Crystal Slowpoke Well

Below Azalea, Team Rocket cut the tails from helpless Slowpoke to sell, the grunts' first scheme you break apart in Johto.

Slowpoke Well is in Johto. In the story you arrive from Azalea Town to the south and it comes before Ilex Forest.

SLOWPOKE WELL MAP

Azalea's Slowpoke Well drops just two levels, but its base stays shut until you can Surf the pool and shove a boulder aside with Strength.

Pokemon Encounters

Beneath Azalea, the Slowpoke Well earns its name, the dopey pink line filling the floor and the water from 15 percent up to a Surf-only 100. Zubat swarm the walls, and a Rock Smash turns up Shuckle.

Method
Floor
Type
▾B1F10
Walking2
#041Zubat
85% - Lv 5–8
#079Slowpoke
15% - Lv 6–8
Surf1
#079Slowpoke
100% - Lv 10–24
Fish7
Old Rod2
#129Magikarp
85% - Lv 10
#118Goldeen
15% - Lv 10
Good Rod2
#118Goldeen
65% - Lv 20
#129Magikarp
35% - Lv 20
Super Rod3
#118Goldeen
70% - Lv 40
#129Magikarp
20% - Lv 40
#119Seaking
10% - Lv 40
▾B2F12
Walking3
#041Zubat
80% - Lv 19–23
#079Slowpoke
15% - Lv 21–23
#042Golbat
5% - Lv 23
Surf2
#079Slowpoke
90% - Lv 15–24
#080Slowbro
10% - Lv 20–24
Fish7
Old Rod2
#129Magikarp
85% - Lv 10
#118Goldeen
15% - Lv 10
Good Rod2
#118Goldeen
65% - Lv 20
#129Magikarp
35% - Lv 20
Super Rod3
#118Goldeen
70% - Lv 40
#129Magikarp
20% - Lv 40
#119Seaking
10% - Lv 40
Slowpoke
#079

Slowpoke

WaterPsychic
Evolves into Slowbro at Lv 37
Encounter rate
100% Common
Level
10–24
EV yield
1 HP
Here on Slowpoke WellB1Fsurf100% spawn
1 in 1wild encounters
will be Slowpoke — about 36s of surfing to catch one.
Catch odds
~54s-1m
to catch one
Poke Ball25%
Great Ball34%
Ultra Ball34%
Nuzlocke
C
community tier
Score40
PickRisky
SourceDerived
Shiny hunt
1/8,192
full odds
Base1/8,192
Expected40h 58m

Also found in 1 other location

ITEMS

Deep in the Slowpoke Well sit TM18 Rain Dance and a King's Rock, the trade item that turns Slowpoke into Slowking. A Super Potion is the only other find.

Source
Floor
TM1
TM18 Rain Dance
B2F
NPC gift1
Kings Rock
Item ball1
Super Potion
B1F
TM

TM18 Rain Dance

Found on B2F · on the lowest floor (requires Surf and Strength)
Move
Rain DanceWaterStatus
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
5

Rain Dance causes a rain shower that lasts for 5 turns, and induces these additional effects:.

TM1
TM

TM18 Rain Dance

Found on B2F · on the lowest floor (requires Surf and Strength)
Move
Rain DanceWaterStatus
Power
—
Accuracy
—
PP
5

Rain Dance causes a rain shower that lasts for 5 turns, and induces these additional effects:.

NPC gift1
NPC GIFT

Kings Rock

B2F, given by a man on the lowest floor (requires Surf and Strength)
Effect

May make the foe flinch. (HOLD)

Item ball1
ITEM BALL

Super Potion

Found on B1F · in the center of the platform in the northeast
Effect

Restores Pokemon HP by 50.

TRAINERS

The Slowpoke Well is where Team Rocket first shows its hand, four Grunts around level 14 holding the bottom. Weak on their own, but the start of a long campaign against them.

Trainer1
GruntLv 9₱360
TRAINER

Grunt

Party
2
Highest Lv
9
Reward
₱360
Party
Normal
Ability-NatureFixedItem-
Tackle
Tail Whip
Quick Attack
-
Normal
Ability-NatureFixedItem-
Tackle
Tail Whip
Quick Attack
-
Team weak to1 type
Type
2x weakness(1)
FIGHTING
Win: ₱360

Slowpoke Well Guide

  • Mt. Mortar is the big change. Its halls were dark in Gold and Silver, but Crystal brightened them, so Flash is no longer needed to get through. Two caves still go pitch black, Dark Cave and Kanto's Rock Tunnel, and the move only works outdoors once you hold the Zephyr Badge.

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