Is Clefable Good in Crystal Playthrough?
The Odd Egg gives Crystal players a Cleffa early, and Clefable's TM flexibility finally matters before the postgame. The Goldenrod move tutor adds MoveIce Beam, MoveThunderbolt, and MoveFlamethrower to an already wide movepool. A Pokemon locked to postgame in Gold and Silver becomes a mid-game option in Crystal.
Falkner's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Clefable trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Clefable resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Clefable has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Gift Cleffa
Cleffa is given to you as a gift on Route 34 at Lv 5. Hatch Odd Egg received from Day-Care Man (random). Hatch the Odd Egg received from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. The Egg randomly hatches into one of seven baby Pokemon, with a 14% chance of being Shiny.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
Evolve Cleffa to Clefairy
Cleffa evolves into Clefairy with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Whitney.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
Evolve Clefairy to Clefable
Clefairy evolves into Clefable with a Moon Stone. You can pick up the Moon Stone in Ruins of Alph. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
How to Get Clefable in Crystal
Clefable is evolution-only here, never a wild catch. Use a Moon Stone on a Mt. Moon Clefairy and you have one, no leveling or friendship needed.
Wild Clefable may be holding when caught:
MysteryBerry (23% chance) A self-restore for PP. (HOLD)
Moon Stone (2% chance) Evolves certain kinds of Pokemon.Catch Cleffa or Clefairy at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Clefable.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8How to Obtain Clefable in C
To get Clefable, start by catching Cleffa through gift encounters at Lv. 5. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve ClefairyMt. Moon - 1FLv.8-12CaveRate 25%NightRoute 3Lv.6GrassRate 5%NightRoute 4Lv.6GrassRate 5%NightMt. Moon - 1FLv.8CaveRate 5%Morning/dayor evolve from Cleffa (Step 1)
- Step 3Clefable ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cleffa egg.
How to Get Shiny Clefable in Crystal
Clefable's fastest shiny route runs through the Day-Care Man's Odd Egg, which hatches a shiny Cleffa near 1 in 7, then evolve it to Clefairy and use a Moon Stone to reach Clefable. Compare Shiny Clefable odds across every game
Shiny Clefable Evolution
3 Forms
Crystal Shiny Clefable Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is Odd Egg, about 1 in 33 on each try.
Odd Egg: Accept the Odd Egg from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. Each baby has its own shiny chance of 1 to 3 percent, fixed when you take the egg, so save first and reset until it hatches shiny.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 4-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 10-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 23-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 75-- | -- |
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 Clefable in the Crystal Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Clefable Weakness
Clefable is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. With 95 HP and balanced defenses, Clefable can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Clefable Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Clefable
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Clefable View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x86-101%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Poliwhirl (Route 30 Surfing) | ||
Clefable Evolutions
Clefable doesn't evolve through normal leveling. You'll need an evolution item to get here from Cleffa's line. Breed this form to get Cleffa eggs (quick to hatch). Evolving from Cleffa gave Clefable the biggest boost in HP (+45), bringing the total to 473 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Clefable to get Cleffa eggs easily using 16 partners from the Fairy egg group. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Belly Drum, Metronome and 3 more.
C Clefable Best Moveset
MoveMoonlight provides HP recovery, MoveThunder Wave paralyzes, MoveIce Beam covers Grass and Dragon, and 95 Sp. Atk fires each with real power. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with Moonlight for sustained presence. The movepool answers every situation the team might face.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Moonlight
- Return
- Belly Drum
- Iron Tail
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Blizzard and Dream Eater bring the raw damage. But Clefable also picks up coverage across 10 types from TMs, making it tough to find a safe switch. You're not locked into one angle here.
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.
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
29 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Said to live in quiet, remote mountains, this type of fairy has a strong aversion to being seen.
Clefable Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Clefable plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
Clefable has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 22 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
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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