/Body Slam) to hit hard. Alakazam & Gengar want Special types (Psychic, Ghost, Ice, Fire) to match their huge Sp. Atk. A Ground move on Nidoking (Earthquake) is physical — great, because Nidoking's Attack is high.
4 Evolution stones & where to get them
| Stone | Evolves (your relevant mons) | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Thunder Stone | Pikachu → Raichu; Eevee → Jolteon | Buy at Celadon Dept Store 4F (₽2,100). Also 1 found on Route 10 / Power Plant area. |
 Fire Stone | Eevee → Flareon; Growlithe → Arcanine; Vulpix→Ninetales | Celadon Dept Store 4F (₽2,100); one in Pokémon Mansion (Cinnabar). |
 Water Stone | Eevee → Vaporeon; Staryu→Starmie; Poliwhirl→Poliwrath | Celadon Dept Store 4F (₽2,100); one on a Sevii Island. |
 Leaf Stone | Gloom → Vileplume; Weepinbell→Victreebel; Exeggcute→Exeggutor | Celadon Dept Store 4F (₽2,100). |
 Moon Stone | Nidorino→Nidoking; Clefairy→Clefable; Jigglypuff→Wigglytuff | Not sold. Found: Mt. Moon (hidden), Rocket Hideout basement, Route 3 (hidden). Wild Clefairy sometimes hold one. |
Timing mattersStone evolutions stop learning moves by level-up (or learn very few). Let Pikachu / Gloom / Eevee learn the moves you want first, then use the stone. See the Dream Team page for exact timings.
5 Best grinding spots
| When | Where | What & why |
|---|---|---|
| Badges 3–4 | Route 24/25 (Nugget Bridge / Bill's area) | Steady trainer XP; good early money with a Nugget nearby. |
| Badge 4–5 | Celadon Game Corner rematches / Route 7-8 trainers | Solid XP right by the stone shop & department store. |
| Anywhere mid-game | Vs. Trainers > wild | Trainers give ~1.5× the XP of wild Pokémon — always prefer battling people. |
| Late game | Route 12–15 / Fuchsia area | Higher-level wilds & trainers to close the gap before Gyms 7-8. |
| Pre–Elite Four | Victory Road + vs. wild in Cerulean Cave (post-game) | Lv 40+ everything; Cerulean Cave wilds are the best XP in the game. |
| Money | Give a mon the  / Amulet Coin; battle Rich boy/Lady on Route 13/15 | Fund your Ultra Balls, stones and vitamins. |
Efficient levellingPark your weakest keeper in slot 1, let it take the first hit, then switch to a strong mon to finish — the fainted-in/switched mon still earns XP. Better yet, hand it the Exp. Share — it earns XP without battling. Grab it from Oak's aide in the Route 15 gatehouse (2nd floor) once you've registered 50 species in your Pokédex.
Exp. Share — it earns XP without battling. Grab it from Oak's aide in the Route 15 gatehouse (2nd floor) once you've registered 50 species in your Pokédex.6 Master checklist
Badges
- Boulder — Brock (Pewter)
- Cascade — Misty (Cerulean)
- Thunder — Lt. Surge (Vermilion) ✔ done
- Rainbow — Erika (Celadon)
- Marsh — Sabrina (Saffron)
- Soul — Koga (Fuchsia)
- Volcano — Blaine (Cinnabar)
- Earth — Giovanni (Viridian)
Key items to secure
- HM01 Cut (S.S. Anne) ✔
- HM02 Fly (Route 16)
- HM03 Surf (Safari Zone Secret House)
- HM04 Strength (Fuchsia Warden, via Gold Teeth)
- HM05 Flash (Route 2 / after Diglett's Cave)
- Poké Flute (Pokémon Tower, Lavender)
- Silph Scope (Rocket Hideout, Celadon)
- Master Ball (Silph Co., Saffron)
- Bike Voucher → Bicycle (Vermilion → Cerulean shop)
Legendaries & rares
- Snorlax ×2 (Route 12 & 16)
- Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan (Saffron Dojo)
- Eevee (Celadon) → your chosen eeveelution
- Lapras (Silph Co. gift, 7F)
- Fossil → Aerodactyl / Omastar / Kabutops (Cinnabar Lab)
- Articuno (Seafoam Islands)
- Zapdos (Power Plant)
- Moltres (Mt. Ember, Sevii)
- Mewtwo (Cerulean Cave, post-game)
- Roaming beast (Suicune/Raikou/Entei — depends on your starter)
Stones to buy/find
- Thunder Stone (for Raichu)
- Leaf Stone (for Vileplume)
- Moon Stone spare (find in Rocket Hideout)
- Water/Fire/Thunder Stone (for your Eevee)