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Pokemon Crystal GameBoy Cheats and Tips

Last Updated: by Richard

Pokemon Crystal is an enhanced version of the Pokemon Gold and Silver and was released way back in 2000 in Japan, and other regions during 2001. The game added several new features such as the Battle Tower which allowed players to enter into fights. It is also the first Pokemon game that allowed you to select a boy or girl character. Pokemon Crystal is an incredibly fun game to play and brings together the best of Gold and Silver, and just makes it all better! Whether you are wanting to play through the game regularly or would like some nifty cheats to unlock loads of great stuff, our Pokemon Crystal cheats and Pokemon Crystal tips are sure bring a lot more fun and enjoyment to your experience with this great game.

Pokemon Crystal Cheats

To use cheats in Pokemon Crystal, you'll need a GameShark device, assuming you are playing the game with a cartridge on GameBoy Color. If you are playing Pokemon Crystal on an emulator, then the cheats on our website will still work, you just have to enter and activate them on the cheat menu for your emulator.

While you are free to browse through all the cheat entries we have for Pokemon Crystal, we thought it would be a good idea to hand pick a few of the more popular and asked for ones. Here are our best Pokemon Crystal cheats.

Best Pokemon Crystal Cheats

1. Big Code Collection

This is just about our most popular Pokemon Crystal cheat, it's a great collection of various codes which do things such as summon Pokemon to fight, modify your stats, modify your item slots and more. These coeds are definitely worth a look through as there are too many to list here. It also includes comments from people that have tried the codes over the years. Big Code Collection

2. Masterball Cheat

Take the headache out of catching Pokemon with this master ball cheat. You can literally get as many as you want with this code. Master ball cheat

3. Items Cheat

If you are looking for things other than just a master ball, then this code will let you define the item that you want. Item Modifier Code.

4. Get all Starters

Get off to a great start in the game by getting all 3 starters from Prof Elm. This cheat only works if you are at the beginning of the game. Get all Starters.

5. Walk Through Walls

No Pokemon cheat page is complete without a working Walk Through Walls, or walk anywhere code, and here is the one that you can find on our site. Traverse anywhere you want on the map with this Pokemon Crystal cheat to walk through walls.

Pokemon Crystal Cheats and Tips
Pokemon Crystal Cheats and Tips

Pokemon Crystal Tips

So, if you want to try to play through the game without cheats, then hopefully these tips will be of some use to you in your journey through Pokemon Crystal.

Find the Secret Trainers

There are a few trainers that are not so easy to find in the game, follow these instructions to get to them. Go to the left of the Daycare and you will see that there is a lake. Use Surf and keep going South. Eventually, you will hit land. If you continue to go South, you will run into 3 trainers. They are all Lasses I believe. Come prepared, because once you fight the first one, you don't get a break to heal up or whatever. If you win, you will get a Stardust which can be sold a a high price. You can find more details and comments here about these secret trainers.

Cut the Grass

You can use a Pokemon that knows CUT to get rid of the grass in an area. Get the Pokemon that knows this move then walk up to the grass without going into to and the grass should cut.

Cloning in Crystal

While it is possible to clone your Pokemon in Crystal, it can be a bit tricky and it's not the same as cloning in Gold and Silver, fortunately we have this guide that will take you through the steps in cloning in Crystal

How to Catch Lapras

Lapras is one of the more tricky to get monsters in Pokemon Crystal, not because he is rare, but because you have to be at a certain place at a certain time. You can only catch Lapras in the Union Cave on Friday. First, Fly to Azalea Town. Then, go right until the end. Then, enter the cave. Go up. Turn left and walk all the way to the end. Then, you will see a small pond. Surf all the way down and you will see a ladder. Go through the ladder and you will see another small pond. Surf and reach the opposite side. Go through the ladder. Then you will come to a very big pond. Surf all the way down and turn left. Walk down and you see a trainer. She will battle you.

After battling her, walk down a bit and you will see a medium-sized pond to your right. Surf and you will see a blue Lapras. Lapras will be at level 20 so have a Pokemon that is at least level 20 to 22. Put that Pokemon in your first place. You should at least 2 to 3 Great Balls. But now comes the interesting part. Don't bother saving your game before encountering it. There will be only one Lapras on that Friday.

If you fail to catch it, don't worry. Lapras is not a rare pokemon. It appears at the same place every Friday. More details here: How to Catch Lapras.

Pokemon Type Match Ups

We've got a complete list of what Pokemon types are effective against other Pokemon types, it's best to go to the original entry on our site, which you can find here

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Useful Gameshark Codes

These gameshark codes made life 100 times easier for me completing the game and defeating red in under 12 hours with 6 Level 100's. All these codes work on the VisualBoy Advance emulator as I have tested them:

Best EXP battle (Blissey) - 91F204D2

Infinite Master Balls in 1st Ball Slot - 0101D8D8 0199D9D8

Extremely high LV battles - 019913D2

Infinite money - 010F4ED8 01424FD8 013F50D8

Huge HP boost at each level up - 01FFEADC 01FFEBDC

Huge ATK boost at each level up - 01FFECDC 01FFEDDC

Huge DEF boost at each level up - 01FFEEDC 01FFEFDC

Huge SPD boost at each level up - 01FFF0DC 01FFF1DC

Huge SPC boost at each level up - 01FFF2DC 01FFF3DC


How To Obtain Every Johto Legendary Pokemon

Suicune - After you have obtained the Clear Bell, you can find Suicune in Tin Tower. It will be at Level 40. There is no need to use the Master Ball here. Go with Ultra Balls, and save the Master Ball for Lugia or Ho-Oh.

Ho-Oh - After you have obtained the Rainbow Wing, you can find Ho-Oh at the top of Tin Tower. It will be at Level 60. You could use the Master Ball here, or you could save it for Lugia and go with Ultra Balls.

Lugia - After you have obtained the Silver Wing, you can find Lugia deep inside Whirl Islands. It will be at Level 60. You could use the Master Ball here, or you could save it for Ho-Oh and go with Ultra Balls.

Entei - After you have awaken Entei in Ecruteak City, it can be found roaming the Johto Region. It will be at Level 40. Ult..


Pokemon Crystal cheats

Clone Pokemon:

1. Fly to Pokemon Center

2. Save as soon as you enter

3. Go to the P.C. And save

4. Turn on PC then turn on Bill's PC

5. Place the Pokemon you want to clone in an empty box.

6. Select 'change box' and change to an empty box.

7. Just before it has finished saving turn the Gameboy off

8. When you turn the Gameboy back on you will have that Pokemon in your party and in the box.

Stronger Pokemon:

If you select to be a male trainer catch female Pokemon and if you are a female trainer catch males and they will love you faster and be stronger.

Raising Pokemon from Levels 2 - 15 will make them stronger than if you catch them at Level 30 in the wild. Pokemon whi..


Walk through walls

0100FAC2 0100FBC2 0100FCC2 0100FDC2


Get All Starters Without Trading

First, at the begginig of the game, go to Elm's lab. When he asks you to pick a Poke'mon, sae in front of the table. Now this may take some time. Go to Mr.Poke'mon's house and get the egg. Then go back to Elm's lab. Once you are about to leave, this guy will give you 5 Poke'balls. Go catch a Poke'mon and then go to Cherrygrove City and go to your box. Don't save anytime between then and now. Now deposit your starter and change the box number. When it says SAVING DON'T TURN OF THE P, turn off the game. If done correctlly, you should be back at Elm's lab. Do this again with all the starters and neer take them out until your done. If you go and check your box, you will have all three starters after you have done this three times.

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Get all three starters.

You can do this on Gold and Silver too.Start a new game and save outside your house.DON'T SAVE AGAIN.Do everything until you get past your rival for the first time.When you get to Professor Elm and you get the pokeballs give one to your pokemon.Catch a pokemon from the wild and go to the first pokemon centre.Deposit your starter and change the box. When it tells you not to turn it off ,turn it off.When you turn it back on, you'll be outside your house.Get a different starter,go to the first pokemon centre and withdraw your first starter.Take the pokeball off it and catch another pokemon.Deposit your two starters,change box and turn it off when it tells you not to.When you urn it back on, get the last starter and go to the pc and the other two will be there.This will take about 15 to 30 m..


Catch Celebi all the time

Use the game shark code for Kurt to give you celebi. This may only work in an emulator but try it on the visual boy advance. Use the code and Kurt will give you the gs ball. Then go to the forest. Place the GS ball in the hole.A level 30 celebi will attack you. It is best if you use the master ball code. Catch the celebi if your Pokemon are at least level 30. Kurt will come. Go back to his house. Repeat the same process to get celebi as many times as you want.


Secret Trainers

Go to the left of the Daycare and you will see that there is a lake. Use Surf and keep going South. Eventually, you will hit land. If you continue to go South, you will run into 3 trainers. They are all Lasses I beleive. Come prepared, becuae onec you fight the first one, you don't get a break to heal up or whatever. If you win, you will get a Stardust which can be sold a a high price.


Some numbers you might need

Schoolboy allan he gives you fire stones he is at route 36

Lass dana she gives you a thunder stone she is at route 38

Picknicker gina she gives you a leaf stone she is at route 34

Fisher tully he gives you a water stone he is at route 42

That is all of them I can remember off the top of my head


Cut grass

Tierd of walking trough alot of grass???? It's easy.. get a pokemon that knows cut, walk up to the grass.

DONT WALK IN IT stand right in front of it. Use cut. You now have no grass to walk in.


Cloning in Crystal

As some of you may have experienced, cloning Pokemon in Crystal doesn't work sometimes, as it always does in Gold/Silver. Here's the accurate way to clone:

1. Have the Pokemon you want to clone in your party, and make sure your current box has enough room for it/them (You can clone up to 5 Pokemon at a time). You can attach items to the Pokemon, which will also be cloned in the process.

2. Save your game in front of the PC.

3. Deposit the Pokemon one at a time (not 'move without mail') into your box.

4. Change the box. I have no idea why people say it has to be box 6, but that's untrue. You can switch to any box you want to.

5. When it says "Saving...do not turn off the power." turn off the power. BUT you have to wait until about one..


Unown Info

When patterns appear on the wall in the Ruins of Alph read what it says and use a move that is related to it.

EG. Light = Flash


The Best Way To Catch Legendary Pokemon

Lower the Legendary Pokemon's HP to almost nothing. Next, use a move that would make the Legendary Pokemon Fall Asleep. After that, throw Ultra Balls at the Legendary Pokemon.

If the Legendary Pokemon wakes up, make it fall back asleep and continue to through Ultra Balls.


Fushia Gym Secret

In the Fushia gym, there are invisible walls. If you look closely, there will be little white lines. The white lines indicate the location of the invisible walls, which means there is no wall in the way if there is no white line.

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To Catch Lapras You can only catch Lapras i..

To Catch Lapras



You can only catch Lapras in the Union Cave on Friday. First, Fly to Azalea Town. Then, go right until the end.

Then, enter the cave. Go up. Turn left and walk all the way to the end. Then, you will see a small pond. Surf all the way down and you will see a ladder. Go through the ladder and you will see another small pond. Surf and reach the opposite side.

Then, go through the ladder. Then you will come to a very big pond. Surf all the way down and turn left. Walk down and you see a trainer. She will battle you.

After battling her, walk down a bit and you will see a medium-sized pond to your right. Surf and you will see a blue Lapras.

Lapras will be at level 20 so have a pokemon that i..


Steps required for breeding

1000 Steps: Magikarp

2500 Steps: Cleffa, Igglypuff, Pichu, Togepi

4000 Steps: Caterpie, Geodude, Hoothoot, Ledyba, Pidgey, Rattata, Sentret, Spearow, Spinarak, Weedle, Zubat

6500 Steps: Elekid, Heracross, Magby, Mantine, Misdreavous, Mr. Mime, Onix, Pinsir, Scyther, Skarmory, Smoochum, Tyrogue

7500 Steps: Kabuto, Omanyte

9000 Steps: Eevee, Aerodactyl

10000 Steps: Chansey, Dratini, Lapras, Larvitar, Snorlax

All others take about 5000 steps.


Words!

In the ruins of Alph,you can enter secret chambers. In the one with the scientist in it, you must use an escape rope in front of the writing.then a door will open.you should go inside. You will find stuff.take it. Then go through the big hole on either side.if you can't read the writing on the floor when you fall through, on the pokedex on pokemon.com there are all the unown. For the south chamber do the same thing except use flash...


Pokemon Type Match-ups

Okay, this chart will display what type of Pokemon moves are super effective and not very effective on Pokemon types.

Bug - Super Effective against: Dark, Grass, Psychic. Not Very Effective against: Fighting, Fire, Flying, Ghost, Poison, Steel

Dark - Super Effective against: Ghost, Psychic. Not Very Effective against: Dark, Fighting, Steel.

Dragon - Super Effective against: Dragon. Not Very Effective against: Steel.

Electric - Super Effective against: Flying, Water. Not Very Effective against: Dragon, Electric, Grass. No Effect against: Ground.

Fighting - Super Effective against: Dark, Ice, Normal, Rock, Steel. Not Very Effective against: Bug, Flying, Poison, Psychic. No Effect against: Ghost.

Fire - Super Effective agai..


Easy way to catch a ledgendary dog! 1dupli..

Easy way to catch a ledgendary dog!



1duplicate a masterball.



2buy 5max repells.



3you have must seen a ledgendary dog to do this cheat!



4look in your pokedex for a ledgendary dog.


5.if a dog is not by a Lake of Rage,fly to Violet City to shuffle it's location.



6.once a dog is right beneath Lake of Rage and above Mohogany Town,fly to Mohogany Town,not Lake of Rage because the dog will escape!



Go to the patches of grass beetween Lake of Rage and Mohogany Town and use a max repell.once the dog is found,use a masterbal..


DUPLICATE POKEMON 1)Get in front of your ..

DUPLICATE POKEMON



1)Get in front of your pc and pick the pokemon that you want to duplicate carry them with you.



2)Go to goldenrod city and go to the pokemon center get in front of your pc and save the game.



3)get on the pc and deposit 1-5 pokemon that you want to duplicate and deposit them.



4)go to change box and pick a empty box click on it then click change.



5)it will say do you want to change boxes click yes.


6)it will say would you like to save the game click yes.



7)there is already a save file is it o..


Heracross and Aipom

You can catch heracross and aipom during the night time(aipom is sleeping) by these ways..

1. Teach your Pokemon HEADBUTT move

2. Go to Mt. Mortar - as you can see, there are three trees that contains apricorns (it is accessible by cut)

3. Just headbutt trees there until you can see heaacross and aipom. There are also sleeping sperows


Catching

DON'T USE YOU'RE MASTER BALL!!!!!!! Ho-oh and Lugia are easy!!! Use it on you're favorite Dog! Stick around for locations! Thanks!


Duplicating

Go to a computer, select bills PC. ( you must have at least two Pokemon ) Put in your favorite pokemon in the box. Change box (2 the one after ) when it says Saving don't ( turn off the power )

Shut it off. When you turn it back on. Take the one out of either the 1st one you deposited in or the seconed one take out the pokemon. Look in your pokemon pack you'll have another same level same name same attaks!


Ho-oh

Get the three dogs and go to tin tower talk to the elder in the back of the tower and he gives you a rainbow wing a staircase will open go inside finish the maze to the top


Apply a Sun Stone to these Pokemon for evolution...

Sunkern < Sunflora

Gloom < Bellossom


Shiny Geodude

Hey guys

I know you may not believe me but I caught a shiny Geodude on crystal without having to use any gameshark or action replay code.

I was on one of the patches of grass on the left below Blackthorn city and my intention was to get a skarmory but instead I ran into a Geodude that happened to be a different color compared to other Geodude so I thought it was a shiny Pokemon because it showed glittering effects and made a strange noise to go with it.

I actually had a pokeball on me so that was good timing. Hope you find this useful.


Evolve these Pokemon with sun stone

Sunkern Gloom


A Few Little Cheats I

DUPLICATION

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There is a duplication cheat and it does work on Pokemon crystal.

Heres what you do, First,go inside of any Pokemon center and save in front of the computer. Second, change to any EMPTY!!! Box and insert your Pokemon that you want to duplicate and any items you want to duplicate, make those Pokemon hold it(like a master ball or something) and change to another box( i'm not sure if it has to be empty or not I always use a used box)while it says SAVING...DON'T TURN OFF THE POWER(.) right when you see the period wait like a millisecond(for those who are stupid thats a really short time) turn off the power when you turn it back on there should be the Pokemon in your party and in the empty box,

ATTENTIO..


How to clone items and Pokemon!

1. Fly to Pokemon Center

2. Save as soon as you enter

3. Go to the P.C. And save

4. Turn on PC then turn on Bill's PC

5. Place the Pokemon you want to clone in an empty box.

6. Select 'change box' and change to an empty box.

7. Just before it has finished saving turn the Gameboy off

8. When you turn the Gameboy back on you will have that Pokemon in your party and in the box.


Pok�mon Mirror?

Here's a little thing I noticed about the pok�mon in Crystal version. I don't know if anyone else realised this, but all the pictures of Pokemon in Crystal (eg when they appear wild or in trainer battles) are exactly the same as in Gold version, except they've been mirrored. For most pok�mon this is no problem, but for others it causes complications. For example, Kingler, who is known for having a huge left claw has a large right claw in Crystal. Also, many pok�mon who are pictured holding things, like Hypno with it's pendulum or Cubone with it's bone club, appear left handed in Crystal. I also noticed that the swirl on Poliwag's/Poliwhirl's/Poliwrath's belly goes the opposite way to what it should. This is just due to a shortcut taken by the developers so that they didn't have to re-dra..


Rare Candies!

First (after you've got a radio card) turn your radio to channel 10.5 (only from 6:00pm-12:00am)you will hear a channel called Buena's Password. Go to the radio tower and talk to the lady on the 2nd floor. She will give you a blue card. Next talk to the lady again she will ask you what is the password. If you enter it correctly she'll give you a point on your blue card. The lady next to her give's you stuff for your points. Save 3 points on your card to get a rare candy

And here are a few rare candy locations(Rare candies are well...rare!):

1) go to cinnibar island. U know where blue is? If he's not there, press A on the spot he was standing on before he left.

2) go to violet city. There's this pond somewhere in the north part of the city. Use surf and go..


How To Get a Lvl 40 Corsola

You need get a super rod first...buy ultra ball and go to the day care in johto you see the water inside the day care?? Use super rod and you got a corsola but sometimes a kingler will appear..


How to get Ho-oh

To get Ho-oh, first you need the Rainbow Wing, which you'll receive when you go to the new tower in Ekruteak City after catching Raikou, Entei and Suicune.

Ho-oh is in the highest level of the new tower at level 60. Ho-oh has a hold item called Sacred Ash that can revive all fainted Poke'mon in your party. If you know the cheat on cloning Poke'mon and items, clone your master ball at least 5 times to capture the three legendary dogs and Ho-oh.

THANKS!!!!!


All 3 starters

Save right in front of the three pokeballs on the table before picking on up. Take on of them then carry on the adventure without saving. When you get the pokeballs catch one Pokemon then deposit your starter into the pc. Then perform the cloning glitch. If you did this right you should find yourself in front of the three pokeballs again. Repeat the whole thing with a different starter. Then the last time take the starter you haven't yet picked. This time you can save whenever you want because there should be the other 2 starters in the pc. Then you will have all three starters. This can also be performed for the kanto starters.


Gameshark glitch (fast [mega] money)

Use the code for slot 1 ultra balls (0102D8D8) when you have only 1 poke ball In the first slot... This should be the only ball there. Next, activate the code, you should now have 1 ultra ball. Sell this one ball. It should now say that you have 0 ultra balls. This is so far correct, if you sell these balls, press the down button until you get a glitched number and a ton of money next to it, sell the balls. You will now have all the money and the 0 ultra balls. Repeat this until you have enough money


Pokemon Cloning THE REAL WAY!!!

Hi. OK first for every one who think you can clone pokemon in ruby/saphire or yellow/blue/red, well you can't, But you can in this game.

All you have to do is:

1. Save game by computer.

2. Put Pokemon that you wish two clone in the PC.

3. Switch box.

4. When switching box and it says "Saving don't off the power" turn off the power.

(you must do this right after the final letter shows up.)

5. Turn game back on, and look in your hand, then the P.C., and your Pokemon will be in both.

P.S. To do this trick you need at least two pokemon.

P.S.S. You can clone items by putting the item on the Pokemon.

P.S.S.S. You don't have to clone the Pokemon once over and over...


How to beat Falkner

To beat Falkner, catch a Bellsprout east of Violet City.

Then, trade it to the person in one of the houses in Violet for an Onix.

Train Onix until it learns Rock Throw and use it on all of the Pokemon in the gym.


Get Suicune/Suikun(Crystal only)

To get a level 40 Suicine/Suikun, you need to go to Ecruteak City. Go to the Burned(Brass) Tower. Talk to Eusine. After his lecture, you need to go around to the left, and continue until your rival sees you. You will have to battle him. Beat him, and you will fall down a hole. Walk up, and on a platform will be Raikou, Suicune, and Entei(In that order). Continue onto the platform, and they will come alive. Raikou will say "Rai-ikou!" and run off to the west. Entei will say "Entei!" and rin off to the east. Suicune will say "Su-uicune!" and jump around you, then will come up to your face (Eusine's dream!), and will say "Su-uicune!", and run off. Eusine will go into daydreams, then tell you he dug a hole here.Beat Morty, get the Surf HM, and get a Pokemon that knows Fly. Surf to Cianwood C..


Where to get Strength

To get Strength, go to the cafe in Olivine City, and talk to one of the customers there, a sailor. He will comment on what lightweights your Pokemon are, then hand over the HM.


Clefairy Dance- and a Moon Stone!

On Monday nights, if you visit Mount Moon, there will be seen a group of Clefairy dancing around a rock outside of the cave. Come close enough, and they will run away, leaving behind a Moon Stone. You will need to walk up to the rock and press A to pick it up. This can be done as many times as needed to get as many Moon Stones as you want! But it will only work once every Monday night, so you'll have to come back a week later to get another.


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