Is Furret Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Fast with a decent TM movepool, but Crystal's combined roster from both Gold and Silver versions means better Normal-types are available sooner. Furret's window closes before Goldenrod. It was brief in Gold and Silver, and it's even shorter here.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Sentret
Catch Sentret on Route 29 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 25NormalSlamPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
Evolve Sentret to Furret
Sentret evolves into Furret at Level 15. Your Sentret should hit Level 15 before you reach Whitney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 28NormalSlamPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
How to Get Furret in Crystal
Wild Furret is scarce, just a couple of uncommon daytime spawns and nothing more. A Route 29 Sentret hits level 15 and becomes one, which is how most players get theirs.
Wild Furret may be holding when caught:
Berry (23% chance) A self-restore item. (10HP, HOLD)
Gold Berry (2% chance) A self-restore item. (30HP, HOLD)2 locations to catch Furret3 locations to catch Sentret
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Sentret at any of the 3 locations below, then level it up to 15 — it evolves into Furret.
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Furret in C
Sentret gets you Furret sooner: catch it at the very start and evolve it at Lv 15. Wild Furret first appears at Route 43 (after Badge 6).
- Step 2Furret ✓or evolve from Sentret (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Furret catch rates for Crystal by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Furret in Crystal
Furret patrols Route 43 by morning and day at levels 15 to 17, where it is far quicker to find than as the rare sighting on Kanto's Route 1. Compare Shiny Furret odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Furret 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 Furret preloaded.
Furret Weakness
Type-wise, Furret takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| 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 Furret Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Furret
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Furret View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x102-120%KO | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Poliwhirl (Route 30 Surfing) | ||
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
Furret Evolutions
Furret is the evolved form of Sentret. Breeding produces Sentret eggs, and they are quick to hatch. Evolving from Sentret gave Furret the biggest boost in Speed (+70), bringing the total to 415 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Furret to get Sentret eggs easily using 66 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Double-Edge, Focus Energy, Pursuit and 2 more.
C Furret Best Moveset
90 Speed with 76 Attack behind MoveReturn for weak Normal damage. Outclassed by Tauros, Kangaskhan, and most evolved Normal-types at every competitive level. No niche worth choosing.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Shadow Ball
- Hyper Beam
- Dynamic Punch
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Hard to wall, honestly. Furret threatens 11 types beyond its own STAB, with Ground and Fighting standing out. Pair that with Hyper Beam and Double-Edge and switchins need to think twice.
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
28 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It lives in narrow burrows that fit its slim body. The deeper the nests go, the more mazelike they become.
Furret Crystal Guide
Yes. Wild Furret in Crystal can hold Berry (23%) or Gold Berry (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Berry.
Honestly, in Crystal Furret is a tough sell. It rates just E-Tier, and stronger Normal options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
In Crystal, Furret plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
Furret first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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