Route 30 Gold & Silver · Johto route

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 10%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Hoothoot	NormalFlying	2–4	–	–	G 30%S 60%
Caterpie Gold	Bug	3–4	50%	35%	–
Weedle Silver	BugPoison	3–4	50%	35%	–
Pidgey	NormalFlying	2–4	G 40%S 10%	50%	–
Rattata	Normal	3–4	–	–	40%
Ledyba Silver	BugFlying	3	30%	–	–
Spinarak Gold	BugPoison	3	–	–	30%
Metapod Gold	Bug	4–5	10%	15%	–
Kakuna Silver	BugPoison	4–5	10%	15%	–

Surfing encounter rate 2%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Poliwag	Water	15–20	90%
Poliwhirl	Water	20	10%

Fishing

Rod	Pokémon	Lv.	Morning & day	Night
Old Rod	Magikarp	10	85%	85%
	Poliwag	10	15%	15%
Good Rod	Poliwag	20	65%	65%
	Magikarp	20	35%	35%
Super Rod	Poliwag	40	80%	80%
	Magikarp	40	20%	20%

Headbutt trees

Common trees

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Spearow	NormalFlying	10	80%
Aipom	Normal	10	20%

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, 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
YoungsterJoey	Rattata 4 Phone rematches (2) Rematch 1 · ₽60Rattata 15 Rematch 2 · ₽84Raticate 21	₽16
YoungsterMikey	Pidgey 2Rattata 4	₽16
Bug CatcherDon	Caterpie 3Caterpie 3	₽12

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

• On your first trip, two youngsters having a practice battle block part of the route; once you've delivered the Mystery Egg to Elm they move, and Youngster Joey becomes a trainer you can fight.
• Caterpie and Metapod (Gold) or Weedle and Kakuna (Silver) appear in the morning and day; Gold has Spinarak at night and Silver has Ledyba in the morning.
• Bring Mr. Pokémon the Red Scale from the Lake of Rage later on and he gives you the Exp. Share.
• The man in the Berry house gives you a Berry, and two trees on the route grow a Berry and a PSNCureBerry every day.
• Youngster Joey (Rattata, Lv4) offers his number and calls for rematches.