Kanto Route 4

## Route 4

A road where many rocks have fallen from the sky to create craters.

## Location

Location of Route 4 in Kanto

Route 4 is a route located in northern Kanto. It connects Route 3 and Mt. Moon in the west to Cerulean City in the east.

## Description

### Western segment

Route 4 is split into two sections by Mt. Moon. The western portion holds the first terminus to Mt. Moon as well as a Pokémon Center. Inside this Pokémon Center, there is a shady man who sells the player a Magikarp for $500.

The western portion of Route 4 begins by traveling north from Route 3 towards the mountain. There are several small ledges lining both sides of the route; however, there is enough clearing in the center to pass through. There are also several rocks along the sides that apparently can be mistaken for Geodude, as a little girl explains when she trips on one. Straight ahead is a Pokémon Center, one of only two Centers that can be found outside a populated area, the other being on Route 10. The western terminus to Mt. Moon can also be found to the east of the Pokémon Center, which has been built into the mountainside.

In the Pokémon Center, Trainers can heal their Pokémon after a hard journey through Route 3; however, a number of other things can be done in the Pokémon Center. A shady man, which happens to be the Magikarp salesman, can be found in the corner of the Center selling Trainers a Magikarp for $500 (but does not offer a refund). While this may seem as something of a ripoff, some players consider it very worthwhile to raise a Magikarp from such an early point in the game, allowing the player to train and evolve it into a Gyarados much earlier than if they had waited until they are given an Old Rod. There is also a man reading a newspaper who says that Team Rocket are attacking Cerulean citizens.

### Eastern segment

From Mt. Moon, Route 4 travels to the east, swerving to the north and the south to avoid ledges along the route. The path turns north, then east near a large clump of trees surrounding a grassy area. The route is a very strange route as the ledges form a contour down the mountainside, leading Trainers due east and then south to the end of the path and a ledge that will force Trainers to go down it into a large clump of trees surrounding a grassy area. After going down this ledge, there is no return and Trainers must go east to reach Cerulean City.

Route 4 can, in fact, be reached from Cerulean City, by using HM - Surf, Trainers can Surf along to western part of Route 24, south to Cerulean Cave. Trainers can then travel west, past a Lass on the highest hill, and then jump down the remaining ledges to access this section of the route.

Due to a ledge that separates Mt. Moon from Cerulean City, Trainers cannot return to the previous towns until they travel through Diglett's Cave and use HM - Cut on Route 2, use HM - Fly to return to the cities west of Mt. Moon, or use Surf down from Route 24 or all the way around through Cinnabar Island. The majority of the route is fairly straight-forward as there is only one true way to proceed on the path and there are no Trainers to battle (with the exception of the Lass on the highest hill on the route; however, she is reached only by way of the waterway that begins on Route 24).

Two Move Tutors are on to the route. Located near the Mt. Moon] entrance, these tutors will teach a Pokémon the moves TM - Mega Punch and TM - Mega Kick, but only once. Both tutors are jealous of the other's skills and will try to get Trainers to come to them instead of the other.

## Points of Interest

### Mt. Moon

*Main article: Mt. Moon*
Mt. Moon is known for being one of the few places where wild Clefairy can be found and for its frequent meteor falls. The shards of meteorites that fall here become Moon Stones, which explains the mountain's name. The mountain is also known for being home to Pokémon Fossils. Brock digs for Fossils here in his spare time.

### Trade: Magikarp

Located in the Pokémon Center, a man will sell one luckily Trainer a Magikarp for the low low price of $500! What a scam! You can buy this for completions sake but otherwise there is no point in doing so.

## Trainers

* Lv.31
* Lv.31
 * Class: Lass
* Reward: $496
* Rematch: No