Johto and Kanto Gold/Silver section

Pokemon Gold and Silver Route 27 and Tohjo Falls Walkthrough

Route 27 and Tohjo Falls 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

Enter Kanto territory and cross Tohjo Falls. This section is generated from pret/pokegold map, trainer, item, and encounter data for Pokemon Gold and Silver only.

Phase 9: Pokemon League

Route 27 and Tohjo Falls

Enter Kanto territory and cross Tohjo Falls.

Source maps3 Wild rows84 Trainers6 Items/trades4

Source Maps

ROUTE_27, TOHJO_FALLS, ROUTE_27_SANDSTORM_HOUSE

Wild Pokemon

Area / subarea	Game	Method	Time	Pokemon	Level	Odds	Condition / requirement
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Chinchou Rod bite group	Lv. 20	20%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Tentacool Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Dodrio 10% encounter rate	Lv. 30	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Doduo 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28-30	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Ponyta 10% encounter rate	Lv. 32	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Raticate 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28-30	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Raticate 10% encounter rate	Lv. 30	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Sandslash 10% encounter rate	Lv. 30	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Dodrio 10% encounter rate	Lv. 30	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Doduo 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28-30	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Ponyta 10% encounter rate	Lv. 32	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Raticate 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Sandslash 10% encounter rate	Lv. 30	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Arbok 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28	30%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Ponyta 10% encounter rate	Lv. 32	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28-30	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Quagsire 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28-32	55%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Raticate 10% encounter rate	Lv. 28-30	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Raticate 10% encounter rate	Lv. 30	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Sandslash 10% encounter rate	Lv. 30	5%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 27	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 27	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 27	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Kakuna	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 27	Gold	Headbutt common trees	Any	Metapod	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 27	Silver	Headbutt common trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	65%	Use Headbutt on common trees.
Route 27	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Beedrill	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 27	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Butterfree	Lv. 10	5%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 27	Gold	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Caterpie	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Exeggcute	Lv. 10	15%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Pineco	Lv. 10	30%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 27	Silver	Headbutt rare trees	Any	Weedle	Lv. 10	50%	Use Headbutt on rare trees.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Tentacool Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Chinchou Rod bite group	Lv. 40	40%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Lanturn Rod bite group	Lv. 40	10%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Tentacruel Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Tentacool 6% encounter rate	Lv. 15-20	90%	Standard encounter table.
Route 27	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Tentacruel 6% encounter rate	Lv. 20	10%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Goldeen Rod bite group	Lv. 20	55%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Good Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 20	35%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Golbat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	20%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Golbat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	20%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Raticate 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Raticate 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Rattata 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20	5%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Rattata 6% encounter rate	Lv. 20	5%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Slowpoke 4% encounter rate	Lv. 21-23	15%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Slowpoke 6% encounter rate	Lv. 21-23	15%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Day	Zubat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Day	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Golbat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	20%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Golbat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	20%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Raticate 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Raticate 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20	5%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Rattata 6% encounter rate	Lv. 20	5%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Slowpoke 4% encounter rate	Lv. 21-23	15%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Slowpoke 6% encounter rate	Lv. 21-23	15%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Zubat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Morning	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Golbat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	20%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Golbat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	20%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Raticate 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Raticate 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Rattata 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20	5%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Rattata 6% encounter rate	Lv. 20	5%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Slowpoke 4% encounter rate	Lv. 21-23	15%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Slowpoke 6% encounter rate	Lv. 21-23	15%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold	Grass/cave floor	Night	Zubat 4% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Silver	Grass/cave floor	Night	Zubat 6% encounter rate	Lv. 22	30%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Goldeen Rod bite group	Lv. 10	15%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Old Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 10	85%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Goldeen Rod bite group	Lv. 40	40%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Magikarp Rod bite group	Lv. 40	50%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Super Rod	Any	Seaking Rod bite group	Lv. 40	10%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Goldeen 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20	60%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Seaking 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20	10%	Standard encounter table.
Tohjo Falls	Gold/Silver	Surf	Any	Slowpoke 4% encounter rate	Lv. 20	30%	Standard encounter table.

Trainers

Route order	Trainer	Team	Reward	Optional / rematch note
Route 27 (49, 7)	Cooltrainer M Blake	Magneton Lv. 33 Quagsire Lv. 31 Exeggcute Lv. 31	$372	One-time trainer battle.
Route 27 (58, 6)	Cooltrainer M Brian	Sandslash Lv. 35	$420	One-time trainer battle.
Route 27 (72, 11)	Cooltrainer F Reena	Starmie Lv. 31 Nidoqueen Lv. 33 Starmie Lv. 31	$372	Phone contact; rematches: REENA1, REENA2, REENA3.
Route 27 (37, 6)	Cooltrainer F Megan	Bulbasaur Lv. 32 Ivysaur Lv. 32 Venusaur Lv. 32	$384	One-time trainer battle.
Route 27 (64, 7)	Psychic Gilbert	No source party data found.	Source reward	One-time trainer battle.
Route 27 (58, 13)	Bird Keeper Jose	Farfetch'd Lv. 35	$210	Phone contact; rematches: JOSE2, JOSE1, JOSE3.

Items, Hidden Items, And Events

Item / trade	Type	Area / direction	Coordinate	Requirement
TM22 Solarbeam	Item ball	Route 27	(60, 12)	Visible pickup.
Rare Candy	Item ball	Route 27	(53, 12)	Visible pickup.
Moon Stone	Item ball	Tohjo Falls	(2, 6)	Visible pickup.
TM37 Sandstorm	NPC gift	Route 27 Sandstorm House	(2, 4)	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 Route 27 and Tohjo Falls; 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.