Yellow Route 20
The sea lane linking Fuchsia City to the Seafoam Islands, its currents thick with Tentacool and darting Staryu.
Route 20 is in Kanto, with Cinnabar Island to the west. In the story you arrive from Route 19 to the east and continue through its entrance to Seafoam Islands.
ROUTE 20 MAP
Surf is mandatory the moment you leave Cinnabar Island, since the leg out to the Seafoam Islands is one of the few stretches of Kanto with no walkable ground at all.
Route 20 Walkthrough
Main
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15A strong water-type attack. west from Route 19 along the north until a Swimmer below you fields Shellder and Cloyster.
- Drop south past his east side, then turn west to face the Swimmer with three Horsea and a Seadra.
- Keep west until a Beauty below you challenges you with Seadra, Horsea and Seadra.
- Go ashore on the island's east side and walk west, then down to its south edge.
- SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15A strong water-type attack. into the pool, where a Beauty at its west end challenges you with a lone Seaking.
- Climb out and enter the cave mouth on the western hill into the Seafoam Islands.
Highest-level fight · fight 1Beauty
SeakingLv 35₱2,450SeakingLv 35- Leave by the lower cave mouth and SurfMoveSurfWaterClassSpecialPower95Accuracy100%PP15A strong water-type attack. south, where a Jr. Trainer battles you with Tentacool, Horsea and Seel.
- Head west along the southern channel until a Swimmer above you spots you with a lone Staryu.
- Land on the islet's west end and walk east until the Bird KeeperBird Keeper₱750
FearowLv 30FearowLv 30
PidgeottoLv 30Weak toElectricIceRock battles you with two Fearow and a Pidgeotto. - Farther west, a Jr. Trainer with Goldeen and Seaking fights you from above, and a Beauty farther north battles you with two Shellder and a Cloyster.
- Along the north, a Beauty below you challenges you with Poliwag and Seaking before you come ashore on Cinnabar Island.
Pokemon Encounters
This Seafoam-bound sea lane is unusually generous on the Super Rod, landing Staryu and Tentacruel at 40 percent each instead of the usual Magikarp. Tentacool fill the surface otherwise, sitting in the 20s and 30s, useful for a quick water-team top-up.
Old Rod1
Good Rod2
Super Rod3
Magikarp
Also found in 25 other locations
TRAINERS
The channel toward the Seafoam Islands mixes Swimmers' Water-types with a few Bird Keepers overhead, the pack reaching level 35.
Route 20 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.