Route 28 — Low Budget Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Route 28 lists 14 Pokémon across 7 encounter methods (good rod, grass, headbutt, headbutt (rare tree), and more), between level 10 and 40. Between them they cover 10 types: WaterGroundPoisonGrassFireNormalDarkFlyingBugFighting.

Route 28 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
	Barboach	WaterGround	20	35%
	Qwilfish	WaterPoison	20	35%
	Sunbou	Water	20	21%
	Poliwag	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
	Tangela	Grass	Base+1	30%
	Ponyta	FireNormal	Base+1	30%
	Rapidash	FireNormal	Base+5	20%
	Arbok	PoisonDark	Base+3	10%
	Doduo rare	NormalFlying	Base+1	5%
	Dodrio rare	NormalFlying	Base+3, Base+5	5%

Headbutt Lv 10

Headbutt a tree. These levels are fixed.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Spearow	Flying	10	80%
	Aipom	Normal	10	20%

Headbutt (rare tree) Lv 10

The rarer of the two tree tables

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Spearow	Flying	10	50%
	Heracross	BugFighting	10	30%
	Aipom	Normal	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
	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+3

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
	Poliwag	Water	Base+1, Base+2	90%
	Poliwhirl	Water	Base+3	10%

TMs found here

• TM47 Steel Wing — Route 28 Steel Wing House

Items found here

• Rare Candy (hidden) — 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