Is Hoothoot Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Safari Zone catch. Hoothoot evolves into Noctowl at 20 with AbilityInsomnia blocking sleep entirely. Normal/Flying with modest Special. Doesn't compete with Swellow for the bird slot. The sleep immunity is the one angle that separates it.
Roxanne's team hits Hoothoot's weaknesses hard.
Hoothoot has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Hoothoot in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 35, rare). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Given by your rival after you defeat them on Route 119
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 48PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Hoothoot to Noctowl
Hoothoot evolves into Noctowl at Level 20. You get it at Level 35, past Level 20, so it evolves into Noctowl the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Given by your rival after you defeat them on Route 119
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 57PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Hoothoot in Emerald
Hoothoot tucks itself into the Hoenn Safari Zone, the expanded area added in Emerald. It is a rare level 35 walking encounter behind the 500-coin entry fee and the 30-ball limit, so a few trips may be needed.
1 location to catch Hoothoot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Where To Catch Hoothoot in E
- Step 2Evolve into NoctowlBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Hoothoot egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Emerald for Hoothoot.
How to Get Shiny Hoothoot in Emerald
Hoothoot appears in the Safari Zone as a rare grass encounter, so walk its expansion tiles and eye each one for odd coloring, wearing down the same long full-odds grind. Compare Shiny Hoothoot odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Hoothoot Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald 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
What is Hoothoot Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Hoothoot
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 111 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Regirock builds →Ancient Power 2x123-145%KO Thunderbolt 2x51-60% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x127-150%KO Thunderbolt 2x85-100%KO Ancient Power 2x49-58% | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Lairon builds →Rock Tomb 2x95-112%KO Shock Wave 2x32-38% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 2x106-125%KO Rollout 2x25-31% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Armaldo builds →Ancient Power 2x145-172%KO | ||
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 2x90-106%KO Ice Beam 2x36-44% Thunderbolt 2x36-44% | ||
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 25 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Feather Dance, Feint Attack, Mirror Move and 4 more to offspring.
E Hoothoot Best Moveset
Normal/Flying pre-evolution with AbilityInsomnia blocking sleep moves. The moveset offers sleep immunity and nothing else at these stats.
Best Build
Hoothoot best EVs are Speed and Attack
Utility Moveset
- Sky Attack
- Double Edge
- Return
- Take Down
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Feather Dance and Feint Attack on Hoothoot. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Sky Attack and Double-Edge, 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. 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
Base Stats
It has an internal organ that senses the earth’s rotation. Using this special organ, a HOOTHOOT begins hooting at precisely the same time every day.
Hoothoot Emerald Guide
- Where in the Emerald Safari Zone can I find Hoothoot?
See the Locations section above for where to find Hoothoot in Emerald.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Hoothoot from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Hoothoot easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
For Emerald, 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.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- 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
Winds & Waves
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