Nuzlocke Tracker

Pokémon Crystal Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Crystal Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Crystal Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Crystal so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Crystal has 84 different encounter locations with 146 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

2 Steel Pokémon encounters

2 Ghost Pokémon encounters

2 Dragon Pokémon encounters

3 Fighting Pokémon encounters

3 Dark Pokémon encounters

6 Normal Pokémon encounters

6 Electric Pokémon encounters

6 Ice Pokémon encounters

7 Fire Pokémon encounters

10 Rock Pokémon encounters

11 Grass Pokémon encounters

13 Psychic Pokémon encounters

18 Ground Pokémon encounters

19 Bug Pokémon encounters

26 Flying Pokémon encounters

26 Poison Pokémon encounters

30 Water Pokémon encounters

2Steel Pokémon
STEEL

2Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

2Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

3Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

3Dark Pokémon
DARK

6Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

6Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

6Ice Pokémon
ICE

7Fire Pokémon
FIRE

10Rock Pokémon
ROCK

11Grass Pokémon
GRASS

13Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

18Ground Pokémon
GROUND

19Bug Pokémon
BUG

26Flying Pokémon
FLYING

26Poison Pokémon
POISON

30Water Pokémon
WATER

Crystal Boss Battles

In order to complete a Crystal Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 35 Boss battles throughout the Johto region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Silver's Totodile to Karen's Houndoom.

16 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

8 Rival fights

6 Evil Team fights

Select your starter type

Like all Pokémon games, you will have to select a starter. The type will update some of the boss teams to match. For example, if your starter was a grass type Silver might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

  • - Violet City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Azalea Town Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Ecruteak City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Cianwood City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Olivine City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mahogany Town Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Blackthorn City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Vermillion City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Saffron City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Celadon City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Cerulean City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Fuschia City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pewter City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Cinnabar Island Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Virdian City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Elite Four fights

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Champion Fight

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Rival fights

  • - Cherrygrove City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Exit to Ilex Forest

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Burned Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Cianwood City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod tunnel

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Victory Road

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mt. Moon Rival

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Champion

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Evil Team fights

  • - Rocket Hideout

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Rocket Hideout

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Now that you're ready to take on the Pokémon Crystal Nuzlocke Challenge, why not keep track of all your encounters with the Nuzlocke Tracker?