Is Drowzee Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 34 near Goldenrod City. Psychic-type with AbilityInsomnia preventing sleep. Hypno at level 26 handles Chuck through Psychic and contributes against Koga's E4. Not flashy, but available early enough to earn a slot.
Drowzee trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Drowzee has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Drowzee trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Hypno resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Hypno resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Hypno resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Drowzee on Route 34 (walking, Lv 10-12, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 10)
- LV 10PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 15NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 26PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 53PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
Evolve Drowzee to Hypno
Drowzee evolves into Hypno at Level 26. Your Drowzee should hit Level 26 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 28PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 50PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 64PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 69PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
How to Get Drowzee in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Drowzee walks four spots wild, common to uncommon in the 10 to 17 range across day and night. The tapir is also the Pokemon a Goldenrod NPC wants for a Machop, so catching a spare opens that trade.
4 locations to catch Drowzee
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Drowzee in HGSS
The line opens with Drowzee at Lv. 10-17 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Hypnoor evolve from Drowzee (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Drowzee catch odds in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Drowzee in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Drowzee shuffles along Route 34 and Route 35, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker route to a shiny. Compare Shiny Drowzee odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Drowzee 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Drowzee in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Drowzee Weakness
Drowzee is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Drowzee's special bulk (base 90 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Drowzee Weak Against
Vulnerable
Drowzee Evolutions
Drowzee evolves into Hypno. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 155 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Drowzee easily with 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Assist, Barrier, Fire Punch and 7 more to offspring.
HGSS Drowzee Best Moveset
90 Sp. Def absorbs special attacks above its evolution level, and AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep entirely. 43 Sp. Atk and 42 Speed can't threaten or outpace anything. Hypno is the functional version.
Best Build
Drowzee best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Screens Setter Moveset
- Reflect
- Focus Punch
- Zen Headbutt
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Drowzee. Assist and Barrier come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Future Sight and Psychic and coverage across 8 types.
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 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
If you think that you had a good dream but you can’t remember it, a DROWZEE has probably eaten it.
It remembers every dream it eats. It rarely eats the dreams of adults because children’s are much tastier.
Drowzee HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Drowzee in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Drowzee 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 Drowzee from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Drowzee easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Drowzee does the job early-game if you need a Psychic type on your team. Evolve it into Hypno before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Drowzee has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 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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