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KantoRoutesGen 1

Route 23

34 wild Pokémon recorded here across 7 games. Choose your game to see its map, encounter methods, levels and known chances.

34Unique Pokémon7Games
Appears in:RedBlueYellowFireRedLeafGreenLet's Go PikachuLet's Go Eevee
How you find them:In the grassWhile surfingBy fishingSpecial encounters
Explore this locationFireRed & LeafGreen · Area map
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Route 23 area maps

Choose a game and map. Open the encounter panel for this image or browse the named areas and their rates below.

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Route 23 — in-game area map from Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen
View all encounters on this map 12 Pokémon →

The tables below give rates for each named area and method. The image does not pinpoint individual patches.

This image has no pinpointed encounter patches. Open the area-wide rates above or browse the tables below.

Drag or swipe to pan. Scroll to move; Ctrl/Cmd + scroll or pinch to zoom. Double-click to zoom into a point. Keyboard: arrows to pan, +/− to zoom, 0 to fit.In-game area map · FireRed & LeafGreen · Map source: Bulbapedia ↗Game imagery © Pokémon / Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK.

Wild Pokémon encounters

Choose your game and conditions. Each method has its own encounter table.

Walking in grass

6 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Super Rod

4 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Surfing

1 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Good Rod

3 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Old Rod

1 Pokémon

Chance per encounter with this method and the selected conditions; not the chance per step or of catching it.

Encounter records: PokéAPI. Modifiers such as Repel and lead Pokémon abilities are not applied.

Route 23 across the games

Route 23 shows up in 7 games, and the wild lineup shifts each time. Here's who you can meet in every version it appears in — tap a Pokémon for its full entry.

Red12 Pokémon
SpearowFearowEkansArbokPoliwagSlowbroKinglerSeadraGoldeenSeakingMagikarpDitto
Blue12 Pokémon
SpearowFearowSandshrewSandslashPoliwagSlowbroKinglerSeadraGoldeenSeakingMagikarpDitto
Yellow9 Pokémon
FearowNidorinaNidorinoMankeyPrimeapePoliwagPoliwhirlGoldeenMagikarp
FireRed12 Pokémon
SpearowFearowEkansArbokPsyduckMankeyPrimeapePoliwagPoliwhirlGoldeenMagikarpGyarados
LeafGreen12 Pokémon
SpearowFearowSandshrewSandslashMankeyPrimeapePoliwagPoliwhirlSlowpokeGoldeenMagikarpGyarados
Let's Go Pikachu19 Pokémon
CharizardSpearowFearowNidoran♀NidorinaNidoqueenNidoran♂NidorinoNidokingPoliwagPoliwhirlExeggcuteExeggutorChansey+5
Let's Go Eevee19 Pokémon
CharizardSpearowFearowNidoran♀NidorinaNidoqueenNidoran♂NidorinoNidokingPoliwagPoliwhirlExeggcuteExeggutorChansey+5

All Pokémon found at Route 23

These 34 Pokémon have wild encounters recorded at Route 23 in Kanto across every game in which the area appears. Tap any Pokémon for its full Pokédex entry, stats, evolutions and every other place it can be found.

Charizard spriteCharizard#0006Spearow spriteSpearow#0021Fearow spriteFearow#0022Ekans spriteEkans#0023Arbok spriteArbok#0024Sandshrew spriteSandshrew#0027Sandslash spriteSandslash#0028Nidoran♀ spriteNidoran♀#0029Nidorina spriteNidorina#0030Nidoqueen spriteNidoqueen#0031Nidoran♂ spriteNidoran♂#0032Nidorino spriteNidorino#0033Nidoking spriteNidoking#0034Psyduck spritePsyduck#0054Mankey spriteMankey#0056Primeape spritePrimeape#0057Poliwag spritePoliwag#0060Poliwhirl spritePoliwhirl#0061Slowpoke spriteSlowpoke#0079Slowbro spriteSlowbro#0080Kingler spriteKingler#0099Exeggcute spriteExeggcute#0102Exeggutor spriteExeggutor#0103Chansey spriteChansey#0113Seadra spriteSeadra#0117Goldeen spriteGoldeen#0118Seaking spriteSeaking#0119Magikarp spriteMagikarp#0129Gyarados spriteGyarados#0130Ditto spriteDitto#0132Articuno spriteArticuno#0144Zapdos spriteZapdos#0145Moltres spriteMoltres#0146Dragonite spriteDragonite#0149
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