Map Events

Events & Quests

Special Pokémon, quests, and altered mechanics in Perfect FireRed.

Event Pokémon

Hitmonchan & Hitmonlee

Gift
Fighting Dojo

Take BOTH Pokémon (vanilla only lets you pick one)

Hitmonchan Hitmonchan Hitmonlee Hitmonlee

Eevee

Wild Encounter
Route 21

South of Pallet Town (grass)

Eevee Eevee

Rival's Kanto Starter

Gift
Four Island

Rival 'donates' his starter of choice when you first arrive at Four Island

Charmander Charmander Squirtle Squirtle Bulbasaur Bulbasaur

Mew

Quest
Mt. Ember (start), then dialogue clues

Giovanni becomes obsessed with Mew after his Viridian Gym defeat. Pay attention to his dialogues for clues on Mew's location.

Prerequisites
  • Complete Sevii Islands post-game
  • Defeat all Rockets
  • Recover the Sapphire on Island 5
Mew Mew

Celebi

Wild Encounter
Berry Forest

Hides in a new bush in Berry Forest. Won't appear until after saving Lostelle. Holds a Lansat Berry. Must have an open party slot — won't auto-send to PC.

Celebi Celebi

Ho-Oh & Lugia

Wild Encounter
Navel Rock

Speak to the mysterious old woman on Seven Island to get the MysticTicket.

Ho-Oh Ho-Oh Lugia Lugia

Legendary Beasts (Raikou / Entei / Suicune)

Roaming
Roaming across Kanto

Give Sapphire to Celio on One Island to trigger first beast. Catch/defeat to spawn the next after defeating E4 + Champion again. Order depends on starter: Bulbasaur=Entei→Raikou→Suicune; Charmander=Suicune→Entei→Raikou; Squirtle=Raikou→Suicune→Entei.

Raikou Raikou Entei Entei Suicune Suicune

Altering Cave (Bug Fix)

Vanilla had a bug that made Altering Cave spawn only Zubat. PFR fixes the encounter table:

Mareep Mareep Aipom Aipom Pineco Pineco Shuckle Shuckle Teddiursa Teddiursa Houndour Houndour Stantler Stantler Smeargle Smeargle

Trainer Tower Prizes

Trade Evolution

Have the Pokémon hold the required item (if any), then place it in the BILL TELEPORT MACHINE. The evolution item is NOT consumed.

Fossil & Rock Smash Drops

Outside Cerulean Cave

50% drop chance per breakable rock

  • Hard Stone
  • Soft Sand
  • Star Piece
  • Big Pearl
  • Pearl
  • Ether
  • Max Ether
  • Revive
  • Max Revive
  • Heart Scale

Cerulean Cave

25% drop chance — includes fossils!

  • Helix Fossil
  • Dome Fossil
  • Old Amber
  • Max Ether
  • Max Revive

Helix becomes Hard Stone, Dome becomes Soft Sand, Old Amber becomes Star Piece once you've collected them. Old Amber unlocks only after giving the museum's Old Amber to the Fossil Doctor.

Sevii Island 2 Stall

  • Initial: Great Ball, Fresh Water
  • After Lostelle rescue: Ultra Ball, Soda Pop
  • After Hall of Fame: Lemonade, Moomoo Milk
  • After 2nd E4: Sun Stone, Moon Stone, PP Up, Timer Ball, Repeat Ball