Ilex Forest — Pokémon Soulgold

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Ilex Forest lists 14 Pokémon across 5 encounter methods (grass, surf, old rod, good rod, and more), between level 10 and 40. 4 of them are on no other route's wild tables in this guide: Shroomish, Joltik, Oddish, Grubbin.

Ilex Forest 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:

Opens up at Ilex Forest and Goldenrod City — Whitney. 1 trainer here:

Grass Lv 10-18

Shroomish30% · Lv 10-15Joltik30% · Lv 10-15Metapod10% · Lv 10-14Kakuna10% · Lv 11-15Oddish6% · Lv 11-18Venipede9% · Lv 11-16Grubbin5% · Lv 12-16

Surf Lv 10-30

Wimpod90% · Lv 10-19Golisopod5% · Lv 30Marill4% · Lv 10-19Azumarill1%

Old Rod Lv 10

Magikarp70%Poliwag30%

Good Rod Lv 20-40

Poliwag80%Magikarp20% · Lv 20

Super Rod Lv 10-40

Magikarp44%Poliwhirl40% · Lv 40Poliwag16% · Lv 20-40

TMs found here

• TM11 Sunny Day — Ilex Forest (item ball)
• TM86 Grass Knot — Deep Ilex Forest (item ball)
• HM01 Cut — Ilex Forest (gift)

Items found here

• Beckoning Bell (gift)
• Leaf Stone (hidden grotto rare item)

Open in the interactive guide