Ilex Forest — Low Budget Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Ilex Forest lists 24 Pokémon across 8 encounter methods (fixed encounter, good rod, grass, headbutt, and more), between level 10 and 40. Between them they cover 13 types: FairyGrassWaterGroundPoisonElectricBugFlyingFightingDragonGhostDarkPsychic. 2 of them are on no other route's wild tables in this guide: Celebi, Kakuna.

Ilex Forest in other guides

The same area in other ROM hacks on this site. Each one has its own encounter table.

The original game's table for this area:

Fixed encounter Lv Base+10

A one-off battle the game starts for you here - a wandering Pokémon or a set piece, not a random encounter. Wild levels are worked out when the battle starts: the game adds the number below to a base that grows with your badge count (1 with no badges, 41 with eight, 65 with all 24), then adds a random 0 to 4 on top.

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Celebi	FairyGrass	Base+10

Good Rod Lv 20

50% of casts get a bite. These levels are fixed: fishing is one of the tables the game does not scale.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Barboach	WaterGround	20	35%
	Qwilfish	WaterPoison	20	35%
	Sunbou	Water	20	21%
	Poliwag	Water	20	9%

Grass Lv Base+1 to Base+7

2% of steps in grass start a battle. Wild levels are worked out when the battle starts: the game adds the number below to a base that grows with your badge count (1 with no badges, 41 with eight, 65 with all 24), then adds a random 0 to 4 on top.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Chikorita	Grass	Base+1	30%
	Voltorb (Hisui)	ElectricGrass	Base+1	30%
	Oddish	GrassPoison	Base+1	20%
	Venonat	BugPoison	Base+1	10%
	Rowlet rare	GrassFlying	Base+1	5%
	Farfetch'D rare	FightingFlying	Base+2	4%
	Hanagura rare	GrassDragon	Base+7	1%

Headbutt Lv 10

Headbutt a tree. These levels are fixed.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	GhostFlying	10	50%
	Pineco	Bug	10	30%
	Noctowl	GhostFlying	10	10%
	Butterfree rare	BugFairy	10	5%
	Beedrill rare	BugDark	10	5%

Headbutt (rare tree) Lv 10

The rarer of the two tree tables

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	GhostFlying	10	60%
	Caterpie	Bug	10	15%
	Weedle	BugPoison	10	15%
	Metapod rare	Bug	10	5%
	Kakuna rare	BugPoison	10	5%

Old Rod Lv 10

50% of casts get a bite. These levels are fixed: fishing is one of the tables the game does not scale.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Barboach	WaterGround	10	71%
	Qwilfish	WaterPoison	10	15%
	Sunbou	Water	10	14%

Super Rod Lv 40

50% of casts get a bite. These levels are fixed: fishing is one of the tables the game does not scale.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Barboach	WaterGround	40	40%
	Poliwag	Water	40	30%
	Sunbou	Water	40	21%
	Qwilfish	WaterPoison	40	9%

Surf Lv Base+1 to Base+5

2% of steps while surfing start a battle. Wild levels are worked out when the battle starts: the game adds the number below to a base that grows with your badge count (1 with no badges, 41 with eight, 65 with all 24), then adds a random 0 to 4 on top.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Psyduck	Water	Base+1	60%
	Wingull	WaterFlying	Base+2	30%
	Golduck	WaterPsychic	Base+5	10%

Trainers here

1 fight here, in story order. ★ marks a gym leader or major battle.

TMs found here

• TM02 Headbutt — Ilex Forest
• TM12 Sweet Scent — Route 34 Ilex Forest Gate
• HM01 Cut — Ilex Forest

Items found here

• Antidote — Cures poisoned Pokémon.
• Ether (hidden) — Restores PP of one move by 10.
• Ether — Restores PP of one move by 10.
• Ether (hidden) — Restores PP of one move by 10.
• Ether — Restores PP of one move by 10.
• Full Heal (hidden) — Eliminates all status problems.
• Revive — Restores a fainted Pokémon to 1/2 HP.
• Silver Leaf — A strange, silver-colored leaf.
• Super Potion (hidden) — Restores Pokémon HP by 60.

About these levels

Wild levels are not fixed. The game stores a step for each slot and adds it to a base that grows with your badge count, then adds a random 0 to 4. Those slots are shown as Base+1, Base+3 and so on. Fishing, headbutt trees, gifts and the Bug-Catching Contest are fixed and print as plain numbers.

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