Cinnabar IslandFireRed&LeafGreen

"A volcanic island at the southern edge of Kanto. Blaine's Fire-type gym requires the Secret Key from the nearby Pokemon Mansion, and the Pokemon Lab next door revives your fossils."

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CINNABAR ISLAND MAP

The Lab, Gym, and a few buildings all within steps of each other. No Surf needed once you've landed. Everything is right at the dock.

Type Coverage
Water-Heavy AreaBring Electric or Grass type
WATER12ROCK3ELECTRIC1GRASS1
Only Found Here· 3
Nuzlocke Picks· 17

Pokemon Encounters

The fossil lab revives your Dome or Helix Fossil into Kabuto or Omanyte at level 5, plus Aerodactyl from the Old Amber. Three in-game trades round out the roster: Tangela, Electrode, and Seel.

Method
Type
Special encounters6
#142Aerodactyl
Fossil revive Lv 5
#140Kabuto
Fossil revive Lv 5
#138Omanyte
Fossil revive Lv 5
#101Electrode
Trade Lv 25
#086Seel
Trade Lv 30
#114Tangela
Trade Lv 25
Surf1
#072Tentacool
100% - Lv 5–40
Fish13
Old Rod1
#129Magikarp
100% - Lv 5
Good Rod3
#116Horsea
60% - Lv 5–15
#098Krabby
20% - Lv 5–15
#129Magikarp
20% - Lv 5–15
Super Rod9
#116Horsea
40% - Lv 15–25
FR
#098Krabby
40% - Lv 15–25
LG
#090Shellder
40% - Lv 15–25
FR
#120Staryu
40% - Lv 15–25
LG
#130Gyarados
15% - Lv 15–25
#099Kingler
10% - Lv 25–35
LG
#117Seadra
4% - Lv 25–35
FR
#054Psyduck
1% - Lv 25–35
FR
#079Slowpoke
1% - Lv 25–35
LG
Fossil revive
Aerodactyl
#142

Aerodactyl

RockFlying
Level
5
EV yield
2 Speed
Acquisition
Fossil revive
How to get itPokémon Lab
Revive Old Amber
at Pokémon Lab
Required itemOld AmberFound at Pewter Museum back room
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SHOP

No field items on the island, but the Poke Mart is well-stocked and a move tutor offers a useful pickup.

Source
Move tutor1
Metronome
Mart7
Escape Rope550
Full Heal600
Great Ball600
Hyper Potion1,200
Max Repel700
Revive1,500
Ultra Ball1,200
MOVE TUTOR

Metronome

Move
MetronomeNormalStatus
Power
Accuracy
PP
10

No move description available.

Move tutor1
MOVE TUTOR

Metronome

Move
MetronomeNormalStatus
Power
Accuracy
PP
10

No move description available.

Mart7
MART

Escape Rope

For sale₱550

A long, durable rope. Use it to escape instantly from a cave or a dungeon.

MART

Full Heal

For sale₱600

A spray-type medicine. It heals all the status problems of one Pokemon.

MART

Great Ball

For sale₱600

A good, quality BALL that offers a higher Pokemon catch rate than a standard POK? BALL.

Requires: Badge 7
MART

Hyper Potion

For sale₱1,200

A spray-type wound medicine. It restores the HP of one Pokemon by 200 points.

MART

Max Repel

For sale₱700

Prevents weak wild Pokemon from appearing for 250 steps.

MART

Revive

For sale₱1,500

A medicine that revives a fainted Pokemon, restoring HP by half the maximum amount.

MART

Ultra Ball

For sale₱1,200

A very high-grade BALL that offers a higher Pokemon catch rate than a GREAT BALL.

Requires: Badge 7

Cinnabar Island Guide

  • Bring either the Dome Fossil (Kabuto) or Helix Fossil (Omanyte) from Mt. Moon to the lab on the east side of the island. Talk to the scientist on the right. He'll revive it into a level 5 Pokemon after you leave and come back. You can also revive Old Amber (Aerodactyl) from Pewter Museum the same way.

  • There are three in-game trades at the lab. You give a Ponyta for Seel, a Venonat for Tangela, and a Raichu for Electrode. The Tangela trade is the most useful since Tangela is otherwise unavailable in FireRed.

  • Old Rod only catches Magikarp. Good Rod adds Horsea, Poliwag, and Goldeen depending on the area. Super Rod is where the good stuff lives: Gyarados, Seadra, Staryu, Kingler. You get the Old Rod in Vermilion, Good Rod from the Fishing Guru south of Lavender Town, and Super Rod from his brother on Route 12.

  • If the encounter table shows Surfing or any Rod encounters, yes. Surf itself is HM03, found in the Secret House deep inside the Safari Zone. You also need the Soul Badge from Koga in Fuchsia City to use it outside battle.

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