Is Magnemite Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
New Mauville in Hoenn, native to RS. Gen 3 changes Magnemite to Electric/Steel, gaining a pile of resistances. AbilityMagnet Pull traps Steel-types in battle. Handles Winona, Wallace, and Steven's Skarmory. One of the most improved Pokemon from Gen 2 to Gen 3.
Magnemite has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Magnemite has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Wattson's typing presses Magnemite's defenses.
Magnemite trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Magnemite trades roughly evenly with 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 Wallace'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 trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Catchable
Catch Magnemite in New Mauville (walking, Lv 22-26, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- LV 26ElectricSparkPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- 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 15Mauville Game Corner
- 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
- LV 44NormalTri AttackPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Magnemite in Ruby & Sapphire
Magnemite buzzes around New Mauville as a common catch in the mid 20s. The sealed-off power plant is the only place it spawns in Hoenn.
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
Badge 5Where To Catch Magnemite in RS
Magnemite is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 22-26 across 6 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Magnetonor evolve from Magnemite (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Magnemite catch odds in the Ruby & Sapphire Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Magnemite in Ruby & Sapphire
Magnemite appears as you walk through New Mauville, so scour its corridors and inspect each encounter for the shiny coloring. Compare Shiny Magnemite odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire 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 Ruby & Sapphire 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% | ||
 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 onlyRS Magnemite Best Moveset
Steel-type locking is enormous team utility: AbilityMagnet Pull prevents Steel opponents from switching out. Even at pre-evolution stats, removing a Steel-type matters. MoveThunderbolt chips. The locking ability has value regardless of personal stats.
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 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
MAGNEMITE attaches itself to power lines to feed on electricity. If your house has a power outage, check your circuit breakers. You may find a large number of this POKéMON clinging to the breaker box.
MAGNEMITE floats in the air by emitting electromagnetic waves from the units at its sides. These waves block gravity. This POKéMON becomes incapable of flight if its internal electrical supply is depleted.
Magnemite Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Yes. Wild Magnemite in Ruby & Sapphire 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.
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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