Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Viridian Forest

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The nature preserve is smack-dab in the middle of Route #2, the route that runs between Viridian City and Pewter City. Pokémon are plentiful within its borders, and many trainers come here to capture new specimens for their collections or to challenge other trainers. It's easy to lose yourself in Viridian Forest if you don't know where you're going.

Viridian Forest

[edit] Pokemon Found

Pokemon found (Grass)
Fire Red	Level	Encounter Rate	Leaf Green	Level	Encounter Rate
Caterpie	3-5	40%	Caterpie	3-5	40%
Weedle	3-5	40%	Weedle	3-5	40%
Metapod	5	5%	Metapod	4-6	10%
Kakuna	4-6	10%	Kakuna	5	5%
Pikachu	3-5	5%	Pikachu	3-5	5%

#25 Pikachu

Pikachu compensates for his weak defense with a good dose of power and its lightning speed. Electric is also one of the best all-around types in the game and while it makes Pikachu weak against Ground enemies and Grassers, Electric attacks absolutely shred the game's plentiful Flyers and Water-based creatures... You can see this at work as Pikachu's Thundershock fries the Pidgeys hanging around in Route #2. Pikachu can evolve into a Raichu, but only with the aid of a Thunder Stone.

[edit] Battles

Trainers
	Name	1st	2nd	3rd	Money
1	Rick	Weedle 6	Caterpie 6		72
2	Doug	Weedle 7	Kakuna 7	Weedle 7	84
3	Anthony	Caterpie 7	Caterpie 8		96
4	Charlie	Metapod 7	Caterpie 7	Metapod 7	84
5	Sammy	Weedle 9			108

[edit] Through the woods

Duels with Trainers

You'll find rival trainers everywhere you go, and they'll usually challenge you as soon as they see you. Trainers can have anywhere from one to six Pokémon, and you can't Run from a duel with a trainer, so always be prepared for an extended battle. Keep in mind that the tame Pokémon trainers use are often more powerful than the wild Pokémon found in the surrounding area.

Viridian Forest serves as your first "maze" stage. Its hard to get lost in there, but first timers may wish to explore it slowly to get a feel for the layout. As you cross Viridian Forest, you'll be attacked by both wild Pokémon and various trainers. While encounters with wild Pokémon are random, trainers will only come at you when you cross their line of vision, so you have a degree of control over when they challenge you. Unfortunately, they are usually placed in positions that you have no choice but to pass in front of, but a few can be avoided by walking around them.

If you are having trouble defeating trainers in a given area, it probably means that your Pokémon aren't strong enough and need to be leveled up higher. The highest level Pokémon that a trainer in Viridian Forest has is Level 9, so as long as most of your Pokémon are level 8 or above, you should be in good shape.

The pets and the wildlife that you encounter in the forest may seem tough, but much of it won't be. Wild and challenger-trained Kakunas and Metapods can't attack, they can only harden (which can make for some long battle that wear down your Pokémon's PP, so be careful). Never try to capture a wild Metapod or Kakuna. Instead, capture Weedles and Caterpies and level them up so they evolve into Kakunas and Metapods that retain their offensive abilities. They evolve fast: Both will be at their third stage of evolution by Level 10!

Pikachus are extremely rare and will take extensive periods of walking around through grass to find them. Be sure not to leave the forest without snagging one. Defeating Misty will be difficult without their help!