Viridian Forest

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Viridian Forest トキワの森 Tokiwa Forest "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
Map description:	A deep and sprawling forest that extends around Viridian City. A natural maze, many people become lost inside.FRLG A forest filled with nature and Bug-type Pokémon.HGSS
Location:	Route 2
Region:	Kanto
Generations:	I, III, IV, VII
Location of Viridian Forest in Kanto.
Pokémon world locations

Viridian Forest (Japanese: トキワの森 Tokiwa Forest) is a forest which lies between Viridian City and Pewter City in the middle of Route 2 with both the north and south entrances of Viridian Forest open to the route. The deep and sprawling forest is said to be a natural maze as many people get lost inside. The trees in the forest are so thick that little light gets in, and because of this the forest is full of Bug- and Flying-type Pokémon that attract Bug Catchers and other Trainers.

In Generation II, Viridian Forest no longer exists as a standalone area and has been replaced with a maze of standard trees, containing items and Berry trees, which is now a part of Route 2. The maze forms roughly the same design as before and the items are placed similarly to those located in Generations I and III. However, in the Generation IV remakes, the forest is re-expanded into the state of an actual dungeon, with five Trainers added, and with Pokémon similar to those of Pokémon Yellow.

Geography

Preview of Viridian Forest in FireRed and LeafGreen

Viridian Forest is a deep and sprawling woodland expanding across Route 2 reaching to Pewter City in the north and to Viridian City in the south, giving the forest its name. The trees in this area have grown so dense that light has trouble getting through, and because of this the forest seems dark and gloomy. The path across to each terminus winds its way around the dense layers of trees, creating a giant labyrinth many liken to a natural maze, as many people get lost inside. The entrance to the forest seems to be light and airy: the trees are not as thick and sunlight is able to get in fine. The trees stand tall and the grass appears to be long and unmaintained, while trees in the distance appear to be shadowed.

Because of its dark and shady environment, Viridian Forest hosts a large array of different Bug-type Pokémon. They are not particularly powerful, but they will cause status conditions such as paralysis and poison. It is advised from sign posts and even from other Trainers that Trainers should buy status condition healing items such as Antidote and Parlyz Heal before entering the forest. Pokémon such as Caterpie, Weedle, Metapod, and Kakuna inhabit trees and tall grass, allowing themselves to stay hidden from predators. Viridian Forest is also one of the locations where Trainers can seek wild Pikachu as well as under-leveled Pidgeotto, making the forest a very exclusive place to find Pokémon. Bug Catchers, who own common Bug-type Pokémon such as Caterpie and Weedle, come here in groups from Viridian and Pewter to battle and train.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Antidote	On the southwesternmost square of the lone tree north of the southern entrance (hidden)	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Poké Ball	At the end of a grassy dead-end path northwest of the southern entrance	R  B  Y  FR  LG
	Potion ×3	In the patch of grass to the very east of the southern entrance In a small area southeast of the Trainer Tips sign southeast of the northern entrance Four squares west of Bug Catcher Sammy, south of the northern entrance (hidden)	FR  LG
	Antidote	In the northeast area of the forest, northwest of a Trainer Tips sign	R  B  FR  LG
	Potion	In the northeast area of the forest, northwest of a Trainer Tips sign	Y
	Potion ×2	At the end of a grassless dead-end path southeast of the northern entrance One square west of the Bug Catcher south of the northern entrance (hidden)	R  B  Y
	Antidote	North of the southern entrance, to the east of the Trainer Tips sign	P  E
	Razz Berry x3	Southeast corner of the forest, in the tall grass at the base of a tree	P  E
	Tiny Mushroom	Northwest of the Antidote, at a dead end past the grass	P  E
	Poké Ball ×5	Southwest corner of the forest, in the tall grass at the base of a tree	P  E
	Potion	Northeast corner of the forest, behind a tree	P  E
	Potion	South of northern entrance, in front of Bug Catcher Sammy (hidden)	P  E
	Lure	At the end of a grassless dead-end path, southeast of the northern entrance	P  E
	Big Mushroom ×2	South of Bug Catcher Stacey (hidden) Northwest of the Leaf Stone (hidden)	HG  SS
	Blue Flute	Northwest of Bug Catcher Stacey	HG  SS
	Dire Hit	Northeast of Bug Catcher Abner inside the north curve	HG  SS
	Full Restore	At a dead end after going up some steps south-east of Bug Catcher Abner (hidden)	HG  SS
	Leaf Stone	After following some steps in the southwest area of the forest	HG  SS
	Max Ether	In patch of grass west of southern entrance (hidden)	HG  SS
	TinyMushroom ×3	East of Bug Catcher Ellis (hidden) North of TM77 (hidden) On a ledge north of the southern entrance (hidden)	HG  SS
	TM77 (Psych Up)	At a dead end just past some grass in the furthest southeast area of the forest	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	R		B		Y		Grass	3	5%
Caterpie	R		B		Y		Grass	3-5	50%
Caterpie	R		B		Y		Grass	3-6	55%
Metapod	R		B		Y		Grass	4	5%
Metapod	R		B		Y		Grass	4-6	35%
Metapod	R		B		Y		Grass	4, 6	20%
Weedle	R		B		Y		Grass	3-5	50%
Weedle	R		B		Y		Grass	3	5%
Kakuna	R		B		Y		Grass	4-6	35%
Kakuna	R		B		Y		Grass	4	5%
Pidgey	R		B		Y		Grass	4, 6, 8	24%
Pidgeotto	R		B		Y		Grass	9	1%
Pikachu	R		B		Y		Grass	3, 5	5%
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 III

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	FR			LG			Grass	3-5	40%
Metapod	FR			LG			Grass	5	5%
Metapod	FR			LG			Grass	4-6	10%
Weedle	FR			LG			Grass	3-5	40%
Kakuna	FR			LG			Grass	4-6	10%
Kakuna	FR			LG			Grass	5	5%
Pikachu	FR			LG			Grass	3, 5	5%
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
Caterpie	HG			SS			Grass	3	40%	40%	0%
Weedle	HG			SS			Grass	3	40%	40%	0%
Metapod	HG			SS			Grass	3-5	30%	30%	0%
Kakuna	HG			SS			Grass	3-5	30%	30%	0%
Pidgey	HG			SS			Grass	3	10%	0%	0%
Pidgey	HG			SS			Grass	3-7	0%	15%	0%
Butterfree	HG			SS			Grass	7	10%	0%	0%
Beedrill	HG			SS			Grass	7	10%	0%	0%
Pikachu	HG			SS			Grass	4-7	6%	6%	0%
Pikachu	HG			SS			Grass	4	0%	0%	5%
Pidgeotto	HG			SS			Grass	7	4%	9%	0%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Grass	3-5	0%	0%	80%
Noctowl	HG			SS			Grass	7	0%	0%	15%
Headbutt
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	3-7	50%
Seedot	HG			SS			Headbutt	3-6	30%
Seedot	HG			SS			Headbutt	3-6	5%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	4	10%
Ariados	HG			SS			Headbutt	5-6	10%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	4	10%
Ledian	HG			SS			Headbutt	5-6	10%
Noctowl	HG			SS			Headbutt	5-7	5%
Shroomish	HG			SS			Headbutt	5-6	5%
Shroomish	HG			SS			Headbutt	5-6	30%
Swarm
Kricketot	HG			SS			Swarm	3-5	40%
Special Pokémon
Numel	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	5	20%
Spoink	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	3	20%
Budew	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	3	20%
Carnivine	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	5	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.

Generation VII

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	P			E			Grass	3-6	25%
Caterpie	P			E			Grass	3-6	24%
Metapod	P			E			Grass	3-6	10%
Butterfree	P			E			Grass	3-6	1%
Weedle	P			E			Grass	3-6	24%
Weedle	P			E			Grass	3-6	25%
Kakuna	P			E			Grass	3-6	10%
Beedrill	P			E			Grass	3-6	1%
Pidgey	P			E			Grass	3-6	15%
Pikachu	P			E			Grass	3-6	5%
Oddish	P			E			Grass	3-6	10%
Bellsprout	P			E			Grass	3-6	10%
Rare Spawns
Bulbasaur	P			E			Grass	3-6	-
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 I

Pokémon Red and Blue

Trainer	Pokémon
Bug Catcher Reward: $60	Weedle Lv.6 No item
	Caterpie Lv.6 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $70	Weedle Lv.7 No item
	Kakuna Lv.7 No item
	Weedle Lv.7 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $90	Weedle Lv.9 No item

Pokémon Yellow

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Reward: $90	Nidoran♀ Lv.6 No item
	Nidoran♂ Lv.6 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $70	Caterpie Lv.7 No item
	Caterpie Lv.7 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $60	Metapod Lv.6 No item
	Caterpie Lv.6 No item
	Metapod Lv.6 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $80	Caterpie Lv.8 No item
	Metapod Lv.8 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $100	Caterpie Lv.10 No item

Generation III

Trainer	Pokémon
Bug Catcher Rick シンイチ Shinichi Reward: $72	Weedle♂ Lv.6 No item
	Caterpie♂ Lv.6 No item
Bug Catcher Doug オサム Osamu Reward: $84	Weedle♂ Lv.7 No item
	Kakuna♂ Lv.7 No item
	Weedle♂ Lv.7 No item
Bug Catcher Anthony シュンスケ Shunsuke Reward: $96	Caterpie♂ Lv.7 No item
	Caterpie♂ Lv.8 No item
Bug Catcher Charlie マナブ Manabu Reward: $84	Metapod♂ Lv.7 No item
	Caterpie♂ Lv.7 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.7 No item
Bug Catcher Sammy タツヒロ Tatsuhiro Reward: $108	Weedle♂ Lv.9 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

Trainer	Pokémon
Bug Catcher Abner シオ Shio Reward: $704	Butterfree♂ Lv.44 No item
	Beedrill♂ Lv.44 No item
	Pikachu♂ Lv.44 No item
Bug Catcher Ellis メグル Meguru Reward: $736	Weedle♂ Lv.28 No item
	Kakuna♂ Lv.38 No item
	Beedrill♂ Lv.46 No item
Bug Catcher Stacey リキマル Rikimaru Reward: $960	Metapod♂ Lv.52 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.56 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.60 No item
Bug Catcher Dion ソラチ Sorachi Reward: $800	Ariados♂ Lv.50 No item
Bug Catcher Dane モンタ Monta Reward: $768	Beedrill♂ Lv.44 No item
	Butterfree♂ Lv.48 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 VII

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Joana マコ Mako Reward: $40 3 Poké Balls	Rattata♂ Lv.4 No item
Bug Catcher Brian マサフミ Masafumi Reward: $36 3 Poké Balls	Weedle♂ Lv.3 No item
Bug Catcher Rick シンイチ Shinichi Reward: $36 3 Poké Balls	Caterpie♂ Lv.3 No item
Lass Brittany ミク Miku Reward: $40 3 Poké Balls	Nidoran♀ Lv.4 No item
Bug Catcher Doug オサム Osamu Reward: $36 3 Poké Balls	Kakuna♂ Lv.3 No item
Lass Jocelyn シノブ Shinobu Reward: $40 3 Poké Balls	Pidgey♀ Lv.4 No item
Bug Catcher Sammy タツヒロ Tatsuhiro Reward: $36 3 Poké Balls	Metapod♀ Lv.3 No item
After becoming Champion
Master Trainer Bug Catcher Scott ヒロシ Hiroshi	Weedle♂ Lv.65 Poison Sting String Shot - -
Master Trainer Lass Ikue イクエ Ikue	Pikachu♀ Lv.75 Slam Toxic Substitute Reflect

Layout

Generation I Generation III Generation IV

Preview

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  Morning (Pikachu)

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  Day (Pikachu)

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  Evening (Pikachu)

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  Night (Pikachu)

Trainer Tips

Generation III

TRAINER TIPS
Weaken POKéMON before attempting capture!
When healthy, they may escape!

TRAINER TIPS
You can't catch a POKéMON that belongs to someone else.
Throw POKé BALLS only at wild POKéMON to catch them!

TRAINER TIPS
Contact PROF. OAK via a PC to get your POKéDEX evaluated!

TRAINER TIPS
If your POKéMON are weak and you want to avoid battles, stay away from grassy areas!

In the spin-off games

In Pokémon Pinball

In Pokémon Pinball, Viridian Forest appears on the Red and Blue tables. Catchable Pokémon include Caterpie, Weedle, Pidgey, Rattata and Pikachu.

In Pokémon Channel

Main article: Viridian Forest (Channel)

In the anime

In the main series

Viridian Forest in the anime

Viridian Forest has appeared in multiple episodes of the Pokémon anime. It was first shown at the end of Pokémon Emergency!. While traveling through the forest, Ash and Misty encountered a Caterpie, and Ash decided to throw a Poké Ball at it to try and catch it.

In Ash Catches a Pokémon, Ash was revealed to have caught Caterpie as his first Pokémon. He then caught his second Pokémon, Pidgeotto, the following day after a brief battle with Pikachu. At the end of the episode, after defeating Team Rocket in a battle, Caterpie evolved into Metapod.

The forest was also the setting of the following episode. While traveling through the forest, Ash spotted a Weedle and decided to catch it. He used Pidgeotto against it, but another Trainer named Samurai arrived on scene and challenged Ash to a battle. Meanwhile, the Weedle escaped and Samurai rebuked Ash for it. The two then engaged themselves in a Pokémon battle, which got stuck for hours as their Metapod were unable to do anything but use Harden. All of sudden, a swarm of Beedrill arrived and carried Ash's Metapod away. Samurai took Ash, Misty, and their other Pokémon to a safe place, but not before running into group of Kakuna which promptly evolved and attacked them. The next day, Ash went and saved his Metapod from under the very same tree, having noticed him there the day before. Due Team Rocket's loud entrance, the Beedrill woke up and started chasing Ash. He apologized to Metapod for leaving him in trouble like that, after which he saved his Trainer from a Beedrill's Twineedle attack. Afterwards, he quickly evolved into a Butterfree and saved Ash, Misty, and the samurai by putting the Beedrill asleep with Sleep Powder. At the end of the episode, Ash and Misty left Viridian Forest.

Later in the original series, Ash released his newly evolved Pidgeot near Viridian Forest in Pallet Party Panic. As the group went through Viridian Forest, Ash and his friends were attacked by a flock of Spearow. The flock's leader was a Fearow, which apparently evolved from the Spearow that Ash hit with a rock on the first day of his journey. Ash climbed a tree to escape and found Team Rocket with a flock of Pidgey and Pidgeotto who were in a turf war with the flock of Spearow. After sending Team Rocket falling from tree as a bait for the Spearow, Ash sent out his own Pidgeotto to tell the other bird Pokémon that it was safe to leave. The Fearow then came back, however, and started attacking bird Pokémon. Ash's Pidgeotto tried to fight the Fearow, but was badly hurt. Instead of giving up, however, it then evolved into a Pidgeot. Pidgeot and Pikachu then teamed up to defeat the Fearow and its minions. Ash also tried to catch the Fearow but failed, forcing them just to chase it away. Ash decided to leave Pidgeot in the forest to look after the Pidgey and Pidgeotto.

Pokémon

Caterpie	Pidgeotto → Pidgeot	Beedrill (multiple)	Weedle (multiple)	Kakuna (multiple)
Spearow (multiple)	Fearow	File:Viridian Forest Pidgey.png Pidgey (multiple)	File:Viridian Forest Pidgey.png Pidgeotto (multiple)

Viridian Forest in Pokémon Generations

In Pokémon Generations

Viridian Forest made an appearance in The Adventure, where Red was seen encountering a Pikachu. After sending out his Bulbasaur, he caught Pikachu with a single Poké Ball. Afterwards, Red used Pikachu to battle a wild Caterpie as Zapdos flew by.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Many important people were born in or near the forest, including Lance, Giovanni, and Yellow. It is said that once every ten years, a child is born possessing the mysterious powers of the forest. Lance and Yellow both share the power to heal Pokémon using physical touch as well as the ability to read the minds of Pokémon. In addition, Yellow can also move inanimate objects, namely Poké Balls, as well as raise her Pokémon's levels using the power of Viridian Forest (although this power seems involuntary and temporary). Giovanni has yet to display any special powers.

Red, Green & Blue arc

The forest is first visited in The Secret of Kangaskhan by Red and Blue. In their search for Pokémon, they encounter a wild Kangaskhan and its baby. Upon Red's return to Viridian City via the forest, he saves a young Yellow from being attacked by a wild Dratini.

Yellow arc

The forest was the first place Yellow visited after she had assumed guardianship of Pika. She met Bill inside the forest, and not long after, both were attacked by Lorelei. However, Green helped them escape. Much later, Green also revealed that she was the one who set Yellow off on her journey after meeting her at Viridian Forest, recognizing her as not only having met Red who had disappeared, but also as the one that fit the criteria given to her by Silver. After teaching her the basics of battling, Green gave a straw hat to Yellow, telling her to disguise herself as a boy and not to reveal her name.

Trivia

• In Yellow, the sole Lass found here has her sprite based over the grass, instead of among it. She can't move because she doesn't have a range at which she will walk up to the player, so she can only be battled by talking to her.
• In Yellow and HeartGold and SoulSilver, wild Pidgeotto can be found in the forest, most likely to represent the events of the anime. However, they are level 9 and 7, respectively; normally Pidgey evolves at level 18.
• Despite the forest returning as a standalone area in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the background music is a remix of Viridian Forest (Japanese: トキワのもり) from Generation II, used on Route 2, with Route 2 in HeartGold and SoulSilver given Route 3 (Japanese: ３ばんどうろ) as the background music, which is also used for most other routes in Kanto on both Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver. Incidentally, Generation II's version of Viridian Forest, used on Route 2, was in itself a remix of Viridian Forest (Japanese: トキワの森) from Generation I.
• The internal layout of Santalune Forest in Pokémon X and Y is nearly identical to that of Viridian Forest.
  • In addition, every Pokémon found in Viridian Forest in Pokémon Red and Green and the international version of Pokémon Red and Blue can also be found in Santalune Forest.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 常青森林 Sèuhngchīng Sāmlàhm Mandarin 常青森林 Chángqīng Sēnlín* 常磐森林 Chángpán Sēnlín* 常盘森林 Chángpán Sēnlín* Czech Chromový les Danish Viridian skov Finnish Viridianin metsä French Canada Forêt de Jade Europe Forêt de Jade German Vertania-Wald Italian Bosco Smeraldo Korean 상록숲 Sangnok Sup Norwegian Viridian-skogen Polish Las Wertański Brazilian Portuguese Floresta de Viridian* Floresta de Viridiana* Floresta Viridian* Spanish Latin America Bosque Verde Bosque Viridian* Spain Bosque Verde Swedish Viridian-skogen Vietnamese Rừng Tokiwa

Related articles

• Viridian Forest (Channel)

References

Kanto
Settlements Pallet Town • Viridian City • Pewter City • Cerulean City • Vermilion City • Lavender Town Celadon City • Saffron City • Fuchsia City • Cinnabar Island • Indigo Plateau Routes 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 Landmarks Professor Oak's Laboratory • Viridian Forest • Diglett's Cave • Pewter Museum of Science • Mt. Moon (Square) • Cerulean Cave Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6) • Underground Path (Kanto Routes 7–8) • S.S. Anne • S.S. Aqua • Sea Cottage • Rock Tunnel Power Plant • Cycling Road/Pokémon Road • Team Rocket Hideout • Silph Co. • Magnet Train • Pokémon Tower • Safari Zone/Pal Park GO Park • Seafoam Islands • Pokémon Mansion • Cinnabar Lab • Pokémon League Reception Gate • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls Access to Sevii Islands • Johto

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