HeartGold & SoulSilver Route 33
The mouth of Union Cave opens onto a few scrubby steps and then the edge of Azalea Town.
Route 33 is in Johto. In the story you arrive from Union Cave to the north and continue south to Azalea Town.
ROUTE 33 MAP
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HeartGold & SoulSilver
Route 33 Walkthrough
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Rain falls on Route 33 every time you pass through, so the wet weather here is part of the route, never a passing shower.
- Leave Union Cave through its mouth at the north end of the route, and Hiker AnthonyHiker Anthony₱352
GeodudeLv 11
MachopLv 11Weak to4×Water4×GrassIceFightingGroundSteelFlyingPsychic battles you just southwest of it with Geodude and Machop. - Once he is beaten, follow the path on into Azalea Town.
Pokemon Encounters
A short hop toward Azalea with little grass, though the headbutt trees pay off in HeartGold, where Heracross turns up at 30 percent alongside Aipom and Spearow.
Method
Type
Grass14
#019Rattata
#019Rattata
#019Rattata
#403Shinx
Sinnoh Sound
#041Zubat
#187Hoppip
#023Ekans
#019Rattata
#312Minun
Hoenn Sound
#311Plusle
Hoenn Sound
#021Spearow
#019Rattata
#019Rattata
#041Zubat
Headbutt3
#021Spearow
#214Heracross
#190Aipom
#019Heart Gold exclusive
Rattata
Normal
Evolves into Raticate at Lv 20
Encounter rate
60% Common
Level
6–7
EV yield
1 Speed
Here on Route 33tall grass60% spawn
1 in 2wild encounters
will be Rattata — about 54s 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 - Speed
15
fights to cap
Raw255 fights
+ Power29 fights
+ Pokerus128 fights
Shiny hunt
1/8,192
full odds
Base1/8,192
Expected68h 16m
Also found in 22 other locations
Bell TowerLv 20–24100%Sprout TowerLv 3–6100%Safari ZoneLv 15–20100%Route 22Lv 3–795%Route 9Lv 13–1570%Route 3Lv 5–1060%Route 46Lv 2–455%Route 1Lv 2–655%Burned TowerLv 13–1650%Route 39Lv 16–1640%Route 30Lv 3–440%Route 31Lv 4–540%Route 32Lv 4–640%Route 38Lv 16–1640%Union CaveLv 4–2040%Route 7Lv 15–1940%Route 34Lv 11–1335%Route 4Lv 5–1035%Route 11Lv 15–1530%Mt. MortarLv 14–1620%Route 29Lv 2–415%Tohjo FallsLv 20–205%
TRAINERS
A short hop into Azalea defended by a lone Hiker, his Geodude and Machop slow but sturdy. Only one battle, at level 11.
