Can I complete the Yellow Pokedex without trading?

Trading is unavoidable. Yellow's wild tables quietly drop some Pokemon, and a few like Pikachu only come as gifts, never as wild catches. On top of that, evolutions like Alakazam, Machamp, Golem, and Gengar only finish over a link cable. You'll need a Red or Blue cart to round out the dex.

Which field moves do I need to get around Kanto in Yellow?

Cut and Surf open the most ground. Cut clears the small trees blocking shortcuts, and the S.S. Anne's captain teaches it. Surf carries you across the water routes like 19 and 20. Strength comes later for boulder puzzles in caves. Spread these onto a party member you don't mind using as your traveler.

Yellow Route 14

A grassy southeastern stretch toward Fuchsia City, alive with Weepinbell, Venomoth, and flocks of swooping Pidgeotto.

Route 14 is in Kanto. In the story you arrive from Route 13 to the east and continue west to Route 15.

ROUTE 14 MAP

Yellow

Route 14 Walkthrough

5 trainers 1 in the steps 0 items 7 species

Route 14 drops south from Route 13 down one long corridor, and you can walk around every trainer on it, so each fight is your call.

Follow the lowest lane west from Route 13 to the only gap in the fence, where a Bird Keeper fields Pidgeotto and Fearow once you talk to him.
Go south through the gap and face the Bird Keeper looking north a little below it for his Spearow, Doduo and Fearow.
Keep south down the corridor, where a Biker battles you with Koffing and Muk, then face the Bird Keeper right below him, who sends out a single bird.

Highest-level fight · fight 1Bird Keeper

Farfetch'dLv 33₱825

One Cut tree seals the route's only tall grass in a pocket on the west side, which you leave by hopping down a ledge.

Cut the tree on the corridor's west side just below that fight, step west, then turn north, where a Biker challenges you with Koffing and Grimer.
Keep north and a second Biker battles you with two Grimer and a Koffing. Farther north, cut the tree on the west side and walk up into the grass.
Hop down the ledge below the grass and go south to the field, where a Biker battles you with three Koffing and a Grimer when spoken to.
Cross the field and face the Bird Keeper looking north for Spearow and Fearow, then follow the lane running west between both sight lines into Route 15.

Blocked pathCuttable Treex3

HM01 Cut

Cascade Badge

Requires Cut (Cascade Badge) to clear

The whole route, the Route 13 lanes in the northeast to the Route 15 edge in the southwest

Route 14 wild encounters

Walk7

CaughtSpeciesTypeRateLv

BellsproutGrassPoison30%26-28

OddishGrassPoison30%26-28

VenonatBugPoison19%24-27

PidgeottoNormalFlying10%30

GloomGrassPoison5%30

WeepinbellGrassPoison5%30

VenomothBugPoison1%30

Also on this floorPayout

BikerKoffing ·3 / Grimer · Lv 26₱520

BikerGrimer ·2 / Koffing · Lv 28₱560

BikerKoffing / Muk · Lv 29₱580

BikerKoffing / Grimer · Lv 29₱580

Trainers of the same class share one overworld sprite, so this list names everyone on the floor rather than decoding one sprite per row

Pokemon Encounters

A fully evolved Venomoth turns up at just 1 percent here, level 30, the rare catch most players walk right past. Venonat at 19 percent is the easier route to the same line, and Oddish and Bellsprout grow thick around it.

Type

#069Bellsprout

30% - Lv 26–28

#043Oddish

30% - Lv 26–28

#048Venonat

19% - Lv 24–27

#017Pidgeotto

10% - Lv 30

#044Gloom

5% - Lv 30

#070Weepinbell

5% - Lv 30

#049Venomoth

1% - Lv 30

#069

Bellsprout

GrassPoison

Evolves into Weepinbell at Lv 21

Encounter rate

30% Common

Level

26–28

EV yield

1 Attack

1 in 3wild encounters

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

Catch odds

~4m

to catch one

Poke Ball34%

Great Ball50%

Ultra Ball34%

Nuzlocke

30%

first wild (est.)

TierHigh

PickReliable

Also found in 5 other locations

#043

Oddish

GrassPoison

Evolves into Gloom at Lv 21

Encounter rate

30% Common

Level

26–28

EV yield

1 Sp. Atk

1 in 3wild encounters

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

Oddish page →

#048

Venonat

BugPoison

Evolves into Venomoth at Lv 31

Encounter rate

19% Uncommon

Level

24–27

EV yield

1 Sp. Def

1 in 5wild encounters

will be Venonat — about 2m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~5m-7m

to catch one

Poke Ball25%

Great Ball48%

Ultra Ball34%

Nuzlocke

19%

first wild (est.)

TierMid

PickRisky

Also found in 3 other locations

#017

Pidgeotto

NormalFlying

Evolves into Pidgeot at Lv 36

Encounter rate

10% Rare

Level

EV yield

2 Speed

1 in 10wild encounters

will be Pidgeotto — about 7m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~11m-19m

to catch one

Poke Ball16%

Great Ball30%

Ultra Ball27%

Nuzlocke

10%

first wild (est.)

TierMid

PickRisky

Also found in 12 other locations

1%Viridian ForestLv 9–9

Pidgeotto page →

#044

Gloom

GrassPoison

Evolves into Vileplume with an item

Encounter rate

5% V.Rare

Level

EV yield

2 Sp. Atk

+10

1 in 20wild encounters

will be Gloom — 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

Also found in 4 other locations

Cerulean CaveLv 55–58

#070

Weepinbell

GrassPoison

Evolves into Victreebel with an item

Encounter rate

5% V.Rare

Level

+10

1 in 20wild encounters

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

Weepinbell page →

#049

Venomoth

BugPoison

Encounter rate

1% U.Rare

Level

EV yield

1 Sp. Atk, 1 Speed

+90

1 in 100wild encounters

will be Venomoth — about 1h 40m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~2h 57m-5h

to catch one

Poke Ball10%

Great Ball19%

Ultra Ball17%

Nuzlocke

community tier

Score20

PickLottery

SourceDerived

Also found in 2 other locations

Cerulean CaveLv 54–54

5%Route 15Lv 30–30

Venomoth page →

TRAINERS

The road narrows into Biker and Bird Keeper turf, ten fights pitching Poison against Flying at level 33.

Bird Keeper1

Bird KeeperLv 33₱825

Biker1

BikerLv 29₱580

BIRD KEEPER

Bird Keeper

Party

Highest Lv

Reward

₱825

Party

Ability-NatureFixedItem-

Leer

Fury Attack

Swords Dance

Agility

Type

ELECTRIC

ICE

ROCK

Win: ₱825

Route 14 Guide

Trading is unavoidable. Yellow's wild tables quietly drop some Pokemon, and a few like Pikachu only come as gifts, never as wild catches. On top of that, evolutions like Alakazam, Machamp, Golem, and Gengar only finish over a link cable. You'll need a Red or Blue cart to round out the dex.
Cut and Surf open the most ground. Cut clears the small trees blocking shortcuts, and the S.S. Anne's captain teaches it. Surf carries you across the water routes like 19 and 20. Strength comes later for boulder puzzles in caves. Spread these onto a party member you don't mind using as your traveler.