Route 24 HGSS · Kanto Route

Route 24 on the Kanto map — Route 24 on the Kanto Pokégear map

Route 24 heads north from Cerulean City across Nugget Bridge toward Route 25 and Bill’s area. In HeartGold and SoulSilver the bridge is quiet except for a Team Rocket Grunt at the end, who turns out to be the thief behind the missing part from the Kanto Power Plant. Beat him and he admits where he hid it, letting you restore power to Kanto.

Region: Kanto
Wild Pokémon: 10
Items: 0
Trainers: 1
HMs: Surf

Connects to: Cerulean City · Route 25

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 20
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
Bellsprout	GrassPoison	8–10	60%	35%	5%
Abra	Psychic	9	20%	20%	20%
Weepinbell	GrassPoison	12–14	15%	15%	10%
Venonat	BugPoison	8	5%	–	30%
Oddish	GrassPoison	10	–	–	30%
Sunkern	Grass	10	–	30%	–
Venomoth	BugPoison	14	–	–	5%

Hoenn Sound

Linoone 20%, Lv. 9

Whismur 20%, Lv. 8–10Play the Hoenn Sound radio channel (after the National Pokédex): replaces four 10% grass slots.

Sinnoh Sound

Bidoof 20%, Lv. 9

Buizel 20%, Lv. 8–10Play the Sinnoh Sound radio channel (after the National Pokédex): replaces four 10% grass slots.

Surfing encounter rate 10
Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Goldeen	Water	5–10	90%
Seaking	Water	10	10%

Fishing
Rod	Pokémon	Lv.	Chance
Old Rod	Magikarp	10	85%
Old Rod	Goldeen	10	15%
Good Rod	Goldeen	20	60%
Good Rod	Magikarp	20	40%
Super Rod	Goldeen	40	70%
	Magikarp	40	20%
	Seaking	40	10%

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.

Trainers

Team Rocket Grunt Route 24

Golbat 39

Prize ₽1,560

Prize money is four times the level of the trainer’s last Pokémon times the trainer class’s rate (doubled in double battles). Trainers who give you their Pokégear number call when they want a rematch, with stronger teams as you progress.

Items

No items to pick up here.

Tips

The Grunt uses a single Golbat Lv39.
After you win, he confesses that he stashed the Machine Part in the Cerulean Gym.
Abra appears here at 20% at any time of day; use a Pokémon with a trapping move or a fast sleep move to catch it before it teleports.
Sunkern only shows during the day, while Oddish, Venonat and Venomoth come out at night.
Surf the water at the north end for Goldeen and Seaking.

Walkthrough: Part 17: Lavender Town, the Power Plant and Misty

FAQ

Where is the Machine Part in HeartGold and SoulSilver?

The Team Rocket Grunt on Route 24 tells you after you beat him that he hid it in the Cerulean Gym.

Where do you catch Abra in HeartGold?

In the grass on Route 24, at a 20% rate morning, day or night.

Are there Trainers on Nugget Bridge in HeartGold?

No, the only battle on Route 24 is the Team Rocket Grunt with his Golbat.

What Pokémon can you catch in Route 24 in HeartGold and SoulSilver?

10 species: Bellsprout, Abra, Weepinbell, Venonat, Oddish, Sunkern, Venomoth, Goldeen, Seaking, Magikarp.

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).