Is Buneary Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone encounter. Normal with AbilityRun Away. Friendship evolves into Lopunny. Buneary starts with low friendship, making the grind longer. Lopunny doesn't have the stats to justify the wait.
Buneary has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Buneary has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Buneary's defenses.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Buneary has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Buneary has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Lopunny trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Lopunny has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Buneary trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Buneary on Route 25 (walking, Lv 8-10, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 36NormalDizzy PunchPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Buneary to Lopunny
Buneary evolves into Lopunny with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Lt. Surge.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 54)
- LV 54NormalDizzy PunchPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
How to Get Buneary in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Easy grab on Buneary with high spawn rates across 1 location in post-game routes. The sorted list below shows the full spread so you can pick the most convenient spot.
Wild Buneary may be holding when caught:
Chople Berry (5% chance) If held by a Pokemon, it weakens a foe's supereffective Fighting-type attack.1 location to catch Buneary
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Buneary in HGSS
- Step 1Buneary ✓
- Step 2Evolve into Lopunny
To plan your throws, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver catch rate calculator with Buneary preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Buneary in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Buneary bounds along Route 25, though a shiny hatches faster from Masuda breeding. Compare Shiny Buneary odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Buneary 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 Buneary already selected.
Buneary Weakness
Buneary's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Just 1 weak spot to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Buneary Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Buneary
Buneary Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Buneary grows into Lopunny through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 130 total stats over Buneary. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Buneary easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field and Human-Like egg groups. Pass egg moves like Attract, Double Hit, Encore and 10 more to offspring.
HGSS Buneary Best Moveset
Stats around 44-85 with AbilityKlutz preventing held items from working, a competitive drawback that leaves the moveset with nothing to build around. Evolve to Lopunny.
Best Build
Buneary best EVs are Speed and Attack
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Quick Attack
- Return
- Healing Wish
- Fire Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Attract and Double Hit on Buneary. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Last Resort and Uproar, they expand what Buneary can actually threaten in practice.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
You can tell how it feels by the way it rolls its ears. When it’s scared, both ears are rolled up.
Buneary HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Buneary in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Chople Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Chople Berry.
Yes. Buneary is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Buneary becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Buneary has 350 BST and evolves into Lopunny. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Buneary as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Return is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Jolly on Buneary. +Speed is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Buneary 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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