- Author: RichterSnipes
- As of Version: v211001
- Updated: October 01, 2021
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Pokemon Throwback is a hack of the Gen 1 remakes designed to improve and polish the classic Kanto adventure. Rather than overhauling the game entirely, it introduces quality-of-life enhancements, additional features, and bug fixes—maintaining the authentic GBA style while offering a smoother and more refined version of the beloved original story.
Pokemon Throwback Catch ’em All Event Guide
Several Pokémon are only obtainable through events added to the game. Read below for those that are now regularly available.
Rival’s Kanto Starter
Your rival will “donate” his starter of choice to you when you first arrive at Four Island.
Johto Starters and Unchosen Kanto Starter
The prizes for completing the various modes of Trainer Tower have been replaced with the Johto starter Pokémon and the Kanto starter that neither you nor your rival chose. Complete the following modes for each Pokémon:
Single: Chikorita
Double: Cyndaquil
Knockout: Totodile
Mixed: Unchosen Kanto Starter
The previous prizes were evolution-inducing hold items. Each one has another location where they could be obtained in the game, which is unchanged from the vanilla game.
Trade-Evolved Pokémon
PokĶmon that evolve through trade will still evolve that way. You can also evolve them by sending them through Bill’s Teleporter. If a Pokémon evolves when holding a specific item while traded, you’ll need to ensure that they’re holding it at the point in time that you send them through it.
Using Bill’s Teleporter to evolve a Pokémon will not consume the item its holding.
Fossil Pokémon
If you use Rock Smash on breakable rocks, there’s a small chance that they will drop an item. Outside of Cerulean Cave, all breakable rocks have a 50% chance of dropping one of these items if you don’t encounter a Pokémon:
- Hard Stone
- Soft Sand
- Star Piece
- Big Pearl
- Pearl
- Ether
- Max Ether
- Revive
- Max Revive
- Heart Scale
In Cerulean Cave, however, you can get fossils from smashing rocks! Much like Gen IV and Gen VI, this one location in the game will give you them from a different item pool. You will have a 25% chance at getting one of the following items:
- Helix Fossil (Hard Stone if you already have a Helix Fossil)
- Dome Fossil (Soft Sand if you already have a Dome Fossil)
- Old Amber (Star Piece if you already have an Old Amber)
- Max Ether
- Max Revive
Note that if you haven’t received the Old Amber from the scientists at the Pewter Museum yet, you will not be able to receive any Old Amber items from smashing rocks. You will need to give the original Old Amber to the fossil doctor before they are added to the item pool. The same applies to the fossil you got from Mt. Moon.
Altering Cave Pokémon
Currently, all Pokémon that were originally set to appear in Altering Cave will always appear there as opposed to Zubat, albeit in varying encounter rates. In the future, I will set it so that a trigger causes the proper individual Pokémon to appear there at a given time like was originally intended with Wonder Spots.
Pokémon that appear in Altering Cave:
- Mareep
- Aipom
- Pineco
- Shuckle
- Teddiursa
- Houndour
- Stantler
- Smeargle
Mew
You can find Mew hanging out at the top of Mt. Ember. It’ll be minding its own business unless you approach it with a Mewtwo in your party. In that case, it will become adversarial and attack. Moltres has been relocated back to Victory Road in order to make room.
Mew is holding a Starf Berry. It’ll use it in battle if its HP gets low. Since this Berry is otherwise unobtainable in the game, you might want to bring a Pokémon with you that knows Thief in order to claim the item for yourself.
Note: This Mew is considered illegal in later games. You may have trouble transferring it to Pokémon Bank. If anyone has any difficulties doing so, please let me know.
Legendary Beasts
In the vanilla game, the legendary beast (Raikou, Entei, and Suicune) whose type is super-effective against your starter Pokémon’s base type will randomly roam Kanto once you give the Sapphire to Celio on One Island. Now, you’ll be able to get all three through roaming. To trigger the next roaming beast, finish with the current beast by either catching or defeating it, then defeat the Elite Four and Pokémon Champion again. Each beast will spawn only once. The order will depend on your chosen starter:
Bulbasaur: Entei -> Raikou -> Suicune
Charmander: Suicune -> Entei -> Raikou
Squirtle: Raikou -> Suicune -> Entei
Note: If paired with the Extras patch, the roaming trio will have their IV glitch fixed. This will likely generate Raikou, Entei, and Suicune with IVs that are otherwise impossible in FireRed and LeafGreen. As a result, they may be considered illegal in later games. I can’t say for sure.
Lugia and Ho-Oh
These two legendary birds are at Navel Rock. To get the MysticTicket that takes you there, speak to the mysterious old woman on Seven Island.
Celebi
Celebi can be found in a new bush placed in Berry Forest. It won’t appear there until after you save Lostelle, as Celebi only show up in areas of peace. You will need at least one open space in your party; it won’t transfer to your PC storage system.
This Celebi will be used in an event that will be added to Throwback in the future. In the meantime, you can obtain it for bragging rights.
This Celebi is holding a Lansat Berry.
Note: This Celebi is considered illegal in later games. You may have trouble transferring it to Pokémon Bank. If anyone has any difficulties doing so, please let me know.
Closing Note
The documentation covers a lot, but if you can’t find what you’re looking for, You can try asking for help on the official PokeCommunity thread.
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