Yellow Route 2
Flanking Viridian Forest between Viridian City and Pewter City, this road hides a trade for the rare Mr. Mime.
Route 2 is in Kanto, with Pewter City to the north and the entrance to Diglett's Cave. In the story you arrive from Viridian City to the south and continue through its entrance to Viridian Forest.
ROUTE 2 MAP
Fences break Route 2 into separate lanes on either side of Viridian Forest, with no direct crossing between them. Cutting the one blocking tree is the only thing that links the upper and lower stretches.
Route 2 Walkthrough
Main
- Leave Viridian City northward on the western lane, passing each row of ledges through its open gap.
- Where the lane narrows, keep to its west side, then cross east through the grass to the gap in the next ledge row.
- Just past that gap the Viridian Forest gate stands to the west, so go in and cross the forest.
- Walk north from the gate through the grass on the western side.
- At the top, turn east onto the path and leave the route northward into Pewter City.
- From the Viridian City edge, walk north a short way and cut the tree on your right, which needs the Cascade Badge.
- Head north up the eastern strip through the gaps in its ledges, picking up both items on the way.
- Back at the forest's north gate, cutting the tree beside it opens a path east to the Diglett's Cave entrance.
Moon Stone
HP Up
Requires CutMoveCutNormalClassPhysicalPower50Accuracy95%PP30Cuts using claws, scythes, etc. (Cascade Badge) to clear
Pokemon Encounters
Wild grass is thin here, just the male and female Nidoran at 15 percent each among Rattata and Pidgey. The standout is an in-game trade that nets Mr. Mime, a Psychic-type you cannot catch anywhere in Yellow.
Mr. Mime
ITEMS
A Moon Stone sits in plain reach on Route 2, worth saving for Clefairy or one of the Nidorans, with an HP Up behind a Cut tree.
HP Up
Raises HP effort and happiness.
HP Up
Raises HP effort and happiness.
Moon Stone
Evolves a Nidorina into Nidoqueen, a Nidorino into Nidoking, a Clefairy into Clefable, or a Jigglypuff into Wigglytuff.
Route 2 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.