SAVES
- Brock
- Shorts guy
- Misty
- Blackbelt
- Bruno
- Lance

SHOPPING
- Pewter: Buy 10 Potions
- Vermilion: Sell TM34 and Nugget, buy 3 Repels
- Celadon: Buy TM07, 2 Super Potions, 10 Super Repels, 1 Poke Doll, roof stuff, 10 X Acc, 3-6 X Speed, 3-5 X Special
- Don't buy Full Restores unless you have none

OTHER DEVIATIONS
- Get PC Potion
- Carefully buy 8 Poke Balls (not 7)
- Lv. 3 Nidos: Tackle
- Lv. 4 Nidos: YOLO ball x2, then Tackle x2 and chuck balls
- Combine menu+save before Brock
- Fight Hiker with 0-11 DV Attack
- With 0-2 DV Attack: Try to get 487/448 exp. for early early Thrash (4 Geodudes gives the latter, and 1 Geodude for early Lv. 22 is a minor penalty)
- If lost first Full Restore, always get Safari Full Restore