Is Bellossom Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Sun Stone on native Hoenn Gloom. AbilityChlorophyll doubles Speed in sunlight, same as Vileplume. Bellossom trades the Poison sub-typing for pure Grass, avoiding the Psychic weakness against Tate and Liza. The choice depends on whether you're running Ruby's sun.
Oddish has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Oddish has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Gloom's defenses.
Gloom trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Norman:
Winona's team hits Vileplume's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Winona:
Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Tate & Liza:
Vileplume resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Wallace:
Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Sidney:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Phoebe:
Vileplume has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Glacia:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Drake:
Vileplume trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Steven:
Catch Oddish
Catch Oddish on Route 110 (walking, Lv 13, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 23PoisonAcidPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 39GrassPetal DancePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Oddish to Gloom
Oddish evolves into Gloom at Level 21. Your Oddish should hit Level 21 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 21)
- LV 21GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 24PoisonAcidPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 44GrassPetal DancePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Gloom to Bellossom
Gloom evolves into Bellossom with a Sun Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Norman.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 28)
- LV 28GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 28GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Norman
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 44GrassPetal DancePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 55GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Gloom to Vileplume
Gloom evolves into Vileplume with a Leaf Stone. You can pick up the Leaf Stone in Route 119.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- LV 44GrassPetal DancePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Bellossom in Ruby & Sapphire
Bellossom comes from a Sun Stone on a Gloom, and Gloom is catchable wild around the Safari Zone and a few routes. Catch one, then spend the Sun Stone to branch it away from Vileplume.
Catch Oddish or Gloom at any of these 7 spots to eventually evolve into Bellossom.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6How to Obtain Bellossom in RS
To get Bellossom, start by catching Oddish through walking encounters at Lv. 13-29. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 3Bellossom ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Oddish egg.
How to Get Shiny Bellossom in Ruby & Sapphire
Bellossom is made by evolving a shiny Gloom with a Sun Stone, so track down a shiny Gloom and use the stone on it. Compare Shiny Bellossom odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Bellossom 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Ruby & Sapphire 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
What is Bellossom Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Bellossom
 Rayquaza Dragon | S | |
Obtain MethodSky Pillar Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Rayquaza builds →Overheat 2x100-117%KO Fly 2x86-102%KO Ice Beam 2x68-81% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Blaziken builds →Overheat 2x115-135%KO Aerial Ace 2x41-49% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Altaria builds →Sky Attack 2x90-106%KO Fire Blast 2x45-53% Ice Beam 2x36-43% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Salamence builds →Fly 2x79-93% Fire Blast 2x66-78% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Muk Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x82-96% Fire Blast 2x43-50% | ||
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x66-77% Wing Attack 2x44-52% Leech Life 2x11-13% | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x93-109%KO Sludge Bomb 2x46-54% | ||
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellossom View Ninjask builds →Aerial Ace 2x48-57% Leech Life 2x17-20% | ||
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 35 partners from the Grass egg group. Notable egg moves include Charm, Flail, Ingrain and 3 more.
RS Bellossom Best Moveset
Sun sweeping potential through AbilityChlorophyll doubling Speed, combined with dual status from MoveSleep Powder and MoveStun Spore. MoveGiga Drain for Grass TermStab with recovery from 90 Sp. Atk. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with drain.
Best Build
Bellossom best EVs are Defense and HP
Wall Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Stun Spore
- Hidden Power Ice
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Charm and Flail give Bellossom options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Poison 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. 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 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When BELLOSSOM gets exposed to plenty of sunlight, the leaves ringing its body begin to spin around. This POKéMON’s dancing is renowned in the southern lands.
A BELLOSSOM grows flowers more beautifully if it has evolved from a smelly GLOOM - the stinkier the better. At night, this POKéMON closes its petals and goes to sleep.
Bellossom Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Bellossom is obtained in Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire by evolving Gloom using a Sun Stone.
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
Winds & Waves
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