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Route 23

23 wild Pokémon recorded here across 2 games. Choose your game to see its map, encounter methods, levels and known chances.

23Unique Pokémon2Games2Sub-areas
Appears in:Black 2White 2
How you find them:In the grassWhile surfingBy fishingSpecial encounters
Explore this locationBlack 2 & White 2 · Spring · 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 Black 2 & White 2 · Spring
Explore encounter areas 2
Road 2319 Pokémon · 8 methods
Route 23 (Hidden Grotto)5 Pokémon · 1 methods

Floor and section maps are linked where the game image matches the encounter area. A map without a highlighted patch does not imply patch-specific odds.

No encounter patches are mapped for this edition. Use the area list and 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 · Black 2 & White 2 · Spring · 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.

Road 23

Dark Grass

7 Pokémon

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

Walking in grass

7 Pokémon

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

Super Rod

2 Pokémon

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

Super Rod (ripples)

3 Pokémon

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

Surfing

2 Pokémon

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

Surfing (ripples)

3 Pokémon

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

Grass (rustling)

4 Pokémon

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

Static

1 Pokémon

Requires: Story Progress Juniper Cave Of Being

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

Static

1 Pokémon

Availability is recorded; this table does not establish comparable encounter odds.

Route 23 (Hidden Grotto)

Hidden Grotto

5 Pokémon

Availability is recorded; this table does not establish comparable encounter odds.

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

Route 23 across the games

Route 23 shows up in 2 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.

Black 222 Pokémon
GolduckPoliwagPoliwhirlPoliwrathGligarZangooseSeviperAbsolBuizelFloatzelGliscorAzelfAudinoThroh+8
White 222 Pokémon
GolduckPoliwagPoliwhirlPoliwrathGligarZangooseSeviperAbsolBuizelFloatzelGliscorAzelfAudinoThroh+8

All Pokémon found at Route 23

These 23 Pokémon have wild encounters recorded at Route 23 in Unova 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.

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