Is Geodude Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Dark Cave and Union Cave early on. Rock/Ground handles Bugsy, Morty (through Normal moves), and Jasmine. The double weakness to Water and Grass shows up constantly though. Graveler at 25 is usable, Golem requires a trade.
Geodude trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Geodude has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Geodude trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Graveler resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Chuck's team hits Graveler's weaknesses hard.
Graveler has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Graveler has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Golem resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Golem resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Golem resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Golem trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Golem has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Geodude in Union Cave (walking, Lv 6, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- LV 21NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 36GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TM03GhostCursePower —Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift in the Celadon Mansion roof house, at night only
Evolve Geodude to Graveler
Geodude evolves into Graveler at Level 25. Your Geodude should hit Level 25 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 41GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- LV 48NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Graveler to Golem
Graveler evolves into Golem when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Clair.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 31)
- LV 31NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 41GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- LV 48NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Geodude in Crystal
Geodude is the cave staple, 18 encounters across nine spots and common in nearly all of them. One sits as a fixed overworld boulder in the Team Rocket hideout, separate from the random spawns.
Wild Geodude may be holding when caught:
Everstone (2% chance) Stops evolution. (HOLD)9 locations to catch Geodude
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Geodude is where the line starts, caught through walking and fixed encounters at Lv. 2-31. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Geodude ✓Dark Cave - WestLv.2-4CaveRate 60%Route 46Lv.2-3GrassRate 50%Rock Tunnel - 1FLv.11-12CaveRate 50%NightDark Cave - WestLv.2-3CaveRate 40%the Dunsparce swarm that Hiker Anthony reports byMt. Moon - 1FLv.8-10CaveRate 35%Union Cave - 1FLv.6CaveRate 30%Union Cave - B1FLv.8CaveRate 30%Rock Tunnel - 1FLv.11CaveRate 30%Morning/dayMt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.13CaveRate 30%Rock Tunnel - B1FLv.14CaveRate 30%Route 33Lv.6GrassRate 20%Mt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.14CaveRate 5%Dark Cave - EastLv.23CaveRate 30%Route 45Lv.23GrassRate 30%Mt. Mortar - B1FLv.16CaveRate 5%Union Cave - B2FLv.20CaveRate 5%Team Rocket HQ - B1FLv.21Interact with PokemonLimitedMt. Mortar - 2FLv.31CaveRate 30%NightMt. Mortar - 2FLv.31CaveRate 20%Morning/day
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into GravelerRoute 45Lv.23-27GrassRate 50%NightRoute 45Lv.23GrassRate 30%Morning/dayDark Cave - EastLv.25CaveRate 20%Victory Road - 1FLv.34-40CaveRate 50%Nightor evolve from Geodude (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into GolemBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Geodude egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Crystal for Geodude.
How to Get Shiny Geodude in Crystal
Geodude litters Dark Cave and Mt. Mortar at every hour, from level 2 entrances to level 31 depths; pick a cave and the encounters simply never stop. Compare Shiny Geodude odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Geodude Calculator
3 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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 Crystal shiny odds for Geodude.
Geodude Weakness
Type-wise, Geodude takes extra damage from Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. Watch out for Water and Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. Electric moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. The Rock/Ground typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Geodude's physical bulk (base 100 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water, Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- 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 Geodude Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Geodude
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Vaporeon builds →Surf 4x474-559%KO Blizzard 2x200-236%KO Iron Tail 2x51-60% Mud-Slap 2x14-16% | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Poliwag (Ecruteak City Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Poliwrath builds →Surf 4x334-395%KO Dynamic Punch 2x97-115%KO Blizzard 2x140-164%KO Mud-Slap 2x15-19% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Feraligatr builds →Surf 4x363-427%KO Iron Tail 2x71-85% Blizzard 2x153-181%KO Dig 2x44-52% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Lapras builds →Surf 4x390-460%KO Blizzard 2x244-288%KO Iron Tail 2x60-71% Rock Smash 2x14-16% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Quagsire builds →Surf 4x321-378%KO Dig 2x55-66% Iron Tail 2x60-71% Ice Punch 2x84-99% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Mt Mortar Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Azumarill builds →Surf 4x300-353%KO Blizzard 2x125-148%KO Iron Tail 2x41-49% Dynamic Punch 2x41-49% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Marowak Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Marowak builds →Dig 2x55-66% Iron Tail 2x58-68% Blizzard 2x111-132%KO Dynamic Punch 2x58-68% | ||
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Psyduck builds →Surf 4x321-378%KO Blizzard 2x132-156%KO Iron Tail 2x44-52% Dig 2x27-33% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x62-74% Iron Tail 2x70-82% Dynamic Punch 2x70-82% | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Nidoking PoisonGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Nidoking builds →Surf 4x260-307%KO Blizzard 2x163-192%KO Iron Tail 2x70-82% Dynamic Punch 2x70-82% | ||
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Geodude View Nidoqueen builds →Surf 4x237-279%KO Blizzard 2x147-173%KO Iron Tail 2x64-77% Dynamic Punch 2x64-77% | ||
Geodude Evolutions
Geodude kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Graveler all the way to Golem. For breeding, quick to hatch with a small partner pool via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 195 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Geodude easily with 12 breeding partners from the Mineral egg group. Pass egg moves like Mega Punch, Rock Slide to offspring.
C Geodude Best Moveset
Rock/Ground pre-evolution with 4x Water and Grass weaknesses that end it immediately. MoveEarthquake at reduced power. Golem is two evolutions away with the same fatal weaknesses but the stats to justify running them.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Curse
- Rapid Spin
- Hidden Power Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Geodude's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Earthquake and Dig, but Normal and Fighting and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
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
22 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Proud of their sturdy bodies, they bash against each other in a contest to prove whose is harder.
Geodude Crystal Guide
Geodude is a static encounter at Johto Team Rocket Hq in Crystal. Geodude appears at level 21. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
Yes. Wild Geodude in Crystal can hold Everstone (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Everstone.
In Crystal, for a casual playthrough, Geodude works as a placeholder. Rock/Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Graveler. That's where the stats start mattering.
Yes. Alolan Geodude is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 7. Plays completely differently from the original.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Geodude appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained an Alolan form in Generation 7.
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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