Johto and Kanto Gold/Silver section

Pokemon Gold and Silver Route 36, Sudowoodo, and Route 37 Walkthrough

Route 36, Sudowoodo, and Route 37 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 SquirtBottle, open the Ecruteak road, and collect apricorn trees. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 3: Plain Badge

Route 36, Sudowoodo, and Route 37

Use SquirtBottle, open the Ecruteak road, and collect apricorn trees.

Source maps2 Wild rows68 Trainers5 Items/trades8

Source Maps

ROUTE_36, ROUTE_37

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Route 36	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Stantler 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	25%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Stantler 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	25%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidoran F 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Nidoran M 10% encounter rate	Lv. 12	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Stantler 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 36	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 36	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 36	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 36	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Kakuna	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 36	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Metapod	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 36	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 36	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 36	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 36	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Pineco	Lv. 10	30%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 36	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Entei	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Raikou	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Suicune	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.
Route 36	Gold/Silver	Static Pokemon	Any	Sudowoodo	Lv. 20	Static	Use SquirtBottle after Goldenrod Flower Shop unlock.
Route 37	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14-16	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgeotto 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Stantler 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14-16	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Ledyba 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Pidgey 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Stantler 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Growlithe 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Hoothoot 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	60%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Spinarak 10% encounter rate	Lv. 13-15	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Stantler 10% encounter rate	Lv. 15	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Vulpix 10% encounter rate	Lv. 14	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 37	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 37	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 37	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 37	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Kakuna	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 37	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Metapod	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 37	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 37	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 37	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 37	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Pineco	Lv. 10	30%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 37	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Entei	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Raikou	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.
Route 37	Gold/Silver	Roaming legendary	Any	Suicune	Lv. 40	Roamer	After releasing the legendary beasts in Burned Tower.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Route 36 (20, 12)	Psychic Mark	No source party data found.	Source reward	One-time trainer battle.
Route 36 (31, 14)	Schoolboy Alan	Tangela Lv. 16	$128	Phone contact; rematches: ALAN1, ALAN2, ALAN3.
Route 37 (6, 12)	Twins Ann & Anne	Clefairy Lv. 16 Jigglypuff Lv. 16	$80	One-time trainer battle.
Route 37 (7, 12)	Twins Ann & Anne	Jigglypuff Lv. 16 Clefairy Lv. 16	$80	One-time trainer battle.
Route 37 (9, 6)	Psychic Greg	No source party data found.	Source reward	One-time trainer battle.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
Ice Berry	Fruit tree	Route 36	(21, 4)	Daily fruit/apricorn pickup.
TM08 Rock Smash	NPC gift	Route 36	(44, 9)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
Hard Stone	NPC gift	Route 36	(46, 6)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.
Ether	Hidden item	Route 37	(4, 2)	Check the tile.
Red Apricorn	Fruit tree	Route 37	(13, 5)	Daily fruit/apricorn pickup.
Blu Apricorn	Fruit tree	Route 37	(16, 5)	Daily fruit/apricorn pickup.
Blk Apricorn	Fruit tree	Route 37	(15, 7)	Daily fruit/apricorn pickup.
Magnet	NPC gift	Route 37	(16, 8)	Talk to the NPC or complete the local task.

Boss Cards

Boss / branch	Team	Reward	Danger notes	Practical counters
Rocket Executive Ariana preview	Arbok Lv. 23 Gloom Lv. 23 Murkrow Lv. 25	$450	This party appears later in Rocket Base; track Poison/Dark answers now.	Psychic and Ground coverage are useful before Mahogany.

Completion Checklist

Check every wild row before leaving Route 36, Sudowoodo, and Route 37; 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.