Legendary Birds (quest)

Legendary Birds (quest)
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Region Kanto	Difficulty Hard	Compulsory? No
Starting location Shamouti Island.
Requisites Kanto Championship Have all non-legendary caught data for Kanto (Generation 1) Seen data of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres
Rewards Chance at catching Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres

The Legendary Birds quest, as the name implies, is the quest to obtain the three Kanto Legendary Birds.

This quest is meant to be for the late game, and as such, is not recommended for beginners. However, beginners may start to make preparations for when they are ready to complete this quest.

Preparations

Before starting the quest, make sure you have the following:

• Seen data for all three legendary birds (Zapdos/Moltres/Articuno)
• A Pokémon with the ability Cloud Nine
• A Pokémon with the ability Shadow tag
• A surf mount
• 6 Fire type Pokémon

Once all of these have been acquired, you are ready to begin the quest.

Walkthrough

Shamouti Island

To begin the quest, you must head to Shamouti Island. This can be done by talking to Sailor Sam at the Vermilion City Docks. Once you reach the island, find the Shamouti Festival Hall and speak with Melody. She will ask you to retrieve 1 orb from Ice Island, Fire Island, and Lightning Island. Melody recommends to head to Fire Island first.

Fire Orb

Head North of Shamouti Island to Shamouti Seaway, there will be a viscous storm that prevents you from going further. This is where a Pokémon with the ability Cloud Nine will be needed. Note that this will be needed only once, meaning you do not have to bring Cloud Nine every time you wish to pass here.

Once the storm has been weakened, grab your 6 Fire type Pokémon, and start to make your way to Fire Island. To reach said island, head north from Shamouti Island to Shamouti Seaway, keep going north to Seaway Vein, then head west to Seaway Vein Extension, further west lies Fire Island Seaway, and north of that is Fire Island.

Fire Elder

Make your way to the top of the mountain and you will find the Fire Elder. He will challenge you to a battle, but you are only allowed to use Fire type Pokémon. Once he has been defeated, you will obtain the Fire Orb.

Fire Elder's Lineup
Torkoal Nature Ability Item Random Drought None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 Lava Plume Fire Special 80 100 Stealth Rock Rock Status — —	Charizard Nature Ability Item Random Solar Power None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 Air Slash Flying Special 75 95 [[]] — [[]] —
Infernape Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Toxic Poison Status — 90 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 [[]] — [[]] —	Alolan Marowak Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Shadow Bone Ghost Physical 80 100 [[]] — [[]] — [[]] —
Volcarona Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Psychic Psychic Special 90 100 Quiver Dance Bug Status — — Hurricane Flying Special 110 70 [[]] —	Talonflame Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Toxic Poison Status — 90 Brave Bird Flying Physical 120 100 [[]] — [[]] —
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

Lightning Orb

Lawrence IV

Once the Fire elder has been beaten, you will have to beat another boss. This one, however, has no type stipulation. Head back to Shamouti Island and grab whichever 6, level 100, Pokémon you wish. Head north of Shamouti Island to Shamouti Seaway, then continue to Seaway Vein, and on an island there will be Zapdos and Moltres. Once you land, you will be teleported to a strange room with a single NPC, he will challenge you to a battle.

Lawrence IV's Lineup
Aerodactyl Nature Ability Item Random Random Life Orb Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 Toxic Poison Status — 90 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100	Excadrill Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 Swords Dance Normal Status — — [[]] — [[]] —
Mew Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Psyshock Psychic Special 80 100 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Ice Beam Ice Special 90 100 [[]] —	Clefable Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 Moonblast Fairy Special 95 100 [[]] — [[]] —
Alolan Exeggutor Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100 Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100 [[]] — [[]] —	Breloom Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy [[]] — [[]] — [[]] — [[]] —
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

After beating him, you will have to fight him again. This time he will use Zapdos and Moltres.

Lawrence IV's Lineup
Zapdos Nature Ability Item Random Pressure None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy Heat Wave Fire Special 95 90 Thunder Electric Special 110 70 [[]] — [[]] —	Moltres Nature Ability Item Random Random None Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy [[]] — [[]] — [[]] — [[]] —
Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon. Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.

After the second battle, talk to the Sage near the cave on the right and then search the wrecked ship for the Lightning Orb. Once found, Melody will appear with a Slowking and will teleport you back to the Pokémon Center in Shamouti Island.

Ice Orb

Articuno

For this part, you will need a Pokémon with the ability Shadow Tag.

To reach the Ice Island, head north of Shamouti Island, go north from Shamouti Seaway, then north again through Seaway Vein, keep going north from Ice Island Seaway, and finally you will reach Ice Island.

When you reach the island, go left and up the stairs. Waiting there is Articuno. After defeating it, it will drop the Ice Orb.

Melody

Now that all 3 orbs have been collected, speak to Melody in Shamouti Island. Behind Melody is Lugia. When spoken to, Lugia will thank you and depart, leaving a Silver Wing for you to collect. With this, the quest is complete.

Catching the Birds

Once the quest has been finished, there are additional requirements to fight each bird. You can catch them in any order you wish and all three are catchable. With each bird you catch, the requirements for the next one will increase.

• Articuno will need Ice Gems and Smoochum (Must be your OT Pokémon)
• Zapdos will need Electric Gems and Elekid (Must be your OT Pokémon)
• Moltres will need Fire Gems and Magby (Must be your OT Pokémon)

For the first legendary bird, you will need 15 of the corresponding Gems and the corresponding baby Pokémon with 100 or more IVS.

For the second legendary bird, you will need 30 of the corresponding Gems and the corresponding baby Pokémon with 120 or more IVS.

For the third, and final, legendary bird, you will need 100 of the corresponding Gems and the corresponding baby Pokémon with 140 or more IVS.

To catch them, you will need to go to their respective islands with the baby Pokémon that corresponds with them and with the required amount of Gems. Speak with the Elder's of each island and give them the Pokémon and the Gems. The Pokémon given will not be returned.

After giving the Pokémon and Gems, the legendary bird will spawn. Make sure you have a Synchronize Pokémon and enough Pokéballs. Using a Master Ball is widely recommended to avoid any mishaps and to guarantee the capture.