Route 27 — Low Budget Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Route 27 lists 15 Pokémon across 7 encounter methods (good rod, grass, headbutt, headbutt (rare tree), and more), between level 10 and 40. Between them they cover 12 types: WaterSteelElectricNormalFlyingPoisonDarkFireGhostGrassPsychicBug.

Route 27 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:

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
	Horsea	Water	20	35%
	Krabby	WaterSteel	20	35%
	Chinchou	WaterElectric	20	21%
	Shellder	Water	20	9%

Grass Lv Base+1 to Base+5

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
	Doduo	NormalFlying	Base+1, Base+2	40%
	Ekans	PoisonDark	Base+1	30%
	Rattata	Normal	Base+1	20%
	Ponyta rare	FireNormal	Base+2	5%
	Dodrio rare	NormalFlying	Base+3, Base+5	5%

Headbutt Lv 10

Headbutt a tree. These levels are fixed.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	GhostFlying	10	65%
	Ekans	PoisonDark	10	15%
	Exeggcute	GrassPsychic	10	20%

Headbutt (rare tree) Lv 10

The rarer of the two tree tables

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	GhostFlying	10	50%
	Pineco	Bug	10	30%
	Exeggcute	GrassPsychic	10	20%

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
	Krabby	WaterSteel	10	71%
	Horsea	Water	10	15%
	Tentacool	WaterPoison	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
	Chinchou	WaterElectric	40	40%
	Shellder	Water	40	30%
	Tentacruel	WaterPoison	40	21%
	Lanturn	WaterElectric	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
	Tentacool	WaterPoison	Base+1, Base+2	90%
	Tentacruel	WaterPoison	Base+5	10%

Trainers here

9 fights here, in story order. ★ marks a gym leader or major battle.

TMs found here

• TM22 Solarbeam — Route 27

Items found here

• Rare Candy — Raises level of a Pokémon by one.

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.

Open in the interactive guide