Locations · Kanto

Saffron City

Who you will meet here

3 species to catch in 4 areas of this location, across 11 game versions.

About this place

Japanese name
ヤマブキシティ · Yamabuki Shiti
Slogan
Shining Big City
Gym
Saffron Gym · Marsh Badge
Pixel art: Sabrina from HeartGold and SoulSilver on a transparent background. Sabrina Gym Leader · see profile

Game version

All Pokemon Red Pokemon Blue Pokemon Yellow Pokemon FireRed Pokemon LeafGreen Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu Pokemon Let's Go Eevee Red Japan Green Japan Pokemon HeartGold Pokemon SoulSilver

Data from Red Japan only: exact levels and the encounter rate for each Pokémon.

Events and special modes

as a gift

Lv. 30
Hitmonlee
Hitmonlee
rate 100%
Lv. 30
Hitmonchan
Hitmonchan
rate 100%
Lv. 15
Lapras
Lapras
rate 100%

Areas of this location

Saffron City Area Saffron City Fighting Dojo Saffron City Silph Co Saffron City Silph Co 7f

Games where this place exists

Pokemon Red Pokemon Blue Pokemon Yellow Pokemon FireRed Pokemon LeafGreen Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu Pokemon Let's Go Eevee Red Japan Green Japan Pokemon HeartGold Pokemon SoulSilver

Where it is

The red marker is Saffron City. A diagram, not a world map — distances are not to scale, but directions and connections match the game. The legend below the drawing explains each symbol.

Celadon City — 31 PokémonCeladon CityCerulean Cave — 46 PokémonCerulean CaveCerulean City — 16 PokémonCerulean CityCinnabar Island — 27 PokémonCinnabar IslandDiglett's Cave — 8 PokémonDiglett's CaveFuchsia City — 14 PokémonFuchsia CityIndigo Plateau — 1 PokémonIndigo PlateauKanto Power Plant — 13 PokémonKanto Power PlantRoute 1 — 23 Pokémon1Route 10 — 44 Pokémon10Route 11 — 41 Pokémon11Route 12 — 37 Pokémon12Route 13 — 45 Pokémon13Route 14 — 34 Pokémon14Route 15 — 32 Pokémon15Route 16 — 25 Pokémon16Route 17 — 31 Pokémon17Route 18 — 38 Pokémon18Route 2 — 32 Pokémon2Route 22 — 29 Pokémon22Route 23 — 34 Pokémon23Route 24 — 39 Pokémon24Route 25 — 42 Pokémon25Route 26 — 30 Pokémon26Route 27 — 31 Pokémon27Route 28 — 20 Pokémon28Route 3 — 29 Pokémon3Route 4 — 34 Pokémon4Route 5 — 22 Pokémon5Route 6 — 41 Pokémon6Route 7 — 32 Pokémon7Route 8 — 31 Pokémon8Route 9 — 31 Pokémon9Safari Zone — 28 PokémonSafari ZoneSea Route 19 — 26 Pokémon19Sea Route 20 — 25 Pokémon20Sea Route 21 — 44 Pokémon21Victory Road — 20 PokémonVictory RoadLavender Town — 1 PokémonLavender TownMt. Moon — 15 PokémonMt. MoonPallet Town — 26 PokémonPallet TownPewter City — 13 PokémonPewter CityPokémon Mansion — 12 PokémonPokémon MansionPokémon Tower — 6 PokémonPokémon TowerRock Tunnel — 18 PokémonRock TunnelSaffron City — 8 PokémonSaffron CitySeafoam Islands — 28 PokémonSeafoam IslandsVermilion City — 26 PokémonVermilion CityViridian City — 13 PokémonViridian CityViridian Forest — 25 PokémonViridian Forest
  • Route — number inside
  • Sea route — Surf only
  • City
  • Pokémon League
  • Interior — cave, forest, tower; placed next to its entrance
  • Path between places
  • Path that requires Surf
  • Entrance to an interior — not a passage to the other side

Where you can go from here

Directions read from the map layout in the games — from how the screens connect to each other. We know them for Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh; in other regions you will not see this section, because we have no source for the topology.

Heading north
Route 5 22 Pokémon
Heading east
Route 8 31 Pokémon
Heading south
Route 6 41 Pokémon
Heading west
Route 7 32 Pokémon

Other places in Kanto

All →
Altering Cave 9 Pokémon Berry Forest 20 Pokémon Birth Island 1 Pokémon Bond Bridge 19 Pokémon Canyon Entrance 8 Pokémon Cape Brink 17 Pokémon Celadon City 31 Pokémon Cerulean Cave 46 Pokémon Cerulean City 16 Pokémon Cinnabar Island 27 Pokémon Diglett's Cave 8 Pokémon Dilford Chamber 1 Pokémon