Red & Blue Route 20
Swimmers and rock formations dot the sea lane from Fuchsia City out to the Seafoam Islands, thick with drifting Tentacool.
Route 20 is in Kanto, with Cinnabar Island to the west. In the story you arrive from Route 19 to the east and continue through its entrance to Seafoam Islands.
ROUTE 20 MAP
Surf carries you the whole way along the sea lane between Cinnabar Island and the Seafoam Islands, threading past the rock outcrops that break up the channel.
Route 20 Walkthrough
Main
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15A strong water-type attack. west from Route 19 along the northern edge until a Swimmer below you fields Shellder and Cloyster.
- Swing down past his east side, then cut west to battle the Swimmer leading three Horsea and a Seadra.
- Keep west until a Beauty below you challenges you with Seadra, Horsea and Seadra.
- Go ashore on the island's east side, walk west, then south to its lower edge.
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15A strong water-type attack. into the pool, where a Beauty at its far west end challenges you with a lone Seaking.
- Back on land, take the cave mouth farther west into the Seafoam Islands.
Highest-level fight · fight 1Beauty
SeakingLv 35₱2,450SeakingLv 35- Leave the lower mouth and SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15A strong water-type attack. south, where a Jr. Trainer to your west battles you with Tentacool, Horsea and Seel.
- Follow the southern channel west until a Swimmer above you spots you with a lone Staryu.
- Land on the small islet's west tip and walk east to face the Bird KeeperBird Keeper₱750
FearowLv 30FearowLv 30
PidgeottoLv 30Weak toElectricIceRock with two Fearow and a Pidgeotto. - Farther west, a Jr. Trainer above you fights you with Goldeen and Seaking, and a Beauty farther north battles you with two Shellder and a Cloyster.
- Along the north, a Beauty below you challenges you with Poliwag and Seaking before you land on Cinnabar Island.
Pokemon Encounters
The sea lane out to the Seafoam Islands is wall-to-wall Tentacool on the surface. The Super Rod adds the only variety down here, Horsea and Shellder beside the odd Staryu at level 15.
Old Rod1
Good Rod2
Super Rod4
Magikarp
Also found in 25 other locations
TRAINERS
Swimmers' Water-types and a few Flying threats fill the channel between Fuchsia and the Seafoam Islands, reaching level 35.
Beauty
Route 20 Guide
Yes. Each version locks away a handful of route species. Ekans, Oddish, Mankey, and Growlithe stay in Red, while Sandshrew, Bellsprout, Meowth, and Vulpix belong to Blue, with Scyther and Pinsir split the same way. Trading with the other version is the only way to fill those gaps.
Three rods, three givers. A fisherman in Vermilion City hands over the Old Rod, which only ever hooks Magikarp. The Good Rod comes from a fishing fan in Fuchsia City and adds Poliwag, Goldeen, and other common catches. The Super Rod, waiting on Route 12, reaches the rod-only rarities listed here.