Johto and Kanto Gold/Silver section

Pokemon Gold and Silver Routes 12 to 15 Walkthrough

Routes 12 to 15 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

Clear the long eastern Kanto route chain and fishing checks. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 13: Soul Badge

Routes 12 to 15

Clear the long eastern Kanto route chain and fishing checks.

Source maps6 Wild rows70 Trainers18 Items/trades7

Source Maps

ROUTE_12, ROUTE_13, ROUTE_14, ROUTE_15, ROUTE_12_SUPER_ROD_HOUSE, ROUTE_15_FUCHSIA_GATE

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Tentacool Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Tentacool Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Qwilfish Rod bite group	Lv. 40	10%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Tentacool Rod bite group	Lv. 40	40%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Quagsire 6% encounter rate	Lv. 25	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Tentacool 6% encounter rate	Lv. 25	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 12	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Tentacruel 6% encounter rate	Lv. 25	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Tentacool Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Hoppip 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22-24	19%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Hoppip 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22-24	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22	4%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Noctowl 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22-24	19%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Tentacool Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Qwilfish Rod bite group	Lv. 40	10%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Tentacool Rod bite group	Lv. 40	40%	Phone swarm fish group.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Quagsire 6% encounter rate	Lv. 25	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Tentacool 6% encounter rate	Lv. 25	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 13	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Tentacruel 6% encounter rate	Lv. 25	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Hoppip 10% encounter rate	Lv. 24	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Skiploom 10% encounter rate	Lv. 26	9%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Hoppip 10% encounter rate	Lv. 24	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22	4%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Skiploom 10% encounter rate	Lv. 26	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Noctowl 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 14	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22-24	19%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Hoppip 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22-24	19%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Hoppip 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22-24	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22	4%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Chansey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidorina 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidorino 10% encounter rate	Lv. 23	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Noctowl 10% encounter rate	Lv. 25	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 15	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 22-24	19%	Standard encounter table.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Route 12 (5, 15)	Fisher Martin	Remoraid Lv. 32 Remoraid Lv. 32	$320	One-time trainer battle.
Route 12 (15, 28)	Fisher Stephen	Magikarp Lv. 25 Magikarp Lv. 25 Qwilfish Lv. 31 Tentacruel Lv. 31	$310	One-time trainer battle.
Route 12 (13, 39)	Fisher Barney	Gyarados Lv. 30 Gyarados Lv. 30 Gyarados Lv. 30	$300	One-time trainer battle.
Route 12 (6, 6)	Fisher Kyle	Seaking Lv. 28 Poliwhirl Lv. 31 Seaking Lv. 31	$310	One-time trainer battle.
Route 13 (42, 6)	Bird Keeper Perry	Farfetch'd Lv. 34	$204	One-time trainer battle.
Route 13 (43, 6)	Bird Keeper Bret	Pidgeotto Lv. 32 Fearow Lv. 32	$192	One-time trainer battle.
Route 13 (32, 8)	Pokefanm Joshua	Pikachu Lv. 23 Pikachu Lv. 23 Pikachu Lv. 23 Pikachu Lv. 23 Pikachu Lv. 23 Pikachu Lv. 23	$460	One-time trainer battle.
Route 13 (14, 10)	Hiker Kenny	Sandslash Lv. 27 Graveler Lv. 29 Golem Lv. 31 Graveler Lv. 29	$232	One-time trainer battle.
Route 13 (25, 6)	Pokefanm Alex	Nidoking Lv. 29 Slowking Lv. 29 Seaking Lv. 29	$580	One-time trainer battle.
Route 14 (12, 14)	Pokefanm Carter	Bulbasaur Lv. 29 Charmander Lv. 29 Squirtle Lv. 29	$580	One-time trainer battle.
Route 14 (11, 27)	Bird Keeper Roy	Fearow Lv. 29 Fearow Lv. 35	$210	One-time trainer battle.
Route 14 (5, 9)	Pokefanm Trevor	Psyduck Lv. 33	$660	One-time trainer battle.
Route 15 (11, 10)	Schoolboy Kipp	Voltorb Lv. 27 Magnemite Lv. 27 Voltorb Lv. 31 Magneton Lv. 31	$248	One-time trainer battle.
Route 15 (11, 11)	Schoolboy Tommy	Xatu Lv. 32 Alakazam Lv. 34	$272	One-time trainer battle.
Route 15 (33, 10)	Schoolboy Johnny	Bellsprout Lv. 29 Weepinbell Lv. 31 Victreebel Lv. 33	$264	One-time trainer battle.
Route 15 (27, 10)	Schoolboy Billy	Paras Lv. 27 Paras Lv. 27 Poliwhirl Lv. 27 Ditto Lv. 35	$280	One-time trainer battle.
Route 15 (30, 12)	Teacher Colette	Clefairy Lv. 36	$648	One-time trainer battle.
Route 15 (16, 10)	Teacher Hillary	Aipom Lv. 32 Cubone Lv. 36	$648	One-time trainer battle.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
Calcium	Item ball	Route 12	(5, 43)	Visible pickup.
Nugget	Item ball	Route 12	(5, 51)	Visible pickup.
Elixer	Hidden item	Route 12	(14, 13)	Check the tile.
Calcium	Hidden item	Route 13	(30, 13)	Check the tile.
PP Up	Item ball	Route 15	(12, 5)	Visible pickup.
Super Rod	NPC gift	Route 12 Super Rod House	(5, 3)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
Aerodactyl AEROY for Chansey	In-game trade	Route 14	NPC trade	Trade Chansey; received Pokemon holds Gold Berry.

Boss Cards

No major boss card assigned to this section.

Completion Checklist

Check every wild row before leaving Routes 12 to 15; 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.