Is Baltoy Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 111 desert catch. Ground/Psychic with AbilityLevitate negating Ground weakness. Claydol at 36 is a defensive anchor. Handles Wattson and contributes against Phoebe. Levitate makes Claydol immune to one of its own types. Safe late-game pick for the E4 push.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Baltoy on Route 111 (walking, Lv 19-21, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 19NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 45NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
Evolve Baltoy to Claydol
Baltoy evolves into Claydol at Level 36. Your Baltoy should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 36NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 55NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
How to Get Baltoy in Emerald
Baltoy spins through the Route 111 desert as an uncommon level 19 to 21 catch, sharing the sand with Trapinch and Cacnea. That single desert route is its only home in Emerald, so the clay doll is a one-stop catch on the way north.
1 location to catch Baltoy
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Baltoy in E
Baltoy is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 19-38 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Baltoy ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into ClaydolSky Pillar - 1FLv.36-38FloorRate 25%Sky Pillar - 3FLv.36-38FloorRate 25%Sky Pillar - 5FLv.36-37FloorRate 19%or evolve from Baltoy (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Baltoy catch odds in the Emerald Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Baltoy in Emerald
Baltoy spins across the Route 111 desert as an uncommon encounter, so brave the sandstorm stretch and cycle through spawns steadily, checking each one for the shiny palette that marks the rare find. Compare Shiny Baltoy odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Baltoy 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 Baltoy in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Baltoy Weakness
Baltoy's Ground/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, Ice, Bug, Ghost, and Dark. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice, Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Poison, Psychic, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Baltoy Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Baltoy
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x93-110%KO Thief 2x21-25% | ||
 Grovyle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Grovyle builds →Leaf Blade 2x82-97% Pursuit 2x32-39% Fury Cutter 2x8-11% | ||
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodDewford Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Pelipper builds →Ice Beam 2x79-93% Water Gun 2x54-63% Thief 2x35-42% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Petalburg City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Azumarill builds →Bubble Beam 2x61-72% Ice Beam 2x55-65% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Marshtomp builds →Ice Beam 2x55-65% Water Gun 2x39-46% | ||
 Lombre WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Lombre builds →Ice Beam 2x55-65% Thief 2x25-31% Absorb 2x21-25% Astonish 2x21-25% | ||
 Croconaw Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Croconaw builds →Ice Beam 2x55-65% Water Gun 2x39-46% Bite 2x35-42% | ||
 Bayleef Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Sableye builds →Feint Attack 2x56-68% Astonish 2x39-46% | ||
 Nuzleaf GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Nuzleaf builds →Thief 2x39-46% Bullet Seed 2x14-17% | ||
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Ninjask builds →Leech Life 2x31-38% Thief 2x24-28% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Baltoy Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Baltoy grows into Claydol through a straightforward two-stage chain. No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Baltoy. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Baltoy is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyE Baltoy Best Moveset
AbilityLevitate grants Ground immunity on a Ground/Psychic type, but Baltoy's stats are too low for competition. The moveset should focus on leveling toward Claydol.
Best Build
Baltoy best EVs are Attack and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Explosion
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Level-up moves are just the starting point for Baltoy. TMs unlock Normal and Rock coverage and more and turn a straightforward STAB kit around Earthquake and Dream Eater into something with actual range.
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 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A BALTOY moves by spinning on its single foot. It has been depicted in murals adorning the walls of a once-bustling city in an ancient age.
Baltoy Emerald Guide
For Emerald, you can run Baltoy through the first few routes without issues. 300 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Claydol as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Baltoy spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.
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
Winds & Waves
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