Is Budew Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Wild encounter in various locations. Baby Grass/Poison with AbilityNatural Cure. Friendship during daytime evolves into Roselia, then Shiny Stone for Roserade.
Falkner's team hits Budew's weaknesses hard.
Bugsy's typing presses Budew's defenses.
Budew trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's Pokemon outpace and outclass Budew here.
Budew trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Budew's defenses.
Budew has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Budew's weaknesses hard.
Roserade resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Roserade resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Budew trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's Pokemon outpace and outclass Budew here.
Budew trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Karen's team hits Budew's weaknesses hard.
Lance's team hits Budew's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Budew in Ilex Forest (walking, Lv 5-6, uncommon). Sinnoh Sound.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5GrassAbsorbPower 30Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 13GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Falkner
- HM01NormalCutPower 50Accuracy 95%PP 30From charcoal maker after returning Farfetch'd
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- 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
Evolve Budew to Roserade
Roselia evolves into Roserade with a Shiny Stone. Post-Game: You can pick up the Shiny Stone in National Park. Requires Rock Climb.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 41)
- LV 41GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 41GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- 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
How to Get Budew in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Budew appears at decent spawn rates across 2 spots in the available areas. Sort by Best below if you want the highest rate, or Earliest if you want the quickest access point in your playthrough.
Wild Budew may be holding when caught:
Poison Barb (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a small, poisonous barb that ups the power of Poison-type moves.2 locations to catch Budew
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Budew in HGSS
Budew is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-46 across 6 total spots in the chain.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Budew.
How to Get Shiny Budew in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Budew sprouts through Viridian Forest and Ilex Forest, but a shiny comes faster from Masuda breeding. Compare Shiny Budew odds across every game
Shiny Budew Evolution
3 Forms
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Budew 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Budew.
Budew Weakness
Type-wise, Budew takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Budew's special bulk (base 70 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| 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 Budew Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Budew
 Spoink Psychic | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Budew View Butterfree builds →Gust 2x49-60% Confusion 2x40-49% | ||
 Spearow Normal | C | |
 Chingling Psychic | D | |
 Drowzee Psychic | C | |
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Bronzor SteelPsychic | C | |
 Zubat Poison | C | |
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodViolet City Gift | ||
 Numel FireGround | D | |
 Cyndaquil Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift | ||
 Meditite FightingPsychic | C | |
 Ralts Psychic | C | |
 Slowpoke WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing | ||
Budew Evolutions
This is the baby stage. Budew grows into Roselia by leveling up. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. Evolving adds up to 235 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
HGSS Budew Best Moveset
Grass/Poison baby stage at 50 Sp. Atk with AbilityNatural Cure clearing status on the switch. The moveset fires basic special Grass attacks. Evolve to Roselia through friendship during daytime, then Roserade.
Best Build
Budew best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Energy Ball
- Protect
- Spikes
- Synthesis
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Cotton Spore and Extrasensory give Budew options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Ghost coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Leaf Storm 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 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Budew HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Budew in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Poison Barb (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Poison Barb.
Yes. Budew is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Budew becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Budew has 280 BST and evolves into Roselia. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Budew spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.
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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