diff --git a/pokemonred_puffer/data/status_flags.py b/pokemonred_puffer/data/status_flags.py
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+++ b/pokemonred_puffer/data/status_flags.py
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+from ctypes import LittleEndianStructure, Union, c_uint8
+
+from pyboy import PyBoy
+
+
+class StatusFlags1Bits(LittleEndianStructure):
+    _fields_ = [
+        ("USING_STRENGTH_OUTSIDE_OF_BATTLE", c_uint8, 1),
+        ("IS_SURFING_ALLOWED", c_uint8, 1),
+        ("UNUSED_0", c_uint8, 1),
+        ("RECEIVED_OLD_ROD", c_uint8, 1),
+        ("RECEIVED_GOOD_ROD", c_uint8, 1),
+        ("RECEIVED_SUPER_ROD", c_uint8, 1),
+        ("GAVE_SAFFRON_GUARD_DRINK", c_uint8, 1),
+        ("UNUSED_2", c_uint8, 1),
+    ]
+
+
+class StatusFlags1(Union):
+    _fields_ = [("b", StatusFlags1Bits), ("asbytes", c_uint8)]
+
+    def __init__(self, emu: PyBoy):
+        super().__init__()
+        self.asbytes = (c_uint8)(emu.memory[emu.symbol_lookup("wStatusFlags1")[1]])
+
+    def get_bit(self, bit: str) -> bool:
+        return bool(getattr(self.b, bit))