Is Bonsly Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only baby Rock-type with AbilitySturdy. Learns Mimic to evolve into Sudowoodo. Catch Sudowoodo directly on Route 36 instead of breeding a Bonsly.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Bonsly here.
Bonsly has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's Pokemon outpace and outclass Sudowoodo here.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Sudowoodo resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Bruno's team hits Sudowoodo's weaknesses hard.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Hatch
Hatch Bonsly from an Egg you breed on Route 34.
Recommended Moves
- LV 14RockRock ThrowPower 75Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- LV 25DarkFeint AttackPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 33RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 41DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Bonsly to Sudowoodo
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Whitney, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 17)
- LV 17GrassWood HammerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 33RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 41DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 49FightingHammer ArmPower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10
How to Get Bonsly in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Grab Sudowoodo from the locations below, it shows up in the wild. Drop it at the nursery to hatch Bonsly. From there, level the baby through the remaining stages to Bonsly.
Catch Sudowoodo at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Bonsly.
- 1Catch Bonsly
- 2
Badge 3How to Obtain Bonsly in HGSS
- Step 1Bonsly ✓
Breed from Sudowoodo at the Day Care.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Sudowoodoor evolve from Bonsly (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Bonsly in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Bonsly comes from a bred Sudowoodo, so run the Masuda Method with a foreign parent for a shiny of its own. Compare Shiny Bonsly odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Bonsly Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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 Bonsly in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Bonsly Weakness
Type-wise, Bonsly takes extra damage from Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Bonsly's physical bulk (base 95 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bonsly Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Bonsly
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x177-209%KO Seed Bomb 2x95-112%KO Iron Tail 2x80-94% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x165-195%KO Earthquake 2x74-88% Surf 2x53-63% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x171-202%KO Earthquake 2x76-90% Leaf Blade 2x70-82% | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x165-195%KO Solar Beam 2x146-172%KO Earthquake 2x74-88% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Hitmonlee builds →Focus Punch 2x165-195%KO Earthquake 2x74-88% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x80-95% Focus Punch 2x80-94% Iron Tail 2x53-63% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x150-177%KO Earthquake 2x67-80% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Rhydon builds →Focus Punch 2x118-139%KO Earthquake 2x119-140%KO Iron Tail 2x80-94% Surf 2x58-69% | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Primeape builds →Focus Punch 2x147-174%KO Earthquake 2x66-78% Iron Tail 2x66-78% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x142-167%KO Earthquake 2x63-75% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x119-140%KO Iron Tail 2x80-94% Brick Break 2x60-70% Surf 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Steelix SteelGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Steelix builds →Earthquake 2x83-98% Iron Tail 2x83-98% Rock Smash 2x23-27% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x219-258%KO Earthquake 2x63-75% Focus Blast 2x146-172%KO | ||
Bonsly Evolutions
Bonsly is the baby form here. It evolves into Sudowoodo after learning Mimic, but you can't breed it directly. Hatch one by breeding the evolved forms instead. Evolving adds up to 120 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
HGSS Bonsly Best Moveset
Rock type baby at 80 Attack and 95 Defense with 10 Speed and 10 Sp. Def. The moveset can't function at this stage. Evolve to Sudowoodo.
Best Build
Bonsly best EVs are Attack and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Sucker Punch
- Explosion
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Defense Curl and Harden give Bonsly options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Fighting coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Rock Slide and Rock Tomb. 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 16 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
In order to adjust the level of fluids in its body, it exudes water from its eyes. This makes it appear to be crying.
Bonsly HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Bonsly does the job early-game if you need a Rock type on your team. Evolve it into Sudowoodo before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Bonsly first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 13 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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