Route 9

Route 9
East end:	Route 10 immediately north of the Rock Tunnel
Junctions:	None
West end:	Cerulean City
Generations:	I, II, III, IV
Location of Route 9 in Kanto.
Pokémon World Routes ← Route 8 Route 10 →

Route 9 is an east-west route located east of Cerulean City in northeast Kanto. It is one of the few routes in the Pokémon world that is not easily accessible at one of its termini. To reach Route 9 from Cerulean, trainers must either use Cut to remove a tree at the southern extent of the city to reach a pathway that links Route 5 to Route 9 or travel through a burglarized house to reach the same pathway. Either way, Route 9 is separated from Cerulean by a Cut-able tree at its western terminus. Its eastern terminus is at Route 10 north of the Power Plant.

Route description

Heading east from Cerulean, the route quickly utilizes the rocky terrain of the area, hopping down a ledge and passing a trainer, making this portion of the route a one way, eastbound only passage. Turning east, the route passes an opening to the south that leads to another trainer and TM30 (Teleport) in Generation I, or TM40 (Aerial Ace) in Generation III. Moving away from the passage, Route 9 comes to a four-way intersection. To the north is the one way, westbound only passage that returns to Cerulean and is occupied by two trainers and a grassy area containing wild Pokémon. To the south is a long passage that ultimately results in a dead end, containing one trainer and a Burn Heal in Generation III. The main path of Route 9 takes the east fork.

To the east of two hills connected by ledges, the route turns north into the path of another trainer. The route also comes to a three-way intersection here, with a fork to the west leading to yet another trainer and a small patch of grass. Route 9 continues northward, turning east, passing another trainer and turning south to the northeast of another small hill. After hopping another ledge that makes the passage east of the four-way intersection a one way, eastbound only path (and which utilizes the dead end passage, which is bordered to its north by a ledge for most of its length, as the westbound only path), the path crosses ways with another trainer as it turns east.

Just east of the trainer is a pair of ledges that allow trainers heading west from the Rock Tunnel to reach the four-way intersection that ultimately leads to Cerulean. Farther east, the route comes to an end at the western extent of a large grassy area, at which the path becomes Route 10.

In Generation I, to get to Lavender Town and Celadon City, the main character would have to travel the length of the route to reach the Rock Tunnel on Route 10.

Items

Item		Location	Generation
	TM30 (Teleport)	In the southwest corner of the route RBY	I
	Ether	Unknown GSC	II
	Burn Heal	In the southeast corner of the route FRLG	III
	TM40 (Aerial Ace)	In the southwest corner of the route FRLG	III
	Ether	Hidden FRLG	III
	Chesto Berry	Hidden FRLG	III
	Rare Candy	Hidden FRLG	III
	TM91 (Flash Cannon)	Unknown HGSS	IV
	Max Potion	Unknown HGSS	IV
	Light Clay	Unknown HGSS	IV

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Rattata	R	B	Y	Grass	14-17	45%
	Rattata	R	B	Y	Grass	18	15%
	Nidoran♂	R	B	Y	Grass	16-18	35%
	Spearow	R	B	Y	Grass	13-17	30%
	Spearow	R	B	Y	Grass	17	10%
	Ekans	R	B	Y	Grass	11-17	25%
	Sandshrew	R	B	Y	Grass	11-17	25%
	Nidoran♀	R	B	Y	Grass	16-18	25%
	Nidorina	R	B	Y	Grass	18	5%
	Nidorino	R	B	Y	Grass	18	5%
	Raticate	R	B	Y	Grass	20	4%
	Fearow	R	B	Y	Grass	19	1%
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.

Generation II

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Mankey	G	S	C	Grass	13	30%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	15	30%
	Primeape	G	S	C	Grass	15	5%
Morning
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	15	30%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	13	30%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	13	20%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	13-15	50%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	15	30%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15	10%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15	15%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15	20%
	Fearow	G	S	C	Grass	15	5%
	Fearow	G	S	C	Grass	15	15%
	Marowak	G	S	C	Grass	18	5%
Day
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	15	30%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	13	30%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	13	20%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	13-15	50%
	Spearow	G	S	C	Grass	15	30%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15	10%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15	15%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15	20%
	Fearow	G	S	C	Grass	15	5%
	Fearow	G	S	C	Grass	15	15%
	Marowak	G	S	C	Grass	18	5%
Night
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	13-15	40%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	13-15	70%
	Venonat	G	S	C	Grass	15	30%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15	25%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15	30%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	15-18	25%
	Venomoth	G	S	C	Grass	15	10%
	Zubat	G	S	C	Grass	15	5%
Surfing and Fishing
	Goldeen	G	S	C	Surfing	10-19	90%
	Seaking	G	S	C	Surfing	15-19	10%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	85%
	Goldeen	G	S	C	Old Rod	10	15%
	Goldeen	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	65%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Good Rod	20	35%
	Goldeen	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	70%
	Magikarp	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	20%
	Seaking	G	S	C	Super Rod	40	10%
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.

Generation III

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
	Rattata	FR	LG	Grass	14-17	40%
	Spearow	FR	LG	Grass	13-17	35%
	Ekans	FR	LG	Grass	11-17	25%
	Sandshrew	FR	LG	Grass	11-17	25%
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.

Generation IV

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
All times
	Mankey	HG	SS	Grass	13	30%
	Primeape	HG	SS	Grass	15	5%
Morning
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	15	30%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	13	30%
	Spearow	HG	SS	Grass	13	20%
	Spearow	HG	SS	Grass	13-15	50%
	Raticate	HG	SS	Grass	15	10%
	Raticate	HG	SS	Grass	15	15%
	Fearow	HG	SS	Grass	15	5%
Day
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	15	30%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	13	30%
	Spearow	HG	SS	Grass	13	20%
	Spearow	HG	SS	Grass	13-15	50%
	Raticate	HG	SS	Grass	15	10%
	Raticate	HG	SS	Grass	15	15%
	Fearow	HG	SS	Grass	15	5%
Night
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	15	40%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	13-15	70%
	Raticate	HG	SS	Grass	13-15	25%
	Raticate	HG	SS	Grass	13-15	30%
Surfing and Fishing
	Goldeen	HG	SS	Surfing	10-15	90%
	Seaking	HG	SS	Surfing	15	10%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Old Rod	10	95%
	Goldeen	HG	SS	Old Rod	10	5%
	Goldeen	HG	SS	Good Rod	20	60%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Good Rod	20	40%
	Goldeen	HG	SS	Super Rod	40	90%
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Super Rod	40	7%
	Seaking	HG	SS	Super Rod	40	3%
Special Pokémon
	Sableye	HG	SS	Swarms	Unknown	Unknown
	Mawile	HG	SS	Swarms	Unknown	Unknown
	Linoone	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Whismur	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Bidoof	HG	SS	Sinnoh Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Buizel	HG	SS	Sinnoh Sound	Unknown	Unknown
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.

Trainers

Generation III

Trainer	Pokémon
Picnicker Alicia エミカ Emika Reward: 360	Oddish♀ Lv.18 No item
	Bellsprout♀ Lv.18 No item
	Oddish♀ Lv.18 No item
	Bellsprout♀ Lv.18 No item
Hiker Jeremy ナルオ Naruo Reward: 720	Machop♂ Lv.20 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.20 No item
Hiker Alan マサノリ Masanori Reward: 756	Geodude♂ Lv.21 No item
	Onix♂ Lv.21 No item
Bug Catcher Conner ヒロミチ Hiromichi Reward: 240	Caterpie♂ Lv.20 No item
	Weedle♂ Lv.20 No item
	Venonat♂ Lv.20 No item
Camper Drew ノリヒロ Norihiro Reward: 380	Rattata♂ Lv.19 No item
	Sandshrew♂ Lv.19 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.19 No item
	Sandshrew♂ Lv.19 No item
Camper Chris マサシ Masashi Reward: 420	Growlithe♂ Lv.21 No item
	Charmander♂ Lv.21 No item
Bug Catcher Brent ヨウイチ Yōichi Reward: 228	Beedrill♂ Lv.19 No item
	Beedrill♂ Lv.19 No item
Hiker Brice ハルノブ Harunobu Reward: 720	Geodude♂ Lv.20 No item
	Geodude♂ Lv.20 No item
	Machop♂ Lv.20 No item
Picnicker Caitlin サチエ Sachie Reward: 460	Meowth♀ Lv.23 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Generation IV

Trainer	Pokémon
Picnicker キミエ Kimie Reward: 720	Nidorina♀ Lv.41 No item
	Raichu♀ Lv.45 No item
Camper リョウスケ Ryōsuke Reward: 640	Dugtrio♂ Lv.43 No item
	Poliwrath♂ Lv.40 No item
	Primeape♂ Lv.40 No item
Camper ユウト Yūto Reward: 672	Golduck♂ Lv.44 No item
	Sandslash♂ Lv.42 No item
Hiker マサミチ Masamichi Reward: 1344	Graveler♂ Lv.42 No item
	Graveler♂ Lv.42 No item
	Graveler♂ Lv.42 No item
Picnicker リカコ Rikako Reward: 688	Skiploom♀ Lv.43 No item
	Skiploom♀ Lv.43 No item
Hiker タカアキ Takaaki Reward: 1440	Onix♂ Lv.43 No item
	Dugtrio♂ Lv.45 No item
Trainers with a Vs. Seeker by their names, when alerted for a rematch using the item, may use higher-level Pokémon.

Differences among generations

Route 9 in Generation I

Route 9 in Generation II

In Generation II, the route was shortened by roughly 30%, and the corner between it and Route 10 belonged to it instead of belonging to Route 10 as it does in the other games. Also, all items were removed from the route and the number of trainers was reduced to six. However, five of the six remained in positions occupied by trainers in the other Generations.

Trivia

In Pokémon Yellow, close to where the player enters Route 9 from Cerulean City, there is a Youngster. After defeating him he says he will have to start his "100-match winning streak" again; this is implying that this trainer is A.J. from The Path to the Pokémon League.

See also

• Route 10

Kanto Gym: Pewter City • Cerulean City • Vermilion City • Celadon City Fuchsia City • Saffron City • Cinnabar Island • Viridian City Towns: Pallet Town • Lavender Town 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 • 26 • 27 • 28 Landmarks: Professor Oak's Laboratory • Viridian Forest • Diglett's Cave • Mt. Moon (Square) • Cerulean Cave • Cerulean Cape Rock Tunnel • Power Plant • Cycling Road • Rocket Hideout • Silph Co. • Pokémon Tower • Safari Zone/Pal Park • Seafoam Islands Pokémon Mansion • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls

This article is part of Project Routes, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on every route in the Pokémon world.