Pokémon Gold and Silver/Slowpoke Well

You'll see Kurt as soon as you enter the well. He's hurt his back and can't continue, so you must take on Team Rocket alone. You won't be able to explore the well completely until you know Surf and Strength, so you'll need to return to the area later.

New Pokémon

Gold	Silver	Crystal
Slowpoke

Big trouble at the bottom of Slowpoke Well

Slowpoke Well, Level 1

Kurt cleared the way, but now you're the one who has to do the dirty work. To save Slowpoke, you'll need to defeat the upper left Team Rocket member and his single level 14 Koffing. If you win, the Rockets will vanish, but you still won't be able to proceed any farther in the Well without Strength (HM 04) and Surf (HM 03). The lower Slowpoke is carrying a message that you can intercept.

The spawn rate for Wild Pokémon is very low in this area, 10-15% so Repels aren't always needed to avoid Wild encounters.

Trainers and Items

Trainers
Rocket Grunt: 360 Rattata (lvl. 9, 109 EXP) Rattata (lvl. 9, 109 EXP) Rocket Grunt: 440 Zubat (lvl. 9, 103 EXP) Ekans (lvl. 11, 144 EXP) Rocket Grunt: 360 Rattata (lvl. 7, 85 EXP) Zubat (lvl. 9, 103 EXP) Zubat (lvl. 9, 103 EXP)	Rocket Grunt: 560 Koffing (lvl. 14, 342 EXP) Items Super Potion TM18 (Rain Dance) - requires Surf King's Rock - requires Surf

Slowpoke Well, Level 2

Return later on for valuable items

Once you have Strength and Surf, you can access the ladder to the basement level of the Slowpoke Well in the lower left corner of the first floor. Down there, you can find a TM 18 (Rain Dance) which isn't that great. But the King's Rock is all that and more. When held, that Pokémon's attacks get a small chance of making an opponent Flinch and lose their turn (so give it to a speedy Pokémon). And if it's equipped by a Poliwhirl or Slowpoke, when traded, that Pokémon will evolve into a new form.

Pokémon Found

Slowpoke Well encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Zubat	85%	85%	85%	85%	85%	85%	85%	85%	85%
Slowpoke	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%	15%

Slowpoke Well Fishing

	Old Rod	Good Rod	Super Rod
Magikarp	85%	35%	20%
Goldeen	15%	65%	70%
Seaking	N/A	N/A	10%

#79 Slowpoke
Slowpoke is off to a slower start than it was in Red/Blue/Yellow, starting with Tackle instead of Confusion (which it now learns at level 20). But now it has another evolution, Slowking, a great Pokémon with stats that are high enough to take full advantage of Slowpoke's great set of moves.