Obtaining Silver Powder Before Elite 4 in FR/LG.
Hello! This might be a bit of a niche post but i just wanted to share a quick guide on how to get Silver Powder pre elite 4 for all my bug enthusiasts out there.
I love Beedrill and wanted to power up his Twin Needle/Pin missile abilities but thought the only way to get it was after the elite 4 or a gruelling, low encounter rate grind in the safari zone.
Turns out there is a way easier way to get it that I was just oblivious to for the first couple of hours of my grind.
You'll need one lvl 32 pokemon and some Max repels. Save before entering the safari zone then enter and go to Area 2/North Area. Spray a Max repel and turn your character around on a single grass square (to avoid using up safari zone steps/max repel steps) until you encounter a lvl 32 Venomoth. Straight away just chuck safari balls, don't bother with bait or rocks. Keep catching Venomoth until you get a Silver Powder. If your party is full of useless Venomoths with no Silver Powders just reset your save and begin again.
Because you have a lvl 32 pokemon as your lead all your encounters with max repel will be Venomoth because Venomoth is the only pokemon that is lvl 32 in the safari zone. Changing its 5% encounter rate to basically a 100% encounter rate.
Venomoth still only has a 5% chance to be holding a Silver Powder so its still a bit of a grind but let me tell you this is so much easier than just random encounters. (I learnt the hard way). You can also go to Area 3/West Area and farm there if you want.
Anyway I wanted to share this just in case there is a bug lover out there wanting Silver Powder that doesn't want to suffer. Cheers!