Is Farfetch'd Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 43 and Ilex Forest encounters. Normal/Flying with AbilityKeen Eye. Farfetch'd doesn't evolve in Gen 4, and the stats are too low for serious use past mid-Johto. The stick is charming. The combat results are not.
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 trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Brock's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
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 has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Farfetch'd's weaknesses hard.
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.
Farfetch'd trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Farfetchd on Route 38 (walking, Lv 16, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- LV 19NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 40
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 37FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
HeartGold & SoulSilver Farfetch'd Locations
Farfetch'd is a common to uncommon catch across five routes in the 15 to 35 range, walking the grass in morning and day. The duck with the leek keeps to those daytime routes, so an evening walk will not turn one up.
Wild Farfetch'd may be holding when caught:
Stick (5% chance) An item to be held by FARFETCH'D. It is a very long and stiff stalk of leek that boosts the critical-hit ratio.5 locations to catch Farfetch'd
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Farfetch'd in HeartGold & SoulSilver
You can catch Farfetch'd through 6 walking encounters from Lv. 15-35, but availability differs between HeartGold and SoulSilver. Some spots are exclusive to one version.
How to Get Shiny Farfetch'd in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Farfetch'd wanders Route 38 and Route 39, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker route to a shiny. Compare Shiny Farfetch'd odds across every game
Shiny Farfetch'd Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Farfetch'd 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Farfetch'd Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Farfetch'd
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x111-130%KO Thunderbolt 2x74-87% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Move Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x108-127%KO | ||
 Luxray Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 2x104-124%KO Rollout 2x18-22% | ||
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Farfetch'd View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 2x66-78% Ice Beam 2x37-43% Thunderbolt 2x37-43% | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Pupitar RockGround | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Pichu Electric | D | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter | ||
Farfetch'd Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Farfetch'd. A massive partner pool through two egg groups, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 12 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 131 partners from the Field and Flying egg groups. Notable egg moves include Covet, Curse, Feather Dance and 9 more.
HGSS Farfetch'd Best Moveset
Normal/Flying at flat stats around 55-90 with no ability that matters competitively. AbilityKeen Eye prevents accuracy drops, and 90 Attack is decent, but 60 Speed and thin bulk leave the moveset without a real niche. Outclassed by nearly every other Flying type.
Best Build
Farfetch'd best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Leaf Blade
- Sand Attack
- Return
- U Turn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Covet and Curse on Farfetch'd. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Last Resort and Fly, 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. 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
22 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
If anyone tries to disturb where the essential plant stalks grow, it uses its own stalk to thwart them.
If it eats the plant stalk it carries as emergency rations, it runs off in search of a new stalk.
Farfetch'd HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Farfetch'd?
See the Locations section above for where to find Farfetch'd 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 Farfetch'd from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Farfetch'd easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Farfetch'd in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Stick (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Stick.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Farfetch'd rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Normal/Flying coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Farfetch'd as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Return is the primary attack.
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
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