Cinnabar Island Gym

The Cinnabar Gym will be locked the first time you reach Cinnabar Island. The Secret Key to open the gym’s front door is located in the basement of the Pokemon Mansion, which is the old building to the west of the Cinnabar Gym.

The Leader of the Cinnabar Gym will give you a Pokemon quiz before the battle can begin. The answers to the five questions are listed below:

  1. Magmar
  2. Eight
  3. Not very effective
  4. False
  5. Any response

Gym Leader Blaine

Magmar ♂ Lv.47 Type Fire
magmar
Flamethrower Low Kick
Fire Special Fighting Physical
Confuse Ray
Ghost Status
Rapidash ♂ Lv.47 Type Fire
rapidash
Flare Blitz Quick Attack
Fire Physical Normal Physical
Fury Attack
Normal Physical
Ninetales ♀ Lv.47 Type Fire
ninetales
Flare Blast Quick Attack
Fire Special Normal Physical
Arcanine ♂ Lv.48 Type Fire
arcanine
Flare Blitz Outrage
Fire Physical Dragon Physical
Crunch
Dark Physical

Blaine specializes in fire-type Pokemon, and his pure fire-type Pokemon know the strongest fire-type attacks in the game: Fire Blast and Flare Blitz. Fire Blast is a special attack while Flare Blitz is a physical attack. Fire-type Pokemon are weak to water-, ground-, and rock-type attacks. Fire-type attacks will cause double damage to grass-, ice-, bug-, and steel-type Pokemon, so avoid using any of those types unless you think your Pokemon are strong enough or fast enough to strike first.

Defeat Blaine to receive P7,680, the Volcano Badge, and TM46 Fire Blast. Exit out of the gym to meet up with your Rival. He will tell you the final Pokemon gym is located in Viridian City. You can sky dash there now or sea skim north to battle a few more Trainers along Route 21. You can also find a new species of Pokemon on Route 21 in the grass near Pallet Town.