KANTO — Route 9
Route 9 – Pokémon & Locations
Every wild Pokémon on Route 9 in FireRed/LeafGreen: catch rates, levels, items and trainers — plus the differences between the two versions and a calculated best-catch tip. Route 9 connects Cerulean City with Route 10.
Encounter table
Source: PokéAPI (FireRed/LeafGreen) – rates are the summed encounter slots per species and method.
Items on Route 9
Tm40
Burn Heal
Ether
Rare Candy
Chesto Berry
Trainers on Route 9
Bug Catcher Brent
Beedrill Lv 19, Beedrill Lv 19
Bug Catcher Conner
Caterpie Lv 20, Weedle Lv 20, Venonat Lv 20
Camper Chris
Growlithe Lv 21, Charmander Lv 21
Camper Drew
Rattata Lv 19, Sandshrew Lv 19, Ekans Lv 19, Sandshrew Lv 19
Picnicker Alicia
Oddish Lv 18, Bellsprout Lv 18, Oddish Lv 18, Bellsprout Lv 18
Picnicker Caitlin
Meowth Lv 23
Hiker Alan
Geodude Lv 21, Onix Lv 21
Hiker Brice
Geodude Lv 20, Machop Lv 20, Geodude Lv 20
Hiker Jeremy
Machop Lv 20, Onix Lv 20
Best catch on Route 9
Sandshrew has the highest base stat total (300) of every catchable species here — statistically the strongest catch on Route 9. Automatically calculated from stats, not a meta ranking.
NUZLOCKE
Nuzlocke on Route 9
Log your first catch on Route 9 straight into a new Nuzlocke run — the tracker knows every encounter on this route.
3 species. Most common: Rattata (40 %), Spearow (35 %), Ekans (25 %). The rarest catch is Ekans (25 %). All rates are the summed encounter slots from PokéAPI (FireRed).
Yes, there are differences. The versions differ on Route 9 like this: Ekans only in FireRed (25%); Sandshrew only in LeafGreen (25%)
Yes. You can find 5 items on Route 9: Tm40, Burn Heal, Ether, Rare Candy, Chesto Berry.
Sandshrew. With a base stat total of 300, Sandshrew has the highest total of all catchable species here — our calculated tip for Route 9 (derived automatically from stats, not a meta ranking).