Yellow Saffron City
The largest city in Kanto, home to Sabrina's Psychic-type Gym, the Silph Co. headquarters, and the Fighting Dojo.
Saffron City is in Kanto, with Route 5 to the north, Route 8 to the east, Route 6 to the south, Route 7 to the west, and the entrance to Saffron Gym. In the story it comes after Pokémon Tower and continues through its entrance to Silph Co..
SAFFRON CITY MAP
Saffron City Walkthrough
Fighting Dojo
- Enter Saffron City from any gate road and walk through the Dojo door, just west of the gym, then head north up the middle of the hall.
- The Blackbelts on both sides battle you in turn, and at the top the head Blackbelt battles you with Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan.
- Then choose Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan from the pair of Poke Balls behind him; the second ball refuses you after that.
Mr. Psychic's House
- Leaving the Dojo, walk south to the Poke Mart, the first shop to sell Hyper Potion, Max Repel and Full Heal.
- Continue south through the city to the door of Mr. Psychic's House in the southeast and speak with him beside his table.
- Back outside, head northwest to the middle of the city and enter Silph Co.; once it is cleared, the grunts leave the city.
TM29 PsychicCopycat's House 2F
- Walk to the door of Copycat's House in the northwest of the city and climb the stairs to Copycat's House 2F.
- Hand her the doll in exchange, then search the desk in the Copycat's room for a hidden Nugget.
TM31 Mimic
NuggetSaffron Gym
- Walk to the Saffron Gym door, just east of the Dojo, then step on the pad northeast of the entrance, past the guide.
- In the southeast room, take the pad just north of where you land.
- In the east room, head west to the pad level with your landing, where a PsychicMovePsychicPsychicClassSpecialPower90Accuracy100%PP10An attack that may lower SPCL.DEF. battles you on the way.
- In the northeast room and then the northwest room, take the pad just south of you; Channelers battle you only in rooms this chain skips.
- That last pad sets you down in the center room, where you face Leader SabrinaLeader Sabrina₱4,950
AbraLv 50
KadabraLv 50
AlakazamLv 50Weak toBug for her badge and TM46 PsywaveMovePsywavePsychicClassSpecialPower—Accuracy80%PP15An attack with variable power..
Gym Leader · fight 1Leader SabrinaAbra · Kadabra · AlakazamLv 50₱4,950AbraLv 50KadabraLv 50AlakazamLv 50Pokemon Encounters
Yellow lets you keep exactly one Fighting prize from the Dojo, and the other is gone the moment you walk out. Both Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan sit at level 30, and neither turns up anywhere else in the game.
Hitmonchan
ITEMS & SHOP
Two of the game's best TMs wait in Saffron's houses: TM29 Psychic and TM31 Mimic. A hidden Nugget pads your wallet.
TM29 Psychic
Psychic deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage.
TM29 Psychic
Psychic deals damage and has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Special Defense by one stage.
TM31 Mimic
Mimic copies the last move used by the target (replacing Mimic).
Nugget
Sell for 5000 Pokédollars, or to Ore Collector for 10000 Pokédollars.
Escape Rope
Transports user to the outside entrance of a cave.
Full Heal
Cures any status ailment and confusion.
Great Ball
Tries to catch a wild Pokémon. Success rate is 1.5×.
Hyper Potion
Restores 200 HP.
Max Repel
For 250 steps, prevents wild encounters of level lower than your party’s lead Pokémon.
Revive
Revives with half HP.
TRAINERS
Sabrina sits at the center of the Saffron Gym's teleport-tile maze with Psychic-types at level 50. The Fighting Dojo next door packs Black Belts, and a few loose Psychics fill the city's thirteen fights.
Blackbelt
Saffron City Guide
Mostly just one. Lt. Surge is the leader Yellow retuned toward the anime, and his upgraded Raichu can stop an underprepared team cold. Brock and Misty play about the same as in Red and Blue. The difficulty isn't a steady climb, more a couple of spikes you can plan around once you know they're coming.