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Pokémon Fire Red Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Fire Red Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Fire Red Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Fire Red so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Fire Red has 52 different encounter locations with 96 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

2 Fire Pokémon encounters

2 Steel Pokémon encounters

2 Ghost Pokémon encounters

2 Dragon Pokémon encounters

3 Ice Pokémon encounters

6 Fighting Pokémon encounters

6 Rock Pokémon encounters

7 Grass Pokémon encounters

7 Electric Pokémon encounters

8 Ground Pokémon encounters

8 Psychic Pokémon encounters

9 Bug Pokémon encounters

12 Flying Pokémon encounters

16 Normal Pokémon encounters

20 Water Pokémon encounters

22 Poison Pokémon encounters

2Fire Pokémon
FIRE

2Steel Pokémon
STEEL

2Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

2Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

3Ice Pokémon
ICE

6Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

6Rock Pokémon
ROCK

7Grass Pokémon
GRASS

7Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

8Ground Pokémon
GROUND

8Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

9Bug Pokémon
BUG

12Flying Pokémon
FLYING

16Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

20Water Pokémon
WATER

22Poison Pokémon
POISON

Fire Red Boss Battles

In order to complete a Fire Red Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 22 Boss battles throughout the Kanto region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Blue's Squirtle to Lance's Dragonite.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

7 Rival fights

2 Evil Team fights

Starter-dependent boss data

Some boss teams change depending on your starter. The static guide below uses the default fire-starter path so the page can be served as plain HTML for search engines and readers.

Gym Leader fights

  • Brock - Pewter City Gym

    Brock has a team of 2, made up of a level 12 geodude & a level 14 onix. The level cap for this fight is level 14.

  • Misty - Cerulean City Gym

    Misty has a team of 2, made up of a level 18 staryu & a level 21 starmie. The level cap for this fight is level 21.

  • Lt. Surge - Vermillion City Gym

    Lt. Surge has a team of 3, made up of a level 21 voltorb, a level 18 pikachu & a level 24 raichu. The level cap for this fight is level 24.

  • Erika - Celadon City Gym

    Erika has a team of 3, made up of a level 29 victreebel, a level 24 tangela & a level 29 vileplume. The level cap for this fight is level 29.

  • Sabrina - Saffron City Gym

    Sabrina has a team of 4, made up of a level 38 kadabra, a level 37 mr-mime, a level 38 venomoth & a level 43 alakazam. The level cap for this fight is level 43.

  • Koga - Fuschia City Gym

    Koga has a team of 4, made up of a level 37 koffing, a level 37 koffing, a level 39 muk & a level 43 weezing. The level cap for this fight is level 43.

  • Blaine - Cinnabar Island Gym

    Blaine has a team of 4, made up of a level 42 growlithe, a level 40 ponyta, a level 42 rapidash & a level 47 arcanine. The level cap for this fight is level 47.

  • Giovanni - Viridian City Gym

    Giovanni has a team of 5, made up of a level 45 rhyhorn, a level 42 dugtrio, a level 44 nidoqueen, a level 45 nidoking & a level 50 rhyhorn. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

Elite Four fights

  • Lorelei - Indigo Plateau

    Lorelei has a team of 5, made up of a level 52 dewgong, a level 51 cloyster, a level 52 slowbro, a level 54 jynx & a level 54 lapras. The level cap for this fight is level 54.

  • Bruno - Indigo Plateau

    Bruno has a team of 5, made up of a level 51 onix, a level 53 hitmonchan, a level 53 hitmonlee, a level 54 onix & a level 56 machamp. The level cap for this fight is level 56.

  • Agatha - Indigo Plateau

    Agatha has a team of 5, made up of a level 54 gengar, a level 54 golbat, a level 53 haunter, a level 56 arbok & a level 58 gengar. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

  • Lance - Indigo Plateau

    Lance has a team of 5, made up of a level 56 gyarados, a level 54 dragonair, a level 54 dragonair, a level 58 aerodactyl & a level 60 dragonite. The level cap for this fight is level 60.

  • Blue - Champion

    Blue has a team of 6, made up of a level 59 pidgeot, a level 57 alakazam, a level 59 rhydon, a level 61 exeggutor, a level 59 arcanine & a level 63 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 63.

Rival fights

  • Blue - Rival

    Blue has a team of 1, made up of a level 5 squirtle. The level cap for this fight is level 5.

  • Blue - Rival

    Blue has a team of 2, made up of a level 9 pidgey & a level 9 squirtle. The level cap for this fight is level 9.

  • Blue - Rival

    Blue has a team of 4, made up of a level 17 pidgeotto, a level 15 abra, a level 15 rattata & a level 18 squirtle. The level cap for this fight is level 18.

  • Blue - S.S. Anne

    Blue has a team of 4, made up of a level 19 pidgeotto, a level 18 kadabra, a level 16 raticate & a level 20 wartortle. The level cap for this fight is level 20.

  • Blue - Pokemon Tower Rival

    Blue has a team of 5, made up of a level 25 pidgeotto, a level 22 exeggcute, a level 23 growlithe, a level 20 kadabra & a level 25 wartortle. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Blue - Silph Co. Rival

    Blue has a team of 5, made up of a level 37 pidgeot, a level 35 exeggcute, a level 38 growlithe, a level 35 alakazam & a level 40 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 40.

  • Blue - Rival

    Blue has a team of 6, made up of a level 47 pidgeot, a level 45 rhyhorn, a level 45 exeggcute, a level 45 growlithe, a level 47 alakazam & a level 53 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

Evil Team fights

  • Giovanni - Rocket Hideout

    Giovanni has a team of 3, made up of a level 25 onix, a level 24 rhyhorn & a level 29 kangaskhan. The level cap for this fight is level 29.

  • Giovanni - Silph Co.

    Giovanni has a team of 4, made up of a level 37 nidorino, a level 37 rhyhorn, a level 35 kangaskhan & a level 41 nidoqueen. The level cap for this fight is level 41.

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