Lavender Town HGSS · Kanto Town
Lavender Town is a quiet town in eastern Kanto, joined to Route 10 and Rock Tunnel to the north, Route 8 to the west and Route 12 to the south. In HeartGold and SoulSilver the old Pokémon Tower has become the Kanto Radio Tower, and the graves have moved to the House of Memories. The town also has Mr. Fuji’s Volunteer Pokémon House and the Name Rater.
- Region
- Kanto
- Wild Pokémon
- None
- Items
- 0
- Trainers
- 0
Connects to: Route 10 · Route 8 · Route 12
Lavender Town on the Kanto Pokégear map
Wild Pokémon
No wild Pokémon here.
Items
No items to pick up here.
Shops
Poké Mart
The standard Poké Mart stock, which grows with your badges (full list).
Poké Mart (specialties)
Snow Mail ₽50Dusk Ball ₽1,000Quick Ball ₽1,000
Tips
- Visit the Kanto Radio Tower after restoring the Power Plant’s generator, and the manager gives you the Expansion Card for your Pokégear.
- The Expansion Card unlocks the Poké Flute channel, which is how you wake the Snorlax sleeping on Route 11.
- The Name Rater at the south end of town can change your Pokémon’s nicknames, but not those of Pokémon you got in trades.
- Mr. Fuji looks after abandoned Pokémon in the Volunteer Pokémon House.
- The specialty counter at the Poké Mart sells Dusk Balls and Quick Balls.
Walkthrough: Part 17: Lavender Town, the Power Plant and Misty · Part 18: The Magnet Train Pass and Erika
FAQ
Where is the Expansion Card in HeartGold and SoulSilver?
The manager of the Kanto Radio Tower in Lavender Town gives it to you after you fix the generator at the Power Plant.
What happened to Pokémon Tower in HeartGold?
It became the Kanto Radio Tower; the graves were moved to the House of Memories in town.
How do you get to Lavender Town in HeartGold?
From Cerulean City, head east along Route 9 to Route 10 and go through Rock Tunnel, which comes out just north of Lavender Town.
Sources & picture credits
Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Bulbapedia and the game data. Wild Pokémon and encounter chances, items, trainers, rematch teams, gifts and shops come from the pret/pokeheartgold decompilation, and the Pokémon sprites and dungeon entrance pictures are drawn from the game’s own graphics in it. The position maps are the Gold/Silver wiki’s Pokégear map renders. Location pictures and trainer sprites © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, archived from the Pokémon Wiki on Fandom (listed on the image gallery).