Is money finite in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow?

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Battling and defeating trainers, and selling found items are the only sources of income, right? So once all trainers are defeated, you could have all the money in the game and squander it on, say, Potions and never be able to get enough to buy another Pokeball.

Is there a finite amount of money in the Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow game world?

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 28 '14 at 23:40

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Almost; the Elite Four and payday are the only infinite source of money in the game (if you've reached them, of course). Later games all introduce some non-E4 method of getting endless money but in Gen 1 it's E4/Payday grinding or nothing.

Also, Payday is crazy slow for earning money, recommend just spamming the E4. There's really not much to DO with infinite money in gen 1 anyway.

answered Feb 28 '14 at 23:40

Ben Brocka

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you can buy carbos and similar, those are expensive – Mooing Duck Mar 01 '14 at 20:02
@MooingDuck Unless you use Missingno-like exploits, buying expensive items does not convey any sort of advantage. – Doktoro Reichard Mar 01 '14 at 23:33
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I beat the Elite Four dozens of times to get a Porygon back in the day. So there's that. – Antimony Mar 10 '14 at 20:30
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@MooingDuck manually EV-training is faster than grinding for money to buy the EV-items. – Kevin Dec 22 '14 at 10:15

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 28 '14 at 23:40

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No. Money is not finite. For example, Meowth learns the move pay day, which returns money back to the player after it is used in a fight.

Pay Day does damage and scatters coins on the ground with a value equal to twice the user's level for each time it is used. These coins are picked up afterwards if the player wins the battle.

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Also, you may fight the elite four over and over to get additional money.

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you'll have to trade meowth in though IIRC – ratchet freak Mar 01 '14 at 22:45
That is accurate, according to the Bulbapedia's page on Meowth – Doktoro Reichard Mar 01 '14 at 23:31
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there is a TM16 on route 12 that you can use to get pay day – ratchet freak Mar 06 '14 at 09:53

score 10 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 15 '23 at 08:27

No. There are ways to get money, even after defeating all trainers.

You can battle Elite Four. This is much more effective than other methods on this list.
You can use Pay Day in a battle, and it will give you money. It's a level-up move for Meowth, but it also can be learned from TM16 which Pikachu can learn.
You can earn coins in the Game Corner by playing and selling the prizes. It's hardly optimal because it takes 3300 coins to get 2500 money, but it's possible.
You can move items from another game (even one that you just began) using Pokémon Stadium 2, and sell them in-game.

Also, it's possible to abuse glitches.

Is money finite in Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow?

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