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Pokemon Gold and Silver Viridian City and Route 1 Walkthrough

Viridian City and Route 1 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

Loop through Route 1 and prepare for the final Gym. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 17: Earth Badge

Viridian City and Route 1

Loop through Route 1 and prepare for the final Gym.

Source maps5 Wild rows18 Trainers2 Items/trades2

Source Maps

VIRIDIAN_CITY, VIRIDIAN_POKECENTER_1F, VIRIDIAN_MART, VIRIDIAN_NICKNAME_SPEECH_HOUSE, ROUTE_1

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Viridian City	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Viridian City	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Standard encounter table.
Viridian City	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Standard encounter table.
Viridian City	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Standard encounter table.
Viridian City	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Viridian City	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Viridian City	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Poliwag 2% encounter rate	Lv. 5-10	90%	Standard encounter table.
Viridian City	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Poliwhirl 2% encounter rate	Lv. 10	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Furret 10% encounter rate	Lv. 6	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 2-4	45%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 2	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Sentret 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Furret 10% encounter rate	Lv. 6	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 2-4	45%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 2	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Sentret 10% encounter rate	Lv. 3	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 2-4	45%	Standard encounter table.
Route 1	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Rattata 10% encounter rate	Lv. 2-6	55%	Standard encounter table.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Route 1 (7, 17)	Schoolboy Danny	Jynx Lv. 31 Electabuzz Lv. 31 Magmar Lv. 31	$248	One-time trainer battle.
Route 1 (3, 26)	Cooltrainer F Quinn	Ivysaur Lv. 38 Starmie Lv. 38	$456	One-time trainer battle.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
TM42 Dream Eater	NPC gift	Viridian City	(6, 23)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
Bitter Berry	Fruit tree	Route 1	(3, 7)	Daily fruit/apricorn pickup.

Boss Cards

No major boss card assigned to this section.

Completion Checklist

Check every wild row before leaving Viridian City and Route 1; 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.