Where is Suicune in Pokémon Crystal?

On the first floor of the Tin Tower in Ecruteak City. You need the Clear Bell from the Radio Tower and a win over the Wise Trio to get there.

Where is Suicune in Gold and Silver?

It roams Johto’s grass routes with Raikou and Entei after the Burned Tower, starting on Route 38. Find it with its Pokédex Area map.

How do I catch Raikou in Gold, Silver or Crystal, and Entei in Crystal?

Wait in the grass of the route its Pokédex Area map shows, then put it to sleep or trap it with Mean Look before throwing Ultra Balls — or use a Master Ball on the first turn.

Raikou keeps running away in Crystal — how do I stop it?

Sleep, freeze, Mean Look, Spider Web or a binding move like Wrap stop it. Your Pokémon has to be faster to land the move first; a ball throw always comes first.

What level is Suicune in Crystal, and Raikou and Entei?

All three beasts are level 40 in Gold, Silver and Crystal.

How do I get the Clear Bell in Crystal?

Free Goldenrod’s Radio Tower from Team Rocket; the Director gives it to you on the fifth floor after you beat the Executive.

How do I track the roaming beasts with the Pokédex Area map?

Once you have met a beast, open its Pokédex entry and choose Area: the map shows the route it is on right now.

What happens if I knock out Raikou, Entei or Suicune?

It is gone for good — Gold, Silver and Crystal never bring it back.

Catch Raikou, Entei & Suicune in Gold, Silver & Crystal

Where Raikou and Entei roam in Gold, Silver and Crystal, how to stop them fleeing, and how to reach Suicune: roaming in Gold/Silver, Tin Tower in Crystal.

Published 19 Oct 2026

Raikou and Entei roam Johto’s grass routes at level 40 in all three games, from the moment they flee the Burned Tower basement in Ecruteak City. Suicune roams with them in Gold Silver, but in Crystal it waits for one level 40 battle on the first floor of the Tin Tower.

Where each beast is, per game
Pokémon	Games	Where	Starts on
Raikou	Gold Silver Crystal	Roams 16 Johto routes	Route 42
Entei	Gold Silver Crystal	Roams 16 Johto routes	Route 37
Suicune	Gold Silver	Roams 16 Johto routes	Route 38
Suicune	Crystal	Tin Tower 1F (one battle)

What starts it: the Burned Tower in Ecruteak City

Beat your rival on the ground floor of the Burned Tower, drop through the floor into the basement and walk up to the three beasts. They wake and bolt one after another, and the game starts Raikou and Entei roaming — and Suicune too in Gold and Silver. In Crystal, Morty’s Gym turns you away until you have seen this scene.

Burned Tower basement in Gold, Silver and Crystal with the spot where Raikou, Entei and Suicune stand circled — The red ring marks where the three beasts stand in the basement; walk up the middle to wake them. Map view of our own Johto game-data render — the beasts themselves are not drawn.

How the roaming beasts move in Gold, Silver and Crystal

Each beast sits on one of 16 Johto routes (29–39 and 42–46, never a town, cave or the sea routes 40 and 41). It moves every time you cross a route or town border and every time you go through a door — a gatehouse, a house or a Pokémon Center: usually to a route next to its own, now and then to a random one. Flying scatters them to random routes, and after a battle with anything else there is a 1 in 16 chance they move as well.

A beast only appears in tall grass, never while you Surf. When one is on your route, about one wild grass encounter in ten is that beast. After you have met it once, its Pokédex entry’s Area map shows the route it is on right now.

Where a beast on each route can move next
Beast on	Can move to
Route 29	Route 30
Route 29	Route 46
Route 30	Route 29
Route 30	Route 31
Route 31	Route 30
	Route 32
	Route 36
Route 32	Route 31
	Route 33
	Route 36
Route 33	Route 32
Route 33	Route 34
Route 34	Route 33
Route 34	Route 35
Route 35	Route 34
Route 35	Route 36
Route 36	Route 31
	Route 32
	Route 35
	Route 37
Route 37	Route 36
	Route 38
	Route 42
Route 38	Route 37
	Route 39
	Route 42
Route 39	Route 38
Route 42	Route 37
	Route 38
	Route 43
	Route 44
Route 43	Route 42
Route 43	Route 44
Route 44	Route 42
	Route 43
	Route 45
Route 45	Route 44
Route 45	Route 46
Route 46	Route 29
Route 46	Route 45

Route 37 between Route 36 and Ecruteak City in Gold, Silver and Crystal, with its two patches of tall grass — Route 37 is Entei’s first route and a good place to wait: its grass sits right at the Route 36 border. Map view of our own Johto game-data render.

How to catch Raikou and Entei when they keep running away

A roaming beast runs on every turn it gets. Four things stop it: sleep, freeze, a trapping move you used (Mean Look or Spider Web) and a binding move holding it (Wrap, Bind, Fire Spin, Clamp or Whirlpool). Throwing a ball comes first, so you always get one throw before it runs; a move only lands first if your Pokémon is faster. Lost HP stays when it escapes, but sleep and other status do not.

Warning — Knock it out and it is gone for good: Unlike HeartGold and SoulSilver, Gold, Silver and Crystal never bring a fainted beast back — not even after the Hall of Fame. Save before every encounter and use weak moves once its HP is low.

Find its route in the Pokédex Area map Open its Pokédex entry and choose Area. If it is far away, Fly near it — that scatters the beasts anyway.
Hop a border until it lands on your route Walk back and forth across a border between two roaming routes, for example Route 36 and Route 37, and check the Area map after each crossing.
Use a Repel with a lead at level 40 or lower A Repel only blocks a beast if your lead Pokémon is above level 40. With a lead at level 40 or lower it keeps the weak wild Pokémon away and still lets the beast through.
Put it to sleep, then throw balls Lead with a Pokémon that is faster than the beast and knows a sleep move or Mean Look. Asleep it cannot run, and sleep is worth more than any ball: at 1 HP an Ultra Ball catches about 1 in 16 while it sleeps, about 1 in 43 while it is awake.

Which ball: all three beasts have the lowest catch rate (3), so a Master Ball on the first turn is the only sure thing. Otherwise use Ultra Balls. Kurt’s Fast Ball does not help here: a bug makes it work on only three Pokémon — Magnemite, Grimer and Tangela — none of them a beast.

Suicune in Crystal: Clear Bell, Wise Trio and the Tin Tower

In Crystal, Suicune shows up in Cianwood City (where Eusine battles you), then on Route 42 and on Route 36, and keeps cycling through them until you battle it. These sightings are optional: the Tin Tower only checks the three steps below.

Get the Clear Bell in Crystal’s Radio Tower

Free the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City from Team Rocket. Once you beat the Executive on the fifth floor, the Director thanks you with the Clear Bell.

The Radio Tower entrance in Goldenrod City in Crystal, circled — The Radio Tower’s door in Goldenrod City; the Clear Bell is waiting on its top floor. Map view of our own Johto game-data render.

Show the Clear Bell to the sages, then beat the Wise Trio

In Ecruteak City, enter the Tin Tower’s entrance house and talk to the sages blocking the way: they hear the Clear Bell and step aside. Go through the back into the Wise Trio’s Room and beat the three sages, Gaku, Masa and Koji. Koji then lets you out to the Tin Tower.

The Tin Tower entrance house in northern Ecruteak City in Crystal, its door circled — The entrance house in northern Ecruteak City; the sages stand just inside. Map view of our own Johto game-data render.

The Wise Trio’s Room in Ecruteak City in Crystal, with Koji’s spot beside the exit circled — Koji stands beside the exit to the Tin Tower (the red tiles on the right); beat him last. Map view of our own Johto game-data render — the sages are not drawn.

Warning — Save before you enter the Tin Tower: Suicune battles you the moment you step onto the first floor. You cannot run, and once the battle ends — caught, fainted or not — it is gone for good.

Battle Suicune on Tin Tower 1F (level 40)

Walk into Tin Tower 1F. Raikou and Entei appear first and run off — unless you already caught them — then Suicune steps forward for a level 40 battle. It does not flee, so sleep and Ultra Balls are all you need.

Tin Tower 1F in Crystal with Suicune’s spot in front of the central shrine circled — Suicune waits in front of the shrine in the middle of the floor. Map view of our own Johto game-data render — Suicune is not drawn.

For a colour-matching catch, the beasts’ matching balls in Gold, Silver and Crystal:

Raikou Normal: Ultra Ball, Moon Ball — Shiny: Fast Ball, Level Ball, Ultra Ball
Entei Shiny: Ultra Ball

Raikou, Entei and Suicune in Gold, Silver and Crystal: FAQ

Where is Suicune in Pokémon Crystal?: On the first floor of the Tin Tower in Ecruteak City. You need the Clear Bell from the Radio Tower and a win over the Wise Trio to get there.
Where is Suicune in Gold and Silver?: It roams Johto’s grass routes with Raikou and Entei after the Burned Tower, starting on Route 38. Find it with its Pokédex Area map.
How do I catch Raikou in Gold, Silver or Crystal, and Entei in Crystal?: Wait in the grass of the route its Pokédex Area map shows, then put it to sleep or trap it with Mean Look before throwing Ultra Balls — or use a Master Ball on the first turn.
Raikou keeps running away in Crystal — how do I stop it?: Sleep, freeze, Mean Look, Spider Web or a binding move like Wrap stop it. Your Pokémon has to be faster to land the move first; a ball throw always comes first.
What level is Suicune in Crystal, and Raikou and Entei?: All three beasts are level 40 in Gold, Silver and Crystal.
How do I get the Clear Bell in Crystal?: Free Goldenrod’s Radio Tower from Team Rocket; the Director gives it to you on the fifth floor after you beat the Executive.
How do I track the roaming beasts with the Pokédex Area map?: Once you have met a beast, open its Pokédex entry and choose Area: the map shows the route it is on right now.
What happens if I knock out Raikou, Entei or Suicune?: It is gone for good — Gold, Silver and Crystal never bring it back.

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