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In Fuchsia City, you will notice a lot of Pokemon in enclosures, this is because there is a zoo right in Fuchsia City. This makes it look very big, but size wise it isn't. Gameplay wise, there is quite a bit to do. When navigating around, you can get to all areas without Cut, but it's easier to cut bushes down to work your way around Fuchsia.

Firstly head to the Pokecenter by heading to the left side of town, then head down and to the right. Heal up and head to the house on the left. The man inside will delete moves (including HM moves) off your Pokemon. For more information check out the Move Tutors Guide .

The Safari Zone is not only a great place for catching Pokemon, it is also crucial in gaining two important HMs in the game, Surf and Strength. Head as far north as you can go in Fuchsia, and enter the building at the top. This is the Safari Zone.

When you encounter a wild Pokemon you will have four options, Throw Ball means you will throw a Safari Ball and will try to catch the Pokemon. Throw Bait will keep the wild Pokemon around for longer. Throw Rock will make the Pokemon easier to catch but it will be more likely to flee. Run means you will just run from the wild Pokemon. Now here is a small tip if you get into an area a long way from the entry and have very few steps left or are running low on cash. Stay in one spot, and by lightly tapping the direction buttons, you can turn around. This will not count toward your steps but you will still encounter wild Pokemon! Also note, EVERYWHERE you go in the Safari Zone counts as steps, including the "Rest" houses. Listed below are the wild encounters and rates. Note that fishing is the same anywhere in the Safari Zone.

Now here is what you need to do to finish the Safari Zone and get all the items:

• From the Entrance head to the top right hand exit into Area 1.
• In Area 1, head right and north up the stairs. Continue north to find a Leaf Stone.
• Head back to the stairs and this time head to the left and down the next set of stairs.
• Head to the left and bit and up. To the right on the grassy peninsula near the water is TM11 - Sunny Day.
• Leave the Peninsula and head north-west to find a Max Potion.
• From the Max Potion head to the left and up the next set of stairs, to the right and down those stairs.
• To the right of here is a rest house (nothing inside really) and below it a Full Restore. Head north from the trainer house and to the left.
• When the route splits, take the bottom route still heading to the left into Area 2.
• Continue left and go north up the first set of stairs you come across.
• Follow the path and when you've gone down some stairs head to the left to collect Quick Claw.
• Head back to the start of Area 2. If you head down you will be in the top part of the Entrance Area.
• Nothing new here except if you come back with Surf. So instead, head to the northern part of the grass and head up the stairs.
• Follow the path and down the next set of stairs.

**From here you can head south into Area 3. (You will probably need to enter once more to get these, because it is unlikely you can get to the final house if you go down this south route. So instead do the bits between the double stars in your next trip.) Continue south and then head to the left and collect the Max Revive. The head up the stairs and to the left. Follow the path and at the base of the next set of stairs is a Max Potion. Return to where you were before the stars.**

• Head north, past the three pools and to the right a bit is TM47 - Steel Wing.
• Continue to the right and then head up. Collect the Protein.
• Now head west and all the way south down into Area 3.
• From the teeth head to the left. South of the hut grab TM32 - Double Team.
• Head inside the hut.

Talk to the man inside and he will give you HM03 - Surf. Now you have Surf, you can travel on water by pressing A next to a Surfable area. Now leave the Safari Zone. Now let's head to the Warden's house, the one to the right of the Pokecenter. Talk to the Warden Inside and give him his teeth. As thanks, he will give you HM04 - Strength. This can be used to move large boulders like the one in the Warden's house. Teach it to one of your Pokemon. move the boulder in his house and grab the Rare Candy.

Heal up and get ready for the next Gym Battle. When you're ready, head over to the gym. When you enter it looks relatively easy to get to the leader...however the walls are invisible. Here is a map showing the walls so you can navigate through the Gym:

The specialty in this gym is Poison, so let's try a few trainer battles first, starting with the bottom left and bottom right trainers:

Head to the right hand side of the gym and head up to fight the next two trainers:

When you get to the very top, head all the way to the left and down to fight the next two trainers:

Now onto the leader, Koga:

The biggest thing to watch out for in this battle is Toxic. This Poisons your Pokemon and the damage inflicted increases each turn. Be sure to stock up on Antidotes beforehand. If Toxic is getting the better of you, try inflicting a status effect on the opponent as soon as possible, this reduces the chance of a successful Toxic. You could also use a Poison type, which aren't affected by Toxic. I would strongly advise a Psychic type though as this is best against Poison. The two Koffing are nothing new and should be easy, however they have the Levitate ability so Ground attacks won't hit them at all. Muk has pretty good Spec. Def. and has pretty high Attack. Acid Armor boosts its Defense, but a Psychic type should mow him down pretty easy. If his Pokemon get low on health, Koga has a Full Heal and two Hyper Potions just to make things a bit harder.

Once you have the Tea, exit Celadon to the east. Now enter the house to the right with the guard, which have not allowed you to pass previously. Give him the Tea, and he will let you through. You can now enter Saffron City through any of the four guard houses. Leave the guard house to the right and enter Saffron City.

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How to Catch Pokémon in Safari Zone

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In the Pokémon series of games, Safari Zones are special unique areas in each game where rare Pokémon that don't appear anywhere else in the game can be caught. Safari Zones always operate with different rules than the rest of the game world - instead of battling Pokémon in the wild like you normally would, you'll need to carefully use baits and deterrents to get Pokémon to let down their guards so you can catch them. This can be quite challenging, so knowing the ins and outs of Safari Zone mechanics in each game is vital for success.

Navigating the Safari Zone

Fighting and capturing pokémon.

• Note that the "run away" option functions as normal, so we won't be discussing it.

• However, using bait will also make the Pokémon more difficult to catch in a safari ball. Thus, striking a balance here can be difficult — the longer you get the Pokémon to stick around for, the harder it will be to actually capture it.

• However, there's an important downside: using rocks will also make the Pokémon more likely to run away. In fact, after taking more than a few rocks, a Pokémon is virtually guaranteed to run away — some will exit the battle sooner. Thus, once again, using rocks means striking a delicate balance as you try to capture your Pokémon.

• Note that you only have a limited supply of safari balls (depending on the game, usually 30), so save them for Pokémon you want to catch. It's generally the best use of your time to use your safari balls for Pokémon that are only found in the safari zone.

• Note that safari balls are weak compared to the pokéballs you can use in the rest of the game. In addition to this, especially rare Safari Zone Pokémon are extra-difficult to catch. [2] X Research source This can lead to some very frustrating situations — for instance, it can easily take 20 or more tries to catch an exceptionally rare Pokémon like Clefairy.

General Tips

• Bulbapedia, an online user-supported Pokémon encyclopedia, has extensive information about each game's Safari Zone, including maps and guides covering where to look for the Pokémon in each zone. See the Bulbapedia Safari Zone article to get started. [3] X Research source
• Note that there is no step limit in the Safari Zone in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. [4] X Research source

• Across all of the games in the series, the entrance fee has stayed the same: 500 P . This includes the Great Marsh in Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, which is not technically a Safari Zone but behaves very similarly.
• One smart strategy is to save your game before you enter the Safari Zone. This way, if you don't catch any Pokémon you want, you can re-load to avoid paying the entrance fee again.

• As an example of the sort of equation used in the games to determine whether certain Pokémon are captured, consider the equation from the Generation games (Gold and Silver): a = max((3 × HP max - 2 × HP current ) × rate modified / (3 × HP max ), 1) + bonus status where HP max is the Pokémon's maximum HP, HP current is the Pokémon's current HP, rate modified is the catch rate of the Pokémon modified by the ball used (every Pokémon and every ball modifies this in a certain way, and bonus status is the modifier for any status condition (sleep and freeze are 10, all others are 0). [5] X Research source When you throw a ball, a random number between 0 and 255 is generated. If this number is less than or equal to a, the Pokémon is caught.

Catching Pokémon in the Kanto Safari Zone

In the following sections, we'll highlight the rare Pokémon in each Safari zone and give specific advice where applicable. To keep these tables to a reasonable size, we've included only the rarest Pokémon in each area — for exhaustive information, consult the Safari Zone guides at Serebii.net and Bulbapedia.

Catching Pokémon in the Hoenn Safari Zone

Note that the Generation 4 Hoenn Safari Zone (Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire) won't be covered here as the player is allowed to engage in ordinary battles in this zone.

Catching Pokémon in the Sinnoh Great Marsh

Though Sinnoh's Pokémon preserve has a different name, it functions virtually identically to Safari Zones in other regions.

Catching Pokémon in the Johto Safari Zone

Note that the Safari Zone is not available in Generation 2 (Gold/Silver) but is available in the Generation IV games that visit Johto (HeartGold/SoulSilver). Note also that in this Safari Zone the player can arrange the six different areas in any arrangement desired. Finally, many of the areas in the Johto Safari Zones have Pokémon appearance rates that are not yet known — only data for the known areas has been included. See Bulbapedia for more information. [6] X Research source

Expert Q&A

• Once again, the data in the tables above only deals with the most noteworthy Pokémon in each area. In fact, many more Pokémon appear in each Safari Zone. Thanks Helpful 3 Not Helpful 2
• Remember — you have a limited number of steps inside the Safari Zone, not a limited amount of time. Thus, you can take as long as you like if you control your movement carefully. Thanks Helpful 1 Not Helpful 3

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• ↑ http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Kanto_Safari_Zone
• ↑ https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Red_and_Blue/Safari_Zone
• ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Safari_Zone
• ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Johto_Safari_Zone#Areas
• ↑ https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate#Capture_method_.28Generation_II.29

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Safari Zone

Pokemon red version  — guide and walkthrough (gb).

Guide and Walkthrough (GB) by zerokid

Version: 2.8 | Updated: 03/21/2023

• Previous: Fuchsia Gym

Table of Contents

• Next: Power Plant
• Introduction
• Gameplay hints and tips

Walkthrough

• Pallet Town
• Viridian City
• Viridian Forest
• Pewter City
• Cerulean City
• Sea Cottage
• Cerulean Gym
• Underground Path (Routes 5–6)

Vermilion City

• Diglett's Cave
• Vermilion Gym
• Rock Tunnel
• Lavender Town
• Underground Path (Routes 7–8)

Celadon City

• Saffron City
• Celadon Game Corner
• Rocket Hideout
• Celadon Gym
• Pokémon Tower

Fuchsia City

• Fuchsia Gym
• Power Plant
• Fighting Dojo
• Saffron Gym
• Sea Route 19
• Sea Route 20
• Seafoam Islands
• Sea Route 21
• Cinnabar Island
• Pokémon Mansion
• Cinnabar Gym
• Viridian Gym
• Victory Road
• Indigo Plateau
• Cerulean Cave
• About the games
• Version differences
• Title screen
• Overworld menu
• Stat modifiers
• Status conditions
• Catching Pokémon
• Pikachu's Beach
• In-game trades
• Connectivity
• Pokémon evaluations
• General items
• TMs and HMs
• Battle items
• Pokémon list
• Pokémon #001–#010
• Pokémon #011–#020
• Pokémon #021–#030
• Pokémon #031–#040
• Pokémon #041–#050
• Pokémon #051–#060
• Pokémon #061–#070
• Pokémon #071–#080
• Pokémon #081–#090
• Pokémon #091–#100
• Pokémon #101–#110
• Pokémon #111–#120
• Pokémon #121–#130
• Pokémon #131–#140
• Pokémon #141–#151
• Stat determination
• Evade and accuracy
• Critical hits
• Damage calculation
• Encounter tables
• Catching mechanics
• Safari Zone mechanics
• Pikachu's friendship
• HP bar colour
• Dual-type effectiveness message
• Obedience mechanics
• Hidden items
• Bugs and glitches
• Cinnabar Island wild Pokémon glitch
• Old Man glitch
• Trainer-Fly glitch
• Experience underflow glitch
• Stat modification glitch
• Stoneless Evolution
• Revisit the S.S. Anne
• Battle Professor Oak
• Version history

Center Area

Center Area (east)

In the entrance gatehouse to the Safari Zone, pay the requisite ₽500 to enter and receive 30 Safari Balls before heading inside the Safari Zone proper.

In Yellow Version, if you bother the attendant here, he will allow you to enter the Safari Zone even if you don't have ₽500. Instead, he will take all your remaining money and give you a number of Safari Balls proportionate to the amount you paid, leaving you with a single Safari Ball if you have no money at all. It seems the developers did this to avoid an uncommon scenario that could prevent you from making any further progress in the game: if you have no money and no method of earning any more, you cannot enter the Safari Zone to obtain HM03 and the Gold Teeth, both necessary items to complete the game. No such check exists in Red and Blue, so it is quite possible, though extremely unlikely, to get yourself into this situation in those games.

Interestingly, there is an out-of-bounds hidden item inside the entry gatehouse. The Itemfinder will ping if you use it, but, unfortunately, there is no way to unearth the hidden Nugget in here.

Safari Zone mechanics You have a 500-step counter while inside the Safari Zone. Running out the counter will automatically return you to the entrance, as will running out of Safari Balls. Turning on the spot does not count as a step, but can still be used to trigger wild Pokémon battles. You are restricted to the 30 Safari Balls you bought when entering, and any unused Safari Balls are lost once the game is over. The Safari Zone also has different battling mechanics to the rest of the game. The Pokémon here do not attack you but have a nasty habit of running away from battle, and those with higher Speed stats are more likely to flee. Instead of sending out a Pokémon to fight, you're restricted to throwing rocks and bait, which affect the capture chance and fleeing chance of the target Pokémon. Each rock you throw at the wild Pokémon doubles the chance of catching it but also makes it angry for 1–5 turns, and an angry Pokémon is twice as likely to flee. Conversely, each thrown bait halves the chance of catching the Pokémon but also lulls it into an eating state for 1–5 turns, during which time it is four times less likely to flee. For all these unexplained mechanics, the strategy that gives you the best chance to capture a Pokémon on any given encounter is simply to throw Balls at it and ignore rocks and bait entirely. The only time you might ever want to consider rocks and bait is if you are running low on Balls, but you will be significantly reducing your capture chances if you do this. A little later on, Red and Blue players can take advantage of a glitch to bypass all these odd mechanics and catch Safari Zone Pokémon using standard battle mechanics. For a full breakdown of these mechanics, take a look at the Safari Zone mechanics section.

Center Area : Besides the tall grass, there isn't much of interest in the Center Area at the moment.

Pokémon evaluations Exeggcute ( evaluation ) — Rating: C . Though it will be underlevelled and belongs to the Slow experience group, Exeggcute has a nice Grass/Psychic typing and can evolve immediately into the powerful Exeggutor. It wants the Psychic TM to be truly effective, however. Rhyhorn ( evaluation ) — Rating: D . Another underlevelled Pokémon in the Slow experience group, Rhyhorn won't evolve until level 42. While its physical stats are incredible and its movepool is great, it requires a long grind to become powerful, and still has low Speed and Special. Chansey ( evaluation ) — Rating: D . Chansey isn't a bad Pokémon, but it is extremely difficult to catch. Its abysmally low Attack means it can't effectively use any STAB moves, but it does at least have a strong Special and a wide special movepool. Tangela ( evaluation ) — Rating: D . A rare Safari Zone encounter, Tangela has a terrible movepool consisting entirely of Grass- and Normal-type attacks. It lacks SolarBeam or even Petal Dance , and its Attack stat is too low to use Normal-type moves effectively. Dratini ( evaluation ) — Rating: D . Available for the first time in Yellow Version, though at the low level of 15, Dratini only evolves into its powerful final form at level 55. This is a long grind due to Dratini's low stats and Slow experience group.

In-game trade preparation To complete all in-game trades, Red and Blue players should catch a Nidorino to trade for a Nidorina on Route 11, while Yellow players should catch an extra Tangela to trade for a Parasect on Route 18. You'll be reminded shortly when to trade these in, although none of these trades is worth it for anything except completion purposes.

Head north-east and take the narrow eastern path into Center Area (east).

Center Area (east) : In this area, a few new Pokémon are available, though Kangaskhan is found in Area 2 in Yellow, while Tauros is found in Areas 2 and 3 in Red and Blue, being most common (though still very rare) in Area 3.

Pokémon evaluations Kangaskhan ( evaluation ) — Rating: D . Kangaskhan is a tough Normal-type Pokémon with good stats and an excellent movepool. However, it is also a rare Safari Zone-exclusive encounter that is likely to run away, making it extremely difficult to catch. Tauros ( evaluation ) — Rating: D . Tauros doesn't fair too well in-game largely because it's so rare and hard to catch, and then will be a little underlevelled. If you do get one, it's a strong Normal-type Pokémon with great Attack and Speed and a fantastic movepool.

Head east and climb the rocky plateau to the north. At the northern edge is a Carbos . Take the westernmost stairs down off this plateau and head north. A patch of land jutting into the central body of water has TM37 ( Egg Bomb ) on it.

TM37 can be bought infinitely at the Celadon Department Store and contains Egg Bomb, a mediocre Normal-type move with 100 power and 75% accuracy. It can only be learned by Exeggcute, Exeggutor, Chansey and Mew, which all have much better options.

To the north-west, you can pick up a Max Potion . Proceed east from there, using the small rocky plateau here to bypass the tree, and pick up the Full Restore on the other side. Finally, go up around the plateau to the west and take the western exit to Area 2.

Area 2 : Check if you have any new Pokémon available to you in Area 2 before continuing.

In-game trade preparation (Yellow) This is the only area in the game where Kangaskhan can be caught in Yellow Version, and you can catch a spare one to trade away for a Muk much later on. This isn't worth it for anything other than completion purposes.

Head west, ignoring the first staircase to the north and the path exiting south, and instead pass through the patch of tall grass to the north and take the set of stairs here. Come down off this rocky plateau using the stairs to the south-west, and then go as far north as you can. To the east from here is TM40 ( Skull Bash ).

TM40 is a one-time TM which teaches Skull Bash, a 130-power Normal-type move with the massive drawback of requiring a charge turn to execute. Pass.

Loop around the bushes to the north to find a Protein and continue west. Head all the way south and exit south into Area 3.

Area 3 : Pick up the Gold Teeth to the south, then head west and pick up TM32 ( Double Team ) in plain sight.

Using Double Team to ramp up your evade stat can be very useful if luck is on your side. After enough uses, it can feel almost impossible for your opponent to hit you, and with enough luck, it can be so good that it earned itself a ban from competitive matches. Still, it takes time to use it repeatedly over a few turns, and in-game you can often one-hit KO an opponent with supereffective hits. If you want game-breaking strategies, X Accuracy and one-hit KO moves are quicker and far superior. TM32 is also infinitely available to buy from the Celadon Department Store, so you can at least try it out without having to worry too much.

There is also a hidden Revive which is inside the nearby statue. Enter the Secret House by this statue and speak to the man inside to receive HM03 ( Surf ).

As well as being an HM move which allows you to travel over bodies of water on the overworld, Surf is an excellent Water-type move in its own right, being a little less powerful than its closest competition, Hydro Pump, in exchange for near-perfect accuracy and higher PP. It should be a staple move on any Water-type Pokémon for a strong and reliable STAB attack, though a handful of other Pokémon can learn it too. Its only downside is that once it is learned, it can't be forgotten short of trading the Pokémon to Gold, Silver or Crystal, so think carefully before teaching it.

If you have defeated the Fuchsia Gym Leader, you can now use Surf outside of battle after teaching it to a compatible Pokémon. Exit the Secret House and surf south over the small body of water here. Head south into the patch of tall grass and pick up the Max Potion a little to the east before climbing on to the rocky plateau. Head east and descend the other set of stairs here to pick up a Max Revive before exiting to the east.

Center Area : You'll emerge back into the west side of the Center Area. Head east and surf across the water to pick up the final item, a Nugget . That's all for the Safari Zone unless you want to catch any more Pokémon, so either exit to the south or, more likely, have the step counter run out to return to the entrance.

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Back in Fuchsia City, head for the Warden's house, which is the building directly east of the Pokémon Center. Now that you have the Gold Teeth, you can return them to the Warden to receive HM04 ( Strength ).

Strength is used on the field to push large boulders around, which will be needed to solve a few puzzles later on. In battle, it's an unremarkable 80-power Normal-type move that's outclassed by moves such as Body Slam. However, because it is an HM move, it can be taught infinitely, so if the TM for Body Slam has already been used up on a Pokémon, Strength is a reasonable alternative.

You can put Strength to work immediately and push the nearby boulder to one side so you can claim the Rare Candy .

Surf round-up With Surf now available to use outside of battle, a large portion of the game opens up to you. There are also some areas you have previously visited where you can now pick up new items and Pokémon. This guide will first take care of some in-game trades before continuing to the surf round-up.

Red/Blue in-game trade 6/9 : Nidorino ↔ Nidorina Red and Blue players should withdraw their Nidorino for this in-game trade before flying to Vermilion City and heading east on to Route 11. Proceed all the way east into the gatehouse, then head upstairs and talk to the young man by the window to trade your Nidorino away for a Nidorina.

Yellow in-game trade 3/7 : Tangela ↔ Parasect Yellow players can instead withdraw their Tangela for another rather pointless in-game trade. From Fuchsia City, take the western exit into the Route 18 gatehouse, then head upstairs and talk to the man here to trade Tangela away for a Parasect.

Surf on to the water directly south of the Pokémon Center. You'll spot two houses to the south. Surf in between them and examine the west side of the eastern house, on the tile closest to land, to find a hidden Max Ether .

Yellow players should now head to Route 6, just north of Vermilion City.

Pokémon evaluations Psyduck ( evaluation ) — Rating: D . This is the only place that Yellow players can catch a Psyduck or, rarely, its evolved form, Golduck. It'll be very underlevelled compared to the rest of your team but is otherwise a decent, if somewhat bland, Water-type Pokémon.

In-game trade preparation (Yellow) Catch a spare Golduck here if you can, even if it is rather rare, to trade away for a Rhydon later on. If you don't want to hunt for the rare Golduck, then alternatively you can get one by evolving a Psyduck, though you will have to train it from level 15 to level 33 to get it to evolve.

Make your way west from the Pokémon Center to the small pond in the centre of the city. Surf across and talk to the elderly lady on the other side to receive TM41 ( Softboiled ).

Softboiled can only be taught to Chansey and Mew. If you're using one of these two Pokémon, Softboiled has some utility for its out-of-battle effect, which transfers 20% of the user's HP to a chosen party Pokémon. Given Chansey's gargantuan HP, this can save you a few trips to the Pokémon Center. In battle, it's also useful for simply healing the user for 50% of its maximum HP, though using items is still superior without taking up a moveslot. TM41 is unique, but this isn't much of an issue as there is hardly any demand for it.

Fly to Lavender Town so you can head south into Route 12. Continue south, passing through the gatehouse, until you come to the first Fisherman. Just south from him on a small isolated section of land sits TM16 ( Pay Day ), which you can reach with Surf.

Pay Day is a weak 40-power Normal-type move without much battling use and generates money equal to twice the user's level whenever it hits the opponent. This isn't much, so it is not worth using up a moveslot for this. TM16 is unique, so use it carefully.

Pokémon evaluations Slowpoke ( evaluation ) — Rating: C . This marks the first opportunity for Yellow players to catch a Slowpoke, though higher-level ones are available later on at the Seafoam Islands. Water/Psychic typing is fantastic, but Slowpoke takes a lot of hits due to its abysmal Speed.

Now that you have Surf and have tidied up any previous areas, you can take a detour to pick up Zapdos, a level 50 dual-type Electric/Flying Legendary Pokémon. It's an excellent Pokémon, particularly if you don't have an Electric-type Pokémon on your team and have saved the Thunderbolt TM for it.

Purchase a handful of Ultra Balls and bring along a Pokémon that can put opponents to sleep, because Zapdos has a very low catch chance if it isn't inflicted with any status conditions. Freeze is equally good but far harder to inflict, while poison, burn and paralysis aren't quite as good but are still better than using no status condition at all. Also, make sure you have enough room in your PC Box for Zapdos and a handful of other wild Pokémon that you might be interested in.

Fly to Cerulean City and withdraw Pokémon that can use Surf and Cut. Head toward the eastern exit of the city by passing through the burgled house and using Cut on the bush before Route 9. Head all the way east through Route 9 on to Route 10, recognisable by a large patch of tall grass bordered by water on the north and east sides.

It might be worth healing up at the Pokémon Center just to the south here, which is the nearest one to the Power Plant but also cannot be accessed via Fly. This means that using Dig or an Escape Rope to leave the Power Plant will return you to this Pokémon Center, saving you the trek through Route 9 from Cerulean City.

Surf on to the water to the north and follow it around to the east and south. As it banks around to the west, you'll spot a PokéManiac (F) above you.

PokéManiac (F) Pokémon Type Lv. Exp. Moves Rhyhorn Ground/Rock 30 867 Horn Attack , Stomp HP: 92 , Attack: 61 , Defense: 66 , Speed: 24 , Special: 27 Lickitung Normal 30 816 Supersonic , Stomp , Disable , Defense Curl HP: 98 , Attack: 43 , Defense: 54 , Speed: 27 , Special: 45 Reward ₽1500

Just to the north-west of him is the entrance to the Power Plant, so head inside.

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The Safari Zone in Kanto is located at Fuchsia City

Entry fees : 500 $$

Safari balls : 30

Steps : 600

>>> ENTRANCE <<<

Nidoran m -> common

Nidoran f -> common

Rhyhorn -> common

Exeggcute -> common

Venonat -> average

Nidorino -> average

Nidorina -> average

Parasect -> rare (Can hold Big & Tiny Mushroom)

Pinsir / Scyther -> rare

Chansey -> very rare (Can hold Lucky Egg)

Slowpoke/Psyduck -> very commons (day and night)

Magikarp -> 100%

Goldeen -> common

Poliwag -> average

Magikarp -> average

Seaking -> common

Dratini  ->average (Can hold Dragon Fang & Dragon Scale)

Psyduck -> rare

Slowpoke -> rare

Dragonair -> very rare (Can hold Dragon Fang & Dragon Scale)

Nugget  : On the island (requires Surf )

Leaf Stone  : on the island (requires Surf ) (hidden)

>>> AREA 1 <<<

Nidoran m -> common

Nidoran f --> common

Doduo -> common

Paras -> average (Can hold Tiny & Big Mushroom)

Parasect -> rare (Can hold Tiny & Big Mushroom)

Kangaskhan -> rare

Scyther / Pinsir -> very rare

Psyduck / Slowpoke -> very common

Magikarp -> very commons

Poliwag -> common

Magikarp -> common

Dratini -> average (Can hold Dragon Fang & Dragon Scale)

Leaf Stone  : On the upper pathway near the rest house

TM 11 (Sunny Day)  : On the ledge beside the pond

Max Potion  : Far west of the small mountain

Full Restore  : Near the rest house

>>> AREA 2 <<<

Nidoran f -> common


Paras -> average (Can hold Tiny & Big mushroom)

Lickitung -> average

Venomoth -> rare

Nidorina -> rare

Chansey -> rare (Can Hold Lucky Egg)

Tauros -> very rare

Psyduck / Slowpoke -> very commons

Protein  : On the upper pathway near the rest house

TM 47 (Steel Wing)  : Beside a tree west of the rest house

Quick Claw  : On a grassless patch in the middle of the area

>>> AREA 3 <<<

Exeggcute -> average

Nidorin f -> rare

Tauros -> rare

Kangaskhan -> very rare

Max revive  : in a corner at the southeast base of the mountain

Max potion  : in the grass at the southwest base of the mountain

Gold Teeth  : south of the sign asking to find them (obligatory for obtain HM 04 Strength)

TM 32 (Double team)  : southeast of the Secret House

Revive  : on the southeast statue near the Secret House (hidden)

HM 03 (SURF)  : from the man in the Secret House

• Bestfriendss , Bestfriends and Bilburt

The Safari Zone in Hoenn is located Route 121 before Lilycove City

>>> AREA 1 / ENTRANCE <<<

Oddish -> common

Kakuna -> common

Girafarig -> common

Wobbuffet -> average

Doduo -> average

Natu -> average

Pikachu -> rare (can hold Light Ball)

Gloom -> rare

Gloom-> rare

Psyduck -> 100%

Magikarp -> very common

Goldeen -> commmon

Goldeen -> very common

Max revive  : Far southwest of the Area, beyond the pond (requires Surf )

Gloom -> average

Pinsir -> rare

Dodrio -> rare

Psyduck -> very common

Golduck -> rare

TM 22 (Solar Beam)  : Far northeast of the area, beyond the pond (requires Surf and Mach Bike )

>>> AREA 4 <<<

Geodude (Rock Smash) -> 100% (can hold e verstone)

Phanpy / Donphan -> common

Heracross -> rare

Xatu -> rare

Calcium  : In the far northwest part of the area (requires Acro Bike )

>>> AREA 5 <<<

Mareep -> common

Sunkern -> common

Spinarak -> average

Aipom -> average

HootHoot -> rare

Snubull -> rare

Gligar -> rare

Stantler -> rare

Chikorita -> very rare

Wooper -> common

Marill -> common

Totodile -> very rare

Quagsire -> very rare

Remoraid -> common

Octillery -> very rare

PP up  : Three squares south of the southernmost Pokéblock stand (hidden)

Full Restore  : In the furthest southeast patch of grass (hidden)

Big Pearl  : East in a patch of grass beyond the top of the waterfall

>>> AREA 6 <<<

Shuckle (Rock Smash) -> 100% (can hold Root or Claw Fossils)

Aipom -> common

Teddiursa -> common

Sunkern -> average

Ledyba -> average

Houndour -> rare

Miltank -> rare

Pineco -> rare

Cyndaquil -> very rare

Rare Candy : In the southeast portion of the area there is a 2×3 patch of light green grass in the lower right portion of it (hidden)

Zinc  : In a small nook among the wall in the rocky path to the north (hidden)

Nugget  : Between two ledges at the end of the rocky path to the west

• RayUwU , Bestfriendss , Noad and 3 others

will u include something about catchrate and best way to catch diffrents pokes?

• Angeluksdarkrose

Well done! Don't forget to include that you can find Claw & Root fossils on Shuckle in the Hoenn SZ when you add that to the guide, also a neat little trick for mass Shuckle hunting; Rock Smash all Rocks in Area -> Switch Channels & you don't have to move. :)

• kevpr , CaptainGrey and Bestfriendss

Moved to that main forum and added to the Guide Tavern Index.

Bestfriendss

I am planning on endorsing your guide when I get the chance to. Stay tuned to the RR News channel!

[spoiler]Keep up the good work! ;) [/spoiler]

less common, more %'s pls

its hard to judge percentiles, especially when the developers changed up the safari zones (lotad at night in Kanto, that is evidence of a change...).

means that they have the % as well. Besides, i'm not asking for cpt to put it in half n hour later, whenever they are accurate

I do pose this question to you Malorne, do you understand the fact that CaptainGrey is not a dev? I know that he posted where all the pokes are, but at the same time, he probably ventured out into the safari a couple of times. Captain is just giving his input from a CM's prospective. ( C M = Community Manager not Development Manager). Thus, Captain probably does not have the percentiles on top of his head. The devs have a hard job, but at the same time, they shouldn't be responsible for giving us percentiles, that is just plan silly. My conclusion to the problem, lack the percentiles (in the Emerald Guide Book, I read it and when it was showing pokemon, it didn't say "Whismer 100% " instead it stated "Whismer Very Common ." Percentiles are just plan silly and are not needed to make an effective guide. CaptainGrey made a to the point guide that I am planning to advertise on my YT channel, it is to the point, and no need for silly numbers.

I do pose this question to you Malorne, do you understand the fact that CaptainGrey is not a dev?

 CaptainGrey made a to the point guide that I am planning to advertise on my YT channel, it is to the point, and no need for silly numbers.

how is this about your channel again? i prefer numbers of rarity, gives more precise rates.

1. The devs can't give numbers because then that would be like looking into a mathematics guide of PokeMMO rather than a typical guide. Thus, if they did give exact numbers, this would ruin the fun of the game, and this would single-handedly, expose the game too much.

2. Please refrain from insulting my YouTube channel, it is not polite. I am not going to insult you although I do feel like doing it sometimes. Violates Rule 1 clause a

These are two important points I would like to express to you. Please read them. Like I said, I am going to refrain from insulting you for all the distress you are causing here on a simplistic and to the point guide.

1. The devs can't give numbers because then that would be like looking into a mathematics guide of PokeMMO rather than a typical guide. Thus, if they did give exact numbers, this would ruin the fun of the game, and this would single-handedly, expose the game too much.   2. Please refrain from insulting my YouTube channel, it is not polite. I am not going to insult you although I do feel like doing it sometimes. Violates Rule 1 clause a   These are two important points I would like to express to you. Please read them. Like I said, I am going to refrain from insulting you for all the distress you are causing here on a simplistic and to the point guide.

i didn't insult your channel lol, was simply asking what was the validity about it with the topic at hand (which is irrelivant btw) also, giving out exact encounter rates doesn't change that much of a thing with the fun of the game, coz it isn't... so i don't see why not actually, why am i even arguing with you lol. Cpt, give enc rates mate  

You should play the game itself. You are ruining fun because you are bluntly giving way number information instead of a generic Very Common . Do you want to deface hope for those that want to catch Chansey, but come to find out that there is a 5% chance of encountering it. That would ruin hope for chansey lovers and also discorage people from venturing out into the Safari Zone for that Chansey or Kangaskan. Instead of ruining people's hopes, make a genaric Very Common or Very Rare label, saves the trouble and the more generic you can be, the happier the player base.

More numbers = More stress  <---Important formula for an MMO's success

I will not give the % encounter rates, and please stop to debate about it on this topic to keep it clean. Thanks

do i need to remind you that some values are based on encounter rates?

Well done! Don't forget to include that you can find Claw & Root fossils on Shuckle in the Hoenn SZ when you add that to the guide, also a neat little trick for mass Shuckle hunting; Rock Smash all Rocks in Area -> Switch Channels & you don't have to move.  :)

I am planning on endorsing your guide when I get the chance to. Stay tuned to the RR News channel!   [spoiler]Keep up the good work! ;) [/spoiler]

Safari Zone tips...

I want to make an announcement, I endorsed your safari guide. I hope I helped in making your guide more known throughout the PokeMMO community.

• 2 weeks later...

• 5 months later...

hey quick think I noticed - in Area 4, i'm encountering a lot of Donphan (not phanphy, as the guide suggests). Otherwise this has been super helpful!

Ye I noticed this today too, i'll add it to the thread, thanks :)

Hey I cant seem to bunny hop or wheelie using the acro bike to access area 4 in Hoenn

• 4 weeks later...

DarkDragonborn

Yes! Been looking for this kind of guide.

O.o what tauros more rare then chanseys in area 2 weird cuz i was running into tauros left and right one after another more then other pokes and way more then chanseys!

I'm pretty sure for zone four in hoenn that xatu is a common, I have been encountering it more than donphan

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