Is Magneton Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
The new Steel typing makes Magneton far better in Gen 2 than it was in Gen 1. Resists nearly everything and hits hard on the special side. Handles Clair, Jasmine (partly), and several E4 members. One of the most improved Pokemon between generations.
Magnemite resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Magnemite has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Magnemite has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Magnemite has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Magnemite has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Magneton's defenses.
Magneton resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Clair's typing presses Magneton's defenses.
Lt. Surge's typing presses Magneton's defenses.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Magneton trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Magneton has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Magnemite
Catch Magnemite on Route 38 (walking, Lv 16, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16ElectricThunder ShockPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 16NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM04RockRolloutPower 30Accuracy 90%PP 20Route 35
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 33NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 45ElectricZap 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 Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30ElectricThunder ShockPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 30
- LV 30ElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 35NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- LV 53ElectricZap CannonPower 150Accuracy 50%PP 5
How to Get Magneton in Gold & Silver
No wild Magneton in either game. A Magnemite hits level 30 and evolves, full stop. Since Magnemite is common across nine locations, getting the pre-evolution is the easy part of this one.
Wild Magneton may be holding when caught:
Metal Coat (2% chance) Powers up steel-type moves. (HOLD)Catch Magnemite at any of these 4 spots to eventually evolve into Magneton.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Magnemite
- 2Evolve Magnetonat Lv.30
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Badge 8How to Obtain Magneton in GS
Magnemite is your first catch on the way to Magneton. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 15-16 across 10 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Magneton ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Magnemite egg.
How to Get Shiny Magneton in Gold & Silver
Magneton starts with a shiny Magnemite, found in the grass near Blackthorn City, Ecruteak City, and Mahogany Town, and once you land one, level 30 finishes the job. Compare Shiny Magneton odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Magneton 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Gold & Silver shiny odds calculator with Magneton already selected.
Magneton Weakness
Type-wise, Magneton takes extra damage from Ground, Fire, and Fighting. Watch out for Ground attacks, those deal 4x damage. Poison moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. With 12 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Magneton's physical bulk (base 95 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| 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
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Magneton Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Magneton
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Quagsire builds →Dig 4x109-129%KO Dynamic Punch 2x57-68% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Sandslash builds →Dig 4x122-144%KO Dynamic Punch 2x66-78% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Graveler builds →Dig 4x115-137%KO Dynamic Punch 2x65-76% Fire Blast 2x56-66% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x148-175%KO Dynamic Punch 2x65-76% Mud-Slap 4x29-35% | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x96-114%KO Mud-Slap 4x34-41% | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Primeape builds →Dig 4x86-101%KO Karate Chop 2x54-65% Fire Punch 2x43-51% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Quilava builds →Fire Blast 2x125-148%KO Dig 4x59-71% Rock Smash 2x13-15% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Machoke builds →Dig 4x81-96% Karate Chop 2x51-61% Fire Blast 2x59-71% | ||
 Growlithe Fire | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Growlithe builds →Fire Blast 2x113-133%KO Dig 4x65-76% Rock Smash 2x13-15% | ||
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Onix builds →Dig 4x71-84% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Vulpix Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Magneton View Vulpix builds →Fire Blast 2x90-106%KO Dig 4x43-51% | ||
Magneton Evolutions
Evolved from Magnemite. Magneton is the final form in this two-stage line. No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+25 over Magnemite), and Magneton peaks at 465 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Magneton is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Magnemite eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyGS Magneton Best Moveset
Resistance to nearly half the types in the game makes Magneton one of the safest switch-ins available. MoveThunderbolt from 120 Sp. Atk hits hard, and MoveThunder Wave paralyzes what the damage can't handle. 70 Speed remains the weak point. Held ItemLeftovers sustains the defensive role.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Substitute
- Hidden Power Ice
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Leveling does the heavy lifting. Magneton picks up Zap Cannon and Hyper Beam along the way, building toward a complete offensive set. TMs add Normal and Rock coverage, 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.
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
13 of 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Three MAGNEMITE are linked by a strong magnetic force. Earaches will occur if you get too close.
The MAGNEMITE are united by a magnetism so powerful, it dries all moisture in its vicinities.
Magneton Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Magneton has 465 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Gold & Silver, Magneton plays as a cannon. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Thunderbolt is the primary attack.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Magneton has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
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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