Is Girafarig Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from Colosseum. AbilityInner Focus blocks flinching and AbilityEarly Bird wakes faster. Normal/Psychic with Ghost immunity. RS has Gardevoir natively for Psychic. Girafarig has no niche in Hoenn.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Girafarig resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Girafarig has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Girafarig trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Girafarig in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 25-27, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25NormalStompPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 43PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
Ruby & Sapphire Girafarig Locations
Girafarig roams the Safari Zone as an uncommon walking catch in the mid 20s. It does not show up anywhere outside that gated grass.
Wild Girafarig may be holding when caught:
Persim Berry (5% chance) A hold item that heals confusion in battle.1 location to catch Girafarig
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Girafarig in Ruby & Sapphire
How to Get Shiny Girafarig in Ruby & Sapphire
Girafarig also strolls the Safari Zone grass in Hoenn, so keep meeting wild ones until one comes up shiny. Compare Shiny Girafarig odds across every game
Shiny Girafarig Evolution
Does Not EvolveRuby & Sapphire Shiny Girafarig Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Ruby & Sapphire shiny odds calculator with Girafarig already selected.
Girafarig Weakness
Girafarig's Normal/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Bug and Dark. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Girafarig leans toward special offense (base 90 Sp.Atk) instead of trying to wall anything.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Psychic |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Girafarig Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Girafarig
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x67-79% Thief 2x19-22% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Cacturne builds →Feint Attack 2x77-92% Pin Missile 2x13-15% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Beautifly builds →Silver Wind 2x52-61% Thief 2x31-37% | ||
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Girafarig View Ninjask builds →Leech Life 2x24-28% Thief 2x19-22% | ||
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
Girafarig Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Girafarig. A massive partner pool through one egg group, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 8 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Girafarig easily with 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Beat Up, Foresight and 5 more to offspring.
RS Girafarig Best Moveset
Normal/Psychic blocks Ghost moves alongside Psychic TermStab, and AbilityInner Focus prevents flinch. MoveCalm Mind boosts Sp. Atk and Sp. Def for setup. MoveBaton Pass transfers the boosts. MoveThunder Wave for paralysis. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Calm Mind passer with Ghost immunity.
Best Build
Girafarig best EVs are HP and Defense
Pivot Moveset
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Baton Pass
- Thunderbolt
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Beat Up on Girafarig. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Future Sight and Psychic, they expand what Girafarig 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
All 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
GIRAFARIG’s rear head also has a brain, but it is small. The rear head attacks in response to smells and sounds. Approaching this POKéMON from behind can cause the rear head to suddenly lash out and bite.
GIRAFARIG’s rear head contains a tiny brain that is too small for thinking. However, the rear head doesn’t need to sleep, so it can keep watch over its surroundings 24 hours a day.
Girafarig Ruby & Sapphire Guide
- Where in the Ruby & Sapphire Safari Zone can I find Girafarig?
See the Locations section above for where to find Girafarig in Ruby & Sapphire.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Girafarig from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Girafarig 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 Girafarig in Ruby & Sapphire can hold Persim Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Persim Berry.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Girafarig appears in 16 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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