Red & Blue Pokémon Tower
Rising over Lavender Town, this haunted graveyard hides the furious Marowak ghost you can only face once you hold the Silph Scope.
Pokémon Tower is in Kanto, with its entrance in Lavender Town. In the story it comes after Rocket Hideout and before Celadon Gym.
POKéMON TOWER MAP
Lavender Town's tower stacks seven identical floors joined by single staircases, so reaching the top is one long ascent and the same trip back down.
Pokémon Tower Walkthrough
2F
- From the east stairs, head north and west along the top of the floor, where your rival battles you.
- Then head to the stairs at the west end and climb to 3F.
The team you face depends on the starter you picked
1Rival Blue₱1,625
PidgeottoLv 25
ExeggcuteLv 23
GyaradosLv 22
KadabraLv 20
CharmeleonLv 251Rival Blue₱1,625PidgeottoLv 25
GrowlitheLv 23ExeggcuteLv 22KadabraLv 20
WartortleLv 251Rival Blue₱1,625PidgeottoLv 25GyaradosLv 23GrowlitheLv 22KadabraLv 20
IvysaurLv 253F
- Go south from the west stairs, then north through the middle and east along the top, which keeps you clear of every fight here.
- Drop back down at the east end to the stairs up to 4F.
4F
- Walk west from your landing, where a Channeler battles you.
- Pick up the ElixirElixir4F, southeast of the center of the floor southeast of the center of the floor and the HP Up in the south area.
- Then cross to the west stairs and climb to 5F.
Elixir
HP Up5F
- Search one square east and three squares south of the west staircase for a hidden Elixir.
- Then take the NuggetNugget5F, in the southwest area of the floor in the southwest area of the floor; every fight here can be stepped around.
- Cross the middle through the purified zone and take the east stairs up to 6F.
Elixir
Nugget6F
- For the X Accuracy southwest of the stairs to 5F, step south past a Channeler, who battles you.
- Then go north and west around the top of the floor, where two Channelers battle you.
- Head south down the narrow lane in the west area of the floor, picking up the Rare CandyRare Candy6F, in the west area of the floor in it.
- Loop east and south and climb the stairs to 7F once the spirit is beaten.
X Accuracy
Rare Candy7F
- Head north from the stairs until a Rocket on the west side battles you.
- Keep north, where a Rocket on the east side spots you, then a third Rocket on the west side battles you.
- With all three beaten, talk to Mr. Fuji, who takes you back to his house in Lavender Town.
ZubatLv 25ZubatLv 25
GolbatLv 25
KoffingLv 26
DrowzeeLv 26ZubatLv 23
RattataLv 23
RaticateLv 23ZubatLv 23Pokemon Encounters
Gastly haunts the upper floors at up to 90%, the only common Ghost-type anywhere in the game. Cubone shows up at 9% between them, your one chance to raise a Marowak of your own here.
Gastly
ITEMS
Climbing to rescue Mr. Fuji turns up two Elixirs, an Escape Rope, an HP Up, and a Rare Candy across the floors, plus a Nugget to sell at the top.
HP Up
Raises HP effort and happiness.
HP Up
Raises HP effort and happiness.
Rare Candy
Causes a level-up and raises happiness.
Escape Rope
Transports user to the outside entrance of a cave.
Awakening
Cures sleep.
Elixir
Restores 10 PP for each move.
Nugget
Sell for 5000 Pokédollars, or to Ore Collector for 10000 Pokédollars.
X Accuracy
Raises accuracy by one stage in battle. Raises happiness.
Elixir
Restores 10 PP for each move.
TRAINERS
Channelers and their Ghost-types fill the tower's seventeen battles, with a Rival battle midway and Team Rocket near the top. The Silph Scope unmasks the ghosts, and levels reach 26.
Channeler
Pokémon Tower Guide
You're missing the Silph Scope, and without it the upper-floor spirits stay faceless shapes you can't battle or catch while a furious Marowak blocks the stairs. You get the Scope by beating Giovanni at the Celadon hideout, so clear that out before climbing the tower.
Saving Mr. Fuji at the top earns you the Poke Flute. That flute is the only thing that wakes the two sleeping Snorlax blocking Route 12 and Route 16, so you need it to keep exploring. Mr. Fuji simply hands it over once you reach him, no extra battle required.