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Pokémon Yellow Nuzlocke Guide

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

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Yellow 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 Yellow so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Yellow has 45 different encounter locations with 94 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

1 Dragon Pokémon encounters

2 Ice Pokémon encounters

2 Ghost Pokémon encounters

3 Fire Pokémon encounters

5 Electric Pokémon encounters

5 Rock Pokémon encounters

6 Fighting Pokémon encounters

8 Bug Pokémon encounters

8 Psychic Pokémon encounters

9 Grass Pokémon encounters

10 Ground Pokémon encounters

13 Flying Pokémon encounters

18 Normal Pokémon encounters

19 Poison Pokémon encounters

20 Water Pokémon encounters

1Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

2Ice Pokémon
ICE

2Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

3Fire Pokémon
FIRE

5Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

5Rock Pokémon
ROCK

6Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

8Bug Pokémon
BUG

8Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

9Grass Pokémon
GRASS

10Ground Pokémon
GROUND

13Flying Pokémon
FLYING

18Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

19Poison Pokémon
POISON

20Water Pokémon
WATER

Yellow Boss Battles

In order to complete a Yellow Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 26 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 Eevee to Lance's Dragonite.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

7 Rival fights

6 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 10 geodude & a level 12 onix. The level cap for this fight is level 12.

  • 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 1, made up of a level 28 raichu. The level cap for this fight is level 28.

  • Erica - Celadon City Gym

    Erica has a team of 3, made up of a level 30 tangela, a level 32 weepinbell & a level 32 gloom. The level cap for this fight is level 32.

  • Sabrina - Saffron City Gym

    Sabrina has a team of 3, made up of a level 50 abra, a level 50 kadabra & a level 50 alakazam. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

  • Koga - Fuschia City Gym

    Koga has a team of 4, made up of a level 44 venonat, a level 46 venonat, a level 48 venonat & a level 50 venomoth. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

  • Blaine - Cinnabar Island Gym

    Blaine has a team of 3, made up of a level 48 ninetales, a level 50 rapidash & a level 54 arcanine. The level cap for this fight is level 54.

  • Giovanni - Viridian City Gym

    Giovanni has a team of 5, made up of a level 50 dugtrio, a level 53 persian, a level 53 nidoqueen, a level 55 nidoking & a level 55 rhydon. The level cap for this fight is level 55.

Elite Four fights

  • Lorelei - Indigo Plateau

    Lorelei has a team of 5, made up of a level 54 dewgong, a level 53 cloyster, a level 54 slowbro, a level 56 jynx & a level 56 lapras. The level cap for this fight is level 56.

  • Bruno - Indigo Plateau

    Bruno has a team of 5, made up of a level 53 onix, a level 55 hitmonchan, a level 55 hitmonlee, a level 56 onix & a level 58 machamp. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

  • Agatha - Indigo Plateau

    Agatha has a team of 5, made up of a level 56 gengar, a level 56 golbat, a level 55 haunter, a level 58 arbok & a level 60 gengar. The level cap for this fight is level 60.

  • Lance - Indigo Plateau

    Lance has a team of 5, made up of a level 58 gyarados, a level 56 dragonair, a level 56 dragonair, a level 60 aerodactyl & a level 62 dragonite. The level cap for this fight is level 62.

  • Blue - Champion

    Blue has a team of 6, made up of a level 61 sandslash, a level 59 alakazam, a level 61 exeggutor, a level 61 magneton, a level 63 cloyster & a level 65 flareon. The level cap for this fight is level 65.

Rival fights

  • Blue - Professor Oak's Lab

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

  • Blue (Optional) - Route 22

    Blue (Optional) has a team of 2, made up of a level 9 spearow & a level 8 eevee. The level cap for this fight is level 9.

  • Blue - Route 24

    Blue has a team of 4, made up of a level 18 spearow, a level 15 sandshrew, a level 15 rattata & a level 17 eevee. 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 spearow, a level 16 rattata, a level 18 sandshrew & a level 20 eevee. The level cap for this fight is level 20.

  • Blue - Pokemon Tower

    Blue has a team of 5, made up of a level 25 fearow, a level 23 magnemite, a level 22 shellder, a level 20 sandshrew & a level 25 eevee. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Blue - Silph Co.

    Blue has a team of 5, made up of a level 38 sandslash, a level 37 magneton, a level 35 cloyster, a level 35 kadabra & a level 40 flareon. The level cap for this fight is level 40.

  • Blue - Victory Road

    Blue has a team of 6, made up of a level 47 sandslash, a level 45 exeggcute, a level 47 magneton, a level 45 cloyster, a level 50 kadabra & a level 40 flareon. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

Evil Team fights

  • Jessie & James - Team Rocket

    Jessie & James has a team of 3, made up of a level 14 ekans, a level 14 meowth & a level 14 koffing. The level cap for this fight is level 14.

  • Jessie &james - Rocket Hideout

    Jessie &james has a team of 3, made up of a level 25 ekans, a level 25 meowth & a level 25 koffing. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Giovanni - Rocket Hideout

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

  • Jessie &james - Pokemon Tower

    Jessie &james has a team of 3, made up of a level 27 arbok, a level 27 meowth & a level 27 weezing. The level cap for this fight is level 27.

  • Jessie &james - Silph Co.

    Jessie &james has a team of 3, made up of a level 31 arbok, a level 31 meowth & a level 31 weezing. The level cap for this fight is level 31.

  • Giovanni - Silph Co. Boss

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

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