Route 26 Gold & Silver · Johto route

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 10%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Raticate	Normal	28–30	G 4%S 34%	G 5%S 35%	G 40%S 70%
Doduo	NormalFlying	28–30	40%	40%	–
Sandslash Gold	Ground	28	30%	30%	30%
Ponyta	Fire	32	20%	20%	20%
Quagsire	WaterGround	30–32	1%	–	G 10%S 5%
Arbok Silver	Poison	30	5%	5%	5%
Dodrio Gold	NormalFlying	30	5%	5%	–

Surfing encounter rate 6%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Tentacool	WaterPoison	25–30	90%
Tentacruel	WaterPoison	30	10%

Fishing

Rod	Pokémon	Lv.	Morning & day	Night
Old Rod	Magikarp	10	85%	85%
	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%

Headbutt trees

Common trees

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Caterpie Gold	Bug	10	65%
Weedle Silver	BugPoison	10	65%
Metapod Gold	Bug	10	15%
Kakuna Silver	BugPoison	10	15%
Exeggcute	GrassPsychic	10	15%
Butterfree Gold	BugFlying	10	5%
Beedrill Silver	BugPoison	10	5%

Rare trees

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Caterpie Gold	Bug	10	50%
Weedle Silver	BugPoison	10	50%
Pineco	Bug	10	30%
Exeggcute	GrassPsychic	10	15%
Butterfree Gold	BugFlying	10	5%
Beedrill Silver	BugPoison	10	5%

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, Old Rod 70/15/15, Good Rod 35/35/20/10, Super Rod 40/30/20/10). Where Gold and Silver differ, a cell shows both (G and S); a version tag means the Pokémon only appears in that version here. Version exclusives · Where to find every Pokémon.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon	Prize
Cooltrainer♂Jake	Parasect 33Golduck 35	₽420
Cooltrainer♂Gaven	Victreebel 32Kingler 32Flareon 32	₽384
Cooltrainer♀Joyce	Pikachu 36Blastoise 32	₽384
Cooltrainer♀Beth	Rapidash 36 Phone rematches (2) Rematch 1 · ₽456Rapidash 38 Rematch 2 · ₽504Rapidash 42	₽432
PsychicRichard	Espeon 36	₽288
FisherScott	Qwilfish 30Qwilfish 30Seaking 34	₽340

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

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

Tips

• The house about halfway up the route fully heals your party for free.
• Wild Pokémon are in the high 20s and low 30s: Ponyta (Lv32) at any time, Sandslash in Gold, and Arbok in Silver.
• Cooltrainers Beth (Rapidash, Lv36) and Gaven will register their numbers for rematches.
• Grab the Max Elixer item ball and pick the Ice Berry from the tree each day.
• Headbutt trees here hold Exeggcute and Pineco in both versions.