Viridian Forest HGSS · Kanto Area

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 15

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night
CaterpieHG	Bug	3	40%	40%	–
Hoothoot	NormalFlying	3–5	–	–	80%
MetapodHG	Bug	3–5	30%	30%	–
Pidgey	NormalFlying	3–7	10%	15%	–
Pikachu	Electric	4–7	6%	6%	5%
Noctowl	NormalFlying	7	–	–	15%
Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	7	4%	9%	–
ButterfreeHG	BugFlying	7	10%	–	–
WeedleSS	BugPoison	3	40%	40%	–
KakunaSS	BugPoison	3–5	30%	30%	–
BeedrillSS	BugPoison	7	10%	–	–

SwarmKricketot Grass · 40%, Lv. 3Only on a day when Professor Oak’s Pokémon Talk on the radio (or a phone call) reports a swarm here.

Hoenn SoundNumel 20%, Lv. 5 Spoink 20%, Lv. 3Play the Hoenn Sound radio channel (after the National Pokédex): replaces four 10% grass slots.

Sinnoh SoundBudew 20%, Lv. 3 Carnivine 20%, Lv. 5Play the Sinnoh Sound radio channel (after the National Pokédex): replaces four 10% grass slots.

Headbutt: common trees 24 trees

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Hoothoot	NormalFlying	3–4	55%
SeedotHG	Grass	3–4	30%
SeedotSS	Grass	3–4	5%
SpinarakHG	BugPoison	3–4	10%
ShroomishHG	Grass	3–4	5%
ShroomishSS	Grass	3–4	30%
LedybaSS	BugFlying	3–4	10%

Headbutt: rare trees

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Hoothoot	NormalFlying	5–7	50%
SeedotHG	Grass	5–7	30%
SeedotSS	Grass	5–7	5%
AriadosHG	BugPoison	5–7	10%
Noctowl	NormalFlying	5–7	5%
ShroomishHG	Grass	5–7	5%
ShroomishSS	Grass	5–7	30%
LedianSS	BugFlying	5–7	10%

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.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon	Prize
Bug CatcherDane	Beedrill 44Butterfree 48	₽768
Bug CatcherDion	Ariados 50	₽800
Bug CatcherStacey	Metapod 52Metapod 56Metapod 60	₽960
Bug CatcherEllis	Weedle 28Kakuna 38Beedrill 46	₽736
Bug CatcherAbner	Butterfree 44Beedrill 44Pikachu 44	₽704

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

Hidden items can be found with the Dowsing MCHN Pokégear app.

Tips

• Pikachu appears in the grass at Lv4–7 (6% morning and day, 5% at night).
• Caterpie, Metapod and Butterfree are HeartGold-only, while Weedle, Kakuna and Beedrill are SoulSilver-only.
• Bug Catcher Stacey uses three Metapod at Lv52, Lv56 and Lv60, so expect a long fight against Harden.
• Grab the Leaf Stone in the southwest, TM77 Psych Up in the far southeast and the Blue Flute near Stacey.
• Several Big Mushrooms and TinyMushrooms are hidden around the forest, plus a Full Restore and Max Ether.
• Watch for the Kricketot swarm, which makes Kricketot appear 40% of the time.

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