Is Carvanha Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Route 118 and 119 fishing. Water/Dark with AbilityRough Skin damaging attackers on contact. Sharpedo at 30 is a glass cannon. Handles Phoebe and Tate and Liza through Dark coverage. Sidney uses one on his E4 team, which confirms the archetype works.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Brawly's team hits Carvanha's weaknesses hard.
Wattson's team hits Carvanha's weaknesses hard.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Carvanha trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Sharpedo has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Sharpedo trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Carvanha on Route 118 (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10-30, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 10)
- LV 10DarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- LV 22DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Juan
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Juan
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Carvanha to Sharpedo
Carvanha evolves into Sharpedo at Level 30. Your Carvanha should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 48NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Carvanha in Emerald
Carvanha bites on the rods around Routes 118 and 119, common on the Super Rod and uncommon on the Good Rod. You need fishing gear and those river stretches, which puts the savage fish squarely in the mid-game.
2 locations to catch Carvanha
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 5
Badge 6Where To Catch Carvanha in E
Carvanha is the chain's first catch. You'll find fishing encounters from Lv. 10-45 across 19 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into SharpedoMossdeep CityLv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Pacifidlog TownLv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 103Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 118Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 122Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 124Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 125Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 126Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 127Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 129Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 130Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 131Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 132Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 133Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%Route 134Lv.30-35Super RodRate 40%or evolve from Carvanha (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Carvanha catch odds in the Emerald Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Carvanha in Emerald
Carvanha bites on the Good or Super Rod cast into the rivers of Route 118 and Route 119; reel in strike after strike until the shiny red fang-fish surfaces. Compare Shiny Carvanha odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Carvanha Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Carvanha in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Carvanha Weakness
Type-wise, Carvanha takes extra damage from Electric, Grass, Fighting, and Bug. Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Carvanha Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Carvanha
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carvanha View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x520-612%KO Solar Beam 2x226-266%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carvanha View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x306-361%KO Rock Smash 2x40-47% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carvanha View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x374-441%KO Focus Punch 2x312-367%KO Pin Missile 2x31-37% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carvanha View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 2x348-410%KO Focus Punch 2x244-288%KO Fury Cutter 2x18-22% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carvanha View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x306-361%KO Focus Punch 2x209-247%KO | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carvanha View Ampharos builds →Thunderbolt 2x296-349%KO Focus Punch 2x221-261%KO | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carvanha View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x286-337%KO Rock Smash 2x35-41% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Carvanha View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x283-334%KO Rock Smash 2x33-39% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Carvanha Evolutions
Carvanha evolves into Sharpedo. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 155 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Carvanha easily with 17 breeding partners from the Water 2 egg group. Pass egg moves like Double-Edge, Hydro Pump, Thrash to offspring.
E Carvanha Best Moveset
Contact attackers take small damage from AbilityRough Skin, but Carvanha's defenses are far too low for competitive play. The moveset runs mixed Water and Dark moves while building toward Sharpedo.
Best Build
Carvanha best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Hydro Pump
- Return
- Endure
- Hidden Power Fighting
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Double-Edge and Hydro Pump give Carvanha options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Ice coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Hydro Pump and Surf. 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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
CARVANHA attack ships in swarms, making them sink. Although it is said to be a very vicious POKéMON, it timidly flees as soon as it finds itself alone.
Carvanha Emerald Guide
In Emerald, Carvanha does the job early-game if you need a Water/Dark type on your team. Evolve it into Sharpedo before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Carvanha first appeared in Ruby & Sapphire and has been available in 15 games across 7 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 3RSDebut
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
Winds & Waves
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