Kanto Route 28

Kanto Route 28 ２８番道路 Route 28

Map description A vacant and hidden mountain road that continues to Mt. Silver.

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 ← Mt. Silver Route 28 Pokémon League Reception Gate →

Location Location of Route 28 in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen II

Pokémon world routes ← Route 27       Route 29 →

Route 28 (Japanese: ２８ばんどうろ Route 28) is a route located in western Kanto, bordering eastern Johto. It connects the Pokémon League Reception Gate in the east to Mt. Silver in Johto in the west.

Route description

From the Pokémon League Reception Gate, Route 28 heads southwest, passing through a gap in a ledge before turning west into a strip of tall grass containing wild Pokémon. The narrow strip, bordered at points by a pair of small ponds, turns north after passing a small pond to its north. Route 28 forms an upside down "U" at this point, returning west at the other end. The path of the route continues through a series of intermittent grass patches before turning southwest as the route enters Johto.

The route turns west, then northwest as it approaches one of the few rural Pokémon Centers in Johto. The route continues northwest along the bank of another pond (which separates Route 28 from a small area of the route) before turning north to meet the entrance to Mt. Silver.

Pokémon Center area

Trainers who can use Cut can head east of the Pokémon Center onto a private northern path. After removing two trees (one tree in Generation IV), access to a house along the path is unhindered. In this house is the same reclusive celebrity from Route 16 in the Generation I games and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, who will give Trainers TM47 (Steel Wing) in exchange for keeping her whereabouts under wraps.

The route continues east past the house to a dead end, where a hidden Rare Candy can be found.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TM47 (Steel Wing)	From the celebrity in her house (requires Cut)	G  S  C  HG  SS
	TM35 (Flamethrower)	Just beyond the celebrity's house (requires Cut)	HG  SS
	Rare Candy	In the northeast corner (hidden) (requires Cut)	G  S  C  HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation II

In the Japanese and Korean games, Ursaring appears only in Silver, while Donphan appears only in Gold.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Ponyta	G		S		C		Grass	40	30%
Ponyta	G		S		C		Grass	40	30%	30%	0%
Tangela	G		S		C		Grass	39	30%
Ursaring	G		S		C		Grass	40	20%
Donphan	G		S		C		Grass	40	20%
Rapidash	G		S		C		Grass	42	10%
Rapidash	G		S		C		Grass	40	20%	20%	0%
Arbok	G		S		C		Grass	42	10%	10%	0%
Doduo	G		S		C		Grass	41	5%	5%	0%
Dodrio	G		S		C		Grass	43	5%	5%	0%
Sneasel	G		S		C		Grass	40	0%	0%	10%
Poliwhirl	G		S		C		Grass	40	0%	0%	40%
Golbat	G		S		C		Grass	40,42	0%	0%	30%
Surfing
Poliwag	G		S		C		Surfing	35-44	90%
Poliwhirl	G		S		C		Surfing	40-44	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	65%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Good Rod	20	35%
Poliwag	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	80%
Magikarp	G		S		C		Fishing Super Rod	40	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.

Generation IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Ponyta	HG			SS			Grass	40	30%
Tangela	HG			SS			Grass	39	30%
Donphan	HG			SS			Grass	40	20%
Ursaring	HG			SS			Grass	40	20%
Rapidash	HG			SS			Grass	42	10%	10%	0%
Rapidash	HG			SS			Grass	41, 43	0%	0%	10%
Doduo	HG			SS			Grass	41	5%	5%	0%
Dodrio	HG			SS			Grass	43	5%	5%	0%
Sneasel	HG			SS			Grass	42	0%	0%	10%
Surfing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Surfing	35-40	90%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Surfing	40	10%
Fishing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	85%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	10	15%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	60%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	20	40%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	80%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	40	20%
Headbutt Group A
Natu	HG			SS			Headbutt	39-40	20%
Aipom	HG			SS			Headbutt	39-40	30%
Heracross	HG			SS			Headbutt	39-40	50%
Headbutt Group B
Natu	HG			SS			Headbutt	41-43	20%
Aipom	HG			SS			Headbutt	41-43	30%
Heracross	HG			SS			Headbutt	41-43	50%
Special Pokémon
Linoone	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	40	20%
Whismur	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	39-40	20%
Bidoof	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	40	20%
Buizel	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	39-40	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.

Differences among generations

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, after entering the Hall of Fame and boarding the S.S. Aqua, the battle music changes from the Johto style to the Kanto style. This change was not present in the original Pokémon Gold and Silver nor in Pokémon Crystal. This also occurs in the Tohjo Falls, Victory Road, Routes 26 and 27. This is because the game uses an internal flag that actually performs the switch in all of Kanto, not just these locations (hence why the player would never find out about the change on Route 28 and mainland Kanto if they didn't access the locations via tweaking or cheating prior to the change).

Like on Route 27 in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player is unable to fly to Johto from this route but can fly to both Kanto and Johto from Route 26 and the Indigo Plateau. In Generation II, the player cannot fly to Johto from anywhere in Kanto, which includes Routes 26 to 28 and the Indigo Plateau.

Kanto and Johto
Cities and Towns Pallet Town • Viridian City • Pewter City • Cerulean City • Vermilion City • Lavender Town Celadon City • Saffron City • Fuchsia City • Cinnabar Island • Indigo Plateau New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access 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 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 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 • Kanto Safari Zone/Pal Park/GO Park Seafoam Islands • Pokémon Mansion • Cinnabar Lab • Pokémon League Reception Gate • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Johto Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sevii Islands • Sinjoh Ruins

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