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Pokemon Gold and Silver Route 2, Viridian Forest, and Diglett's Cave Walkthrough

Route 2, Viridian Forest, and Diglett's Cave 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

Use Diglett's Cave and the Route 2 forest corridor. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 16: Boulder Badge

Route 2, Viridian Forest, and Diglett's Cave

Use Diglett's Cave and the Route 2 forest corridor.

Source maps5 Wild rows31 Trainers3 Items/trades11

Source Maps

ROUTE_2, ROUTE_2_NUGGET_HOUSE, ROUTE_2_GATE, VIRIDIAN_FOREST, DIGLETTS_CAVE

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Caterpie 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Kakuna 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Metapod 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 7	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3-7	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pikachu 10% encounter rate	Lv. 4	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Weedle 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Beedrill 10% encounter rate	Lv. 7	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Butterfree 10% encounter rate	Lv. 7	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Caterpie 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Kakuna 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Ledian 10% encounter rate	Lv. 7	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Ledyba 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Metapod 10% encounter rate	Lv. 5	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 7	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pikachu 10% encounter rate	Lv. 4	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Weedle 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Ariados 10% encounter rate	Lv. 7	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3-5	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3-5	80%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Noctowl 10% encounter rate	Lv. 7	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Noctowl 10% encounter rate	Lv. 7	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Pikachu 10% encounter rate	Lv. 4	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 2	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Spinarak 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	30%	Standard encounter table.
Digletts Cave	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Diglett 2% encounter rate	Lv. 13-19	90%	Standard encounter table.
Digletts Cave	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Dugtrio 2% encounter rate	Lv. 19-29	10%	Standard encounter table.
Digletts Cave	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Diglett 4% encounter rate	Lv. 13-19	90%	Standard encounter table.
Digletts Cave	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Dugtrio 4% encounter rate	Lv. 19-29	10%	Standard encounter table.
Digletts Cave	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Diglett 8% encounter rate	Lv. 13-19	90%	Standard encounter table.
Digletts Cave	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Dugtrio 8% encounter rate	Lv. 19-29	10%	Standard encounter table.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Route 2 (10, 45)	Bug Catcher Rob	Beedrill Lv. 32 Butterfree Lv. 32	$128	One-time trainer battle.
Route 2 (5, 5)	Bug Catcher Ed	Beedrill Lv. 30 Beedrill Lv. 30 Beedrill Lv. 30	$120	One-time trainer battle.
Route 2 (4, 43)	Bug Catcher Doug	Ariados Lv. 34	$136	One-time trainer battle.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
Dire Hit	Item ball	Route 2	(0, 29)	Visible pickup.
Max Potion	Item ball	Route 2	(2, 23)	Visible pickup.
Carbos	Item ball	Route 2	(19, 2)	Visible pickup.
Elixer	Item ball	Route 2	(14, 50)	Visible pickup.
Max Ether	Hidden item	Route 2	(7, 23)	Check the tile.
Full Heal	Hidden item	Route 2	(4, 14)	Check the tile.
Full Restore	Hidden item	Route 2	(4, 27)	Check the tile.
Revive	Hidden item	Route 2	(11, 30)	Check the tile.
Psncureberry	Fruit tree	Route 2	(10, 14)	Daily fruit/apricorn pickup.
Nugget	NPC gift	Route 2 Nugget House	(2, 4)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
Max Revive	Hidden item	Digletts Cave	(6, 11)	Check the tile.

Boss Cards

No major boss card assigned to this section.

Completion Checklist

Check every wild row before leaving Route 2, Viridian Forest, and Diglett's Cave; 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.