Is Golduck Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Fast enough and hits hard enough to handle Blaine's Kanto gym and contribute against Pryce. Not the best Water-type available, but functional if you need a quick Water pickup.
Psyduck trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Psyduck trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Whitney's typing presses Psyduck's defenses.
Psyduck has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Psyduck trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Golduck resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Golduck trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Golduck trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Golduck trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Golduck resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Golduck resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Golduck trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Golduck trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Psyduck
Catch Psyduck in Ilex Forest (Surf, Lv 10-19, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 50WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Psyduck to Golduck
Psyduck evolves into Golduck at Level 33. Your Psyduck should hit Level 33 before you reach Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- LV 58WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Golduck in Gold & Silver
Surfing and walking both turn up Golduck across four locations, with levels reaching 51 deep in the postgame. Bumping a Psyduck to 33 beats fishing those rare high-level spawns out of the water.
4 locations to catch Golduck3 locations to catch Psyduck
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Encountered via Surfing
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Badge 8Catch Psyduck at any of the 3 locations below, then level it up to 33 — it evolves into Golduck.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Golduck in GS
To get Golduck, start by catching Psyduck through surfing encounters at Lv. 5-24. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Golduck catch rates for Gold & Silver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Golduck in Gold & Silver
Golduck answers to whichever style suits you, walking the grass on Mt. Silver or surfing the water off Route 35 and Ilex Forest, so pick the spot you enjoy and grind it out. Compare Shiny Golduck odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Golduck 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Golduck preloaded.
Golduck Weakness
Golduck's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. With 80 HP and balanced defenses, Golduck can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- 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 Golduck Weak Against
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Golduck Evolutions
Evolved from Psyduck. Golduck is the final form in this two-stage line. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+30 over Psyduck), and Golduck peaks at 500 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Golduck to get Psyduck eggs easily using 66 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Foresight, Future Sight, Hypnosis and 4 more.
GS Golduck Best Moveset
The stat split gave 95 Sp. Atk for strong MoveSurf and MoveIce Beam coverage. 85 Speed outspeeds a useful portion of the mid-tier. MoveHypnosis at 60%% accuracy adds unreliable but sometimes decisive sleep. Held ItemLeftovers sustains through switches. More versatile than the stats alone suggest.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Surf
- Cross Chop
- Ice Beam
- Hypnosis
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Foresight and Future Sight from the egg pool give Golduck something extra. Pair those with Hydro Pump and Surf for STAB and coverage across 7 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
26 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it swims at full speed using its long, webbed limbs, its forehead somehow begins to glow.
It appears by waterways at dusk. It may use telekinetic powers if its forehead glows mysteriously.
Golduck Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, use Golduck as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Surf is the primary attack.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Golduck has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. 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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