Kanto EV spots and Experience grinding tips

[Sankairu]

Good evening, I would like to share a simple guide for EV and exp grinding spots in Kanto.

 

EV Spots

 

HP

Viridian Forest

- Caterpies grant +1 HP EV point per battle, one of the easiest spots to locate and caterpies are very common in the viridian forest.

Route 6

- There's a lake in route 6 (north of Vermillion City) full of Slowpokes. Slowpokes grant +1 HP EV per battle, this spots is a nice place because there's a poke center nearby, so if your pokemon faints, you can immediately go to the poke center and heal your pokemon.

Cinnabar Mansion

- This place is crawling with Grimers (+1) and Muks (+2). You can EV grind on the 3rd floor, there's a possiblity that you encounter a Charmander or a Magmar which are both rare pokemon. Two birds in one stone =))

 

Attack

Route 12

- Route 12 has always been my favorite grinding spot. This place is full of Bellsprouts (+1) and Weepinbells (+2), they appear 24/7 so you will never run out of Attack EVs. This place is also a good grinding spot for Exp because of the high Exp you can get from the Weepinbells and Pidgeottos. Snorlax (rare) also spawns here.

Cinnabar Island

- An easier Attack grinding spot. This place is great for low leveled pokemon to grind attack EVs because the Goldeens and Krabbys that spawn here are low leveled (below 20) and there's a poke center really close.

 

Defense

Rock Tunnel

- Geodudes (+1) and Gravelers (+2) are very common here. There's also a Nurse Joy at the end of Rock Tunnel which makes this place perfect for grinding Defense EVs. Onix (+1) can also be found here, but he's more uncommon compared to the Geodudes and Gravelers.

Victory Road

- An advanced version of Rock Tunnel. This is literally a higher leveled version of the Rock Tunnel, they spawn the same pokemon for Defense but stronger, also a good place for lvling your pokemon up.

 

Special Attack

Route 5

- At night, this place is full of Oddishes (+1) and Glooms (+1). This place is a not so good spot but still usable because it only spawns the Oddish at night, so you can't use this spot during morning and day.

Route 6

- You can find a lot of Psyducks (+1) in the lake. There's a nearby poke center in Vermillion City so this one is good for grinding Special Attack EVs.

Seafoam b4f

- Advanced version of the lake in route 6, full of Psyducks (+1) and Golducks (+2). There's a Nurse Joy nearby, which is nice. This place is also good for Exp grinding.

 

Special Defense

Surf

- Tentacools are VERY COMMON, almost everywhere you surf, there's a Tentacool (+1) so just use Surf and you'll be fine with the Special Def EVs.

Seafoam Islands

- Seels (+1) and Dewgongs (+2) are common here. Again, a good place for lvling up.

 

Speed

Everywhere

- Pidgeys (+1) and Rattatas (+1) are way to abundant in kanto.

Diglett Cave

- Digletts (+1) and Dugtrios (+2) are VERY COMMON here (duh), Zubats (+1) also spawn here which makes the Speed EV grinding easy.

Route 12

- A good place to combine Attack and Speed EV grinding because aside from the Bellsprouts for Attack, Pidgeys and Pidgeottos spawn here quite often.

 

Experience grinding tips

 

I'll keep this short.

 

lvl 20 - 30 - Diglett Cave

lvl 31 - 50 - Route 12

lvl 51 - 85 - Seafoam b4f

lvl 86 - 100 Victory Road

 

Thanks for reading this guide. Cheers!

[Carlito2]

This will be a useful guide, commended. :y: :thanks:

[Hapistedufutur]

Thank you, It helped a lot.

[7thdeus]

i believe that better place for get experiencie level 86-100 its mt silver!

[Sankairu]

222607 i believe that better place for get experiencie level 86-100 its mt silver!

This is for kanto only (training for the E4), of course you can level up in Mt. Silver once you unlock Johto :D

[Rawry]

useful guide, been using this for abit now

[Huiboy]

221222 Good evening, I would like to share a simple guide for EV and exp grinding spots in Kanto.

 

EV Spots

 

HP

Viridian Forest

- Caterpies grant +1 HP EV point per battle, one of the easiest spots to locate and caterpies are very common in the viridian forest.

Route 6

- There's a lake in route 6 (north of Vermillion City) full of Slowpokes. Slowpokes grant +1 HP EV per battle, this spots is a nice place because there's a poke center nearby, so if your pokemon faints, you can immediately go to the poke center and heal your pokemon.

Cinnabar Mansion

- This place is crawling with Grimers (+1) and Muks (+2). You can EV grind on the 3rd floor, there's a possiblity that you encounter a Charmander or a Magmar which are both rare pokemon. Two birds in one stone =))

 

Attack

Route 12

- Route 12 has always been my favorite grinding spot. This place is full of Bellsprouts (+1) and Weepinbells (+2), they appear 24/7 so you will never run out of Attack EVs. This place is also a good grinding spot for Exp because of the high Exp you can get from the Weepinbells and Pidgeottos. Snorlax (rare) also spawns here.

Cinnabar Island

- An easier Attack grinding spot. This place is great for low leveled pokemon to grind attack EVs because the Goldeens and Krabbys that spawn here are low leveled (below 20) and there's a poke center really close.

 

Defense

Rock Tunnel

- Geodudes (+1) and Gravelers (+2) are very common here. There's also a Nurse Joy at the end of Rock Tunnel which makes this place perfect for grinding Defense EVs. Onix (+1) can also be found here, but he's more uncommon compared to the Geodudes and Gravelers.

Victory Road

- An advanced version of Rock Tunnel. This is literally a higher leveled version of the Rock Tunnel, they spawn the same pokemon for Defense but stronger, also a good place for lvling your pokemon up.

 

Special Attack

Route 5

- At night, this place is full of Oddishes (+1) and Glooms (+1). This place is a not so good spot but still usable because it only spawns the Oddish at night, so you can't use this spot during morning and day.

Route 6

- You can find a lot of Psyducks (+1) in the lake. There's a nearby poke center in Vermillion City so this one is good for grinding Special Attack EVs.

Seafoam b4f

- Advanced version of the lake in route 6, full of Psyducks (+1) and Golducks (+2). There's a Nurse Joy nearby, which is nice. This place is also good for Exp grinding.

 

Special Defense

Surf

- Tentacools are VERY COMMON, almost everywhere you surf, there's a Tentacool (+1) so just use Surf and you'll be fine with the Special Def EVs.

Seafoam Islands

- Seels (+1) and Dewgongs (+2) are common here. Again, a good place for lvling up.

 

Speed

Everywhere

- Pidgeys (+1) and Rattatas (+1) are way to abundant in kanto.

Diglett Cave

- Digletts (+1) and Dugtrios (+2) are VERY COMMON here (duh), Zubats (+1) also spawn here which makes the Speed EV grinding easy.

Route 12

- A good place to combine Attack and Speed EV grinding because aside from the Bellsprouts for Attack, Pidgeys and Pidgeottos spawn here quite often.

 

Experience grinding tips

 

I'll keep this short.

 

lvl 20 - 30 - Diglett Cave

lvl 31 - 50 - Route 12

lvl 51 - 85 - Seafoam b4f

lvl 86 - 100 Victory Road

 

Thanks for reading this guide. Cheers!

 

I don't expect you to teach me everything about EVs i'll probably search it up myself but is there a reason to grind EVs in Kanto region only? Do you carry you pokemons over to other regions?

[Hart1dechu]

Johto

 

HP=> Ruins of alph all day surfing

Wooper(1) and Quagsire(2) lv 19-25

 

Atk => Tohjo falls all day surfing

Golden(1) Seaking(2) lv 19-25

=> Mt Silver exterior or entrance Morning and Day

Arbok (2) Doduo (1) Dodrio (2) Ursaring (2) lv 37-41

Care there is tangela (def) and rapidash(+ ponyta) (speed)

 

Speed => Tohjo falls all day Ground

rattata/zubat(1) Raticate/Golbat(2) lv 19-25

 

Spatk => Ilex forest surfing Morning and Day

Psyduck(1) Golduck(2) lv~6

 

Def => Ilex forest ground Morning and Day

Metapod (2) Kakuna (2) lv ~6

Membership => Johto exclusive map desert (before desert laggon)

 

Spdef => Route 41(all day)

Tentacool (maybe tentacruel) Mantine lv ~35+

 

PS: Pallet town is a good spot to exp too, surfing or fishing, tentacool lv 30-35 everywhere

[Chatek]

Rly nice guide i just started with the game and its rly helpful :y: :y:

[Sankairu]

note this kanto EV training guide are for players who can't go to Johto or Hoenn yet (it's easier to train EVs in Johto imo)