Kanto Route 3

Kanto Route 3 ３番道路 Route 3

Map description A road where many rocks have fallen from the sky to create craters.

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

Connecting locations   ↑ Mt. Moon*   ← Pewter City Route 3 Route 4* →

Location Location of Route 3 in Kanto.

Other generation maps Gen I Gen II Gen III

Pokémon world routes ← Route 2       Route 4 →

Route 3 (Japanese: ３ばんどうろ Route 3) is a route in northwest Kanto, connecting Pewter City to Route 4 and Mt. Moon.

Route description

For its western half, Route 3 is a split-level route. Heading east from Pewter City, the player encounters a small clearing with some natural obstacles that create a fork in the road, forcing travel north or south, of which the south path curves east and leads to a group of rocky pits (Generation IV only) and a dead end. In order to progress, the player must turn north and then east along the northern half (which, in Generations I and III, is packed with Trainers). At any point, the player can jump the ledges located here to access a middle section of the route between the two ledges. Most of this middle area contains items, as well as another Trainer waiting for battle. By hopping a ledge again, the player is able to travel west toward the pits and then north back to the clearing at the start of the route.

East of the second section of the ledges, the route curves south and then east near a large patch of tall grass containing wild Pokémon, which takes up most of the area. This patch, which contains another Trainer, follows the route until it turns north ahead of a hill. (In Generation IV, the player can go through the grass to reach a ledge running along the southern edge of the route.) From this point, the route makes a backward "S" curve, turning east past the hilly terrain, south past another ledge that leads the route to a large clearing, east again, and finally north, passing a second patch of grass near the end, which has a fence around it as well as a signpost for directions. (In Generation IV, however, the eastern half of the route only goes south-east and does not bring the player north until the second patch of grass.)

The only obstacles along the remainder of the route are a few ledges on either side, which are easily bypassed as the player proceeds north towards the mysterious Mt. Moon cave and Route 4 beyond. Beside the entrance to the cave is a Pokémon Center, one of only two in Kanto that is not located in a populated area (the other one is on Route 10 at the north entrance to Rock Tunnel). In Generation III, Fly is able to return the player to this location instantly, but not in any other Generations. In the Pokémon Center, a man attempts to scam Trainers by selling them the laughably common Magikarp for relatively high prices.

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Oran Berry	Between the ledges with Youngster Calvin, in the marked square (hidden)	FR  LG
	Big Root	South of Hiker Bruce, on the elevated ledge	HG  SS
	Hyper Potion	On a boulder west of the Pokémon Center (requires Rock Smash) (hidden)	HG  SS
	Star Piece ×2	In the southwest meteor crater (hidden) In the northeast meteor crater (hidden)	HG  SS

Rock Smash

Item		Location	Games
	Blue Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Green Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Heart Scale	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Max Ether	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Red Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Revive	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Star Piece	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS
	Yellow Shard	Randomly found by smashing rocks	HG  SS

Pokémon

Generation I

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pidgey	R		B		Y		Grass	6-8	50%
Rattata	R		B		Y		Grass	10, 12	15%
Spearow	R		B		Y		Grass	5-8	40%
Spearow	R		B		Y		Grass	8-12	55%
Sandshrew	R		B		Y		Grass	8, 10	15%
Jigglypuff	R		B		Y		Grass	3, 5, 7	10%
Mankey	R		B		Y		Grass	9	15%
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
Ekans	G		S		C		Grass	8	20%
Ekans	G		S		C		Grass	8	20%	20%	0%
Jigglypuff	G		S		C		Grass	6	10%
Arbok	G		S		C		Grass	10	5%
Arbok	G		S		C		Grass	10	5%	5%	0%
Spearow	G		S		C		Grass	5-8	55%	55%	0%
Spearow	G		S		C		Grass	5-8	35%	35%	0%
Spearow	G		S		C		Grass	5	30%	30%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	5-10	35%	35%	60%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	5	30%	30%	0%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	5-8	0%	0%	35%
Rattata	G		S		C		Grass	5-10	0%	0%	65%
Raticate	G		S		C		Grass	10	10%	10%	20%
Sandshrew	G		S		C		Grass	10	5%	5%	0%
Zubat	G		S		C		Grass	5	0%	0%	30%
Zubat	G		S		C		Grass	6	0%	0%	10%
Clefairy	G		S		C		Grass	6	0%	0%	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
Spearow	FR			LG			Grass	6-8	35%
Pidgey	FR			LG			Grass	6-7	30%
Nidoran♂	FR			LG			Grass	6-7	14%
Nidoran♂	FR			LG			Grass	6	1%
Jigglypuff	FR			LG			Grass	3, 5, 7	10%
Mankey	FR			LG			Grass	7	10%
Nidoran♀	FR			LG			Grass	6	1%
Nidoran♀	FR			LG			Grass	6-7	14%
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
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	5-10	35%	35%	60%
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	5	30%	30%	0%
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	5-8	0%	0%	35%
Spearow	HG			SS			Grass	5-8	55%	55%	0%
Spearow	HG			SS			Grass	5-8	35%	35%	0%
Ekans	HG			SS			Grass	8	20%
Arbok	HG			SS			Grass	10	5%
Jigglypuff	HG			SS			Grass	6	10%
Zubat	HG			SS			Grass	5	0%	0%	30%
Headbutt
Hoothoot	HG			SS			Headbutt	6-10	50%
Pineco	HG			SS			Headbutt	6-7	30%
Wurmple	HG			SS			Headbutt	6-10	20%
Swarm
Baltoy	HG			SS			Swarm	5	40%
Gulpin	HG			SS			Swarm	5	40%
Special Pokémon
Plusle	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	5	20%
Minun	HG			SS			Hoenn Sound	8	20%
Shinx	HG			SS			Sinnoh Sound	5-8	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

Trainer	Pokémon
Lass Reward: $135	Pidgey Lv.9 No item
	Pidgey Lv.9 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $100	Caterpie Lv.10 No item
	Weedle Lv.10 No item
	Caterpie Lv.10 No item
Youngster Reward: $165	Rattata Lv.11 No item
	Ekans Lv.11 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $90	Weedle Lv.9 No item
	Kakuna Lv.9 No item
	Caterpie Lv.9 No item
	Metapod Lv.9 No item
Youngster Reward: $210	Spearow Lv.14 No item
Lass Reward: $150	Rattata Lv.10 No item
	Nidoran♂ Lv.10 No item
Bug Catcher Reward: $110	Caterpie Lv.11 No item
	Metapod Lv.11 No item
Lass Reward: $210	Jigglypuff Lv.14 No item

Generation II

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Warren ヒロノブ Hironobu Reward: $560	Fearow♂ Lv.35 No item
Youngster Jimmy ケンタ Kenta Reward: $528	Raticate♂ Lv.33 No item
	Arbok♂ Lv.33 No item
Firebreather Otis ヒロノブ Hironobu Reward: $1392	Magmar♂ Lv.29 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.32 No item
	Magmar♂ Lv.29 No item
Firebreather Burt アキト Akito Reward: $1536	Koffing♂ Lv.32 No item
	Slugma♂ Lv.32 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
Lass Janice エリ Eri Reward: $144	Pidgey♀ Lv.9 No item
	Pidgey♀ Lv.9 No item
Bug Catcher Colton ヒサシ Hisashi Reward: $120	Caterpie♂ Lv.10 No item
	Weedle♂ Lv.10 No item
	Caterpie♂ Lv.10 No item
Youngster Ben ヒロト Hiroto Reward: $176	Rattata♂ Lv.11 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.11 No item
Bug Catcher Greg ヒロユキ Hiroyuki Reward: $108	Weedle♂ Lv.9 No item
	Kakuna♂ Lv.9 No item
	Caterpie♂ Lv.9 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.9 No item
Youngster Calvin カズキ Kazuki Reward: $224	Spearow♂ Lv.14 No item
Lass Sally ミナ Mina Reward: $160	Rattata♀ Lv.10 No item
	Nidoran♀ Lv.10 No item
Bug Catcher James ミキヤ Mikiya Reward: $132	Caterpie♂ Lv.11 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.11 No item
Lass Robin シホ Shiho Reward: $224	Jigglypuff♀ Lv.14 No item
Rematch
Lass Janice* エリ Eri Reward: $320	Pidgeotto♀ Lv.20 No item
	Pidgeotto♀ Lv.20 No item
Lass Janice* エリ Eri Reward: $448	Pidgeotto♀ Lv.28 No item
	Pidgeotto♀ Lv.28 No item
Bug Catcher Colton* ヒサシ Hisashi Reward: $228	Metapod♂ Lv.19 No item
	Weedle♂ Lv.19 No item
	Metapod♂ Lv.19 No item
Bug Catcher Colton* ヒサシ Hisashi Reward: $324	Butterfree♂ Lv.27 No item
	Kakuna♂ Lv.27 No item
	Butterfree♂ Lv.27 No item
Bug Catcher Colton* ヒサシ Hisashi Reward: $612	Butterfree♂ Lv.51 No item
	Beedrill♂ Lv.54 No item
	Butterfree♂ Lv.51 No item
Youngster Ben* ヒロト Hiroto Reward: $272	Rattata♂ Lv.17 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.17 No item
Youngster Ben* ヒロト Hiroto Reward: $448	Raticate♂ Lv.28 No item
	Ekans♂ Lv.28 No item
Youngster Ben* ヒロト Hiroto Reward: $768	Raticate♂ Lv.48 No item
	Arbok♂ Lv.48 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

Trainer	Pokémon
Youngster Regis ジュンタ Junta Reward: $640	Golbat♂ Lv.40 No item
	Electrode Lv.40 No item
Youngster Warren ヒロノブ Hironobu Reward: $672	Fearow♂ Lv.38 No item
	Raticate♂ Lv.42 No item
Youngster Jimmy ケンタ Kenta Reward: $672	Raticate♂ Lv.42 No item
	Arbok♂ Lv.42 No item
	Parasect♂ Lv.42 No item
Double Team Zac & Jen コウとサキ Kō and Saki Reward: $11280	Dugtrio♂ Lv.47 No item
	Electabuzz♂ Lv.47 No item
Firebreather Otis アキト Akito Reward: $1504	Magmar♂ Lv.43 No item
	Weezing♂ Lv.40 No item
	Camerupt♂ Lv.47 No item
Hiker Bruce トモヒロ Tomohiro Reward: $1440	Graveler♂ Lv.39 No item
	Rhydon♂ Lv.44 No item
	Clefairy♀ Lv.45 No item
Black Belt Manford マンゾウ Manzō Reward: $1128	Poliwrath♂ Lv.47 No item
Black Belt Ander フトシ Futoshi Reward: $1056	Primeape♂ Lv.43 No item
	Graveler♂ Lv.39 No item
	Machoke♂ Lv.44 No item
Hiker Dwight コテツ Kotetsu Reward: $1408	Magneton Lv.44 No item
	Steelix♂ Lv.44 No item
Firebreather Burt ノブアキ Nobuaki Reward: $1440	Weezing♂ Lv.42 No item
	Magcargo♂ Lv.45 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

The only changes along Route 3 between these two Generations are cosmetic, such as the reconstruction of the surrounding landscape. The barriers on either side of the route are removed in the Generation III remakes, while the large patch of tall grass in the center of the route becomes considerably smaller. Also the set of trees have been removed in Generation I and have been replaced by a rocky mountain setting. Other than this, most of the route remains the same.

Generation II

Many changes were made to Route 3 in Generation II. First, the route was shortened significantly. Also, the number of Trainers along the path was reduced to four. Similarly, the size of the grass patches were reduced by nearly 50%.

Traveling east from Pewter City, the route passes two barriers on either side of the road, and cuts to a clearing that creates a fork in the road, and allows travel north or south, with south curving around eastern and then leading to a dead end. In order to progress, Trainers must turn north after the route opens up and progress east along the northern half. For its western half, Route 3 is a split-level route, so at any point, Trainers can jump the ledges located south of this path, to access a middle section of the route between two ledges, and then again, so Trainer are able to travel west which curves north back to the clearing at the start of the route.

East of the second pair of ledges, the route curves south before returning east near a small patch of tall grass. The size of the tall grass has been reduced by about half. This patch follows the route until the path turns north ahead of a hill. From this point, the route makes a backward "S" curve, turning east past the hilly terrain, south past another ledge taking the route to a large clearing, east again which travels across the clearing, and, finally, to the north, passing the second patch of grass which has also been reduced in size, which has a fence as well as a signpost, which gives out directions.

Part of Route 4 has been combined with Route 3 so now only one route connects Pewter with Mt. Moon, however, the Pokémon Center is no longer there. There are no obstacles along the remainder of the route as it proceeds north towards Mt. Moon.

Generation IV

The meteorites located at the southwest end of Route 3

In Generation IV, the route is different from other generations, with some area changes, as well as major aesthetic features enhanced, including depth and sprite changes. The trees removed in Generation III return, and the east area of the route changes too. Hills, rocks, and smashable rocks are added near Mt. Moon, now part of this route like in Generation II. An additional area at the southwest end of the route allows players to change their Deoxys's current form by interacting with different meteorites. Also, a new hill is placed south of the tall grass.

For its western half, Route 3 is a split-level route. Heading east, Trainers must turn north after the route opens up and progress east along the northern half. The southern half of the route is only accessible by hopping down ledges that will lead Trainers into the paths of more rival Trainers. East of the second pair of ledges, the route curves south before returning east near a large patch of grass containing wild Pokémon. This patch follows the route until the path turns north ahead of a hill. From this point, the route makes a backward "S" curve, turning east, south, east and, finally, to the north, passing the second patch of grass on the route. There are no obstacles along the remainder of the route as it proceeds north towards Mt. Moon. Just before the entrance to the cave, there is a Pokémon Center.

Three unique items have also been scattered around the place, including a Big Root, located near a Firebreather; a Star Piece, located near the meteors; and a Hyper Potion, hidden near the Pokémon Center. The number of Trainers along the path has been increased to eleven. The Pokémon Center at the entrance of Mt. Moon returns but the area around it was reduced significantly in size.

In the anime

Route 3 in the anime

Route 3 in Pokémon Origins

In the main series

Route 3 first appears in the ending of Showdown in Pewter City. Later, Ash, Misty, and Brock hiked along Route 3 in Clefairy and the Moon Stone. They were on their way to Mt. Moon, when they encountered a man wearing a lab coat being attacked by a flock of Zubat. Ash ordered Pikachu to fire a Thunder Shock at the Zubat, causing them to fly away. The man squeezed Ash and thanked him profusely before introducing himself as Seymour the scientist.

In Pokémon Origins

Route 3 made a brief appearance at the end of the Pokémon Origins episode File 1: Red, where Red was seen traveling through it after defeating Brock at the Pewter Gym.

In the manga

Route 3 in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Route 3 appeared in Gyarados Splashes In!. Red first encountered Misty on this route, fighting a rampaging Gyarados. With the help of Red's Saur, the Gyarados was stopped and eventually caught by Red. Afterwards, Misty told Red that the Gyarados was actually hers, having gone missing some time earlier and returned raging mad.

Trivia

The original quote in Generation I

• The music that plays in Route 3 is one of the most common location-specific themes in the games, playing in Routes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22. It also plays in Route 24 and 25 in Gold, Silver, and Crystal and on Route 2 in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
• Although there are seven breakable rocks around the Pokémon Center in HeartGold and SoulSilver, there are no wild Pokémon to be found under them. As a result, Route 3 is the best place for collecting items found via Rock Smash.
• In all languages, when Bug Catcher Colton first approaches the player, he says "I saw you in Viridian Forest." and upon defeat he says "You beat me again!" However, there is no Bug Catcher named Colton in Viridian Forest. In Generation I, since Trainers other than the rival, the Champion, Elite Four members and Gym Leaders are unnamed, he could reasonably be one of the Bug Catchers battled in Viridan Forest, but his lines were not adjusted in Generation III when his name made it apparent he was a different Trainer.
• Route 3 is the scene of a famous quote among Pokémon fans, where Youngster Ben exclaims, "Hi! I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!" Further along in the route, another Youngster exclaims "Hey! You're not wearing shorts!"
  • In Humilau City, a Lady will make a reference to Ben, saying, "This dress is comfy and easy to wear..."
  • On Kalos Route 5, Youngster Keita will say the exact same words as Ben.

See also

• Mt. Moon

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.