Is Farfetch'd Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Available via in-game trade in Johto or caught in Kanto. The stats still don't hold up. Farfetch'd is a novelty that most teams outgrow before the fourth gym.
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 38 (walking, Lv 16, uncommon).
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
Gold & Silver Farfetch'd Locations
Two neighboring routes are the only home Farfetch'd has, uncommon and out only in the morning and daytime. Miss those hours and the grass stays empty, so time your search rather than wander in at night.
Wild Farfetch'd may be holding when caught:
Stick (2% chance) An ordinary stick. Sell low.2 locations to catch Farfetch'd
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Farfetch'd in Gold & Silver
You can find Farfetch'd through 3 walking encounters at Lv. 16. The list is sorted by game progression, so the earliest accessible spots show up first.
How to Get Shiny Farfetch'd in Gold & Silver
Farfetch'd rewards patience, since it drifts only sparsely through the Route 38 and Route 39 grass, leaving you to comb those fields encounter by encounter. Compare Shiny Farfetch'd odds across every game
Shiny Farfetch'd Evolution
Does Not EvolveGold & Silver 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 Gold & Silver 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
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Lapras builds →Blizzard 2x141-168%KO Thunder 2x94-112%KO | ||
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Magnemite builds →Thunder 2x157-185%KO Rollout 2x16-21% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Throw 2x75-88% Ice Punch 2x32-38% Thunder Punch 2x32-38% | ||
 Flaaffy Electric | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
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 6 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 3 more.
GS Farfetch'd Best Moveset
No stat above 65 and no move or typing advantage that elevates the profile. MoveReturn provides consistent Normal damage at low power. Completely outclassed by Dodrio and nearly every other physical option.
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
If anyone tries to disturb where the essential plant sticks grow, it uses its own stick to thwart them.
If it eats the plant stick it carries as emergency rations, it runs off in search of a new stick.
Farfetch'd Gold & Silver Guide
Yes. Wild Farfetch'd in Gold & Silver 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 Gold & Silver, 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 Gold & Silver, 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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