Is Golbat Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Golbat with AbilityInner Focus evolves into Crobat through high friendship, which happens faster than most people expect. Keep it in the lead, use healing items, and Crobat can arrive before Norman's gym. Poison/Flying speed handles most of the back half of Emerald.
Roxanne's team hits Zubat's weaknesses hard.
Zubat trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wattson's team hits Golbat's weaknesses hard.
Golbat has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Golbat trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Golbat trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Crobat trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Crobat has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catch Zubat
Catch Zubat in Granite Cave (walking, Lv 7-8, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 21FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 31FlyingAir CutterPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 41PoisonPoison FangPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Zubat to Golbat
Zubat evolves into Golbat at Level 22. Your Zubat should hit Level 22 before you reach Wattson, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 35FlyingAir CutterPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 49PoisonPoison FangPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Golbat to Crobat
Golbat evolves into Crobat with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Tate & Liza.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Given by your rival after you defeat them on Route 119
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- LV 35FlyingAir CutterPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Golbat in Emerald
Golbat takes over the deeper caves. Its 25 encounters cluster in late spots like Victory Road, Meteor Falls, and the Seafloor Cavern, mostly mid-to-high 30s. You meet it where Zubat thins out, so it reads as the endgame-cave version of the same line.
6 locations to catch Golbat7 locations to catch Zubat
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Zubat at any of the 7 locations below, then level it up to 22 — it evolves into Golbat.
Badge 2
Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Golbat in E
Zubat gets you Golbat sooner: catch it (before Badge 2) and evolve it at Lv 22. Wild Golbat first appears at Meteor Falls (after Badge 3).
- Step 1Catch ZubatAltering CaveLv.6-16CaveRate 100%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 1Lv.5-35Surfing on waterRate 90%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 1Lv.14-20GrassRate 80%Seafloor Cavern - EntranceLv.5-35Surfing on waterRate 35%Seafloor Cavern - Room 6Lv.5-35Surfing on waterRate 35%Seafloor Cavern - Room 7Lv.5-35Surfing on waterRate 35%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 1, High TideLv.5-35Surfing on waterRate 30%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 2, High TideLv.5-35Surfing on waterRate 30%Granite Cave - 1FLv.7-8CaveRate 30%Granite Cave - 1F Room 2Lv.7-8CaveRate 30%Granite Cave - B1FLv.9-10CaveRate 30%Granite Cave - B2FLv.10-11CaveRate 30%Cave of Origin - EntranceLv.28-35CaveRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - Room 1Lv.28-35CaveRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - Room 2Lv.28-35CaveRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - Room 3Lv.28-35CaveRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - Room 4Lv.28-35CaveRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - Room 5Lv.28-35CaveRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - Room 6Lv.28-35CaveRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - Room 7Lv.28-35CaveRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - Room 8Lv.28-35CaveRate 90%Cave of Origin - InsideLv.30-34CaveRate 60%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 1, Low TideLv.26-32CaveRate 45%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 2, Low TideLv.26-32CaveRate 45%Shoal Cave - B1F, Low TideLv.26-32CaveRate 45%Shoal Cave - B2F, Low TideLv.26-32CaveRate 45%Shoal Cave - B3F, Low TideLv.26-30CaveRate 40%Victory Road - 1FLv.36CaveRate 10%
- Step 2Golbat ✓Victory Road - B2FLv.25-40Surfing on waterRate 100%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 2Lv.30-35Surfing on waterRate 90%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 1Lv.30-35Surfing on waterRate 90%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 2Lv.30-35Surfing on waterRate 90%Seafloor Cavern - EntranceLv.30-35Surfing on waterRate 5%Seafloor Cavern - Room 6Lv.30-35Surfing on waterRate 5%Seafloor Cavern - Room 7Lv.30-35Surfing on waterRate 5%Shoal Cave - B3F, Low TideLv.30-32CaveRate 5%Meteor Falls - 1F Room 2Lv.33-40GrassRate 65%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 1Lv.33-40GrassRate 65%Meteor Falls - Steven's CaveLv.33-40GrassRate 65%Meteor Falls - B1F Room 2Lv.33-40GrassRate 50%Victory Road - B1FLv.38-42CaveRate 35%Victory Road - B2FLv.40-44CaveRate 35%Sky Pillar - 1FLv.34-35FloorRate 30%Sky Pillar - 3FLv.34-35FloorRate 30%Sky Pillar - 5FLv.34-35FloorRate 30%Victory Road - 1FLv.38-40CaveRate 25%Cave of Origin - EntranceLv.33-36CaveRate 10%Cave of Origin - InsideLv.33-36CaveRate 10%Seafloor Cavern - Room 1Lv.33-36CaveRate 10%Seafloor Cavern - Room 2Lv.33-36CaveRate 10%Seafloor Cavern - Room 3Lv.33-36CaveRate 10%Seafloor Cavern - Room 4Lv.33-36CaveRate 10%Seafloor Cavern - Room 5Lv.33-36CaveRate 10%Seafloor Cavern - Room 6Lv.33-36CaveRate 10%Seafloor Cavern - Room 7Lv.33-36CaveRate 10%Seafloor Cavern - Room 8Lv.33-36CaveRate 10%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 1, Low TideLv.32CaveRate 5%Shoal Cave - 1F Room 2, Low TideLv.32CaveRate 5%Shoal Cave - B1F, Low TideLv.32CaveRate 5%Shoal Cave - B2F, Low TideLv.32CaveRate 5%or 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 Emerald for Golbat.
How to Get Shiny Golbat in Emerald
Golbat flaps deeper into Meteor Falls and the Cave of Origin, so walk those inner chambers and reset each encounter, hoping the green-winged shine surfaces from the swarm. Compare Shiny Golbat odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Golbat 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Emerald 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
What is Golbat Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Golbat
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x135-160%KO Shock Wave 2x46-54% | ||
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Gardevoir builds →Psychic 2x107-125%KO Thunderbolt 2x74-87% | ||
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 111 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Regirock builds →Ancient Power 2x62-74% Thunderbolt 2x37-44% | ||
 Chimecho Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Chimecho builds →Psychic 2x85-101%KO Shock Wave 2x39-46% | ||
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Grumpig builds →Psychic 2x81-96% Shock Wave 2x36-43% | ||
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Girafarig builds →Psychic 2x81-96% Thunderbolt 2x57-67% | ||
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Lairon builds →Rock Tomb 2x48-57% Shock Wave 2x23-28% | ||
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Solrock builds →Rock Slide 2x75-89% Psychic 2x56-66% | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Golbat View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x93-111%KO Thunderbolt 2x62-74% Ancient Power 2x25-30% | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
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 25 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Curse, Feint Attack, Gust and 3 more.
E Golbat Best Moveset
Poison/Flying at 90 Speed with AbilityInner Focus preventing flinch. 80 Attack fires MoveSludge Bomb for physical Poison TermStab and MoveAerial Ace for Flying. The moveset functions as a mid-speed physical attacker, though one evolution from Crobat means Golbat rarely sees competitive play itself.
Best Build
Golbat best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power Ground
- Aerial Ace
- Quick Attack
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Curse and Feint Attack aren't available any other way for Golbat, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Sludge Bomb and Wing Attack 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. 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
21 of 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its fangs easily puncture even thick animal hide. It loves to feast on the blood of people and POKéMON. It flits about in darkness and strikes from behind.
Golbat Emerald Guide
In Emerald, 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 Emerald, Golbat plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, Jolly is the go-to nature for Golbat. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
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
Winds & Waves
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