Does Illuminate work when you are headbutting tress in Heartgold?

Question

Im searching for a Heracross but its really hard i only find Spearow and Apioms.

Answer 1

Yep.
>If the Pokémon with Illuminate is leading the party, the wild Pokémon encounter rate is increased to 200%.

Heatbutting Pokemon is still a wild encounter. Just make sure that the lead Pokemon has Illuminate. Illuminate just raises encounter rate to 200%, not a specific Pokemon's encounter rate.

Heracross are somewhat rare, so be patient!

Also, where are you searching? That might be why.

Here are the places:

• Route 33, 46, Azelea Town (Levels 2-5)
• Route 7, 11, 42, Vemilion City, Celedon City (Levels 11-17)
• Route 42, 44, 45, 47 (Levels 21-30)
• Route 28, Outside Mt. Silver (Levels 39-48)

Comments

im searching to the right of Morty's Gym Town(Ghost Gym leader) forgot the name of the town

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50% Impossible :P

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http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Headbutt_(move)#Pok.C3.A9mon_found_through_Headbutt
Look for Heracross.

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I dont believe it i must have been through like 200 spearows and apioms

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LOL
You must've gotten really bad luck, Kyron.

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Yup i must

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You need to headbutt a special tree.