Is Goldeen Good in Yellow Playthrough?
One of the weaker Water-types in the game. Seaking is a marginal improvement. Neither one deserves a team slot when Gyarados, Starmie, and Lapras exist in the same game.
Brock's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Misty's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Lt. Surge's team hits Goldeen's weaknesses hard.
Erika's team hits Goldeen's weaknesses hard.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Lorelei's typing presses Seaking's defenses.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Catchable
Catch Goldeen in Pallet Town (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TM11WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Cerulean Gym Leader Misty
- After Lt. Surge
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Celadon Department Store roof
- TM09NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Silph Co.
- After Erika
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- LV 37WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Sabrina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 5Pokémon Mansion
Evolve Goldeen to Seaking
Goldeen evolves into Seaking at Level 33. Your Goldeen should hit Level 33 before you reach Koga, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Misty
- TM11WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Cerulean Gym Leader Misty
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Rocket Game Corner
- TM10NormalDouble-EdgePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Rocket Hideout
- After Erika
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- TM40NormalSkull BashPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Safari Zone
- LV 39WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Sabrina
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 5Pokémon Mansion
- LV 54PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
How to Get Goldeen in Yellow
Goldeen is the fishing flood of this range. 38 rod encounters across 25 water spots, common nearly everywhere, so any rod near water tends to snag one almost instantly.
25 locations to catch Goldeen
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
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Goldeen is where the line starts, caught through fishing encounters at Lv. 5-30. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Goldeen ✓Celadon CityLv.5-20Super RodRate 100%Route 6Lv.5-20Super RodRate 100%Celadon CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Cerulean Cave - 1FLv.10Good RodRate 50%Cerulean Cave - B1FLv.10Good RodRate 50%Cerulean CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Cerulean GymLv.10Good RodRate 50%Cinnabar IslandLv.10Good RodRate 50%Fuchsia CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Pallet TownLv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 10Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 11Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 12Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 13Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 17Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 18Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 19Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 20Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 21Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 22Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 23Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 24Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 25Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 6Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Safari Zone - CenterLv.10Good RodRate 50%Safari Zone - EastLv.10Good RodRate 50%Safari Zone - NorthLv.10Good RodRate 50%Safari Zone - WestLv.10Good RodRate 50%Seafoam Islands - B3FLv.10Good RodRate 50%Seafoam Islands - B4FLv.10Good RodRate 50%Vermilion City - CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Vermilion City - HarborLv.10Good RodRate 50%Viridian CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 24Lv.20-30Super RodRate 90%Cerulean CityLv.25-30Super RodRate 70%Cerulean Cave - 1FLv.25Super RodRate 40%Cerulean Cave - B1FLv.30Super RodRate 40%
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into SeakingCerulean CityLv.30-40Super RodRate 30%Route 24Lv.30Super RodRate 10%Cerulean Cave - 1FLv.35-55Super RodRate 60%Cerulean Cave - B1FLv.40-60Super RodRate 60%or evolve from Goldeen (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Goldeen catch odds in the Yellow Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
Goldeen Weakness
Type-wise, Goldeen takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Goldeen Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Goldeen
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
 Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
 Bellsprout GrassPoison | D | |
 Oddish GrassPoison | C | |
Goldeen Evolutions
Goldeen starts a line toward Seaking. Can't breed this Water type (335 stats), so keep the evolution path going. Evolving adds up to 115 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Y Goldeen Best Moveset
Stats too low and a movepool too shallow to compete with anything evolved. MoveSurf runs off a Special stat that can't hurt anything worth targeting. Seaking barely improves the outlook.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Horn Attack
- Peck
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Goldeen learns Surf and Waterfall naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Flying and Normal and beyond give it real matchup play.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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 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 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 17 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it is time for them to lay eggs, they can be seen swimming up rivers and falls in large groups.
Goldeen Yellow Guide
- How do I catch Goldeen in the Yellow Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Goldeen in Yellow.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Goldeen from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Goldeen easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
For Yellow, you can run Goldeen through the first few routes without issues. 335 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Seaking as fast as you can.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Goldeen has appeared in 19 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
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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