Is Lunatone Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only. Rock/Psychic with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. No evolution. Decent typing behind a breed-only barrier.
Lunatone resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Lunatone resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Lunatone resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Lunatone resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Sabrina's team hits Lunatone's weaknesses hard.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Lunatone in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 46). Requires 15 Peak objects placed in Mountain.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 46)
- LV 46PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 53PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 56NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
HeartGold & SoulSilver Lunatone Locations
Lunatone has no wild encounter in these games, so the only way to one is the Day-Care. Park a Lunatone there for an egg, which of course needs a first one brought in from elsewhere.
Wild Lunatone may be holding when caught:
Moon Stone (5% chance) A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokemon evolve. It is as black as the night sky.1 location to catch Lunatone
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Lunatone in HeartGold & SoulSilver
How to Get Shiny Lunatone in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Lunatone comes from the Day Care, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Lunatone odds across every game
Shiny Lunatone Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Lunatone 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Lunatone already selected.
Lunatone Weakness
Water, Grass, Ground, Bug, Ghost, Dark, and Steel moves hit Lunatone for super-effective damage. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ground, Bug, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lunatone Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Lunatone
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 2x120-141%KO Sucker Punch 2x98-117%KO Pin Missile 2x12-15% | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x116-136%KO Payback 2x37-45% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x98-117%KO Surf 2x78-92% Thief 2x23-28% Astonish 2x18-21% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Victreebel builds →Solar Beam 2x107-126%KO Thief 2x31-36% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x93-109%KO Iron Tail 2x61-73% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x98-117%KO Feint Attack 2x67-79% Dig 2x59-69% Shadow Ball 2x45-53% | ||
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Carnivine builds →Solar Beam 2x98-117%KO Crunch 2x59-69% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x93-109%KO Shadow Ball 2x51-61% Dig 2x42-50% Iron Tail 2x53-63% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 2x59-69% Flash Cannon 2x60-72% Shadow Ball 2x40-48% Payback 2x33-40% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Feraligatr builds →Waterfall 2x90-107%KO Crunch 2x60-71% Dig 2x60-71% Iron Tail 2x75-89% | ||
 Pinsir Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Pinsir builds →X-Scissor 2x105-124%KO Dig 2x70-83% Thief 2x36-43% | ||
 Suicune Water | A | |
Obtain MethodBurned Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Suicune builds →Surf 2x78-92% Shadow Ball 2x45-53% Dig 2x47-56% Iron Tail 2x59-69% | ||
Lunatone Evolutions
Lunatone is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with no compatible partners. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Lunatone is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyHGSS Lunatone Best Moveset
Rock/Psychic at 95 Sp. Atk with AbilityLevitate removing the Ground weakness. The moveset fires special Psychic and Rock attacks while floating above Ground moves. 90 HP and 85 Sp. Def absorb special damage. 55 Attack is irrelevant.
Best Build
Lunatone best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Earth Power
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Leveling does the heavy lifting. Lunatone picks up Psychic and Future Sight along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add coverage across 7 types, but the foundation's already strong by then.
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 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It was discovered at the site of a meteor strike 40 years ago. Its stare can lull its foes to sleep.
Lunatone HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Lunatone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Lunatone 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 Lunatone from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Lunatone easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Lunatone in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Moon Stone (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Moon Stone.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Lunatone rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Rock/Psychic coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Lunatone as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Psychic is the primary attack.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Timid on Lunatone. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Lunatone spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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