Ilex Forest — Pokémon Sour Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Ilex Forest lists 19 Pokémon across 14 encounter methods (grass (night), grass (night), surf, surf, and more), between level 5 and 40. Between them they cover 8 types: GrassPoisonBugWaterFlyingDragonNormalPsychic. One of them is on no other route's wild tables in this guide: Celebi.

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 Azalea Town — Bugsy and the Hive Badge.

Grass (night) Lv 5-7

8pm to 4am in game · 4% of steps start a battle

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Oddish	GrassPoison	5-7	50%
	Venonat	BugPoison	5	30%
	Psyduck	Water	7	10%
	Zubat rare	PoisonFlying	7	5%
	Paras rare	BugGrass	6	5%

Grass (night) Lv 7-11

8pm to 4am in game · 4% of steps start a battle

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Oddish	GrassPoison	7-9	50%
	Venonat	BugPoison	7	30%
	Psyduck	Water	9	10%
	Zubat rare	PoisonFlying	11	5%
	Paras rare	BugGrass	9-10	5%

Surf Lv 10-15

2% of steps while surfing start a battle.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Psyduck	Water	10-15	90%
	Golduck	Water	15	10%

Surf Lv 15-20

2% of steps while surfing start a battle.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Psyduck	Water	15-20	90%
	Golduck	Water	20	10%

Old Rod Lv 10

Pond fishing group · 50% of casts get a bite.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Magikarp	Water	10	100%

Good Rod Lv 20

Pond fishing group · 50% of casts get a bite.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Magikarp	Water	20	90%
	Dratini	Dragon	20	10%

Super Rod Lv 40

Pond fishing group · 50% of casts get a bite.

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Magikarp	Water	40	60%
	Dratini	Dragon	40	30%
	Dragonair	Dragon	40	10%

Headbutt Lv 10

Headbutt a tree

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	NormalFlying	10	50%
	Pineco	Bug	10	30%
	Noctowl	NormalFlying	10	10%
	Butterfree rare	BugFlying	10	5%
	Beedrill rare	BugPoison	10	5%

Headbutt (rare tree) Lv 10

The few trees on this map that hold the rarer set

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	NormalFlying	10	60%
	Caterpie	Bug	10	15%
	Weedle	BugPoison	10	15%
	Metapod rare	Bug	10	5%
	Kakuna rare	BugPoison	10	5%

Swarm Lv 5-7

Only while that Pokémon is swarming here — see the game's swarm notifier.

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Paras	BugGrass	5
	Metapod	Bug	7
	Kakuna	BugPoison	7
	Zubat	PoisonFlying	7
	Caterpie	Bug	6
	Weedle	BugPoison	6
	Paras	BugGrass	5
	Metapod	Bug	7
	Kakuna	BugPoison	7
	Zubat	PoisonFlying	7
	Caterpie	Bug	6
	Weedle	BugPoison	6
	Paras	BugGrass	5
	Oddish	GrassPoison	7
	Psyduck	Water	7
	Zubat	PoisonFlying	7
	Venonat	BugPoison	6

Swarm Lv 5-7

Only while that Pokémon is swarming here — see the game's swarm notifier.

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Oddish	GrassPoison	5
	Metapod	Bug	7
	Kakuna	BugPoison	7
	Zubat	PoisonFlying	7
	Paras	BugGrass	6
	Oddish	GrassPoison	5
	Metapod	Bug	7
	Kakuna	BugPoison	7
	Zubat	PoisonFlying	7
	Paras	BugGrass	6
	Oddish	GrassPoison	5
	Oddish	GrassPoison	7
	Psyduck	Water	7
	Zubat	PoisonFlying	7
	Paras	BugGrass	6

Fixed encounter Lv 8-30

A one-off battle the map script starts — it does not come back if you knock it out.

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Paras	BugGrass	8
	Paras	BugGrass	10
	Celebi	PsychicGrass	30

Grass (morning/day) Lv 5-7

4am to 8pm in game · 4% of steps start a battle

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Caterpie	Bug	5	30%
	Weedle	BugPoison	5	30%
	Metapod	Bug	7	20%
	Kakuna	BugPoison	7	10%
	Zubat rare	PoisonFlying	7	5%
	Paras rare	BugGrass	6	5%

Grass (morning/day) Lv 7-11

4am to 8pm in game · 4% of steps start a battle

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Caterpie	Bug	7	30%
	Weedle	BugPoison	7	30%
	Metapod	Bug	9	20%
	Kakuna	BugPoison	9	10%
	Zubat rare	PoisonFlying	11	5%
	Paras rare	BugGrass	9-10	5%

Trainers here

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

TMs found here

• TM02 Headbutt — Ilex Forest - Given by a man atop the ledge southeast of the pond
• TM12 Sweet Scent — Route34 (Received from the woman behind the counter in the gate connecting Route 34 with Ilex Forest)
• HM01 Cut — Ilex Forest - Gift from Charcoal Maker for saving his Farfetch'd

Open in the interactive guide