Is Makuhita Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Fighting-type with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. Hariyama at level 24 has enormous HP and strong Attack.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Makuhita has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Morty's team hits Makuhita's weaknesses hard.
Chuck's typing presses Makuhita's defenses.
Makuhita has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Makuhita has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's typing presses Makuhita's defenses.
Hariyama resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Sabrina's team hits Hariyama's weaknesses hard.
Hariyama has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Hariyama trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Will's team hits Makuhita's weaknesses hard.
Koga's team hits Makuhita's weaknesses hard.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Makuhita trades roughly evenly with Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Makuhita's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Makuhita in Union Cave (walking, Lv 5, uncommon). Hoenn Sound.
Recommended Moves
- LV 10FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 28FightingForce PalmPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 34FightingWake-Up SlapPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
Evolve Makuhita to Hariyama
Makuhita evolves into Hariyama at Level 24. Your Makuhita should hit Level 24 before you reach Brock, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 24)
- LV 24FightingVital ThrowPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 32FightingForce PalmPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 52FightingClose CombatPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Makuhita in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Makuhita is the heavyweight of the Hoenn Sound roster, flooding nearly every cave in both regions once the radio is set. With dozens of spots across the map, it is the easiest of these radio catches to land.
15 locations to catch Makuhita
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Makuhita in HGSS
Makuhita is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 2-50. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Makuhita ✓Dark Cave - WestLv.2CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundUnion Cave - 1FLv.5CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundSlowpoke Well - B1FLv.7CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundUnion Cave - B1FLv.7CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Moon - 1FLv.8CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Moon - 2FLv.8CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRock Tunnel - 1FLv.12CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Mortar - 1F EntranceLv.14CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Mortar - 1F BackLv.15CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Mortar - B1FLv.16CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundRock Tunnel - B1FLv.16CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundCliff Cave - 1FLv.19-20CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundSlowpoke Well - B2FLv.19CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundDiglett's Cave - B1FLv.19CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundIce Path - 1FLv.22CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundIce Path - B1FLv.22CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundUnion Cave - B2FLv.22CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundTohjo FallsLv.22GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundIce Path - B2FLv.23CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundIce Path - B3FLv.23CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundWhirl Islands - 1FLv.24GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundWhirl Islands - B1FLv.24GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundWhirl Islands - B2FLv.24GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundDark Cave - EastLv.25CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundWhirl Islands - B3FLv.25GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundSeafoam Islands - 1FLv.30-32GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Mortar - 2FLv.31CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundSeafoam Islands - B1FLv.32-34GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundSeafoam Islands - B2FLv.33-35GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundVictory Road - 1FLv.33CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundVictory Road - 2FLv.33CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundVictory Road - 3FLv.33CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundSeafoam Islands - B3FLv.34-36GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundSeafoam Islands - B4FLv.38GrassRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundCerulean Cave - 1FLv.39-40CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundCerulean Cave - 2FLv.41-42CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Silver - 1FLv.43CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundCerulean Cave - B1FLv.45CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Silver - 1F Central ChamberLv.47-48CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Silver - 1F Upper ChamberLv.47-48CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Silver - 3FLv.47CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Silver - Upper mountainsideLv.47CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Silver - 2FLv.48-50CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn SoundMt. Silver - Lower mountainsideLv.48CaveRate 20%Radio: Hoenn Sound
- Step 2Evolve into Hariyama
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Makuhita.
How to Get Shiny Makuhita in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Makuhita trains in Mt. Moon and Rock Tunnel, though a shiny comes faster from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Makuhita odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Makuhita Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds for Makuhita.
Makuhita Weakness
Makuhita is weak to Flying and Psychic. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting typing defensive chart. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug, Rock, Dark |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Makuhita Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Makuhita
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Scyther Bug | C | |
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
 Altaria Dragon | C | |
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Move Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Slowbro builds →Zen Headbutt 2x116-138%KO | ||
 Dodrio Normal | C | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Makuhita View Mr. Mime builds →Psychic 2x162-192%KO Aerial Ace 2x40-48% | ||
 Ninjask Bug | C | |
Makuhita Evolutions
Makuhita is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Hariyama. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 237 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Makuhita easily with 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Bullet Punch, Counter, Cross Chop and 8 more to offspring.
HGSS Makuhita Best Moveset
72 HP and 60 Attack with AbilityGuts boosting Attack when statused. Previews Hariyama's physical bulk strategy. 30 Defense and 25 Speed limit what the moveset accomplishes. Evolve for 120 Attack.
Best Build
Makuhita best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Bullet Punch
- Fake Out
- Earthquake
- Close Combat
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Makuhita. Bullet Punch and Counter come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Focus Punch and Close Combat and coverage across 9 types.
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 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It toughens up by slamming into thick trees over and over. It gains a sturdy body and dauntless spirit.
Makuhita HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Makuhita has 237 BST and evolves into Hariyama. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Makuhita is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Makuhita becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Makuhita appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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