Johto Route 32

Johto Route 32 ３２番道路 Route 32

Map description A path crossed by the Magnet Train bridge--nature meets technology.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock SmashHGSS Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations   ↑ Violet City   ← Ruins of Alph Route 32   Union Cave ↓

Location Location of Route 32 in Johto.

Other generation maps Gen II

Pokémon world routes ← Route 31       Route 33 →

Route 32 (Japanese: ３２ばんどうろ Route 32) is a route in central Johto connecting Violet City and Union Cave. The eastern entrance to the Ruins of Alph lies at the route's northern end.

Route description

The fourth route that Trainers from New Bark Town encounter, Route 32 is the first in Johto to see the player's destination to the south – and a far-off one at that. After exiting Violet City through a small path with a PRZCureBerry (a Ylw Apricorn in Generation IV) in a clearing, the player comes to a three-way intersection. Either they can head back up north, to Violet City, if they have some business to finish there, west, into the Ruins of Alph, to discover the secrets there, or continue south along the route. The player cannot continue south of the intersection until they have obtained the Egg from Professor Elm's aide in Violet City. After moving south around the large rock, players will find a cut-able tree on its western side, the path behind which leads them to a man who will give them TM05 (Roar).

From there, the player should head south, going east or west around the next rock (leading them through tall grass or near a Trainer, respectively). A small bit further south, the route opens up, and players can go along the western side of a small inlet of ocean, facing wild Pokémon and Trainers, or cross this on the pier, and come upon three Fishermen. A little southwest of the pier is a patch of grass, where a Great Ball can be found.

At this point, players should reach the Pokémon Center, where they can heal their Pokémon from the long journey just in time to enter Union Cave. A man inside the Pokémon Center will also give players an Old Rod. In Generation IV, there is a fan of Kurt located in the Pokémon Center that will give away two Lure Balls to anyone. Just to the north of the Center, on Fridays, Frieda will appear to give the player a Poison Barb the first time she's encountered, and a Relax Ribbon all other times (Generation IV only). On days other than Friday, a Great Ball can be found where Frieda usually stands.

Walking straight south from the Center's entrance, another Trainer will be encountered – the last on the route. Directly west of him is the entrance to Union Cave, the first mandatory cave of Johto.

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, the track for the Magnet Train can be seen near the sea.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Great Ball	In the dead end north of the Pokémon Center (hidden) (cannot be obtained while Frieda is present)	G  S  C
	Super Potion	In the patch of grass directly north of the pier (hidden)	G  S  C
	Miracle Seed	From an old man south of Violet City entrance after getting the Zephyr Badge	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Great Ball	Southwest of the pier, in a patch of grass	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Old Rod	From the Fishing Guru inside the Pokémon Center	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Poison Barb	From FriedaFr	G  S  C  HG  SS
	TM05 (Roar)	From the man on the ledge on the northern side of the route (requires Cut)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Potion	In the tall grass, west of Picnicker Liz	G  S
	Repel	In the tall grass, west of Picnicker Liz	C  HG  SS
	Super Potion	Next to the trees west of the man who gives TM05 (Roar) (requires Cut) (hidden)	HG  SS
	TM09 (Bullet Seed)	On the ledge west of Youngster Gordon	HG  SS
	Relax Ribbon	From Frieda if all Week Siblings have been metFr	HG  SS
	Shell Bell	Beyond a breakable rock near the Union Cave entrance (requires Rock Smash)	HG  SS
	Lure Ball ×2	From a fan of Kurt in the Pokémon Center	HG  SS
	Heart Scale	In the small rock in the water to the east of the fishermen, next to the leg of the train bridge (requires Surf) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Great Ball	Outside the entrance to Union Cave (hidden)	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	7	5%	5%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	4,6	35%	0%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	4,6,8	0%	40%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	4	0%	0%	30%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	6	5%	0%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	6,8	0%	10%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	5	30%
Ekans	G		S		C		Grass	4	30%
Ekans	G		S		C		Grass	4	30%	30%	0%
Zubat	G		S		C		Grass	4	1%	0%	0%
Zubat	G		S		C		Grass	8	0%	0%	5%
Zubat	G		S		C		Grass	6	0%	0%	10%
Bellsprout	G		S		C		Grass	6	30%	30%	20%
Bellsprout	G		S		C		Grass	7	20%
Gastly	G		S		C		Grass	7	0%	0%	5%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Grass	7	0%	0%	5%
Mareep	G		S		C		Grass	6	20%	20%	10%
Hoppip	G		S		C		Grass	6	10%	10%	0%
Hoppip	G		S		C		Grass	6-7	15%	15%	0%
Wooper	G		S		C		Grass	4	4%	0%	0%
Wooper	G		S		C		Grass	6,8	0%	0%	35%
Wooper	G		S		C		Grass	4	0%	0%	30%
Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	15-19	60%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	10%
Quagsire	G		S		C		Surfing	20-24	30%
Fishing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Qwilfish	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Headbutt tree (Moderate chances of battle)
Spearow	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	80%
Ekans	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Exeggcute	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	20%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	65%
Aipom	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	20%
Headbutt tree (Low chances of battle)
Spearow	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Exeggcute	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	20%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Aipom	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	20%
Pineco	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	30%
Heracross	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	30%
During a Qwilfish swarm
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	5	85%
Qwilfish	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	5	15%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Qwilfish	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Qwilfish	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	100%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	4, 6	35%	40%	0%
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	4	0%	0%	30%
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	6	5%	0%	0%
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	4-6	0%	10%	0%
Ekans	HG			SS			Grass	4	30%
Zubat	HG			SS			Grass	4	5%	0%	5%
Bellsprout	HG			SS			Grass	6	30%	30%	20%
Mareep	HG			SS			Grass	6	20%	20%	10%
Hoppip	HG			SS			Grass	6	10%	10%	0%
Wooper	HG			SS			Grass	6	0%	0%	35%
Surfing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Surfing	10-20	60%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Surfing	15-36	10%
Quagsire	HG			SS			Surfing	15-25	30%
Fishing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	55%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Qwilfish	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	5%
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Qwilfish	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	10%
Headbutt Group A
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	50%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	30%
Headbutt Group B
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	6-7	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	6-7	80%
Swarm
Qwilfish	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Qwilfish	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	55%
Qwilfish	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	100%
Special Pokémon
Linoone	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	6	20%
Whismur	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	4, 6	20%
Bidoof	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	6	20%
Buizel	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	4, 6	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Trainers

Generation II

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Albert シンゴ Shingo Reward: $128	Rattata♂ Lv.6 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.8 No item
Picnicker Liz カオリ Kaori Reward: $180	Nidoran♀ Lv.9 No item
Camper Roland タカヒロ Takahiro Reward: $180	Nidoran♂ Lv.9 No item
Fisher Henry タクロウ Takurō Reward: $320	Poliwag♂ Lv.8 No item
	Poliwag♂ Lv.8 No item
Fisher Justin ヒサシ Hisashi Reward: $200	Magikarp♂ Lv.5 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.5 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.15 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.5 No item
Fisher Ralph ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $400	Goldeen♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Gordon マサタカ Masataka Reward: $160	Wooper♂ Lv.10 No item
Bird Keeper Peter ノブマサ Nobumasa Reward: $192	Pidgey♂ Lv.6 No item
	Pidgey♂ Lv.6 No item
	Spearow♂ Lv.8 No item
Rematch
Picnicker Liz カオリ Kaori Reward: $300 After reaching Ecruteak City and defeating the previous teamC	Weepinbell♀ Lv.15 No item
	Nidorina♀ Lv.15 No item
Picnicker Liz カオリ Kaori Reward: $420 After the Mahogany Town incident and defeating the previous teamC	Weepinbell♀ Lv.19 No item
	Nidorino♂ Lv.19 No item
	Nidoqueen♀ Lv.21 No item
Picnicker LizC カオリ Kaori Reward: $520 After the Goldenrod Radio Tower incident and defeating the previous team	Weepinbell♀ Lv.24 No item
	Nidorino♂ Lv.26 No item
	Nidoqueen♀ Lv.26 No item
Picnicker LizC カオリ Kaori Reward: $640 After becoming Champion and defeating the previous team	Weepinbell♀ Lv.30 No item
	Nidoking♂ Lv.32 No item
	Nidoqueen♀ Lv.32 No item
Fisher Ralph ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $680 After reaching Ecruteak City and defeating the previous teamC	Goldeen♂ Lv.17 No item
Fisher Ralph ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $760 After reaching the Lake of Rage and defeating the previous teamC	Qwilfish♂ Lv.17 No item
	Goldeen♂ Lv.19 No item
Fisher RalphC ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $1280 After becoming Champion and defeating the previous team	Qwilfish♂ Lv.30 No item
	Goldeen♂ Lv.32 No item
Fisher RalphC ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $1560 After returning the Machine Part and defeating the previous team	Qwilfish♂ Lv.35 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.39 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Albert シンゴ Shingo Reward: $128	Rattata♂ Lv.6 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.8 No item
Picnicker Liz カオリ Kaori Reward: $128	Nidoran♀ Lv.8 No item
Camper Roland タカヒロ Takahiro Reward: $144	Nidoran♂ Lv.9 No item
Fisherman Henry タクロウ Takurō Reward: $256	Poliwag♂ Lv.8 No item
	Poliwag♂ Lv.8 No item
Fisherman Justin ヒサシ Hisashi Reward: $160	Magikarp♂ Lv.5 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.5 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.15 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.5 No item
Fisherman Ralph ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $320	Goldeen♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Gordon マサタカ Masataka Reward: $160	Wooper♂ Lv.10 No item
Bird Keeper Peter ノブマサ Nobumasa Reward: $256	Pidgey♂ Lv.6 No item
	Pidgey♂ Lv.6 No item
	Spearow♂ Lv.8 No item
Rematch
Picnicker Liz カオリ Kaori Reward: $608	Weepinbell♀ Lv.35 No item
	Nidorina♀ Lv.38 No item
Picnicker Liz カオリ Kaori Reward: $640	Weepinbell♀ Lv.39 No item
	Nidorino♂ Lv.38 No item
	Nidoqueen♀ Lv.40 No item
Picnicker Liz カオリ Kaori Reward: $960	Victreebel♀ Lv.47 No item
	Nidoking♂ Lv.58 No item
	Nidoqueen♀ Lv.60 No item
Fisherman Ralph ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $1280	Seaking♂ Lv.40 No item
Fisherman Ralph ヤスアキ Yasuaki Reward: $1344/1792	Qwilfish♂ Lv.45/53 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.42/56 No item
Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their Pokégear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.

In the manga

Route 32 in Pokémon Adventures

Route 32 in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Pokémon Adventures

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Route 32 appeared in Teddiursa's Picnic, where Gold arrived there after hearing from Bugsy that Pokémon in the area tended to disappear. After encountering Wilton, Gold found out that the mysterious Pokémon thief was actually a Granbull with a dislocated jaw, who had been stealing people's Poké Balls to catch their attention. As Gold hitting Granbull in the jaw with a Poké Ball to expose it had fixed its problem, it happily returned all the Poké Balls it had taken, including one containing Gold's lost Poliwag. Soon afterwards, Gold met one of Professor Elm's assistants, who entrusted him with a Pokémon Egg.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Route 32 appeared in Let's Aim For The Goal!, where Gold was seen traversing through it on his way to Azalea Town. Along the way, Gold's Pikachu was distracted by something and led its Trainer to the Ruins of Alph, where a basketball tournament was in progress.

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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