Crystal Viridian City

The first Kanto city on the road down from Pewter, where Blue has claimed the gym and runs it as the region's unpredictable final test.

Viridian City is in Kanto, with Route 2 to the north and Route 22 to the west. In the story it comes after Route 4 and continues south to Route 1.

VIRIDIAN CITY MAP

Pokemon Encounters

Viridian has nothing wild on land, just a Poliwag pond on the edge of town to Surf or fish.

Method
Surf2
#060Poliwag
90% - Lv 5–14
#061Poliwhirl
10% - Lv 10–14
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
Poliwag
#060

Poliwag

Water
Evolves into Poliwhirl at Lv 25
Encounter rate
90% Common
Level
5–14
EV yield
1 Speed
Here on Viridian Citysurf90% spawn
1 in 1wild encounters
will be Poliwag — about 36s of surfing to catch one.
Catch odds
~2m
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
Expected45h 31m

ITEMS & SHOP

An old man in Viridian gives TM42 Dream Eater once you can put a Pokemon to sleep, draining health with every hit.

Source
TM1
TM42 Dream Eater
Mart9
Antidote₱100
Awakening₱250
Burn Heal₱250
Flower Mail₱50
Full Heal₱600
Hyper Potion₱1,200
Paralyze Heal₱200
Revive₱1,500
Ultra Ball₱1,200
TM

TM42 Dream Eater

The sleeping man in the city's southwest area will give you this (requires Cut or Surf)
Move
Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
Power
100
Accuracy
100%
PP
15

Dream Eater deals damage only on sleeping foes and the user will recover 50% of the HP drained.

TM1
TM

TM42 Dream Eater

The sleeping man in the city's southwest area will give you this (requires Cut or Surf)
Move
Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
Power
100
Accuracy
100%
PP
15

Dream Eater deals damage only on sleeping foes and the user will recover 50% of the HP drained.

Mart9
MART

Antidote

For sale₱100

Cures poisoned Pokemon.

MART

Awakening

For sale₱250

Awakens sleeping Pokemon.

MART

Burn Heal

For sale₱250

Heals burned Pokemon.

MART

Flower Mail

For sale₱50

Flower-print MAIL. (HOLD)

MART

Full Heal

For sale₱600

Eliminates all status problems.

MART

Hyper Potion

For sale₱1,200

Restores Pokemon HP by 200.

MART

Paralyze Heal

For sale₱200

Heals paralyzed Pokemon.

MART

Revive

For sale₱1,500

Restores a fainted Pokemon to 1/2 HP.

MART

Ultra Ball

For sale₱1,200

A BALL with a high rate of success.

TRAINERS

Blue holds the Viridian gym as the toughest leader in either region, a level 58 squad with no single type, Arcanine, Exeggutor, and Gyarados all at once. There is no easy answer, only a strong, balanced team.

Class
Gym leader1
BlueLv 58₱5,800
Rival1
CalLv 50₱5,000
RIVAL

Cal

Party
3
Highest Lv
50
Reward
₱5,000
Party
Grass
Ability-NatureFixedItem-
Poison Powder
Synthesis
Body Slam
Light Screen
Fire
Ability-NatureFixedItem-
Ember
Quick Attack
Flame Wheel
Swift
Water
Ability-NatureFixedItem-
Bite
Scary Face
Slash
Screech
Team weak to3 types
Type
2x weakness(3)
FIRE
WATER
ELECTRIC
Win: ₱5,000
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