Johto and Kanto Gold/Silver section

Pokemon Gold and Silver Routes 5, 6, 7, and 8 Walkthrough

Routes 5, 6, 7, and 8 section of the complete Pokemon Gold and Silver walkthrough, with wild Pokemon, trainers, items, hidden items, trades, events, and boss data.

By Damodar Sharma Updated June 23, 2026 Walkthrough

Open central Kanto routes around Saffron and Celadon. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 11: Marsh Badge

Routes 5, 6, 7, and 8

Open central Kanto routes around Saffron and Celadon.

Source maps5 Wild rows88 Trainers5 Items/trades3

Source Maps

ROUTE_5, ROUTE_6, ROUTE_7, ROUTE_8, UNDERGROUND_PATH

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Route 5	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Bellsprout 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Bellsprout 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Bellsprout 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Gloom 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Oddish 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-14	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 5	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Oddish 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Bellsprout 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Magnemite 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-14	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Bellsprout 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Magnemite 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-14	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Bellsprout 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Magnemite 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Oddish 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-14	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Oddish 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Golduck 2% encounter rate	Lv. 10	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 6	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Psyduck 2% encounter rate	Lv. 5-10	90%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15-18	25%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Persian 10% encounter rate	Lv. 19	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Raticate 10% encounter rate	Lv. 19	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17-19	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15-18	25%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Persian 10% encounter rate	Lv. 19	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Raticate 10% encounter rate	Lv. 19	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15-19	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Houndour 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Murkrow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17-19	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Murkrow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Persian 10% encounter rate	Lv. 19	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Raticate 10% encounter rate	Lv. 19	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 7	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Kadabra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17-19	65%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17-19	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Kadabra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17-19	65%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17-19	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Haunter 10% encounter rate	Lv. 20	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Kadabra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Meowth 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Noctowl 10% encounter rate	Lv. 17-19	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Noctowl 10% encounter rate	Lv. 19	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 8	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 18	5%	Standard encounter table.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Route 8 (10, 8)	Biker Dwayne	Koffing Lv. 27 Koffing Lv. 28 Koffing Lv. 29 Koffing Lv. 30	$240	One-time trainer battle.
Route 8 (10, 9)	Biker Harris	Flareon Lv. 34	$272	One-time trainer battle.
Route 8 (10, 10)	Biker Zeke	Koffing Lv. 32 Koffing Lv. 32	$256	One-time trainer battle.
Route 8 (20, 6)	Super Nerd Sam	Grimer Lv. 34 Muk Lv. 34	$272	One-time trainer battle.
Route 8 (27, 9)	Super Nerd Tom	Magnemite Lv. 32 Magnemite Lv. 32 Magnemite Lv. 32	$256	One-time trainer battle.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
Przcureberry	Fruit tree	Route 8	(33, 5)	Daily fruit/apricorn pickup.
Full Restore	Hidden item	Underground Path	(3, 9)	Check the tile.
X Special	Hidden item	Underground Path	(1, 19)	Check the tile.

Boss Cards

No major boss card assigned to this section.

Completion Checklist

Check every wild row before leaving Routes 5, 6, 7, and 8; Gold/Silver version, time, rod, Headbutt, swarm, and static methods are separated.
Clear trainer rows and phone/rematch contacts shown in the trainer table.
Pick up item balls, hidden items, daily fruit trees, NPC gifts, trades, and static encounters listed for the section.
Use any boss card here before advancing to the next section.