Is Dunsparce Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Dark Cave catch with no evolution in Gen 2 and stats that justify the absence. Dunsparce learns MoveGlare for paralysis, which is its one contribution. Crystal doesn't improve the situation. One of the emptiest roster entries in any Gen 2 game.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Dunsparce in Dark Cave (walking, Lv 4, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 38NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
Crystal Dunsparce Locations
Dunsparce hides in Dark Cave, rare on a normal day but flooding the cave during its phone-announced swarm. Time your visit to that swarm and a tough catch turns easy.
1 location to catch Dunsparce
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7Best Locations to Catch Dunsparce in Crystal
How to Get Shiny Dunsparce in Crystal
Dunsparce hides in Dark Cave as a genuinely rare find, but an active swarm report turns it common at levels 2 to 4, so answer that call and hunt hard. Compare Shiny Dunsparce odds across every game
Shiny Dunsparce Evolution
Does Not EvolveCrystal Shiny Dunsparce 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Crystal with Dunsparce preloaded.
Dunsparce Weakness
Type-wise, Dunsparce takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. With 100 HP and balanced defenses, Dunsparce can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- 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 Dunsparce Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Dunsparce
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Dunsparce View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x87-104%KO | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Poliwhirl (Route 30 Surfing) | ||
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
Dunsparce Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Dunsparce is a standalone Pokemon with plenty of partners for breeding through one egg group. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Dunsparce easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Bide, Bite and 2 more to offspring.
C Dunsparce Best Moveset
MoveBody Slam paralyzes one in three hits, and MoveHeadbutt flinches paralyzed targets for a luck-based win condition. 100 HP adds decent bulk. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Paraflinch is gimmicky but occasionally chains enough to steal games in lower tiers.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Take Down
- Strength
- Headbutt
- Hidden Power
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Ancient Power and Bide give Dunsparce options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 9 types already covers a decent range on top of Take Down and Strength. The egg moves push it further.
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
23 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It hides deep inside caves where no light ever reaches it and remains virtually motionless there.
Dunsparce Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Dunsparce has 415 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Dunsparce appears in 17 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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