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Johto · Generation 2

Pokémon Crystal

Crystal reworks Gold & Silver around the roaming legendary Suicune, adds the series' first animated battle sprites, and lets you play as a girl for the first time.

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In this game

251 Pokémon in the Johto Pokédex
  • Roaming legendary Suicune plotline
  • First selectable player gender
  • Animated battle sprites
  • Battle Tower challenge
Game details
Region
Johto
Generation
2
Released
2000
Platform
Game Boy Color

Starter Pokémon

Chikorita
Chikorita
Grass
Cyndaquil
Cyndaquil
Fire
Totodile
Totodile
Water

Johto map

Explore the game map and find encounter locations for the version you are playing. Each map is labeled with its source edition.

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45 of 45 mapped locations

Hover or focus a marker to see its name; select it to open the location. + groups nearby destinations. Zoom in to separate them.

Johto — in-game map from Pokémon Gold, Silver & Crystal
Browse mapped locations (45)
Drag or swipe to pan. Scroll to move; Ctrl/Cmd + scroll or pinch to zoom. Double-click to zoom into a point. Keyboard: arrows to pan, +/− to zoom, 0 to fit.In-game map · Gold, Silver & Crystal · Map source: Bulbapedia ↗Game imagery © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.

45 encounter locations in Pokémon Crystal

Open a location to see the encounter methods, levels and odds for this version.

Browse all Johto locations across games

Mechanics & features

How this adventure plays.

Battle Tower

Take a fixed-level team into consecutive Trainer battles outside the main story.

Animated battle sprites

Pokémon move briefly when they enter a battle.