Get to the Elite Four in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Of course, you know that to reach the Elite Four, you have to pass through Victory Road. Well, if you are having trouble navigating the cave or don't know how to get there, here's a helpful walkthrough for you (Hint: you'll need a Pokémon that knows the move Strength for Victory Road.)
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Steps
- Reach Victory Road. Fly to Viridian City and travel west until you find a large building at the end of Route 22. Enter and follow suit to the path given by the officers, each asking if you have the correct number of badges to pass the eight gates. At the end, here you'll see the cave entrance to Victory Road.
- Head to the nearby boulder and push it east until it covers the switch on the far right.
- A barrier is lifted from the pathway above the staircase once the switch is activated.
- Head up that staircase until you find a two-way junction with a trainer lying in wait. The correct one is the path turning left, but there are two items passing the other way (they're TM2 Dragon Claw and a Rare Candy, but you can only obtain one per visit to Victory Road, so skip this for another time if you wish). Taking the left road, descend the steps and go north to a trainer and another staircase. Head up the stairs.
- Head south and push a boulder onto the switch in the lower left. This is a switch for another barrier. Go up the stairs and go east towards two trainers and two sets of stairs. Descend the closer set.
- Head east and follow the path as it turns north until you see a ladder near another trainer that's moving in circles. Go up the stairwell. Push the nearby stone north, then west to cover a switch on the far side of the cavern near an item. Backtrack and climb up the staircase onto the plateau past another trainer until you see another set of steps.
- Going down, pass a pair of trainers until you reach a rock in front of a hole. Push it in, then jump in after it. Now push the same rock left towards an empty switch. This lifts the barrier guarding a ladder on the plateau above you. Climb either set of steps up onto the plateau and travel up the ladder.
- Move past a trainer team (double battle: Nidoking and Nidoqueen both lv. 45) and go down the ladder behind them. Heading right, pass a move tutor who teaches Double-Edge and exit Victory Road.
- Going north of the cave, you find a small maze. Choose one of the pathways further to your right. It'll bring you out of the mini-maze and right up to the front door of the Indigo Plateau, home to the Elite Four.
Tips
- If you're a bit of an adventurer, there are a total of eight items scattered about Victory Road. If you plan to nab all of them, here's a list of what you'll find: TM2 (Dragon Claw), Rare Candy, TM37 (Sandstorm), Full Heal, TM7 (Hail), TM50 (Overheat), Max Revive, and a Guard Spec.
- If you want to conserve your Pokémon for any trainer battles in Victory Road, you should avoid battling or catching any wild Pokémon until you've reached the Elite Four building (reaching here will give you the privilege to fly back once you're truly ready for the final test: battling Lorelei, Bruno, Agatha, Lance, and your rival all in a row without stopping, so buy as many Revives and heal/status items as you can carry/afford).
- The wild Pokémon in Victory Road are as follows: Machop, Mankey, Onix, and Golbat are common sights. You'll have to search a bit to find Machoke, Marowak, and Primeape. FireRed offers Arbok, and LeafGreen offers Sandslash.
Warnings
- You cannot pass through Victory Road through the back way via Indigo Plateau and expect to be able to exit through the front way. It won't work; the barriers will be dropped again and their respective switches are only reachable from the front entrance.
