Is Ariados Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Better than Ledian but that bar is underground. Ariados has some Dark-type coverage through MoveNight Shade that helps against Will at the E4. Crystal makes it available to everyone, which doesn't change the fact that most teams find better options by Goldenrod.
Spinarak trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Spinarak trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Spinarak trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Ariados's weaknesses hard.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Ariados's weaknesses hard.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Ariados's weaknesses hard.
Catch Spinarak
Catch Spinarak on Route 29 (Headbutt, Lv 10, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- LV 17GhostNight ShadePower 50Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- LV 53PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Spinarak to Ariados
Spinarak evolves into Ariados at Level 22. Your Spinarak should hit Level 22 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22GhostNight ShadePower 50Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- LV 63PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Ariados in Crystal
Like its pre-evolution, Ariados is a rare night catch at only two spots. Raising a Spinarak to level 22 is far steadier than hunting those scarce spawns.
2 locations to catch Ariados11 locations to catch Spinarak
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Spinarak at any of the 11 locations below, then level it up to 22 — it evolves into Ariados.
Badge 1
Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Ariados in C
Spinarak gets you Ariados sooner: catch it at the very start and evolve it at Lv 22. Wild Ariados first appears at Route 37 (after Badge 3).
- Step 1Catch SpinarakRoute 30Lv.3GrassRate 30%NightRoute 2Lv.3GrassRate 30%NightRoute 31Lv.4GrassRate 30%NightRoute 36Lv.4GrassRate 30%NightRoute 37Lv.13GrassRate 30%NightNational ParkLv.14FloorRate 20%NightRoute 29Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 30Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 31Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 34Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 35Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 36Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 37Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 38Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 39Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%
- Step 2Ariados ✓or evolve from Spinarak (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Ariados catch rates for Crystal by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Ariados in Crystal
Ariados prowls Route 37 and Kanto's Route 2 strictly at night and only rarely, which makes direct wild encounters a genuinely slow burn. Compare Shiny Ariados odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Ariados Calculator
2 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.
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Crystal with Ariados preloaded.
Ariados Weakness
Ariados is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. 4 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- 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 Ariados Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Ariados
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Quilava builds →Fire Blast 2x122-144%KO Rollout 2x17-21% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Kadabra builds →Psybeam 2x92-109%KO Fire Punch 2x70-83% | ||
 Magby Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Throw 2x56-66% Fire Punch 2x29-34% | ||
 Golbat Poison | B | |
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Scyther Bug | B | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
 Smoochum IcePsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Geodude builds →Rock Throw 2x49-58% Fire Blast 2x44-52% | ||
Ariados Evolutions
Ariados is the evolved form of Spinarak. Breeding produces Spinarak eggs, and they are quick to hatch. Evolving from Spinarak gave Ariados the biggest boost in HP (+30), bringing the total to 390 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Ariados to get Spinarak eggs easily using 23 partners from the Bug egg group. Notable egg moves include Baton Pass, Disable, Psybeam and 2 more.
C Ariados Best Moveset
Bug/Poison with MoveSludge Bomb for modest Poison TermStab. Both types offer no offensive or defensive advantage in the current format. Held ItemLeftovers sustains, but the role itself doesn't justify the slot.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Spider Web
- Agility
- Baton Pass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Ariados. Baton Pass and Disable come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Sludge Bomb and Leech Life and Normal and Ghost coverage and more.
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
15 of 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Rather than making a nest in one specific spot, it wanders in search of food after darkness falls.
Ariados Crystal Guide
Honestly, in Crystal Ariados is a tough sell. It rates just E-Tier, and stronger Bug/Poison options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
In Crystal, Ariados plays as a trick room. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully. Set up with Agility when you get a free turn.
Game Availability
Ariados first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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 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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