Is Jumpluff Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
One of the fastest Pokemon in Gold and Silver, and it can't do anything with that speed. Jumpluff's Attack and Special are too low to threaten anything. MoveSleep Powder and status support are the only reasons to consider it. A speed demon with no punch.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Hoppip here.
Bugsy's team hits Hoppip's weaknesses hard.
Skiploom trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Jumpluff's defenses.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Janine's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Jumpluff resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Blaine's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Koga's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Jumpluff has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Jumpluff trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Jumpluff's weaknesses hard.
Catch Hoppip
Catch Hoppip on Route 32 (walking, Lv 6, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 10NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 30GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Evolve Hoppip to Skiploom
Hoppip evolves into Skiploom at Level 18. Your Hoppip should hit Level 18 before you reach Whitney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 36GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
Evolve Skiploom to Jumpluff
Skiploom evolves into Jumpluff at Level 27. Your Skiploom should hit Level 27 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27GrassStun SporePower —Accuracy 75%PP 30
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- LV 44GrassMega DrainPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Prize for defeating Erika
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
How to Get Jumpluff in Gold & Silver
Jumpluff is evolution-only, no wild spawns in Gold or Silver. Skiploom reaches level 27 to finish the cotton line, which traces all the way back to a common early Hoppip on the breezy routes.
Catch Hoppip or Skiploom at any of these 5 spots to eventually evolve into Jumpluff.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8How to Obtain Jumpluff in GS
To get Jumpluff, start by catching Hoppip through walking encounters at Lv. 6-24. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Skiploomor evolve from Hoppip (Step 1)
- Step 3Jumpluff ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Hoppip egg.
How to Get Shiny Jumpluff in Gold & Silver
Jumpluff never spawns wild, so target Skiploom in the Route 14 grass instead, then evolve your shiny find at level 27 to finish the line. Compare Shiny Jumpluff odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Jumpluff 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 Jumpluff preloaded.
Jumpluff Weakness
Ice, Fire, Poison, Flying, and Rock moves hit Jumpluff for super-effective damage. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Poison, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- 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 Jumpluff Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Jumpluff
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Lugia builds →Blizzard 4x127-150%KO Aeroblast 2x93-109%KO | ||
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Ho-Oh builds →Fire Blast 2x113-133%KO Fly 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Dragonite Dragon | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Dragonair (Dragons Den Super Rod) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Dragonite builds →Blizzard 4x138-163%KO Fly 2x91-108%KO Fire Blast 2x69-82% | ||
 Dewgong WaterIce | C | |
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x111-131%KO Rollout 2x18-21% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x113-133%KO Sludge Bomb 2x56-66% | ||
 Muk Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodCeladon City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Muk builds →Sludge Bomb 2x95-112%KO Ice Punch 4x63-74% Fire Blast 2x50-58% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Nidoking builds →Blizzard 4x122-144%KO Fire Blast 2x61-72% Poison Sting 2x17-20% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Jumpluff View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x104-122%KO Smog 2x14-17% | ||
Jumpluff Evolutions
Jumpluff is the final form in a three-stage chain from Hoppip through Skiploom. Breeding this form produces Hoppip eggs (average hatch time). Evolving from Hoppip gave Jumpluff the biggest boost in Speed (+60), bringing the total to 450 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Jumpluff to get Hoppip eggs easily using 16 partners from the Fairy and Grass egg groups. Notable egg moves include Amnesia, Confusion, Double-Edge and 4 more.
GS Jumpluff Best Moveset
110 Speed puts it among the fastest Pokemon available. MoveSleep Powder lands before nearly anything can respond, MoveLeech Seed drains the sleeping target, and MoveEncore locks opponents into bad moves. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Speed-based support that controls the match through status and disruption.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Leech Seed
- Encore
- Stun Spore
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Jumpluff misses out on Amnesia and Confusion. That's 7 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Solar Beam and Giga Drain, with Normal and Psychic coverage rounding things out.
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
15 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Once it catches the wind, it deftly controls its cotton-puff spores to float, even around the world.
Drifts on seasonal winds and spreads its cotton-like spores all over the world to make more offspring.
Jumpluff Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, use Jumpluff as a pivot. Splits damage between physical and special. It outspeeds most threats,
Game Availability
Jumpluff first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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