Is Clefable Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
The same TM flexibility that makes Clefable great in Gen 1 is locked behind Kanto postgame availability in Gold and Silver. If you trade one in early, it works the same as always. Otherwise, it's a postgame luxury.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Clefairy has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Clefairy has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Clefairy has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Clefairy trades roughly evenly with 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.
Catch Clefairy
Catch Clefairy in Mt. Moon (walking, Lv 8, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- 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
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
Evolve Clefairy to Clefable
Clefairy evolves into Clefable with a Moon Stone. You can pick up the Moon Stone in Tohjo Falls. 1 other location is 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
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- 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
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
How to Get Clefable in Gold & Silver
Clefable has no wild presence, only a Moon Stone dropped on Clefairy. Given how rarely Clefairy shows at its one location, getting this far is more about the hunt than the stone.
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 Clefairy at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Clefable.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8How to Obtain Clefable in GS
- Step 1Breed Cleffa from ClefairyBREEDINGAvailableLeave Clefairy with a compatible partner at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Cleffa egg.
- Step 3Clefable ✓
How to Get Shiny Clefable in Gold & Silver
Clefable evolves from Clefairy with a Moon Stone and never turns up wild, so put in the search on Clefairy inside Mt. Moon and apply the stone whenever you like. Compare Shiny Clefable odds across every game
Shiny Clefable Evolution
3 Forms
Gold & Silver Shiny Clefable Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
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 | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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 Gold & Silver 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
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Clefable View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x86-101%KO | ||
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.
GS Clefable Best Moveset
Deep movepool on a Normal frame with 95 Sp. Atk. MoveThunder Wave paralyzes, MoveIce Beam covers Grass and Dragon, and MoveMoonlight provides reliable recovery. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with the heal. Adapts the move slots to whatever matchup the team needs covered.
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
Base Stats
With its acute hearing, it can pick up sounds from far away. It usually hides in quiet places.
Its very sensitive ears lets it distinguish distant sounds. As a result, it prefers quiet places.
Clefable Gold & Silver Guide
Yes. Clefable is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Clefable becomes available after the main story is complete in Gold & Silver.
In Gold & Silver, 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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