Is Lanturn Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Massive HP pool with Water/Electric coverage that handles Lance's Gyarados and most Water trainers across both regions. Crystal's move tutor gives MoveIce Beam to Lanturn for even more coverage than Gold and Silver offered. One of the most underrated options in any Gen 2 team.
Chinchou has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Chinchou has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Chinchou trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Lanturn's defenses.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lanturn resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Lanturn resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Lanturn has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lanturn trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Chinchou
Catch Chinchou in New Bark Town (Good Rod fishing, Lv 20, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 25ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- LV 41WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
Evolve Chinchou to Lanturn
Chinchou evolves into Lanturn at Level 27. Your Chinchou should hit Level 27 before you reach Chuck, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Ice Path
- LV 33GhostConfuse RayPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 53WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Lanturn in Crystal
A Chinchou evolves at level 27, which beats fishing for the wild one. Lanturn does bite the Super Rod, uncommon at all ten of the same coastal spots Chinchou haunts.
10 locations to catch Lanturn10 locations to catch Chinchou
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Encountered via fishing with a Rod
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Chinchou at any of the 10 locations below, then level it up to 27 — it evolves into Lanturn.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Lanturn in C
Chinchou gets you Lanturn sooner: catch it (before Badge 5) and evolve it at Lv 27. Wild Lanturn needs the Super Rod (after Badge 8).
- Step 1Catch ChinchouNew Bark TownLv.20Good RodRate 20%Olivine City - HarborLv.20Good RodRate 20%Route 41Lv.20Good RodRate 20%Cinnabar IslandLv.20Good RodRate 20%Pallet TownLv.20Good RodRate 20%Route 20Lv.20Good RodRate 20%Route 21Lv.20Good RodRate 20%Route 26Lv.20Good RodRate 20%Route 27Lv.20Good RodRate 20%Vermilion City - CityLv.20Good RodRate 20%Vermilion City - HarborLv.20Good RodRate 20%New Bark TownLv.40Super RodRate 40%Olivine City - HarborLv.40Super RodRate 40%Route 41Lv.40Super RodRate 40%Cinnabar IslandLv.40Super RodRate 40%Pallet TownLv.40Super RodRate 40%Route 20Lv.40Super RodRate 40%Route 21Lv.40Super RodRate 40%Route 26Lv.40Super RodRate 40%Route 27Lv.40Super RodRate 40%Vermilion City - CityLv.40Super RodRate 40%Vermilion City - HarborLv.40Super RodRate 40%
- Step 2Lanturn ✓New Bark TownLv.40Super RodRate 10%Olivine City - HarborLv.40Super RodRate 10%Route 41Lv.40Super RodRate 10%Cinnabar IslandLv.40Super RodRate 10%or evolve from Chinchou (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Crystal for Lanturn.
How to Get Shiny Lanturn in Crystal
Lanturn hits Super Rod lines at level 40 in the same coastal waters as Chinchou, from Olivine and Route 41 down to Cinnabar, though it is the uncommon pull. Compare Shiny Lanturn odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Lanturn 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Lanturn.
Lanturn Weakness
Lanturn's Water/Electric typing leaves it vulnerable to Grass and Ground. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. With 125 HP and balanced defenses, Lanturn can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Grass, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Steel |
- 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 Lanturn Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Lanturn
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing | ||
 Marowak Ground | B | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lanturn View Meganium builds →Razor Leaf 2x36-43% Mud-Slap 2x11-14% | ||
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Skiploom Grass | C | |
 Donphan Ground | B | |
 Nidoking PoisonGround | B | |
Lanturn Evolutions
Lanturn is the evolved form of Chinchou. Breeding produces Chinchou eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Chinchou gave Lanturn the biggest boost in HP (+50), bringing the total to 460 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Lanturn to get Chinchou eggs easily using 9 partners from the Water 2 egg group. Notable egg moves include Flail, Screech, Supersonic.
C Lanturn Best Moveset
125 HP provides bulk, and Water/Electric typing resists six types with only two weaknesses. MoveSurf and MoveThunderbolt for dual TermStab from 76 Sp. Atk at moderate power. MoveThunder Wave and MoveConfuse Ray for disruption. Held ItemLeftovers sustains the massive HP. Typing-first defensive tank.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Confuse Ray
- Thunder Wave
- Thunderbolt
- Surf
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Flail and Screech on Lanturn. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Zap Cannon and Hydro Pump, they expand what Lanturn 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.
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
This POKéMON uses the bright part of its body, which changed from a dorsal fin, to lure prey.
Lanturn Crystal Guide
In Crystal, use Lanturn as a support. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest, Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Lanturn first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 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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