Is Kricketot Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone or wild encounter. Bug with AbilityShed Skin. Kricketune at level 10 comes fast but neither form lasts. The first thing you catch and the first thing you replace.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Bugsy's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Whitney's team hits Kricketot's weaknesses hard.
Morty's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Chuck's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Jasmine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Pryce's typing presses Kricketot's defenses.
Clair's team hits Kricketot's weaknesses hard.
Brock's team hits Kricketot's weaknesses hard.
Misty's typing presses Kricketot's defenses.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Kricketot's defenses.
Kricketot trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Janine's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Kricketot trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Blaine's team hits Kricketune's weaknesses hard.
Blue's team hits Kricketune's weaknesses hard.
Will's team hits Kricketot's weaknesses hard.
Koga's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Bruno's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Karen's team hits Kricketot's weaknesses hard.
Lance's Pokemon outpace and outclass Kricketot here.
Catchable
Catch Kricketot in Viridian Forest (walking, Lv 3, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- LV 16BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Kricketot to Kricketune
Kricketot evolves into Kricketune at Level 10. Your Kricketot should hit Level 10 before you reach Blaine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- LV 26NormalSlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 30BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 42DarkNight SlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 46BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Kricketot in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Kricketot is scattered across 2 spots in early-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.
Wild Kricketot may be holding when caught:
Metronome (5% chance) A Pokemon held item that boosts a move used consecutively. Its effect is reset if another move is used.2 locations to catch Kricketot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Where To Catch Kricketot in HGSS
Kricketot is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 3-30 across 6 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Kricketuneor evolve from Kricketot (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Kricketot catch odds in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Kricketot in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Kricketot chirps through Viridian Forest, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Kricketot odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Kricketot 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Kricketot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Kricketot Weakness
Fire, Flying, and Rock moves hit Kricketot for super-effective damage. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kricketot Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Kricketot
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Kricketot View Scyther builds →Wing Attack 2x130-152%KO | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Kricketot View Farfetch'd builds →Aerial Ace 2x108-128%KO | ||
 Chatot Normal | C | |
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Numel FireGround | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketot View Numel builds →Fire Blast 2x170-202%KO Rock Tomb 2x46-56% | ||
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodViolet City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kricketot View Slugma builds →Fire Blast 2x179-211%KO Rock Tomb 2x36-43% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter | ||
Kricketot Evolutions
Kricketot is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Kricketune. Check the evolution method below. 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 Kricketot. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Kricketot easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.
HGSS Kricketot Best Moveset
25 in most stats with no moveset worth discussing. Kricketune barely improves things.
Best Build
Kricketot best EVs are Attack and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- String Shot
- Growl
- Snore
- Mud Slap
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
A compact toolkit overall. The offense runs through Bug Bite for Kricketot, with Normal and Ground coverage doing what it can. Don't expect versatility from this one.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When its antennae hit each other, it sounds like the music of a xylophone.
Kricketot HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Kricketot in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Metronome (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Metronome.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Kricketot has 194 BST and evolves into Kricketune. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Kricketot is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Kricketot becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Kricketot appears in 12 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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