Is Golbat Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Keep it in the lead slot and let friendship build. Golbat's own performance is acceptable through mid-Johto while you wait for Crobat. Crystal's single-version roster means fewer things competing for the Poison/Flying slot than in Gold or Silver alone.
Falkner's typing presses Zubat's defenses.
Zubat trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Whitney's team hits Zubat's weaknesses hard.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Golbat's weaknesses hard.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Crobat's weaknesses hard.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Crobat resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Zubat
Catch Zubat on Route 30 (walking, Lv 3, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- LV 12DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 27FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM46DarkThiefPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 10Team Rocket HQ (Mahogany Town)
- After Lt. Surge
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Evolve Zubat to Golbat
Zubat evolves into Golbat at Level 22. Your Zubat should hit Level 22 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- LV 30FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Evolve Golbat to Crobat
Golbat evolves into Crobat with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Clair.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 31)
- LV 31FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 31DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 31GhostConfuse RayPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- After Lt. Surge
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
How to Get Golbat in Crystal
The deeper caves belong to Golbat, 35 encounters that sit in the teens in mid-game tunnels and reach the 50s on Mt. Silver. The endgame caves are thick with them.
12 locations to catch Golbat19 locations to catch Zubat
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Zubat at any of the 19 locations below, then level it up to 22 — it evolves into Golbat.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Golbat in C
Zubat gets you Golbat sooner: catch it at the very start and evolve it at Lv 22. Wild Golbat first appears at Union Cave (after Badge 1).
- Step 1Catch ZubatSlowpoke Well - B1FLv.5-8CaveRate 85%Mt. Mortar - B1FLv.15-17CaveRate 60%Union Cave - B1FLv.6-8CaveRate 50%Morning/dayRoute 33Lv.6GrassRate 40%NightRock Tunnel - 1FLv.12-15CaveRate 40%NightRock Tunnel - B1FLv.12-15CaveRate 40%NightDark Cave - WestLv.2-4CaveRate 39%Dark Cave - WestLv.2-4CaveRate 34%MorningUnion Cave - B1FLv.6CaveRate 30%NightMt. Moon - 1FLv.6CaveRate 30%Mt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.13CaveRate 30%Route 42Lv.14GrassRate 30%NightUnion Cave - 1FLv.5-7CaveRate 25%Morning/dayDark Cave - WestLv.2CaveRate 20%the Dunsparce swarm that Hiker Anthony reports byRoute 32Lv.6GrassRate 10%NightRoute 3Lv.6GrassRate 10%NightRoute 4Lv.6GrassRate 10%NightRock Tunnel - 1FLv.12CaveRate 10%Morning/dayRock Tunnel - B1FLv.12CaveRate 10%Morning/dayBurned Tower - 1FLv.14FloorRate 10%Mt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.14CaveRate 10%NightBurned Tower - B1FLv.15FloorRate 10%Route 30Lv.3GrassRate 5%NightRoute 31Lv.4GrassRate 5%NightUnion Cave - 1FLv.7CaveRate 5%NightMt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.15CaveRate 5%Morning/dayRoute 10Lv.15GrassRate 5%NightRoute 9Lv.15GrassRate 5%NightSlowpoke Well - B2FLv.19-23CaveRate 80%Union Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 50%Morning/dayIce Path - 1FLv.22CaveRate 30%Union Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 30%NightTohjo FallsLv.22GrassRate 30%Dark Cave - EastLv.23CaveRate 30%Ice Path - B1FLv.23CaveRate 30%Whirl Islands - CaveLv.23GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - NELv.23GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - NWLv.23GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - SELv.23GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - SWLv.23GrassRate 30%Ice Path - B2FLv.24CaveRate 30%Whirl Islands - B1FLv.24GrassRate 30%Ice Path - B3FLv.25CaveRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2FLv.25GrassRate 30%Whirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.26GrassRate 30%
- Step 2Golbat ✓Mt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.13CaveRate 10%Mt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.15CaveRate 5%Rock Tunnel - B1FLv.15CaveRate 5%NightIce Path - 1FLv.22-24CaveRate 30%Union Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 30%Ice Path - B1FLv.23-25CaveRate 29%Ice Path - B2FLv.24-26CaveRate 25%Mt. Mortar - B1FLv.17CaveRate 20%Tohjo FallsLv.24GrassRate 20%Ice Path - B3FLv.25CaveRate 20%Route 42Lv.16GrassRate 15%NightMt. Mortar - 2FLv.30-32CaveRate 15%NightWhirl Islands - CaveLv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - NELv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - NWLv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - SELv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - SWLv.24-25GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - B1FLv.25-26GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - B2FLv.26-27GrassRate 10%NightWhirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.27-28GrassRate 10%NightDark Cave - EastLv.23CaveRate 5%Slowpoke Well - B2FLv.23CaveRate 5%Whirl Islands - CaveLv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - NELv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - NWLv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - SELv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - SWLv.25GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - B1FLv.26GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - B2FLv.27GrassRate 5%Morning/dayWhirl Islands - B2F Inner CaveLv.28GrassRate 5%Morning/dayMt. Mortar - 2FLv.30CaveRate 5%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 1FLv.42-46CaveRate 45%NightVictory Road - 1FLv.34CaveRate 30%NightMt. Silver - OutsideLv.40-44CaveRate 30%NightRoute 28Lv.40-42GrassRate 30%NightVictory Road - 1FLv.34CaveRate 10%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 1FLv.45CaveRate 5%Morning/dayMt. Silver - Side chambersLv.46-50CaveRate 80%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 2FLv.46-48CaveRate 50%NightMt. Silver - Side chambersLv.48-50CaveRate 50%NightMt. Silver - SummitLv.49-53CaveRate 45%NightMt. Silver - 2FLv.48CaveRate 30%Morning/dayMt. Silver - SummitLv.51CaveRate 30%Morning/dayor evolve from Zubat (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into CrobatBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Zubat egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Crystal for Golbat.
How to Get Shiny Golbat in Crystal
Golbat flaps through the Ice Path in numbers at levels 22 to 26 and shows in Dark Cave and Mt. Mortar too; the Ice Path's common spawns make it the pick. Compare Shiny Golbat odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Golbat 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Golbat.
Golbat Weakness
Type-wise, Golbat takes extra damage from Electric, Ice, Psychic, and Rock. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- 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 Golbat Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Golbat
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Magneton builds →Thunder 2x135-160%KO Rollout 2x15-18% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x135-160%KO Ice Punch 2x57-67% Thunder Punch 2x57-67% | ||
 Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Celebi builds →Future Sight 2x116-138%KO Ancient Power 2x42-49% | ||
 Raikou Electric | S | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x81-96% Thunder 2x68-80% | ||
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x77-91% Ice Punch 2x22-26% Thunder Punch 2x22-26% | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Electabuzz builds →Thunder 2x112-133%KO Ice Punch 2x47-56% | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Electrode builds →Thunder 2x98-116%KO Rollout 2x14-16% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Slowbro builds →Blizzard 2x78-92% Confusion 2x50-59% | ||
 Dewgong WaterIce | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | B | |
Golbat Evolutions
Golbat is the middle stage between Zubat and Crobat. It's a three-stage line with one more evolution to go. For breeding, quick to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. HP has grown the most so far (+35), but there's still another 80 stats to gain in the final evolution. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Golbat to get Zubat eggs easily using 19 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Feint Attack, Gust, Pursuit and 2 more.
C Golbat Best Moveset
Evolves into Crobat through friendship, where the Speed and MoveSludge Bomb create a real competitive role. MoveConfuse Ray provides minor disruption at this stage. Stats below competitive thresholds otherwise.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Wing Attack
- Whirlwind
- Toxic
- Giga Drain
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Feint Attack and Gust aren't available any other way for Golbat, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Wing Attack and Gust for solid options.
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
13 of 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it plunges its fangs into its prey, it instantly draws and gulps down more than ten ounces of blood.
Golbat Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Golbat does the job early-game if you need a Poison/Flying type on your team. Evolve it into Crobat before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
In Crystal, Golbat plays as a pivot. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
Golbat has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 21 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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 8SwSh
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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