Johto Safari Zone

Safari Zone サファリゾーン Safari Zone "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	Northeast of Cianwood City, on Route 48
Region:	Johto
Generations:	IV
Location of Safari Zone in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The Safari Zone (Japanese: サファリゾーン Safari Zone) is a special Pokémon preserve where Trainers can capture certain types of Pokémon. The Johto Safari Zone made its debut appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, where it was shown to be located northwest of Cianwood. It is owned by Baoba, who built it because of his love of the now closed Kanto Safari Zone.

For $500, the player will receive 30 Safari Balls. Akin to previous Safari Zones, there is a large area to cover, but the six areas of the Zone can uniquely be rearranged to suit the player.

When a wild Pokémon appears, no Pokémon may be sent out to battle it: catching Pokémon here, as in all Safari Zones, requires sheer luck. There are four options in the battle screen: Throw a Safari Ball, throw bait, throw a rock, and run away. Throwing bait makes a Pokémon less likely to run, but makes it harder to catch; while throwing a rock does the reverse, making it easier to catch but more likely to run.

Access to the Safari Zone is not automatic. Before players can traverse Routes 47 and 48 to get to the area, they must heal Glitter Lighthouse's sick Ampharos, Amphy. Only then will Baoba phone the player and announce that the Safari Zone is open for business.

Areas

The six areas of the Safari Zone

Like the Safari Zone in Hoenn and Great Marsh in Sinnoh, the Johto Safari Zone has six areas, which are inhabited by different Pokémon. A feature unique to this Safari Zone, however, is the customization of these areas. Each of the six areas may be placed in any arrangement the player desires. This is a useful function, as it means the player does not have to traverse to the furthest area from the entrance to get the Pokémon living in it and can save limited amount of steps allocated at the beginning of the Safari game for locating the Pokémon. This is taken even further due to the fact that there are 12 unique defaults from the moment the Safari Zone is unlocked.

Customization happens on the Nintendo DS's touch screen. By dragging and sliding the tiles with the stylus, the player can move them with ease. The exits to each area are arranged so that every combination of areas is possible: up to 720. In each specific area, the player can choose from several different objects and put up to 30 into the area, which can potentially draw out rarer Pokémon, Pokémon not found in the area, or Pokémon not found in the zone any other way. The specific layout of the Safari Zone may be shared by multiple players at one time, like other events in Generation IV, through mixing records.

Challenges

The Safari Zone's owner, Baoba, will periodically call the player and issue him or her with a challenge. If a specific rare Pokémon is captured in the Safari Zone, he will give a reward. The list of rewards and the interval between challenges remains unknown.

Pokémon

Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Safari Zone
	Larvitar	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Murkrow	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Misdreavus	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Houndour	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Sandshrew	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Sandslash	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Rhyhorn	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Geodude	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Graveler	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Onix	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Bellsprout	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Pidgey	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Rattata	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Raticate	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Weepinbell	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Spearow	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Tauros	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Nidoran♀	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Nidoran♂	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Doduo	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Abra	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Machop	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Koffing	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Weezing	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Sentret	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Cubone	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Marowak	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Kangaskhan	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Ekans	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Arbok	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Grimer	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Hoppip	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Skiploom	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Paras	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Jigglypuff	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Ditto	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Lickitung	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Magmar	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Mr. Mime	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Smeargle	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Sunkern	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Girafarig	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Magnemite	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Magneton	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
	Farfetch'd	HG	SS	Walking	Unknown	Unknown
Surfing and Fishing
	Goldeen	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Azurill	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Wooper	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Lapras	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Magikarp	HG	SS	Surfing, Fishing	Unknown	Unknown
	Poliwag	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Poliwhirl	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Marill	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Slowpoke	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Slowbro	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Krabby	HG	SS	Surfing	Unknown	Unknown
	Grimer	HG	SS	Surfing	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.

Trivia

• Johto did not have a Safari Zone in Generation II. However, an unused Safari Zone map still exists in the coding of the Generation II games, accessible through the use of cheating devices. This one, however, was in fact simply intended to be the Kanto Safari Zone three years later.
• The addition of this Safari Zone means that every region in the main series has had one.
• In the Safari Zone there is at least one Pokemon that was owned by a main character of the anime, except May.
  • Ash owned Lapras, Larvitar, Seaking, Kingler, Haunter, Krabby and Tauros.
  • Misty owned Azurill, Goldeen, Seaking, Psyduck, Poliwag and Poliwhirl.
  • Brock owned Geodude, Onix, Zubat, Golbat and Lotad.
  • Jessie owned Ekans, Arbok, Wobbuffet and Lickitung.
  • James owned Koffing, Weezing, Weepinbell and Chimecho.
  • May owned none.
  • Dawn owned Pachirisu.
  • [Tracey]] owned Marill and Scyther.

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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