Pokémon Gold and Silver/Route 16-18

New Pokémon

Gold	Silver	Crystal
Slugma

Route 16 is short and leads to Route 17, which is a Bike Path. Once you start going downhill, you will keep going, even if you stop pushing Down on the Control Pad. You can stop to fish, but otherwise you have to move up or down the hill constantly. Route 18 is not downhill, so you can stop wherever you want to.

You'll have to use your bike on this steep road, and you'll whiz through it in a hearbeat if you don't stop to smell the flowers (and catch some rare Pokémon). Other than the hunting opportunities and a few junior trainers, there is nothing of interest in these three small areas.

Trainers

• Biker Riley - Middle at start
  • Weezing (lvl. 34, 1260 EXP) and 1088
• Biker Glenn - Left side halfway up
  • Koffing (lvl. 28, 684 EXP)
  • Magmar (lvl. 30, 1072 EXP)
  • Weezing (lvl. 32, 1185 EXP) and 1024
• Biker Joel - In gap in water
  • Magmar (lvl. 32, 1144 EXP)
  • Magmar (lvl. 32, 1144 EXP) and 1024
• Biker Charles - Bottom of road
  • Koffing (lvl. 30, 732 EXP)
  • Charmeleon (lvl. 30, 912 EXP)
  • Weezing (lvl. 30, 1111 EXP) and 960

Items

• Max Ether (Hidden in the middle of the route, at the end of the center path in the water, facing south.)
• Max Elixer (Hidden in the small wooden fence at the end of the route, left side.)

Trainers

• Bird Keeper Bob - Outside Fuchsia City
  • Noctowl (lvl. 34, 1179 EXP) and 816
• Bird Keeper Boris - In Grass
  • Doduo (lvl. 30, 614 EXP)
  • Doduo (lvl. 28, 576 EXP)
  • Dodrio (lvl. 32, 1082 EXP) and 768

Pokémon found

Route #16 & #18 encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Grimer	50%	50%	80%	50%	50%	80%	50%	50%	80%
Muk	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%
Slugma	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	0%	5%	0%
Fearow	40%	40%	0%	40%	40%	0%	45%	40%	0%
Murkrow	0%	0%	10%	0%	0%	10%	0%	0%	15%

Route #17 encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Grimer	50%	20%	80%	50%	20%	80%	55%	20%	95%
Muk	5%	5%	15%	5%	5%	15%	5%	5%	5%
Slugma	5%	35%	5%	5%	35%	5%	0%	35%	0%
Fearow	40%	40%	0%	40%	40%	0%	40%	40%	0%

#218 Slugma
When Fire Pokémon Slugma evolves into Fire Pokémon Magcargo at level 38, it adds a second type (Rock) and its Defense nearly triples. It's still painfully slow (it is a snail, after all) and its Attack is too low to take full advantage of its Rock-type attacks, but it can do some serious damage with powerful Fire attacks like Flamethrower. Slugma only appears during the day in Crystal.