Route 8 — Pokémon Sour Crystal

Every wild Pokémon here, by encounter method.

Route 8 lists 16 Pokémon across 8 encounter methods (grass (night), grass (night), headbutt, headbutt (rare tree), and more), between level 16 and 34. Between them they cover 8 types: NormalFlyingPsychicGhostPoisonBugFightingFire.

Route 8 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 Kanto.

Grass (night) Lv 19-27

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

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Meowth	Normal	22	30%
	Noctowl	NormalFlying	24	30%
	Abra	Psychic	19	20%
	Haunter	GhostPoison	24	15%
	Kadabra rare	Psychic	20-27	5%

Grass (night) Lv 26-34

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

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Meowth	Normal	29	30%
	Noctowl	NormalFlying	31	30%
	Abra	Psychic	26	20%
	Haunter	GhostPoison	31	15%
	Kadabra rare	Psychic	27-34	5%

Headbutt Lv 20

Headbutt a tree

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	NormalFlying	20	70%
	Ledyba	BugFlying	20	15%
	Spinarak	BugPoison	20	15%

Headbutt (rare tree) Lv 20

The few trees on this map that hold the rarer set

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	NormalFlying	20	60%
	Pineco	Bug	20	30%
	Ledian rare	BugFlying	20	5%
	Ariados rare	BugPoison	20	5%

Swarm Lv 19-27

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

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Haunter	GhostPoison	24
	Snubbull	Normal	22
	Abra	Psychic	19
	Haunter	GhostPoison	24
	Kadabra	Psychic	20
	Kadabra	Psychic	27
	Haunter	GhostPoison	24
	Snubbull	Normal	22
	Abra	Psychic	19
	Haunter	GhostPoison	24
	Kadabra	Psychic	20
	Kadabra	Psychic	27
	Haunter	GhostPoison	24
	Meowth	Normal	22
	Abra	Psychic	19
	Haunter	GhostPoison	24
	Kadabra	Psychic	20
	Kadabra	Psychic	27

Swarm Lv 16-27

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

	Pokémon	Types	Level
	Tyrogue	Fighting	19
	Tyrogue	Fighting	16
	Snubbull	Normal	22
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	24
	Tyrogue	Fighting	18
	Kadabra	Psychic	20
	Kadabra	Psychic	27
	Tyrogue	Fighting	19
	Tyrogue	Fighting	16
	Snubbull	Normal	22
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	24
	Tyrogue	Fighting	18
	Kadabra	Psychic	20
	Kadabra	Psychic	27
	Tyrogue	Fighting	19
	Tyrogue	Fighting	16
	Meowth	Normal	22
	Noctowl	NormalFlying	24
	Tyrogue	Fighting	18
	Haunter	GhostPoison	24
	Kadabra	Psychic	27

Grass (morning/day) Lv 19-27

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

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Snubbull	Normal	22	30%
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	24	30%
	Abra	Psychic	19	20%
	Growlithe	Fire	24	10%
	Vulpix rare	Fire	24	5%
	Kadabra rare	Psychic	20-27	5%

Grass (morning/day) Lv 26-34

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

	Pokémon	Types	Level	Rate
	Snubbull	Normal	29	30%
	Pidgeotto	NormalFlying	31	30%
	Abra	Psychic	26	20%
	Growlithe	Fire	31	10%
	Vulpix rare	Fire	31	5%
	Kadabra rare	Psychic	27-34	5%

Trainers here

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

Open in the interactive guide