Is Bellossom Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Sun Stone on Gloom. Bellossom is a pure Grass-type that trades Vileplume's Poison sub-typing for slightly different stats. The Poison removal means no Psychic weakness. A sidegrade more than an upgrade, but it fills the Grass slot if you prefer it.
Falkner's team hits Oddish's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's typing presses Oddish's defenses.
Oddish trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
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Vileplume resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
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Janine's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
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Vileplume resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
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Vileplume resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
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Koga's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
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Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
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Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
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Catch Oddish
Catch Oddish in Ilex Forest (walking, Lv 5-6, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- HM01NormalCutPower 50Accuracy 95%PP 30Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 23PoisonAcidPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- 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
- LV 39GrassPetal DancePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Evolve Oddish to Bellossom
Gloom evolves into Bellossom with a Sun Stone. You can receive the Sun Stone from an NPC in National Park.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20GrassPetal DancePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 20GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Falkner
- HM01NormalCutPower 50Accuracy 95%PP 30Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- LV 55GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Oddish to Vileplume
Gloom evolves into Vileplume with a Leaf Stone. Post-Game: You can receive the Leaf Stone from an NPC in Route 25.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20GrassPetal DancePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Falkner
- HM01NormalCutPower 50Accuracy 95%PP 30Ilex Forest
- 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 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Bellossom in Gold & Silver
Bellossom comes from a Sun Stone on Gloom, the alternative to the Leaf Stone path that makes Vileplume. Sun Stones are scarce in Gold and Silver, so one Gloom commits to one of the two flowers, never both.
Catch Oddish or Gloom at any of these 5 spots to eventually evolve into Bellossom.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8How to Obtain Bellossom in GS
Oddish is your first catch on the way to Bellossom. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 5-15 across 12 total spots in the chain.
- Step 3Bellossom ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Oddish egg.
How to Get Shiny Bellossom in Gold & Silver
Bellossom takes a Sun Stone to form, so first secure a shiny Gloom in the Route 5 grass, then apply the stone. Compare Shiny Bellossom odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Bellossom 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 Bellossom preloaded.
Bellossom Weakness
Type-wise, Bellossom takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. The Grass typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- 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 Bellossom Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Bellossom
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Ho-Oh builds →Fire Blast 2x99-117%KO Fly 2x77-90% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x98-115%KO Fury Cutter 2x5-7% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x99-117%KO Sludge Bomb 2x48-56% | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Dragonite builds →Fly 2x78-92% Fire Blast 2x61-72% Blizzard 2x61-72% Fury Cutter 2x8-10% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Lugia builds →Aeroblast 2x79-93% Blizzard 2x55-65% | ||
 Scyther Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Scyther builds →Wing Attack 2x57-67% Fury Cutter 2x11-13% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x91-108%KO Smog 2x12-15% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Muk Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodCeladon City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x82-96% Fire Blast 2x43-50% Ice Punch 2x27-32% | ||
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Flareon builds →Fire Blast 2x86-102%KO Smog 2x16-18% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Bellossom Evolutions
Bellossom is one of 2 ways Gloom's chain can end. This one takes the Sun Stone path, while the siblings go different directions. Breed through Oddish to get eggs. Vileplume has 10 more total stats, but Bellossom makes up for it with a stronger Sp.Def gain (+35 from Oddish). View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Bellossom to get Oddish eggs easily using 23 partners from the Grass egg group. Notable egg moves include Charm, Flail, Razor Leaf and 2 more.
GS Bellossom Best Moveset
Grass-type with MoveSleep Powder and MoveStun Spore for dual status options. 95 Sp. Def from the stat split provides solid special bulk, and MoveGiga Drain adds Grass TermStab with recovery. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with drain HP. Status support with enough defensive bulk to stick around.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Giga Drain
- Leech Seed
- Moonlight
- Stun Spore
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Charm and Flail give Bellossom options it can't learn any other way, and Normal coverage already covers a decent range on top of Petal Dance and Solar Beam. The egg moves push it further.
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
14 of 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
BELLOSSOM gather at times and appear to dance. They say that the dance is a ritual to summon the sun.
Plentiful in the tropics. When it dances, its petals rub together and make a pleasant ringing sound.
Bellossom Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Bellossom plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
Since Gold & Silver, Bellossom has been in 17 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
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
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