Is Bagon Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only. Dragon with AbilityRock Head preventing recoil. Salamence at level 50 is 600 BST. The grind from a bred Bagon is enormous, but the payoff is one of the strongest non-legendary Pokemon available.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Bagon resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Bagon's defenses.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Shelgon has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Shelgon trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Bagon in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 44-45). Requires 56 Peak and 35 Forest objects placed in Swamp.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Pryce
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- After Clair
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Clair in the Dragon's Den after the Dragon Shrine test
- LV 46DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 50DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Bagon to Shelgon
Bagon evolves into Shelgon at Level 30. You get it at Level 44 or higher, past Level 30, so it evolves into Shelgon the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 32DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Pryce
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- After Clair
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Clair in the Dragon's Den after the Dragon Shrine test
- LV 50DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 61NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Bagon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Breeding is the only road to Bagon in Heart Gold and Soul Silver; hatch the Dragon type from an egg at the Day Care to add it to your party.
Wild Bagon may be holding when caught:
Dragon Fang (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a hard and sharp fang that ups the power of Dragon-type moves.1 location to catch Bagon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Bagon in HGSS
Bagon is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 44-45. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Bring the right balls: check Bagon catch odds in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Bagon in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Bagon breeds up its shiny, so pair it with a foreign-language parent the Masuda way for a shiny. Compare Shiny Bagon odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Bagon Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Bagon in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Bagon Weakness
Bagon's Dragon typing leaves it vulnerable to Ice and Dragon. The Dragon typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Bagon's physical bulk (base 60 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Electric, Grass |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bagon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Bagon
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bagon View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x183-216%KO Dragon Pulse 2x117-138%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bagon View Altaria builds →Dragon Pulse 2x150-177%KO Ice Beam 2x107-126%KO | ||
 Dragonair Dragon | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dratini (Dragons Den Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bagon View Dragonair builds →Dragon Rush 2x122-144%KO Ice Beam 2x107-126%KO | ||
 Delibird Ice | D | |
Bagon Evolutions
Bagon kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Shelgon all the way to Salamence. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 300 total stats over Bagon. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Bagon with 30 breeding partners from the Dragon egg group. Pass egg moves like Dragon Dance, Dragon Rage, Dragon Rush and 5 more to offspring.
HGSS Bagon Best Moveset
Dragon type at 75 Attack and 50 Speed with AbilityRock Head removing recoil. The moveset fires physical Dragon hits at first-stage power. Two evolutions from Salamence's devastating 135 Attack.
Best Build
Bagon best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Outrage
- Fire Fang
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Dragon Dance and Dragon Rage on Bagon. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Draco Meteor and Outrage, they expand what Bagon can actually threaten in practice.
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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
All 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its well-developed neck muscles and ironlike head can smash boulders into pieces.
Bagon HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Bagon?
See the Locations section above for where to find Bagon in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Bagon from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Bagon easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Bagon in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Dragon Fang (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Dragon Fang.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Bagon has 300 BST and evolves into Shelgon. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Bagon appears in 16 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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