Is Hypno Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Drowzee evolves at level 26. AbilityInsomnia is useful against sleep-spamming trainers throughout both regions. Solid special Defense with decent offenses. Handles Chuck and contributes through the back half. Outclassed by Alakazam in pure power.
Drowzee trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Drowzee has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Drowzee trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Hypno resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Hypno resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Hypno resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Drowzee
Catch Drowzee on Route 34 (walking, Lv 10-12, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 10)
- LV 10PsychicConfusionPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 15NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 26PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 53PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
Evolve Drowzee to Hypno
Drowzee evolves into Hypno at Level 26. Your Drowzee should hit Level 26 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 28PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 50PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 64PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 69PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
How to Get Hypno in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Hypno appears wild in a couple of spots, uncommon around levels 16 to 17 both day and night. Evolving a Drowzee at level 26 is the steadier route, since the pendulum swinger is thin to find in the wild.
2 locations to catch Hypno4 locations to catch Drowzee
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Drowzee at any of the 4 locations below, then level it up to 26 — it evolves into Hypno.
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Hypno in HGSS
Drowzee gets you Hypno sooner: catch it (before Badge 2) and evolve it at Lv 26. Wild Hypno first appears at Safari Zone (after Badge 4).
- Step 2Hypno ✓or evolve from Drowzee (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Hypno.
How to Get Shiny Hypno in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Hypno lurks on Route 11 and in the Safari Zone, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign-language parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Hypno odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Hypno 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Hypno.
Hypno Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Hypno for super-effective damage. Hypno's special bulk (base 115 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Hypno Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Hypno
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Absol builds →Bite 2x71-84% Shadow Claw 2x55-66% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Scyther builds →U-turn 2x71-84% Pursuit 2x27-33% | ||
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x59-70% Sucker Punch 2x31-37% | ||
 Ninjask Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Ninjask builds →U-turn 2x61-73% Shadow Ball 2x21-25% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Murkrow builds →Shadow Ball 2x31-37% Assurance 2x44-52% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Beedrill builds →U-turn 2x61-73% Payback 2x29-35% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Yanmega builds →Silver Wind 2x44-52% Shadow Ball 2x39-47% Night Slash 2x36-43% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Volbeat builds →U-turn 2x51-61% Shadow Ball 2x21-25% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x47-55% Payback 2x22-27% | ||
 Venomoth BugPoison | C | |
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Beautifly builds →Silver Wind 2x42-50% Shadow Ball 2x36-43% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hypno View Vespiquen builds →U-turn 2x56-67% Pursuit 2x22-27% | ||
Hypno Evolutions
Evolved from Drowzee. Hypno is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Sp.Atk grew the most through evolution (+30 over Drowzee), and Hypno peaks at 483 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Hypno to get Drowzee eggs easily using 39 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Assist, Barrier, Fire Punch and 7 more.
HGSS Hypno Best Moveset
Special tank at 115 Sp. Def with AbilityInsomnia making sleep strategies useless. The moveset absorbs special attacks and responds with Psychic damage off 73 Sp. Atk. 67 Speed is slow for an attacker but fine for a defensive Psychic type.
Best Build
Hypno best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Psychic
- Wish
- Protect
- Hypnosis
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Hypno picks up Assist and Barrier only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Future Sight and Psychic while coverage across 8 types adds range.
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 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it is very hungry, it puts humans it meets to sleep, then it feasts on their dreams.
Always holding a pendulum that it swings at a steady rhythm, it causes drowsiness in anyone nearby.
Hypno HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Hypno?
See the Locations section above for where to find Hypno in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Hypno from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Hypno easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Hypno as a support. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest, Psychic is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Bold on Hypno. +Defense is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Hypno has appeared in 19 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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