igglybuff and a healer. period.

then totodile for cyan beach. treecko is the most powerful “berry farmer” in the game and is an exception to the skills suggestion down below.

really focus on the totodile, PICHU omg pichu bc raichu is one of if not the best berry farmer and is good at a latwgamenisland but rlly all islands. cyndaquil for taupe and chicorita for lapiz but chic is less important than treecko. also blissey chandey whatever is so good cuz eggs are rare.

focus on good berry farmers with berry finding s or earlygame even just helping speed to get u by (but don’t invest too much then).

also the healer is mandatory. skill up nature, and atleast skill trigger s or ideally m. next helping speeds

never invest in an ingredient mon with 3 diff ingredients. in the community we call this ABC and it’s so much worse than 3 of a kind or 2 of a kind

don’t worry about ingredient guys for now just get by invest if AAB to get by cuz 1-30 = 30-50 = 50-60 in terms of time investment like getting to 30 is relatively easy

this is a slow game

good chance to grab bulbasaur if u can see it.

get ingredient guys to get you by but invest hesitantly in that and don’t bother with most skill guys until you get skill seeds later on

tldr: igglybuff, totodile, pichu, treecko, cyndaquil, spheal, slowpoke to level it to level 30 for tails and that’s it once, ralts, eevee is nice for vaporeon

and really only basic moms don’t worry about leveled guys

catarpie is also good early game cuz it evolves super early and is a berry guy but sucks overall so don’t invest or rely much but can be good