Kanto Route 21

Kanto Route 21 ２１番水道 Sea Route 21

Map description A coastal road where the only threat might be the volcano on the horizon.

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   ↑ Pallet Town   Route 21   Cinnabar Island ↓

Location Location of Route 21 in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Pokémon world routes ← Route 20       Route 22 →

Route 21 (Japanese: ２１ばんすいどう Water Route 21), known as Sea Route 21 in the Generation I games, is a water route located in southwest Kanto, connecting Pallet Town and Cinnabar Island.

Route description

From Pallet, the route begins as a small channel of water. South of the town, an outcrop of land on the route's east side holds the only grassy area on any water route in Pokémon history up until Generation IV. Past the grassy area, the mainland terminates and the route widens significantly in size.

South of this point, the look of the route varies greatly by Generation. In Generation I, there are two small bridges containing two Trainers each spread out along the route. Five other Trainers are also found along the route. In Generation II, the bridges remain but only one Trainer is found on one of the bridges. Two more Trainers are located in the water. Generation III replaced the bridges with sandy islands and added five additional islands as well. Trainers can be found on four of the islands, as well as in five locations in the water, making a total of nine Trainers.

In every Generation, the route runs directly north-south in the water, reaching its southern terminus at Cinnabar near the southernmost Trainer.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Pearl	On the island next to Swimmer Spencer* (hidden)	FR  LG
	Stardust ×3	On the sandbar closest to Pallet Town (hidden) On a sandbar with no Trainers in the center of the route ×2 (hidden)	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pidgey	R		B		Y		Grass	21, 23	25%
Pidgey	R		B		Y		Grass	11, 13, 15, 17	60%
Pidgeotto	R		B		Y		Grass	30, 32	15%
Pidgeotto	R		B		Y		Grass	15, 17, 19	10%
Rattata	R		B		Y		Grass	21, 23	35%
Rattata	R		B		Y		Grass	13, 15	25%
Raticate	R		B		Y		Grass	30	15%
Raticate	R		B		Y		Grass	15	5%
Tangela	R		B		Y		Grass	28, 30, 32	10%
Surfing
Tentacool	R		B		Y		Surfing	5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35, 40	100%
Fishing
Magikarp	R		B		Y		Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Poliwag	R		B		Y		Fishing Good Rod	10	50%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Good Rod	10	50%
Tentacool	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15, 30	60%
Tentacruel	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	30	10%
Shellder	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	25%
Horsea	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	25%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	25%
Staryu	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	25%
Staryu	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	20	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 II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	25	30%
Raticate	G		S		C		Grass	20	10%
Tangela	G		S		C		Grass	20-35	95%	90%	95%
Tangela	G		S		C		Grass	30-35	50%	50%	0%
Tangela	G		S		C		Grass	28-35	0%	0%	60%
Mr. Mime	G		S		C		Grass	28	5%	0%	5%
Mr. Mime	G		S		C		Grass	28-30	0%	10%	0%
Mr. Mime	G		S		C		Grass	28-30	10%	10%	0%
Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	30-39	90%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	35-39	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	55%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%	10%	0%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	0%	0%	10%
Krabby	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Corsola	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%	30%	0%
Staryu	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	0%	0%	30%
Kingler	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	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 III

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Tangela	FR			LG			Grass	17-28	100%
Surfing
Tentacool	FR			LG			Surfing	5-40	100%
Fishing
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Old Rod	5	100%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	60%
Magikarp	FR			LG			Fishing Good Rod	5-15	20%
Horsea	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	80%
Seadra	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	4%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	80%
Kingler	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	4%
Gyarados	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-25	15%
Psyduck	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	1%
Slowpoke	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	25-35	1%
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
Tangela	HG			SS			Grass	20-35	95%	90%	95%
Mr. Mime	HG			SS			Grass	28	5%	0%	5%
Mr. Mime	HG			SS			Grass	28-30	0%	10%	0%
Surfing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Surfing	30-35	90%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Surfing	35	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Tentacool	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	30%
Chinchou	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	7%
Shellder	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	3%
Chinchou	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	60%
Shellder	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	7%
Lanturn	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	3%
Headbutt
Tangela	HG			SS			Headbutt	27-30	15%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	24-26	50%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	27-30	80%
Wurmple	HG			SS			Headbutt	24-30	20%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	24-26	30%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	24-26	30%
Special Pokémon
Linoone	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	35	20%
Whismur	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	25-30	20%
Bidoof	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	35	20%
Buizel	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	25-30	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 I

Trainer	Pokémon
Fisherman Reward: $945	Magikarp Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp Lv.27 No item
Fisherman Reward: $980	Seaking Lv.28 No item
	Goldeen Lv.28 No item
	Seaking Lv.28 No item
	Seaking Lv.28 No item
Swimmer Reward: $165	Seadra Lv.33 No item
	Tentacruel Lv.33 No item
Cue Ball Reward: $775	Tentacool Lv.31 No item
	Tentacool Lv.31 No item
	Tentacruel Lv.31 No item
Fisherman Reward: $1085	Shellder Lv.31 No item
	Cloyster Lv.31 No item
Fisherman Reward: $1155	Seaking Lv.33 No item
	Goldeen Lv.33 No item
Swimmer Reward: $185	Starmie Lv.37 No item
Swimmer Reward: $165	Staryu Lv.33 No item
	Wartortle Lv.33 No item
Swimmer Reward: $160	Poliwhirl Lv.32 No item
	Tentacool Lv.32 No item
	Seadra Lv.32 No item

Generation II

Trainer	Pokémon
Swimmer♀ Nikki ヒサエ Hisae Reward: $560	Seel♀ Lv.28 No item
	Seel♀ Lv.28 No item
	Seel♀ Lv.28 No item
	Dewgong♀ Lv.28 No item
Fisherman Arnold テツハル Tetsuharu Reward: $1360	Tentacruel♂ Lv.34 No item
Swimmer♂ Seth トビオ Tobio Reward: $256	Quagsire♂ Lv.29 No item
	Octillery♂ Lv.29 No item
	Quagsire♂ Lv.32 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 III

Trainer	Pokémon
Fisherman Wade イサオ Isao Reward: $972	Magikarp♂ Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.27 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.27 No item
Fisherman Ronald カズオ Kazuo Reward: $1008	Seaking♂ Lv.28 No item
	Goldeen♂ Lv.28 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.28 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.28 No item
Sis and Bro Lil & Ian チサとカツ Chika and Katsu Reward: $264	Seadra♂ Lv.33 No item
	Starmie Lv.33 No item
Swimmer♂ Spencer トシヒロ Toshihiro Reward: $132	Seadra♂ Lv.33 No item
	Tentacruel♂ Lv.33 No item
Fisherman Claude ヒデユキ Hideyuki Reward: $1116	Shellder♂ Lv.31 No item
	Cloyster♂ Lv.31 No item
Fisherman Nolan タカノリ Takanori Reward: $1188	Seaking♂ Lv.33 No item
	Goldeen♂ Lv.33 No item
Swimmer♂ Jack ヒデノリ Hidenori Reward: $148	Starmie Lv.37 No item
Swimmer♂ Roland マサトシ Masatoshi Reward: $128	Poliwhirl♂ Lv.32 No item
	Tentacool♂ Lv.32 No item
	Seadra♂ Lv.32 No item
Swimmer♂ Jerome モリオ Morio Reward: $132	Staryu Lv.33 No item
	Wartortle♂ Lv.33 No item
Rematch
Fisherman Wade イサオ Isao Reward: $1692	Magikarp♂ Lv.47 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.47 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.47 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.47 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.47 No item
	Magikarp♂ Lv.47 No item
Sis and Bro Lil & Ian チサとカツ Chika and Katsu Reward: $400/440	Seadra♂ Lv.50/55 No item
	Starmie Lv.50/55 No item
Swimmer♂ Jack ヒデノリ Hidenori Reward: $200	Starmie Lv.50 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
Swimmer Nikki ヒサエ Hisae Reward: $672	Seel♀ Lv.37 No item
	Dewgong♀ Lv.42 No item
Fisherman Arnold テツハル Tetsuharu Reward: $1408	Shellder♂ Lv.44 No item
Bird Keeper Kinsley セイブン Seibun Reward: $1184	Farfetch'd♂ Lv.36 No item
	Fearow♂ Lv.36 No item
	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.37 No item
Fisherman Murphy ヒョウエ Hyōe Reward: $1216	Corsola♀ Lv.32 No item
	Corsola♀ Lv.34 No item
	Corsola♀ Lv.36 No item
	Corsola♀ Lv.38 No item
Swimmer Chelan シズク Shizuku Reward: $640	Azumarill♀ Lv.40 No item
Fisherman Liam ミノブ Minobu Reward: $1344	Seadra♂ Lv.42 No item
Swimmer Tyson トビオ Tobio Reward: $672	Quagsire♂ Lv.42 No item
	Octillery♂ Lv.42 No item
Fisherman Gideon ミツマサ Mitsumasa Reward: $1280	Lanturn♂ Lv.44 No item
	Mantine♂ Lv.40 No item
Swimmer Esteban ヨシノブ Yoshinobu Reward: $608	Golduck♂ Lv.38 No item
	Poliwhirl♂ Lv.38 No item
Swimmer Duane アラタ Arata Reward: $640	Seaking♂ Lv.40 No item
	Kabutops♂ Lv.40 No item
Bird Keeper Easton ミキジ Mikiji Reward: $1152	Doduo♂ Lv.35 No item
	Doduo♂ Lv.35 No item
	Dodrio♂ Lv.35 No item
	Dodrio♂ Lv.36 No item
Swimmer Kendra ハナエ Hanae Reward: $688	Slowking♀ Lv.43 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

Generation I and III

Between Generations I and III, the route is the same with the exception of a few minor cosmetic changes. In Generation III, the bridges are replaced with sandy islands and five additional islands are added as well. Trainers can be found on four of the islands, as well as in five in the water, making a total of nine Trainers.

Generation II

The route was shortened considerably in Generation II. The basic design of the route, however, was almost identical to that of Generation I.

Generation IV

The route is nearly identical to Generation III.

Trivia

• In Generation II and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, wild Mr. Mime can be found in the grassy area south of Pallet Town, most likely a reference to the events of the anime.

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.