Is Crobat Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Evolve Golbat via friendship, and one of Gen 2's best new Pokemon appears. Crobat is blazing fast with good offensive stats and decent bulk. Available early since Zubat is everywhere, and the friendship evolution can happen before Whitney. One of the biggest upgrades a Gen 1 line ever received.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Golbat trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
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 trades roughly evenly with 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 resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Golbat
Catch Golbat in Union Cave (walking, Lv 22, common).
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
- 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
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
How to Get Crobat in Gold & Silver
Brand new this generation and Friendship-based, Crobat has no wild encounter and no stone. Raise a Golbat's happiness high enough and the next level-up does it, which rewards keeping it in your party over the box.
Catch Zubat or Golbat at any of these 18 spots to eventually evolve into Crobat.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8How to Obtain Crobat in GS
To get Crobat, start by catching Zubat through walking encounters at Lv. 2-25. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch ZubatSlowpoke Well - B1FLv.5-8CaveRate 85%Mt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.13-15CaveRate 60%Mt. Mortar - B1FLv.15-17CaveRate 60%Mt. Moon - 1FLv.6-8CaveSilverRate 50%Route 33Lv.6-8GrassRate 40%NightRoute 42Lv.14-16GrassSilverRate 40%NightDark Cave - WestLv.2-4CaveRate 39%Route 3Lv.5GrassRate 30%NightRoute 4Lv.5GrassRate 30%NightMt. Moon - 1FLv.6CaveGoldRate 30%Route 42Lv.14-16GrassGoldRate 30%NightMt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.15CaveRate 30%the Marill swarm on Mt. Mortar that Hiker ParryIlex ForestLv.5-6GrassRate 25%NightUnion Cave - 1FLv.5-7CaveRate 25%Union Cave - B1FLv.7-9CaveRate 25%Dark Cave - WestLv.2CaveRate 20%the Dunsparce swarm on Dark Cave that HikerRock Tunnel - 1FLv.8CaveRate 10%Rock Tunnel - B1FLv.10CaveRate 10%Burned Tower - 1FLv.14FloorRate 10%Route 33Lv.4GrassRate 5%MorningIlex ForestLv.5GrassRate 5%Morning/dayRoute 32Lv.8GrassRate 5%NightMt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.14CaveRate 5%Burned Tower - B1FLv.15FloorRate 5%Route 32Lv.4GrassRate 1%MorningSlowpoke Well - B2FLv.19-23CaveRate 80%Union Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 30%Tohjo FallsLv.22GrassRate 30%Dark Cave - EastLv.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%Whirl Islands - B1FLv.24GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.24GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.25GrassRate 30%Ice Path - 1FLv.22CaveGoldRate 25%Morning/nightIce Path - B1FLv.22CaveGoldRate 25%Morning/nightIce Path - B2FLv.23CaveGoldRate 25%Morning/nightIce Path - B3FLv.24CaveGoldRate 25%Morning/nightIce Path - 1FLv.22CaveGoldRate 20%DayIce Path - B1FLv.22CaveGoldRate 20%DayIce Path - B2FLv.23CaveGoldRate 20%DayIce Path - B3FLv.24CaveGoldRate 20%DayIce Path - 1FLv.22CaveSilverRate 5%Morning/nightIce Path - B1FLv.22CaveSilverRate 5%Morning/nightIce Path - B2FLv.23CaveSilverRate 5%Morning/nightIce Path - B3FLv.24CaveSilverRate 5%Morning/night
- Step 2Catch or Evolve GolbatIce Path - 1FLv.22CaveRate 30%Ice Path - B1FLv.22CaveRate 30%Ice Path - B2FLv.23CaveRate 30%Ice Path - B3FLv.24CaveRate 30%Union Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 20%Tohjo FallsLv.22GrassRate 20%Dark Cave - EastLv.23CaveRate 5%Slowpoke Well - B2FLv.23CaveRate 5%Whirl Islands - CaveLv.23GrassRate 5%Whirl Islands - NELv.23GrassRate 5%Whirl Islands - NWLv.23GrassRate 5%Whirl Islands - SELv.23GrassRate 5%Whirl Islands - SWLv.23GrassRate 5%Whirl Islands - B1FLv.24GrassRate 5%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.24GrassRate 5%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.25GrassRate 5%Mt. Mortar - 2FLv.30CaveRate 5%Victory Road - 1FLv.32CaveRate 30%Mt. Silver - 1FLv.45CaveRate 5%Mt. Silver - SummitLv.48-51CaveRate 50%Mt. Silver - 2FLv.48CaveRate 5%Mt. Silver - Side chambersLv.48CaveRate 5%or evolve from Zubat (Step 1)
- Step 3Crobat ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Zubat egg.
How to Get Shiny Crobat in Gold & Silver
Crobat comes from friendship rather than any stone, so first land a shiny Golbat or its Zubat inside the Dark Cave, then evolve it once its happiness sits at the top. Compare Shiny Crobat odds across every game
Gold & Silver 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 Gold & Silver 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 2x119-140%KO Rollout 2x12-15% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x119-140%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 2x62-74% Thunder 2x62-74% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Jynx builds →Dream Eater 2x96-113%KO Blizzard 2x115-135%KO | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Slowbro builds →Dream Eater 2x85-101%KO Blizzard 2x68-80% Zap Cannon 2x57-67% | ||
 Raikou Electric | S | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Obtain MethodCeladon City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 2x85-101%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 2x70-83% Dream Eater 2x50-59% Thunder 2x59-70% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x65-76% Ice Punch 2x18-22% Thunder Punch 2x18-22% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Crobat View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x77-91% 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.
GS Crobat Best Moveset
130 Speed outspeeds nearly everything in the format, and MoveSludge Bomb gives Poison a real attacking option. MoveConfuse Ray disrupts and MoveHidden Power adds coverage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The Speed tier alone earns competitive attention, with disruption and Poison damage backing it.
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
It flies so silently through the dark on its four wings that it may not be noticed even when nearby.
The development of wings on its legs enables it to fly fast but also makes it tough to stop and rest.
Crobat Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, 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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