Route 3 Pokémon Yellow · Route

Wild Pokémon

Tall grass encounter rate 20/255 per step

Pokémon	Type	Lv.	Chance
Spearow	NormalFlying	8–12	55.1%
Mankey	Fighting	9	15.2%
Rattata	Normal	10–12	14.8%
Sandshrew	Ground	8–10	14.8%

Grass, cave and surfing chances are the Generation I encounter slots (10 slots weighted 51, 51, 39, 25, 25, 25, 13, 13, 11 and 3 out of 256); the Super Rod picks from four slots weighted 102, 76, 51 and 27, the Good Rod is 50/50 and the Old Rod always hooks a level 5 Magikarp. Where to find every Pokémon.

Trainers

Trainer	Pokémon	Prize
Bug Catcher	Caterpie 10Weedle 10Caterpie 10	₽100
Youngster	Rattata 11Ekans 11	₽165
Lass	Pidgey 9Pidgey 9	₽135
Bug Catcher	Weedle 9Kakuna 9Caterpie 9Metapod 9	₽90
Lass	Rattata 10Nidoran♂ 10	₽150
Youngster	Spearow 14	₽210
Bug Catcher	Caterpie 11Metapod 11	₽110
Lass	Jigglypuff 14	₽210

Prize money is the trainer class’s base amount times the level of their last Pokémon.

Items

No items to pick up here.

Tips

• Mankey and Sandshrew can be caught here, which are useful new types for the first half of the game.
• There are eight trainers, so the route is a good way to level up before Mt. Moon.
• Spearow is the most common wild Pokémon, and catching one gives you an early Flying type.
• Ekans does not appear in the wild in Yellow, so the Youngster's Ekans is one you simply fight.
• Heal before you enter Mt. Moon; the Pokémon Center sits at the start of Route 4, right by the cave entrance.