Route 42

Route 42 is a Johto route linking Ecruteak City to Mahogany Town. There are three ways to cross it. The first way is to Surf through the waters, the second way is to cross through Mt. Mortar, the cave that runs all along the route, and the third way is to use Dig on the burrows near the two opposite entrances of that cave.

Notable miscellanies

Mt. Mortar

Main article: Mt. Mortar

Running along Route 42 is Mt. Mortar, with 4 different entrances. The westmost and eastmost entrances are connected together in a straight path, however wandering off that path, or entering the cave from the two middle entrances, the cave will become a maze.

Punch Tutor

A Move Tutor for the three elemental punch moves, Fire Punch, Ice Punch and Thunder Punch, is located in the north-east corner, requiring Rock Climb to reach him. He will teach these moves to any compatible Pokémon for the price of 4,500 each.

Wild Pokémon

Land

Pokémon	Level range	Times	Held Item	Rarity Tier
	Aipom	14-16	Morning	Day	Night	Soothe Bell	Uncommon
	Ekans	14-16	Morning	Day			Common
	Flaaffy	14-16	Morning	Day	Night		Common
	Furret	14-16	Morning	Day		Oran Berry	Common
	Heracross	14-16	Morning	Day			Rare
	Mankey	15-17	Morning	Day	Night	Payapa Berry	Common
	Mareep	15-16	Morning	Day	Night		Common
	Marill	14-16			Night	Oran Berry	Uncommon
	Sentret	14-16	Morning	Day		Oran Berry	Common
	Spearow	14-16	Morning	Day		Sharp Beak	Common
	Zubat	14-16			Night		Common
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Surfing

Pokémon	Level range	Times	Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
	Goldeen	14-16	Morning	Day	Night			Common
	Horsea	14-16	Morning	Day	Night	Dragon Scale		Common
	Krabby	14-16	Morning	Day	Night			Common
	Poliwag	14-16			Night	Kings Rock		Common
Pink-colored names denote that this Pokémon is exclusively encounterable for members in this area Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Fishing

Pokémon	Level range	Times	Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
	Magikarp	14-16	Morning	Day	Night			Common
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.

Items

Item	Quantity	Cooldown	Location
	Ultra Ball	1	Not respawnable	Hidden item. Between trees near the water in the south-east of the middle-south Mt. Mortar entrance.
	Sitrus Berry	1-3	3 days	Berry Tree near the middle north Mt. Mortar entrance.
	Lum Berry	1-3	3 days	Berry Tree near the middle north Mt. Mortar entrance.

NPC Trainers

Route 42 Trainers

Hiker Roland Musharna Lv. 53 Snorlax Lv. 55

Sailor Popin Gyarados Lv. 46

Bug Catcher Steve Forretress Lv. 44 Durant Lv. 58 Scizor Lv. 59

All NPCs cool down after 7 days unless noted contrariwise.