Is Hoothoot Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Nighttime catch on Route 29. Noctowl evolves at 20 and the special bulk is better than Pidgeot's in the early game. Crystal's day/night cycle determines whether you start with Hoothoot or Pidgey. Both end up filling the same Flying slot.
Falkner's typing presses Hoothoot's defenses.
Hoothoot has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Noctowl resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Hoothoot on Route 29 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- LV 11FlyingPeckPower 53Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 28NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- LV 48PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Hoothoot to Noctowl
Hoothoot evolves into Noctowl at Level 20. Your Hoothoot should hit Level 20 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- LV 57PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Hoothoot in Crystal
Hoothoot blankets the early routes, 44 encounters split between night grass and Headbutt trees across 20 spots. The trees give it any time of day, while the grass version is night-only.
20 locations to catch Hoothoot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Hoothoot is where the line starts, caught through headbutt and walking encounters at Lv. 2-15. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Hoothoot ✓Lake of RageLv.10Headbutting treesRate 65%Route 32Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 65%Route 43Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 65%Route 26Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 65%Route 27Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 65%Ilex ForestLv.10Headbutting special treesRate 60%Route 29Lv.2-3GrassRate 55%NightRoute 2Lv.3-5GrassRate 50%NightIlex ForestLv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Lake of RageLv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 29Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 29Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 30Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 30Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 31Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 31Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 32Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 34Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 34Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 35Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 35Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 36Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 36Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 37Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 37Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 38Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 38Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 39Lv.10Headbutting treesRate 50%Route 39Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 43Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 26Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 27Lv.10Headbutting special treesRate 50%Route 1Lv.2-4GrassRate 45%NightRoute 30Lv.3-4GrassRate 45%NightRoute 36Lv.4-5GrassRate 45%NightNational ParkLv.13-15FloorRate 40%NightRoute 25Lv.10GrassRate 30%NightRoute 5Lv.13GrassRate 30%NightRoute 35Lv.14GrassRate 30%NightRoute 34Lv.12GrassRate 20%NightRoute 37Lv.15GrassRate 20%NightRoute 31Lv.5GrassRate 10%NightIlex ForestLv.7GrassRate 5%NightRoute 32Lv.7GrassRate 5%NightRoute 35Lv.14GrassRate 5%Nightthe Yanma swarm that Bug Catcher Arnie reports by
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into NoctowlRoute 5Lv.15GrassRate 20%NightRoute 2Lv.4-7GrassRate 15%NightRoute 25Lv.12-14GrassRate 15%NightIlex ForestLv.10Headbutting treesRate 10%Route 37Lv.15GrassRate 5%NightRoute 26Lv.28-32GrassRate 50%NightRoute 27Lv.28-32GrassRate 40%NightRoute 43Lv.16GrassRate 30%NightRoute 8Lv.20GrassRate 30%NightRoute 13Lv.25GrassRate 20%NightRoute 15Lv.25GrassRate 20%NightRoute 14Lv.28GrassRate 20%NightRoute 38Lv.16GrassRate 10%NightRoute 39Lv.16GrassRate 10%NightRoute 11Lv.16GrassRate 10%Nightor evolve from Hoothoot (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Crystal for Hoothoot.
How to Get Shiny Hoothoot in Crystal
Hoothoot hoots after dark in the National Park, a common night spawn at levels 13 to 15, and it also drops out of headbutted trees at any hour. Compare Shiny Hoothoot odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Hoothoot 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Hoothoot.
Hoothoot Weakness
Hoothoot's Normal/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Ice, and Rock. It shrugs off Ground and Ghost-type attacks completely. Hoothoot's special bulk (base 56 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- 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 Hoothoot Weak Against
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Hoothoot Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Hoothoot grows into Noctowl through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Hoothoot. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Hoothoot easily with 19 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Feint Attack, Mirror Move, Sky Attack and 3 more to offspring.
C Hoothoot Best Moveset
Normal/Flying with MoveHypnosis at 60%% accuracy as the only draw. Pre-evolution stats can't contribute beyond the unreliable sleep attempt. Noctowl adds defensive bulk.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Sky Attack
- Take Down
- Curse
- Fly
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Feint Attack and Mirror Move on Hoothoot. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Sky Attack and Take Down, they expand what Hoothoot can actually threaten in practice.
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
17 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It begins to hoot at the same time every day. Some trainers use them in place of clocks.
Hoothoot Crystal Guide
For Crystal, you can run Hoothoot through the first few routes without issues. 262 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Noctowl as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Hoothoot spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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
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