Is Croagunk Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only. Poison/Fighting with AbilityAnticipation warning about super-effective moves. Toxicroak at level 37 adds a unique typing. Breed-only from Sinnoh.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Croagunk resists most of Whitney's coverage and hits back hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Sabrina's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Croagunk in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 44). Requires 42 Forest objects placed in Marshland.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 44)
- LV 44PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 44PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 44FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 44DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
Evolve Croagunk to Toxicroak
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak at Level 37. You get it at Level 44, past Level 37, so it evolves into Toxicroak the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 41PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 49PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Croagunk in HeartGold & SoulSilver
1 encounter spot for Croagunk starting from post-game Safari Zone areas. The list below shows each one, so start with the spot nearest your current route.
Wild Croagunk may be holding when caught:
Black Sludge (5% chance) A held item that gradually restores the HP of Poison-type Pokemon. It inflicts damage on all other types.1 location to catch Croagunk
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Croagunk in HGSS
- Step 2Evolve into Toxicroak
Not landing the catch? Calculate Croagunk catch rates for HeartGold & SoulSilver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Croagunk in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Croagunk asks for the Day Care, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Croagunk odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Croagunk 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver with Croagunk preloaded.
Croagunk Weakness
Psychic, Ground, and Flying moves hit Croagunk for super-effective damage. Psychic hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Dry Skin grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Psychic |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Rock, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Croagunk Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Croagunk
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Gliscor builds →Dig 2x138-163%KO Aerial Ace 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Marowak builds →Dig 2x120-143%KO Aerial Ace 2x60-72% | ||
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Mr. Mime builds →Psychic 4x326-384%KO Aerial Ace 2x41-49% | ||
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Nidoqueen builds →Dig 2x136-160%KO Aerial Ace 2x69-82% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Slowbro builds →Zen Headbutt 4x232-274%KO Dig 2x77-91% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Bronzong builds →Extrasensory 4x242-285%KO | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Nidoking builds →Dig 2x149-175%KO Peck 2x44-52% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x146-172%KO Aerial Ace 2x72-85% | ||
 Mamoswine IceGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Mamoswine builds →Earthquake 2x225-265%KO Peck 2x54-64% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Croagunk Evolutions
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Croagunk. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Croagunk easily with 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Bullet Punch, Counter, Cross Chop and 9 more to offspring.
HGSS Croagunk Best Moveset
Poison/Fighting with AbilityDry Skin healing HP in rain and taking extra Fire damage. The moveset previews Toxicroak's rain niche but stats are too low. Toxicroak's stats make the Poison/Fighting combination dangerous.
Best Build
Croagunk best EVs are Attack and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- Vacuum Wave
- Sucker Punch
- Fake Out
- Ice Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Croagunk's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Focus Punch and Focus Blast 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 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Fluid squeezed from its finger, albeit poisonous, is a significant ingredient in remedies for lower-back pain.
Fluid squeezed from its finger, albeit poisonous, is a significant ingredient in remedies for lower back pain.
Croagunk HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Croagunk?
See the Locations section above for where to find Croagunk in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Croagunk from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Croagunk easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Croagunk in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Black Sludge (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Black Sludge.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Croagunk has 300 BST and evolves into Toxicroak. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Croagunk first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 13 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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