Route 2 is a north-south route located in west Kanto. The northern terminus of the route is at Pewter City. Its southern end is located at Viridian City. Route 2 has been featured in every generation of Pokémon video games with slightly different depictions based on the generation.
Route description
- This is a description of the route as it is shown in Generations I, III, and IV. For a description of the Generation II version of Route 2, see Differences among generations.
Heading south from Pewter, the route passes the first of two grass patches along the path as it turns to the west. At this point, trainers can take two routes to progress south. The first option is to remain on the main path of Route 2 and travel through the guard house and into Viridian Forest, a considerably long and inconvenient detour unless catching Bug-type Pokémon is the objective of the trainer. The second option, available to trainers who possess Pokémon that know and can use Cut outside of battle, is to remove a small shrub southeast of the grass patch to gain access to the eastern half of Route 2.
While the western half of Route 2 progresses through Viridian Forest, the east branch meets the northern terminus of Diglett's Cave, a lengthy northwest-southeast tunnel that leads to Vermilion City via Route 11. South of the cave, the first building on the route plays home to a trainer who is looking to part ways with a rare Mr. Mime in exchange for a Clefairy or an Abra. After taking out another tree, the route begins to slope downhill as it approaches a lookout station. Here, trainers that have at least ten Pokémon registered in their Pokédex can receive HM05, containing Flash, from one of Professor Oak's aides.
South of the lookout station, the western portion of the route emerges from the Forest and passes near the second grass patch on the route as it heads south. Meanwhile, the eastern portion continues downhill, linking to the Western path in two locations via tree-blocked passageways before ending at a dead end south of the second tree. Now a single path once again, Route 2 travels to the south towards Viridian.
Items
Pokémon
| Pokémon
| Games
| Location
| Levels
| Rate
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| Rattata
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 2-5
| 45%
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| Rattata
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 3-4
| 40%
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| Pidgey
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 3-5
| 40%
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| Pidgey
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 3-7
| 30%
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| Weedle
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 3-5
| 15%
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| Caterpie
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 3-5
| 15%
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| Nidoran♀
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 4-6
| 15%
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| Nidoran♂
| R
| B
| Y
| Grass
| 4-6
| 15%
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| Gift Pokémon
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| Mr. Mime
| R
| B
| Y
| House
| The same as the Traded Pokémon
| Trade Abra
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| Mr. Mime
| R
| B
| Y
| House
| The same as the Traded Pokémon
| Trade Clefairy
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| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
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| Pokémon
| Games
| Location
| Levels
| Rate
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| Pidgey
| FR
| LG
| Grass
| 2-5
| 45%
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| Rattata
| FR
| LG
| Grass
| 2-5
| 45%
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| Caterpie
| FR
| LG
| Grass
| 4-5
| 5%
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| Weedle
| FR
| LG
| Grass
| 4-5
| 5%
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| Gift Pokémon
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| Mr. Mime
| FR
| LG
| House
| The same as the Traded Pokémon
| Trade Abra
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| A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.
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Trainers
Gold, Silver and Crystal
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| Trainers with a telephone symbol by their names will give their PokéGear number to the player, and may call or be called for a rematch with higher-level Pokémon.
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Differences among generations
Route 2 in Generation II.
The depiction of Route 2 is almost identical in Generations I and III. Generation II, however, significantly tweaks the route layout, particularly along the western half.
Generations I and III
Only trivial changes are visible between these two Generations. In Generation I, there are three trees to Cut south of the lookout station whereas there are only two in Generation III. Also, in every Generation I and Generation III game except Yellow, the trainer in the house south of Diglett's Cave asks for an Abra in exchange for Mr. Mime. In Yellow, the taste of the trainer changes as he asks for the rare Pokémon Clefairy instead.
Generation II
The terrain and building layout of the east half of Route 2 in Generation II is identical to that of Generation I. However, the item locations have changed in Generation II. Also, the trainer who offered to trade Mr. Mime is no longer present in the house. Instead, the building is home to a man who gives the player a Nugget. He may be the same guy who is digging Three Isle Path during Generation III, as he gives the player a Nugget and says he'd like to buy a house in Kanto.
The major changes to Route 2 came along the western half, however. The northern and southern extents are nearly identical to the Generation I version, except for the addition of three trainers not present before or since Generation II. Viridian Forest no longer exists as a standalone area and has been replaced with a tree maze that is now part of Route 2. The maze, which contains items placed similar to those located in the Generation I and III versions of Viridian Forest, is designed with the same layout as Viridian Forest.
Along the length of the route, the music has been replaced with a new track exclusive to Route 2, a remix of Viridian Forest's music. This remixed music is in major scale, whereas the normal Viridian Forest music is minor scale.
Generation IV
In Generation IV, other than graphical updates, the route is identical to Generation I and III. Unlike Generation II, the Viridian Forest remains in Route 2. The Berry tree in the tree maze is moved to outside the house in the east half. However, it is replaced with an Apricorn tree. The number of trainers remain the same as in Generation II.
See also
