Route 27 Gold & Silver · Johto route

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 10%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Quagsire	WaterGround	28–32	10%	–	G 50%S 55%
Doduo	NormalFlying	28–30	50%	50%	–
Raticate	Normal	28–30	G 30%S –	G 40%S 10%	G 40%S 10%
Arbok Silver	Poison	28	30%	30%	30%
Sandslash Gold	Ground	30	5%	5%	5%
Ponyta	Fire	32	5%	5%	5%
Dodrio Silver	NormalFlying	30	5%	5%	–

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%
	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♂Blake	Magneton 33Quagsire 31Exeggcute 31	₽372
Cooltrainer♂Brian	Sandslash 35	₽420
Cooltrainer♀Reena	Starmie 31Nidoqueen 33Starmie 31 Phone rematches (2) Rematch 1 · ₽396Starmie 33Nidoqueen 35Starmie 33 Rematch 2 · ₽444Starmie 37Nidoqueen 39Starmie 37	₽372
Cooltrainer♀Megan	Bulbasaur 32Ivysaur 32Venusaur 32	₽384
PsychicGilbert	Starmie 30Exeggcute 30Girafarig 34	₽272
Bird KeeperJose	Farfetch’d 35	₽210

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

• You need Surf to cross the route, and Whirlpool to reach the island with TM22 SolarBeam.
• The woman in the house near Tohjo Falls gives you TM37 Sandstorm if your lead Pokémon is very friendly.
• Quagsire are common in the morning and at night, and Doduo in the morning and day.
• Look out for a Rare Candy item ball along the route.
• Cooltrainer Megan battles with Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur, all Lv32, so bring Fire or Flying moves.