Route 38 — Low Budget Crystal
Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.
Route 38 lists 11 Pokémon across 3 encounter methods (grass, headbutt, headbutt (rare tree)), all at level 10. Between them they cover 12 types: WaterGrassNormalFightingElectricSteelDarkGhostFlyingBugPoisonPsychic.
Route 38 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:
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lotad | WaterGrass | Base+1 | 30% |
 | Tauros | NormalFighting | Base+3, Base+1 | 35% |
 | Magnemite | ElectricSteel | Base+1 | 20% |
 | Meowth | NormalDark | Base+1 | 10% |
 | Miltank rare | Normal | Base+1 | 4% |
 | Voltorb (Variant) rare | ElectricSteel | Base+5 | 1% |
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
Trainers here
7 fights here, in story order. ★ marks a gym leader or major battle.
| Trainer | Pokémon | Highest level |
|---|---|---|
| Schoolboy Chad | 1 | Lv 14 |
| Birdkeeper Toby | 3 | Lv 12 |
| Lass Dana | 2 | Lv 12 |
| Beauty Valerie | 2 | Lv 12 |
| Beauty Olivia | 1 | Lv 14 |
| Beauty Olivia | 1 | Lv 17 |
| Sailor Harry | 1 | Lv 12 |
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.