Kanto Route 24

Kanto Route 24 ２４番道路 Route 24

Map description A beautiful bridge that stretches across a river.

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 25*   Route 24 Route 25* →   Cerulean City ↓

Location Location of Route 24 in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Pokémon world routes ← Route 23       Route 25 →

Route 24 (Japanese: ２４ばんどうろ Route 24) is a route in northern Kanto, connecting Cerulean City and Route 25. Most of Route 24 encompasses the Nugget Bridge (Japanese: ゴールデンボールブリッジ Golden Ball Bridge), a location where five Trainers will challenge the player one by one and, upon defeating every Trainer on the bridge, a disguised Team Rocket Grunt will reward the player with a Nugget.

Route description

The actual southern terminus of the route is at the southern extent of the bridge. Route 24 follows the length of the bridge north, running parallel to an express path to the east that originates on Route 25, allowing Trainers to travel from Cerulean Cape to Cerulean City (but not vice versa) quickly.

At the northern end of the bridge, the route opens up at a virtual three-way intersection. To the west is a long, narrow strip of land that contains Route 24's lone patch of grass containing a Trainer and wild Pokémon. This location also serves as the docking platform for a water body that leads to an otherwise inaccessible portion of Route 4, as well as Cerulean Cave northwest of Cerulean.

To the north of the bridge is a small plateau containing a variety of items and people, with the actual contents varying not only by Generation, but also by game version. In Generation I, TM45 (Thunder Wave) is found here. Additionally, in Pokémon Yellow, a non-battling Trainer is found here, offering his Charmander to any Trainer that will provide better care for him. In Generation II, no items are present; however, a tree containing a hidden item is present. Finally, in Generation III, TM45 (Attract) is found here.

Southeast of the plateau, Route 24 turns to the east and becomes Route 25.

In Generations I and III, the corner connecting Routes 24 and 25 is considered a part of Route 24. In Generations II and IV, it's included with Route 25.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM45 (Thunder Wave)	On the plateau at northern end	R  B  Y
	Pecha Berry	West of the first Hiker (hidden)	FR  LG
	TM45 (Attract)	On the plateau at northern end	FR  LG
	Nugget	Reward for defeating the Trainers on Nugget Bridge*	R  B  Y  FR  LG

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Caterpie	R		B		Y		Grass	7	25%
Metapod	R		B		Y		Grass	8	15%
Weedle	R		B		Y		Grass	7	25%
Kakuna	R		B		Y		Grass	8	15%
Pidgey	R		B		Y		Grass	12-13	20%
Pidgey	R		B		Y		Grass	13, 15, 17	29%
Pidgeotto	R		B		Y		Grass	17	1%
Oddish	R		B		Y		Grass	12-14	25%
Oddish	R		B		Y		Grass	12, 14	35%
Venonat	R		B		Y		Grass	13, 16	10%
Abra	R		B		Y		Grass	8, 10, 12	15%
Bellsprout	R		B		Y		Grass	12-14	25%
Bellsprout	R		B		Y		Grass	12, 14	25%
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%
Psyduck	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	33%
Krabby	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	33%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	15	33%
Goldeen	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	20-30	70%
Seaking	R		B		Y		Fishing Super Rod	30	30%
Gift Pokémon
Charmander	R		B		Y		Gift	10	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

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Abra	G		S		C		Grass	9	20%
Abra	G		S		C		Grass	12	10%
Bellsprout	G		S		C		Grass	8-10	60%	35%	0%
Bellsprout	G		S		C		Grass	10	0%	0%	5%
Bellsprout	G		S		C		Grass	10	5%
Caterpie	G		S		C		Grass	8-10	60%	50%	0%
Metapod	G		S		C		Grass	12	20%	0%	0%
Weepinbell	G		S		C		Grass	12-14	15%	15%	0%
Weepinbell	G		S		C		Grass	13	0%	0%	10%
Venonat	G		S		C		Grass	8	5%	0%	30%
Venonat	G		S		C		Grass	8	0%	0%	30%
Butterfree	G		S		C		Grass	14	5%	5%	0%
Sunkern	G		S		C		Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Sunkern	G		S		C		Grass	12	0%	30%	0%
Oddish	G		S		C		Grass	10	0%	0%	30%
Oddish	G		S		C		Grass	10-12	0%	0%	50%
Venomoth	G		S		C		Grass	10	0%	0%	5%
Gloom	G		S		C		Grass	14	0%	0%	5%
Surfing
Goldeen	G		S		C		Surfing	5-14	90%
Seaking	G		S		C		Surfing	10-14	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Goldeen	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	70%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Seaking	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
Caterpie	FR			LG			Grass	7	20%
Metapod	FR			LG			Grass	8	1%
Metapod	FR			LG			Grass	8	4%
Weedle	FR			LG			Grass	7	20%
Kakuna	FR			LG			Grass	8	4%
Kakuna	FR			LG			Grass	8	1%
Pidgey	FR			LG			Grass	11, 13	15%
Oddish	FR			LG			Grass	12-14	25%
Abra	FR			LG			Grass	8, 10, 12	15%
Bellsprout	FR			LG			Grass	12-14	25%
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	15-35	84%
Krabby	FR			LG			Fishing Super Rod	15-35	84%
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
Bellsprout	HG			SS			Grass	8-10	60%	0%	0%
Bellsprout	HG			SS			Grass	8	0%	35%	5%
Abra	HG			SS			Grass	9	20%	0%	0%
Abra	HG			SS			Grass	10	0%	20%	20%
Weepinbell	HG			SS			Grass	12-14	15%	15%	0%
Weepinbell	HG			SS			Grass	12	0%	0%	10%
Venonat	HG			SS			Grass	8	5%	0%	30%
Sunkern	HG			SS			Grass	10	0%	30%	0%
Oddish	HG			SS			Grass	10	0%	0%	30%
Venomoth	HG			SS			Grass	14	0%	0%	5%
Surfing
Goldeen	HG			SS			Surfing	5-10	90%
Seaking	HG			SS			Surfing	10	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	95%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	5%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	90%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	7%
Seaking	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	3%
Special Pokémon
Linoone	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	9	20%
Whismur	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	8-10	20%
Bidoof	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	9	20%
Buizel	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	8-10	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
Nugget Bridge
Bug Catcher Reward: $140	Caterpie Lv.14 No item
	Weedle Lv.14 No item
Lass Reward: $210	Pidgey Lv.14 No item
	Nidoran♀ Lv.14 No item
Youngster Reward: $210	Rattata Lv.14 No item
	Ekans Lv.14 No item
	Zubat Lv.14 No item
Lass Reward: $240	Pidgey Lv.16 No item
	Nidoran♀ Lv.16 No item
Jr. Trainer♂ Reward: $360	Mankey Lv.18 No item
Rocket Reward: $450	Ekans Lv.15 No item
	Zubat Lv.15 No item
Grassy area
Jr. Trainer♂ Reward: $280	Rattata Lv.14 No item
	Ekans Lv.14 No item

Generation II

Trainer	Pokémon
Rocket Grunt Reward: $1200	Golbat♂ Lv.30 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
Nugget Bridge
Bug Catcher Cale ケンスケ Kensuke Reward: $120	Caterpie♂ Lv.10 No item
	Weedle♂ Lv.10 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.10 No item
	Kakuna♂ Lv.10 No item
Lass Ali サヤ Saya Reward: $192	Pidgey♀ Lv.12 No item
	Oddish♀ Lv.12 No item
	Bellsprout♀ Lv.12 No item
Youngster Timmy シンゴ Shingo Reward: $224	Sandshrew♂ Lv.14 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.14 No item
Youngster Timmy* シンゴ Shingo Reward: $	Raticate♂ Lv.19 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.19 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.19 No item
Youngster Timmy* シンゴ Shingo Reward: $	Raticate♂ Lv.27 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.27 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.19 No item
Youngster Timmy* シンゴ Shingo Reward: $832	Raticate♂ Lv.52 No item
	Arbok♂ Lv.52 No item
	Golbat♂ Lv.52 No item
Lass Reli アミ Ami Reward: $256	Nidoran♂ Lv.16 No item
	Nidoran♀ Lv.16 No item
Lass Reli* アミ Ami Reward: $	Pidgey Lv.20 No item
	Nidoran♀ Lv.20 No item
Lass Reli* アミ Ami Reward: $448	Pidgeotto Lv.28 No item
	Nidorina Lv.28 No item
Camper Ethan ヨシハル Yoshiharu Reward: $360	Mankey♂ Lv.18 No item
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $480	Ekans♂ Lv.15 No item
	Zubat♂ Lv.15 No item
Grassy area
Camper Shane トモヒロ Tomohiro Reward: $280	Rattata♂ Lv.14 No item
	Ekans♂ 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.

Generation IV

Trainer	Pokémon
Team Rocket Grunt Reward: $1560	Golbat♂ Lv.39 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

In Generation II, the Nugget Bridge Trainers are no longer present. Instead, the challenge has moved to Route 25. Also, the grassy area along the narrow strip of land has been reduced by half, allowing the lower portion to become a grass-free docking station. The route also ends immediately after leaving the Nugget Bridge.

In Generation IV, Route 24 is nearly identical in structure to Generation III with the exception of a few minor changes. The Trainers on the Nugget Bridge are no longer present and have moved their challenge to Route 25 and the territory that Route 24 occupies is the same as Generation II. Another change is that the bridge is above the water, instead of being over land like in previous generations. There is also a tiny strip of land in front of a fence that goes along the path to the right of the bridge.

In the anime

Route 24 in the anime

Charmander - The Stray Pokémon is mentioned to take place at Route 24. However, it is stated that Routes 24 and 25 lead to Vermilion City, instead of Route 6.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In Pokémon Adventures, Route 24 debuted in ...But Fearow Itself in the Red, Green & Blue arc where it is revealed that Red had caught a Bellsprout. Red tried to capture a peculiar looking Rattata which turned out to actually be Bill. It also has a forest and mountains.

Trivia

• This route and Route 25 are the two northernmost places in Kanto in Generation I and III. In Generations II and IV, the northernmost part of this route is considered part of Route 25.
• The Nugget Bridge in this route is most known in Generation III for the ability to obtain infinite Nuggets. If the player loses to the Team Rocket Grunt, they will be back at the Pokémon Center, with the Nugget they obtained from the Rocket grunt. However, this does not work in Generation I because the player is only given one chance to fight this Grunt. Nonetheless, this creates a mistake in Generation I: if the player loses to the Grunt, and then returns to speak with him, the Grunt speaks as if the player won.
• Four of the Trainers on Nugget Bridge all say, "I did my best, I have no regrets," after the player defeats them. The second Lass on the bridge, however, says, "I did my best, so I've no regrets," instead.
• This is the only Kanto location where a member of Team Rocket can be battled in Generations II and IV, excluding the event-exclusive battle with Giovanni at the Tohjo Falls in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• Route 24 is the first route to be mentioned by name in the anime.

See also

• Cerulean Cave
• Route 25

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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