HeartGold & SoulSilver Route 29

Most trainers log a first wild catch on the open grassland west of New Bark, the gentlest road in Johto.

Route 29 is in Johto, with Route 46 to the north. In the story you arrive from New Bark Town to the east and continue west to Cherrygrove City.

ROUTE 29 MAP

HeartGold & SoulSilver

Route 29 Walkthrough

0 trainers 2 items 11 species
1
On your first Route 29 crossing, keep moving west; Lyra or Ethan's catching lesson waits until you have returned home and finished the lab errand.
  1. Take the PotionPotionMEDICINE · HEALINGA spray-type medicine for wounds. It restores the HP of one Pokemon by just 20 points. east of the northeasternmost grass patch as you work west.
  2. For a grass stop, match your timing: Pidgey and Sentret appear by morning or day, Hoothoot at night, and Rattata in either window.
  3. Leave Shinx, Minun and Plusle for their sound-conditioned appearances; they are separate from the ordinary morning, day and night encounters.
  4. Use the ledges when returning east to New Bark Town; they let you avoid the grass on that homeward trip.
2
Once the lab errand is finished, you can take the catching lesson on your next westbound departure, then treat the badge rewards as separate return trips.
  1. Lyra or Ethan gives you Poke Balls after teaching you how to catch Pokemon.
  2. After earning the Zephyr Badge, speak to Tuscany for the Twisted Spoon when she is visiting.
  3. Bring HM01 CutMoveCutNormalClassPhysicalPower50Accuracy95%PP30The foe is cut with a scythe or a claw. It can also be used to cut down thin trees. and the Hive Badge for the Cut Trees; clear them when you revisit.
  4. Keep Route 46's northern branch for a separate detour.
  5. To continue the first crossing, head west into Cherrygrove City.
Twisted Spoon
Blocked pathCut Treex2
HM01 Cut
Hive Badge

Requires HM01 CutMoveCutNormalClassPhysicalPower50Accuracy95%PP30The foe is cut with a scythe or a claw. It can also be used to cut down thin trees. + Hive Badge

Pokemon Encounters

Hoothoot owns the night here at 85 percent, the first stretch of grass out of New Bark. Sentret and Pidgey take over by day, and a headbutt to the roadside trees turns up Exeggcute, Pineco, and the early bugs.

Method
Type
Grass10
#163Hoothoot
85% - Lv 2–4
#016Pidgey
55% - Lv 2–4
#161Sentret
40% - Lv 2–3
#161Sentret
40% - Lv 2–4
SS
#403Shinx
40% - Lv 2–3
Sinnoh Sound
#312Minun
20% - Lv 3
Hoenn Sound
#311Plusle
20% - Lv 2–3
Hoenn Sound
#019Rattata
15% - Lv 2–4
#019Rattata
5% - Lv 4
#019Rattata
5% - Lv 2
SS
Headbutt5
#163Hoothoot
50% - Lv 2–5
#165Ledyba
30% - Lv 4–5
SS
#204Pineco
30% - Lv 2–3
#167Spinarak
30% - Lv 4–5
HG
#102Exeggcute
20% - Lv 2–5
Hoothoot
#163

Hoothoot

NormalFlying
Evolves into Noctowl at Lv 20
Encounter rate
85% Common
Level
2–4
EV yield
1 HP
Here on Route 29tall grass85% spawn
1 in 1wild encounters
will be Hoothoot — about 36s of walking through grass to catch one.
Catch odds
~54s-2m
to catch one
Poke Ball33%
Great Ball50%
Ultra Ball67%
Nuzlocke
D
community tier
Score20
PickLottery
SourceEstimated
EV - HP
15
fights to cap
Raw255 fights
+ Power29 fights
+ Pokerus128 fights
Shiny hunt
1/8,192
full odds
Base1/8,192
Expected48h 11m

Also found in 41 other locations

National ParkLv 10–15
100%Viridian ForestLv 3–7
80%Ilex ForestLv 3–8
60%Route 30Lv 2–5
60%Route 37Lv 12–17
60%Route 2Lv 3–7
60%Cherrygrove CityLv 2–5
50%Route 39Lv 14–17
50%New Bark TownLv 2–5
50%Route 31Lv 3–6
50%Route 34Lv 9–12
50%Route 32Lv 4–7
50%Route 36Lv 4–15
50%Lake of RageLv 14–19
50%Route 38Lv 13–16
50%Route 47Lv 15–18
50%Safari Zone GateLv 14–19
50%Route 48Lv 15–18
50%Route 43Lv 15–18
50%Violet CityLv 2–10
50%Route 35Lv 10–14
50%Cerulean CityLv 11–16
50%Route 15Lv 21–26
50%Route 21Lv 24–30
50%Route 22Lv 3–7
50%Route 18Lv 26–30
50%Fuchsia CityLv 21–34
50%Pallet TownLv 2–6
50%Pewter CityLv 3–9
50%Route 1Lv 2–6
50%Route 12Lv 22–25
50%Route 13Lv 22–25
50%Route 14Lv 26–30
50%Route 25Lv 10–14
50%Route 26Lv 28–32
50%Route 27Lv 28–32
50%Route 3Lv 6–10
50%Route 5Lv 11–16
50%Route 6Lv 11–16
50%Route 8Lv 16–19
50%Viridian CityLv 3–7
50%
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ITEMS

All field items and hidden pickups at Route 29.

Source
NPC gift1
Poke Ball
Item ball2
Potion
Twisted Spoon
NPC GIFT

Poke Ball

Gift from Lyra/Ethan after teaching the player how to catch Pokémon
Effect

A device for catching wild Pokemon. It is thrown like a ball at the target. It is designed as a capsule system.

NPC gift1
NPC GIFT

Poke Ball

Gift from Lyra/Ethan after teaching the player how to catch Pokémon
Effect

A device for catching wild Pokemon. It is thrown like a ball at the target. It is designed as a capsule system.

Item ball2
ITEM BALL

Potion

East of the northeasternmost grass patch
Effect

A spray-type medicine for wounds. It restores the HP of one Pokemon by just 20 points.

ITEM BALL

Twisted Spoon

From Tuscany on Tuesdays after earning the Zephyr Badge
Effect

An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a spoon imbued with telekinetic power that boosts Psychic-type moves.

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