Route 29

10 wild Pokémon across 3 encounter methods.

Map Guide

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Location guide

Route 29 Guide

Route 29 is Johto's first real road: a ledge-cut path between New Bark and Cherrygrove, with early grass, a daily Berry, a Potion, a catching lesson, and a Tuesday visitor.

Enjoy the first road

Route 29 is simple in the best early-game way. It is a bright, grassy walk from New Bark Town to Cherrygrove City, with ledges that let you hop back home without fighting through every grass patch again. The signs keep pointing you between the two towns, but the route is already teaching you how Johto works: talk to everyone, check the trees, and come back on the right day.

Take the trip slowly the first time. This is where your starter gets its first safe training, where the game shows you catching, and where time of day starts to matter.

What to do now

Walk east or west between New Bark and Cherrygrove until you know the ledge shortcuts.
Pick up the POTION from the item ball near the northeast side.
Shake down the Berry tree for a daily Berry.
After Elm's early Mystery Egg errand, talk to the man near the east side if you want a catching tutorial with a wild Rattata.
Use the north branch when you want the gate toward Route 46.

Encounters and training

There are no trainer battles here, so the grass is the whole training plan. In Gold, morning and day grass leans on Pidgey, Sentret, and Rattata. At night, Hoothoot takes over much of the route, with Rattata still around.

Later, Headbutt makes the trees more interesting. Common trees can turn up Spearow and Aipom, while rare trees can add Heracross. After the Burned Tower event, the roaming beasts can also pass through this route, so even this first road can suddenly become exciting again.

Tuesday surprise

After you have the Zephyr Badge, come back on Tuesday and look for Tuscany. She introduces herself as one of the weekday siblings and gives you a PINK BOW, which strengthens Normal-type moves. If it is not Tuesday, she says the timing is unfortunate and keeps the gift for later.

Come back later

Route 29 stays useful because it is quick, readable, and connected to home. Use it for low-level training, the daily Berry, the Pink Bow visit, Headbutt checks, and fast travel back to New Bark whenever Elm or Mom pulls you home.

Pickups

Potion item ball, daily Berry tree, and Tuesday Pink Bow after the Zephyr Badge.

Encounters

Pidgey, Sentret, and Rattata by day; Hoothoot joins at night; Headbutt adds Spearow, Aipom, and rare Heracross.

No trainers

Use the grass and catching tutorial for practice; Route 29 has no trainer battles.

Travel Routes

Route	Destination	Landing
Connection	Cherrygrove City	—
Connection	New Bark Town	—
Connection	Route 46	—

Remember For Later

Before You Try This

Some gifts, paths, and events need the right item, time, badge, or story step first.

After finishing zephyrbadge

This place changes after that story moment.

Move the story forward, then come back here.

Weekday matters

Some things here only happen on certain weekdays.

Try another day if the person or reward is missing.

Make room in your PC box

You need space in your current PC box.

Free up box space before you try this.

After finishing learned to catch pokémon

This place changes after that story moment.

Move the story forward, then come back here.

After giving Mystery Egg to Elm

This place changes after that story moment.

Move the story forward, then come back here.

Visit at daytime

This only happens during daytime.

Come back during daytime if it is not happening yet.

Visit at night

This only happens during night.

Come back during night if it is not happening yet.

After getting Pink Bow from Tuscany

This place changes after that story moment.

Move the story forward, then come back here.

Weekday matters

Some things here only happen on certain weekdays.

Try another day if the person or reward is missing.

After meeting Tuscany Of Tuesday

This place changes after that story moment.

Move the story forward, then come back here.

Ways To Move Around

Some parts of this map need a move, or only work one way.

Cut can open a blocker here

Some small trees or grass blockers can be cleared with Cut.

Bring a Pokémon that knows Cut after earning Hive Badge.

One-way ledges shape the route

These ledges let you jump down but not climb back up from the same spot.

Look before you hop if you are collecting items or avoiding trainers.

Weekday Siblings Calendar

Use the day, sibling, location, reward, and once-only condition as one weekly route.

One-time gifts

Weekday visits

Day	Sibling	Location	Reward
Sunday	Sunny	Route 37	Magnet Talk to them on the right weekday. Each sibling gives their gift once.
Monday	Monica	Route 40	Sharp Beak Talk to them on the right weekday. Each sibling gives their gift once.
Tuesday	Tuscany	Route 29	Pink Bow Talk to them on the right weekday. Each sibling gives their gift once.
Wednesday	Wesley	Lake Of Rage	Black Belt Talk to them on the right weekday. Each sibling gives their gift once.
Thursday	Arthur	Route 36	Hard Stone Talk to them on the right weekday. Each sibling gives their gift once.
Friday	Frieda	Route 32	Poison Barb Talk to them on the right weekday. Each sibling gives their gift once.
Saturday	Santos	Blackthorn City	Spell Tag Talk to them on the right weekday. Each sibling gives their gift once.

Roaming And Swarm Hunting

Check nearby routes, caller notes, land and water caveats, and what can move before you chase.

Possible roamers

Raikou, Entei, Suicune

Raikou, Entei, Suicune can move through this route once they are released.

Check your Pokégear map, then hunt on land when one is nearby.

Route changes

They move as you travel

A roaming beast can move to a nearby route when you change areas, and it can also jump somewhere else.

If it is not here anymore, step between nearby routes and check again.

Nearby jumps

Route 30, Route 46

From here, a beast usually moves toward Route 30, Route 46.

Use nearby routes to keep chasing without flying away.

Land only

No Surf encounters

The beasts stay out of Surf encounters, so they do not pop up while you are surfing.

Hunt in grass or on land instead of riding across water.

Special Pokémon

No special Pokémon are listed for this location.

Wild Encounters

Pick a time of day to see which wild Pokémon are active then.

Grass

3 species.

Encounter rate 10

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
PIDGEY	Lv 2-4	55%
SENTRET	Lv 2-3	40%
RATTATA	Lv 4	5%

Grass

3 species.

Encounter rate 10

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
PIDGEY	Lv 2-4	55%
SENTRET	Lv 2-3	40%
RATTATA	Lv 4	5%

Grass

2 species.

Encounter rate 10

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
HOOTHOOT	Lv 2-4	85%
RATTATA	Lv 2-4	15%

Pick a tree type to see what can fall out when you use Headbutt.

Headbutt

2 species.

Encounter rate 10

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
SPEAROW	Lv 10	80%
AIPOM	Lv 10	20%

Headbutt

2 species.

Encounter rate 50

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
SPEAROW	Lv 10	80%
AIPOM	Lv 10	20%

Headbutt

3 species.

Encounter rate 80

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
SPEAROW	Lv 10	50%
HERACROSS	Lv 10	30%
AIPOM	Lv 10	20%

Other Encounter Methods

These methods are not tied to time of day or a Headbutt tree type.

Roaming

1 species.

Raikou roaming route

After Burned Tower

Starts on Route 42

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
RAIKOU	Lv 40	—

Roaming

1 species.

Entei roaming route

After Burned Tower

Starts on Route 37

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
ENTEI	Lv 40	—

Roaming

1 species.

Suicune roaming route

After Burned Tower

Starts on Route 38

Pokémon	Levels	Chance
SUICUNE	Lv 40	—

Repel Planning

If your lead Pokémon is above a wild level, Repel skips it. These checkpoints show what disappears completely.

Grass

2 useful lead levels.

Lead Level	Fully Blocked	Still Possible
Lv 4	SENTRET 1 species blocked	2 species
Lv 5	PIDGEY, SENTRET, RATTATA 3 species blocked	0 species

Grass

2 useful lead levels.

Lead Level	Fully Blocked	Still Possible
Lv 4	SENTRET 1 species blocked	2 species
Lv 5	PIDGEY, SENTRET, RATTATA 3 species blocked	0 species

Grass

1 useful lead levels.

Lead Level	Fully Blocked	Still Possible
Lv 5	HOOTHOOT, RATTATA 2 species blocked	0 species

Headbutt

1 useful lead levels.

Lead Level	Fully Blocked	Still Possible
Lv 11	SPEAROW, AIPOM 2 species blocked	0 species

Headbutt

1 useful lead levels.

Lead Level	Fully Blocked	Still Possible
Lv 11	SPEAROW, AIPOM 2 species blocked	0 species

Headbutt

1 useful lead levels.

Lead Level	Fully Blocked	Still Possible
Lv 11	SPEAROW, HERACROSS, AIPOM 3 species blocked	0 species

Items And Rewards

Item	How to get it	Cost
Potion	Pickup Pick up the item ball on this map.	—
Berry	Fruit Tree Harvest from this tree once per day.	—
PINK BOW	Gift Gift from Tuscany on Tuesday.	—

Trainer Roster

No trainers are listed for this location.

Trainer	Party
No trainers are listed for this location.