Is Magmar Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Burned Tower in Johto or Crystal's Odd Egg as Magby. The Odd Egg route gives Fire coverage earlier than any other method in Crystal besides choosing Cyndaquil. In a game starved for Fire-types, an early Magby hatch is one of the best Odd Egg outcomes.
Magby trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Magby has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Magby trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Magmar has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Magmar trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Magmar resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Magmar resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Clair's team hits Magmar's weaknesses hard.
Magmar has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Magmar trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Magmar resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Magmar has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Magmar trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Magmar trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Magmar trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Magmar trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Magmar has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Magmar resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Magmar trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Magmar has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Magmar's weaknesses hard.
Gift Magby
Magby is given to you as a gift on Route 34 at Lv 5. Hatch Odd Egg received from Day-Care Man (random). Hatch the Odd Egg received from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. The Egg randomly hatches into one of seven baby Pokemon, with a 14% chance of being Shiny.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 5)
- LV 5FireEmberPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM41ElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 19FireFire PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 37FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- LV 49FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
Evolve Magby to Magmar
Magby evolves into Magmar at Level 30. Your Magby should hit Level 30 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30FireFire PunchPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM41ElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 41FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
- LV 49GhostConfuse RayPower —Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 57FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
How to Get Magmar in Crystal
Magmar only appears on Mt. Silver, uncommon there at level 45 deep in the postgame. There's no early option, so this one waits until you've beaten the Champion.
Wild Magmar may be holding when caught:
1 location to catch Magmar1 location to catch Magby
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Magby at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 30 — it evolves into Magmar.
Badge 1Where To Catch Magmar in C
The only way to get Magmar during the story is evolving Magby (on Route 34, Lv 30).
Not landing the catch? Calculate Magmar catch rates for Crystal by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Magmar in Crystal
Magmar is fastest through its baby stage, not the wild. Hatch a shiny Magby from the Odd Egg at 1 in 7, then evolve it up. Compare Shiny Magmar odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Magmar Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is Odd Egg, about 1 in 50 on each try.
Odd Egg: Accept the Odd Egg from the Day-Care Man on Route 34. Each baby has its own shiny chance of 1 to 3 percent, fixed when you take the egg, so save first and reset until it hatches shiny.
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 | 6-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 15-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 35-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 114-- | -- |
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 Crystal with Magmar preloaded.
Magmar Weakness
Type-wise, Magmar takes extra damage from Water, Ground, and Rock. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Magmar's special bulk (base 85 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, 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 Magmar Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Magmar
 Marowak Ground | B | |
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x121-143%KO Mud-Slap 2x13-16% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x158-186%KO Rollout 2x49-58% Surf 2x33-39% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Tyranitar builds →Rock Slide 2x123-145%KO Earthquake 2x108-128%KO Surf 2x57-67% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x147-173%KO Rollout 2x31-36% | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x107-127%KO Dig 2x44-52% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x89-105%KO Earthquake 2x66-78% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Mt Mortar Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Azumarill builds →Surf 2x60-70% Rollout 2x16-19% Mud-Slap 2x11-13% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Feraligatr builds →Hydro Pump 2x92-108%KO Earthquake 2x88-104%KO | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Nidoking builds →Earthquake 2x129-152%KO Surf 2x52-61% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x110-130%KO Surf 2x63-74% Rollout 2x23-28% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Sandslash builds →Earthquake 2x126-148%KO Rollout 2x27-31% | ||
Magmar Evolutions
Magmar is the evolved form of Magby. Breeding produces Magby eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Magby gave Magmar the biggest boost in Sp.Atk (+30), bringing the total to 495 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Magmar to get Magby eggs using 15 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Barrier, Cross Chop, Karate Chop and 2 more.
C Magmar Best Moveset
MoveFire Blast from 100 Sp. Atk at 93 Speed puts Magmar ahead of most mid-tier threats in both power and initiative. MoveThunder Punch uses the special side for Electric coverage. Steel types resist Fire, but the Speed and coverage handle neutral matchups well. Held ItemLeftovers sustains.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Fire Blast
- Cross Chop
- Thunder Punch
- Confuse Ray
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Barrier and Cross Chop give Magmar options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 8 types already covers a decent range on top of Fire Blast and Flamethrower. The egg moves push it further.
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
21 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It moves more frequently in hot areas. It can heal itself by dipping its wound into lava.
Magmar Crystal Guide
Yes. Wild Magmar in Crystal can hold Burnt Berry (25%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Burnt Berry.
In Crystal, Magmar has 495 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Crystal, Magmar plays as a attacker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
Magmar 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
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