Is Jigglypuff Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Found on Route 46 early in Johto. The same problem persists: huge HP with no Defense to back it up, and poor offensive output. Wigglytuff isn't worth the Moon Stone.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Jigglypuff here.
Jigglypuff trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Jigglypuff trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Jigglypuff on Route 46 (walking, Lv 3-5, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 3)
- LV 3NormalSingPower —Accuracy 55%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 34NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 39NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
Evolve Jigglypuff to Wigglytuff
Jigglypuff evolves into Wigglytuff with a Moon Stone. You can pick up the Moon Stone in Tohjo Falls. 1 other location is also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
How to Get Jigglypuff in Gold & Silver
Jigglypuff turns up across three early areas in both versions, uncommon to rare. Low levels throughout, so an early catch is easy, but a Moon Stone for Wigglytuff is the harder part to source.
3 locations to catch Jigglypuff
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Jigglypuff in GS
- Step 1Breed Igglybuff from JigglypuffBREEDINGAvailableLeave Jigglypuff with a compatible partner at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Igglybuff egg.
- Step 2Jigglypuff ✓or evolve from Igglybuff (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Wigglytuff
Not landing the catch? Calculate Jigglypuff catch rates for Gold & Silver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Jigglypuff in Gold & Silver
Jigglypuff bounces through the grass of Route 3, Route 4, and Route 46, and with each pink puff a long shot to sparkle, persistence is what carries the hunt. Compare Shiny Jigglypuff odds across every game
Shiny Jigglypuff Evolution
3 Forms
Gold & Silver Shiny Jigglypuff 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Jigglypuff preloaded.
Jigglypuff Weakness
Jigglypuff's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | 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 Jigglypuff Weak Against
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Jigglypuff Evolutions
Jigglypuff is partway through a three-stage line between Igglybuff and Wigglytuff. The chain involves an evolution item, so it's not a straightforward grind. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+25 from Igglybuff). The final form adds another 165 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Jigglypuff to get Igglybuff eggs easily using 16 partners from the Fairy egg group. Notable egg moves include Feint Attack, Perish Song, Present.
GS Jigglypuff Best Moveset
MoveSing at 55%% accuracy remains too unreliable to build around. The stats can't back anything beyond the sleep attempt. Wigglytuff provides a meaningful upgrade.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Sing
- Disable
- Counter
- Tri Attack
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Jigglypuff won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 types means it always has an effective option. Double-Edge and Body Slam anchor the STAB core.
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
28 of 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
If it inflates to SING a lullaby, it can perform longer and cause sure drowsiness in its audience.
Looking into its cute, round eyes causes it to sing a relaxing melody, inducing its enemies to sleep.
Jigglypuff Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Jigglypuff does the job early-game if you need a normal type on your team. Evolve it into Wigglytuff before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Jigglypuff has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 21 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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
Winds & Waves
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