Route 30 — Low Budget Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Route 30 lists 16 Pokémon across 9 encounter methods (fixed encounter, good rod, grass (morning/day), grass (night), and more), between level 10 and 40. Between them they cover 13 types: NormalFlyingElectricWaterBugGroundPoisonFightingDragonFairyGhostGrassPsychic.

Route 30 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+1 to Base+4

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
	Pidgey	NormalFlying	Base+4
	Pichu	Electric	Base+1
	Poliwag	Water	Base+3
	Surskit	BugWater	Base+2

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 (morning/day) Lv Base+1 to Base+3

5am to 6pm in game · 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
	Ledyba	BugFighting	Base+1	30%
	Poliwag	Water	Base+1	30%
	Swablu	DragonFairy	Base+1	20%
	Pichu	Electric	Base+1	10%
	Eevee rare	Normal	Base+1, Base+2, Base+3	10%

Grass (night) Lv Base+1 to Base+3

6pm to 5am in game · 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
	Spinarak	BugPoison	Base+1	30%
	Poliwag	Water	Base+1	30%
	Hoothoot	GhostFlying	Base+1	20%
	Pichu	Electric	Base+1	10%
	Eevee rare	Normal	Base+1, Base+2, Base+3	10%

Headbutt Lv 10

Headbutt a tree. These levels are fixed.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	GhostFlying	10	50%
	Spinarak	BugPoison	10	15%
	Ledyba	BugFighting	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
	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
	Poliwag	Water	Base+1	60%
	Chinchou	WaterElectric	Base+1	30%
	Wailmer	Water	Base+5	10%

Trainers here

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

Items found here

• Antidote — Cures poisoned Pokémon.
• Potion (hidden) — Restores Pokémon HP by 20.

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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