Is Aerodactyl Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Old Amber from Pewter Museum, Kanto postgame. Aerodactyl is fast and powerful but can't help with any Johto content. One of the fastest Pokemon in the game with nothing left to use it on.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Aerodactyl resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Aerodactyl's weaknesses hard.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Aerodactyl trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Aerodactyl trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Aerodactyl resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Aerodactyl trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Aerodactyl trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Aerodactyl resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Aerodactyl resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Aerodactyl resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Aerodactyl has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Aerodactyl resists most of Karen's coverage and hits back hard.
Aerodactyl resists most of Lance's coverage and hits back hard.
In-Game Trade
Aerodactyl can be received through an in-game trade on Route 14. Trade Chansey. Trade a Chansey to Kim on Route 14 to receive Aeroy the Aerodactyl.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 1)
- LV 1FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 29RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 43NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 50NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Aerodactyl in Gold & Silver
No fossil revival means no wild Aerodactyl, but there is one workaround. A trainer on a Kanto route will swap you an Aerodactyl for a Chansey, the only in-game way to land this fossil flier.
1 location to catch Aerodactyl
Badge 8How to Get Aerodactyl in Gold & Silver
How to Get Shiny Aerodactyl in Gold & Silver
Aerodactyl handed over in the Route 14 trade for a Chansey arrives locked to non-shiny DVs, so the real shiny path breeds that traded Aerodactyl with a Ditto and waits on the eggs to hatch. Compare Shiny Aerodactyl odds across every game
Shiny Aerodactyl Evolution
Does Not EvolveGold & Silver Shiny Aerodactyl Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
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.
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 Aerodactyl already selected.
Aerodactyl Weakness
Type-wise, Aerodactyl takes extra damage from Water, Electric, Ice, Rock, and Steel. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Electric, Ice, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, 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
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Aerodactyl Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Aerodactyl
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x120-141%KO Blizzard 2x80-94% Iron Tail 2x49-58% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Magneton builds →Thunder 2x129-152%KO Rollout 2x14-17% | ||
 Raikou Electric | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Raikou builds →Thunder 2x124-146%KO Iron Tail 2x61-71% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Rhydon builds →Iron Tail 2x86-101%KO Rollout 2x40-48% Surf 2x32-38% Blizzard 2x40-47% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x88-104%KO Blizzard 2x74-87% Iron Tail 2x55-65% Zap Cannon 2x62-73% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Tyranitar builds →Rock Slide 2x100-118%KO Iron Tail 2x88-104%KO Surf 2x56-67% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Suicune builds →Surf 2x81-96% Blizzard 2x68-80% Iron Tail 2x55-65% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Ampharos builds →Thunder 2x124-146%KO Iron Tail 2x55-65% | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x106-125%KO Blizzard 2x71-84% Iron Tail 2x59-69% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x85-100%KO Ice Punch 2x45-53% Iron Tail 2x59-69% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Pikachu builds →Thunderbolt 2x51-61% Iron Tail 2x43-51% Rollout 2x13-16% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Feraligatr builds →Hydro Pump 2x92-108%KO Iron Tail 2x72-85% Blizzard 2x61-72% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Aerodactyl View Lapras builds →Hydro Pump 2x97-114%KO Ice Beam 2x77-92% Thunder 2x64-76% Iron Tail 2x61-71% | ||
Aerodactyl Evolutions
Aerodactyl is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with a decent partner pool. Its eggs are slow to hatch. It's got 4 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Aerodactyl (with patience) with 19 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Foresight, Pursuit, Steel Wing and 1 more to offspring.
GS Aerodactyl Best Moveset
130 Speed outspeeds nearly everything. MoveEarthquake and Rock TermStab provide physical coverage, and MoveRoar forces switches into MoveSpikes chip. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The Speed tier controls the pace, and forcing switches support adds strategic depth beyond raw damage.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ancient Power
- Hidden Power Rock
- Wing Attack
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Foresight and Pursuit give Aerodactyl options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 7 types already covers a decent range on top of Fly and Wing Attack. The egg moves push it further.
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
21 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A vicious POKéMON from the distant past, it appears to have flown by spreading its wings and gliding.
This vicious POKéMON is said to have flown in ancient skies while shrieking high-pitched cries.
Aerodactyl Gold & Silver Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in Gold & Silver, but Aerodactyl does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Aerodactyl hits 615 BST.
Trade a Chansey to Kim on Route 14 to receive Aeroy the Aerodactyl. This is an NPC trade, so the Aerodactyl you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
Yes. Aerodactyl is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Aerodactyl becomes available after the main story is complete in Gold & Silver.
In Gold & Silver, Aerodactyl plays as a support. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Aerodactyl has appeared in 20 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received a Mega form in Generation 6, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 6ORASMega
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
Winds & Waves
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