Is Happiny Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only baby form of Chansey. Normal with AbilityNatural Cure. Hold Oval Stone and level during daytime to evolve. Chansey is available wild. Skip the baby stage.
Falkner's typing presses Happiny's defenses.
Bugsy's typing presses Happiny's defenses.
Whitney's typing presses Chansey's defenses.
Morty's typing presses Blissey's defenses.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Blissey trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Blissey has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Hatch
Hatch Happiny from an Egg you breed on Route 34.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- TM60FightingDrain PunchPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 39
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
Evolve Happiny to Chansey
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Whitney, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 38NormalEgg BombPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Chansey to Blissey
Chansey evolves into Blissey with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Morty.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 38NormalEgg BombPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Happiny in HeartGold & SoulSilver
This 3-stage chain starts with Happiny, a baby that doesn't spawn wild. Breed Chansey at the nursery to hatch one, then level through the stages to reach Happiny.
Wild Happiny may be holding when caught:
Oval Stone (50% chance) A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokemon evolve. It is shaped like an egg.
Lucky Punch (5% chance) An item to be held by CHANSEY. It is a pair of gloves that boosts CHANSEY's critical-hit ratio.Catch Chansey at any of these 3 spots to eventually evolve into Happiny.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8How to Obtain Happiny in HGSS
- Step 1Happiny ✓
Breed from Chansey at the Day Care.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into ChanseyRoute 13Lv.23-25GrassRate 41%Swarm activeRoute 13Lv.25GrassRate 1%Route 14Lv.25GrassRate 1%Route 15Lv.25GrassRate 1%or evolve from Happiny (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Blissey
How to Get Shiny Happiny in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Happiny needs a Chansey holding a Luck Incense, so run the Masuda Method with a foreign parent for a shiny. Compare Shiny Happiny odds across every game
Shiny Happiny Evolution
3 Forms
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Happiny Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Happiny already selected.
Happiny Weakness
Happiny is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Happiny's special bulk (base 65 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Happiny Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Happiny
Happiny Evolutions
Happiny starts the chain as a baby form and evolves into Chansey using a Oval Stone. To get more eggs, breed the evolved versions. Evolving adds up to 320 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
HGSS Happiny Best Moveset
100 HP at 5 Defense means any physical hit ends it instantly. The moveset has nothing competitive. Evolve to Chansey.
Best Build
Happiny best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Bulky Support Moveset
- Protect
- Fire Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Happiny. Aromatherapy and Counter come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Last Resort and Uproar and coverage across 8 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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It carefully carries a round, white rock that it thinks is an egg. It’s bothered by how curly its hair looks.
Happiny HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, for a casual playthrough, Happiny works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Chansey. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Since Diamond & Pearl, Happiny has been in 13 games. Requiring an item-based 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 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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