Viridian Forest


 * A deep and sprawling forest that extends around Viridian City. A natural maze, many people become lost inside.

Viridian Forest is a big and long forest in Kanto region which was introduced in as Fennel Walker narrated a story about Redwald's Eevee. The forest is located between Viridian City and Pewter City. Professor Oak often goes to explore in this area, in which he found Redwald's Eevee, abandoned, with Fennel.

The Beginning
Viridian Forest was first mentioned in while Fennel Walker told a story about how she and Professor Oak found  in the woods as he was abandoned by his former trainer. However, Viridian Forest was never visited in this part.

Part Red & Green
,, and met in Viridian Forest in , while all of them were on their way across Kanto. Greta and Madison were caught into a Pokémon battle, but before it was ended, the battle was interrupted by a pack of wild Beedrill, as they were disturbing the nature, stated by. In the same chapter, the forest was revealed to be quite dangerous place for people without Pokémon, as after the Beedrill attack, people could not get antidote from anywhere, but would have to prepare one by themselves. As everyone departed to get the herbs in the forest, Greta was attacked by a wild Parasect who was covering up for a wild Paras. After Parasect was defeated, he returned for a revenge with a pack of them.

During the visit, the forest was revealed to have giant sized trees all around it, which covers the sky and blocks the sunlights reach to the area. That incident causes the place to be darker and colder than usual. As the Pokédex stated, there is a colder area in the forest, as occasionally Seel appear in the water. Although trainers are unable to get an antidote in the forest, all the herbs that are required to cook an antidote can be found in the forest, such as Pepermint, Evening Promrose Oil, Feverfew, Ginger and Hazel Witch, as stated by Greta.

It was stated in that Viridian Forest contains a waterfall inside, and lies next to a mountain which has a cave under it. The Parasect Pack moved in the cave after their incidents with the Beedrill Pack.

Chapters that introduce the location

 * (mentioned)