Kanto Route 15

Kanto Route 15 １５番道路 Route 15

Map description A path that cuts through the row of trees to come out on the coastline.

Required for navigation Cut Surf Strength Flash Defog Whirlpool Rock Smash Waterfall Dive Rock Climb Bicycle Mach Bike Acro Bike Go-Goggles None

Connecting locations ← Fuchsia City Route 15 Route 14 →

Location Location of Route 15 in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Pokémon world routes ← Route 14       Route 16 →

Route 15 (Japanese: １５ばんどうろ Route 15) is a route in southeast Kanto, connecting Route 14 and Fuchsia City.

Route description

The route is separated into two halves by a long ledge, placing the northern half on a hill. The northern half can be accessed by using Cut to remove a tree at its eastern entrance on Route 14. Trainers can travel from the northern half to the southern half at any time by hopping the ledge; however, the reverse is not possible.

Northern half

Only two items of interest are present on the hill: Trainers and an item. In Generation III, the number of Trainers was raised from one in Generation I and Generation II to four. The change is sensible considering that by using the northern half of the route, Trainers can avoid a collection of no less than eight Trainers (six Trainers in Generation II) on the southern half.

In Generation I, the Trainer is located in the center of the hill and the item ball contains TM20 (Rage). Generation II removed the Trainer from the hill and replaced TM20 (Rage) with PP Up. Finally, in Generation III, the Trainers were spread out evenly over the western two-thirds of the route and the item of choice was TM18 (Rain Dance).

The hill comes to an end just east of the gate, where Trainers are forced to hop down to the southern half.

Southern half

The south half of Route 15 runs directly east-west between Route 14 and Fuchsia.

From the eastern terminus, the main path of the route passes the first of four grass patches that lines the ledge that separates the route. The first two Trainers on the route (only the first in Generation II) are located here.

After a brief break in the grass, another patch begins near the next two Trainers on the route. Five paces to the west, the second patch ends and the route encounters its largest area without grass. Two more Trainers, as well as the Route 15 signpost, are found in this section.

Ten paces to the west, the third patch begins, followed by another brief break near another Trainer and, finally, by the fourth and final grassy patch near the last Trainer on the route.

The gate is located roughly four steps west of the final grass area. In the station, an aide of Professor Oak will give the main character an item if he or she has registered at least 50 Pokémon in his or her Pokédex. In Generation I, this item is an Exp. All. In Generation III, the item is an Exp. Share. There is no such reward in Generation II.

On the other side of the station, Route 15 continues for several paces before officially entering Fuchsia.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Exp. All	From the aide in the gate after catching 50 different Pokémon	R  B  Y
	Exp. Share	From the aide in the gate after catching 50 different Pokémon	FR  LG
	TM20 (Rage)	Western portion of the northern half	R  B  Y
	TM18 (Rain Dance)	Western portion of the northern half	FR  LG
	Black Belt	Held by Crush Kin Ron & Mya's Pokémon	FR  LG
	PP Up	Western portion of the northern half	G  S  C  HG  SS
	Rose Incense	On the southern, eastbound path	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Oddish	R		B		Y		Grass	22-26	35%
Oddish	R		B		Y		Grass	26-28	30%
Bellsprout	R		B		Y		Grass	22-26	35%
Bellsprout	R		B		Y		Grass	26-28	30%
Venonat	R		B		Y		Grass	26-28	20%
Venonat	R		B		Y		Grass	24-27	19%
Ditto	R		B		Y		Grass	26	20%
Pidgey	R		B		Y		Grass	23	15%
Pidgeotto	R		B		Y		Grass	28-30	5%
Pidgeotto	R		B		Y		Grass	32	10%
Gloom	R		B		Y		Grass	30	5%
Weepinbell	R		B		Y		Grass	30	5%
Venomoth	R		B		Y		Grass	30	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
Nidorina	G		S		C		Grass	23	30%
Nidorina	G		S		C		Grass	23	30%	30%	0%
Nidorino	G		S		C		Grass	23	30%
Nidorino	G		S		C		Grass	23	30%	30%	0%
Chansey	G		S		C		Grass	25	1%
Pidgeotto	G		S		C		Grass	25	20%	20%	0%
Hoppip	G		S		C		Grass	22-24	15%	19%	0%
Hoppip	G		S		C		Grass	25-27	19%	19%	0%
Quagsire	G		S		C		Grass	22	4%	0%	0%
Quagsire	G		S		C		Grass	22-24	0%	0%	19%
Quagsire	G		S		C		Grass	23-25	0%	0%	39%
Venonat	G		S		C		Grass	23	0%	0%	30%
Noctowl	G		S		C		Grass	25	0%	0%	20%
Venomoth	G		S		C		Grass	25	0%	0%	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
Oddish	FR			LG			Grass	22-26	35%
Bellsprout	FR			LG			Grass	22-26	35%
Venonat	FR			LG			Grass	24-26	30%
Pidgey	FR			LG			Grass	25-27	20%
Pidgeotto	FR			LG			Grass	29	5%
Gloom	FR			LG			Grass	28-30	5%
Weepinbell	FR			LG			Grass	28-30	5%
Ditto	FR			LG			Grass	25	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 IV

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Nidorina	HG			SS			Grass	23	30%
Nidorino	HG			SS			Grass	23	30%
Chansey	HG			SS			Grass	25	1%
Pidgeotto	HG			SS			Grass	25	20%	20%	0%
Hoppip	HG			SS			Grass	22-24	19%	19%	0%
Noctowl	HG			SS			Grass	25	0%	0%	20%
Quagsire	HG			SS			Grass	22-24	0%	0%	19%
Headbutt
Tangela	HG			SS			Headbutt	24-26	15%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	21-23	50%
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	24-26	65%
Wurmple	HG			SS			Headbutt	21-26	20%
Spinarak	HG			SS			Headbutt	21-23	30%
Ledyba	HG			SS			Headbutt	21-23	30%
Special Pokémon
Plusle	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	23	20%
Minun	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	25	20%
Shinx	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	23-25	40%
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 I

Trainers are listed from east to west, with the exception of the first Trainer in the list.

Trainer	Pokémon
Jr. Trainer♀ Reward: $660	Clefairy Lv.33 No item
Beauty Reward: $2030	Pidgeotto Lv.29 No item
	Wigglytuff Lv.29 No item
Jr. Trainer♀ Reward: $580	Pikachu Lv.29* No item
	Raichu Lv.29* No item
	Pidgey Lv.29* No item
	Pidgeotto Lv.29* No item
Biker Reward: $500	Koffing Lv.25 No item
	Koffing Lv.25 No item
	Weezing Lv.25 No item
	Koffing Lv.25 No item
	Grimer Lv.25 No item
Biker Reward: $560	Koffing Lv.28 No item
	Grimer Lv.28 No item
	Weezing Lv.28 No item
Beauty Reward: $2030	Bulbasaur Lv.29 No item
	Ivysaur Lv.29 No item
Jr. Trainer♀ Reward: $560	Gloom Lv.28 No item
	Oddish Lv.28 No item
	Oddish Lv.28 No item
Bird Keeper Reward: $700	Dodrio Lv.28 No item
	Doduo Lv.28 No item
	Doduo Lv.28 No item
Bird Keeper Reward: $650	Pidgeotto Lv.26 No item
	Farfetch'd Lv.26 No item
	Doduo Lv.26 No item
	Pidgey Lv.26 No item
Jr. Trainer♀ Reward: $580	Bellsprout Lv.29 No item
	Oddish Lv.29 No item
	Tangela Lv.29 No item

Generation II

South Path

These Trainers are listed from West to East.

Trainer	Pokémon
Schoolboy Kipp トモユキ Tomoyuki Reward: $992	Voltorb Lv.27 No item
	Magnemite Lv.27 No item
	Voltorb Lv.31 No item
	Magneton Lv.31 No item
Schoolboy Tommy カズヒデ Kazuhide Reward: $1088	Xatu♂ Lv.32 No item
	Alakazam♂ Lv.34 No item
Teacher Hillary キョウコ Kyōko Reward: $2592	Aipom♀ Lv.32 No item
	Cubone♀ Lv.36 No item
Schoolboy Billy キイチ Kiichi Reward: $1120	Paras♂ Lv.27 No item
	Paras♂ Lv.27 No item
	Poliwhirl♂ Lv.27 No item
	Ditto Lv.35 No item
Teacher Colette ヨシコ Yoshiko Reward: $2592	Clefairy♀ Lv.36 No item
Schoolboy Johnny キミヤス Kimiyasu Reward: $1056	Bellsprout♂ Lv.29 No item
	Weepinbell♂ Lv.31 No item
	Victreebel♂ Lv.33 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.

Generation III

Trainer	Pokémon
Biker Ernest ジロウ Jirō Reward: $500	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.25 No item
	Koffing♂ Lv.25 No item
	Grimer♂ Lv.25 No item
Biker Alex マサツグ Masatsugu Reward: $560	Koffing♂ Lv.28 No item
	Grimer♂ Lv.28 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.28 No item
Beauty Grace アキエ Akie Reward: $2088	Pidgeotto♀ Lv.29 No item
	Wigglytuff♀ Lv.29 No item
Beauty Olivia ナオコ Naoko Reward: $2088	Bulbasaur♂ Lv.29 No item
	Ivysaur♂ Lv.29 No item
Picnicker Kindra サチコ Sachiko Reward: $560	Gloom♀ Lv.28 No item
	Oddish♀ Lv.28 No item
	Oddish♀ Lv.28 No item
Bird Keeper Chester タイシ Taishi Reward: $672	Dodrio♂ Lv.28 No item
	Doduo♂ Lv.28 No item
	Doduo♂ Lv.28 No item
Bird Keeper Edwin モトキ Motoki Reward: $624	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.26 No item
	Farfetch'd♂ Lv.26 No item
	Doduo♂ Lv.26 No item
	Pidgey♂ Lv.26 No item
Picnicker Yazmin ユイカ Yuika Reward: $580	Bellsprout♀ Lv.29 No item
	Oddish♀ Lv.29 No item
	Tangela♀ Lv.29 No item
Picnicker Becky アイミ Aimi Reward: $580	Pikachu♀ Lv.29 No item
	Raichu♀ Lv.29 No item
Crush Kin Ron & Mya テツとチカ Tetsu and Chika Reward: $1392	Hitmonchan♂ Lv.29 Black Belt
	Hitmonlee♂ Lv.29 Black Belt
Picnicker Celia アキコ Akiko Reward: $660	Clefairy♀ Lv.33 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

North Path

These Trainers are listed from East to West.

Trainer	Pokémon
School Kid Billy キイチ Kiichi Reward: $700	Parasect♂ Lv.39 No item
	Poliwhirl♂ Lv.37 No item
	Ditto Lv.35 No item
Teacher Colette ヨシコ Yoshiko Reward: $2160	Clefairy♀ Lv.45 No item
Twins Kay & Tia カコとトコ Kako & Toko Reward: $1312	Quagsire♀ Lv.41 No item
	Quagsire♀ Lv.41 No item
Pokéfan Eleanor ミハル Miharu Reward: $2624	Spinda♀ Lv.43 No item
	Illumise♀ Lv.41 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.

South Path

These Trainers are listed from West to East.

Trainer	Pokémon
School Kid Kipp トモユキ Tomoyuki Reward: $800	Voltorb Lv.36 No item
	Voltorb Lv.40 No item
	Magnemite Lv.36 No item
	Magneton Lv.40 No item
School Kid Tommy カズヒデ Kazuhide Reward: $860	Xatu♂ Lv.41 No item
	Alakazam♂ Lv.43 No item
Teacher Hillary キョウコ Kyōko Reward: $1488	Sunkern♀ Lv.41 No item
	Aipom♀ Lv.31 No item
Pokéfan Boone ヨシチカ Yoshichika Reward: $2624	Spinda♂ Lv.43 No item
	Volbeat♂ Lv.41 No item
School Kid Johnny キミヤス Kimiyasu Reward: $840	Bellsprout♂ Lv.39 No item
	Weepinbell♂ Lv.40 No item
	Victreebel♂ Lv.42 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

Generations I and III

Only minor cosmetic changes exist between these generations. The fences in the north of the route are changed to trees in Generation III, trees are also added in the south of the route. Also, the road curves north and then west to the gate, unlike Generation I.

Generation II

The number of grassy patches in Generation II were reduced from four to three, as well the length of the route was reduced by a third. The ledge that divides the route in two sections now turns to the north at the left end. This makes the south road curve to the north. Also, there is no path west of the gate.

Generation IV

Like most routes in Kanto, the main layout and size of the route is similar to that of Generations I and III, but with several changes. New ledges and trees are added to the route. The ledges can only be traveled from east to west in the north section, and west to east in the south section. This effectively makes the route similar to a dual carriageway.

The number of grassy patches in the middle is now two, however, the east patch now occupies nearly the triple of space. The flowers of the center of the route are moved to either the north or the south of the paths. A new patch of tall grass is added in the northeast of the route. Also, like in Generation II, the ledge at the west turns to the north and there is no path west of the gate.

Kanto
Settlements Pallet Town • Viridian City • Pewter City • Cerulean City • Vermilion City • Lavender Town Celadon City • Saffron City • Fuchsia City • Cinnabar Island • 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 • Pewter Museum of Science • Mt. Moon (Square) • Cerulean Cave Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6) • Underground Path (Kanto Routes 7–8) • S.S. Anne • S.S. Aqua • Sea Cottage • Rock Tunnel Power Plant • Cycling Road/Pokémon Road • Team Rocket Hideout • Silph Co. • Magnet Train • Pokémon Tower • Safari Zone/Pal Park GO Park • Seafoam Islands • Pokémon Mansion • Cinnabar Lab • Pokémon League Reception Gate • Victory Road • Tohjo Falls Access to Sevii Islands • Johto

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