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How Do I Find the Bug Catching Contest in Pokemon Gold?

During the Bug Catching Contest featured in "Pokemon Gold," you have a chance to capture many of the bug-type Pokemon found in the Johto region. If you capture a rare, high-level insect, including Butterfree or Beedrill, you receive first place in the contest. First-place contestants get the valuable Sun Stone, an item that makes a Pokemon evolve. The Bug Catching Contest is held in the National Park, but only on certain days of the week.

Instructions

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  Go to Goldenrod City, found north of Route 34 in the Johto region. Walk north on Route 35 to enter the National Park.
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  Talk to one of the clerks at the entrance on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday to sign up for the Bug Catching Contest. Unlike the Safari Zone game that usually happens here, there is no cost to sign up for this contest.
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  Pick one Pokemon from your current team to take with you into the park. Select a Pokemon that knows sleep-inducing moves, if possible. Paralyzing or freezing moves are also advantageous.
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  Walk around the National Park and look for bugs to catch. When one approaches, try to catch it with one of the Park Balls you got from the clerk.
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  Use all of the Park Balls to end the contest, or just leave the National Park. Select a bug from those you caught. This bug will be judged. First-place bugs earn you a Sun Stone.

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