Route 38 Crystal · Johto route

Q: How do you get a Thunderstone from Dana in Pokémon Crystal?

Register Lass Dana’s number after beating her on Route 38; she sometimes calls to say she has a Thunderstone for you.

Map of Route 38 in Pokémon Crystal — Route 38 (in-game map)

Route 38 runs west from Ecruteak City to Route 39, heading towards the coast and Olivine City. Its grass is home to Magnemite, Meowth and the farm Pokémon Tauros and Miltank, and in Crystal Lass Dana sometimes phones with a Thunderstone.

Wild Pokémon: 13
Items: 2
Trainers: 6

Connects to: Ecruteak City · Route 39

Where Route 38 is on the Johto map Route 38 on the Johto map

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 10%
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Meowth	Normal	16	–	–	40%
Rattata	Normal	16	30%	30%	–
Raticate	Normal	16	30%	30%	30%
Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16	20%	20%	20%
Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	16	10%	10%	–
Noctowl	NormalFlying	16	–	–	10%
Tauros	Normal	13	5%	5%	–
Miltank	Normal	13	5%	5%	–

Headbutt trees

Common trees
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Hoothoot	NormalFlying	10	50%
Exeggcute	GrassPsychic	10	20%
Ledyba	BugFlying	10	15%
Spinarak	BugPoison	10	15%

Rare trees
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Hoothoot	NormalFlying	10	50%
Pineco	Bug	10	30%
Exeggcute	GrassPsychic	10	20%

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

Trainer	Pokémon	Prize
SchoolboyChad	Mr. Mime 19 Phone rematches (4) Rematch 1 · ₽152Mr. Mime 19 Magnemite 19 Rematch 2 · ₽248Mr. Mime 27 Magneton 31 Rematch 3 · ₽272Mr. Mime 30 Magneton 34 Rematch 4 · ₽304Mr. Mime 34 Magneton 38	₽152
LassDana	Flaaffy 18 Psyduck 18 Phone rematches (4) Rematch 1 · ₽126Flaaffy 21 Psyduck 21 Rematch 2 · ₽174Psyduck 29 Ampharos 29 Rematch 3 · ₽192Psyduck 32 Ampharos 32 Rematch 4 · ₽216Ampharos 36 Golduck 36	₽108
Bird KeeperToby	Doduo 15 Doduo 16 Doduo 17	₽102
BeautyValerie	Hoppip 17 Skiploom 17	₽374
SailorHarry	Wooper 19	₽190
BeautyOlivia	Corsola 19	₽418

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

Item	How
Berry	Berry tree Grows back every day
Thunderstone	Gift Lass Dana gives it after you register her number and she phones to say she has one; this can happen more than once.

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

Tips

Tauros and Miltank each appear 5% of the time at Lv13, in the morning and day only.
Magnemite (20%) and Raticate (30%) appear at any time, while Meowth (40%) comes out only at night.
Register Lass Dana and she may call to offer you a Thunderstone.
Beauties Valerie and Olivia pay out the best prize money on the route, ₽374 and ₽418.
The Berry tree here regrows a Berry every day.

Walkthrough: Part 6: Olivine City to Cianwood City and Chuck

FAQ

Where do you catch Miltank in Pokémon Crystal?

On Routes 38 and 39 in the morning or day, 5% of the time (Lv13 on Route 38, Lv15 on Route 39).

How do you get a Thunderstone from Dana in Pokémon Crystal?

What Pokémon can you catch in Route 38 in Pokémon Crystal?

13 species: Meowth, Rattata, Raticate, Magnemite, Pidgeotto, Noctowl, Tauros, Miltank, Hoothoot, Exeggcute, Ledyba, Spinarak, Pineco.

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.