Phase 1 section
Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver New Bark Town and starter choice Walkthrough
Set the clock, receive the Pokégear, and make the permanent starter choice. Exact HGSS encounters, trainers, items, puzzle route, version differences, and completion checks.
Set the clock, receive the Pokégear, and make the permanent starter choice. This combined guide never substitutes original Gold/Silver or Crystal data for the Nintendo DS remakes.
Source maps
New Bark, New Bark Elms Lab 1F, New Bark Elms Lab 2F, New Bark Player House 1F, New Bark Player House 2F, New Bark Southwest House, New Bark Rival House 1F, New Bark Rival House 2F.
Version scope
HeartGold and SoulSilver are labeled per row. Event-only and external-device content is never presented as normal retail progression.
Route Plan
Visit Professor Elm, choose Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile, speak to the aide for Potions, and leave west. After Mr. Pokémon's call, return immediately through the lab crisis.
Wild Pokémon
Each area below has its own table, split by encounter method. Standard rates merge every base slot for a species and are shown per time window: morning 04:00-09:59, day 10:00-19:59, night 20:00-03:59. Swarm, radio-broadcast, and Headbutt tables keep their own labeled rows, and every row carries HG/SS markers. Underlying slot odds: grass 20/20/10/10/10/10/5/5/4/4/1/1; Surf 60/30/5/4/1; Rods 40/30/15/10/5; Rock Smash 80/20; Headbutt 50/15/15/10/5/5.
| Pokémon | Games | Levels | Rate | Requirement / notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | Day | Night | ||||
| Swarm (post-National Dex daily announcement) | ||||||
 Magikarp | HGSS | 40 | 100% | Super Rod. Post-National Dex swarm replacement. | ||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 20 | 65% | Good Rod. Post-National Dex swarm replacement. | ||
 Tentacool | HGSS | 15-25 | 60% | Surf. Post-National Dex swarm replacement. | ||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 10 | 15% | Old Rod. Post-National Dex swarm replacement. | ||
| Surfing | ||||||
| Tentacool | HGSS | 10-25 | 90% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
 Tentacruel | HGSS | 15-25 | 10% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Fishing — Old Rod | ||||||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 10 | 85% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Tentacool | HGSS | 10 | 15% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Fishing — Good Rod | ||||||
| Magikarp | HGSS | 20 | 40% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Tentacool | HGSS | 20 | 30% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
 Chinchou | HGSS | 20 | 20% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
 Shellder | HGSS | 20 | 10% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Fishing — Super Rod | ||||||
| Chinchou | HGSS | 40 | 40% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Shellder | HGSS | 40 | 30% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Tentacruel | HGSS | 40 | 20% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
 Lanturn | HGSS | 40 | 10% | Rate counts base slots temporarily replaced by the announced daily swarm. | ||
| Headbutt — common tree table | ||||||
 Hoothoot | HGSS | 2-3 | 50% | Common Headbutt table; regular-tree selection depends on Trainer ID and tree group. | ||
 Pineco | HGSS | 2-3 | 30% | Common Headbutt table; regular-tree selection depends on Trainer ID and tree group. | ||
 Exeggcute | HGSS | 2-3 | 20% | Common Headbutt table; regular-tree selection depends on Trainer ID and tree group. | ||
| Headbutt — rare tree table | ||||||
| Hoothoot | HGSS | 4-5 | 50% | Rare Headbutt table; regular-tree selection depends on Trainer ID and tree group. | ||
 Ledyba | HGSS | 4-5 | 30% | Rare Headbutt table; regular-tree selection depends on Trainer ID and tree group. | ||
 Spinarak | HGSS | 4-5 | 30% | Rare Headbutt table; regular-tree selection depends on Trainer ID and tree group. | ||
| Exeggcute | HGSS | 4-5 | 20% | Rare Headbutt table; regular-tree selection depends on Trainer ID and tree group. | ||
Static, gift, trade, and event Pokémon
| Pokémon | Method | Level | Requirement / note |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chikorita | Starter | Lv. 5 | Choose one; Silver later takes Cyndaquil. |
 Cyndaquil | Starter | Lv. 5 | Choose one; Silver later takes Totodile. |
 Totodile | Starter | Lv. 5 | Choose one; Silver later takes Chikorita. |
Trainers
No source-placed trainer battle or configured boss branch is assigned to these exact maps.
Items And Hidden Items
| Item | Method | Plain-English placement | Source tile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potion | Hidden / Dowsing MCHN | Use the Dowsing MCHN on the ground in the northwest part of New Bark. | 682, 391 |
Puzzles And Systems
Follow the route plan in order; source tiles in the item and trainer tables provide a QA anchor for every placed object.
Completion Checklist
- Visit all 8 mapped source subareas assigned here.
- Account for 26 random, Headbutt, Safari, Contest, static, gift, trade, or event rows across the per-area tables.
- Defeat or deliberately defer all 0 listed trainer records.
- Collect 0 visible items, 1 hidden items, and 0 Apricorn trees assigned here.
- Finish the stated story, puzzle, schedule, version, and event conditions before moving on.
Sources And Validation
- Primary source:
pret/pokeheartgoldcommit814275e4392cc21eef45a04e6dc8d980010ca2b7. - Layers: encounter banks, map headers, trainer parties, field events and scripts, Headbutt, Safari, Bug Contest, hidden items, Apricorns, phone/Pokégear, and Frontier engine data.
- Machine-readable validation report and trainer asset manifest.
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