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Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow Utility Guide

The following tables contain every place where a utility item (an HM, the Bicycle, the Silph Scope, or the Poké Flute) is required to access something.
All HM requirements are the same in all versions of Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow.

HM01 Cut
Location Object of interest
Viridian City Cut or Surf is required to collect TM42 Dream Eater from a man in the southwest.
Route 2 Cut is required to access an HP Up, Moon Stone, and HM05 Flash.
Either Cut or access to Diglett's Cave is required to access the Mr. Mime trade.
Pewter City Cut is required to collect the Old Amber from a Scientist in the Pewter Museum.
Vermilion City Cut or Surf is required to access the Gym.
Route 25 Cut is required to access TM19 Seismic Toss if the player did not lure the Trainer away from that area.
Route 9 Cut is required to access the route from Cerulean City.
Route 10 A hidden Super Potion can only be obtained by standing on the tile where the northernmost Cut tree was.
Route 8 Cut is required to access the grass patch.
Celadon City Cut is required to access and navigate the Gym.
Route 12 Cut is required to access a Fisherman and an Iron, as well as the grass patch.
Route 13 Cut is required to access the grass patch.
Route 14 Cut is required to access the grass patch, as well as the upper path of Route 15.
Route 15 Using Cut on Route 14 is required to access the top path of Route 15.
Route 16 Cut is required to access the grass patch and collect HM02 Fly from the woman in the house.
HM03 Surf
Location Object of interest
Pallet Town Surf is required to travel to Route 21 to the south.
Viridian City Cut or Surf is required to collect TM42 Dream Eater from a man in the southwest.
Route 4 Surf is required to access the Lass by Surfing from Route 24.
Cerulean City Surf is required to access Cerulean Cave and a Lass on Route 4, by Surfing through the city from Route 24.
Route 24 Surf is required to access Cerulean Cave and a Lass on Route 4, by Surfing down the western channel.
Cerulean Cave Surf is required to access and navigate this area.
Route 6 In Yellow, wild Pokémon can be encountered here with Surf.
Vermilion City Surf is required to access a Max Ether.
Vermilion City Cut or Surf is required to access the Gym.
Route 10 Surf is required to access the Power Plant and a Pokémaniac.
Power Plant Surf is required to access the Power Plant, by Surfing from Route 10.
Celadon City Surf is required to collect TM41 Softboiled from the man north of the pond.
Route 12 Surf is required to access TM16 Pay Day.
In Yellow, wild Pokémon can be encountered here with Surf.
Route 13 In Yellow, wild Pokémon can be encountered here with Surf.
Safari Zone Surf is required to access a Nugget in the Center area.
Routes 19, 20, and 21 Surf is required to navigate all three routes.
Wild Pokémon can be encountered on these routes with Surf.
Seafoam Islands Surf is required to access and navigate the Seafoam Islands.
In Yellow, wild Pokémon can be encountered on B3F and B4F with Surf.
Cinnabar Island Surf is required to access Cinnabar Island the first time, as well as to travel to Route 20 or 21.
Route 23 Surf is required to navigate the route.
HM04 Strength
Location Object of interest
Fuchsia City Strength is required to access a Rare Candy in the Warden's house.
Seafoam Islands Strength is required to navigate the area, and to reach Articuno.
Victory Road Strength is required to navigate the area.
HM05 Flash
Location Object of interest
Rock Tunnel Flash is recommended, but not required.
Bicycle
Location Object of interest
Routes 16, 17, and 18 A Bicycle is needed to navigate all three routes.
Silph Scope
Location Object of interest
Pokémon Tower The Silph Scope is needed to battle and capture wild Pokémon. Without using glitches, the Silph Scope is required to battle the Marowak on 6F, which must be passed to acquire the Poké Flute.
Poké Flute
Location Object of interest
Routes 12 and 16 The Poké Flute is needed to battle and capture Snorlax blocking the path on both routes. Clearing at least one Snorlax is required to access Fuchsia City.