ROUTE 17 MAP
Cycling Road pulls your bike south on its own whenever you let go of the controls, though holding a direction lets you pedal back up a lane, and its only ledges sit at the bottom facing south toward Route 18.
Route 17 Walkthrough
- Ride down the east side and pick up the Rare CandyRare CandyHidden in a grass patch on Cycling Road hidden near the middle of the grass patch.
- Keep heading south through the grass, and a Cue Ball battles you from its west edge with a Machop and a Machoke.
Rare Candy- Steer west below the grass and roll down the narrow middle lane, taking the Full Restore hidden near its north end with water on both sides.
- Just south of where the middle lane meets the west lane, pick up the Max ReviveMax ReviveHidden on the west lane of Cycling Road, a few steps south of where the middle lane rejoins it. Farther down, a Biker battles you with a Weezing and a Muk.
Full Restore
Max Revive- Ride up the east edge and collect the PP UpPP UpHidden on the bridge section of Cycling Road hidden on this bridge section. Higher, swing toward the middle until a Cue Ball spots you with a lone Machoke.
- Let go and coast back down the middle, where another Cue Ball battles you with a Primeape and a Machoke.
- Cross west at the bottom, where a Biker battles you with three Koffing and two Weezing.
- Take the Max ElixirMax ElixirHidden in the southern section of Cycling Road hidden in the southern section just west of him, then roll south to Route 18.
PP Up
Highest-level fight · fight 1Cue Ball
MachokeLv 33₱825MachokeLv 33
Max ElixirPokemon Encounters
Ponyta gallops through at 24 percent, levels 28 to 32, a fast Fire-type that is hard to find elsewhere this side of Cinnabar. Doduo dominates at 50 percent, and a fully evolved Dodrio sneaks in at 1 percent for the lucky.
Old Rod1
Good Rod2
Super Rod2
Magikarp
Also found in 25 other locations
ITEMS
Every pickup on the Cycling Road stays out of sight: a Full Restore, a Max Elixir, a Max Revive, a PP Up, and a Rare Candy. Slow the downhill coast to a crawl or you will roll right past them.
PP Up
Raises a move’s max PP by 20%.
PP Up
Raises a move’s max PP by 20%.
Rare Candy
Causes a level-up and raises happiness.
Full Restore
Restores HP to full and cures any status ailment and confusion.
Max Elixir
Restores PP to full for each move.
Max Revive
Revives with full HP.
TRAINERS
Bikers run Poison down the Cycling Road proper, ten of them and the Cue Balls strung along the slope to level 33. Coasting downhill outruns most of them.
Route 17 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.