Is Exeggutor Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Grass/Psychic is still a strong combination, but Gold and Silver lock Exeggcute behind Kanto. If you trade one in early, Exeggutor handles Chuck and most Water trainers. Otherwise it's a postgame addition only.
Exeggcute trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Exeggutor has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Exeggutor's defenses.
Exeggutor has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Exeggutor has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Exeggutor has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Exeggutor resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Exeggutor resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Exeggutor resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Exeggutor has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Exeggutor has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Exeggutor trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Exeggcute
Catch Exeggcute in Azalea Town (Headbutt, Lv 10, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 19PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 43GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Evolve Exeggcute to Exeggutor
Exeggcute evolves into Exeggutor with a Leaf Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Bugsy.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 9)
- LV 9PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Exeggutor in Gold & Silver
No wild Exeggutor turns up in either game, only a Leaf Stone applied to Exeggcute. Tracking down Exeggcute means headbutting the right trees, so the tree hunt eats your time, not the stone.
Catch Exeggcute at any of these 11 spots to eventually evolve into Exeggutor.
- 1Catch Exeggcute
- 2Evolve ExeggutorUse Leaf Stone
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Badge 8How to Obtain Exeggutor in GS
Exeggcute is your first catch on the way to Exeggutor. You'll find headbutt encounters from Lv. 10 across 44 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Catch ExeggcuteAzalea TownLv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Azalea TownLv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Ilex ForestLv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Ilex ForestLv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Lake of RageLv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Lake of RageLv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Route 34Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 34Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Route 35Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 35Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Route 36Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 36Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Route 37Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 37Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Route 38Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 38Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Route 39Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 39Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Route 26Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 26Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%Route 27Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 15%Route 27Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 15%
- Step 2Exeggutor ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Exeggcute egg.
How to Get Shiny Exeggutor in Gold & Silver
Exeggutor grows from Exeggcute, which falls only out of Headbutt trees, so batter the trunks around Azalea Town, Ilex Forest, and the Lake of Rage, then finish it with a Leaf Stone. Compare Shiny Exeggutor odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Exeggutor 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Gold & Silver shiny odds for Exeggutor.
Exeggutor Weakness
Exeggutor's Grass/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug, Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Ghost, and Dark. Bug hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Bug |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Psychic |
- 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 Exeggutor Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Exeggutor
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Lugia builds →Aeroblast 2x70-82% Blizzard 2x69-81% Shadow Ball 2x38-44% | ||
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Ho-Oh builds →Fire Blast 2x122-144%KO Fly 2x68-79% Shadow Ball 2x51-60% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x122-144%KO Crunch 2x82-96% Sludge Bomb 2x42-50% Shadow Ball 2x38-44% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x122-144%KO Fury Cutter 4x10-12% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x113-133%KO Thief 2x26-31% Smog 2x11-13% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Jynx builds →Blizzard 2x127-150%KO Thief 2x29-34% Shadow Ball 2x24-28% | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Entei builds →Fire Blast 2x103-122%KO Bite 2x35-41% | ||
 Flareon Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Flareon builds →Fire Blast 2x108-127%KO Shadow Ball 2x51-60% Bite 2x36-43% Smog 2x14-16% | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Dragonite builds →Fly 2x68-81% Fire Blast 2x75-89% Blizzard 2x75-89% Fury Cutter 4x15-17% | ||
 Scyther Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Scyther builds →Wing Attack 2x50-59% Fury Cutter 4x19-23% Pursuit 2x17-20% | ||
 Muk Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodCeladon City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Exeggutor View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x72-85% Fire Blast 2x53-63% Ice Punch 2x34-40% Thief 2x19-22% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Exeggutor Evolutions
Getting Exeggutor requires an evolution item, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Exeggcute. Breed this form to get Exeggcute eggs (average hatch time). Sp.Atk grew the most through evolution (+65 over Exeggcute), and Exeggutor peaks at 520 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Exeggutor to get Exeggcute eggs easily using 23 partners from the Grass egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Mega Drain, Moonlight and 2 more.
GS Exeggutor Best Moveset
125 Sp. Atk fires MovePsychic with devastating power, and Grass TermStab from MoveGiga Drain recovers HP on every hit. MoveSleep Powder removes threats, and MoveExplosion closes games with physical damage when the HP runs low. Held ItemLeftovers stacks with drain recovery. Attacks, sleeps, heals, and detonates.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Psychic
- Explosion
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power Fire
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Ancient Power and Mega Drain from the egg pool give Exeggutor something extra.
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
18 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its three heads think independently. However, they are friendly and never appear to squabble.
If a head drops off, it emits a telepathic call in search of others to form an EXEGGCUTE cluster.
Exeggutor Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, use Exeggutor as a wallbreaker. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Psychic is the primary attack.
Exeggutor has an Alolan form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 7. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Exeggutor has appeared in 20 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received an Alolan form in Generation 7, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 7SMAlolan
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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