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Pokemon Gold and Silver Mt. Moon and Routes 3-4 Walkthrough

Mt. Moon and Routes 3-4 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 Mt. Moon's Rival2 branch and the northeast Kanto route. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 16: Boulder Badge

Mt. Moon and Routes 3-4

Clear Mt. Moon's Rival2 branch and the northeast Kanto route.

Source maps3 Wild rows74 Trainers7 Items/trades2

Source Maps

ROUTE_3, MOUNT_MOON, ROUTE_4

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Ekans 10% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Jigglypuff 10% encounter rate	Lv. 6	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-10	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	55%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Ekans 10% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Jigglypuff 10% encounter rate	Lv. 6	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-10	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	55%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Ekans 10% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Jigglypuff 10% encounter rate	Lv. 6	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-10	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 3	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Zubat 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	30%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Clefairy 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	5%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Geodude 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	30%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Geodude 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8-10	35%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Paras 6% encounter rate	Lv. 12	10%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Sandshrew 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Sandslash 6% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 6	30%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 6-8	50%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Clefairy 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	5%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Geodude 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	30%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Geodude 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8-10	35%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Paras 6% encounter rate	Lv. 12	10%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Sandshrew 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Sandslash 6% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 6	30%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 6-8	50%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Clefairy 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	5%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Geodude 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	30%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Geodude 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8-10	35%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Paras 6% encounter rate	Lv. 12	10%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Sandshrew 6% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Sandslash 6% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 6	30%	Standard encounter table.
Mount Moon	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 6-8	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Goldeen Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Ekans 10% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Jigglypuff 10% encounter rate	Lv. 6	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-10	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	55%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Ekans 10% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Jigglypuff 10% encounter rate	Lv. 6	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-10	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	55%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Ekans 10% encounter rate	Lv. 8	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Jigglypuff 10% encounter rate	Lv. 6	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 8-10	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5-8	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Spearow 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Zubat 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Goldeen Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Goldeen Rod bite group	Lv. 40	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Seaking Rod bite group	Lv. 40	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Goldeen 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-10	90%	Standard encounter table.
Route 4	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Seaking 4% encounter rate	Lv. 10	10%	Standard encounter table.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Route 3 (26, 12)	Firebreather Otis	Magmar Lv. 29 Weezing Lv. 32 Magmar Lv. 29	$348	One-time trainer battle.
Route 3 (11, 2)	Youngster Warren	Fearow Lv. 35	$140	One-time trainer battle.
Route 3 (20, 4)	Youngster Jimmy	Raticate Lv. 33 Arbok Lv. 33	$132	One-time trainer battle.
Route 3 (49, 5)	Firebreather Burt	Koffing Lv. 32 Slugma Lv. 32	$384	One-time trainer battle.
Route 4 (17, 9)	Bird Keeper Hank	Pidgey Lv. 12 Pidgeot Lv. 34	$204	One-time trainer battle.
Route 4 (10, 8)	Picnicker Hope	Flaaffy Lv. 34	$170	One-time trainer battle.
Route 4 (21, 6)	Picnicker Sharon	Furret Lv. 31 Rapidash Lv. 33	$165	One-time trainer battle.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
HP Up	Item ball	Route 4	(26, 3)	Visible pickup.
Ultra Ball	Hidden item	Route 4	(10, 3)	Check the tile.

Boss Cards

Boss / branch	Team	Reward	Danger notes	Practical counters
Rival at Mt. Moon - CHIKORITA	Sneasel Lv. 41 Golbat Lv. 42 Magneton Lv. 41 Gengar Lv. 43 Alakazam Lv. 43 Meganium Lv. 45	$1,125	If you chose Totodile, Rival has Chikorita/Bayleef/Meganium.	Keep status control and a backup answer for the evolved starter line.
Rival at Mt. Moon - CYNDAQUIL	Sneasel Lv. 41 Golbat Lv. 42 Magneton Lv. 41 Gengar Lv. 43 Alakazam Lv. 43 Typhlosion Lv. 45	$1,125	If you chose Chikorita, Rival has Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion.	Keep status control and a backup answer for the evolved starter line.
Rival at Mt. Moon - TOTODILE	Sneasel Lv. 41 Golbat Lv. 42 Magneton Lv. 41 Gengar Lv. 43 Alakazam Lv. 43 Feraligatr Lv. 45	$1,125	If you chose Cyndaquil, Rival has Totodile/Croconaw/Feraligatr.	Keep status control and a backup answer for the evolved starter line.

Completion Checklist

Check every wild row before leaving Mt. Moon and Routes 3-4; 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.