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Pokemon Crystal Phase 1: Route 31 — Dark Cave Mouth

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Route 31 connects Cherrygrove to Violet City and passes the Dark Cave entrance (you can't use it yet — needs Flash Normal , which you're about to get).

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By Damodar Sharma Updated June 2, 2026 Walkthrough

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Route 31 connects Cherrygrove to Violet City and passes the Dark Cave entrance (you can't use it yet — needs Flash Normal , which you're about to get).

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Route 31 — Dark Cave Mouth

Route 31 connects Cherrygrove to Violet City and passes the Dark Cave entrance (you can't use it yet — needs FlashNormal, which you're about to get). Grab the items, then push into Violet.

Wild Pokemon

Route 31

Bellsprout is the steady all-day pickup. Gastly is night-only, rare, and your earliest Mean Look line for later roamer plans.

PokemonGameMethodLvRate
MMorningDDayNNight
Caterpie artworkCaterpieBug Crystal Grass 4 30% 30% 0%
Weedle artworkWeedleBug/Poison Crystal Grass 4 5% 5% 0%
Pidgey artworkPidgeyNormal/Flying Crystal Grass 4-5 10% 40% 0%
Zubat artworkZubatPoison/Flying Crystal Grass 4 0% 0% 5%
Poliwag artworkPoliwagWater Crystal Grass 4 0% 0% 30%
Bellsprout artworkBellsproutGrass/Poison Crystal Grass 5 20% 20% 20%
Gastly artworkGastlyGhost/Poison Crystal Grass 5 0% 0% 5%
Hoothoot artworkHoothootNormal/Flying Crystal Grass 5 0% 0% 10%
Ledyba artworkLedybaBug/Flying Crystal Grass 4 30% 0% 0%
Spinarak artworkSpinarakBug/Poison Crystal Grass 4 0% 0% 30%
Hoppip artworkHoppipGrass/Flying Crystal Grass 5 5% 5% 0%
Bug Catcher Wade (Route 31): Beat him, then trade phone numbers. In Crystal he calls and often hands out useful Berries on follow-up visits.

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