Olivine City Crystal · Johto town

Map of Olivine City in Pokémon Crystal — Olivine City (in-game map)

Olivine City is a busy port on Johto’s west coast, at the south end of Route 39 and the start of the Route 40 sea route to Cianwood City. Its lighthouse, where Jasmine tends a sick Ampharos, drives the mid-game story, and after the Elite Four the S.S. Aqua sails from here to Vermilion City.

Wild Pokémon: 10
Items: 4
Trainers: 1
Needs: Surf
Gym: Jasmine · Steel

Connects to: Route 39 · Route 40 · Olivine Lighthouse · S.S. Aqua

Where Olivine City is on the Johto map Olivine City on the Johto map

Jasmine’s Gym Johto badge 6 of 8

Type: Steel
Badge: Mineral Badge
Reward: TM23 Iron Tail
Prize: ₽875

Magnemite Lv. 30ElectricSteel

Steelix Lv. 35SteelGround

Moves and held items.

Wild Pokémon

Olivine City

Surfing encounter rate 6%
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Tentacool	WaterPoison	15–20	90%
Tentacruel	WaterPoison	20	10%

Fishing
Rod	Pokémon	Lv.	Morning & day	Night
Old Rod	Magikarp	10	85%	85%
Old Rod	Krabby	10	15%	15%
Good Rod	Krabby	20	55%	55%
	Magikarp	20	35%	35%
	Staryu	20	–	10%
	Corsola	20	10%	–
Super Rod	Krabby	40	60%	60%
	Staryu	40	–	30%
	Corsola	40	30%	–
	Kingler	40	10%	10%

Olivine Port

Surfing encounter rate 2%
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Tentacool	WaterPoison	15–20	90%
Tentacruel	WaterPoison	20	10%

Fishing
Rod	Pokémon	Lv.	Morning & day	Night
Old Rod	Magikarp	10	85%	85%
Old Rod	Tentacool	10	15%	15%
Good Rod	Tentacool	20	35%	35%
	Magikarp	20	35%	35%
	Chinchou	20	20%	20%
	Shellder	20	10%	10%
Super Rod	Chinchou	40	40%	40%
	Shellder	40	30%	30%
	Tentacruel	40	20%	20%
	Lanturn	40	10%	10%

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.

Items

Item	How	Where
TM23 Iron Tail	Gift Jasmine’s reward with the Mineral Badge.	Gym
Good Rod	Gift The fishing guru in this house gives it to you if you say you like fishing.	Good Rod House
HM04 Strength	Gift A sailor in the Olivine Café gives it to you.	Olivine Café
Protein	Hidden	Olivine Port

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

Shops

Poké Mart

Great Ball ₽600Super Potion ₽300Hyper Potion ₽700Antidote ₽250Parlyz Heal ₽3,000Awakening ₽200Ice Heal ₽250Super Repel ₽650Surf Mail ₽3,000

In-game trades

You give	You get	Where
Krabby	Voltorb “Volty”, OT Tim, holding PRZCureBerry	Tim’s house

Tips

Jasmine waits at the top of the lighthouse at first; bring her the SecretPotion from the Cianwood Pharmacy and she returns to her Gym.
Jasmine’s two Lv30 Magnemite and Lv35 Steelix are weak to Fire, Fighting and Ground moves; she gives the Mineral Badge and TM23 Iron Tail.
A sailor in the Olivine Café gives you HM04 Strength, usable outside battle with Whitney’s Plain Badge.
The fishing guru in the house north of the Pokémon Center gives you the Good Rod.
Tim trades Volty, a Voltorb holding a PRZCureBerry, for a Krabby, which you can fish up in the harbour.
With the S.S. Ticket the S.S. Aqua sails on any day for your first trip, then on Mondays and Fridays; a Protein is hidden in the port.

Walkthrough: Part 6: Olivine City to Cianwood City and Chuck · Part 7: Back to Olivine and Jasmine

More maps

Olivine City: Olivine Port — Olivine Port

FAQ

How do you get Strength in Pokémon Crystal?

Talk to the sailor in the Olivine Café for HM04 Strength; you need Whitney’s Plain Badge to use it outside battle.

Where do you get the Good Rod in Pokémon Crystal?

From the fishing guru in the house north of the Olivine City Pokémon Center.

When does the S.S. Aqua sail from Olivine City in Pokémon Crystal?

Your first voyage can be on any day once Elm has given you the S.S. Ticket; after that, the ship to Vermilion City leaves Olivine on Mondays and Fridays.

What Pokémon can you catch in Olivine City in Pokémon Crystal?

10 species: Tentacool, Tentacruel, Magikarp, Krabby, Staryu, Corsola, Kingler, Chinchou, Shellder, Lanturn.

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.