Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Gholdengo

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Gholdengo is a new A Tier Steel Ghost Type , with a 2 Sp. Atk EV Yield. Gholdengo has a chance of having Good as Gold as an Ability, and based on 550 Total Base Stats; we recommend a Modest Nature for Gholdengo in Pokemon SV.

Stats
Abilities

Gholdengo Stats

Gholdengo highest IV stat is Special Attack (133) and the lowest being Attack (60).


Rank	Value	Stat
E	87	HP
E	60	Atk
D	95	Def
S	133	Sp.Atk
D	91	Sp.Def
D	84	Speed
A	550	Total

Pokedex

Pokemon Stats

Gholdengo Abilities


Abilities	Description
Good as Gold Ability 1 New	A body of pure, solid gold gives the pokemon full immunity to other pokemon's status moves.

Guide
Breeding

Gholdengo Guide

Gholdengo has a 2 Sp. Atk EV Yield, which means the best nature to have with Gholdengo is a Modest nature due to the highest IV stat being Special Attack.


Gholdengo	Detail
Best Nature	Modest ↑ +10% Special Attack ↓ -10% Attack
Weak To	2x 2x 2x 2x
Resistance To	1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 0 0 0 1/4
Catch Rate	45
EV Yield	2 Sp. Atk

Breeding Gholdengo

Gholdengo can breed with pokemon who share the Undiscovered Egg Group.


Gholdengo	Value
Egg Groups	Undiscovered
Gender	Genderless

How To Evolve Gholdengo in Pokemon Scarlet & Violet

Gimmighoul Chest Regular Evolution requires Obtain 999 Gimmighoul Coins then Level Up to evolve into Gholdengo.

Gholdengo Regular Evolution

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Evolves at level 999
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Gholdengo

The Gholdengo Regular Evolution biggest stat increase will be the Speed stat.


Evolutions	Total	HP	Atk	Def	Sp.Atk	Sp.Def	Speed
Gimmighoul Chest	300	45	30	70	75	70	10
Stat Increase	+250	+42	+30	+25	+58	+21	+74
Gholdengo	550	87	60	95	133	91	84

Evolutions Chart

Where To Find Gholdengo Locations in Pokemon SV

How To Get Gholdengo Pokemon

Gimmighoul's Roaming Form CANNOT be caught in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Instead You'll come across the roaming form during your travels, often perched atop large rocks or ruins, or on signs. Interacting with a roaming form will net you a number of Gimmighoul Coins and have got a 50% chance of respawning each day. The number of coins is usually low, for example 1 or 2, but if you're lucky it can be as high as 200.

Chest Form Gimmighoul can be battled and caught and has a 5% chance of respawning. Upon defeating the Chest Form, you will generally receive 50-60 Gimmighoul Coins, but occasionally your haul could be as many as 777 coins if you're lucky.

After you have collected 999 Gimmighoul coins, you can level up Gimmighoul and you'll be able to evolve it into Gholdengo.

We are currently working on Gholdengo Locations. Instead, you can view all the Pokemon available in SV by visiting our Pokedex.

Locations List

Pokemon SV Gholdengo Weakness

Gholdengo is a Steel Ghost Type pokemon. This will cause Gholdengo to take More Damage from Ground, Fire, Ghost, Dark type moves, and Less Damage from Flying, Rock, Steel, Grass, Psychic, Ice, Dragon, Fairy, Normal, Fighting, Poison, Bug type moves.

Gholdengo Type Weakness Chart
Damage Taken	Types
+400% Damage From
+200% Damage From	Ground 2x Fire 2x Ghost 2x Dark 2x
-50% Less Damage From	Flying 1/2 Rock 1/2 Steel 1/2 Grass 1/2 Psychic 1/2 Ice 1/2 Dragon 1/2 Fairy 1/2
-75% Less Damage From	Bug 1/4
Immune to Damage From	Normal 0 Fighting 0 Poison 0

What pokemon is Gholdengo Weak Against?

Increased Damage


Tier	Pokemon	Damage Taken Based on Move Type
S	Arcanine	+200%
S	Chi-Yu	+200%
S	Ting-Lu	+200%
S	Sandy Shocks Magneton	+200%
A	Skeledirge	+200%
B	Heat Rotom	+200%
B	Krookodile	+200%
B	Polteageist	+200%

What pokemon is Gholdengo Resistant Against?

Reduced Damage


Tier	Pokemon	Damage Taken Based on Move Type
S	Slaking	Immune
S	Iron Hands Hariyama	Immune
S	Iron Valiant Gallade	Immune
S	Slither Wing Volcarona	Immune
S	Dragonite	-50%
S	Goodra	-50%
S	Baxcalibur	-50%
S	Koraidon	-50%

Pokemon Weaknesses

Best Moves for Gholdengo in Scarlet and Violet

Gholdengo Best Moves to use when choosing a Moveset, includes leveling moves such as Power Gem and TM Moves like Hyper Beam, and Flash Cannon.


Unlock	Move	Description
TM 170	Steel Beam Steel	Tier: S Tier Power: 140 Acc: 95 PP: 5 Special Effect: The user fires a beam of steel that it collected from its entire body. This also damages the user.
Lv. 56	Make It Rain Steel	Tier: A Tier Power: 120 Acc: 100 PP: 5 Special Effect: The user attacks by throwing out a mass of coins. This also lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat. Money is earned after the battle.
TM 152	Giga Impact Normal	Tier: B Tier Power: 150 Acc: 90 PP: 5 Physical Effect: The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn.
TM 163	Hyper Beam Normal	Tier: B Tier Power: 150 Acc: 90 PP: 5 Special Effect: The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn.
TM 093	Flash Cannon Steel	Tier: C Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special Effect: The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.

List of Gholdengo Moves in

Gholdengo can learn 12 Moves from Leveling Up and 37 TM Moves. Moves like Memento which, Gholdengo will learn by reaching level 70. You can also learn TM tutor moves such as Hyper Beam, Flash Cannon and Focus Blast.

Lv Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves

Gholdengo Level Up Moves

List of the 12 Moves Gholdengo can learn from leveling up.


Lv	Move	Description
Lv.1	Astonish Ghost	Tier: E Tier Power: 30 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical Effect: The user attacks the target by crying out in a startling fashion. This may also make the target flinch.
Lv.1	Tackle Normal	Tier: E Tier Power: 40 Acc: 100 PP: 35 Physical Effect: A physical attack in which the user charges and slams into the target with its whole body.
Lv.7	Night Shade Ghost	Tier: F Tier Power: 1 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special Effect: The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.
Lv.14	Confuse Ray Ghost	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Status Effect: The target is exposed to a sinister ray that causes confusion.
Lv.21	Substitute Normal	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 10 Status Effect: The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy.
Lv.28	Metal Sound Steel	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 85 PP: 40 Status Effect: A horrible sound like scraping metal harshly lowers the target's Sp. Def stat.
Lv.35	Shadow Ball Ghost	Tier: C Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special Effect: The user attacks by hurling a shadowy blob at the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
Lv.42	Recover Normal	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 5 Status Effect: The user regenerates its cells, restoring its own HP by up to half its max HP.
Lv.49	Power Gem Rock	Tier: D Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Special Effect: The user attacks with a ray of light that sparkles as if it were made of gemstones.
Lv.56	Make It Rain Steel	Tier: A Tier Power: 120 Acc: 100 PP: 5 Special Effect: The user attacks by throwing out a mass of coins. This also lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat. Money is earned after the battle.
Lv.63	Nasty Plot Dark	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 20 Status Effect: The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply boosts the user's Sp. Atk stat.
Lv.70	Memento Dark	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Status Effect: The user faints. In return, the target's Attack and Sp. Atk stats are harshly lowered.

Gholdengo TM Moves

List of the 37 Moves Gholdengo can learn from Technical Machines (TMs).


TM	Move	Description
TM 001	Take Down Normal	Tier: D Tier Power: 90 Acc: 85 PP: 20 Physical Effect: A reckless full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little.
TM 007	Protect Normal	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 10 Status Effect: This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession.
TM 012	Low Kick Fighting	Tier: F Tier Power: 1 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Physical Effect: A powerful low kick that makes the target fall over. The heavier the target, the greater the move's power.
TM 017	Confuse Ray Ghost	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Status Effect: The target is exposed to a sinister ray that causes confusion.
TM 018	Thief Dark	Tier: E Tier Power: 60 Acc: 100 PP: 25 Physical Effect: The user attacks and steals the target's held item simultaneously. The user can't steal anything if it already holds an item.
TM 023	Charge Beam Electric	Tier: E Tier Power: 50 Acc: 90 PP: 10 Special Effect: The user attacks the target with an electric charge. The residual electricity may also boost the user's Sp. Atk stat.
TM 029	Hex Ghost	Tier: D Tier Power: 65 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special Effect: This relentless attack does massive damage to a target affected by status conditions.
TM 039	Low Sweep Fighting	Tier: E Tier Power: 65 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Physical Effect: The user makes a swift attack on the target's legs, which lowers the target's Speed stat.
TM 042	Night Shade Ghost	Tier: F Tier Power: 1 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special Effect: The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage equal to the user's level.
TM 043	Fling Dark	Tier: F Tier Power: 1 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Physical Effect: The user flings its held item at the target to attack. This move's power and effects depend on the item.
TM 047	Endure Normal	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 10 Status Effect: The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession.
TM 051	Sandstorm Rock	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 10 Status Effect: A five-turn sandstorm is summoned to damage all Pokemon except Rock, Ground, and Steel types. The sandstorm also boosts the Sp. Def stats of Rock types.
TM 054	Psyshock Psychic	Tier: D Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special Effect: The user materializes an odd psychic wave to attack the target. This move deals physical damage.
TM 068	Thunder Punch Electric	Tier: D Tier Power: 75 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical Effect: The target is attacked with an electrified punch. This may also leave the target with paralysis.
TM 070	Sleep Talk Normal	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 10 Status Effect: The user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. This move can only be used while the user is asleep.
TM 072	Electro Ball Electric	Tier: F Tier Power: 1 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special Effect: The user hurls an electric orb at the target. The faster the user is than the target, the greater the move's power.
TM 074	Reflect Psychic	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 20 Status Effect: A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from physical moves for five turns.
TM 075	Light Screen Psychic	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 30 Status Effect: A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special moves for five turns.
TM 079	Dazzling Gleam Fairy	Tier: D Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special Effect: The user damages opposing Pokemon by emitting a powerful flash.
TM 082	Thunder Wave Electric	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 90 PP: 20 Status Effect: The user launches a weak jolt of electricity that paralyzes the target.
TM 085	Rest Psychic	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 5 Status Effect: The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions.
TM 093	Flash Cannon Steel	Tier: C Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special Effect: The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
TM 099	Iron Head Steel	Tier: C Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Physical Effect: The user slams the target with its steel-hard head. This may also make the target flinch.
TM 101	Power Gem Rock	Tier: D Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 20 Special Effect: The user attacks with a ray of light that sparkles as if it were made of gemstones.
TM 103	Substitute Normal	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 10 Status Effect: The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy.
TM 109	Trick Psychic	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Status Effect: The user catches the target off guard and swaps the target's held item with its own.
TM 114	Shadow Ball Ghost	Tier: C Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special Effect: The user attacks by hurling a shadowy blob at the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
TM 120	Psychic Psychic	Tier: D Tier Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special Effect: The target is hit with a strong telekinetic force to inflict damage. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
TM 121	Heavy Slam Steel	Tier: F Tier Power: 1 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Physical Effect: The user slams into the target with its heavy body. The more the user outweighs the target, the greater the move's power.
TM 126	Thunderbolt Electric	Tier: D Tier Power: 90 Acc: 100 PP: 15 Special Effect: The user attacks the target with a strong electric blast. This may also leave the target with paralysis.
TM 140	Nasty Plot Dark	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 20 Status Effect: The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply boosts the user's Sp. Atk stat.
TM 152	Giga Impact Normal	Tier: B Tier Power: 150 Acc: 90 PP: 5 Physical Effect: The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn.
TM 158	Focus Blast Fighting	Tier: C Tier Power: 120 Acc: 70 PP: 5 Special Effect: The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
TM 163	Hyper Beam Normal	Tier: B Tier Power: 150 Acc: 90 PP: 5 Special Effect: The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn.
TM 166	Thunder Electric	Tier: C Tier Power: 110 Acc: 70 PP: 10 Special Effect: A wicked thunderbolt is dropped on the target to inflict damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis.
TM 170	Steel Beam Steel	Tier: S Tier Power: 140 Acc: 95 PP: 5 Special Effect: The user fires a beam of steel that it collected from its entire body. This also damages the user.
TM 171	Tera Blast Normal	Tier: D Tier Power: 80 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Special Effect: If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat, whichever is higher for the user.

Gholdengo Egg Moves

List of the 5 Moves Gholdengo can learn from being hatched from an egg.


Move	Description
Shadow Sneak Ghost	Tier: E Tier Power: 40 Acc: 100 PP: 30 Physical Effect: The user extends its shadow and attacks the target from behind. This move always goes first.
Beat Up Dark	Tier: F Tier Power: 1 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Physical Effect: The user gets all party Pokemon to attack the target. The more party Pokemon, the greater the number of attacks.
Block Normal	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 101 PP: 5 Status Effect: The user blocks the target's way with arms spread wide to prevent the target from fleeing.
Leech Seed Grass	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 90 PP: 10 Status Effect: A seed is planted on the target. It steals some HP from the target every turn.
Strength Sap Grass	Tier: F Tier Power: 0 Acc: 100 PP: 10 Status Effect: The user restores its own HP by the same amount as the target's Attack stat. It then lowers the target's Attack stat.

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