Is Claydol Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Baltoy evolves at level 36. Ground/Psychic with AbilityLevitate. Handles Jasmine and contributes defensively. Safari Zone sourcing determines how early Claydol joins the team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Sabrina's team hits Baltoy's weaknesses hard.
Claydol resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Will's team hits Baltoy's weaknesses hard.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Baltoy
Catch Baltoy on Route 3 (walking, Lv 5, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- LV 11PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 19NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 53GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 71NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Baltoy to Claydol
Baltoy evolves into Claydol at Level 36. Your Baltoy should hit Level 36 before you reach Blaine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 36NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 36NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 62GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 86NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Claydol in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Claydol spins up from a Baltoy at level 36, and that Baltoy only appears in the HeartGold swarm. SoulSilver players, lacking the swarm, have to trade for the line before it can start.
Catch Baltoy at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Claydol.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Baltoy
- 2Evolve Claydolat Lv.36
Badge 8How to Obtain Claydol in HGSS
- Step 2Claydol ✓
How to Get Shiny Claydol in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Claydol evolves from Baltoy, so breed that base form Masuda-style and raise it once it shines. Compare Shiny Claydol odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Claydol 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 Claydol.
Claydol Weakness
Claydol is weak to Water, Grass, Ice, Bug, Ghost, and Dark. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric-type moves entirely. The Ground/Psychic typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Claydol's overall bulk (60/105/120) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice, Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Poison, Psychic, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Claydol Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Claydol
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Honchkrow builds →Night Slash 2x69-81% Shadow Ball 2x40-48% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Roserade builds →Solar Beam 2x104-123%KO Shadow Ball 2x46-55% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x98-115%KO Sucker Punch 2x73-86% Pin Missile 2x10-12% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Sceptile builds →Leaf Storm 2x104-123%KO X-Scissor 2x38-45% Night Slash 2x34-40% | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x94-110%KO Payback 2x28-32% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Victreebel builds →Leaf Storm 2x101-118%KO Thief 2x24-28% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 2x92-109%KO Dark Pulse 2x54-63% X-Scissor 2x44-52% Shadow Ball 2x36-42% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Jynx builds →Ice Beam 2x77-91% Shadow Ball 2x44-52% Energy Ball 2x44-52% Water Pulse 2x33-39% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 2x102-120%KO X-Scissor 2x54-64% Thief 2x28-32% Ice Beam 2x28-32% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x81-96% X-Scissor 2x54-64% Shadow Claw 2x48-56% Ice Beam 2x37-43% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x79-94% Surf 2x63-75% Ice Beam 2x42-50% Thief 2x17-21% | ||
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Claydol View Carnivine builds →Solar Beam 2x79-94% Crunch 2x44-52% | ||
Claydol Evolutions
Claydol is what Baltoy becomes. Breed it for Baltoy eggs (average hatch time). No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Baltoy pushed Claydol to 500 total stats. Defense saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Claydol is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Baltoy eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyHGSS Claydol Best Moveset
Ground/Psychic with AbilityLevitate creating three immunities (Ground, Electric via typing, and the levitation). 105 Defense and 120 Sp. Def tank both sides. The moveset sets MoveStealth Rock and MoveRapid Spin while absorbing attacks. 60 HP undercuts the defensive stats.
Best Build
Claydol best EVs are HP and Defense
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Rapid Spin
- Explosion
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool tells the story here. Claydol learns Self-Destruct and Hyper Beam naturally, plus enough variety that TMs feel like bonuses. Coverage across 8 types extends the reach beyond that.
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 is said that it originates from clay dolls made by an ancient civilization.
Claydol HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Claydol plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Earthquake is the primary attack.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Claydol pairs best with Tyranitar. Tyranitar has Decent synergy and covers what Claydol can't handle on its own.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Relaxed is the go-to nature for Claydol. That's +Defense / -Speed. Pair it with 252 HP / 112 Atk / 144 Def EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Claydol appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
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
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