Johto Safari Zone

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Safari Zone サファリゾーン Safari Zone "Wild Missingno. appeared!"
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Location:	On Route 48, at the Safari Zone Gate
Region:	Johto
Generations:	IV
Location of Safari Zone in Johto.
Pokémon world locations

The Johto Safari Zone (Japanese: サファリゾーン Safari Zone) is a special Pokémon preserve where Trainers can catch certain types of Pokémon. The Johto Safari Zone made its debut appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, where it was shown to be located northwest of Cianwood. It is located at the Safari Zone Gate, a bazaar that sprung up due to the Safari Zone's popularity. It is owned by Baoba, the owner of the former Kanto Safari Zone, which was, by then, made into a Pal Park by his son.

For $500, the player will receive 30 Safari Balls. Akin to previous Safari Zones, there is a large area to cover, but the six areas of the Zone can uniquely be rearranged to suit the player. Also, there is no time or step limit to how long the player can try to catch Pokémon. The only ways to leave are to retire, to walk back through the entrance or to run out of Safari Balls.

When a wild Pokémon appears, no Pokémon may be sent out to battle it; catching Pokémon here, as in most Safari Zones, requires sheer luck. There are four options in the battle screen: throw a Safari Ball, throw Bait, run away, and throw Mud. Throwing Bait makes a Pokémon less likely to run, but makes it harder to catch, while throwing Mud does the reverse, making it easier to catch but more likely to run.

The Safari Zone can only be accessed once the player has healed the sick Ampharos, Amphy, in Olivine City's lighthouse.

Details

This Safari Zone works identically to the Great Marsh: Pokémon are made easier or harder to catch by modifying the catch rate of a Pokémon. Each Pokémon appearing in the Safari Zone also has an escape rate, representing the probability that they flee from battle; a Pokémon's escape rate is identical across all Generation IV games (however, their escape rates are not defined in games which they cannot be found in their Great Marsh or Safari Zone). As a rule of thumb, Pokémon at higher evolutionary levels generally have lower escape rates.

At the start of an encounter, both the catch rate and escape rate are set to their species defaults. When Bait is thrown, it lowers the escape rate by one stage, but has a 90% chance of also lowering the catch rate by one stage. When Mud is thrown, it raises the catch rate by one stage, but has a 90% chance of raising the escape rate by one stage. Stages for catch rates and escape rates work identically to stat stages: they can be raised as high as 6 and as low as -6, where 0 is the starting stage; multipliers at each stat stage also work identically.

At the end of each turn, a random number between 0 and 255 is generated. If it is less than the modified stat stage, the Pokémon escapes.

Base flee rates

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Areas

The six areas of the Safari Zone

Like the Safari Zone in Hoenn and Great Marsh in Sinnoh, the Johto Safari Zone has six areas, which are inhabited by different Pokémon. A feature unique to this Safari Zone, however, is the customization of these areas. Each of the six areas may be placed in any arrangement the player desires. This is a useful function, as it means the player does not have to traverse to the furthest area from the entrance to get the Pokémon living in it. This is taken even further due to the fact that there are 10 unique defaults from the moment the Safari Zone is unlocked.

Customization happens on the Nintendo DS touch screen. By dragging and sliding the tiles with the stylus, the player can move them with ease. The exits to each area are arranged so that every conceivable arrangement of areas is possible: up to 2,985,984. In each specific area, the player can choose from several different objects and put up to 30 into the area, which can potentially draw out rarer Pokémon, Pokémon not found in the area, or Pokémon not found in the zone any other way. The specific layout of the Safari Zone may be shared by multiple players at one time, like other events in Generation IV, through record mixing or by using the Safari Zone Link.

Default area layouts

There are ten possible layouts that the areas can be arranged in by default when the player first reaches the Safari Zone. Between the ten default layouts, all of the areas are utilized at least once with the exceptions of the Desert and Rocky Beach areas; each default arrangement positions the Peak area right in front of the entrance. Six more areas can be added once Baoba's second challenge is assigned to the player.

Layout	Area Setup
1	Plains	Swamp	Meadow
	Wetland	Peak	Forest
2	Meadow	Marshland	Wetland
	Forest	Peak	Swamp
3	Wetland	Wasteland	Forest
	Swamp	Peak	Marshland
4	Forest	Mountain	Swamp
	Marshland	Peak	Wasteland
5	Swamp	Savannah	Marshland
	Wasteland	Peak	Mountain
6	Marshland	Plains	Wasteland
	Mountain	Peak	Savannah
7	Wasteland	Meadow	Mountain
	Savannah	Peak	Plains
8	Mountain	Wetland	Savannah
	Plains	Peak	Meadow
9	Savannah	Forest	Plains
	Meadow	Peak	Wetland
10	Plains	Savannah	Wetland
	Swamp	Peak	Wasteland

Challenges

First Challenge

When the player first visits the Safari Zone, its owner, Baoba, will give the player their first challenge of finding and catching a Geodude inside of the Safari Zone. No matter which of the 10 possible default Safari Zone area set-ups is in use, the Peak Area where Geodude can be found is always the first area that the player enters.

Second Challenge

Three game-play hours after completion of the first challenge, Baoba will call the player and give them their second challenge. The point of this challenge is to get the player to use the Area Customizer, a machine that allows the player to move around and order the different areas of the Safari Zone. Using the Area Customizer to add the Desert Area, the player must catch a Sandshrew. When Baoba is shown a captured Sandshrew, he makes the player the new Safari Zone Owner.

Blocks

After the player has both received the National Pokédex from Professor Oak, and 3 hours of gameplay have passed after completion of Baoba's second challenge, Baoba will call the player to tell them that he has come up with a new idea for the Safari Zone. After receiving this call, the player will be able to place blocks in each active area of the Safari Zone. Each active area can contain up to 30 blocks at one time. Initially, the player will have access to only 6 block items. After another 3 hours of gameplay, Baoba will call the player again and add 6 new blocks. This cycle will repeat 2 more times until the player has been granted access to all 24 different block items.

Block Type	Name
Plains	Shrubbery
	Red Flower
	White Flower
Forest	Tree
	Stump
	Branches
Peak	Small Rock
	Big Rock
	Mossy Rock
Waterside	Puddle
	Fountain
	Water Hole
Other	Guidepost (R)
	Guidepost (L)
	Trash Can
	Long Fence 1
	Long Fence 2
	Your Statue
	Bench
	Your Flag
	Outside Lamp
	Short Fence 1
	Short Fence 2
	Signboard

Area upgrades

Each area of the Safari Zone keeps a hidden counter which tracks how many days it has been active. It adds 1 day to the count at midnight (00:00). After an area has been active for a predetermined number of days, it will be upgraded. Each upgrade acts as a multiplier for one block type within an area. For example, a Plains block in an area with no upgrades counts as a single Plains block point. A Plains block in an area with one Plains upgrade counts as two Plains block points. Baoba may call to notify the player when this occurs, however, the upgrade comes into effect regardless of whether the call has been received. The upgrades cannot be reverted once obtained, even if the player moves the area out of the current rotation or removes the blocks.

The invisible day counter for each active area of the Safari Zone is tied to the internal game clock of the system. Playing the game every day is not necessary to advance the counter as long as the game is used in the same system. If the game detects a different clock (either by changing the date or time or by booting the game in a different system), the counter will freeze for 24 hours after saving. If the clock was set one or more days forward, the counter doesn't advance to match the number of skipped days, but resumes counting from where it left off before the penalty period. The counter never resets to 0.

Block Type	2×	3×	4×	5×	6×	7×
Plains	10	50	100	150	200	250
Forest	20	60	110	160	210	250
Peak	30	70	120	170	220	250
Waterside	40	80	130	180	230	250

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Safari Ball ×30	From the receptionist in the entrance building, to be used in the Safari Game; cannot be kept	HG  SS

Pokémon

Many Pokémon are found in the Safari Zone with no additional input needed by the player. Other Pokémon will only appear if certain block objects are placed within each area. For example, Fearow will not appear in the Peak area unless there are five Forest objects placed in the Peak area. Some Pokémon need two types of block objects in order to appear. For example, Vigoroth requires both Plains and Forest objects.

The area upgrade mechanic within the Safari Zone is key to being able to encounter the more rare Pokémon types. For example, to encounter a Bagon within the Swamp area, the player must have unlocked the block capability and received enough notifications from Baoba that both Peak and Forest block items are available for placement. The Swamp area must then be made an active area within the Safari Zone for 110 days. This quadruples the block score for each forest block and triples it for each peak block placed within it. The player can then place 19 peak blocks (19 × 3 = 57) and 9 forest blocks (9 × 4 = 36), which achieves the required scores of 56 and 35 respectively to enable Bagon.

All encounter slots in the Safari Zone are 10% each. The block-based encounters will replace topmost available slot, with higher ID being prioritized. For example, having 5 points of Plains blocks and 10 points of Forest blocks in Wetland will cause the game to insert Farfetch'd, Furret and Pachirisu in grass encounter slots 1, 0, and 2, respectively.

The Safari Zone is not listed as a Pokédex area. Any Pokémon that can be encountered only here will have the area listed as "AREA UNKNOWN".

Additionally, when generating Pokémon's IVs, the game will reroll the numbers up to 4 times if none of the IVs are at 31.

If the player keeps track of every area's counter and changes them optimally, they can unlock and obtain every evolutionary line exclusive to the Safari Zone by waiting 100 days (see the left side of the table). However, to unlock every species in every area, the player has to wait 140 days. The Pokémon on the right side of the table become available earlier through evolution or breeding of encounters from other areas.

Area	Days to unlock every family	Last unlocked Pokémon		Days to unlock every species	Last unlocked Pokémon
Rocky Beach	100		Gible	same species
Meadow	70		Riolu	same species
Wetland	70		Shelgon	same species
Peak	60		Vigoroth	same species
Mountain	30		Metang	80		Sealeo
Wasteland	30		Solrock	same species
Savannah	30		Torkoal	same species
Marshland	20		Croagunk	30		Banette
Desert	20		Vibrava	40		Cacturne
Forest	20		Shuppet	110		Bronzong
Swamp	Upgrade not needed	None		110		Bagon
Plains	Upgrade not needed	None		Upgrade not needed	None

Peak

Peak area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 60 days, after which Vigoroth becomes available by placing the necessary blocks.

Notably, Bronzor becomes available after 30 days and Spheal becomes available after 40 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Peak area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Geodude	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	40%
Graveler	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	20%	20%	0%
Magnemite	HG			SS			Grass	15-16	20%
Magneton	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	20%
Magmar	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
Wobbuffet	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	0%	0%	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Peak area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Fearow	Walking	Forest	5	---		44	3	Any
	Paras	Walking	Forest	3	---		42	2	Any
	Slowbro	Walking	Waterside	5	---		45	8	Any
	Magmar	Walking	Peak	10	---		41	5	Morning/Day
	Wobbuffet								Night
	Linoone	Walking	Plains	5	---		46	0	Any
	Vigoroth	Walking	Forest	56	Plains	28	47	4	Any
	Lairon	Walking	Peak	24	---		45	6	Any
	Zangoose	Walking	Plains	12	---		45	1	Morning/Day
							43		Night
	Spheal	Walking	Waterside	35	---		45	9	Morning/Day
							44		Night
	Bronzor	Walking	Peak	35	Forest	14	45	7	Morning/Day
							46		Night

Desert

Desert area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 40 days, after which Cacturne (also available in the Savannah area after 20 days) becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Cacnea becomes available in this area after 20 days.

Notably, Vibrava becomes available after 20 days, but Trapinch becomes available after 30 days. Carnivine becomes available after 10 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Desert area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fearow	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Sandshrew	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	40%
Sandslash	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%
Cubone	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	20%	20%	0%
Marowak	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Desert area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Fearow	Walking	Plains	3	---		38	0	Any
	Fearow	Walking	Peak	6	---		41	5	Night
	Marowak								Morning/Day
	Lotad	Walking	Waterside	8	---		38	8	Any
	Spinda	Walking	Plains	14	---		45	1	Any
	Trapinch	Walking	Peak	49	---		46	7	Morning/Night
							47		Day
	Vibrava	Walking	Forest	49	---		44	4	Morning/Night
							45		Day
	Cacnea	Walking	Forest	35	---		35	3	Any
	Cacturne	Walking	Waterside	42	---		48	9	Any
	Hippopotas	Walking	Peak	28	---		43	6	Any
	Carnivine	Walking	Plains	49	---		48	2	Any

Plains

Plains area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, only the blocks are needed. No upgrade is necessary.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Plains area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Raticate	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Abra	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%
Girafarig	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Girafarig	HG			SS			Grass	15-16	0%	0%	20%
Stantler	HG			SS			Grass	17	0%	0%	20%
Smeargle	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Plains area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Ponyta	Walking	Peak	5	---		42	5	Any
	Girafarig	Walking	Plains	3	---		40	0	Morning/Day
	Stantler								Night
	Houndoom	Walking	Peak	10	---		43	6	Morning/Day
							44		Night
	Stantler	Walking	Forest	3	---		41	3	Night
	Smeargle								Morning/Day
	Zigzagoon	Walking	Forest	15	---		44	4	Any
	Lotad	Walking	Waterside	12	---		42	8	Any
	Surskit	Walking	Waterside	28	---		46	9	Any
	Manectric	Walking	Plains	15	---		45	7	Any
	Zangoose	Walking	Peak	15	---		43	2	Morning/Day
							45		Night
	Shinx	Walking	Plains	10	---		43	1	Morning/Day
							44		Night

Meadow

Meadow area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 70 days, after which Riolu becomes available by placing the necessary blocks.

Notably, Seedot becomes available after 10 days, Level 48 Nuzleaf becomes available in 20 days (Level 38 Nuzleaf doesn't require any area upgrades), and Nosepass becomes available after 30 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Meadow area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Clefairy	HG			SS			Grass	17	0%	0%	10%
Jigglypuff	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	50%	30%	30%
Marill	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Hoppip	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	40%	30%	0%
Skiploom	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
Sunkern	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	30%	0%
Wooper	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Surfing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Surfing	15-17	50%
Marill	HG			SS			Surfing	16-17	20%
Wooper	HG			SS			Surfing	15-17	30%
Fishing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	12-15	40%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	12-15	60%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-24	40%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	24-25	20%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-24	40%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-36	40%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-38	60%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Meadow area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Raticate	Walking	Plains	5	---		40	0	Any
	Clefairy	Walking	Peak	3	---		42	6	Night
	Geodude						45		Morning/Day
	Poliwhirl	Old Rod	Waterside	2	---		15	0	Any
			Waterside	3	---		16	1
		Good Rod	Waterside	5	---		27	0
	Chansey	Walking	Plains	12	---		42	1	Any
	Gyarados	Good Rod	Waterside	7	---		28	1	Any
		Super Rod	Waterside	10	---		42	0
			Waterside	14	---		45	1
	Skiploom	Walking	Forest	8	---		40	3	Any
		Surf	Waterside	3	---		47	0
	Wooper	Walking	Waterside	3	---		42	9	Any
	Seedot	Walking	Plains	35	---		45	2	Any
	Nuzleaf	Walking	Forest	28	---		38	4	Any
			Forest	35	---		48	5
	Masquerain	Surf	Waterside	10	---		42	1	Any
			Waterside	14	---		46	2
	Nosepass	Walking	Peak	35	---		45	7	Any
	Riolu	Walking	Peak	42	Forest	28	45	8	Morning/Night
							46		Day

Forest

Forest area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 110 days, after which Bronzong becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Bronzor becomes available in the Peak area after 30 days.

Notably, Beldum becomes available after 70 days, but Metang becomes available in the Mountain area after 30 days. Shuppet becomes available after 20 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Forest area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Pidgey	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Bellsprout	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	40%	40%	30%
Gastly	HG			SS			Grass	15, 17	0%	0%	20%
Haunter	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	0%	0%	20%
Mr. Mime	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	20%	20%	0%
Misdreavus	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
Misdreavus	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Forest area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Lickitung	Walking	Waterside	3	---		40	7	Any
	Mr. Mime	Walking	Plains	3	---		45	0	Any
	Electabuzz	Walking	Peak	4	---		41	4	Any
	Misdreavus	Walking	Forest	4	---		42	2	Any
	Surskit	Walking	Waterside	24	---		42	9	Any
	Shuppet	Walking	Forest	35	---		46	3	Morning/Day
							47		Night
	Beldum	Walking	Peak	63	---		44	6	Any
	Bidoof	Walking	Waterside	10	---		40	8	Any
	Budew	Walking	Plains	24	---		47	1	Any
	Bronzong	Walking	Peak	56	Forest	35	46	5	Morning
							44		Day/Night

Swamp

Swamp area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 110 days, after which Bagon becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Shelgon becomes available in the Wetland area after 70 days.

Notably, Level 48 Duskull becomes available after 40 days (Level 42 Duskull doesn't require any area upgrades). All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Swamp area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Jigglypuff	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Paras	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Drowzee	HG			SS			Grass	15, 17	0%	0%	20%
Hypno	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	0%	0%	20%
Sentret	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%
Murkrow	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
Murkrow	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Surfing
Goldeen	HG			SS			Surfing	15-17	40%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Surfing	15-17	60%
Fishing
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	12-15	100%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-24	40%
Seaking	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	24-25	20%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-24	40%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-37	40%
Seaking	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-37	40%
Dratini	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	36-37	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Swamp area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Parasect	Walking	Plains	3	---		41	0	Any
	Weepinbell	Walking	Forest	8	---		46	4	Any
	Hypno	Walking	Forest	5	---		37	3	Night
	Murkrow								Morning/Day
	Voltorb	Walking	Peak	10	---		42	6	Any
	Goldeen	Old Rod	Waterside	2	---		17	0	Any
	Seaking	Old Rod	Waterside	3	---		17	1	Any
		Good Rod	Waterside	6	---		27	0
		Surf	Waterside	4	---		42	0
	Dratini	Good Rod	Waterside	10	---		29	1	Any
	Dragonair	Super Rod	Waterside	15	---		42	0	Any
			Waterside	20	---		45	1
	Furret	Walking	Plains	5	---		42	1	Any
	Murkrow	Surf	Waterside	10	---		47	1	Any
	Duskull	Walking	Peak	28	---		42	7	Any
		Surf	Waterside	35	---		48	2
	Chimecho	Walking	Forest	15	---		46	5	Morning/Day
							47		Night
	Bagon	Walking	Peak	56	Forest	35	45	8	Morning/Day
							44		Night
	Pachirisu	Walking	Plains	10	---		47	2	Any
	Floatzel	Walking	Waterside	10	---		44	9	Any

Marshland

Marshland area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 30 days, after which Banette becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Shuppet becomes available in the Forest area after 20 days.

Notably, Roselia becomes available after 20 days, but Budew becomes available in the Forest area after obtaining the Plains blocks and the Rocky Beach area after obtaining the Forest blocks, without requiring any area upgrades. Seviper becomes available after 10 days, and Carnivine (also available in the Desert area after 10 days) and Croagunk both become available after 20 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Marshland area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Ekans	HG			SS			Grass	15-16	20%	20%	0%
Arbok	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
Oddish	HG			SS			Grass	15, 17	0%	0%	20%
Gloom	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	0%	0%	20%
Grimer	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
Koffing	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%
Weezing	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Wooper	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Surfing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Surfing	15-17	40%
Grimer	HG			SS			Surfing	15-17	30%
Wooper	HG			SS			Surfing	15-17	30%
Fishing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	12-15	40%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	12-15	60%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	24-25	60%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-24	40%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-38	80%
Gyarados	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	36-37	20%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Marshland area by placing the necessary blocks.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Gloom	Walking	Plains	2	---		42	0	Any
	Diglett	Walking	Peak	5	---		43	6	Any
	Poliwag	Old Rod	Waterside	2	---		16	0	Any
			Waterside	3	---		18	1
	Muk	Walking	Waterside	8	---		38	9	Any
		Surf	Waterside	16	---		48	2
	Gyarados	Good Rod	Waterside	3	---		26	0	Any
			Waterside	4	---		29	1
	Jumpluff	Walking	Plains	5	---		38	1	Any
		Surf	Waterside	10	---		47	0
	Quagsire	Surf	Waterside	13	---		43	1	Any
	Shuckle	Walking	Peak	8	---		44	7	Any
	Roselia	Walking	Forest	49	---		46	5	Any
	Seviper	Walking	Plains	35	---		48	2	Any
	Barboach	Super Rod	Waterside	4	---		42	0	Any
		Super Rod	Waterside	5	---		45	1
	Banette	Walking	Peak	49	---		44	8	Morning/Day
							45		Night
	Croagunk	Walking	Forest	42	---		44	4	Any
	Carnivine	Walking	Forest	35	---		41	3	Any

Mountain

Mountain area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 80 days, after which Sealeo becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Spheal becomes available in the Peak area after 40 days.

Notably, Metang becomes available after 30 days, but Beldum becomes available in the Forest area after 70 days; and Dusclops becomes available after 20 days, but Duskull becomes available in the Swamp area after obtaining the Peak blocks, without requiring any area upgrades. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Mountain area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Rattata	HG			SS			Grass	15-16	20%
Raticate	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Zubat	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	40%
Golbat	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Magneton	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%
Lickitung	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Larvitar	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Mountain area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Magneton	Walking	Plains	3	---		42	0	Any
	Krabby	Walking	Waterside	3	---		43	8	Any
	Larvitar	Walking	Peak	5	---		42	5	Any
	Meditite	Walking	Forest	20	---		44	3	Morning
							43		Day/Night
	Volbeat	Walking	Plains	10	---		46	1	Any
	Lunatone	Walking	Peak	15	---		46	6	Any
	Dusclops	Walking	Forest	35	---		45	4	Morning/Day
							46		Night
	Sealeo	Walking	Waterside	49	Peak	21	45	9	Any
	Metang	Walking	Peak	56	---		44	7	Any
	Chingling	Walking	Forest	10	---		38	2	Any

Rocky Beach

Rocky Beach area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 100 days, after which Gible becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Rocky Beach area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Zubat	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Slowpoke	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%
Slowbro	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%
Doduo	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Krabby	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%
Surfing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Surfing	15-16	30%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Surfing	16-17	20%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Surfing	15-16	30%
Lapras	HG			SS			Surfing	15-16	20%
Fishing
Krabby	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	13-15	30%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	13-15	30%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	12-14	40%
Krabby	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-25	40%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-23	30%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-23	30%
Kingler	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	38-39	20%
Goldeen	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-38	40%
Seaking	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-38	40%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Rocky Beach area by placing the necessary blocks.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Slowbro	Walking	Peak	3	---		42	6	Any
		Walking	Waterside	5	---		37	9
	Dodrio	Walking	Plains	10	---		42	0	Any
	Krabby	Old Rod	Waterside	2	---		17	0	Any
			Waterside	3	---		18	1
	Kingler	Walking	Peak	8	---		40	7	Any
		Good Rod	Waterside	5	---		26	0
			Waterside	8	---		27	1
	Lapras	Surf	Waterside	10	---		37	0	Morning/Day
							36		Night
			Waterside	14	---		42	1	Morning/Day
							41		Night
			Waterside	18	---		47	2	Morning/Day
							46		Night
	Mareep	Walking	Forest	5	---		43	3	Any
	Aron	Walking	Peak	24	---		45	8	Morning/Day
							44		Night
	Electrike	Walking	Plains	10	---		42	1	Any
	Manectric	Walking	Forest	10	---		37	4	Any
	Corphish	Super Rod	Waterside	15	---		46	0	Any
			Waterside	20	---		48	1
	Budew	Walking	Forest	18	---		40	5	Any
	Gible	Walking	Plains	49	Peak	49	44	2	Any

Wasteland

Wasteland area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 30 days, after which Solrock becomes available by placing the necessary blocks.

Notably, Breloom becomes available after 20 days, but Shroomish becomes available in the Savannah area after 20 days; and Medicham also becomes available after 20 days, but Meditite becomes available in the Mountain area after obtaining the Forest blocks, without requiring any area upgrades. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Wasteland area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Fearow	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Machop	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	20%	20%	0%
Machoke	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	0%	0%
Magnemite	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%
Onix	HG			SS			Grass	15-16	20%	0%	0%
Onix	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	30%	40%
Kangaskhan	HG			SS			Grass	15, 17	20%	20%	0%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Wasteland area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Golduck	Walking	Waterside	3	---		45	8	Any
	Machoke	Walking	Peak	5	---		40	5	Any
	Bellsprout	Walking	Forest	3	---		41	2	Any
	Kingler	Walking	Waterside	10	---		48	9	Any
	Breloom	Walking	Forest	42	---		46	4	Any
	Medicham	Walking	Forest	35	---		44	3	Any
	Manectric	Walking	Plains	3	---		41	0	Any
	Illumise	Walking	Plains	10	---		46	1	Any
	Solrock	Walking	Peak	42	---		45	7	Morning/Night
							46		Day
	Skorupi	Walking	Peak	28	---		44	6	Morning/Day
							45		Night

Savannah

Savannah area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 30 days, after which Torkoal becomes available by placing the necessary blocks.

Notably, Shroomish and Cacturne both become available after 20 days. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Savannah area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Nidoran♀	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Nidorina	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Nidoran♂	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Nidorino	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Zubat	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	30%
Golbat	HG			SS			Grass	17	0%	0%	10%
Rhyhorn	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
Tauros	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Savannah area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Rhyhorn	Walking	Peak	5	---		41	6	Any
	Rhydon	Walking	Peak	10	---		44	7	Any
	Tauros	Walking	Plain	5	---		41	0	Any
	Houndour	Walking	Forest	4	---		42	3	Any
	Zigzagoon	Walking	Plains	10	---		38	1	Any
	Shroomish	Walking	Forest	35	Plains	12	45	5	Any
	Azurill	Walking	Waterside	5	---		42	9	Any
	Torkoal	Walking	Peak	35	---		46	8	Morning
							47		Day/Night
	Cacturne	Walking	Forest	35	---		42	4	Any
	Luxio	Walking	Plains	24	---		46	2	Morning/Day
							45		Night

Wetland

Wetland area of the Johto Safari Zone

To unlock every species in this area, it needs to be active for at least 70 days, after which Shelgon becomes available by placing the necessary blocks. However, Bagon becomes available in the Swamp area after 110 days.

Notably, Buizel becomes available in this area after 40 days, but Floatzel becomes available in the Swamp area after obtaining the Peak Blocks, without requiring any area upgrades. All other block-based encounters only need their respective blocks, without requiring any area upgrades.

The following are the default encounters for Safari Zone's Wetland area.

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
Spearow	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Psyduck	HG			SS			Grass	15-16	0%	0%	20%
Golduck	HG			SS			Grass	17	0%	0%	20%
Farfetch'd	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Ditto	HG			SS			Grass	17	10%	10%	0%
Sentret	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	30%	30%	0%
Wooper	HG			SS			Grass	15-17	0%	0%	40%
Quagsire	HG			SS			Grass	16-17	0%	0%	20%
Surfing
Psyduck	HG			SS			Surfing	16-17	20%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Surfing	15-16	30%
Wooper	HG			SS			Surfing	15-16	30%
Quagsire	HG			SS			Surfing	16-17	20%
Fishing
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	12-15	40%
Magikarp	HG			SS			Fishing Old Rod	12-15	60%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	22-24	70%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Fishing Good Rod	23-25	30%
Poliwag	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-37	50%
Poliwhirl	HG			SS			Fishing Super Rod	35-37	50%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

The following are block-based encounters for Safari Zone's Wetland area.

Pokémon		Location	Block 1		Block 2		Level	ID	Time
	Golduck	Walking	Peak	5	---		40	6	Any
		Surf	Waterside	4	---		37	1
		Surf	Waterside	6	---		45	2
	Poliwhirl	Old Rod	Waterside	2	---		17	0	Any
			Waterside	3	---		18	1
	Farfetch'd	Walking	Forest	3	---		41	3	Any
	Doduo	Walking	Peak	4	---		45	5	Any
	Gyarados	Super Rod	Waterside	6	---		45	0	Morning/Night
							44		Day
			Waterside	9	---		48	1	Morning/Night
							47		Day
	Ditto	Walking	Waterside	15	---		41	8	Any
	Furret	Walking	Plains	2	---		37	0	Any
	Quagsire	Surf	Waterside	3	---		37	0	Any
	Lombre	Walking	Plains	14	---		47	2	Any
	Surskit	Walking	Plains	6	---		40	1	Any
	Corphish	Good Rod	Waterside	10	---		26	0	Any
			Waterside	14	---		28	1
	Shelgon	Walking	Peak	63	---		46	7	Any
	Pachirisu	Walking	Forest	8	---		43	4	Any
	Buizel	Walking	Waterside	35	---		45	9	Morning/Day
							44		Night

In the manga

Safari Zone in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

In Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down, Silver ventured to the newly opened Safari Zone after hearing about it from Clair. There he participated in a Safari Game, during which he was attacked by an Arbok and he countered its attack. In the midst of battle, Eusine stopped him and lectured him about the rules of the Safari Zone, which prohibit attacking the wild Pokémon. Silver, who had recently found out about Plates, showed Eusine a Plate he has found at Whirl Islands, but did not get any reaction out of him other than confusion. His actions were, however, seen by Petrel, who attacked him and Eusine with his army of Koffing. During the following battle, Petrel revealed information about the Plates and that he defeated Lance. The battle ended as Petrel left and Silver stole the Plates he had managed to find. Some time after, Silver encountered Crystal, who was on a field trip with the children from Earl's Pokémon Academy, and they decided to travel to Ecruteak City together.

Trivia

The unused Safari Zone in Generation II

• Johto did not have a Safari Zone in Generation II. However, an unused and incomplete map of the Kanto Safari Zone still exists in the code of the Generation II games. In its tall grass, there are no Pokémon, but some are available by fishing.
• The number of Pokémon species that can be acquired in this Safari Zone is by far the largest quantity in the main series to date, and includes several species that were never before available in the wild, most notably Shelgon, Metang, Breloom, Vigoroth, and Riolu.
• This is the only Safari Zone which the player can customize.
• This is the first Safari Zone in which there is no step limit. The Hoenn Safari Zone in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire also does not have a step limit.
• The two construction workers outside of the Safari Zone, in the Safari Zone Gate, imply that they are the ones who move the Safari Zone areas; they mention that most people would think a complicated system would be in place, as well as complaining about aches and pains.
• Should the player use a wallhack to walk through the Safari Zone Gate without going through reception first, the Safari Zone will be 6 plain squares and the only Pokémon that will show up is a level 20 Rattata. However, the battle will go as it would anywhere else, instead of bringing up the Safari Zone's catching interface.
• A graphical glitch occurs in the Swamp area. Four tiles at the top of the grassy patch appear to be empty at first, but when the player (or their partner Pokémon) walks over the tiles, tall grass will appear underfoot.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 狩獵地帶 Sáulihp Deihdaai Mandarin 狩獵地帶 / 狩猎地带 Shòuliè Dìdài French Parc Safari German Safari-Zone Italian Zona Safari Korean 사파리존 Sapari Jon Portuguese Zona de Safari* Spanish Zona Safari Vietnamese Vùng Safari

Safari Zones
Kanto Safari Zone • Johto Safari Zone • Hoenn Safari Zone • Great Marsh

Johto
Settlements New Bark Town • Cherrygrove City • Violet City • Azalea Town • Goldenrod City • Ecruteak City Olivine City • Cianwood City • Mahogany Town • Blackthorn City • Safari Zone Gate • Frontier Access Routes 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 Landmarks Dark Cave • Sprout Tower • Ruins of Alph • Union Cave • Slowpoke Well • Ilex Forest • Radio Tower • Global Terminal Goldenrod Tunnel • National Park • Pokéathlon Dome • Bell Tower • Bellchime Trail • Burned Tower • Moomoo Farm • Olivine Lighthouse Battle Tower (Crystal • HGSS)/Frontier • Cliff Edge Gate • Cliff Cave • Embedded Tower • Safari Zone • Whirl Islands Mt. Mortar • Lake of Rage • Team Rocket HQ • Ice Path • Dragon's Den • S.S. Aqua • Mt. Silver (Cave) Access to Sinjoh Ruins • Kanto

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