Is Magnemite Good in Emerald Playthrough?
New Mauville catch. Electric/Steel with AbilityMagnet Pull preventing Steel-types from switching out. Magnemite evolves into Magneton at 30. Handles Juan's gym and Wallace's Water Champion team with Electric coverage. The Steel typing resists most common attacks. One of the best native pickups.
Magnemite trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Magnemite has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Magnemite's defenses.
Flannery's team hits Magnemite's weaknesses hard.
Magnemite has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Magneton resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Drake's team hits Magneton's weaknesses hard.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Magnemite in New Mauville (walking, Lv 22-26, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- LV 26ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 50ElectricZap CannonPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5
Evolve Magnemite to Magneton
Magnemite evolves into Magneton at Level 30. Your Magnemite should hit Level 30 before you reach Winona, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 30ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- After Flannery
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Fiery Path
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Magnemite in Emerald
Magnemite lives inside New Mauville, common on foot at levels 22 to 26. That abandoned power plant is its single home, so the whole catch happens in one dim corridor crawl.
Wild Magnemite may be holding when caught:
Metal Coat (5% chance) A hold item that raises the power of STEEL-type moves.1 location to catch Magnemite
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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The line opens with Magnemite at Lv. 22-26 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Magnetonor evolve from Magnemite (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Magnemite catch odds in the Emerald Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Magnemite in Emerald
Magnemite hums through the darkened halls of New Mauville, common enough among the sleeping generators; sweep the corridors and reset each encounter, settling in for the same patient full-odds search until one gleams a strange new color. Compare Shiny Magnemite odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Magnemite Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Magnemite in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Magnemite Weakness
Ground, Fire, and Fighting moves hit Magnemite for super-effective damage. Ground hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. The upside? Poison-type moves can't touch it at all. 12 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ground |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Electric, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Flying, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Magnemite Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Magnemite
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x255-300%KO Dig 4x138-164%KO | ||
 Sandslash Ground | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Sandslash builds →Dig 4x185-218%KO Focus Punch 2x145-173%KO | ||
 Marshtomp WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Marshtomp builds →Dig 4x162-191%KO Rock Smash 2x20-24% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x220-259%KO Dig 4x123-145%KO Flamethrower 2x67-79% | ||
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Combusken builds →Focus Punch 2x192-227%KO Overheat 2x215-255%KO Dig 4x108-127%KO | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Graveler builds →Dig 4x177-209%KO Focus Punch 2x138-164%KO Flamethrower 2x64-76% | ||
 Numel FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Numel builds →Overheat 2x177-209%KO Dig 4x123-145%KO Rock Smash 2x15-18% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (Littleroot Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Quilava builds →Overheat 2x208-245%KO Focus Punch 2x105-124%KO Dig 4x86-103%KO | ||
 Trapinch Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Trapinch builds →Dig 4x185-218%KO Rock Smash 2x23-27% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x215-255%KO Rock Smash 2x20-24% | ||
 Nincada BugGround | C | |
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magnemite View Slugma builds →Overheat 2x188-223%KO Rock Smash 2x12-15% | ||
 Baltoy GroundPsychic | D | |
Magnemite Evolutions
Magnemite evolves into Magneton. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 140 total stats over Magnemite. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Magnemite is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyE Magnemite Best Moveset
Even at pre-evolution stats, AbilityMagnet Pull prevents Steel-types from switching out, giving teammates a free matchup. The moveset chips with MoveThunderbolt while holding the trap. Magneton delivers the same role with real power.
Best Build
Magnemite best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Toxic
- Hidden Power Fire
- Protect
- Thunderbolt
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without TMs, Magnemite's movepool is bare bones. With them, you get Normal and Rock coverage on top of Zap Cannon and Thunder for STAB. The natural kit handles basics, but TMs are doing the real work.
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 16 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The units at its sides are extremely powerful magnets. They generate enough magnetism to draw in iron objects from over 300 feet away.
Magnemite Emerald Guide
Yes. Wild Magnemite in Emerald can hold Metal Coat (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Metal Coat.
In Emerald, Magnemite does the job early-game if you need a Electric/Steel type on your team. Evolve it into Magneton before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Magnemite 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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