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Route #33 is extremely short, but there is one Trainer along the way who will want to battle. When you beat the Trainer, he will offer to give you his phone number. Take it to see what he has to tell you later on. Check the tree for a Poisoncure Berry — it will come in handy.
Trade numbers with the Dark Cave swarm watcher
There's only one thing to do in this area: Beat Anthony and trade numbers so he can call you when the Dunsparce in the Dark Cave are swarming. If you need to heal first, the town's right ahead.
Catch a Spearow
If you have time to kill, this area's thin strip of grass is another opportunity to catch a Spearow if you didn't nab one in the bottom part of Route 46. This is through the building on the north side of the path right outside of New Bark Town. Crystal players can also catch one early by visiting Route 46). Spearow's Peck ability will come in handy against the next gym. You'll have plenty of other chances.
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Hiker Anthony:  352 (Phone)
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Pokémon Found
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| Morn | Day | Night | Morn | Day | Night | Morn | Day | Night | |
 Spearow
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25% | 12% | N/A | 25% | 40% | N/A | 36% | 24% | N/A |
 Hoppip
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40% | 40% | N/A | 40% | 20% | N/A | 8% | 8% | N/A |
 Ekans
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N/A | N/A | N/A | 15% | 20% | 22% | 8% | 8% | N/A |
 Geodude
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N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 24% | 24% | 20% |
 Rattata
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20% | 48% | 60% | 5% | 20% | 28% | 24% | 36% | 40% |
 Zubat
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15% | N/A | 40% | 15% | N/A | 50% | N/A | N/A | 40% |
| #21 Spearow | |
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It learns Fury Attack at level 13 and then new Dark type move Pursuit at level 25 if you prevent evolution. Has a high level move it can learn called Drill Peck, a Physical move doing 80 Flying type damage with 100% accuracy. It has only 1 evolution into Fearow at level 20, and compared to Pidgey they're a bit rarer, a bit stronger, and a lot cooler. Fearow has high Speed and good Attack stat and will likely be the best candidate for HM 02 Fly They also start off with a bigger advantage than Pidgey versus bug types since they start with Peck, a Flying type move. It will be one of your strongest early Pokémon for a while especially against Bug types in the wild and in the upcoming Gym. It will also be good against Gastly |
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