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Pokemon Gold and Silver Ilex Forest and Cut Walkthrough

Ilex Forest and Cut 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

Handle the Farfetch'd puzzle, earn Cut access, and exit toward Goldenrod. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 2: Hive Badge

Ilex Forest and Cut

Handle the Farfetch'd puzzle, earn Cut access, and exit toward Goldenrod.

Source maps3 Wild rows36 Trainers0 Items/trades7

Source Maps

ILEX_FOREST, ILEX_FOREST_AZALEA_GATE, ROUTE_34_ILEX_FOREST_GATE

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Caterpie 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	60%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Kakuna 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	30%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Metapod 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	30%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Paras 4% encounter rate	Lv. 6	5%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Weedle 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	60%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Zubat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5	5%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Caterpie 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	50%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Kakuna 4% encounter rate	Lv. 6	30%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Metapod 4% encounter rate	Lv. 6	30%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Paras 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	15%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Weedle 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	50%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Zubat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5	5%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Oddish 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	60%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Paras 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	15%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Zubat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 5-6	25%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Kakuna	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Metapod	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Pineco	Lv. 10	30%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Ilex Forest	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Golduck 2% encounter rate	Lv. 15	10%	Standard encounter table.
Ilex Forest	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Psyduck 2% encounter rate	Lv. 10-15	90%	Standard encounter table.

Trainers

No regular trainer object rows found for this section.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
Revive	Item ball	Ilex Forest	(20, 32)	Visible pickup.
Ether	Hidden item	Ilex Forest	(27, 1)	Check the tile.
Super Potion	Hidden item	Ilex Forest	(17, 7)	Check the tile.
Full Heal	Hidden item	Ilex Forest	(9, 17)	Check the tile.
HM01 Cut	NPC gift	Ilex Forest	(5, 28)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
TM02 Headbutt	NPC gift	Ilex Forest	(15, 14)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
TM12 Sweet Scent	NPC gift	Route 34 Ilex Forest Gate	(9, 3)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.

Boss Cards

No major boss card assigned to this section.

Completion Checklist

Check every wild row before leaving Ilex Forest and Cut; 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.