The Safari Zone

In the original games, Gold & Silver, when the player got to Fuchsia City, they would discover that the Safari Zone Warden has moved and so the Safari Zone there has moved. In Heart Gold & Soul Silver, we have found where the Safari Zone has moved to , it is now in the new area found west of Cianwood.

The Safari Zone works in a similar manner to the previous Safari Zones with you being given 30 Safari Balls and sent into the Safari Zone with only a limited amount of steps. There are six areas in the Safari Zone and they all hold different kinds of Pokémon so you need to explore if you wish to get them all. However, the Johto Safari Zone has a distinct difference.

Customisation

This new Safari Zone allows you to customise the areas. The customisation allows you to move where all six of the areas of the Safari Zone are. This is useful so you don't have to walk and waste a load of steps should you wish to find a Pokémon that is only in the Desert area. All you do is slide the areas around using the touch screen. All the areas have exits at the same place so there are no combination that you cannot do. However, to activate the customisation, you first have to do a special task and capture a Geodude for Baoba, the Safari Zone Warden. Show him the Geodude and he will say he'll call you when the customisation is ready, which usually will be in the next day

Personal Customisation

After you have done the Warden's second task of bringing him a Sandshrew, he will allow you to start bringing Blocks into the Safari Zone. These blocks can be placed anywhere in the Safari Zone just by pressing A when you're playing through the Safari Zone

However, these blocks are not superficial and just for aesthetics, these items have the ability of drawing out certain Pokémon in each area if you place them right.

You can place up to 30 items in each of the six Safari Zone areas so use them wisely to get the desired outcome for the Pokémon you wish. We'll gradually compile a list of what item draws out what Pokémon. You can then see if the items have lured any Pokémon in the tile customisation computer

Cliff

The first area you'll find is the Cliff Side. This area just has grass but has no water and no headbutt trees

Wetlands

The next area is the wetlands. This area features water and Pokémon more suitable to wetlands

Field

The next area is a simple field. There is a small amount of grass and no water

Lake

The next area is a similar to the previous field but contains a stretch of water and the Pokémon will be available as such

Flower Garden

The next area is a similar to the previous zone and contains a small bit of water

Forest

The next area is a nice simple forest-style area and features no water but a variety of Trees

Saharah

The next area is a desert area. It features no trees and no water

Desert

The next area is another desert area but not as deep as the preveious desert. It features no trees and no water

Savannah

The next area is another desert area but not as deep as the preveious desert. It features no trees and no water

Mountain

The next area is a mountainous area with no water and contains Pokémon that normally dwell there

Mountainside

The next area is a mountain side area that also features a bit of water up on top of a rockface.

Marshlands

The next area is similar to the wetlands and features a more marshy style to it.