Pokemon Sword and Shield Wiki Guide

Route 1

Your adventurous journey has led you to the Route 1 page of IGN’s Pokemon Sword and Shield walkthrough and wiki guide. This page contains info on hidden collectible locations, appearance rates for any wild Pokemon, and a strategy to navigate towards the Grass Badge.

Name SkwovetRookideeWoolooNickitBlipbugCaterpieGrubbinHoothoot
Area Grass, Shadow GrassGrass Grass Shadow Shadow Shadow Shadow
Rarity 50%, 40% 30% 15% 5% 30% 15% 10% 5%

Your first venture into Route 1 is a bit pathetic since you don't have any Pokemon and you can't even run through the tall grass. Your second visit to Route 1 is after going through the Slumbering Weald and this time Hop won't stop you from going where you please, a herd of Wooloo will instead.


The Wooloo blockade will force you to go right where you'll see Pokemon popping out from the grass. Things are a bit different in Sword and Shield in that Pokemon can appear in the overworld and you can choose to interact with them or not. It only took eight generations to get here, but some can even run out of the tall grass! There are also random exclamation marks that appear when moving through tall grass, but even these can be avoided.

Make sure to grab the Potion between the two patches of grass. Continue down the path and instead of walking around the third patch, go to the center and pick up the two Paralyze Heals.

If you haven't already, be sure to start catching some 'mons! You have five Poke Balls at your disposal after all. Engage in a battle, bring down the Pokemon's health but don't make it faint. Then throw a Poke Ball and catch that sucker. These are all low level Pokemon so you don't have to worry too much about their health when catching. Remember, the lower the health, the better your chances.

After running through the fourth and final patch of grass, cross over the quaint bridge and head into the town of Wedgehurst.

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Rated "E"
DeveloperGame Freak
Release DateNovember 15, 2019
PlatformsNintendo Switch