Kanto Route 3

Route 0 ０番道路 Route 0

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Pokémon world routes

Route 3 is a rugged mountain road located in northwest Kanto. Its western terminus is at Pewter City and its eastern terminus is at the western foot of Mt. Moon. The contour of the route is designed to be only a singular path from west to east, with ledges that lead down and curve around back to the western segment. In the Generation I and Generation III games, the player isn't allowed to set foot on Route 3 until Brock has been defeated, as a man will be blocking the pathway to the route.

Route description

Youngster exclaiming, "I like shorts"

For its western half, Route 3 is a split-level route. Heading east from Pewter City, Trainers face a small clearing that creates a fork in the road, and allows travel north or south, with south curving around eastern and then leading to a dead end. In order to progress, Trainers must turn north after the route opens up and progress east along the northern half that, in Generations I and III, is packed with Trainers. At any point, Trainers can jump the ledges located south of this path, to access a middle section of the route between two ledges. Most of this area contains items, as well as another Trainer waiting for battle. By hopping the ledge again, Trainer are able to travel west which curves north back to the clearing at the start of the route. The southern half of the route is only accessible by hopping down ledges that will lead trainers into the paths of more rival trainers.

East of the second pair of ledges, the route curves south before returning east near a large patch of tall grass containing wild Pokémon, that takes up most of the area. This patch, which contains another Trainer, follows the route until the path turns north ahead of a hill. From this point, the route makes a backward "S" curve, turning east past the hilly terrain, south past another ledge taking the route to a large clearing, east again which travels across the clearing, and, finally, to the north, passing the second patch of grass on the route, which has a fence as well as a signpost, which gives out directions.

There are no obstacles along the remainder of the route as it proceeds north towards Route 4 and the mysterious Mt. Moon. Just before the entrance to the cave, there is a Pokémon Center, one of two in Kanto that is not located in a populated area (the other being on Route 10 near the north portal of the Rock Tunnel). In Generation III, Fly will be able to return to this location instantly, but not in previous Generations. In the center, a man attempts to scam trainers by selling the extremely common Magikarp for relatively high prices.

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Pidgey	R	B	Y	Grass	6-8	50%
	Spearow	R	B	Y	Grass	5-8	40%
	Spearow	R	B	Y	Grass	8-12	55%
	Rattata	R	B	Y	Grass	10-12	15%
	Sandshrew	R	B	Y	Grass	8-10	15%
	Mankey	R	B	Y	Grass	9	15%
	Jigglypuff	R	B	Y	Grass	3-7	10%
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
All times
	Ekans	G	S	C	Grass	8	20%
	Jigglypuff	G	S	C	Grass	6	10%
	Arbok	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
Morning
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	5-8	55%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	5-8	35%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	5	30%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	5-10	35%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	5	30%
	Ekans	G	S	C	Grass	8	20%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	10	10%
	Arbok	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
	Sandshrew	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
Day
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	5-8	55%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	5-8	35%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	5	30%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	5-10	35%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	5	30%
	Ekans	G	S	C	Grass	8	20%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	10	10%
	Arbok	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
	Sandshrew	G	S	C	Grass	10	5%
Night
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	5-10	60%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	5-8	35%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	5-10	65%
	Zubat	G	S	C	Grass	5	30%
	Zubat	G	S	C	Grass	6	10%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	10	20%
	Clefairy	G	S	C	Grass	6	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
	Spearow	FR	LG	Grass	6-8	35%
	Pidgey	FR	LG	Grass	6-7	30%
	Nidoran♂	FR	LG	Grass	6-7	14%
	Nidoran♂	FR	LG	Grass	6	1%
	Jigglypuff	FR	LG	Grass	3-7	10%
	Mankey	FR	LG	Grass	7	10%
	Nidoran♀	FR	LG	Grass	6	1%
	Nidoran♀	FR	LG	Grass	6-7	14%
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

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Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Ekans	HG	SS	Grass	8	20%
	Jigglypuff	HG	SS	Grass	6	10%
	Arbok	HG	SS	Grass	10	5%
Morning
	Spearow	HG	SS	Grass	5-8	55%
	Spearow	HG	SS	Grass	5-8	35%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	5-10	35%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	5	30%
Day
	Spearow	HG	SS	Grass	5-8	55%
	Spearow	HG	SS	Grass	5-8	35%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	5-10	35%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	5	30%
Night
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	5-10	60%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	5-8	35%
	Zubat	HG	SS	Grass	5	30%
Special Pokémon
	Baltoy	HG	SS	Swarms	Unknown	Unknown
	Gulpin	HG	SS	Swarms	Unknown	Unknown
	Plusle	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Minun	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Shinx	HG	SS	Sinnoh Sound	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 I

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Lass Reward: $135	Pidgey Lv.9 No item
	Pidgey Lv.9 No item
Bug Catcher Bug Catcher Reward: $100	Caterpie Lv.10 No item
	Weedle Lv.10 No item
	Caterpie Lv.10 No item
Youngster Youngster Reward: $165	Rattata Lv.11 No item
	Ekans Lv.11 No item
Bug Catcher Bug Catcher Reward: $90	Weedle Lv.9 No item
	Kakuna Lv.9 No item
	Caterpie Lv.9 No item
	Metapod Lv.9 No item
Youngster Youngster Reward: $210	Spearow Lv.14 No item
Lass Lass Reward: $150	Rattata Lv.10 No item
	Nidoran♂ Lv.10 No item
Bug Catcher Bug Catcher Reward: $110	Caterpie Lv.11 No item
	Metapod Lv.11 No item
Lass Lass Reward: $210	Jigglypuff Lv.14 No item

Generation II

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Warren Youngster Warren Reward: $	Fearow Lv.35 No item
Youngster Jimmy Youngster Jimmy Reward: $	Raticate Lv.33 No item
	Arbok Lv.33 No item
Firebreather Otis Firebreather Otis Reward: $	Magmar Lv.29 No item
	Weezing Lv.32 No item
	Magmar Lv.29 No item
Firebreather Burt Firebreather Burt Reward: $	Weezing Lv.32 No item
	Slugma Lv.32 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Generation III

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Janice Lass Janice エリ Eri Reward: $144	Pidgey♀ Lv.9 No item
	Pidgey♀ Lv.9 No item
Bug Catcher Colton Bug Catcher Colton ヒサシ Hisashi Reward: $120	Caterpie♂ Lv.10 No item
	Weedle♂ Lv.10 No item
	Caterpie♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Ben Youngster Ben ヒロト Hiroto Reward: $176	Rattata♂ Lv.11 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.11 No item
Bug Catcher Greg Bug Catcher Greg ヒロユキ Hiroyuki Reward: $108	Weedle♂ Lv.9 No item
	Kakuna♂ Lv.9 No item
	Caterpie♂ Lv.9 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.9 No item
Youngster Calvin Youngster Calvin カズキ Kazuki Reward: $224	Spearow♂ Lv.14 No item
Lass Sally Lass Sally ミナ Mina Reward: $160	Rattata♀ Lv.10 No item
	Nidoran♀ Lv.10 No item
Bug Catcher James Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $132	Caterpie♂ Lv.11 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.11 No item
Lass Robin Lass Robin シホ Shiho Reward: $224	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.14 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Differences among generations

Generations I and III

The only changes along Route 3 between these two Generations are cosmetic, such as the reconstruction of the surrounding landscape. Otherwise, the route design remains the same. The barriers on either side of the route are removed in the Generation III remakes, while large patch of tall grass in the center of the route become considerably smaller. Also the set of tree have been removed in Generation I and have been replaced by a rock mountain setting. Other than this, most of the route remains the same.

Generation II

Many changes were made to Route 3 in Generation II. First, the route was shortened significantly. Also, the number of trainers along the path was reduced to four. Similarly, the size of the grass patches were reduced by nearly 50%.

Traveling east from Pewter City, the route passes two barriers on either side of the road, and cuts to a clearing that creates a fork in the road, and allows travel north or south, with south curving around eastern and then leading to a dead end. In order to progress, Trainers must turn north after the route opens up and progress east along the northern half. For its western half, Route 3 is a split-level route, so at any point, Trainers can jump the ledges located south of this path, to access a middle section of the route between two ledges, and then again, so Trainer are able to travel west which curves north back to the clearing at the start of the route.

East of the second pair of ledges, the route curves south before returning east near a small patch of tall grass. The size of the tall grass has been reduced by about half. This patch follows the route until the path turns north ahead of a hill. From this point, the route makes a backward "S" curve, turning east past the hilly terrain, south past another ledge taking the route to a large clearing, east again which travels across the clearing, and, finally, to the north, passing the second patch of grass which has also been reduced in size, which has a fence as well as a signpost, which gives out directions.

Part of Route 4 has been combined with Route 3 so now only one route connects Pewter with Mt. Moon, however, the Pokémon Center still remains the same. There are no obstacles along the remainder of the route as it proceeds north towards Mt. Moon.

Generation IV

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The meteorites located at the southwest end of Route 3

In Generation IV, the route is nearly identical to Generation III with only a few area changes, as well as major aesthetic features have been enhanced, including depth and sprite changes. An additional area at the southwest end of the route allows players to exchange their current form of Deoxys by interacting with different meteorites. The meteorites that change Deoxys's Forme are located on this route, likely due to its proximity to Mt. Moon.

For its western half, Route 3 is a split-level route. Heading east, trainers must turn north after the route opens up and progress east along the northern half. The southern half of the route is only accessible by hopping down ledges that will lead trainers into the paths of more rival trainers. East of the second pair of ledges, the route curves south before returning east near a large patch of grass containing wild Pokémon. This patch follows the route until the path turns north ahead of a hill. From this point, the route makes a backward "S" curve, turning east, south, east and, finally, to the north, passing the second patch of grass on the route. There are no obstacles along the remainder of the route as it proceeds north towards Mt. Moon. Just before the entrance to the cave, there is a Pokémon Center.

Three unique items, have also been scattered around the place, including a Big Root, located near a Firebreather; a Star Piece, located near the meteors; and a Hyper Potion; hidden near the Pokémon Center. The number of trainers along the path has been increased to eleven. The Pokémon Center at the entrance of Mt. Moon remains but the area around it was reduced significantly in size. Also, like Generation II, the entire west side of Mt. Moon belongs to Route 3.

In other media

In the anime

Ash, Misty and Brock hiked along Route 3 in Clefairy and the Moon Stone. They were on their way to Mt. Moon, when they encountered a man being attacked by a flock of Zubat. Ash ordered Pikachu to fire a ThunderShock. The Zubat flew away, and the man, who was wearing a lab coat, squeezed Ash and thanked him profusely. He introduced himself as Seymour the scientist.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Red passed through Route 3 in Gyarados Splashes In! in the Red, Green & Blue Chapter, when a Gyarados belonging to Misty span out of control. With Misty's help, Red was able to capture Gyarados (even though that should not have been possible, since Misty already owned it). There was also a Pokémon Center where Red contacted Professor Oak.

Trivia

• When Bug Catcher Colton first comes up to the player he says "I saw you in Viridian Forest.", though there is no Bug Catcher named Colton in Viridian Forest. He also says "You beat me again!" after defeat. This is also true in the Japanese versions, as there is no Bug Catcher named Hisashi in Viridian Forest. This error is a carryover from Generation I, where no Bug Catcher, nor any other trainer class aside from Elite Four members and Gym Leaders, had specific names (making it presumable that one could encounter the same trainer twice in different areas).
• Route 3 is the scene to an infamous Pokémon quote amount fandom, where a Youngster exclaims, "I like shorts. They're comfy and easy to wear." Further along in the route, another Youngster exclaims "Hey! You're not wearing shorts!"

See also

• Mt. Moon

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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