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Route 2 is the second route in the Kanto region. It connects Viridian City to Pewter City and passes through the Viridian Forest. It also has an entrance to Diglett's Cave located on one side.

Description[]

Route 2 has two pathways; one leading to the Viridian Forest at the west and the other leading to Diglett's Cave on the east. Both of the pathways take the player character to the same destination of Pewter City.

The western path is the only path accessible to the player character in the beginning. There are three ledges on this path — two of them in the south just above the entrance, and another one in the north below the entrance gate of Viridian Forest. A large patch of grass is located below the northern ledge, and there is a sign-board with directions located near the entrance. The western path is surrounded by trees on all the sides, except on two sections, where cut-able trees block the path and can only be removed by the use of Cut.

The eastern path can be accessed by the player character through Diglett's Cave, which connects Route 11 and Route 2, and with the use of Cut. In Generation I and Generation III, a man residing in the house below Diglett's Cave offers Mr. Mime for trade in exchange for Abra (except in Yellow Version, where he asks for Clefairy instead).

Another cut-able tree blocks the path leading to the southern gate, where Professor Oak's aide gives the player character HM05 if the player character has ten Pokémon registered in their Pokédex as owned. South of the gate, the western and eastern path merge, separated only by two cut-able trees. There are several items located in this area.

Pokémon[]

Walking[]

Red, Green and Blue[]

Wild Pokémon Walking
Pokémon		Games	Level	Rate
	Caterpie	B/G	3-5	15%
	Weedle	R	3-5	15%
	Pidgey	R/B/G	3-5	40%
	Rattata	R/B/G	2-5	45%

Yellow[]

Wild Pokémon Walking
Pokémon		Games	Level	Rate
	Pidgey	Y	3, 5, 7	30%
	Rattata	Y	3-4	40%
	Nidoran	Y	4, 6	15%
	Nidoran	Y	4, 6	15%

Gold and Silver[]

Crystal[]

FireRed and LeafGreen[]

Wild Pokémon Walking
Pokémon		Games	Level	Rate
	Caterpie	FR/LG	4-5	5%
	Weedle	FR/LG	4-5	5%
	Pidgey	FR/LG	2-5	45%
	Rattata	FR/LG	2-5	45%

HeartGold and SoulSilver[]

Let's Go, Pikachu and Let's Go, Eevee[]

Wild Pokémon Walking
Pokémon		Games	Level	Rate
	Pidgey	LGP/LGE	3-4	30%
	Rattata	LGP/LGE	3-4	20%
	Oddish	LGP	3-4	20%
	Bellsprout	LGE	3-4	20%
	Weedle	LGP/LGE	3-4	15%
	Caterpie	LGP/LGE	3-4	15%

Trees[]

HeartGold and SoulSilver[]

Wild Pokémon Headbutt
Pokémon		Games	Level	Rate
	Hoothoot	HG/SS	-	-%
	Ledyba	SS	-	-%
	Spinarak	HG	-	-%
	Pineco	HG/SS	-	-%
	Wurmple	HG/SS	-	-%

Radio[]

HeartGold and SoulSilver[]

Flying[]

Let's Go, Pikachu and Let's Go, Eevee[]

Wild Pokémon Flying
Pokémon		Games	Level	Rate
	Pidgey	LGP/LGE	3-56	60%
	Pidgeotto	LGP/LGE	3-56	35%
	Pidgeot	LGP/LGE	3-56	5%

Special[]

Wild Pokémon Flying
Pokémon		Games	Level	Rate
	Charizard	LGP/LGE	3-56	-%
	Articuno	LGP/LGE	3-56	-%
	Zapdos	LGP/LGE	3-56	-%
	Moltres	LGP/LGE	3-56	-%
	Dragonite	LGP/LGE	3-56	-%

Items[]

Items
Item		Games	Location/Method
	HP Up	RBY	Ground
	Moon Stone	RBY	Ground
	Dire Hit	GSC	Ground
	Full Heal	GSC	Ground (hidden)
	Full Restore	GSC	Ground (hidden)
	Max Ether	GSC	Ground (hidden)
	Max Potion	GSC	Ground
	PSNCureBerry	GSC	Ground
	Revive	GSC	In the Maze (hidden)
	Ether	FRLG	Ground
	Parlyz Heal	FRLG	Ground
	HM05	RBY FRLG	Obtained from Professor Oak's aide upon registering 10 Pokémon in the Pokédex.
	Pnk Apricorn	HGSS	Daily; east of Viridian Forest
	Sacred Ash	HGSS	Obtained from Professor Oak's aide
	Carbos	GSC HGSS	Ground
	Elixir	GSC HGSS	Ground
	Nugget	GSC HGSS	Obtained from a man in the first house south of Diglett's Cave
	Great Ball	[[Pokémon: Let's Go	Behind the Diglett's Cave entrance

Trainers[]

Gold, Silver and Crystal[]

Trainer Pokémon Level Bug Catcher Rob Beedrill 32 Butterfree 32 Gain: 512 Trainer Pokémon Level Bug Catcher Doug Ariados 34 Gain: 544

Trainer Pokémon Level Bug Catcher Ed Beedrill 30 Beedrill 30 Beedrill 30 Gain: 480

HeartGold and SoulSilver[]

Northern section[]

Trainer	Pokémon	Level
Bug Catcher Ed	Burmy	43
	Beedrill	43
	Butterfree	43
Gain: 688

Southern section[]

Trainer Pokémon Level Bug Catcher Doug Butterfree 39 Ariados 37 Gain: 592

Trainer Pokémon Level Bug Catcher Rob Beedrill 40 Butterfree 39 Gain: 624

Rematch[]

Trainer Pokémon Level Bug Catcher Doug Butterfree 40/47/52 Ariados 40/46/50 Gain: 640/736/800

Trainer Pokémon Level Bug Catcher Rob Beedrill 45/52/56 Butterfree 42/48/56 Gain: 672/768/800

Appearances[]

Anime[]

Main series[]

Route 2 made a small appearance in Showdown in Pewter City when Ash and co. travelled through the route to reach at Pewter City.

Origins[]

Route 2 made a brief appearance in File 1 - Red.

Gallery[]

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Cities	Viridian City Pewter City Cerulean City Vermilion City Celadon City Fuchsia City Saffron City
Towns	Pallet Town Lavender Town
Pokémon League	Indigo Plateau
Routes	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26GSC/HGSS 27GSC/HGSS 28GSC/HGSS
Islands	Cinnabar Island Seafoam Islands
Caves, Tunnels, and Mountains	Diglett's Cave Mt. Moon Cerulean Cave Rock Tunnel Victory Road Tohjo FallsGSC/HGSS
Places of Interest	Game Corner Viridian Forest Power Plant Pokémon Tower Rocket Hideout Pal Park Silph Co. Pokémon Mansion Safari ZoneRBY/FRLG/PE S.S. AnneRBY/FRLG/PE S.S. AquaGSC/HGSS GO Park
See also	Sevii Islands Johto Hoenn Sinnoh Battle Zone Hisui Unova Kalos Alola Galar Isle of Armor Crown Tundra Paldea Kitakami Terarium
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