Route 6 is a Kanto route that is interlocated between Saffron City and Vermilion City. It also leads to Vermilion City Graveyard on its southwest side.
Until one has obtained the Soul Badge in Fuchsia Gym, their access will be inadmissible to the quadra-bordering gatehouses of Saffron City. One must bypass the aforementioned city to access here before the Soul Badge is procured; this can be done by using the underpass that interlinks Route 5 and Route 6.
This route must be passed through en route to Vermilion City to procure the Thunder Badge—the third badge in Kanto's successional line of them.
Notable miscellanies
Psychic Wade
When passing through this route for the first time, you will impassably encounter Psychic Wade; he will warp you into the past to give you retrocognition on a calamitous war that transpired in Vermilion City a decade ago, including a battle with Lance's indomitable Dragonair. Once this scene concludes, you will be situated in Vermilion City's Pokémon Center.
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- Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon.
- Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.
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After that encounter, Psychic Wade will ask to pass a message to Lt. Surge in order to avoid his vision from coming true. When the player returns to Psychic Wade after passing the message, Psychic Wade will award a Dragon Fang and disappear.
The Pumpkin King
- Main article: The Pumpkin King
The Pumpkin King is challengable on the basement floor of this cave. He cools down after 12 days.
Defeating him will reap access to berry shop in Goldenrod City; this houses the only purveyor of EV-reductive berries, allowing you to purchase any from the entire gamut of them.
There is no playtime-hour requirement, which tends to be loftily imposed by bosses; the only requirement is an on-hand lineup of invariably level-100 Pokémon, rendering him as one of the most readily challengable non-compulsory bosses in the game.
Wild Pokémon
Land
Water
Surfing
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Pokémon | Level range | Times | Held Item | Rod | Rarity Tier |
- Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area.
- All Pokémon tabulated here can only be encountered via fishing; they are not Surf-encounterable.
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Items
Item | Quantity | Cooldown | Location |
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Oran Berry |
1-2 |
3 days |
There are two Oran Berry trees in the same allotment nearby the gatehouse entrance |
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Sitrus Berry |
1-2 |
3 days |
There are two Sitrus Berry trees in the same allotment nearby the gatehouse entrance |
NPC Battlables
Trainers
Route 6 Trainers |
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All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise. All NPCs may have new Pokémons, or higher level Pokémons upon rematch unless noted contrariwise. |
The Pumpkin King
- Main article: The Pumpkin King
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- Emboldened moves avail from a STAB bonus when deployed by that Pokémon.
- Italicized moves are functionally broken; see their individualized pages for more information.
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