Move tutors

Move tutors, or tutors, are NPCs that impart move techniques to Pokémon. They allow Pokémon to learn moves that might otherwise be unavailable, or learn said moves before the Pokémon reaches the required level. Since move tutors are in various locations throughout the game, one will need access to the area that they are stationed in.

Available move-tutors

Ancient Power
Type	Rock	Category	Special
Base power 60	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Ruins of Alph Research Center 3,500 Must have donated at least three discrete fossils to Pewter Museum.

Aqua Tail
Type	Water	Category	Physical
Base power 90	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Abandoned Ship exterior 7,000 None.

Block
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Petalburg City House 2 15,000 None.

Body Slam
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 80	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Saffron Dojo 15,000 None. Goldenrod Department Store 15,000 None.

Bounce
Type	Flying	Category	Physical
Base power 85	Accuracy 85	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Lake Of Rage House 2 4,000 None.

Bug Bite
Type	Bug	Category	Physical
Base power 60	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Ilex Forest 5,000 None.

Bulldoze
Type	Ground	Category	Physical
Base power 60	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Mt. Coronet Center 12,000 None.

Counter
Type	Fighting	Category	Physical
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority -5	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Celadon Department Store 3F 5,000 None.

Covet
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 60	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 25
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 16 3,000 None.

Dark Pulse
Type	Dark	Category	Special
Base power 80	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Lavaridge Town's Pokémart 9,000 None.

Double-Edge
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 120	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Victory Road 2F 9,000 None.

Draco Meteor
Type	Dragon	Category	Special
Base power 140	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Dragons Shrine (Lance's boss NPC) 15,000 None. Tutor Heaven 15,000 None.

Dragon Pulse
Type	Dragon	Category	Special
Base power 85	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 216 8,500 None.

Drain Punch
Type	Fighting	Category	Physical
Base power 75	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Lilycove Department Store 5F 8,000 Will be tutored by the greeter whereupon Chuck is defeated.

Dream Eater
Type	Psychic	Category	Special
Base power 100	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Viridian City 4,000 Need a Cut-wielding Pokémon or a Hatchet to deobstruct an occlusive tree.

Drill Run
Type	Ground	Category	Physical
Base power 80	Accuracy 95	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Granite Cave B1F 6,000 None.

Dynamic Punch
Type	Fighting	Category	Physical
Base power 100	Accuracy 50	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Rustboro City Building 1 3F 7,500 Must collect three hidden scrolls within the building, precedingly.

Earth Power
Type	Ground	Category	Special
Base power 90	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Tohjo Falls 10,000 None.

Endeavor
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Violet City 11,000 None.

Explosion
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 250	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Mineral Site 20,000 It is unlocked with an accrual of 5,000 Discovery Points.

Fire Punch
Type	Fire	Category	Physical
Base power 75	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 42 mountainside 4,500 A Pokémon with Rock Climb on-hand to traverse the mountainside. Fallarbor Town 10,000 None.

Flash Cannon
Type	Steel	Category	Special
Base power 80	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Twinleaf TownHouse 2 (Link) 15,000 None.

Foul Play
Type	Dark	Category	Physical
Base power 95	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Lavender Town 15,000 None.

Frustration
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Sunyshore City 15,000 None.

Fury Cutter
Type	Bug	Category	Physical
Base power 40	Accuracy 95	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Verdanturf Town's Pokémon Center 2,000 Will be Pokémoney-payable for up to three times per week; thereafter, 2 Blue Shards and 3 Red Shards must be paid, instead.

Giga Drain
Type	Grass	Category	Special
Base power 75	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Erika in Viridian Maze 7,500 Kanto League championship and an on-hand lineup of level-100 Pokémon to access her tutorship subfunction.

Gravity
Type	Psychic	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Survival Area House 1 15,000 None.

Gunk Shot
Type	Poison	Category	Physical
Base power 120	Accuracy 80	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Petalburg Woods (floor 7) 9,000 None.

Headbutt
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 70	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Viridian Maze 2,000 Must have obtained the Boulder Badge from Pewter Gym. Ilex Forest 1,000 None. Eterna Forest 1,000 None.

Heal Bell
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Ecruteak City 16,000 None. Tutor Heaven 16,000 None.

Heat Wave
Type	Fire	Category	Special
Base power 95	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Cinnabar Gym B1F 8,000 You must have procured the Volcano Badge; thereafter, the gym-greeter will tutor this technique. Tutor Heaven 8,000 None.

Horn Leech
Type	Grass	Category	Physical
Base power 75	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Eterna Forest 15,000 None.

Hyper Voice
Type	Normal	Category	Special
Base power 90	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 28 8,000 None.

Hypnosis
Type	Psychic	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy 60	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Pokémon Tower B12 12,000 None.

Ice Punch
Type	Ice	Category	Physical
Base power 75	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 42 mountainside 4,500 A Pokémon with Rock Climb on-hand to traverse the mountainside. Johto Safari Snow Zone 15,000 None. Tutor Heaven 4,500 None. Pokémon League Hoenn 10,000 None.

Icy Wind
Type	Ice	Category	Special
Base power 55	Accuracy 95	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Mahogany Town Shop 12,000 None. Seafoam Islands B4F 5,000 None.

Iron Head
Type	Steel	Category	Physical
Base power 80	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Olivine City Cafe 8,000 None. Tutor Heaven 10,000 None.

Iron Tail
Type	Steel	Category	Physical
Base power 100	Accuracy 75	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Olivine Gym 4,000 Will have tuteeship access as a reward for defeating Jasmine therein.

Knock Off
Type	Dark	Category	Physical
Base power 65	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 25
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Trainers Valley 15,000 None. Tutor Heaven 15,000 None.

Low Kick
Type	Fighting	Category	Physical
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Golds Gym (Chuck) 7,500 An invariably level-100 on-hand lineup of Pokémon.

Magic Coat
Type	Psychic	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority +4	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Celestic Town 15,000 None.

Magnet Rise
Type	Electric	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Mt. Coronet Summit 12,000 None.

Mega Kick
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 120	Accuracy 75	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 4 2,000 Must have selected Hitmonlee at Saffron City Dojo.

Mega Punch
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 80	Accuracy 85	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 4 2,000 Must have selected Hitmonchan at Saffron City Dojo.

Metronome
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Cinnabar Lab Room 1 8,000 None.

Ominous Wind
Type	Ghost	Category	Special
Base power 60	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Union Cave 1F 10,000 Will have tuteeship access upon defeating Morty therein.

Outrage
Type	Dragon	Category	Physical
Base power 120	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Abandoned Ship B1F Room 1 (Toothless) 15,000 300-plus playtime hours, in addition to an invariably level-100 on-hand lineup. Tutor Heaven 15,000 None.

Pain Split
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Pokémon Tower 6F 4,500 None. Tutor Heaven 4,500 None.

Petal Dance
Type	Grass	Category	Special
Base power 120	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Ilex Forest(Neroli) 15,000 None.

Psych Up
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Veilstone Department Store (3F) 7,500 None. Fight Area House 3 (bimodal TM-tutor and move-tutor) 15,000 None.

Refresh
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 114 7,500 None.

Rock Slide
Type	Rock	Category	Physical
Base power 75	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Rock Tunnel 5,000 None.

Role Play
Type	Psychic	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Hearthome City House 3 12,000 None.

Rollout
Type	Rock	Category	Physical
Base power 30	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 39 10,000 None.

Secret Sword
Type	Fighting	Category	Special
Base power 85	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Matsuki Island {{{P}}} None.

Seed Bomb
Type	Grass	Category	Physical
Base power 80	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Safari Johto Grass and Swamp Zone 12,000 None.

Seismic Toss
Type	Fighting	Category	Physical
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Pewter City's exterior mini-arena 2,000 None.

Shock Wave
Type	Electric	Category	Special
Base power 60	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Power Plant (Kanto) 6,000 None.

Signal Beam
Type	Bug	Category	Special
Base power 75	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites National Park 8,000 None.

Sky Attack
Type	Flying	Category	Physical
Base power 140	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Love Island 10,000 None.

Snore
Type	Normal	Category	Special
Base power 50	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Celadon Department Store 15,000 None.

Soft-Boiled
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Celadon City 15,000 Will need a Surf-wielding Pokémon or a surfable Mount on-hand to traverse the surfway to reach the tutor.

Stealth Rock
Type	Rock	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Cliff Edge Gate 15,000 None. Tutor Heaven 15,000 None.

Stomping Tantrum
Type	Ground	Category	Physical
Base power 75	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Digletts Cave 10,000 None.

Sucker Punch
Type	Dark	Category	Physical
Base power 80	Accuracy 100	Priority +1	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Haunted Site 20,000 Also need an accrual of at least 5,000 Discovery Points.

Super Fang
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power —	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Natural Site 20,000 Also need an accrual of at least 5,000 Discovery Points.

Superpower
Type	Fighting	Category	Physical
Base power 120	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Cianwood City (House 2) 12,000 None. Tutor Heaven 12,000 None.

Surf
Type	Water	Category	Special
Base power 90	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 19 (Victor) 8,000 Must defeat Victor, himself. Additionally, the Pikachu or Raichu tutee must be under your OT registry.

Swagger
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Victory Road 3F 10,000 None.

Swift
Type	Normal	Category	Special
Base power 60	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Saffron City 2,000 None.

Synthesis
Type	Grass	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 218 12,000 None.

Tailwind
Type	Flying	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 30
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Violet City House 1 10,000 Must have defeated Falkner therein in order to have tuteeship access.

Throat Chop
Type	Dark	Category	Physical
Base power 80	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Celadon Department Store 1F 15,000 None.

Thunder Punch
Type	Electric	Category	Physical
Base power 75	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 42 mountainside 4,500 A Pokémon with Rock Climb on-hand to traverse the mountainside. Tutor Heaven 4,500 None. Pokémon League Hoenn 10,000 None.

Thunder Wave
Type	Electric	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Silph Co. 1F 15,000 None.

Vacuum Wave
Type	Fighting	Category	Special
Base power 40	Accuracy 100	Priority +1	PP 30
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Cianwood City 8,000 None.

Volt Switch
Type	Electric	Category	Special
Base power 70	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites New Mauville 5,000 None.

Wish
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Eumi Island Town 15,000 None.

Water Pulse
Type	Water	Category	Special
Base power 60	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Cianwood City (House 1) 5,000 None.

Worry Seed
Type	Grass	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 210 North for 7,500 None.

Zen Headbutt
Type	Psychic	Category	Physical
Base power 80	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Slateport City's marketplace 8,000 None.

TM-tutors

TM tutors are a special subtype of move tutors that provide another avenue for learning TMs for those that do not yet have their TM items programmed in. While TM tutors are functionally identical to conventional move tutors, they are different in the Pokémon move pools that they teach.

While TM-tutors do enable Pokémon to learn missing TMs, they lack the portability of conventional TM items and are only considered a workaround for the lack of those items. As such, they are only expected to exist until the items themselves are in the game.

Acrobatics
Type	Flying	Category	Physical
Base power 55	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Fortree City 15,000 None.

Brutal Swing
Type	Dark	Category	Physical
Base power 60	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Old Chateau Dining Room 12,000 None.

Bulldoze
Type	Ground	Category	Physical
Base power 60	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Mt. Coronet North 15,000 None.

Bullet Seed
Type	Grass	Category	Physical
Base power 25	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 30
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Sinnoh Safari Zone Area 2 15,000 None.

Defog
Type	Flying	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Violet City (school) 15,000 Must have defeated Hoenn's Elite Four cadre. Defog 15,000 None.

Dragon Tail
Type	Dragon	Category	Physical
Base power 60	Accuracy 90	Priority -6	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Dragon's Den 15,000 None.

Explosion
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 250	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Route 47 15,000 None.

Flame Charge
Type	Fire	Category	Physical
Base power 50	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Cinnabar Island Mansion 2 15,000 None.

Focus Punch
Type	Fighting	Category	Physical
Base power 150	Accuracy 100	Priority -3	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Petalburg City 15,000 None.

Frustration
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Sunyshore City 15,000 None.

Gyro Ball
Type	Steel	Category	Physical
Base power —	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Cinnabar Island Lab Room 3 15,000 None.

Hone Claws
Type	Dark	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Pastoria City 7,000 None.

Iron Tail
Type	Steel	Category	Physical
Base power 100	Accuracy 75	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Olivine City Cafe 15,000 None.

Iron Defense
Type	Steel	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 15
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Mt. Silver 1F 8,000 None.

Psych Up
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Fight Area House 3 (bimodal TM-tutor and move-tutor) 15,000 None.

Rock Climb
Type	Normal	Category	Physical
Base power 90	Accuracy 85	Priority 0	PP 20
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Fuchsia City (House 1) 15,000 None. Route 207 15,000 None.

Sky Attack
Type	Flying	Category	Physical
Base power 140	Accuracy 90	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Mt. Summer Summit 15,000 None.

Tri Attack
Type	Normal	Category	Special
Base power 80	Accuracy 100	Priority 0	PP 10
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Wayward Cave Secret Area 15,000 None.

Work Up
Type	Normal	Category	Status
Base power —	Accuracy —	Priority 0	PP 30
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Golds Gym (Saffron City) 15,000 None.

Zap Cannon
Type	Electric	Category	Special
Base power 120	Accuracy 50	Priority 0	PP 5
Tutor locations Location Price Prerequisites Iron Island B1F L 15,000 None.

Move Relearners

Move Relearners will teach any move within the Pokémon's level-up move pool that the Pokémon has satisfied the level requirement for. This means that the Pokémon must have already reached the level requirement for the move, in order to relearn it. This is the principal means of restoring lost or forgotten moves. Pre-evolution and post-evolution moves will not be relearnable via the Move Relearners.

Move Relearners will charge 2,000 per transaction, and two are stationed per region. They are available in the following areas:

• Kanto - Cerulean City; Saffron City; Tutor Heaven
• Johto - Goldenrod City; Blackthorn City
• Hoenn - Slateport City marketplace; Sootopolis City
• Sinnoh - Snowpoint City and Hearthome City

Move Inheritors

Homologous to Move Buffets, Move Inheritors—known more colloquially as pre-evolution move-tutors—move-inheritors can also recover lost moves; where they are dichotomized is that move-inheritors will allow evolved forms to relearn moves of their pre-evolutions, thereby affording move-learning continuity for moves exclusive to the pre-evolution that may have been forgotten or never learned—most common for stone-evolved Pokémon, which tend to be irretentive of most of their pre-evolution's moves.

Move Inheritors are stationed in all of the daycare centers available, and they will charge 10,000 per move.

Egg-inheritable moves

Main article: Egg-Inheritable Moves

A move-tutor exists that amalgamates all egg-inherited moves in the handheld games. These move-tutors are stationed in every daycare center and Tutor Heaven. Access to them entails defeating Naero's boss NPC.

No parent combinations are needed in order for the Pokémon to learn the Egg Move. The Pokémon will have unrestricted access to every Egg Move it would have in the handheld games, and an identical move pool will carry over to its evolutions. It will cost 15,000 per transaction.

See also

• TMs and HMs
• Egg-Inheritable Moves