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Pokemon Gold and Silver National Park, Route 35, and Bug-Catching Contest Walkthrough

National Park, Route 35, and Bug-Catching Contest 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 Route 35, Kenya's mail gate, and the Contest table. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 3: Plain Badge

National Park, Route 35, and Bug-Catching Contest

Clear Route 35, Kenya's mail gate, and the Contest table.

Source maps6 Wild rows83 Trainers12 Items/trades11

Source Maps

ROUTE_35, ROUTE_35_GOLDENROD_GATE, ROUTE_35_NATIONAL_PARK_GATE, NATIONAL_PARK, NATIONAL_PARK_BUG_CONTEST, ROUTE_36_NATIONAL_PARK_GATE

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Ditto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	4%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Drowzee 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Yanma 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Ditto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	4%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Drowzee 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Yanma 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Abra 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Ditto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	4%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Drowzee 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Yanma 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	1%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 35	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 35	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 35	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Kakuna	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 35	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Metapod	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 35	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 35	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 35	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 35	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Pineco	Lv. 10	30%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 35	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Day	Ditto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Day	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Day	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	5%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Day	Yanma 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Morning	Ditto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Morning	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Morning	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	5%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Morning	Yanma 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Night	Ditto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	5%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	5%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Night	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Night	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Phone swarm grass	Night	Yanma 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	30%	Phone swarm replaces the normal encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Entei	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Raikou	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Suicune	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Poliwag Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Golduck 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Psyduck 4% encounter rate	Lv. 15-20	90%	Standard encounter table.
Route 35 Goldenrod Gate	Gold/Silver	Gift Pokemon	Any	Spearow	Lv. 10	Static	Kenya mail errand gift.
National Park	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Caterpie 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	30%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Kakuna 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	30%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Metapod 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	30%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12-14	15%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Sunkern 10% encounter rate	Lv. 11-13	25%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Weedle 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	30%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Caterpie 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10-12	50%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Kakuna 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	30%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Metapod 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10	30%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10-14	20%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Weedle 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10-12	50%	Standard encounter table.
National Park	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 10-14	100%	Standard encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Beedrill	Lv. 12-15	5%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Butterfree	Lv. 12-15	5%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Caterpie	Lv. 7-18	20%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Kakuna	Lv. 9-18	10%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Metapod	Lv. 9-18	10%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Paras	Lv. 10-17	10%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Pinsir	Lv. 13-14	5%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Scyther	Lv. 13-14	5%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Venonat	Lv. 10-16	10%	Contest-only encounter table.
National Park Bug Contest	Gold/Silver	Bug-Catching Contest	Tuesday/Thursday/Saturday	Weedle	Lv. 7-18	20%	Contest-only encounter table.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Route 35 (3, 19)	Camper Ivan	Diglett Lv. 10 Zubat Lv. 10 Diglett Lv. 14	$70	One-time trainer battle.
Route 35 (8, 20)	Camper Elliot	Sandshrew Lv. 13 Marill Lv. 15	$75	One-time trainer battle.
Route 35 (7, 20)	Picnicker Brooke	Pikachu Lv. 16	$80	One-time trainer battle.
Route 35 (11, 24)	Picnicker Kim	Vulpix Lv. 15	$75	One-time trainer battle.
Route 35 (14, 28)	Bird Keeper Bryan	Pidgey Lv. 12 Pidgeotto Lv. 14	$84	One-time trainer battle.
Route 35 (2, 10)	Firebreather Walt	Magmar Lv. 11 Magmar Lv. 13	$156	One-time trainer battle.
Route 35 (16, 7)	Bug Catcher Arnie	Venonat Lv. 15	$60	Phone contact; rematches: ARNIE1, ARNIE2, ARNIE3.
Route 35 (5, 10)	Juggler Irwin	Voltorb Lv. 2 Voltorb Lv. 6 Voltorb Lv. 10 Voltorb Lv. 14	$140	Phone contact; rematches: IRWIN1, IRWIN2, IRWIN3.
National Park (27, 23)	Schoolboy Jack	Oddish Lv. 12 Voltorb Lv. 15	$120	Phone contact; rematches: JACK1, JACK2, JACK3.
National Park (18, 29)	Pokefanf Beverly	Snubbull Lv. 14	$280	Phone contact; rematches: BEVERLY1, BEVERLY2, BEVERLY3.
National Park (16, 9)	Pokefanm William	Raichu Lv. 14	$280	One-time trainer battle.
National Park (8, 14)	Lass Krise	Oddish Lv. 12 Cubone Lv. 15	$90	One-time trainer battle.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
TM04 Rollout	Item ball	Route 35	(13, 16)	Visible pickup.
Mysteryberry	Fruit tree	Route 35	(2, 25)	Daily fruit/apricorn pickup.
HP Up	NPC gift	Route 35 Goldenrod Gate	(0, 4)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
Parlyz Heal	Item ball	National Park	(35, 12)	Visible pickup.
TM28 Dig	Item ball	National Park	(1, 43)	Visible pickup.
Full Heal	Hidden item	National Park	(6, 47)	Check the tile.
Quick Claw	NPC gift	National Park	(27, 40)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
Parlyz Heal	Item ball	National Park Bug Contest	(35, 12)	Visible pickup.
TM28 Dig	Item ball	National Park Bug Contest	(1, 43)	Visible pickup.
Full Heal	Hidden item	National Park Bug Contest	(6, 47)	Check the tile.
Sun Stone	NPC gift	Route 36 National Park Gate	NPC script	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 National Park, Route 35, and Bug-Catching Contest; 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.