Route 38 Gold & Silver · Johto route

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 10%

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Rattata Gold	Normal	16	30%	30%	40%
Meowth Silver	Normal	16	30%	30%	40%
Raticate	Normal	16	30%	30%	30%
Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16	20%	20%	20%
Farfetch’d	NormalFlying	16	10%	10%	–
Miltank	Normal	13	5%	5%	5%
Tauros	Normal	13	4%	4%	4%
Snubbull	Normal	13	1%	1%	1%

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.

Swarms

Swarm: Snubbull when Schoolboy Chad calls to tell you about it

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Meowth Silver	Normal	16	30%	30%	40%
Raticate Gold	Normal	16	30%	30%	30%
Snubbull	Normal	16	30%	30%	30%
Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16	20%	20%	20%
Rattata Gold	Normal	16	–	–	10%
Farfetch’d	NormalFlying	16	10%	10%	–
Tauros	Normal	13	5%	5%	5%
Miltank	Normal	13	5%	5%	5%

A swarm lasts for the day of the phone call. Register the trainer’s number after battling them.

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
SchoolboyChad	Mr. Mime 19 Phone rematches (2) Rematch 1 · ₽152Mr. Mime 19Magnemite 19 Rematch 2 · ₽248Mr. Mime 27Magneton 31	₽152
LassDana	Flaaffy 18Psyduck 18 Phone rematches (2) Rematch 1 · ₽126Flaaffy 21Psyduck 21 Rematch 2 · ₽174Psyduck 29Ampharos 29	₽108
Bird KeeperToby	Doduo 15Doduo 16Doduo 17	₽102
BeautyValerie	Hoppip 17Skiploom 17	₽374
SailorHarry	Wooper 19	₽190

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

• Miltank and Tauros (both Lv13) are rare finds in the grass at any time of day.
• Snubbull is very rare normally, but Schoolboy Chad calls when a Snubbull swarm appears.
• Magnemite appear at any time, and Farfetch'd in the morning and day.
• Gold has Rattata and Silver has Meowth.
• Lass Dana and Schoolboy Chad will register their numbers for rematches.
• Pick the Berry from the tree each day.