Underground Path (Kanto Routes 5–6)

This article is about the Underground Path in Kanto Routes 5 and 6. For the Underground Path in Kanto Routes 7 and 8, see Underground Path (Kanto Routes 7-8).

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Underground Path ちかつうろ Underground Path

Map description This area is not described by a map.

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   ↑ Route 5   Underground Path   Route 6 ↓

Location Location of Underground Path in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Pokémon world routes ← Diglett's Cave       Underground Path (Kanto Routes 7-8) →

The Underground Path (Japanese: ちかつうろ Underground Path) between Routes 5 and 6 is located directly underneath Saffron City and terminates just to the north and to the south of Saffron City.

In Generations I and III, the path is the only way to travel between Cerulean City and Vermilion City until the gates surrounding Saffron City are opened, which does not occur until their guards receive a drink from Celadon City. In Generations II and IV, both entrances to the path are blocked until the problem at the Power Plant is solved.

Route description

The path is a long, dark hallway that travels under Saffron City. Despite the cave-like lighting of the path, there is no threat to be attacked by wild Pokémon. Occasionally, by using an Itemfinder or Dowsing MCHN^HGSS, items that Trainers have dropped along the path can be found and retrieved.

In Generations I and III, a girl in the Route 5 gate is willing to trade Pokémon with the player. In Pokémon Red, Blue, and FireRed, she asks for a Nidoran♂ in exchange for a Nidoran♀; in Pokémon Red, Green, and LeafGreen, she requests a Nidoran♀ in exchange for a Nidoran♂; in Pokémon Yellow, she offers a Machoke (which will immediately evolve into Machamp after being traded) in exchange for a Cubone; and in Japanese Pokémon Blue, she wants to trade her Poliwag for a Rattata.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	TinyMushroom	Held by Ms. NidoFR/Mr. NidoLG, a Nidoran♀FR/Nidoran♂LG the player can obtain in a trade	FR  LG
	Full Restore	Two squares west of the northern stairs (hidden)	R  B  Y
X Special	X Special	Two squares east and six squares north of the southern stairs (hidden)	R  B  Y
	Antidote	Two squares south of the northern stairs and two squares west of the eastern wall (hidden)	FR  LG
Parlyz Heal	Parlyz Heal	In the northernmost blue line, three squares east of the western wall (hidden)	FR  LG
	Awakening	Nine squares south of the northernmost blue line, one square east of the western wall (hidden)	FR  LG
	Potion	In the northernmost red line, two squares west of the eastern wall (hidden)	FR  LG
	Ice Heal	Six squares north of the southern exit and one square west of the eastern wall (hidden)	FR  LG
	Burn Heal	Two squares north of the southern exit and two squares east of the western wall (hidden)	FR  LG
	TM64 (Explosion)	From a man in the tunnel in exchange for a RageCandyBar	HG  SS
	Full Restore	Towards the north, south of the stairs leading to Route 5 (hidden)	G  S  C  HG  SS
X Special	X Special	In the leftmost side northwest of the stairs leading to Route 6 (hidden)	G  S  C
X Special	X Special	In the right-hand cone towards the middle (hidden)	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Gift Pokémon
Nidoran♀	R		B		Y		Trade Nidoran♂	The same as the traded Pokémon	One
Machoke	R		B		Y		Trade Cubone	The same as the traded Pokémon	One
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
Gift Pokémon
Nidoran♀	FR			LG			Trade Nidoran♂	The same as the traded Pokémon	One
Nidoran♂	FR			LG			Trade Nidoran♀	The same as the traded Pokémon	One
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.

Differences between generations

Across all generations, the design is virtually the same, only with updated graphics, although it is much shorter in Generations II and IV. In Generation IV, a man is in the Underground Path who will trade TM64 (Explosion) for the RageCandyBar that can be bought in Mahogany Town.

In Generation II only, the Underground Path is a map location in the Pokégear.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Although the Underground Path doesn't make an actual appearance in Pokémon Adventures, the map of Red's journey in volume 1 shows that he used it as a shortcut to Vermilion City between ...But Fearow Itself! and Danger: High Voltorb.

Trivia

• The Machoke that the player can receive in a trade here in Pokémon Yellow will immediately evolve into a Machamp after the trade is completed, marking the only time when a Pokémon obtained in an in-game trade evolves immediately in an internationally released Pokémon game. Japanese Pokémon Blue also had two this kind of trades, but both trades involved different Pokémon in the internationally released Pokémon Red and Blue.

In other languages

Language Title Finnish Maanalainen käytävä French Souterrain German Tunnelpfad Italian Via Sotterranea Korean 지하 통로 Underground Path Brazilian Portuguese Passagem Subterrânea Spanish Vía Subterránea

See also

• Route 5
• Route 6
• Saffron City

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

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