Pokemon move tutors

Introduced in Pokemon Crystal, move tutors are certain characters throughout the regions that can teach moves to your Pokemon they don't normally learn. Some teach moves for free, while others require some form of payment like colored shards or Battle Points.

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Crystal

After completing the game, a move tutor appears in Goldenrod City Game Corner on Wednesdays and Saturdays. He can teach one of the following moves for 4,000 coins.

Move Type Cat. Cost
Flamethrower Fire Special 4000 coins
Ice Beam Ice Special 4000 coins
Thunderbolt Electric Special 4000 coins

FireRed & LeafGreen

There are many tutors dotted around Kanto. In most cases, they teach the move that they gave as a TM in the first generation, but is no longer a TM.

Move Type Cat. Location Condition
Mega Kick Normal Physical Route 4
Mega Punch Normal Physical Route 4
Blast Burn Fire Special Cape Brink Charizard only
Frenzy Plant Grass Special Cape Brink Venusaur only
Hydro Cannon Water Special Cape Brink Blastoise only
Counter Fighting Physical Celadon City
Softboiled Normal Status Celadon City
Metronome Normal Status Cinnabar Island
Body Slam Normal Physical Four Island
Substitute Normal Status Fuchsia City
Explosion Normal Physical Mt. Ember
Seismic Toss Fighting Physical Pewter City
Rock Slide Rock Physical Rock Tunnel
Mimic Normal Status Saffron City
Swords Dance Normal Status Seven Island
Thunder Wave Electric Status Silph Co
Double-Edge Normal Physical Victory Road
Dream Eater Psychic Special Viridian City

Emerald

In Emerald, many moves can be learned at the Battle Frontier in exchange for Battle Points. Additionally a few tutors appear throughout Hoenn - but their moves can only be taught once.

Battle Frontier tutors

Move Type Cat. Cost
Body Slam Normal Physical 48 BP
Counter Fighting Physical 48 BP
Defense Curl Normal Status 16 BP
Dream Eater Psychic Special 24 BP
Endure Normal Status 48 BP
Fire Punch Fire Physical 48 BP
Ice Punch Ice Physical 48 BP
Icy Wind Ice Special 24 BP
Mega Kick Normal Physical 48 BP
Mega Punch Normal Physical 24 BP
Mud-Slap Ground Special 24 BP
Psych Up Normal Status 48 BP
Rock Slide Rock Physical 48 BP
Seismic Toss Fighting Physical 24 BP
Snore Normal Special 24 BP
Softboiled Normal Status 16 BP
Swift Normal Special 24 BP
Swords Dance Normal Status 48 BP
Thunder Wave Electric Status 48 BP
ThunderPunch Electric Physical 48 BP

Other tutors

Move Type Cat. Location Condition
Metronome Normal Status Fallarbor Town Only taught once
Sleep Talk Normal Status Fortree City Only taught once
Mimic Normal Status Lavaridge Town Only taught once
Rollout Rock Physical Mauville City Only taught once
DynamicPunch Fighting Physical Mossdeep City Only taught once
Explosion Normal Physical Pacifidlog Town Only taught once
Swagger Normal Status Slateport City Only taught once
Double-Edge Normal Physical Sootopolis City Only taught once
Fury Cutter Bug Physical Verdanturf Town Only taught once
Substitute Normal Status Lilycove City Only taught once

Diamond & Pearl

There are two move tutors in Diamond/Pearl: a woman on Route 210 teaches Draco Meteor to any Dragon-type Pokemon; and a tutor on Route 228 teaches moves to any of the 12 starter Pokemon from the various games.

Move Type Cat. Location Condition
Draco Meteor Dragon Special Route 210 Dragon Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Blast Burn Fire Special Route 228 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Frenzy Plant Grass Special Route 228 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Hydro Cannon Water Special Route 228 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness

Platinum

In Platinum there are three main move tutors, plus the same two from Diamond/Pearl. The new move tutors require varying amounts of colored shards in return for teaching each move.

Route 212

Move Type Cat. Cost
Air Cutter Flying Special 2 2 4
Dive Water Physical 2 4 2
Fire Punch Fire Physical 2 6
Fury Cutter Bug Physical 8
Ice Punch Ice Physical 2 6
Icy Wind Ice Special 2 6
Knock Off Dark Physical 4 4
Ominous Wind Ghost Special 2 6
Sucker Punch Dark Physical 6 2
ThunderPunch Electric Physical 2 6
Trick Psychic Status 4 4
Vacuum Wave Fighting Special 2 2 4
Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 4 4

Snowpoint City

Move Type Cat. Cost
Helping Hand Normal Status 2 2 4
Last Resort Normal Physical 8
Magnet Rise Electric Status 2 2 4
Snore Normal Special 2 2 4
Spite Ghost Status 8
Swift Normal Special 4 2 2
Synthesis Grass Status 6 2
Uproar Normal Special 2 6

Survival Area

Move Type Cat. Cost
AncientPower Rock Special 6 2
Aqua Tail Water Physical 6 2
Bounce Flying Physical 4 2 2
Earth Power Ground Special 6 2
Endeavor Normal Physical 4 4
Gastro Acid Poison Status 4 2 2
Gunk Shot Poison Physical 4 2 2
Heat Wave Fire Special 4 2 2
Iron Defense Steel Status 4 2 2
Iron Head Steel Physical 6 2
Mud-Slap Ground Special 4 4
Outrage Dragon Physical 6 2
Rollout Rock Physical 4 2 2
Seed Bomb Grass Physical 4 4
Signal Beam Bug Special 2 2 2 2
Superpower Fighting Physical 8
Twister Dragon Special 6 2

Starter/Dragon tutors

Move Type Cat. Location Condition
Draco Meteor Dragon Special Route 210 Dragon Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Blast Burn Fire Special Route 228 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Frenzy Plant Grass Special Route 228 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Hydro Cannon Water Special Route 228 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness

HeartGold & SoulSilver

HG/SS adds several new moves to be tutored. However, instead of shards you now pay with Battle Points from the Battle Frontier. Three guys in a building outside the Battle Frontier will teach the moves. In Blackthorn City, you can also get the moves for your starters or dragon Pokemon, same as Diamond/Pearl/Platinum.

Frontier Access tutors

Move Type Cat. Cost
Air Cutter Flying Special 48 BP
AncientPower Rock Special 40 BP
Aqua Tail Water Physical 40 BP
Block Normal Status 32 BP
Bounce Flying Physical 32 BP
Bug Bite Bug Physical 32 BP
Dive Water Physical 40 BP
Earth Power Ground Special 40 BP
Endeavor Normal Physical 64 BP
Fire Punch Fire Physical 64 BP
Fury Cutter Bug Physical 32 BP
Gastro Acid Poison Status 32 BP
Gravity Psychic Status 32 BP
Gunk Shot Poison Physical 32 BP
Heal Bell Normal Status 48 BP
Heat Wave Fire Special 48 BP
Helping Hand Normal Status 40 BP
Ice Punch Ice Physical 64 BP
Icy Wind Ice Special 48 BP
Iron Defense Steel Status 40 BP
Iron Head Steel Physical 40 BP
Knock Off Dark Physical 40 BP
Last Resort Normal Physical 48 BP
Low Kick Fighting Physical 32 BP
Magic Coat Psychic Status 32 BP
Magnet Rise Electric Status 40 BP
Mud-Slap Ground Special 32 BP
Ominous Wind Ghost Special 48 BP
Outrage Dragon Physical 48 BP
Pain Split Normal Status 64 BP
Role Play Psychic Status 48 BP
Rollout Rock Physical 32 BP
Seed Bomb Grass Physical 40 BP
Signal Beam Bug Special 40 BP
Sky Attack Flying Physical 64 BP
Snore Normal Special 32 BP
Spite Ghost Status 40 BP
String Shot Bug Status 32 BP
Sucker Punch Dark Physical 40 BP
Super Fang Normal Physical 40 BP
Superpower Fighting Physical 48 BP
Swift Normal Special 40 BP
Synthesis Grass Status 40 BP
Tailwind Flying Status 48 BP
ThunderPunch Electric Physical 64 BP
Trick Psychic Status 48 BP
Twister Dragon Special 40 BP
Uproar Normal Special 48 BP
Vacuum Wave Fighting Special 48 BP
Worry Seed Grass Status 32 BP
Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical 64 BP

Other tutors

Move Type Cat. Location Condition
Blast Burn Fire Special Blackthorn City Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Draco Meteor Dragon Special Blackthorn City Dragon Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Frenzy Plant Grass Special Blackthorn City Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Hydro Cannon Water Special Blackthorn City Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Headbutt Normal Physical Ilex Forest

Black & White

As the first games of a new generation, Black/White only have a handful of moves that can be tutored, mostly to starter Pokemon.

Move Type Cat. Location Condition
Blast Burn Fire Special Route 13 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Frenzy Plant Grass Special Route 13 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Hydro Cannon Water Special Route 13 Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Fire Pledge Fire Special Driftveil City Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Grass Pledge Grass Special Driftveil City Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Water Pledge Water Special Driftveil City Starter Pokemon only, max. Happiness
Relic Song Normal Special Castelia City Meloetta only
Secret Sword Fighting Special Moor of Icirrus Keldeo only
Draco Meteor Dragon Special Opelucid City Dragon Pokemon only, max. Happiness

 

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