Johto Route 29

Johto Route 29 ２９番道路 Route 29

Map description A road that begins a journey. The road smells like freshly cut grass.

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

Connecting locations   ↑ Route 46   ← Cherrygrove City Route 29 New Bark Town →

Location Location of Route 29 in Johto.

Other generation maps Gen II

Pokémon world routes ← Route 28       Route 30 →

Route 29 (Japanese: ２９ばんどうろ Route 29) is a route in southern Johto, connecting New Bark Town and Cherrygrove City. The southern part of Route 46 can also be accessed from this route. This is the first route the player comes to upon receiving a starter Pokémon from Professor Elm in New Bark Town.

Route description

Similar to Route 1 in Kanto, Trainers traveling from Cherrygrove to New Bark can hop over a series of ledges to avoid the grassy areas and to travel between the two areas quickly while Trainers traveling from New Bark to Cherrygrove must travel through a series of grass patches to reach their destination. The first such patch is near the start of the route where the path turns south into the patch to circumvent a ledge. Route 29 westbound continues to follow the ledge south, then to the west before the route opens up at a T-intersection. To the west, Trainers whose Pokémon can use Cut outside of battle can chop down a tree to open a grass-less path to Cherrygrove. Those who do not have Cut, however, must go north through a break in the ledge.

In this location on Tuesdays after Falkner, the Violet City Gym Leader, has been defeated, Tuscany, one of the Week Siblings, appears, giving any Trainers that talk with her a Pink Bow (a TwistedSpoon in Generation IV) the first time the player meets her, and a Shock Ribbon the second time and afterwards (Generation IV only). Immediately north of Tuscany, there is another tree that can be cut to avoid two grass patches to the northeast. However, Trainers lacking Cut are forced to traverse either of the two patches. Regardless of which way a Trainer takes, the route curves to the west, merging with the second Cut shortcut path directly south of a gate which separates Route 29 from Route 46 in the north. Between this and Cherrygrove City is your first encounter with your rival.

East of the gate, the path heads to the northwest, then to the southeast, passing through another grassy area before straightening out and traveling due west. The route then juts south, merging with the first Cut shortcut path as it turns to the west, then north and west again as it enters Cherrygrove.

Route 29 is in a mountainous region of Johto, which means that the Headbutt-able trees that line the route hold Pokémon often found in the mountains, namely Spearow and Aipom. The route is also home to the Dude, who teaches players how to capture Pokémon (and also turns the player away from the route if the player doesn't have a Pokémon). In HeartGold and SoulSilver, this duty was given to Lyra or Ethan (depending on the player character's chosen gender).

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Potion	East of the northeasternmost grass patch	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Berry	Northwest of the northwesternmost grass patch, on the Berry tree on a plateau (daily)	G  S  C
	Grn Apricorn	Northwest of the northwesternmost grass patch, on the Apricorn tree on a plateau (requires Apricorn Box) (daily)	HG  SS
	Poké Ball ×5	Gift from Lyra/Ethan after teaching the player how to catch Pokémon	HG  SS
	Pink Bow	From Tuscany after earning the Zephyr BadgeTu	G  S  C
	TwistedSpoon	From Tuscany after earning the Zephyr BadgeTu	HG  SS
	Shock Ribbon	From Tuscany after meeting all the Week SiblingsTu	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	2-4	55%	55%	0%
Pidgey	G		S		C		Grass	2-3	50%	50%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	4	5%	5%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	2,4	0%	0%	15%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	2	5%	5%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	2-3	0%	0%	45%
Sentret	G		S		C		Grass	2-3	40%	40%	0%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Grass	2-4	0%	0%	85%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Grass	2-3	0%	0%	55%
Hoppip	G		S		C		Grass	3	5%	5%	0%
Headbutt tree (Moderate chances of battle)
Spearow	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	80%
Exeggcute	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	20%
Hoothoot	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Ledyba	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Spinarak	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
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%
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
Pidgey	HG			SS			Grass	2-4	55%	55%	0%
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	2-4	5%	5%	15%
Sentret	HG			SS			Grass	2-4	40%	40%	0%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Grass	2-4	0%	0%	85%
Headbutt Group A
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	2-3	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	2-3	50%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	2-3	30%
Headbutt Group B
Exeggcute	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	20%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	50%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	30%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	4-5	30%
Special Pokémon
Plusle	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	2-3	20%
Minun	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	2-3	20%
Shinx	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	2-3	40%
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.

Walking Pokémon effects

When interacting with walking Pokémon in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Pokémon may occasionally show an altered mood specific to this location.

• Chikorita waves its leaf around and makes its leaf twitch.

In the anime

Route 29 in the anime

Route 29 first appeared in The Double Trouble Header, where Ash and his friends encountered a rookie Trainer named Casey. Ash battled her twice, first time easily defeating her with his Charizard, while the second battle, which took place at a baseball stadium, was interrupted by Team Rocket.

The route also served as the setting of the next several episodes. In A Sappy Ending, Ash caught himself a Heracross. In Roll On, Pokémon!, the group encountered a woman named Rochelle and her Donphan, whom she used to search for agate (a fictional mineral called amberite in the dub). In Illusion Confusion!, the group met up with Gary while traversing through a forest filled with illusion-creating Ghost Pokémon. In The Chikorita Rescue, Ash encountered and caught himself a sassy Chikorita.

Florando, Catallia City, Palm Hills, and an unnamed city are located on this route.

In the manga

Route 29 in Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Route 29 appeared in Let's Go! The Journey Towards The Championship. After winning a battle against Youngster Joey, Gold gave an injured Pidgey a Berry to help it recover. Just as he parted ways with Joey, Gold was attacked by Black, who had stolen a Chikorita from Professor Elm's laboratory. When Gold's Totodile was about to lose, the Pidgey from before returned and helped to defeat Chikorita. Black then declared Gold as his rival, swearing to defeat him if they ever crossed paths again.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Route 29 was mentioned in A Finger Lickin' Battle!.

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

This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.