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- This article is about the Underground Path in Kanto Routes 5 and 6. For the Underground Path in Kanto Routes 7 and 8, see Underground Path (Routes 7-8).
The Underground Path (Japanese: ちかつうろ Underground Path) between Routes 5 and 6 is located directly underneath Saffron City and terminates just to the north and to the south of Saffron City.
In Generations I and III, the path is the only way to travel between Cerulean City and Vermilion City until the gates surrounding Saffron City are opened, which does not occur until their guards receive a drink from Celadon City. In Generations II and IV, both entrances to the path are blocked until the problem at the Power Plant is solved.
Route description
The path is a long, dark hallway that travels under Saffron City. Despite the cave-like lighting of the path, there is no threat to be attacked by wild Pokémon. Occasionally, by using an Itemfinder or Dowsing MCHNHGSS, items that Trainers have dropped along the path can be found and retrieved.
Items
Differences between generations
Across all generations, the design is virtually the same, only with updated graphics, although it is much shorter in Generations II and IV. In Generation IV, a man is in the Underground Path who will trade TM64 (Explosion) for the RageCandyBar that can be bought in Mahogany Town.
In Generation II only, the Underground Path is a map location in the Pokégear.
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
Although the Underground Path doesn't make an actual appearance in Pokémon Adventures, the map of Red's journey in volume 1 shows that he used it as a shortcut to Vermilion City after obtaining the Cascade Badge from Misty.
In other languages
See also