From the Viridian Gym to the Hall of Fame: Route 22, Route 23 and its guards, Victory Road, the Elite Four, then the Champion.
1 Route 22: the rival
The rival
waits on Route 22 (VAR_MAP_SCENE_ROUTE22: set to 1 by the Pokédex, to 3 by Giovanni
). The gate at the north of the route (Route22_NorthEntrance) only lets through players who hold the Boulder Badge.
121 steps · ! 1 trainer(s) watching · 1 jump(s)
Viridian City — Gym → Viridian City → Route 22
(Route 22)
Source : Route22/map.json, Route22_NorthEntrance/map.json, PalletTown_ProfessorOaksLab/scripts.inc · blocages § 5.5
2 Route 23: the seven guards
Seven guards block Route 23, each with a badge: Cascade (15, 149), Thunder (8, 140), Rainbow (14, 123), Soul (16, 112), Marsh (10, 94), Volcano (14, 61) and Earth (6, 35) — the common check script (Route23_EventScript_BadgeGuard) is not in the local copy: unverified. With all eight badges the road is clear to Victory Road's entrance.
50 steps · 1 jump(s)
Route 22 → Route 22 — North Entrance → Route 23
156 steps · Surf
Route 23 → Victory Road — 1F
Source : Route23/map.json, Route23/scripts.inc · blocages § 5.5
3 Victory Road
Three floors of boulders to push (Strength) and stairs to climb; the route gives the shortest way, boulders that block a passage are walked around.
48 steps · ! 1 trainer(s) watching
Victory Road — 1F → Victory Road — 2F
49 steps
Victory Road — 2F → Victory Road — 3F
66 steps
Victory Road — 3F → Victory Road — 2F → Route 23 → Indigo Plateau — Exterior
Source : VictoryRoad_1F/map.json, VictoryRoad_2F/map.json, VictoryRoad_3F/map.json
4 The Elite Four
Four rooms in a row: Lorelei
, Bruno
, Agatha
, Lance
. Each room's door only opens after the battle.
14 steps
Indigo Plateau — Exterior → Indigo Plateau — Pokémon Center 1F
4 steps
Pokémon League — Loreleis Room
4 steps
Pokémon League — Brunos Room
4 steps
Pokémon League — Agathas Room
29 steps
Pokémon League — Lances Room
(Pokémon League — Loreleis Room)
(Pokémon League — Brunos Room)
(Pokémon League — Agathas Room)
(Pokémon League — Lances Room)
Source : PokemonLeague_*Room/map.json
5 The Champion and the Hall of Fame
The rival, now Champion, waits in the last room; Prof. Oak
then receives the player in the Hall of Fame.
10 steps
Pokémon League — Champions Room
Source : PokemonLeague_ChampionsRoom/map.json, PokemonLeague_HallOfFame/map.json