Is Ariados Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Tougher than Ledian and hits harder, but Bug/Poison still doesn't threaten the gym circuit. Ariados can contribute against Will at the E4 with its Dark-type moves, but most teams find better options by then.
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 30 (walking, Lv 3, common).
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
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- LV 63PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Ariados in Gold & Silver
Most trainers reach Ariados by raising a Spinarak to level 22 rather than hunting the single rare nighttime spawn. None of this is open to Silver players, whose only path to the line runs through a trade.
1 location to catch Ariados4 locations to catch Spinarak
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Spinarak at any of the 4 locations below, then level it up to 22 — it evolves into Ariados.
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Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Ariados in GS
The only way to get Ariados during the story is evolving Spinarak (Lv 22).
Not landing the catch? Calculate Ariados catch rates for Gold & Silver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Ariados in Gold & Silver
Ariados already stands fully evolved in the grass of Route 2, so you can hunt its shiny straight from the wild without an evolution step in between. Compare Shiny Ariados odds across every game
Gold & Silver 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 Gold & Silver 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
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x164-193%KO Fire Punch 2x69-81% | ||
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Ho-Oh builds →Fire Blast 2x152-179%KO Fly 2x92-109%KO Dream Eater 2x85-101%KO | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x152-179%KO Rollout 2x19-22% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x152-179%KO Dream Eater 2x85-101%KO | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Lugia builds →Dream Eater 2x108-127%KO Aeroblast 2x96-113%KO | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x136-160%KO Fly 2x59-69% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x141-166%KO Psychic 2x71-83% | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ariados View Dragonite builds →Fly 2x94-112%KO Fire Blast 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Scyther Bug | B | |
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.
GS Ariados Best Moveset
Bug/Poison typing without offensive or defensive value in a format where both types are weak competitively. MoveSludge Bomb gives Poison some damage, but the stats behind it can't compete. No niche worth choosing over better options.
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
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Ariados Gold & Silver Guide
Honestly, in Gold & Silver Ariados is a tough sell. It rates just E-Tier, and stronger Bug/Poison options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
In Gold & Silver, 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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