Is Baltoy Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone encounter. Ground/Psychic with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Claydol at level 36 is the destination. Interesting defensive typing available during the story.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Sabrina's team hits Baltoy's weaknesses hard.
Claydol resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Will's team hits Baltoy's weaknesses hard.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Baltoy on Route 3 (walking, Lv 5, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- LV 11PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 19NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 53GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 71NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Baltoy to Claydol
Baltoy evolves into Claydol at Level 36. Your Baltoy should hit Level 36 before you reach Blaine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 36NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 36NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 62GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 86NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Baltoy in HeartGold & SoulSilver
HeartGold runs a Baltoy swarm on a single Kanto route, common while it lasts and gone the rest of the time. SoulSilver gets no wild Baltoy at all, leaving a trade as that version's only route in.
1 location to catch Baltoy
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Baltoy in HGSS
- Step 1Baltoy ✓
- Step 2Evolve into Claydol
Bring the right balls: check Baltoy catch odds in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Baltoy in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Baltoy spins across Route 3 in HeartGold, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker route to a shiny. Compare Shiny Baltoy odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Baltoy 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 Baltoy in the HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Baltoy Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Baltoy
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Honchkrow builds →Night Slash 2x134-159%KO Shadow Ball 2x73-87% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Roserade builds →Solar Beam 2x191-225%KO Shadow Ball 2x85-101%KO | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x178-210%KO Sucker Punch 2x144-170%KO Pin Missile 2x18-22% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Sceptile builds →Leaf Storm 2x193-227%KO X-Scissor 2x75-88% Night Slash 2x66-78% | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x172-203%KO Payback 2x54-64% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Victreebel builds →Leaf Storm 2x185-218%KO Thief 2x45-54% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 2x169-199%KO Dark Pulse 2x97-115%KO X-Scissor 2x85-101%KO Shadow Ball 2x65-76% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Jynx builds →Ice Beam 2x141-166%KO Shadow Ball 2x80-94% Energy Ball 2x80-94% Water Pulse 2x61-71% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 2x199-235%KO X-Scissor 2x106-125%KO Thief 2x54-64% Ice Beam 2x50-59% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x159-187%KO X-Scissor 2x106-125%KO Shadow Claw 2x93-110%KO Ice Beam 2x67-79% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x146-172%KO Surf 2x115-136%KO Ice Beam 2x76-90% Thief 2x32-38% | ||
 Gyarados Water | S | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Gyarados builds →Aqua Tail 2x173-204%KO Ice Fang 2x84-99% Bite 2x78-92% | ||
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 onlyHGSS Baltoy Best Moveset
Ground/Psychic with AbilityLevitate removing the Ground weakness, leaving only five super-effective types. 70 Sp. Def absorbs special hits for a first-stage. The moveset has defensive utility. Evolve to Claydol.
Best Build
Baltoy best EVs are Defense and HP
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Earth Power
- Explosion
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Leveling does the heavy lifting. Baltoy picks up Self-Destruct and Earth Power along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add coverage across 7 types, but the foundation's already strong by then.
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
It moves while spinning around on its single foot. Some BALTOY have been seen spinning on their heads.
Baltoy HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Baltoy has 300 BST and evolves into Claydol. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
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
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