Route 38 — Pokémon Sour Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Route 38 lists 13 Pokémon across 8 encounter methods (grass (night), grass (night), headbutt, headbutt (rare tree), and more), between level 10 and 21. Between them they cover 8 types: NormalElectricSteelFlyingBugPoisonGrassPsychic.

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:

Opens up at Cianwood City — Chuck and the Storm Badge.

Grass (night) Lv 16

8pm to 4am in game · 10% of steps start a battle

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Meowth	Normal	16	40%
	Raticate	Normal	16	30%
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16	20%
	Noctowl	NormalFlying	16	10%

Grass (night) Lv 18-21

8pm to 4am in game · 10% of steps start a battle

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Meowth	Normal	18-20	40%
	Raticate	Normal	21	30%
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	20	20%
	Noctowl	NormalFlying	20	10%

Headbutt Lv 10

Headbutt a tree

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	NormalFlying	10	50%
	Spinarak	BugPoison	10	15%
	Ledyba	BugFlying	10	15%
	Exeggcute	GrassPsychic	10	20%

Headbutt (rare tree) Lv 10

The few trees on this map that hold the rarer set

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	NormalFlying	10	50%
	Pineco	Bug	10	30%
	Exeggcute	GrassPsychic	10	20%

Swarm Lv 13-16

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

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	14
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16
	Raticate	Normal	16
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	16
	Tauros	Normal	13
	Miltank	Normal	13
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	14
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16
	Raticate	Normal	16
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	16
	Tauros	Normal	13
	Miltank	Normal	13
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	14
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16
	Raticate	Normal	16
	Noctowl	NormalFlying	16
	Meowth	Normal	16

Swarm Lv 13-16

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

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Tauros	Normal	13
	Tauros	Normal	14
	Raticate	Normal	16
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	16
	Tauros	Normal	13
	Miltank	Normal	13
	Tauros	Normal	13
	Tauros	Normal	14
	Raticate	Normal	16
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	16
	Tauros	Normal	13
	Miltank	Normal	13
	Tauros	Normal	13
	Tauros	Normal	14
	Raticate	Normal	16
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16
	Noctowl	NormalFlying	16
	Tauros	Normal	13
	Meowth	Normal	16

Grass (morning/day) Lv 13-16

4am to 8pm in game · 10% of steps start a battle

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Rattata	Normal	16	30%
	Raticate	Normal	16	30%
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	16	20%
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	16	10%
	Tauros rare	Normal	13	5%
	Miltank rare	Normal	13	5%

Grass (morning/day) Lv 18-21

4am to 8pm in game · 10% of steps start a battle

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Rattata	Normal	20	30%
	Raticate	Normal	21	30%
	Magnemite	ElectricSteel	20	20%
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	20	10%
	Tauros rare	Normal	18	5%
	Miltank rare	Normal	18	5%

Trainers here

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

Open in the interactive guide