East of Pewter City, Route 3 lines up trainers like pearls on a necklace. At the end, Mt. Moon and its dark tunnels: this is where you will first run into the fearsome Team Rocket, who have come to plunder the mountain’s fossils.
- Objective
- Cross Mt. Moon to Route 4
- Enemies
- Team Rocket Grunts and a Super Nerd
- Rare Pokémon
- Clefairy
- Your choice
- Dome Fossil or Helix Fossil
🥾Route 3, a hedge of trainers
Youngsters, Lasses, Bug Catchers: eight trainers await you on this mountain path, often with Bug or Normal Pokémon. Battle them all, as the experience you gain will make Mt. Moon much more comfortable. The tall grass is home to Pidgey, Spearow and above all Jigglypuff, whose Sing puts the opponent to sleep.
Route 3
🗺️Map
🌿Wild Pokémon
⚔️Trainers
8 Trainers · 1,170 ₽ in total
- Bug Catcher100 ₽
10
1010 - Lass135 ₽
99 - Youngster165 ₽
11
11 - Bug Catcher90 ₽9
99
9 - Youngster210 ₽
14 - Lass150 ₽10
10 - Bug Catcher110 ₽1111
- Lass210 ₽
14
🏥The Pokémon Center… and the Magikarp scam
Just before the cave entrance, a Pokémon Center lets you catch your breath. Inside, a man offers you a Magikarp for ₽500. Is it a scam? Yes and no: Magikarp is useless in battle, but it evolves at level 20 into Gyarados, one of the most powerful Pokémon in the game. If you can afford it, it’s an excellent investment.
🌙Inside the tunnels of Mt. Moon
The mountain has three floors (1F, B1F and B2F) connected by ladders. The fossils, like the exit to Route 4, are on B2F: follow our maps below so you don’t go around in circles. Take your time exploring: the cave is full of items, including two Moon Stones (one is hidden in a dead end near the fossils), a Rare Candy, TM01 Mega Punch and TM12 Water Gun.
Zubat pop up at every step and their Supersonic confuses your Pokémon: the Escape Rope found on site, or Repels bought in Pewter City, will spare you many pointless battles.
ClefairyNormalThe mountain's treasure, very rare. With a Moon Stone, it evolves into Clefable.
ZubatPoisonFlyingEverywhere and annoying. It will become Crobat at level 22.
ParasBugGrassParas evolves into Parasect at level 24 and learns Spore, a move that puts the target to sleep without fail.
GeodudeRockGroundGeodude makes a good shield against Flying and Electric Pokémon.
🦴Team Rocket and the choice of fossil
Several Team Rocket Grunts are searching the cave for fossils. Their Rattata, Ekans and Koffing are nothing insurmountable. At the back of B2F, a Super Nerd guards two fossils and refuses to share them: beat him, then choose one of the two. The other is lost for good.
OmanyteRockWaterThe Helix Fossil is revived as Omanyte, a Rock and Water Pokémon with solid Defense, which evolves into Omastar.
KabutoRockWaterThe Dome Fossil is revived as Kabuto, also Rock and Water, which evolves into Kabutops, an excellent attacker.
The fossils are revived at the lab on Cinnabar Island, much later in the adventure. Put it away and keep heading to the exit, which leads out to Route 4.
In Yellow, Jessie and James, the famous Team Rocket duo, are waiting for you on B2F with Ekans, Meowth and Koffing. Their theme music recalls that of the animated series. You will also come across Sandshrew on 1F.
Mt. Moon
🗺️Map
🌿Wild Pokémon
🌿1F
⛰️B1F
⛰️B2F
⚔️Trainers
12 Trainers · 3,220 ₽ in total
- Lass210 ₽
14 - Bug Catcher110 ₽1111
- Super Nerd275 ₽
11
11 - Bug Catcher100 ₽101010
- Lass165 ₽
11
11 - Youngster150 ₽1010
10 - Hiker350 ₽
1010
10 - Rocket330 ₽
111111 - Rocket360 ₽1212
- Rocket390 ₽1313
- Super Nerd300 ₽
1212
12 - Rocket480 ₽
16
🎒Items
- 💿TM12To the southwest.
- 🧪PotionIn a corner at the far west.
- 🧪PotionIn a corner to the south.
- 🎁Rare CandyTo the southeast.
- 🎁Escape RopeOn the easternmost path.
- 🎁Moon StoneIn the northwesternmost corner.
- 💿TM01To the north, on a ledge near a Rocket Grunt, reached by taking the middle ladder on 1F.
- 🎁HP UpTo the south, on a ledge near a Rocket Grunt, reached by taking the rightmost ladder on 1F.
- 🎁Dome FossilTo be picked up after defeating the Super Nerd (your choice with the Helix Fossil).
- 🎁Helix FossilTo be picked up after defeating the Super Nerd (your choice with the Dome Fossil).
- 🎁EtherTo the north, hidden on an isolated rock near a Rocket Grunt.
- 🎁Moon StoneTo the east, hidden at the end of a dead end on a wall near the fossils.
⛰️Route 4
At the exit, hop down the ledges to the east. The road leads to Cerulean City, but two items are worth a small detour: TM04 Whirlwind and a Great Ball, on the plateaus in the center-east.
Route 4
🗺️Map
🌿Wild Pokémon
🌿Tall grass
- RattataNo. 8-1240 %
- SpearowNo. 8-1235 %
- EkansRedNo. 6-12Red25 %Blue—
- SandshrewBlueNo. 6-12Red—Blue25 %
🌿For sale (₽500)
MagikarpNo. 5Only one
⚔️Trainers
1 Trainer · 465 ₽ in total
- Lass465 ₽
3131
31
🎒Items
- 💿TM04East side of the route, on one of the ledges in the center-east of the route.
- ⚪Great BallEast side of the route, at the very top in the middle of the first ledge.
