What does Mankey evolve into?

Mankey becomes Primeape at level 28, then Annihilape using a Rage Fist 20 Times. Straight three-stage line with no branching.

At what level does Mankey evolve?

Mankey evolves into Primeape at level 28. Takes some grinding. Plan your team around the mid-game wait.

In Gold & Silver, For a casual playthrough, Mankey works as a placeholder. Fighting coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Primeape . That's where the stats start mattering.

Where can you catch Mankey?

Mankey is catchable in Gold & Silver. Check the Locations section above for specific routes, encounter rates, and methods. It also appears in 19 other games across the series.

Mankey - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Physical

Balanced

DTier

70Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Nothing fancy in Mankey's spread. It leans physical with Attack out front. And you'll get 1 Attack stat exp per KO for it. Follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.

Base Stats

Avg

HP40

Attack80

Defense35

Sp. Atk35

Sp. Def45

Speed70

Total305

Details

Catch Rate

Easy190 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Fast1M XP

Height0.5 m

Weight28.0 kg

Base XP61

Abilities

Abilities were introduced in Generation III. Shown below for reference.

Vital Spirit

Prevents sleep.

Anger Point

Raises Attack to the maximum of six stages upon receiving a critical hit.

DefiantHA

Raises Attack two stages upon having any stat lowered.

EV Yield

HPAtk+1DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

It is extremely ill-tempered. Groups of them will attack any handy target for no reason.

Mankey Weakness

Mankey is weak to Flying and Psychic. Not many exploitable gaps in the Fighting typing defensive chart. Mankey's Fighting typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.

Mankey Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Flying, Psychic
0.5x (Resist)	Bug, Rock, Dark

Type ChartAvg

2Weak

3Resist

0Immune

Score-1

Gen II Type Chart

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

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Flying Psychic

½xResist

Bug Rock Dark

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (5)

Normal Ice Rock Dark Steel

How to Beat Mankey in Gold & Silver (Best Counters)

Scyther BugFlying	C
Available Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 30 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 136-160%KO View Scyther builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 PeckLv. 11 Damage vs Mankey Fly 2x 112-132%KO Peck 2x 47-56% View Noctowl builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	D
Available Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 30 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 105-124%KO View Golbat builds →
Farfetch'd NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Fly 2x 173-204%KO Peck 2x 71-84% View Farfetch'd builds →
Pidgeotto NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 GustLv. 9 Damage vs Mankey Fly 2x 125-148%KO Gust 2x 57-68% View Pidgeotto builds →

Gold & Silver Evolution

Mankey kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Primeape all the way to Annihilape. For breeding, average hatch time with plenty of partners via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 230 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#056Mankey

Level 28

#057Primeape

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Mankey

Fighting

Primeape

Fighting

65+25

ATK

105+25

DEF

60+25

SP.ATK

60+25

SP.DEF

70+25

SPE

95+25

BST

305D-Tier

455B-Tier+150

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

TYPE

Physical

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Mankey easily with 66 breeding partners from the Ground egg group. Pass egg moves like Beat Up, Counter, Foresight and 3 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

Ground

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

6moves

Breed With (best first)

Gold & Silver Mankey Best Moveset

Best Build

Gen 2 build content has limited support (no abilities).

Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.

Moves

Breeding opens up real options for Mankey. Beat Up and Counter come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Cross Chop and Dynamic Punch and coverage across 8 types.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Leer

——10030Normal

Lv 1

Scratch

—4010035Normal

Lv 9

Low Kick

D—9020Fighting

Lv 15

Karate Chop

—5010025Fighting

Lv 21

Fury Swipes

D188015Normal

Lv 27

Focus Energy

———30Normal

Lv 33

Seismic Toss

D—10020Fighting

Lv 39

Cross Chop

C100805Fighting

Lv 45

Screech

D—8540Normal

Lv 51

Thrash

—12010020Normal

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

D—10015Normal

TM03

Curse

C——10Ghost

TM40

Defense Curl

D——40Normal

TM43

Detect+4

D——5Fighting

TM28

Dig

C6010010Ground

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM01

Dynamic Punch

C100505Fighting

TM20

Endure+4

D——10Normal

TM48

Fire Punch

C7510015Fire

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM02

Headbutt

D7010015Normal

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM33

Ice Punch

C7510015Ice

TM23

Iron Tail

C1007515Steel

TM31

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM09

Psych Up

D——10Normal

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM08

Rock Smash

—2010015Fighting

TM35

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM13

Snore

—4010015Normal

HM04

Strength

C8010015Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM34

Swagger

C—8515Normal

TM39

Swift

D60—20Normal

TM46

Thief

D6010025Dark

TM25

Thunder

D1207010Electric

TM41

Thunder Punch

C7510015Electric

TM06

Toxic

C—8510Poison

Egg Moves

Egg

Beat Up

——10010Dark

Egg

Counter-5

D—10020Fighting

Egg

Foresight

——10040Normal

Egg

Meditate

D——40Psychic

Egg

Reversal

D—10015Fighting

Egg

Rock Slide

D759010Rock

Tutor Moves

Mankey can't learn any Tutor moves

Gold & Silver Mankey Locations

Mankey's scattered across 2 spots in early-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.

Best Locations to Catch Mankey in Gold & Silver

Route 9

Grass Lv.13 Route

30%Early

Route 42

Grass Lv.15 Route

30%Early

Mankey Guide

Mankey becomes Primeape at level 28, then Annihilape using a Rage Fist 20 Times. Straight three-stage line with no branching.
Mankey evolves into Primeape at level 28. Takes some grinding. Plan your team around the mid-game wait.
In Gold & Silver, For a casual playthrough, Mankey works as a placeholder. Fighting coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Primeape. That's where the stats start mattering.
Mankey is catchable in Gold & Silver. Check the Locations section above for specific routes, encounter rates, and methods. It also appears in 19 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Present since Red & Blue, Mankey appears in 20 games spanning 10 generations. Gen 1 originals like Mankey have the longest track record of availability in the series.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Spearow NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 55-68% View Spearow builds →
Hoothoot NormalFlying	D
Upcoming Move Moves PeckLv. 11 Learns Peck at Level 11 View Hoothoot builds →
Pidgey NormalFlying	D
Upcoming Move Moves GustLv. 9 Learns Gust at Level 9 View Pidgey builds →

Natu PsychicFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 47-56% View Natu builds →
Spearow NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 51-63% View Spearow builds →
Hoothoot NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 11 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 40-49% View Hoothoot builds →
Pidgey NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves GustLv. 9 Damage vs Mankey Gust 2x 51-63% View Pidgey builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	D
Upcoming Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 30 Learns Wing Attack at Level 30 View Golbat builds →

Drowzee Psychic	D
Available Move Moves ConfusionLv. 18 Damage vs Mankey Confusion 2x 54-63% View Drowzee builds →
Natu PsychicFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 48-58% View Natu builds →
Slowpoke WaterPsychic	D
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Move Moves ConfusionLv. 20 Damage vs Mankey Confusion 2x 54-63% View Slowpoke builds →
Spearow NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 54-63% View Spearow builds →
Hoothoot NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 11 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 38-46% View Hoothoot builds →

Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 11 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 47-55% View Noctowl builds →
Farfetch'd NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 67-80% View Farfetch'd builds →
Pidgeotto NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves GustLv. 9 Damage vs Mankey Gust 2x 58-70% View Pidgeotto builds →
Drowzee Psychic	D
Available Move Moves ConfusionLv. 18 Damage vs Mankey Confusion 2x 50-60% View Drowzee builds →
Natu PsychicFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Peck 2x 47-55% View Natu builds →

Scyther BugFlying	C
Available Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 30 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 132-156%KO View Scyther builds →
Girafarig NormalPsychic	C
Available Move Moves ConfusionLv. 7 Damage vs Mankey Confusion 2x 82-97% View Girafarig builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 PeckLv. 11 Damage vs Mankey Fly 2x 109-129%KO Peck 2x 45-55% View Noctowl builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	D
Available Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 30 Damage vs Mankey Wing Attack 2x 103-121%KO View Golbat builds →
Farfetch'd NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Mankey Fly 2x 169-199%KO Peck 2x 69-82% View Farfetch'd builds →

Jynx IcePsychic	B
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves Ice Beam Lovely Kiss PsychicSTAB Thief Damage vs Mankey Ice Beam 93-109%KO Psychic 2x 186-219%KO Thief 20-24% View Jynx builds →
Charizard FireFlying	B
Recommended Build ItemLeftovers Moves Earthquake Fire Blast Belly Drum Rock Slide Damage vs Mankey Earthquake 62-74% Fire Blast 108-128%KO Rock Slide 24-28% View Charizard builds →