
Is Gulpin Good in FireRed & LeafGreen Playthrough?
Poison from Hoenn with AbilityLiquid Ooze damaging drain users. Trade-only. Swalot at 26 has decent HP but low offense. Muk fills the same Poison role natively in Kanto and hits harder.
Brock's typing presses Gulpin's defenses.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Gulpin has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Koga's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Giovanni's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Agatha's team hits Gulpin's weaknesses hard.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Gulpin trades roughly evenly with Terry's team.
Gulpin cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. On GBA, cross-region trading unlocks post-game after Celio's Sevii Islands Ruby & Sapphire quest. The Switch re-release supports only one-way transfers out to Pokemon HOME.
- LV 14PoisonSludge98100%20
- LV 28PoisonToxic—90%10
- After Erika
- TM22GrassSolar Beam120100%10
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- LV 39PoisonSludge Bomb135100%10
- After Blaine
- TUTORNormalExplosion250100%5
- After Giovanni
- TUTORNormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody Slam85100%15
- TM42NormalFacade70100%20
How to Get Gulpin in FireRed & LeafGreen
Route 110 in Hoenn is Gulpin's home, with no FRLG alternative. Trade from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald to get the stomach-with-legs into your Pokedex.
How to Obtain Gulpin in FRLG
Step 1Gulpin ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom Ruby & SapphireAvailableCatch in Ruby & Sapphire via Walking · Route 110, then trade to the current game via link cable.CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom EmeraldAvailableCatch in Emerald via Walking · Route 110, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Walking · Great Marsh · Post-National Dex.LATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Walking · Route 3 · Swarm active.LATER APPEARANCELATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire via Walking · Route 110.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Scarlet & VioletNot TradeableAppears in Scarlet & Violet via Overworld · East Province (Area One).HOME TRANSFERNot TradeablePokemon HOME on Switch FireRed & LeafGreen is permanently deposit-only — once it launches, Gulpin can be sent from this game into HOME, but never transferred in.
Step 2Evolve into Swalot
Gulpin Weakness
Gulpin is weak to Ground and Psychic. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Gulpin Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Gulpin
In FireRed & LeafGreen, Gardevoir's Psychic hits Gulpin for 72-85%.
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityTrace ItemLeftovers NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Gulpin View Gardevoir builds →Psychic 2x72-85% Thunderbolt24-28% | ||
Gulpin Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Gulpin grows into Swalot through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 165 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Gulpin easily with 22 breeding partners from the Indeterminate egg group. Pass egg moves like Acid Armor, Dream Eater, Pain Split and 1 more to offspring.
FRLG Gulpin Best Moveset
Poison with AbilityLiquid Ooze punishing drain moves or AbilitySticky Hold preventing item theft. Stats too low everywhere. Swalot is a marginal upgrade.
Best Build
Gulpin best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Explosion
- Toxic
- Sludge Bomb
- Hidden Power Ground
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Gulpin gets Acid Armor and Dream Eater exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 8 types rounds out the picture alongside Sludge Bomb and Sludge.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
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Gulpin FireRed & LeafGreen Guide
No. Gulpin isn't catchable in FireRed & LeafGreen. Catch one in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, then trade it over.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Gulpin spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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 7LGPE

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