Is Abra Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Route 34 and the Goldenrod Game Corner. Abra still only knows MoveTeleport, so training it takes patience. Kadabra and Alakazam remain among the strongest Pokemon in the game, and Psychic typing is still dominant even with Dark's introduction.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Abra here.
Bugsy's Pokemon outpace and outclass Abra here.
Kadabra trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Alakazam resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam resists most of Chuck's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Alakazam resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Alakazam trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Alakazam resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Alakazam has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Alakazam resists most of Lance's coverage and hits back hard.
Catchable
Catch Abra on Route 34 (walking, Lv 10, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM41ElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
Evolve Abra to Kadabra
Abra evolves into Kadabra at Level 16. Your Abra should hit Level 16 before you reach Whitney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 21PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- TM34NormalSwaggerPower —Accuracy 90%PP 15Olivine Lighthouse
- LV 31PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 38PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
Evolve Kadabra to Alakazam
Kadabra evolves into Alakazam when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Morty.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 21PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 31PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 38PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Abra in Gold & Silver
Two ways in. Abra appears wild and in headbutted trees across 13 spots, or you buy one for 200 coins at the Goldenrod Game Corner, the cheapest prize there in both versions.
8 locations to catch Abra
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Abra in GS
Abra is where the line starts, caught through walking and gift encounters at Lv. 9-15. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 3Evolve into AlakazamBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Abra egg.
To plan your throws, open the Gold & Silver catch rate calculator with Abra preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Abra in Gold & Silver
Abra darts through the grass around Ecruteak City and Goldenrod City, so keep a fast catch ready, because it bolts with Teleport the instant the battle begins. Compare Shiny Abra odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Abra Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Gold & Silver shiny odds calculator with Abra already selected.
Abra Weakness
Abra's Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Abra's special bulk (base 55 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Abra Weak Against
Vulnerable
Abra Evolutions
Abra is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Kadabra first, then eventually reaches Alakazam. For breeding, average hatch time with a small partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Abra. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Abra easily with 15 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Barrier, Encore, Light Screen to offspring.
GS Abra Best Moveset
25 Defense still means any physical hit ends things immediately. 105 Sp. Atk is strong for a pre-evolution, but the move options are too limited to threaten. Kadabra is one evolution from genuine power.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Psychic
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
- Fire Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Barrier and Encore from the egg pool give Abra something extra. Pair those with Dream Eater and Psychic for STAB and coverage across 7 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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.
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
20 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It senses impending attacks and TELEPORTS away to safety before the actual attacks can strike.
If it decides to TELEPORT randomly, it creates the illusion that it has created copies of itself.
Abra Gold & Silver Guide
Abra costs 200 Coins in Gold. Abra costs 200 Coins in Silver. Earn coins by playing the slot machines on the Game Corner floor or buying them at the counter (1,000 coins for ₽10,000).
In Gold & Silver, Abra does the job early-game if you need a Psychic type on your team. Evolve it into Kadabra before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Abra has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 21 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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 7Let's Go
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
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