Kanto Route 26

Kanto Route 26 ２６番道路 Route 26

File:HGSS Route 26.png

Map description An unimaginably difficult mountain road that gives the impression of a test.

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   ↑ Pokémon League Reception Gate   ← Route 27 Route 26

Location Location of Route 26 in Kanto.

Other generation maps File:Route26.png Gen II

Pokémon world routes ← Route 25       Route 27 →

Route 26 (Japanese: ２６ばんどうろ Route 26) is a north-south route located in southwest Kanto. The route, featured only in games featuring both Johto and Kanto, is one of the longest routes in Kanto history. Its northern terminus is located at the Pokémon League Reception Gate, where it connects to Route 22, Route 28 and Victory Road. The southern terminus is on a bridge east of Tohjo Falls, where it becomes Route 27.

Route description

From its southern terminus at Route 27, Route 26 continues east on a bridge over a body of water for eight paces before turning north and encountering a trainer. About 15 paces north of the northward turn, Route 26 makes landfall for the first time. At this point, the route turns to the northeast for a short distance, passing through several grassy areas filled with wild Pokémon before encountering another trainer at a three-way intersection. To the west is the southern entrance to a southbound-only express route that occupies the west side of Route 26. To the north are more grass patches and the main path of Route 26 as it continues on.

Free of grass for the remainder of the route, the road continues north for another 20 paces before meeting the northern terminus of the express path, which can be used to return to Route 27, Tohjo Falls, and Johto quickly. North of the intersection is a rest stop similar to that on Route 111 in Hoenn. Next to this house is an Ice Berry tree (Blu Apricorn in Generation IV).

Route 26 turns northwest from the rest stop, passing another trainer before returning northward. 25 paces ahead, Ace Trainer Gaven awaits on the west bank of a small pond located east of the route. Upon defeating him, he will offer to exchange numbers for future rematches.

Continuing towards the Reception Gate, Route 26 turns northeast ahead of another southbound-only express path. The route straightens out, taking on a northern alignment as it passes another trainer hidden in an alcove and Cool Trainer Beth at the northern terminus of both the express path and Route 26. Beth will also offer to change numbers after battling.

Just north of Beth is the south entrance to the Reception Gate, as well as the signpost that gives the Reception Gate its formal name.

Northern express path

Southwest of the Reception Gate is a series of ledges enclosed by the eastern edge of a large mountain that represents the western edge of Route 26 and a series of hills between the express path and the main path of Route 26. Together, the ledges make a southbound-only path that can be used to quickly travel down Route 26. A Max Elixir is also located amongst the ledges. The path rejoins Route 26 northwest of the small pond.

Southern express path

The southern express path begins south of the rest stop at an intersection with Route 26. After heading west, the path enters a large area of grass that encompasses most of the northern portion of the path. Eight paces to the west, the express route turns south for another 10 paces before circling east around a house. Upon further observation, the house is the home of the Week Siblings, although none of them are present. A note on the table reveals the location of every sibling and the days they will appear on.

South of the house, the path hops over a ledge, officially making the path southbound-only. Here, it meets the southern entrance to the express path. Travel east along the entrance, however, is prohibited by a ledge that separates the entrance from the path.

Continuing south of the one-way intersection, the path hops over two more ledges before reaching the water body that encompasses most of southern Route 26. Trainers can either Surf across the water to the bridge or turn to the west and continue along the express path, which continues for a short distance before forcing trainers to hop a ledge onto Route 27.

Items

Item		Location	Games

Pokémon

Generation II

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Sandslash	G		S		C		Grass	28	30%
Sandslash	G		S		C		Grass	28	30%	30%	0%
Ponyta	G		S		C		Grass	32	20%
Ponyta	G		S		C		Grass	32	20%	20%	0%
Arbok	G		S		C		Grass	30	5%
Arbok	G		S		C		Grass	30	5%	5%	0%
Doduo	G		S		C		Grass	28-30	40%	40%	0%
Doduo	G		S		C		Grass	28-30	35%	35%	0%
Dodrio	G		S		C		Grass	30	5%	5%	0%
Quagsire	G		S		C		Grass	30	1%	0%	0%
Quagsire	G		S		C		Grass	30-32	0%	0%	10%
Quagsire	G		S		C		Grass	30	1%	0%	5%
Quagsire	G		S		C		Grass	30	0%	0%	10%
Raticate	G		S		C		Grass	30	4%	5%	0%
Raticate	G		S		C		Grass	28-30	0%	0%	40%
Raticate	G		S		C		Grass	28-30	0%	0%	70%
Raticate	G		S		C		Grass	30	10%	10%	0%
Noctowl	G		S		C		Grass	28-32	0%	0%	50%
Caterpie	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	65%
Caterpie	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Weedle	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	65%
Weedle	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Spearow	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	65%
Spearow	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	50%
Pineco	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	30%
Heracross	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	30%
Aipom	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	20%
Metapod	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Kakuna	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Kakuna	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	5%
Exeggcute	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Ekans	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	15%
Butterfree	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	5%
Beedrill	G		S		C		Headbutt	10	5%
Fishing and Surfing
Tentacool	G		S		C		Surfing	25-34	90%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Surfing	30-40	10%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Tentacool	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	20%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	10%
Chinchou	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	40%
Shellder	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	30%
Tentacruel	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Lanturn	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 IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Sandslash	HG			SS			Grass	28	30%
Ponyta	HG			SS			Grass	32	20%
Arbok	HG			SS			Grass	30	5%
Doduo	HG			SS			Grass	28-30	40%	40%	0%
Raticate	HG			SS			Grass	30	5%	5%	0%
Raticate	HG			SS			Grass	28-30	0%	0%	40%
Raticate	HG			SS			Grass	28-30	35%	35%	0%
Raticate	HG			SS			Grass	28	0%	0%	70%
Dodrio	HG			SS			Grass	30	5%	5%	0%
Quagsire	HG			SS			Grass	30	0%	0%	10%
Quagsire	HG			SS			Grass	30	0%	0%	5%
Fishing and Surfing
Tentacool	HG			SS			Surfing	25-30	90%
Tentacruel	HG			SS			Surfing	30	10%
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	40	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%
Special Pokémon
Linoone	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	32	20%
Whismur	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	28	20%
Bidoof	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	32	20%
Buizel	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	28	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 II

Trainer	Pokémon
Fisher Scott Fisher Scott Reward: $1360	Qwilfish♂ Lv.30 No item
	Qwilfish♂ Lv.30 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.34 No item
Psychic Richard Psychic Richard Reward: $1152	Espeon♂ Lv.36 No item
Cooltrainer Joyce Cooltrainer Joyce Reward: $1536	Pikachu♀ Lv.36 No item
	Blastoise♂ Lv.32 No item
Cooltrainer Gaven Cooltrainer Gaven Reward: $1536	Victreebel♂ Lv.32 No item
	Kingler♂ Lv.32 No item
	Flareon♂ Lv.32 No item
Cooltrainer Jake Cooltrainer Jake Reward: $1680	Parasect♂ Lv.33 No item
	Golduck♂ Lv.35 No item
Cooltrainer Beth Cooltrainer Beth Reward: $1728	Rapidash♀ Lv.36 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 IV

Trainer	Pokémon
Fisherman Scott Fisherman Scott Reward: $1088	Qwilfish♂ Lv.30 No item
	Qwilfish♂ Lv.30 No item
	Seaking♂ Lv.34 No item
Psychic Vernon Psychic Vernon Reward: $1152	Espeon♂ Lv.36 No item
Ace Trainer Joyce Ace Trainer Joyce Reward: $2160	Pikachu♀ Lv.36 No item
	Blastoise♂ Lv.36 No item
Ace Trainer Gaven Ace Trainer Gaven Reward: $1920	Victreebel♂ Lv.32 No item
	Kingler♂ Lv.32 No item
	Flareon♂ Lv.32 No item
Ace Trainer Jake Ace Trainer Jake Reward: $1980	Parasect♂ Lv.33 No item
	Golduck♂ Lv.35 No item
	Vaporeon♂ Lv.33 No item
Ace Trainer Jamie Ace Trainer Jamie Reward: $1860	Rapidash♀ Lv.36 No item
	Flaaffy♀ Lv.31 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 II

This route is very grassy, but yet with several rocky outcroppings in the east and west and tiny rocks along the road. The sea rocks follow the shape of the bridge, and trees are in the south borders of the route. There is also a portion of sea at the northeast of the route

Generation IV

In this Generation, a large amount of rocky hills are added along the road, making the route less grassy and more like a mountain. While the hills are of an altitude of one tile in the original games, in the remakes the hills have an altitude of 13 rocky outcroppings: two hills are placed after the two southern ledges, one hill is added north of the rest house and four hills are placed along the road, the others are only for decoration and they are placed in the borders of the route. There is also an island in the southeast, and now the player can surf down the bridges. The trees in the west section and the sea portion in the northeast are also removed.

Trivia

• In Generation IV, after beating the Elite Four for the first time and boarding the S.S. Aqua, the battle music in Route 26 (as well as Victory Road, Route 27 and Tohjo Falls) changes from the Johto to the Kanto style. This change was not present in Generation II. Route 28 also has switched battle music in Generation IV.
  • Similarly, this place uses only Johto tiles in Generation II, but Kanto trees and mixed Johto and Kanto rocks in Generation IV.
    • This is not very surprising considering that Route 26 and Template:Romanizations/27 can be considered part of both Johto and Kanto if thought about fully.

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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