Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Route 24

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Route 24 (partial view).

Take on Route 24, which starts at the bridge North of Cerulean City. It's as straightforward as it gets.

The bridge challenges you with five trainers to beat (you may always heal at the Pokémon Center between each battle), ending with a Team Rocket Grunt, who awards you a Nugget before asking you to join Team Rocket. To the West, after the bridge, there's another trainer, and some tall grass with this route's Pokémon. Further North there's another patch of grass in the border with the next route.

Nuggets were made for players to sell them at PokéMarts and get some money. They don't really serve another purpose and aren't important. Don't worry, they're not finite items: there are ways to repeatedly earn them, although they take some work. For example, Meowth's Pickup ability can generate Nuggets. It can also generate Pecha Berries, considering that there's one obtainable on this route.

Pokémon found

FireRed	Level	Encounter Rate	LeafGreen	Level	Encounter Rate
Caterpie	7	25%	Caterpie	7	25%
Weedle	7	25%	Weedle	7	25%
Pidgey	11-13	15%	Pidgey	11-13	15%
Abra	8-12	15%	Abra	8-12	15%
Oddish	12-14	15%	Bellsprout	12-14	15%
Kakuna	8	4%	Kakuna	8	1%
Metapod	8	1%	Metapod	8	4%
Surfing
Tentacool	5-40	100%	Tentacool	5-40	100%
Old Rod
Magikarp	5	100%	Magikarp	5	100%
Good Rod
Magikarp	5-15	20%	Magikarp	5-15	20%
Horsea	5-15	60%	Horsea	5-15	20%
Krabby	5-15	20%	Krabby	5-15	20%
Super Rod
Gyarados	15-25	15%	Gyarados	15-25	15%
Horsea	15-35	84%	Krabby	15-35	84%
Psyduck	25-35	1%	Slowpoke	25-35	1%

New Pokémon

#043 Oddish

Another Pokémon that is exclusive only to Pokémon FireRed. Most of its attacks include absorbing HP from the opponent, which is very useful for long fights without easy access to a healing center, and status inflicting Powders that are helpful when you try to catch other Pokémon. Oddish evolves into Gloom at Level 21, and can further evolve into Vileplume by using a Leaf Stone or Bellossom (after you defeat the Elite 4) by using a Sun Stone.

#069 Bellsprout

A Grass/Poison-type Pokémon LeafGreen exclusive. It also learns status inflicting Powders like Oddish. Bellsprout is a good choice for a Grass-type Pokémon if your starter Pokémon wasn't Bulbasaur. Its final form is Victreebel, which is more offense-orientated than Vileplume or Bellossom.

#063 Abra

The first Psychic-type Pokémon in these games. Abra is very sneaky, so when you try to catch him, you can either throw a Poké Ball or try to put it to Sleep or Paralyze it. If not, it will Teleport away.

Its final form is Alakazam, which is a very powerful Pokémon and a great choice for your team. To evolve Abra into Alakazam, you'll have to trade it with someone.

Trainers

Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Money
Cale	Caterpie 10	Weedle 10	Metapod 10	Kakuna 10	120
Ali	Pidgey 12	Oddish 12	Bellsprout 12		192
Timmy	Sandshrew 14	Ekans 14			224
Reli	Nidoran♂ 16	Nidoran♀ 16			256
Ethan	Mankey 18				360
Grunt	Ekans 15	Zubat 15			480
Shane	Rattata 14	Ekans 14			280

Items

• Nugget (Given to you by the Team Rocket Grunt before battling you)
• TM45 Attract
• Pecha Berry (Visibly hidden just west of the northernmost wild Pokémon tall grass area, technically reached through Route 25)