Is Farfetch'd Good in Crystal Playthrough?
In-game trade in Goldenrod City: a Farfetch'd for a Spearow. The traded experience boost helps it level faster, but Farfetch'd's base stats are too low to keep up past mid-Johto. A novelty that fades quickly.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
Lt. Surge's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Brock's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Farfetch'd has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Farfetchd on Route 43 (walking, Lv 16, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- HM01NormalCutPower 75Accuracy 95%PP 30Ilex Forest
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- LV 31PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 37NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
Crystal Farfetch'd Locations
Just one place holds Farfetch'd, Route 43, where it walks the grass commonly in the daytime. With a single location, there's no map to puzzle over, only the one route.
Wild Farfetch'd may be holding when caught:
Stick (2% chance) An ordinary stick. Sell low.1 location to catch Farfetch'd
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Farfetch'd in Crystal
How to Get Shiny Farfetch'd in Crystal
Farfetch'd wanders Route 43 below the Lake of Rage as a common morning and day spawn at level 16; that single route is the entire hunt, so loop it hard. Compare Shiny Farfetch'd odds across every game
Shiny Farfetch'd Evolution
Does Not EvolveCrystal Shiny Farfetch'd 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 Farfetch'd preloaded.
Farfetch'd Weakness
Farfetch'd's Normal/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Ice, and Rock. It shrugs off Ground and Ghost-type attacks completely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, 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 Farfetch'd Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Farfetch'd
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Magneton builds →Thunder 2x183-215%KO Rollout 2x22-26% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x108-127%KO Ice Punch 2x29-35% Thunder Punch 2x29-35% | ||
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Lapras builds →Blizzard 2x138-163%KO Thunder 2x92-109%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Electabuzz builds →Thunder 2x152-179%KO Ice Punch 2x64-76% | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Electrode builds →Thunder 2x133-157%KO Rollout 2x18-22% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | B | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Pichu Electric | D | |
Obtain MethodRoute 34 Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Pichu builds →Thunder 2x77-91% Rollout 2x16-20% | ||
 Shuckle BugRock | B | |
Farfetch'd Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Farfetch'd. Plenty of partners through two egg groups, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 5 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Farfetch'd to get Farfetchd eggs easily using 66 partners from the Field and Flying egg groups. Notable egg moves include Flail, Foresight, Gust and 2 more.
C Farfetch'd Best Moveset
No stat reaches competitive thresholds, and Normal/Flying typing offers nothing the format values. MoveReturn at low Attack power. Completely outclassed by Dodrio, Fearow, and most physical alternatives.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Agility
- Baton Pass
- Return
- Hidden Power Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Flail and Foresight on Farfetch'd. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Fly and Slash, they expand what Farfetch'd 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
18 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
In order to prevent their extinction, more people have made an effort to breed these POKéMON.
Farfetch'd Crystal Guide
Yes. Wild Farfetch'd in Crystal can hold Stick (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Stick.
In Crystal, Farfetch'd has niche appeal at best. The E-Tier rating means you're fighting uphill by mid-game. There are better Normal/Flying Pokemon available.
Farfetch'd has a Galarian form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 8. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
In Crystal, use Farfetch'd as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Return is the primary attack. Set up with Agility when you get a free turn.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Farfetch'd appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Galarian form in Generation 8.
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 8SwShGalarian
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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