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:
- Magmar
- Eight
- Not very effective
- False
- Any response
Gym Leader Blaine
| Magmar ♂ | Lv.47 | Type | Fire |
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| Flamethrower | Low Kick | ||
| Fire | Special | Fighting | Physical |
| Confuse Ray | — | ||
| Ghost | Status | — | — |
| Rapidash ♂ | Lv.47 | Type | Fire |
|---|---|---|---|
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| Flare Blitz | Quick Attack | ||
| Fire | Physical | Normal | Physical |
| Fury Attack | — | ||
| Normal | Physical | — | — |
| Ninetales ♀ | Lv.47 | Type | Fire |
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| Flare Blast | Quick Attack | ||
| Fire | Special | Normal | Physical |
| Arcanine ♂ | Lv.48 | Type | Fire |
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| 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.