Route 40 — Low Budget Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Route 40 lists 12 Pokémon across 8 encounter methods (fixed encounter, good rod, headbutt, headbutt, and more), between level 10 and 40. Between them they cover 8 types: WaterFlyingPoisonSteelNormalBugRockFighting.

Route 40 in other guides

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

Fixed encounter Lv Base+3 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
	Staryu	Water	Base+3
	Wingull	WaterFlying	Base+4

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
	Tentacool	WaterPoison	20	35%
	Krabby	WaterSteel	20	35%
	Squirtle	Water	20	21%

Headbutt Lv 10

Headbutt a tree. These levels are fixed.

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

Headbutt Lv 15

Headbutt a tree. These levels are fixed.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Krabby	WaterSteel	15	90%
	Shuckle	BugRock	15	10%

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
	Tentacool	WaterPoison	10	71%
	Krabby	WaterSteel	10	15%
	Squirtle	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
	Krabby	WaterSteel	40	40%
	Staryu	Water	40	21%
	Kingler	WaterSteel	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	60%
	Goldeen	Water	Base+1	30%
	Tentacruel	WaterPoison	Base+5	10%

Trainers here

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

Items found here

• Hyper Potion (hidden) — Restores Pokémon HP by 120.
• Sharp Beak — Powers up flying-type moves. (Hold)

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