Crystal Route 43

Up the lakeside road to the Lake of Rage, Team Rocket has thrown a toll gate across the way, with Farfetch'd wandering the fields past the checkpoint.

Route 43 is in Johto. In the story you arrive from Mahogany Town to the south and continue north to Lake of Rage.

ROUTE 43 MAP

Pokemon Encounters

Route 43 climbs toward the Lake of Rage, and Farfetch'd is the prize at 20 percent, a duck hard to find elsewhere. Furret and Noctowl share the grass, with Venomoth out at night.

Method
Type
Grass9
#048Venonat
40% - Lv 15–17
#164Noctowl
30% - Lv 16
#017Pidgeotto
30% - Lv 16
#161Sentret
30% - Lv 15
#020Raticate
25% - Lv 16–17
#083Farfetch'd
20% - Lv 16
#162Furret
15% - Lv 15–17
#020Raticate
5% - Lv 17
#049Venomoth
5% - Lv 17
Surf1
#129Magikarp
100% - Lv 10–24
Fish6
Old Rod2
#129Magikarp
85% - Lv 10
#060Poliwag
15% - Lv 10
Good Rod2
#060Poliwag
65% - Lv 20
#129Magikarp
35% - Lv 20
Super Rod2
#060Poliwag
80% - Lv 40
#129Magikarp
20% - Lv 40
Headbutt3
#163Hoothoot
65% - Lv 10
#102Exeggcute
20% - Lv 10
#048Venonat
15% - Lv 10
Headbutt (Rare)3
#163Hoothoot
50% - Lv 10
#204Pineco
30% - Lv 10
#102Exeggcute
20% - Lv 10
Magikarp
#129

Magikarp

Water
Evolves into Gyarados at Lv 20
Encounter rate
100% Common
Level
10–24
EV yield
1 Speed
Here on Route 43surf100% spawn
1 in 1wild encounters
will be Magikarp — about 36s of surfing to catch one.
Catch odds
~54s
to catch one
Poke Ball34%
Great Ball34%
Ultra Ball34%
Nuzlocke
D
community tier
Score20
PickLottery
SourceEstimated
Shiny hunt
1/8,192
full odds
Base1/8,192
Expected40h 58m

ITEMS

Route 43 hands you TM36 Sludge Bomb, a heavy Poison attack, on the climb to the Lake of Rage, plus a Max Ether along the fence.

Source
TM1
TM36 Sludge Bomb
NPC gift1
Pink Bow
Item ball1
Max Ether
TM

TM36 Sludge Bomb

Given by the guard in the Route 43 gatehouse after the Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town is cleared out
Move
Sludge BombPoisonPhysical
Power
90
Accuracy
100%
PP
10

Sludge Bomb deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

TM1
TM

TM36 Sludge Bomb

Given by the guard in the Route 43 gatehouse after the Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town is cleared out
Move
Sludge BombPoisonPhysical
Power
90
Accuracy
100%
PP
10

Sludge Bomb deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.

NPC gift1
NPC GIFT

Pink Bow

Effect

Held: boosts the power of Normal-type moves used by the holder by 10%.

Item ball1
ITEM BALL

Max Ether

West of the toll gate
Effect

Fully restores PP of one move.

TRAINERS

Route 43 climbs toward the Lake of Rage past Campers, a PokeManiac, and a couple of Fishers around level 20, a short and even stretch.

Class
Poke Maniac3
Brent+3Lv 19–41₱1,140
RonLv 19₱1,140
BenLv 19₱1,140
Picnicker1
Tiffany+3Lv 20–43₱400
Camper1
SpencerLv 19₱380
Trainer1
MarvinLv 15₱600
CAMPER

Spencer

Party
3
Highest Lv
19
Reward
₱380
Party
Ground
Ability-NatureFixedItem-
Scratch
Defense Curl
Sand Attack
Poison Sting
Ground
Ability-NatureFixedItem-
Scratch
Defense Curl
Sand Attack
Poison Sting
ZubatLv 19
PoisonFlying
Ability-NatureFixedItem-
Leech Life
Supersonic
Bite
Confuse Ray
Team weak to3 types
Type
2x weakness(3)
ICE
WATER
GRASS
Win: ₱380
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