Route 42 Crystal · Johto route

Map of Route 42 in Pokémon Crystal — Route 42 (in-game map)

Route 42 runs east from Ecruteak City to Mahogany Town, passing the three entrances to Mt. Mortar and a lake that needs Surf. It is known for its row of Pnk, Grn and Ylw Apricorn trees, and in Crystal it is one of the places where Suicune shows itself to you before dashing away.

Wild Pokémon: 14
Items: 7
Trainers: 3
Needs: Surf, Cut

Connects to: Ecruteak City · Mahogany Town · Mt. Mortar

Where Route 42 is on the Johto map Route 42 on the Johto map

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 10%
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Rattata	Normal	13–15	20%	20%	30%
Spearow	NormalFlying	14	30%	30%	–
Ekans	Poison	13	30%	30%	–
Zubat	PoisonFlying	14	–	–	30%
Raticate	Normal	15–16	10%	10%	20%
Golbat	PoisonFlying	16	–	–	15%
Fearow	NormalFlying	16	5%	5%	–
Arbok	Poison	15	5%	5%	–
Marill	Water	15	–	–	5%

Surfing encounter rate 4%
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Goldeen	Water	15–20	90%
Seaking	Water	20	10%

Fishing
Rod	Pokémon	Lv.	Morning & day	Night
Old Rod	Magikarp	10	85%	85%
Old Rod	Goldeen	10	15%	15%
Good Rod	Goldeen	20	65%	65%
Good Rod	Magikarp	20	35%	35%
Super Rod	Goldeen	40	70%	70%
	Magikarp	40	20%	20%
	Seaking	40	10%	10%

Headbutt trees

Common trees
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Spearow	NormalFlying	10	65%
Aipom	Normal	10	20%
Ekans	Poison	10	15%

Rare trees
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Spearow	NormalFlying	10	50%
Heracross	BugFighting	10	30%
Aipom	Normal	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
FisherTully	Qwilfish 18 Phone rematches (3) Rematch 1 · ₽230Qwilfish 23 Rematch 2 · ₽320Goldeen 32 Goldeen 32 Qwilfish 32 Rematch 3 · ₽370Seaking 34 Seaking 34 Qwilfish 37	₽180
HikerBenjamin	Diglett 14 Geodude 14 Dugtrio 16	₽128
PokéManiacShane	Nidorina 16 Nidorino 16	₽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

Item	How
Ultra Ball	Item ball
Super Potion	Item ball
Max Potion	Hidden
Pnk Apricorn	Apricorn tree Grows back every day
Grn Apricorn	Apricorn tree Grows back every day
Ylw Apricorn	Apricorn tree Grows back every day
Water Stone	Gift Fisher Tully gives it after you register his number and he phones to say he has one; this can happen more than once.

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

Tips

Three Apricorn trees (Pnk, Grn and Ylw) regrow every day; take the Apricorns to Kurt in Azalea Town to have them made into Poké Balls.
In Crystal, after you first see Suicune in Cianwood City, it appears beside the Apricorn trees here and dashes away; its next sighting is on Route 36.
Register Fisher Tully’s number; he can phone later to say he has a Water Stone for you.
At night Zubat (30%), Golbat (15%) and Marill (5%) appear instead of Spearow, Ekans, Fearow and Arbok.
Headbutt trees here can drop Heracross from the rare slot, alongside Spearow and Aipom.
A Max Potion is hidden on the route, and an Ultra Ball and a Super Potion lie in the open.

Walkthrough: Part 8: Route 42, Mahogany Town and the Lake of Rage

FAQ

Where do you see Suicune on Route 42 in Pokémon Crystal?

By the Apricorn trees, once you have seen it in Cianwood City; it leaves immediately and next appears on Route 36.

Where are the Apricorn trees on Route 42?

In a row in the middle of the route; they give a Pnk, a Grn and a Ylw Apricorn and refill daily.

Where do you get a Water Stone on Route 42 in Pokémon Crystal?

Register Fisher Tully’s phone number; when he later calls to say he has a Water Stone, go back to Route 42 and he hands it over.

What Pokémon can you catch in Route 42 in Pokémon Crystal?

14 species: Rattata, Spearow, Ekans, Zubat, Raticate, Golbat, Fearow, Arbok, Marill, Goldeen, Seaking, Magikarp, Aipom, 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.