Is Bellsprout Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Routes 31 and 32 encounters from early Johto. Grass/Poison with AbilityChlorophyll doubling Speed in sun. Victreebel at Leaf Stone has strong Attack for a Grass-type. More useful in the Kanto stretch against Misty and Brock than in the Johto gym circuit.
Falkner's team hits Bellsprout's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's typing presses Bellsprout's defenses.
Bellsprout trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Victreebel resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Victreebel resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Victreebel resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Victreebel's weaknesses hard.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Koga's team hits Victreebel's weaknesses hard.
Victreebel has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Victreebel trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Bellsprout on Route 31 (walking, Lv 3, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 7NormalGrowthPower —Accuracy 100%PP 40
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 23PoisonAcidPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 39GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- LV 41NormalSlamPower 80Accuracy 75%PP 20
Evolve Bellsprout to Victreebel
Weepinbell evolves into Victreebel with a Leaf Stone. You can receive the Leaf Stone from an NPC in Route 34. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- LV 19GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 47GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- LV 47GrassLeaf BladePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Bellsprout in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Bellsprout is everywhere early, with thirty encounters across eight locations spanning levels 3 to 22. Common in plenty of Johto grass at almost any time of day, the pitcher plant is one of the first things you trip over.
8 locations to catch Bellsprout
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Bellsprout in HGSS
Bellsprout is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-24 across 40 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Bellsprout ✓Route 24Lv.8-10GrassRate 60%MorningSafari Zone - ForestLv.15-17FloorRate 40%Morning/dayRoute 24Lv.8GrassRate 35%DayRoute 32Lv.6GrassRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 25Lv.10GrassRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 5Lv.13GrassRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 6Lv.13GrassRate 30%Morning/daySafari Zone - ForestLv.15-17FloorRate 30%NightRoute 31Lv.3GrassRate 20%Route 32Lv.6GrassRate 20%NightRoute 5Lv.14GrassRate 20%NightRoute 6Lv.14GrassRate 20%NightRoute 24Lv.8GrassRate 5%NightRoute 25Lv.14GrassRate 5%NightRoute 44Lv.22GrassRate 20%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into WeepinbellRoute 24Lv.12-14GrassRate 15%Morning/dayRoute 24Lv.12GrassRate 10%NightRoute 25Lv.10GrassRate 5%NightRoute 25Lv.14GrassRate 5%Morning/dayor evolve from Bellsprout (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Victreebel
Not landing the catch? Calculate Bellsprout catch rates for HeartGold & SoulSilver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Bellsprout in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Bellsprout sways along Route 5 and Route 6, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Bellsprout odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Bellsprout 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver with Bellsprout preloaded.
Bellsprout Weakness
Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic moves hit Bellsprout for super-effective damage. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. 4 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bellsprout Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Bellsprout
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Bronzor SteelPsychic | C | |
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodViolet City Gift | ||
 Numel FireGround | D | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Spoink Psychic | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellsprout View Butterfree builds →Gust 2x75-91% Confusion 2x64-75% | ||
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Spearow Normal | C | |
 Pidgeotto Normal | D | |
 Chingling Psychic | D | |
 Zubat Poison | C | |
 Slowpoke WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bellsprout View Slowpoke builds →Fire Blast 2x85-102%KO Ice Beam 2x70-83% Confusion 2x57-68% | ||
Bellsprout Evolutions
Bellsprout is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Weepinbell first, then eventually reaches Victreebel. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Bellsprout. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Bellsprout easily with 45 breeding partners from the Grass egg group. Pass egg moves like Encore, Ingrain, Leech Life and 7 more to offspring.
HGSS Bellsprout Best Moveset
Grass/Poison with 75 Attack and AbilityChlorophyll for doubled Speed in sun. The moveset previews Victreebel's mixed power but can't survive at 30 Sp. Def and 50 HP. Weepinbell opens the path to Victreebel's real offensive power.
Best Build
Bellsprout best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Weather Ball
- Sludge Bomb
- Solar Beam
- Growth
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Bellsprout misses out on Encore and Ingrain. That's 10 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Solar Beam and Sludge Bomb, with Normal and Dark coverage rounding things out.
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
Even though its body is extremely skinny, it is blindingly fast when catching its prey.
It plants its feet deep underground to replenish water. It can’t escape its enemy while it’s rooted.
Bellsprout HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Bellsprout?
See the Locations section above for where to find Bellsprout in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Bellsprout from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Bellsprout easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Bellsprout does the job early-game if you need a Grass/Poison type on your team. Evolve it into Weepinbell before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Bellsprout has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 20 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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