Kanto Route 10

## Route 10

The route runs along a canal and leads to the cavernous Rock Tunnel.

## Required for Navigation

HM - Cut

HM - Surf

## Location

Location of Route 10 in Kanto

Route 10 is a route located in northeastern Kanto. It connects Route 9 in the north to Lavender Town in the south. The Rock Tunnel and Kanto Power Plant are located on this route.

## Description

### Power Plant Access

At the point where Route 9 becomes Route 10, a northerly path heads toward the river, as well as a narrow strip of land along the northern tip of Route 10 which is fenced off from the rest of the route. From this strip, Trainers who possess the ability to use Surf out of battle can HM - Surf east along the river, then south past the remaining portion of the northern half of Route 10 (separated from the riverbank by a long fence) before turning west north of the Rock Tunnel's southern portal and making landfall just southeast of the building.

There is a lone Trainer located on the beachfront southwest of the Power Plant. The Power Plant has a backdoor, allowing exiting the Power Plant; due to a ledge, it can only be accessed from the inside.

### Northern Segment

Just east of the path leading to the river is the only patch of grass on Route 10. The main path of the route runs along the southern edge of the grass, turning south near the river. Directly south of the patch and east of the north portal of the Rock Tunnel is a Pokémon Center, one of only two in the region that is found outside of a populated area (the Center on Route 3 near Mt. Moon is the other). The building is separated from the Rock Tunnel by a string of shrubs and cuttable trees. Trainers can either HM - Cut down one of the four trees or travel around the blockade, taking on a Trainer at the southern end of the blockade.

From the Trainer, the route returns north, following the west side of the blockade. The path juts west, then east to avoid a fence before reaching the Rock Tunnel's north entrance.

### Southern Segment

The south portion of Route 10 acts much like a North American traffic circle in that movement is restricted in a counterclockwise motion around a large mound in the middle of the route. From the south entrance of the Rock Tunnel, the route turns west, then south, passing two Trainers and hopping a ledge before encountering a third Trainer. Route 10 then turns east to meet a three-way intersection. The south path at this fork leads to Lavender while the east path continues to the east before curving north, traversing a pair of ledges via openings, and returning west to the Rock Tunnel's southern portal.

## Points of Interest

### Power Plant

*Main article: Power Plant*
The Power Plant was abandoned years before, though some of the machinery still works. It became a home for Electric-type Pokémon when it was abandoned. Surfing from Route 10 is required to reach it.

Many item balls located inside of the Power Plant are actually Voltorb or Electrode, making it somewhat hazardous to look for treasure here.

### Rock Tunnel

*Main article: Rock Tunnel*
Rock Tunnel is the only alternative route to Lavender Town, as the two other routes have been rendered inaccessible by a slumbering Snorlax and the Saffron City gatekeepers. The cave has two separate floors, both of which are roughly the same size. There are many Trainers within the cave, there for the fun of exploring, training, or are simply lost in the darkness.

## Trainers

### Northern Part

* Lv.20
 * Class: Picnicker
* Reward: $400
* Rematch: Yes

* Lv.29
 * Class: PokéManiac
* Reward: $1624
* Rematch: Yes

## History

* Updated after 4.28 game patch that introduced lures.