Is Gorebyss Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Deep Sea Scale trade from Clamperl. Water with AbilitySwift Swim. Strong special Attack. The better Clamperl branch, but the same trade chain investment limits who pursues it.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Clamperl's defenses.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Clamperl's defenses.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's typing presses Clamperl's defenses.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Erika's team hits Clamperl's weaknesses hard.
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Sabrina's team hits Clamperl's weaknesses hard.
Clamperl has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Huntail has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Blue:
Will's typing presses Clamperl's defenses.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Will:
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Koga:
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bruno:
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Karen:
Clamperl trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lance:
Catch Clamperl
Catch Clamperl on Route 19 (Surf, Lv 35, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35WaterWater GunPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 35WaterClampPower 53Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
Evolve Clamperl to Gorebyss
Clamperl evolves into Gorebyss when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Blue.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 59)
- LV 59WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 59WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 59WaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 59PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
Evolve Clamperl to Huntail
Clamperl evolves into Huntail when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Blue.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 59)
- LV 59WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 59WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 59WaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 59WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
How to Get Gorebyss in HeartGold & SoulSilver
A trade step sits in Gorebyss's 2-stage line from Clamperl. The step cards below map each stage with catch locations and evolution methods. Clamperl shows up at solid rates, so the starting catch is the easy part.
Wild Gorebyss may be holding when caught:
Deep Sea Scale (5% chance) An item to be held by CLAMPERL. A scale that shines a faint pink, it raises the Sp. Def stat.Catch Clamperl at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Gorebyss.
Encountered via Surfing
- 1Catch Clamperl
- 2Evolve Gorebyssby trading
Badge 8How to Obtain Gorebyss in HGSS
- Step 2Gorebyss ✓
How to Get Shiny Gorebyss in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Gorebyss also splits from Clamperl, so breed that base form Masuda-style and evolve it with a Deep Sea Scale. Compare Shiny Gorebyss odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Gorebyss Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Gorebyss in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Gorebyss Weakness
Gorebyss is weak to Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Gorebyss's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Gorebyss Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Gorebyss
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gorebyss View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x143-169%KO Shock Wave 2x48-57% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Gorebyss View Victreebel builds →Leaf Storm 2x154-182%KO | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Raikou Electric | B | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
Gorebyss Evolutions
Clamperl's line splits into 2 evolutions, and Gorebyss is the trade route. Each sibling form needs a different method to obtain. Breed through Clamperl to get eggs. Gorebyss and Huntail share the same 485 total stats, but they're distributed differently. Check the comparison below to see where each one specializes. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Gorebyss to get Clamperl eggs easily using 69 partners from the Water 1 egg group. Notable egg moves include Aqua Ring, Barrier, Body Slam and 5 more.
HGSS Gorebyss Best Moveset
Special Water attacker at 114 Sp. Atk and 105 Defense with AbilitySwift Swim doubling 52 Speed in rain. The moveset fires hard from the special side while tanking physical hits unexpectedly. Without rain, 52 Speed limits the offensive role.
Best Build
Gorebyss best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Waterfall
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump
- Muddy Water
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Gorebyss. Aqua Ring and Barrier come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Hydro Pump and Aqua Tail and coverage across 7 types.
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 20 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Its pink body becomes more vivid with the rise of water temperatures in the springtime.
Gorebyss HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Gorebyss is obtained by trade-evolving Clamperl. Catch a Clamperl first, then trade. The Deep Sea Scale must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
Yes. Gorebyss is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Gorebyss becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Game Availability
Since Ruby & Sapphire, Gorebyss has been in 13 games. Requiring a trade evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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