KANTO — Route 5
Route 5 – Pokémon & Locations
Every wild Pokémon on Route 5 in FireRed/LeafGreen: catch rates, levels, items and trainers — plus the differences between the two versions and a calculated best-catch tip. Route 5 connects Cerulean City with Saffron City.
Encounter table
Source: PokéAPI (FireRed/LeafGreen) – rates are the summed encounter slots per species and method.
Best catch on Route 5
Oddish has the highest base stat total (320) of every catchable species here — statistically the strongest catch on Route 5. Automatically calculated from stats, not a meta ranking.
NUZLOCKE
Nuzlocke on Route 5
Log your first catch on Route 5 straight into a new Nuzlocke run — the tracker knows every encounter on this route.
3 species. Most common: Pidgey (40 %), Meowth (35 %), Oddish (25 %). The rarest catch is Oddish (25 %). All rates are the summed encounter slots from PokéAPI (FireRed).
Yes, there are differences. The versions differ on Route 5 like this: Oddish only in FireRed (25%); Bellsprout only in LeafGreen (25%)
No. No items are placed or hidden on Route 5.
Oddish. With a base stat total of 320, Oddish has the highest total of all catchable species here — our calculated tip for Route 5 (derived automatically from stats, not a meta ranking).