Pokémon Gold and Silver/Route 43

Route 43

New Pokémon

Gold	Silver	Crystal
Girafarig		Farfetch'd

Take Route 43 to reach the Lake of Rage. Team Rocket seems to be in charge there, which can't be a good thing.

Team Rocket demands an exorbitant toll

Team Rocket has taken over the guardhouse on the east side of Route 43. They'll be happy to let you pass... for 1,000. If you don't want to pay, you'll have to loop around to the west. But that may be for the best; the grassy areas along Route 43 are the only places where you can catch a Girafarig in Gold and Silver, or a Farfetch'd in Crystal.

After you've crushed the Rockets, the guardhouse will fall back into friendly hands, and you'll be allowed to pass freely. And the new guard will thank you with TM 36 (Sludge Bomb), an awesome Poison-type attack.

#203 Girafarig
This palindromic giraffe is a solid Psychic Pokémon. It's half Normal which, on the plus side, means it can Stomp on opponents who would be less effected by Psychic (it also gives it full immunity to Ghost attacks). On the down side, it makes its Psychic attacks weaker than those of other Pokémon. But it gets great skills: Psybeam at level 41 and Dark's best skill (Crunch) at level 54.

Trainers & Items

Trainers
Pokémaniac Ben: 1140 Slowbro (lvl. 19, 667 EXP) Camper Spencer: 380 Sandshrew (lvl. 17, 332 EXP) Sandslash (lvl. 17, 592 EXP) Zubat (lvl. 19, 219 EXP) Picnicker Tiffany: 400 () Clefairy (lvl. 20, 290 EXP) Fisher Marvin: 600 Magikarp (lvl. 10, 42 EXP) Gyarados (lvl. 10, 457 EXP) Magikarp (lvl. 15, 63 EXP) Gyarados (lvl. 15, 687 EXP)	Pokémaniac Ron: 1140 Nidoking (lvl. 19, 793 EXP) Pokémaniac Brent: 1140 () Lickitung (lvl. 19, 518 EXP) Items Bitter Berry (accessible by using HM moves Surf, and Cut) Max Ether TM36: Sludge Bomb (after rocket grunts have gone, in guard house, from guard)

Pokémon found

Route #43 encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Girafarig	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mareep	10%	10%	5%	10%	10%	5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flaaffy	30%	40%	30%	30%	40%	30%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sentret	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30%	30%	N/A
Furret	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	15%	15%	N/A
Pidgeotto	25%	20%	N/A	25%	20%	N/A	30%	30%	N/A
Noctowl	N/A	N/A	20%	N/A	N/A	20%	N/A	N/A	30%
Farfetch'd	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	20%	20%	N/A
Raticate	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5%	5%	25%
Venonat	5%	N/A	15%	5%	N/A	15%	N/A	N/A	40%
Venomoth	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5%

Route #43 (Headbutting-Moderate Chance) encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Spearow	80%	80%	80%	80%	80%	80%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aipom	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Venonat	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	15%	15%	15%
Exeggcute	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	20%	20%	20%
Hoothoot	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	65%	65%	65%

Route #43 (Headbutting-Low Chance) encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Spearow	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	50%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Aipom	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	20%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Heracross	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Exeggcute	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	20%	20%	20%
Hoothoot	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	50%	50%	50%
Pineco	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	30%	30%	30%

Pokémon found (Water)

Route 43 Surfing Level 10 - 24 encounters

	Gold			Silver			Crystal
	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night	Morn	Day	Night
Magikarp	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%