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Azalea Town Crystal · Johto town

Map of Azalea Town in Pokémon Crystal
Azalea Town (in-game map)

Azalea Town sits between Route 33 and Ilex Forest, a sleepy town known for its Slowpoke, the Slowpoke Well and Bugsy’s Bug-type Gym. Kurt, the local Poké Ball craftsman, turns Apricorns into special balls, and in Crystal he also plays a part in the GS Ball and Celebi event.

Wild Pokémon
4
Items
6
Trainers
9
Gym
Bugsy · Bug

Connects to: Route 34 · Route 33 · Slowpoke Well

Where Azalea Town is on the Johto mapAzalea Town on the Johto map

Bugsy’s Gym Johto badge 2 of 8

Bugsy
Type
Bug
Badge
Hive Badge
Reward
TM49 Fury Cutter
Lets you use
Cut outside battle
Prize
₽400

Moves and held items.

Gym trainers

TrainerPokémonPrize
Bug CatcherBennyWeedleWeedle 7KakunaKakuna 9BeedrillBeedrill 12₽48
Bug CatcherAlCaterpieCaterpie 12WeedleWeedle 12₽48
Bug CatcherJoshParasParas 13₽52
TwinsAmy & MaySpinarakSpinarak 10LedybaLedyba 10
Phone rematches (1)
Rematch 1 · ₽50LedybaLedyba 10SpinarakSpinarak 10
₽50
TwinsAmy & MayLedybaLedyba 10SpinarakSpinarak 10₽50

Wild Pokémon

Headbutt trees

Common trees
PokémonTypeLv.Chance
SpearowNormalFlying1065%
AipomNormal1020%
EkansPoison1015%
Rare trees
PokémonTypeLv.Chance
SpearowNormalFlying1050%
HeracrossBugFighting1030%
AipomNormal1020%

Teach a Pokémon Headbutt (TM02 from Ilex Forest) and use it on trees. Whether a tree is common, rare or empty depends on the tree and your Trainer ID.

Chances are the game’s encounter slots for each time of day: morning 4:00–9:59, day 10:00–17:59, night 18:00–3:59 (grass and caves 30/30/20/10/5/4/1, surfing 60/30/10). Where to find every Pokémon · Crystal vs Gold & Silver.

Trainers

Rival

Rival By the west exit towards Ilex Forest, after the Slowpoke Well

if you chose Cyndaquil (he has Totodile)

GastlyGastly 12ZubatZubat 14CroconawCroconaw 16

Prize ₽240

Rival

Rival By the west exit towards Ilex Forest, after the Slowpoke Well

if you chose Totodile (he has Chikorita)

GastlyGastly 12ZubatZubat 14BayleefBayleef 16

Prize ₽240

Rival

Rival By the west exit towards Ilex Forest, after the Slowpoke Well

if you chose Chikorita (he has Cyndaquil)

GastlyGastly 12ZubatZubat 14QuilavaQuilava 16

Prize ₽240

Prize money is the trainer class’s base payout times the level of the trainer’s last Pokémon. Trainers with phone rematches call you when they want another battle; their teams grow as you progress.

Items

ItemHowWhere
CharcoalGift The kiln’s apprentice gives it to you as thanks once you’ve returned the runaway Farfetch’d in Ilex Forest and received HM01.Charcoal Kiln
Lure BallGift Kurt gives you one Lure Ball after you drive Team Rocket out of the Slowpoke Well; afterwards he makes Poké Balls from Apricorns you bring him.Kurt’s house
TM49 Fury CutterGift Bugsy’s reward with the Hive Badge.Gym
Full HealHiddenAzalea Town
Wht ApricornApricorn tree Grows back every dayAzalea Town
GS BallGift Kurt hands the GS Ball back outside his house after studying it, sending you to Ilex Forest’s shrine; only reachable through the Virtual Console or Japanese mobile event.Azalea Town

Hidden items can be found with the Itemfinder from Ecruteak City.

Shops

Poké Mart

Charcoal ₽50Poké Ball ₽200Potion ₽550Super Potion ₽300Escape Rope ₽350Repel ₽4,500Antidote ₽250Parlyz Heal ₽3,000Flower Mail ₽50

Tips

  • Drive Team Rocket out of the Slowpoke Well and Kurt gives you a Lure Ball; after that he turns a stack of one Apricorn colour into balls, ready the next day.
  • Kurt makes Level Balls from Red, Lure Balls from Blu, Moon Balls from Ylw, Friend Balls from Grn, Fast Balls from Wht, Heavy Balls from Blk and Love Balls from Pnk Apricorns.
  • Your rival waits on the west side of town after the Slowpoke Well with Gastly, Zubat and his Lv16 evolved starter.
  • Fire- and Flying-type moves handle Bugsy’s Metapod, Kakuna and Lv16 Scyther; he gives the Hive Badge and TM49 Fury Cutter.
  • Once you have HM01 Cut from Ilex Forest, the apprentice in the Charcoal Kiln gives you Charcoal.
  • Headbutt trees here can drop Spearow, Aipom and Ekans, with Heracross as a rare find.

Walkthrough: Part 3: Route 32 to Azalea Town and Bugsy

More maps

Azalea Town: Azalea Gym
Azalea Gym
Azalea Town: Kurt’s house
Kurt’s house

FAQ

How do you get the GS Ball in Pokémon Crystal?

Outside the Japanese mobile event it is only available on the 3DS Virtual Console, from the Goldenrod Pokémon Center after the Hall of Fame. Give it to Kurt, come back the next day for it, then take it to the Ilex Forest shrine to meet a Lv30 Celebi.

How does Kurt make Poké Balls in Pokémon Crystal?

After the Slowpoke Well is cleared, give Kurt Apricorns of one colour and choose how many; the matching balls are ready the following day.

Where is the White Apricorn tree in Pokémon Crystal?

Outside Kurt’s house in Azalea Town; it grows a Wht Apricorn every day, which Kurt turns into a Fast Ball.

What Pokémon can you catch in Azalea Town in Pokémon Crystal?

4 species: Spearow, Aipom, Ekans, Heracross.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against the game’s own scripts and Bulbapedia. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances for all three times of day, fishing, Headbutt and Rock Smash tables, items, trainers, gifts, trades and shops come from the pret/pokecrystal decompilation (pret/pokecrystal 3bc8daa417). Maps, sprites and the Johto and Kanto Pokégear maps are drawn by retrogameindex from the game’s own graphics in that decompilation (listed on the image gallery). Pokémon © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.