
Is Zubat Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Mt. Moon encounter that shows up whether you want it or not. AbilityInner Focus prevents flinching from Headbutt and Bite. In FRLG, Golbat can't evolve into Crobat until the National Dex postgame. That means Golbat is the ceiling for the entire story. Contributes but doesn't stand out.
Brock's team hits Zubat's weaknesses hard.
Zubat trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Golbat's weaknesses hard.
Golbat resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Lorelei's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Terry's team.
Catch Zubat on Mt. Moon (walking, Lv 7-10, common).
- STARTING (Lv 7)
- LV 7BugLeech Life80100%10
- LV 21FlyingWing Attack90100%35
- After Erika
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb135100%10
- TM40FlyingAerial Ace90100%20
- TM30GhostShadow Ball80100%15
- TM19GrassGiga Drain75100%10
- LV 31FlyingAir Cutter9095%25
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
Your Zubat should hit Level 22 before you reach Lt. Surge, at typical leveling pace.
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22FlyingWing Attack90100%35
- LV 22BugLeech Life80100%10
- After Erika
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb135100%10
- TM40FlyingAerial Ace90100%20
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- TM30GhostShadow Ball80100%15
- LV 35FlyingAir Cutter9095%25
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Koga.
- STARTING (Lv 29)
- LV 29FlyingWing Attack90100%35
- After Lt. Surge
- HM02FlyingFly13595%15
- After Erika
- TM36PoisonSludge Bomb135100%10
- TM40FlyingAerial Ace90100%20
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- TM30GhostShadow Ball80100%15
- LV 35FlyingAir Cutter9095%25
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Zubat in FireRed & LeafGreen
58 encounters across both versions, all underground. Zubat fills every cave on the map from the first one you enter to the last. Common at most.
7 locations to catch Zubat
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Where To Catch Zubat in FRLG
The path to Zubat starts with Zubat at Lv. 6-61 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Zubat ✓Altering CaveLv.6-16CaveRate 100%Default encounter table. The 8 e-Reader rotatingMt. Moon - 1FLv.7-10CaveRate 69%Mt. Moon - B2FLv.8-11CaveRate 49%Rock Tunnel - 1FLv.15-16CaveRate 30%Rock Tunnel - B1FLv.15-16CaveRate 30%Seafoam Islands - 1FLv.22-26GrassRate 34%Seafoam Islands - B1FLv.22-26GrassRate 34%Seafoam Islands - B2FLv.22-24GrassRate 20%Seafoam Islands - B3FLv.24GrassRate 10%Lost Cave - Room 1Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 2Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 3Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 4Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 5Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 6Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 7Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 8Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 9Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 10Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 11Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 12Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 13Lv.37CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 14Lv.37CaveRate 20%Victory Road - 1FLv.32CaveRate 10%Victory Road - 3FLv.32CaveRate 10%Victory Road - 2FLv.34CaveRate 10%Icefall Cave - 1F Room 1Lv.40CaveRate 10%Icefall Cave - 1F Room 2Lv.40CaveRate 10%Icefall Cave - 1F Room 3Lv.40CaveRate 10%Icefall Cave - B1FLv.40CaveRate 10%
Step 2Catch or Evolve into GolbatSeafoam Islands - B4FLv.26-30GrassRate 15%Seafoam Islands - 1FLv.26-30GrassRate 11%Seafoam Islands - B1FLv.26-30GrassRate 11%Seafoam Islands - B2FLv.26-30GrassRate 10%Seafoam Islands - B3FLv.26-30GrassRate 10%Icefall Cave - 1F Room 1Lv.45-48CaveRate 25%Icefall Cave - 1F Room 2Lv.45-48CaveRate 25%Icefall Cave - 1F Room 3Lv.45-48CaveRate 25%Icefall Cave - B1FLv.45-48CaveRate 25%Lost Cave - Room 1Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 2Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 3Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 4Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 5Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 6Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 7Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 8Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 9Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 10Lv.41-43CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 11Lv.41CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 12Lv.41CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 13Lv.41CaveRate 20%Lost Cave - Room 14Lv.41CaveRate 20%Victory Road - 1FLv.44CaveRate 5%Victory Road - 3FLv.44CaveRate 5%Cerulean Cave - 2FLv.49-58CaveRate 25%Cerulean Cave - 1FLv.46-55CaveRate 14%Cerulean Cave - B1FLv.52-61CaveRate 11%Victory Road - 2FLv.46CaveRate 5%or evolve from Zubat (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into CrobatBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Four Island Pokemon Day Care to receive a Crobat egg. Requires the Rainbow Pass to access Four Island.
Zubat Weakness
Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock moves hit Zubat for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all. The Poison/Flying typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Zubat Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Zubat
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Kadabra builds →Confusion 2x112-133%KO Shock Wave 2x86-102%KO | ||
Geodude RockGround | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x271-319%KO Shock Wave 2x92-109%KO | ||
Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Electrode Electric | B | |
Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 2x96-114%KO Ice Beam 2x56-66% Thunderbolt 2x56-66% | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x271-319%KO Shock Wave 2x92-109%KO | ||
Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodSilph Co Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x165-194%KO Thunderbolt 2x109-129%KO Psychic 2x103-122%KO | ||
Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Exeggutor GrassPsychic | B | |
Hypno Psychic | C | |
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x264-311%KO Shock Wave 2x88-105%KO | ||
Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodSilph Co Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x159-187%KO Thunderbolt 2x106-125%KO Psychic 2x99-117%KO | ||
Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Celadon City Gift) | ||
Exeggutor GrassPsychic | B | |
Aerodactyl Rock | A | |
Obtain MethodCinnabar Island Gift Available Move Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Aerodactyl builds →Ancient Power 2x130-154%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x277-326%KO Shock Wave 2x93-110%KO | ||
Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Zapdos Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodPower Plant Interact Encounter | ||
Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Rhydon builds →Rock Tomb 2x137-162%KO Thunderbolt 2x69-82% Ice Beam 2x69-82% | ||
Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Cinnabar Island Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Omastar builds →Ice Beam 2x142-167%KO Rock Tomb 2x75-89% | ||
Deoxys Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodBirth Island Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Deoxys builds →Psycho Boost 2x394-464%KO Thunderbolt 2x180-211%KO Ice Beam 2x180-211%KO Rock Tomb 2x104-122%KO | ||
Mewtwo Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodCerulean Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Mewtwo builds →Psychic 2x261-308%KO Ice Beam 2x184-217%KO Thunderbolt 2x184-217%KO Rock Tomb 2x80-94% | ||
Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Tyranitar builds →Rock Slide 2x211-248%KO Ice Beam 2x121-143%KO Thunderbolt 2x121-143%KO | ||
Raikou Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodRoaming Interact Encounter | ||
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Raikou can KO Zubat with Thunderbolt (248-292%).
Raikou Electric | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Zubat View Raikou builds →Thunderbolt 2x248-292%KO | ||
Zubat Evolutions
Zubat kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Golbat all the way to Crobat. For breeding, quick to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 290 total stats over Zubat. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
FRLG Zubat Best Moveset
Poison/Flying pre-evolution with AbilityInner Focus preventing flinch. Stats too low and the moveset too shallow for competitive play. Golbat one evolution away.
Best Build
Zubat best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Shadow Ball
- Hidden Power Flying
- Quick Attack
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Zubat picks up Curse and Feint Attack only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Sludge Bomb and Wing Attack while Bug and Ghost coverage and more adds range.
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
It has no eyes. Instead, it relies on its ultrasonic cries for echo location to flit about in darkness.
It forms colonies in perpetually dark places and uses ultrasonic waves to identify and approach targets.
Zubat FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
Zubat can be caught in the wild at Altering Cave, Mt Moon, Rock Tunnel, and Seafoam Islands in Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Zubat appears in 21 games spanning 10 generations. Gen 1 originals like Zubat have the longest track record of availability in the series.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut

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

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 9SV

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

Winds & Waves