Kanto Safari Zone

Safari Zone		Unknown Unknown
"Wild Missingno. appeared!"

Location:

North of Fuchsia City

Region:

Kanto

Generations:

I, III

Location of Safari Zone in Kanto.

Pokémon world locations

The Safari Zone (Japanese: サファリゾーン Safari Zone) is a special Pokémon preserve where Trainers can enter to capture certain types of Pokémon. It is owned by Warden Slowpoke, who, during Generation II, goes on a vacation, necessitating the closure of the Safari Zone, at least until his return.

For $500, the player will receive 30 Safari Balls. With a large area to cover, Trainers must plan out their destination so as to arrive in time to capture all the Pokémon they want.

During Generation I and Generation III, however, a sweepstakes is taking place to find a house in the Safari Zone. The winner of the sweepstakes receives HM03 (Surf).

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.

Pokémon

Generation I

Name	Games			Location	Entrance		Area 1		Area 2		Area 3
Name	Games			Location	Levels	Rate	Levels	Rate	Levels	Rate	Levels	Rate
Nidoran♀	R			Grass	--	--	24	5%	--	--	25	5%
		B		Grass	22	25%	24	25%	22	25%	25	25%
			Y	Grass	36	15%	29	15%	14	15%	21	15%
Nidorina	R			Grass	31	5%	--	--	30	5%	--	--
		B		Grass	31	10%	33	10%	30	10%	33	10%
			Y	Grass	--	--	32	10%	23	10%	--	--
Nidoran♂	R			Grass	22	25%	24	25%	22	25%	25	25%
		B		Grass	--	--	24	5%	--	--	25	5%
			Y	Grass	14	25%	21	25%	36	25%	29	25%
Nidorino	R			Grass	31	10%	33	10%	30	10%	33	10%
		B		Grass	31	5%	--	--	30	5%	--	--
			Y	Grass	23	10%	--	--	--	--	32	10%
Paras	R	B		Grass	--	--	22	15%	23	15%	--	--
Paras			Y	Grass	27	5%	--	--	--	--	--	--
Parasect	R	B		Grass	30	5%	25	5%	--	--	--	--
Parasect			Y	Grass	27-32	15%	--	--	--	--	--	--
Venonat	R	B		Grass	22	15%	--	--	--	--	23	15%
Venomoth	R	B		Grass	--	--	--	--	32	5%	31	5%
Doduo	R	B		Grass	--	--	26	15%	--	--	26	15%
Exeggcute	R	B		Grass	24-25	20%	23-25	20%	25-27	20%	24-26	20%
Exeggcute			Y	Grass	24	15%	22-26	20%	20	15%	22-26	20%
Cubone			Y	Grass	--	--	19	10%	16	5%	19	10%
Marowak			Y	Grass	--	--	24	5%	--	--	24	5%
Rhyhorn	R	B		Grass	25	15%	--	--	26	15%	--	--
Rhyhorn			Y	Grass	20	10%	--	--	25	10%	--	--
Chansey	R	B		Grass	23	1%	--	--	26	4%	--	--
Chansey			Y	Grass	7	1%	21	4%	--	--	--	--
Tangela			Y	Grass	22	4%	--	--	--	--	27	1%
Kangaskhan	R	B		Grass	--	--	25	4%	--	--	28	1%
Kangaskhan			Y	Grass	--	--	--	--	28-33	15%	--	--
Scyther	R			Grass	23	4%	28	1%	--	--	--	--
Scyther			Y	Grass	--	--	15	1%	25	4%	--	--
Pinsir		B		Grass	23	4%	28	1%	--	--	--	--
Pinsir			Y	Grass	--	--	--	--	15	1%	25	4%
Tauros	R	B		Grass	--	--	--	--	28	1%	26	4%
Tauros			Y	Grass	--	--	21	10%	--	--	21	10%
Psyduck	R	B		Fishing	15	25%	15	25%	15	25%	15	25%
Slowpoke	R	B		Fishing	15	25%	15	25%	15	25%	15	25%
Krabby	R	B		Fishing	15	25%	15	25%	15	25%	15	25%
Magikarp			Y	Fishing	5-10	70%	5-15	90%	5-15	90%	5-15	90%
Dratini	R	B		Fishing	15	25%	15	25%	15	25%	15	25%
Dratini			Y	Fishing	10	20%	15	10%	15	10%	15	10%
Dragonair			Y	Fishing	15	10%	--	--	--	--	--	--

Generation III

Entrance

The entrance is the first area encountered, where the gatehouse to Fuchsia City lies.

Name	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Nidoran♀		LG	Grass		20%
Nidoran♀	FR		Grass		?%
Nidorina		LG	Grass	31	10%
Nidorina	FR		Grass	31	5%
Nidoran♂	FR		Grass	22	20%
Nidoran♂		LG	Grass		?%
Nidorino	FR		Grass	31	10%
Nidorino		LG	Grass		5%
Parasect	FR	LG	Grass	30	5%
Venonat	FR	LG	Grass	22	15%
Exeggcute	FR	LG	Grass	24	20%
Rhyhorn	FR	LG	Grass	25	20%
Chansey	FR	LG	Grass	23	1%
Scyther	FR		Grass	23	4%
Pinsir		LG	Grass		4%
Psyduck	FR		Fish		4%
Slowpoke		LG	Fish		4%
Goldeen	FR	LG	Fish		40%
Seaking	FR	LG	Fish		40%
Dratini	FR	LG	Fish		15%
Dragonair	FR	LG	Fish		1%

Area 1

Area 1 is to the northeast of the entrance.

Name	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Nidoran♀		LG	Grass	24	20%
Nidoran♀	FR		Grass	24	?%
Nidorina		LG	Grass		10%
Nidorina	FR		Grass		5%
Nidoran♂	FR		Grass	24	20%
Nidoran♂		LG	Grass	24	?%
Nidorino	FR		Grass	33	10%
Nidorino		LG	Grass	33	5%
Paras	FR	LG	Grass	22	15%
Parasect	FR	LG	Grass	25	5%
Doduo	FR	LG	Grass	26	20%
Exeggcute	FR	LG	Grass	25	20%
Kangaskhan	FR	LG	Grass	25	4%
Scyther	FR		Grass	28	1%
Pinsir		LG	Grass		1%
Psyduck	FR		Fish		4%
Slowpoke		LG	Fish		4%
Goldeen	FR	LG	Fish		40%
Seaking	FR	LG	Fish		40%
Dratini	FR	LG	Fish		15%
Dragonair	FR	LG	Fish		1%

Area 2

Area 2 is northwest of the rest house in Area 1.

Name	Games		Location	Levels	Rate
Nidoran♀		LG	Grass		20%
Nidoran♀	FR		Grass		?%
Nidorina		LG	Grass	30	10%
Nidorina	FR		Grass	30	5%
Nidoran♂	FR		Grass	30	20%
Nidoran♂		LG	Grass	30	?%
Nidorino	FR		Grass	30	10%
Nidorino		LG	Grass	30	5%
Paras	FR	LG	Grass	23	15%
Venomoth	FR	LG	Grass	32	5%
Exeggcute	FR	LG	Grass	25-27	20%
Rhyhorn	FR	LG	Grass	26	20%
Chansey	FR	LG	Grass	26	4%
Tauros	FR	LG	Grass		1%
Psyduck	FR		Fish		4%
Slowpoke		LG	Fish		4%
Goldeen	FR	LG	Fish		40%
Seaking	FR	LG	Fish		40%
Dratini	FR	LG	Fish		15%
Dragonair	FR	LG	Fish		1%

Area 3

Area 3 is south of the northwestern part of Area 2.

Name	Games		Location	Rate
Nidoran♀		LG	Grass	20%
Nidoran♀	FR		Grass	5%
Nidorina		LG	Grass	10%
Nidoran♂	FR		Grass	20%
Nidoran♂		LG	Grass	5%
Nidorino	FR		Grass	10%
Venonat	FR	LG	Grass	15%
Venomoth	FR	LG	Grass	5%
Doduo	FR	LG	Grass	20%
Exeggcute	FR	LG	Grass	20%
Kangaskhan	FR	LG	Grass	1%
Tauros	FR	LG	Grass	4%
Psyduck	FR		Fish	4%
Slowpoke		LG	Fish	4%
Goldeen	FR	LG	Fish	40%
Seaking	FR	LG	Fish	40%
Dratini	FR	LG	Fish	15%
Dragonair	FR	LG	Fish	1%

In the manga

Red goes into the Safari Zone. With the help of the Pidgey guide, he encounters these Pokémon:

Parasect (caught)
Exeggcute (multiple) (caught)
Dragonair
Nidoking (multiple) (caught)
Nidoqueen (caught)
Victreebel (multiple) (caught)
Weepinbell (multiple) (caught)
Bellsprout (multiple) (caught)

References

http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gameboy/file/pokemon_w.txt (accessed 07/03/06)
http://db.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbadvance/file/pokemon_frlg_e.txt (accessed 07/03/06)

Trivia

The Safari Zone's background music is the same as that when a Pokémon is evolving.
The Safari Zone is a location in Generation II, but is very minimally programmed into the game. It can only be accessed by changing the warp pointers when a room is entered, however, when it has been accessed, the area is unmistakably the entrance area, complete with music. It is apparently a leftover from the beta version of Pokémon Gold and Silver.[1]