Water route/Characteristics

Sea routes are often among the longest routes in the games, often densely-populated with s who use Pokémon. Unlike land routes, wild Pokémon can attack the player on sea routes at any time. Typically, and  are common sights.

Some sea routes in Johto have s blocking the way, while some in Hoenn have where it is deep enough to  underwater. Certain sea routes also contain s which force the player to move in a single direction.