Is Bidoof Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone encounter. Normal with AbilitySimple doubling stat changes. Bibarel at level 15 is the real draw. HM carrier that handles Cut, Surf, Strength, Waterfall, and Rock Climb.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's Pokemon outpace and outclass Bidoof here.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Bidoof's defenses.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Bidoof trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Bidoof on Route 30 (walking, Lv 4, uncommon). Sinnoh Sound.
Recommended Moves
- LV 17NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 21NormalHyper FangPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 41FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Bidoof to Bibarel
Bidoof evolves into Bibarel at Level 15. Your Bidoof should hit Level 15 before you reach Brock, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- LV 23NormalHyper FangPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 38NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 48FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Bidoof in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Bidoof walks wild across roughly two dozen spots in both versions, staying uncommon and surfacing only when Sinnoh Sound plays on Pokegear radio. Its catch level ranges from 3 to 42 depending where you tune in before evolving into Bibarel.
25 locations to catch Bidoof
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Bidoof in HGSS
The line opens with Bidoof at Lv. 3-42 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Bidoof ✓Route 31Lv.3GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 30Lv.4GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 22Lv.5GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 32Lv.6GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 25Lv.8GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 4Lv.8GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 24Lv.9GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 34Lv.12GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 9Lv.13GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 35Lv.14GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 42Lv.14GrassHeartGoldRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 6Lv.14GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 42Lv.15GrassSoulSilverRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundSafari Zone - EntranceLv.20FloorRate 40%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 10Lv.16GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 43Lv.17GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRuins of Alph - OutsideLv.18FloorRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 44Lv.22GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 45Lv.24GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 13Lv.25GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 27Lv.30GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 47Lv.31-32GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 26Lv.32GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 21Lv.35GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundRoute 28Lv.40GrassRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh SoundMt. Silver - BaseLv.42CaveRate 20%Radio: Sinnoh Sound
- Step 2Evolve into Bibarel
To plan your throws, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver catch rate calculator with Bidoof preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Bidoof in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Bidoof waddles along Route 21 and Route 22, though a shiny comes faster from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Bidoof odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Bidoof 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Bidoof already selected.
Bidoof Weakness
Bidoof's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bidoof Weak Against
Good
Bidoof Evolutions
Bidoof evolves into Bibarel. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Bidoof. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Bidoof easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aqua Tail, Defense Curl, Double-Edge and 5 more to offspring.
HGSS Bidoof Best Moveset
Two opposite ability choices: AbilitySimple doubling all stat changes or AbilityUnaware ignoring opponent boosts. Stats in the 31-59 range can't use either ability effectively. Evolve to Bibarel.
Best Build
Bidoof best EVs are HP
Bulky Support Moveset
- Facade
- Protect
- Frustration
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Bidoof won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 11 types means it always has an effective option. Last Resort and Double-Edge anchor the STAB core.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It lives in groups by the water. It chews up boulders and trees around its nest with its incisors.
Bidoof HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Bidoof?
See the Locations section above for where to find Bidoof 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 Bidoof from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Bidoof 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, Bidoof has 250 BST and evolves into Bibarel. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Bidoof is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Bidoof becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Game Availability
Bidoof first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 11 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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