Is Bagon Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Meteor Falls back room, late-game catch. AbilityRock Head negates recoil. Salamence at 50 is a 600 BST pseudo-legendary with AbilityIntimidate. The grind from Bagon through Shelgon (30) to Salamence (50) is long but the payoff is one of the strongest Pokemon in RS.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's typing presses Bagon's defenses.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Shelgon has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Shelgon trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Salamence trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Bagon on Meteor Falls (walking, Lv 25-35, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 33DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 41DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 49DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 53NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Bagon to Shelgon
Bagon evolves into Shelgon at Level 30. Your Bagon should hit Level 30 before you reach Sidney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 38DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 56DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 69DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 78NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Shelgon to Salamence
Shelgon evolves into Salamence at Level 50. Your Shelgon should hit Level 50 before you reach Glacia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 79DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 93NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Bagon in Ruby & Sapphire
Bagon waits at the bottom of a deep cliffside cave, common across a couple of slots at levels 25 to 35. Reaching its lone patch means a real trek down before you can grab the dragon.
Wild Bagon may be holding when caught:
Dragon Scale (5% chance) A strange scale held by DRAGON- type Pokemon.1 location to catch Bagon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Bagon in RS
- Step 1Bagon ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Salamence
Bring the right balls: check Bagon catch odds in the Ruby & Sapphire Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Bagon in Ruby & Sapphire
Bagon dwells in the deep chambers of Meteor Falls, so push into its back rooms and take on every one until a shiny shows. Compare Shiny Bagon odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Bagon Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Ruby & Sapphire 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Bagon Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Bagon
Shelgon Dragon | C | |
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 27 breeding partners from the Dragon egg group. Pass egg moves like Dragon Dance, Dragon Rage, Hydro Pump and 2 more to offspring.
RS Bagon Best Moveset
Dragon pre-evolution heading toward Salamence's devastating Dragon Dance sweeping. AbilityRock Head removes recoil from MoveDouble-Edge. Two evolutions from one of the format's most dangerous attackers. Nothing competitive here.
Best Build
Bagon best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Dragon Dance
- Double Edge
- Brick Break
- Hidden Power Ghost
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 Dragon Claw and Dragon Breath, 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 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
BAGON has a dream of one day soaring in the sky. In doomed efforts to fly, this POKéMON hurls itself off cliffs. As a result of its dives, its head has grown tough and as hard as tempered steel.
BAGON harbors a never-ending dream of one day soaring high among the clouds. As if trying to dispel its frustration over its inability to fly, this POKéMON slams its hard head against huge rocks and shatters them into pebbles.
Bagon Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Wild Bagon in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Dragon Scale (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Dragon Scale.
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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