Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Safari Zone

Speak to the gate attendants to receive 30 Safari Balls. To catch any wild Pokémon you find, toss Safari Balls at them. Often you'll have to throw food or rocks to distract certain Pokémon, so try many different combinations when a particular Pokémon keeps escaping. When you run out of Safari Balls, or walk 600 paces, you'll warp back to the gate automatically. Template:Float

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Safari Zone - Main Area

Safari Zone Area Guide

Catching Safari Pokémon

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Safari Zone - Area 1

The nice thing about the Safari is that you don't have to fight with Pokémon before you can catch them. Unfortunately, you can only catch them with the weak Safari Balls they provide you.

But you do have a few new options: you can throw rocks at Pokémon, making them angry. This makes them easier to catch, but they run away more quickly. Or you can toss out some bait, which makes them stick around longer, but they'll be harder to catch (despite the idea that they are distracted while eating food).

To make matters worse, the rarer the Pokémon, the harder they are to catch! You may see a Chansey only one time in twenty, but when you do you'll probably need to nail her with two rocks before you can snare her in a Safari Ball. And since she runs at a hair trigger, it may take ten or twenty tries until you can catch her, so be patient - really patient. Here's the icing on the cake: you only get 600 paces (steps) and 30 Safari Balls.

Learn how to surf

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Safari Zone - Area 2

Secret House Sweepstakes

A surfing Pokémon can carry you safely across any body of water. With this ability, you can finally visit the Power Plant and speak to the old man across the pond in Celadon City. It's recommended that you visit the Power Plant before heading south to the open ocean.

You'll be able to get around a lot better if you can cross the many ponds here, so your top priority should be to get to the Treasure House (containing HM 03) in the northwest corner of Area 3.

This is more complicated than it sounds, especially in under 500 steps. Head east to Area 1 from the Main Entrance, cross the two cliffs, and out to the Northwest to Area 2, then head all the way around to the exit in Area 2's Southwest corner.

The house is just ahead, but don't forget to grab the Gold Teeth while you're in the neighborhood (see below). HM 03's Surf can be taught to just about any Water Pokémon, and is a surprisingly strong Water attack when used in battle.

Lost Teeth and HM #04

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Safari Zone - Area 3

Surf Shortcuts

If one of your Pokémon has Surf, you can take shortcuts over the waterways in Area 2. Since the length of your stay in the Safari Zone is measured in the number of steps you take, it's smart to hop over.

Also, a quick way to area 3 is to just surf in the pond in the middle of the main area, area 3 is if you take a left, upper left corner, there is an entrance to area 3. Once you get into the tall grass, where the exotic Pokémon are and you will still have about 500 steps left to find a Pinsir or a Tangela, both are evident in area 3, and you will need a lot of steps to get one.

Seems like you just got a new HM, doesn't it? Well, there's one more in Fuchsia City, and then you'll have the whole set.

It's HM 04, which the Warden will hand you when you return the Golden Teeth you found in Area 3. Use this on one of your larger Pokémon, and he'll learn Strength, a technique that lets you bat aside boulders like the one on the right side of the Warden's office.

Use Strength on office boulder to get at the Rare Candy that's just beyond your reach, and make sure you have easy access to the Pokémon you taught it to, since it will be a necessary item in later dungeons.

In battle, Strength doubles as a basic attack, comparable in power and accuracy to Tri Attack and Drill Peck. Like all HM's, it can't be unlearned, so give it to a Pokémon who needs a source of damage and doesn't get a lot of good skills, like your brand new Tauros.

Don't Forget the Fish

Fishing is a great way to pick up some rare Pokémon, especially since it doesn't count against your "time." You need the Super Rod to catch high level Pokémon, but the Good Rod can catch a Dratini, the best of the fishing lot. He may be dangling at the end of your rod, but you'll still need to use some stones to seal the deal.

Treasure abounds

The Main Area contains an island, and if you can reach it, you can claim a valuable Nugget. In Area One, the Poké Ball on the ledge contains a Carbos. To the left of the house nearby, you will find a Full Rest. On the patch of ground that extends into the lake, a TM 37 can be found in the grass. And close to the entrance to Area Two, there's a Max Potion on the ground. There are just two treasures to find in Area Two, a TM 40 between two trees, and Protein to the left of the house. Searching Area Three is vital in order to find the Gold Teeth which lies just to the South of the left entrance to Area Two. To the left of the teeth, you will find TM 32, while south of the teeth, you can collect a Max Revive. Make it all the way to the bottom left corner of Area Three to find a free Max Potion.

Pokemon Found

Entrance

FireRed	Level	Encounter Rate	LeafGreen	Level	Encounter Rate
Nidoran♂	22	%20	Nidoran♀	22	%20
Exeggcute	25	%20	Exeggcute	25	%20
Rhyhorn	20-22	%30	Rhyhorn	20-22	%30
Venonat	22	%15	Venonat	22	%15
Nidorino	31	%10	Nidorino	31	%5
Nidorina	31	%5	Nidorina	31	%10
Parasect	30	%5	Parasect	30	%5
Scyther	23	%4	Pinsir	23	%4
Chansey	23	%1	Chansey	23	%1
Surfing
Psyduck	20-40	%100	Slowpoke	20-40	%100
Old Rod
Magikarp	5	%100	Magikarp	5	%100
Good Rod
Goldeen	5-15	%60	Goldeen	5-15	%60
Poliwag	5-15	%20	Poliwag	5-15	%20
Magikarp	5-15	%20	Magikarp	5-15	%20
Super Rod
Goldeen	15-25	%40	Goldeen	15-25	%40
Seaking	20-30	%40	Seaking	20-30	%40
Dratini	15-25	%15	Dratini	15-25	%15
Psyduck	15-35	%4	Slowpoke	15-35	%4
Dragonair	25-35	%1	Dragonair	25-35	%1

Area 1

FireRed	Level	Encounter Rate	LeafGreen	Level	Encounter Rate
Nidoran♂	24	%20	Nidoran♂	24	%5
Doduo	26	%20	Doduo	26	%20
Exeggcute	23-25	%20	Exeggcute	23-25	%20
Paras	22	%15	Paras	22	%15
Nidorino	33	%10	Nidorina	33	%10
Nidoran♀	24	%5	Nidoran♀	24	%10
Parasect	25	%5	Parasect	25	%5
Kangaskhan	25	%4	Kangaskhan	25	%4
Scyther	28	%1	Pinsir	28	%1
Surfing
Psyduck	20-40	%100	Slowpoke	20-40	%100
Old Rod
Magikarp	5	%100	Magikarp	5	%100
Good Rod
Goldeen	5-15	%60	Goldeen	5-15	%60
Poliwag	5-15	%20	Poliwag	5-15	%20
Magikarp	5-15	%20	Magikarp	5-15	%20
Super Rod
Goldeen	15-25	%40	Goldeen	15-25	%40
Seaking	20-30	%40	Seaking	20-30	%40
Dratini	15-25	%15	Dratini	15-25	%15
Psyduck	15-35	%4	Slowpoke	15-35	%4
Dragonair	25-35	%1	Dragonair	25-35	%1

Area 2

FireRed	Level	Encounter Rate	LeafGreen	Level	Encounter Rate
Nidoran♂	30	%20	Nidoran♀	30	%20
Exeggcute	25-27	%20	Exeggcute	25-27	%20
Rhyhorn	26	%20	Rhyhorn	26	%20
Paras	23	%15	Paras	23	%15
Nidorino	30	%10	Nidorino	30	%5
Nidorina	30	%5	Nidorina	30	%10
Venomoth	32	%5	Venomoth	32	%5
Chansey	26	%4	Chansey	26	%4
Tauros	28	%1	Tauros	28	%1
Surfing
Psyduck	20-40	%100	Slowpoke	20-40	%100
Old Rod
Magikarp	5	%100	Magikarp	5	%100
Good Rod
Goldeen	5-15	%60	Goldeen	5-15	%60
Poliwag	5-15	%20	Poliwag	5-15	%20
Magikarp	5-15	%20	Magikarp	5-15	%20
Super Rod
Goldeen	15-25	%40	Goldeen	15-25	%40
Seaking	20-30	%40	Seaking	20-30	%40
Dratini	15-25	%15	Dratini	15-25	%15
Psyduck	15-35	%4	Slowpoke	15-35	%4
Dragonair	25-35	%1	Dragonair	25-35	%1

Area 3

FireRed	Level	Encounter Rate	LeafGreen	Level	Encounter Rate
Nidoran♂	22	%20	Nidoran♂	30	%5
Doduo	26	%20	Doduo	26	%20
Exeggcute	25-27	%20	Exeggcute	25-27	%20
Venonat	23	%15	Venonat	23	%15
Nidorino	30	%10	Nidorina	30	%10
Nidoran♀	30	%5	Nidoran♀	22	%20
Venomoth	32	%5	Venomoth	32	%5
Tauros	25	%4	Tauros	25	%4
Kangaskhan	28	%1	Kangaskhan	28	%1
Surfing
Psyduck	20-40	%100	Slowpoke	20-40	%100
Old Rod
Magikarp	5	%100	Magikarp	5	%100
Good Rod
Goldeen	5-15	%60	Goldeen	5-15	%60
Poliwag	5-15	%20	Poliwag	5-15	%20
Magikarp	5-15	%20	Magikarp	5-15	%20
Super Rod
Goldeen	15-25	%40	Goldeen	15-25	%40
Seaking	20-30	%40	Seaking	20-30	%40
Dratini	15-25	%15	Dratini	15-25	%15
Psyduck	15-35	%4	Slowpoke	15-35	%4
Dragonair	25-35	%1	Dragonair	25-35	%1