Pokémon Gold and Silver/Route 40-41

New Pokémon

Silver	Gold	Crystal
Shuckle	Shuckle Mantine

Some routes are actually waterways! You'll need a Pokémon in your party that can Surf, plus a Grass-type and an Electric-type to deal with the Trainers you'll meet along the way. It's a long surf to Cianwood City—make sure your Pokémon are fit to travel.

Route features

Route #40 in Gold and Silver

Uncover a Shuckle

If you use Rock Smash on the cracked rocks at the beach, you may uncover a Krabby or a Shuckle. Shuckle can be tricky to catch, so you may want to wait for the freebie in Cianwood City.

Miss Monday

If you skip work and hit the beach on a Monday, the oldest day sibling, Monica, will give you the Sharp Beak, which powers up Flying-type attacks.

Route #40 in Crystal

Water Trainers aplenty

All of the trainers found along these routes are Water-types, so bring lots of Electric and Grass Pokémon. Or just avoid them—Swimmers never carry much cash.

Whirl Island

You probably won't have HM 06 the first time you pass Whirl Island, and without it, you can't get very far there. The Legendary Lugia lives here, but you'll need to come back with HM 06 to get past the whirlpools, and the Silver Feather to get to Lugia. For more information, see the Whirl Islands page. Instead, follow the left edge of the fence and eventually, you will reach Cianwood City.

Items

• Hyper Potion (hidden under the northernmost breakable Rock on the beach)

Route #41

Trainers

Route 40 Trainers
	Swimmer♂ Simon: 160 (Visible from Beach) Tentacool (lvl. 20, 450 EXP) Tentacool (lvl. 20, 450 EXP)		Swimmer♀ Elaine: 420 (By Left Fence) Staryu (lvl. 21, 477 EXP)
	Swimmer♀ Paula: 380 Staryu (lvl. 19, 430 EXP) Shellder (lvl. 19, 394 EXP)		Swimmer♂ Randall: 144 (By Right Fence) Shellder (lvl. 18, 373 EXP) Wartortle (lvl. 20, 612 EXP) Shellder (lvl. 18, 373 EXP)
Route 41 Trainers
	(2) Swimmer♂ Charlie: Shellder (lvl. 21, 432 EXP) Tentacool (lvl. 19, 428 EXP) Tentacruel (lvl. 19, 834 EXP) and 152		(1) Swimmer♂ George: Tentacool (lvl. 16, 360 EXP) Tentacool (lvl. 17, 382 EXP) Tentacool (lvl. 16, 360 EXP) Staryu (lvl. 19, 430 EXP) Tentacool (lvl. 17, 382 EXP) Remoraid (lvl. 19, 316 EXP) and 152
	(5) Swimmer♂ Berke: Qwilfish (lvl. 23, 420 EXP) and 184		(8) Swimmer♀ Kara: Staryu (lvl. 20, 453 EXP) Starmie (lvl. 20, 886 EXP) and 400
	(7) Swimmer♂ Kirk: Gyarados (lvl. 20, 916 EXP) Gyarados (lvl. 20, 916 EXP) and 160		(4) Swimmer♀ Susie: Psyduck (lvl. 20, 342 EXP) Goldeen (lvl. 22, 522 EXP) and 440
	(3) Swimmer♀ Kaylee: Goldeen (lvl. 18, 427 EXP) Goldeen (lvl. 20, 475 EXP) Seaking (lvl. 20, 727 EXP) and 400		(10) Swimmer♀ Wendy: Horsea (lvl. 21, 373 EXP) Horsea (lvl. 21, 373 EXP) and 420
	(9) Swimmer♂ Mathew: Krabby (lvl. 23, 565 EXP) and 184		(6) Swimmer♀ Denise: Seel (lvl. 22, 471 EXP) and 440

Pokémon found (Water)

Route #40 encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Tentacool	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%
Tentacruel	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%	10%

Route #41 encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Tentacool	60%	60%	60%	70%	70%	70%	60%	60%	60%
Tentacruel	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Mantine	10%	10%	10%	N/A	N/A	N/A	10%	10%	10%

Route 40 Fishing

	Old Rod	Gold Rod	Super Rod
Magikarp	85%	35%	N/A
Krabby	15%	55%	60%
Corsola	N/A	10%*	30%*
Staryu	N/A	10%*	30%*
Kingler	N/A	N/A	10%

*Corsola can only be found in the morning and daytime, while Staryu can only be found at night.

Route 41 Fishing

	Old Rod	Gold Rod	Super Rod
Magikarp	85%	35%	N/A
Krabby	15%	55%	60%
Corsola	N/A	10%*	30%*
Staryu	N/A	10%*	30%*
Kingler	N/A	N/A	10%

*Corsola can only be found in the morning and daytime, while Staryu can only be found at night.

#213 Shuckle

#226 Mantine

This Rock/Bug Pokémon has the highest Defense and Special Defense in the game, and the worst Attack, Special Attack, and Speed. It doesn't naturally learn any good moves, but if you use TM's to teach it stuff like Toxic, Curse, or Sandstorm, you'll have a nasty little combo on your hands. Here's a weird trick: Make Shuckle hold a Berry, use Shuckle in battle, and the Berry turns into Berry Juice (which heals 20 HP).

Mantine is a Water/Flying Pokémon that can learn one decent attack each in the Normal, Water, and Flying types. It can be taught all three Water HM's (and it's a good idea to do so), but not Fly, which is a shame. It has an unusually high Special Defense. And yes, that's a little Remoraid attached to its wing.