Red & Blue Viridian Forest

The shaded maze of trees on the road to Pewter City, where wild Pikachu hide among the Caterpie and busy Bug Catchers.

Viridian Forest is in Kanto. In the story you arrive from Route 2 through its entrance and it comes before Pewter City.

VIRIDIAN FOREST MAP

Red & Blue

Viridian Forest Walkthrough

1 trainer 0 items 5 species

Each side path off the eastern column ends at a Bug Catcher facing back toward it, and the column's east side puts you in both sight lines.

From the south entrance, head north to the lone tree, then follow the clearing east to the foot of the wide grassy column.
Climb the column along its east side until the Bug Catcher at the end of the first side path battles you.
Farther up, another Bug Catcher at the end of the second side path spots you and fields three Pokemon.

You cannot walk around the last Bug Catcher, who stands beside the only open square in the far west lane.

At the top of the column, turn west along the upper path, then south down the next grassy lane until an opening appears on its west side.
Slip west through the opening and climb north up the lane beyond it to the forest's top edge.
Follow the top edge west, then take the long lane south all the way down to the western clearing.
Turn north into the far west lane, where the Bug Catcher battles you with a single Pokemon.
Past him, head north up the lane and out through the gate building to leave Viridian Forest.

Highest-level fight · fight 1Bug Catcher

WeedleLv 9₱90

Pokemon Encounters

Caterpie and Weedle blanket the forest at 45% each, their cocoons mixed in, so most of the maze is Bug-types. The one reason to slow down is Pikachu at 5%, the only early Electric-type you will see for a long time.

Type

#010Caterpie

45% - Lv 3–5

Blue

#013Weedle

45% - Lv 3–5

Red

#014Kakuna

40% - Lv 4–6

Red

#011Metapod

40% - Lv 4–6

Blue

#010Caterpie

5% - Lv 3

Red

#014Kakuna

5% - Lv 4

Blue

#011Metapod

5% - Lv 4

Red

#025Pikachu

5% - Lv 3–5

#013Weedle

5% - Lv 3

Blue

#010Blue exclusive

Caterpie

Bug

Evolves into Metapod at Lv 7

Encounter rate

45% Common

Level

3–5

EV yield

1 HP

1 in 2wild encounters

will be Caterpie — about 54s of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~3m

to catch one

Poke Ball34%

Great Ball50%

Ultra Ball34%

Nuzlocke

45%

first wild (est.)

TierHigh

PickReliable

Also found in 3 other locations

#013Red exclusive

Weedle

BugPoison

Evolves into Kakuna at Lv 7

Encounter rate

45% Common

Level

3–5

EV yield

1 Speed

1 in 2wild encounters

will be Weedle — about 54s of walking through grass to catch one.

Weedle page →

#014Red exclusive

Kakuna

BugPoison

Evolves into Beedrill at Lv 10

Encounter rate

40% Common

Level

4–6

EV yield

2 Defense

1 in 3wild encounters

will be Kakuna — about 1m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~4m-6m

to catch one

Poke Ball16%

Great Ball30%

Ultra Ball27%

Nuzlocke

40%

first wild (est.)

TierHigh

PickReliable

Also found in 2 other locations

#011Blue exclusive

Metapod

Bug

Evolves into Butterfree at Lv 10

Encounter rate

40% Common

Level

4–6

EV yield

2 Defense

1 in 3wild encounters

will be Metapod — about 1m of walking through grass to catch one.

Metapod page →

#010Red exclusive

Caterpie

Bug

Evolves into Metapod at Lv 7

Encounter rate

5% V.Rare

Level

EV yield

1 HP

+10

1 in 20wild encounters

will be Caterpie — about 20m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~18m

to catch one

Poke Ball34%

Great Ball50%

Ultra Ball34%

Nuzlocke

first wild (est.)

TierLow

PickLottery

Caterpie page →

#014Blue exclusive

Kakuna

BugPoison

Evolves into Beedrill at Lv 10

Encounter rate

5% V.Rare

Level

EV yield

2 Defense

+10

1 in 20wild encounters

will be Kakuna — about 20m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~23m-38m

to catch one

Poke Ball16%

Great Ball30%

Ultra Ball27%

Nuzlocke

first wild (est.)

TierLow

PickLottery

Kakuna page →

#011Red exclusive

Metapod

Bug

Evolves into Butterfree at Lv 10

Encounter rate

5% V.Rare

Level

EV yield

2 Defense

+10

1 in 20wild encounters

will be Metapod — about 20m of walking through grass to catch one.

Metapod page →

#025

Pikachu

Electric

Evolves into Raichu with an item

Encounter rate

5% V.Rare

Level

3–5

EV yield

2 Speed

+10

1 in 20wild encounters

will be Pikachu — about 20m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~18m-24m

to catch one

Poke Ball25%

Great Ball48%

Ultra Ball34%

Nuzlocke

first wild (est.)

TierLow

PickLottery

Also found in 1 other location

Power PlantLv 20–24

25%

Pikachu page →

#013Blue exclusive

Weedle

BugPoison

Evolves into Kakuna at Lv 7

Encounter rate

5% V.Rare

Level

EV yield

1 Speed

+10

1 in 20wild encounters

will be Weedle — about 20m of walking through grass to catch one.

Weedle page →

ITEMS

Viridian Forest is laid out for beginners with a spare Poke Ball, two Potions, and a pair of Antidotes for early poison trouble.

Item ball3

Antidote

Poke Ball

Potion

Hidden2

Antidote

Potion

ITEM BALL

Antidote

In the northeast area of the forest, northwest of a Trainer Tips sign

Effect

Cures poison.

ITEM BALL

Poke Ball

At the end of a grassy dead-end path northwest of the southern entrance

Effect

Tries to catch a wild Pokémon.

ITEM BALL

Potion

Two visible Potions in Viridian Forest: one southeast of the northern entrance, one in the northeast area northwest of the Trainer Tips sign

Effect

Restores 20 HP.

HIDDEN

Antidote

On the southwesternmost square of the lone tree north of the southern entrance

Effect

Cures poison.

HIDDEN

Potion

At the end of a grassless dead-end path southeast of the northern entrance One square west of the Bug Catcher south of the northern entrance

Effect

Restores 20 HP.

Item ball3

Antidote

ITEM BALL

Antidote

In the northeast area of the forest, northwest of a Trainer Tips sign

Effect

Cures poison.

Poke Ball

ITEM BALL

Poke Ball

At the end of a grassy dead-end path northwest of the southern entrance

Effect

Tries to catch a wild Pokémon.

Potion

ITEM BALL

Potion

Two visible Potions in Viridian Forest: one southeast of the northern entrance, one in the northeast area northwest of the Trainer Tips sign

Effect

Restores 20 HP.

Hidden2

Antidote

HIDDEN

Antidote

On the southwesternmost square of the lone tree north of the southern entrance

Effect

Cures poison.

Potion

HIDDEN

Potion

At the end of a grassless dead-end path southeast of the northern entrance One square west of the Bug Catcher south of the northern entrance

Effect

Restores 20 HP.

TRAINERS

Three Bug Catchers wait among the trees with Caterpie and Weedle around level 9, the game's gentlest trainers.

Bug Catcher1

Bug CatcherLv 6₱60

BUG CATCHER

Bug Catcher

Party

Highest Lv

Reward

₱60

Party

Ability-NatureFixedItem-

Poison Sting

String Shot

Ability-NatureFixedItem-

Tackle

String Shot

Type

FIRE

FLYING

ROCK

Win: ₱60