
Is Wooper Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Water/Ground in the Sevii Islands after the National Dex. AbilityDamp prevents Explosion. AbilityWater Absorb heals from Water attacks. Quagsire at 20 has one weakness to Grass. The typing is excellent. The postgame timing is the problem.
Wooper resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Misty's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Wooper has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's Pokemon outpace and outclass Wooper here.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Wooper has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Wooper has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Terry's team.
Catch Wooper on Ruin Valley (walking, Lv 15, uncommon).
- After Misty
- TM03WaterWater Pulse90100%20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM28GroundDig120100%10
- After Erika
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb90100%10
- LV 36GroundEarthquake150100%10
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
Your Wooper should hit Level 20 before you reach Lorelei, at typical leveling pace.
- After Lt. Surge
- TM28GroundDig120100%10
- After Erika
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- LV 42GroundEarthquake150100%10
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- TM01FightingFocus Punch150100%20
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- HM07WaterWaterfall120100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Wooper in FireRed & LeafGreen
FireRed players get exclusive access to Wooper. Three encounter rows split between Ruin Valley and Four Island, surf and walk methods both working. LeafGreen players need to trade for this one.
2 locations to catch Wooper
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Where To Catch Wooper in FRLG
The path to Wooper starts with Wooper at Lv. 5-25 via surfing and walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 2Evolve into QuagsireBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Four Island Pokemon Day Care to receive a Quagsire egg. Requires the Rainbow Pass to access Four Island.
Wooper Weakness
Type-wise, Wooper takes extra damage from Grass. Watch out for Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. Electric moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. The Water/Ground typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Wooper Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Wooper
Bulbasaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
Wooper Evolutions
Wooper is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Quagsire. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 220 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Wooper easily with 102 breeding partners from the Ground and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Curse and 5 more to offspring.
FRLG Wooper Best Moveset
Water/Ground with AbilityWater Absorb healing from Water moves and Electric immunity from Ground. Quagsire takes over with real defensive stats.
Best Build
Wooper best EVs are HP and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Amnesia
- Earthquake
- Sludge Bomb
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Ancient Power and Body Slam aren't available any other way for Wooper, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Earthquake and Surf for solid options.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it walks around on the ground, it coats its body with a slimy, poisonous film.
This POKéMON lives in cold water. It will leave the water to search for food when it gets cold outside.
Wooper FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
- Is Wooper exclusive to FireRed or LeafGreen?
Wooper is exclusive to Pokemon FireRed. LeafGreen players have to trade for one.

See the Locations section above for where to find Wooper in FireRed.
How to trade in FireRed and LeafGreen
GBA cartridges: You need a Game Boy Advance Game Link Cable and both players' FireRed/LeafGreen cartridges. Trade at the Cable Club on the 2nd floor of any Pokemon Center, which opens up shortly after Oak gives you the Pokedex.Nintendo Switch (2026 release): Trading uses local wireless only. There is no online play, and no Nintendo Switch Online subscription is required. Both players head to the Pokemon Wireless Club on the 2nd floor of any Pokemon Center, then step into a Union Room. Up to four other players can join. Available once you have the Pokedex from Professor Oak. Yes. Wooper is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Wooper is found on the Sevii Islands. Sevii Islands 1-3 unlock after defeating Lt. Surge in Vermilion City; Sevii Islands 4-7 unlock after entering the Hall of Fame and showing 60+ species in your Pokedex (talk to Celio on One Island to get the Rainbow Pass).
Game Availability
Available since Gold & Silver, Wooper appears in 17 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Paldean form in Generation 9.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB

Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut

Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS

Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG

FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP

Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS

HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW

Black & White - Gen 5B2W2

Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY

X & Y - Gen 6ORAS

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM

Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM

Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE

Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh

Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SVPaldean

Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW

Winds & Waves