Is Magmar Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Burned Tower in Ecruteak City, both versions. Magmar is one of the few Fire-types available in Johto outside the Cyndaquil line. Handles Jasmine and Pryce, and Fire coverage is precious in a game with so few Fire options.
Magmar has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Magmar resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Magmar has the type edge here and should clean up 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.
Catchable
Catch Magmar in Burned Tower (walking, Lv 14, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 14)
- LV 14FireFire 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
- 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 Gold & Silver
Magmar holds to one fiery spot, four encounters in the mid teens, rare by day and a touch more common otherwise. A narrow window at a single location, so this is a deliberate trip rather than a lucky run-in.
Wild Magmar may be holding when caught:
1 location to catch Magmar
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Magmar in GS
- Step 1Breed Magby from MagmarBREEDINGAvailableLeave Magmar with a compatible partner at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Magby egg.
- Step 2Magmar ✓or evolve from Magby (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Magmar catch rates for Gold & Silver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Magmar in Gold & Silver
Magmar prowls the Burned Tower, so a shiny one means settling in and grinding those encounters until the flames finally come out a different shade. Compare Shiny Magmar odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Magmar 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 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
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Quagsire builds →Surf 2x68-80% Dig 2x71-84% Rollout 2x24-29% | ||
 Croconaw Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x77-92% Rollout 2x27-32% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Throw 2x68-80% Dig 2x52-61% | ||
 Slowpoke WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Geodude builds →Dig 2x68-80% Rock Throw 2x57-68% | ||
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magmar View Onix builds →Dig 2x47-56% Rock Throw 2x40-48% | ||
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, Karate Chop, Mega Punch and 1 more.
GS Magmar Best Moveset
100 Sp. Atk and 93 Speed fire MoveFire Blast before most mid-tier threats can respond. MoveThunder Punch adds Electric coverage from the special side since Electric is a special type. Steel types resist Fire, but the coverage handles most neutral targets. 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 Karate 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 dislikes cold places, so it blows scorching flames to make the environment suitable for itself.
The fiery surface of its body gives off a wavering, rippling glare that is similar to the sun.
Magmar Gold & Silver Guide
Yes. Wild Magmar in Gold & Silver 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 Gold & Silver, Magmar has 495 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Gold & Silver, 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
Winds & Waves
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