
Is Cleffa Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Transfer-only baby stage. Cleffa is Normal in Gen 3 and needs friendship for Clefairy, then a Moon Stone for Clefable. Two evolution steps for a Normal-type that doesn't threaten any Emerald boss. Not worth the effort or the trade.
Roxanne's Pokemon outpace and outclass Cleffa here.
Brawly's team hits Cleffa's weaknesses hard.
Wattson's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Phoebe's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Drake's typing presses Cleffa's defenses.
Cleffa trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Trade
Cleffa cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 180Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Cleffa in Emerald
Breeding a traded-in Clefairy is the only road to Cleffa here, because Clefairy itself never appears in Hoenn. The baby has no wild spawn either, leaving the Day Care as your single workaround once the parent is over.
How to Obtain Cleffa in E
Step 1Cleffa ✓LATER APPEARANCEfrom CrystalNot TradeableAppears in Crystal via Gift · Route 34 · Hatch Odd Egg (random). Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Walking · Mt. Coronet. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Walking · Mt. Coronet. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Sun & MoonNot TradeableAppears in Sun & Moon via Walking · Mount Hokulani. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon via Walking · Mount Hokulani. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl via Walking · Mt. Coronet. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
Step 2Evolve into Clefairy
Step 3Evolve into Clefable
How to Get Shiny Cleffa in Emerald
Cleffa cannot be produced in Emerald, so the shiny must be traded over from another Generation 3 game where its family can breed the baby. See every game where Shiny Cleffa can be hunted
Shiny Cleffa Evolution
3 FormsCleffa Weakness
Fighting moves hit Cleffa for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Cleffa's special bulk (base 55 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| 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
What is Cleffa Weak Against
GoodCleffa Evolutions
Cleffa starts the chain as a baby form and evolves into Clefairy by leveling up. To get more eggs, breed the evolved versions. The evolved forms gain up to 265 total stats over Cleffa. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
E Cleffa Best Moveset
Normal type in Gen 3 (not Fairy) with AbilityCute Charm for contact attraction. 45 HP and 28 Defense fold instantly. Clefable two stages away is where this typing and bulk become usable.
Best Build
Cleffa best EVs are Sp. Atk and Sp. Def
Screens Setter Moveset
- Soft Boiled
- Wish
- Thunder Wave
- Light Screen
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Cleffa's movepool delivers. Coverage across 11 types plus STAB from Double-Edge and Mega Kick gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
On nights with many shooting stars, CLEFFA can be seen dancing in a ring. They dance until daybreak, when they quench their thirst with the morning dew.
Cleffa Emerald Guide
Cleffa isn't catchable in Emerald. Obtain one in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it to Emerald.
In Emerald, Cleffa has 218 BST and evolves into Clefairy. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Cleffa appears in 19 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB

Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut

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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