Yellow Map Locations
Yellow follows the anime's storyline with a Pikachu that walks behind you, and the Kanto map here reflects how Yellow reshuffled encounter tables to match the show. Some Pokemon vanish from wild encounters entirely, forcing trades from Red or Blue to fill the Pokedex.
YELLOW MAP
Yellow's Kanto grid matches Red and Blue's, but markers shift to track the gym order Ash followed in the anime, putting the Power Plant within reach by mid-game once Surf opens up.
YELLOW LOCATIONS
Start at Pallet Town and follow Yellow's chapter cards in story order, or filter by encounter method or type to narrow the list. Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle are spread across three Kanto cities as gifts rather than a Pallet Town starter choice.
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SPECIAL ENCOUNTERS
Special encounters are the one-time, fixed-location Pokemon you won't catch in random wild grass. Yellow has 6 total: 4 Legendary (story-locked, once per save) and 2 Static (gift Pokemon and route roadblocks).
Yellow has 47 locations with wild Pokemon encounters, featuring 106 unique Pokemon species. The location with the most Pokemon variety is Safari Zone with 21 unique species.
Yellow has 4 legendary encounters: Articuno (Lv. 50 at Seafoam Islands), Zapdos (Lv. 50 at Power Plant), Moltres (Lv. 50 at Victory Road), Mewtwo (Lv. 70 at Cerulean Cave).
The top fishing locations in Yellow by Pokemon variety are: Vermilion City (7 species), Route 19 (6 species), Route 13 (6 species). These locations offer the widest selection of water-type Pokemon through various rod types (Old Rod, Good Rod, Super Rod).