Kanto Route 1

Route 0 ０番道路 Route 0

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Pokémon world routes

Route 1 is a short north-south path located in west Kanto. Its northern terminus is at Viridian City and its southern terminus is at Pallet Town. The contour of the route is designed to be an express route heading south and a trek through numerous grassy areas heading north, both fitting considering the early portion of the storyline of Generations I and III takes trainers along Route 1 numerous times.

Route description

Heading south from Viridian, trainers can either hop down ledges to completely avoid any contact with wild Pokémon on their way to Pallet or they can travel through the grass patches, the required path for northbound travel. Following the grass-lined path, the route turns east then south as it enters the first patch. After a small break, the path of the route enters another patch of grass as the route turns west.

Route 1 then makes an "S", turning to the south, then to the east before returning south and west, passing through the third grassy area. The path then juts south, entering another patch before curving to the east then to the south as it enters Pallet.

There are no opponent trainers on this route in Generations I and III. However, a man who works at the Poké Mart in Viridian City will give out a free sample of Potion to trainers who chat with him. In Generation II, the Poké Mart employee has been exchanged for two trainers and a Bitter Berry.

Items

Generation I and III

• Potion: Obtained from Viridian Poké Mart employee.

Generation II

• Bitter Berry: South of the first ledge on west side of route.

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Pidgey	R	B	Y	Grass	2-5	55%
	Pidgey	R	B	Y	Grass	2-7	70%
	Rattata	R	B	Y	Grass	2-4	45%
	Rattata	R	B	Y	Grass	2-4	30%
	Pikachu	R	B	Y	Professor Oak's Capture	5	Only One
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 II

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
Morning
	Pidgey	G	S	C	Grass	2-4	45%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	2	30%
	Sentret	G	S	C	Grass	3	20%
	Furret	G	S	C	Grass	6	5%
Day
	Pidgey	G	S	C	Grass	2-4	45%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	2	30%
	Sentret	G	S	C	Grass	3	20%
	Furret	G	S	C	Grass	6	5%
Night
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	2-6	55%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	2-3	50%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	6	5%
	Hoothoot	G	S	C	Grass	2-4	45%
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
	Pidgey	FR	LG	Grass	2-5	50%
	Rattata	FR	LG	Grass	2-4	50%
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	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Rattata	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Sentret	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Furret	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Hoothoot	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Poochyena	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Plusle	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Minun	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Shinx	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
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
Schoolboy Danny Schoolboy Danny ノリタカ Noritaka Reward: $992	Jynx♀ Lv.31 No item
	Electabuzz♂ Lv.31 No item
	Magmar♂ Lv.31 No item
Cooltrainer Quinn Cooltrainer Quinn アイコ Aiko Reward: $1824	Ivysaur♂ Lv.38 No item
	Starmie Lv.38 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.

Differences among generations

The route layout in Generations I and III are identical except for the fact that the Generation I version has grassy patches to both the east and the west of the route itself.

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Route 1 in Generation I.

Generation I and III

The grass on the sides was removed since in Generation I, trainers could enter the grass using the walk anywhere glitch and, upon doing this, the game would freeze. This was because the grassy area contained no data for cities, routes, or even wild Pokémon, and the game would crash upon trying to retrieve the missing data.

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Route 1 in Generation II.

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Gold and Typhlosion walking on Route 1 in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Generation II

In Generation II, the route remains the same but two trainers have been added to the mix. Also, the Viridian Poké Mart employee is no longer present and a Bitter Berry tree has sprouted along the northwest portion of the route. Lastly, the grass patches outside of the route have been removed but the spacing between the route and the surrounding forest still remains.

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

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