Is Crobat Good in Crystal Playthrough?
The Crobat from early Zubat friendship is one of Crystal's fastest paths to an elite team member. Outspeeds everything through the gym circuit and hits hard enough to matter against Chuck, Karen, and Koga at the E4. Crystal's single-version roster means no competition for the Poison/Flying slot from version exclusives.
Falkner's typing presses Zubat's defenses.
Zubat trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Whitney's team hits Zubat's weaknesses hard.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Golbat's weaknesses hard.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Crobat's weaknesses hard.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Crobat resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Zubat
Catch Zubat on Route 30 (walking, Lv 3, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- LV 12DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 27FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM46DarkThiefPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 10Team Rocket HQ (Mahogany Town)
- After Lt. Surge
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Evolve Zubat to Golbat
Zubat evolves into Golbat at Level 22. Your Zubat should hit Level 22 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- LV 30FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Evolve Golbat to Crobat
Golbat evolves into Crobat with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Clair.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 31)
- LV 31FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 31DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 31GhostConfuse RayPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- After Lt. Surge
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
How to Get Crobat in Crystal
Crobat never appears in the wild here. It evolves from a Golbat with high friendship, so you raise a cave-caught Zubat through both stages and keep it happy.
Catch Zubat or Golbat at any of these 22 spots to eventually evolve into Crobat.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8How to Obtain Crobat in C
The path to Crobat starts with Zubat at Lv. 2-26 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Catch ZubatSlowpoke Well - B1FLv.5-8CaveRate 85%Mt. Mortar - B1FLv.15-17CaveRate 60%Union Cave - B1FLv.6-8CaveRate 50%Morning/dayRoute 33Lv.6GrassRate 40%NightRock Tunnel - 1FLv.12-15CaveRate 40%NightRock Tunnel - B1FLv.12-15CaveRate 40%NightDark Cave - WestLv.2-4CaveRate 39%Dark Cave - WestLv.2-4CaveRate 34%MorningUnion Cave - B1FLv.6CaveRate 30%NightMt. Moon - 1FLv.6CaveRate 30%Mt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.13CaveRate 30%Route 42Lv.14GrassRate 30%NightUnion Cave - 1FLv.5-7CaveRate 25%Morning/dayDark Cave - WestLv.2CaveRate 20%the Dunsparce swarm that Hiker Anthony reports byRoute 32Lv.6GrassRate 10%NightRoute 3Lv.6GrassRate 10%NightRoute 4Lv.6GrassRate 10%NightRock Tunnel - 1FLv.12CaveRate 10%Morning/dayRock Tunnel - B1FLv.12CaveRate 10%Morning/dayBurned Tower - 1FLv.14FloorRate 10%Mt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.14CaveRate 10%NightBurned Tower - B1FLv.15FloorRate 10%Route 30Lv.3GrassRate 5%NightRoute 31Lv.4GrassRate 5%NightUnion Cave - 1FLv.7CaveRate 5%NightMt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.15CaveRate 5%Morning/dayRoute 10Lv.15GrassRate 5%NightRoute 9Lv.15GrassRate 5%NightSlowpoke Well - B2FLv.19-23CaveRate 80%Union Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 50%Morning/dayIce Path - 1FLv.22CaveRate 30%Union Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 30%NightTohjo FallsLv.22GrassRate 30%Dark Cave - EastLv.23CaveRate 30%Ice Path - B1FLv.23CaveRate 30%Whirl Islands - CaveLv.23GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - NELv.23GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - NWLv.23GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - SELv.23GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - SWLv.23GrassRate 30%Ice Path - B2FLv.24CaveRate 30%Whirl Islands - B1FLv.24GrassRate 30%Ice Path - B3FLv.25CaveRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.25GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.26GrassRate 30%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve GolbatMt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.13CaveRate 10%Mt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.15CaveRate 5%Rock Tunnel - B1FLv.15CaveRate 5%NightIce Path - 1FLv.22-24CaveRate 30%Union Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 30%Ice Path - B1FLv.23-25CaveRate 29%Ice Path - B2FLv.24-26CaveRate 25%Mt. Mortar - B1FLv.17CaveRate 20%Tohjo FallsLv.24GrassRate 20%Ice Path - B3FLv.25CaveRate 20%Route 42Lv.16GrassRate 15%NightMt. Mortar - 2FLv.30-32CaveRate 15%NightWhirl Islands - CaveLv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - NELv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - NWLv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - SELv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - SWLv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - B1FLv.25-26GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - B2FLv.26-27GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.27-28GrassRate 10%NightDark Cave - EastLv.23CaveRate 5%Slowpoke Well - B2FLv.23CaveRate 5%Whirl Islands - CaveLv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - NELv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - NWLv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - SELv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - SWLv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - B1FLv.26GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - B2FLv.27GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.28GrassRate 5%Morning/dayMt. Mortar - 2FLv.30CaveRate 5%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 1FLv.42-46CaveRate 45%NightVictory Road - 1FLv.34CaveRate 30%NightMt. Silver - OutsideLv.40-44CaveRate 30%NightRoute 28Lv.40-42GrassRate 30%NightVictory Road - 1FLv.34CaveRate 10%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 1FLv.45CaveRate 5%Morning/dayMt. Silver - Side chambersLv.46-50CaveRate 80%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 2FLv.46-48CaveRate 50%NightMt. Silver - Side chambersLv.48-50CaveRate 50%NightMt. Silver - SummitLv.49-53CaveRate 45%NightMt. Silver - 2FLv.48CaveRate 30%Morning/dayMt. Silver - SummitLv.51CaveRate 30%Morning/dayor evolve from Zubat (Step 1)
- Step 3Crobat ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Zubat egg.
How to Get Shiny Crobat in Crystal
Crobat cannot be met in the wild, so the job is landing a shiny Golbat line first and maxing its friendship to trigger the evolution. Compare Shiny Crobat odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Crobat 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 Crobat in the Crystal Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Crobat Weakness
Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock moves hit Crobat for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- 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 Crobat Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Crobat
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Magneton builds →Thunder 2x119-141%KO Rollout 2x12-15% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x119-141%KO Thunder Punch 2x50-59% Ice Punch 2x50-59% | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Lugia builds →Dream Eater 2x79-93% Blizzard 2x63-74% Thunder 2x63-74% | ||
 Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Celebi builds →Future Sight 2x102-120%KO Ancient Power 2x35-41% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Jynx builds →Dream Eater 2x96-114%KO Blizzard 2x115-136%KO | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Slowbro builds →Dream Eater 2x86-101%KO Blizzard 2x68-80% Zap Cannon 2x57-67% | ||
 Raikou Electric | S | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 2x86-101%KO Thunder 2x68-80% Ice Punch 2x43-51% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x71-84% Dream Eater 2x50-59% Thunder 2x59-71% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x64-76% Ice Punch 2x18-22% Thunder Punch 2x18-22% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x77-92% Psychic 2x49-58% Ice Punch 2x41-48% | ||
Crobat Evolutions
End of the line. Crobat caps a three-stage chain that started at Zubat. Breeding produces the base form, and eggs are quick to hatch. Speed grew the most through evolution (+75 over Zubat), and Crobat peaks at 535 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Crobat to get Zubat eggs easily using 19 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Feint Attack, Gust, Pursuit and 2 more.
C Crobat Best Moveset
130 Speed means acting before nearly everything. MoveSludge Bomb gives Poison a real attacking move, and MoveConfuse Ray disrupts on top. MoveHidden Power adds type coverage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The Speed alone commands competitive attention, backed by Poison damage and disruption.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Toxic
- Confuse Ray
- Giga Drain
- Haze
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Crobat picks up Feint Attack and Gust only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Fly and Wing Attack while Bug and Dark coverage and more adds range.
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
14 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
As a result of its pursuit of faster, yet more silent flight, a new set of wings grew on its hind legs.
Crobat Crystal Guide
In Crystal, use Crobat as a pivot. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
Game Availability
Available in 18 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Crobat spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
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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