Is Dratini Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Dragon's Den in Blackthorn City, available after beating Clair. Dratini starts the long grind toward Dragonite at level 55. That's after the E4 for most players. The Master Ball answer in the Dragon's Den quiz can give you a free Dratini with Extremespeed.
Dratini trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Dratini trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Dratini trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Dragonair resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Dragonair trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Dragonair resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Dragonair has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Dragonite resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Dragonite resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Dragonite resists most of Karen's coverage and hits back hard.
Dragonite has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Purchase
Dratini can be purchased in Goldenrod City at Lv 10. Purchase from the Goldenrod Game Corner prize counter for 2,100 coins.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Clair
- TM24DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Clair
- LV 50DragonOutragePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 57NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
Catch Dratini
Catch Dratini on Dragon's Den (Good Rod fishing, Lv 20, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Clair
- TM24DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Clair
- LV 50DragonOutragePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 57NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
Evolve Dratini to Dragonair
Dratini evolves into Dragonair at Level 30. Your Dratini should hit Level 30 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Clair
- TM24DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Clair
- LV 56DragonOutragePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 65NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
Evolve Dragonair to Dragonite
Dragonair evolves into Dragonite at Level 55. Your Dragonair should hit Level 55 before you reach Blue, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 55)
- LV 55FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- After Clair
- TM24DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Clair
- LV 61DragonOutragePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 75NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Dratini in Gold & Silver
Two clean routes to Dratini. The Goldenrod Game Corner sells one for 2,100 coins, or you can fish it up in the Dragon's Den and on a remote Johto route. The coin prize is the guaranteed option.
Wild Dratini may be holding when caught:
Dragon Scale (2% chance) A rare dragon-type item.3 locations to catch Dratini
Encountered via fishing with a Rod, Surfing
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Badge 7Where To Catch Dratini in GS
Dratini is where the line starts, caught through fishing, surfing, and more encounters at Lv. 10-40. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Dragonairor evolve from Dratini (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into DragoniteBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Dratini egg.
To plan your throws, open the Gold & Silver catch rate calculator with Dratini preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Dratini in Gold & Silver
Dratini takes the Good Rod or Super Rod deep in the Dragon's Den, and the Route 45 river offers a second fishing spot for the same rare catch. Compare Shiny Dratini odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Dratini Calculator
3 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Gold & Silver shiny odds calculator with Dratini already selected.
Dratini Weakness
Dratini's Dragon typing leaves it vulnerable to Ice and Dragon. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Only 2 weaknesses makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Electric, Grass |
- 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 Dratini Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Dratini
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dratini View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x142-167%KO Dragon Breath 2x60-72% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Dewgong WaterIce | C | |
 Piloswine IceGround | C | |
 Delibird Ice | C | |
Dragonair Dragon | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dratini (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dratini View Dragonair builds →Dragon Breath 2x77-92% Blizzard 2x101-120%KO | ||
Dratini Evolutions
Dratini is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Dragonair first, then eventually reaches Dragonite. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with a small partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 300 total stats over Dratini. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Dratini easily with 13 breeding partners from the Dragon and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Haze, Light Screen, Mist and 1 more to offspring.
GS Dratini Best Moveset
Dragon pre-evolution without meaningful Dragon moves. Normal coverage from MoveReturn is the only real damage option. Two evolutions from Dragonite, where the raw stats finally compensate.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Flamethrower
- Outrage
- Dragon Breath
- Thunder Wave
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Haze and Light Screen on Dratini. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Outrage and Dragon Breath, they expand what Dratini can actually threaten in practice.
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
21 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is born large to start with. It repeatedly sheds its skin as it steadily grows longer.
This POKéMON is full of life energy. It continually sheds its skin and grows steadily larger.
Dratini Gold & Silver Guide
Dratini costs 2,100 Coins in Gold. Dratini costs 2,100 Coins in Silver. Earn coins by playing the slot machines on the Game Corner floor or buying them at the counter (1,000 coins for ₽10,000).
Yes. Wild Dratini in Gold & Silver can hold Dragon Scale (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Dragon Scale.
In Gold & Silver, Dratini does the job early-game if you need a Dragon type on your team. Evolve it into Dragonair before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Dratini has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 21 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
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