Kanto Route 1

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Location
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Route 1 is a short north-south path located in west Kanto. Its northern terminus is at Viridian City and its southern terminus is at Pallet Town. The contour of the route is designed to be an express route heading south but a trek through numerous grassy areas heading north, both fitting considering the early portion of the storyline of Generations I and III takes trainers along Route 1 numerous times.

Route description

Heading south from Viridian City, trainers can either hop down ledges to completely avoid any contact with wild Pokémon on their way to Pallet Town or they can travel through the grass patches, the required path for northbound travel. Following the grass-lined path, the route turns east then south as it enters the first patch. After a small break, the path of the route enters another patch of grass as the route turns west.

Route 1 then makes an "S", turning to the south, then to the east before returning south and west, passing through the third grassy area. The path then juts south, entering another patch before curving to the east then to the south as it enters Pallet.

There are no opponent trainers on this route in Generations I and III. However, a man who works at the Poké Mart in Viridian City will give out a free sample of Potion to trainers who talk to him. In Generations II and IV, the Poké Mart employee has been exchanged for two trainers (five in Generation IV) and a Bitter Berry (in Generation II) or Black Apricorn (in Generation IV) tree.

Items

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Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
	Pidgey	R	B	Y	Grass	2-5	55%
	Pidgey	R	B	Y	Grass	2-7	70%
	Rattata	R	B	Y	Grass	2-4	45%
	Rattata	R	B	Y	Grass	2-4	30%
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

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Pokémon		Games			Location	Levels	Rate
Morning
	Pidgey	G	S	C	Grass	2-4	45%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	2	30%
	Sentret	G	S	C	Grass	3	20%
	Furret	G	S	C	Grass	6	5%
Day
	Pidgey	G	S	C	Grass	2-4	45%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	2	30%
	Sentret	G	S	C	Grass	3	20%
	Furret	G	S	C	Grass	6	5%
Night
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	2-6	55%
	Rattata	G	S	C	Grass	2-3	50%
	Hoothoot	G	S	C	Grass	2-4	45%
	Raticate	G	S	C	Grass	6	5%
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
	Pidgey	FR	LG	Grass	2-5	50%
	Rattata	FR	LG	Grass	2-4	50%
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

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Pokémon		Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Morning
	Pidgey	HG	SS	Grass	2-4	45%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	2	30%
	Sentret	HG	SS	Grass	3	20%
	Furret	HG	SS	Grass	6	5%
Day
	Pidgey	HG	SS	Grass	2-4	45%
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	2	30%
	Sentret	HG	SS	Grass	3	20%
	Furret	HG	SS	Grass	6	5%
Night
	Rattata	HG	SS	Grass	2-6	55%
	Hoothoot	HG	SS	Grass	2-4	45%
Special Pokémon
	Poochyena	HG	SS	Swarms	Unknown	Unknown
	Plusle	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Minun	HG	SS	Hoenn Sound	Unknown	Unknown
	Shinx	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 II

Trainer

Pokémon

Schoolboy Danny
	Schoolboy Danny ノリタカ Noritaka Reward: $992

	Jynx♀	Lv.31
	No item

	Electabuzz♂	Lv.31
	No item

	Magmar♂	Lv.31
	No item

Cooltrainer Quinn
	Cooltrainer Quinn アイコ Aiko Reward: $1824

	Ivysaur♂	Lv.38
	No item

	Starmie	Lv.38
	No item

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.

Differences among generations

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Route 1 in Generation I.

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Route 1 in Generation II.

The route layout in Generations I and III are identical except for the fact that the Generation I version has grassy patches to both the east and the west of the route itself.

Generation I and III

The grass on the sides was removed since in Generation I, trainers could enter the grass using the walk anywhere glitch and, upon doing this, the game would freeze. This was because the grassy area contained no data for cities, routes, or even wild Pokémon, and the game would crash upon trying to retrieve the missing data.

Generation II

In Generation II, the route remains the same but two trainers have been added to the mix. Also, the Viridian Poké Mart employee is no longer present and a Bitter Berry tree has sprouted along the northwest portion of the route. Lastly, the grass patches outside of the route have been removed but the spacing between the route and the surrounding forest still remains.

Generation IV

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Gold and Typhlosion walking on Route 1 in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

In Generation IV, other than graphical updates, the route remains the same as in Generation II, but the number of trainers have been increased from two to five and their Pokémon have increased in level. Like Generation II, the Viridian Poké Mart employee is no longer present. The Bitter Berry tree has been changed into an Black Apricorn Tree. Lastly, a Lookout station is added between the route and Viridian City.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Route 1 made a brief appearence in Bulbasaur, Come Home! in the Red, Green & Blue Chapter, when most of Professor Oak's Pokémon from Professor Oak's Lab had been set free accidently by Red. Oak went out across the route on his Bike searching for the Pokémon, and Red tagged along.