Route 16 HGSS · Kanto Route

Wild Pokémon

East

Tall grass encounter rate 20

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Grimer	Poison	26–28	50%	50%	80%
Fearow	NormalFlying	27–29	40%	40%	–
Muk	Poison	30	5%	5%	5%
Slugma	Fire	27	5%	5%	5%
Murkrow	DarkFlying	29	–	–	10%

Hoenn SoundPlusle 20%, Lv. 26–27 Minun 20%, Lv. 28Play the Hoenn Sound radio channel (after the National Pokédex): replaces four 10% grass slots.

Sinnoh SoundShinx 40%, Lv. 26–28Play the Sinnoh Sound radio channel (after the National Pokédex): replaces four 10% grass slots.

Headbutt: common trees 5 trees

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Spearow	NormalFlying	26–27	50%
Heracross	BugFighting	26–27	30%
Combee	BugFlying	26–27	20%

Headbutt: rare trees

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Spearow	NormalFlying	29–30	80%
Combee	BugFlying	29–30	20%

Use Headbutt on a tree (taught by the tutor in Ilex Forest). Which trees are “common”, “rare” or empty depends on the last digit of your Trainer ID.

Chances are the game’s encounter slots: grass and caves 20/20/10/10/10/10/5/5/4/4/1/1, with every slot changing by time of day (morning 4:00–9:59, day 10:00–19:59, night 20:00–3:59); surfing 60/30/5/4/1; all three rods 40/30/15/10/5; Rock Smash 80/20; Headbutt 50/15/15/10/5/5. HG and SS mark Pokémon found in only one version. Where to find every Pokémon.

Items

No items to pick up here.

Tips

• You need the Bicycle to ride down Cycling Road from the Route 16 gate.
• Cut the small tree just outside Celadon City to reach the side path.
• Grimer is the most common catch, rising to 80% at night, while Fearow appears only in the morning and day.
• Murkrow appears only at night (10%), and Slugma and Muk show up 5% of the time.
• Headbutt the trees for Heracross, which makes up 30% of the common table.