Is Marowak Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Postgame Kanto catch. Marowak's physical attack is solid but it can't contribute to any Johto gym or E4 fight since you don't have access until after Lance. A Kanto cleanup option at best.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Marowak resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Marowak resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Marowak resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Marowak in Rock Tunnel (walking, Lv 14, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 14)
- LV 14GroundBone ClubPower 98Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 46NormalThrashPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Marowak in Gold & Silver
One rare wild Marowak sits in a single cave at level 14. Raising a Cubone to 28 is the surer bet, since the wild spawn is thin and tucked into just that one location.
Wild Marowak may be holding when caught:
Thick Club (2% chance) A bone of some sort. Sell low.1 location to catch Marowak1 location to catch Cubone
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Cubone at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 28 — it evolves into Marowak.
Badge 8Where To Catch Marowak in GS
To get Marowak, start by catching Cubone through walking encounters at Lv. 10-13. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Marowak catch rates for Gold & Silver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Marowak in Gold & Silver
Marowak shares the same Rock Tunnel darkness as Cubone, though catching a shiny Cubone there and evolving it up is the surer bet. Compare Shiny Marowak odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Marowak 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Marowak preloaded.
Marowak Weakness
Water, Grass, and Ice moves hit Marowak for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all. Marowak's physical bulk (base 110 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- 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 Marowak Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Marowak
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Gyarados builds →Hydro Pump 2x81-96% Blizzard 2x54-64% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x131-154%KO Blizzard 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x116-136%KO Blizzard 2x77-91% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Suicune builds →Surf 2x88-104%KO Blizzard 2x74-88% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x96-114%KO Blizzard 2x81-95% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Lapras builds →Hydro Pump 2x106-125%KO Ice Beam 2x84-99% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Feraligatr builds →Hydro Pump 2x101-118%KO Blizzard 2x67-79% | ||
Marowak Evolutions
Marowak is the evolved form of Cubone. Breeding produces Cubone eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Cubone gave Marowak the biggest boost in Attack (+30), bringing the total to 425 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Marowak to get Cubone eggs easily using 36 partners from the Monster egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Belly Drum, Perish Song and 3 more.
GS Marowak Best Moveset
Held ItemThick Club doubles Attack to an effective 160 base, the highest physical stat in the format. MoveEarthquake from this Attack level demolishes everything that doesn't fly or float. MoveRock Slide catches Flying types switching in. One item transforms Marowak from irrelevant to the most dangerous physical threat available.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Swords Dance
- Fire Blast
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Marowak picks up Ancient Power and Belly Drum only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Earthquake and Dig while coverage across 8 types adds range.
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
26 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It has been seen pounding boulders with the bone it carries in order to tap out messages to others.
It collects bones from an unknown place. A MAROWAK graveyard exists somewhere in the world, rumors say.
Marowak Gold & Silver Guide
Yes. Wild Marowak in Gold & Silver can hold Thick Club (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Thick Club.
In Gold & Silver, Marowak is one of the stronger picks around. It rates S-Tier for this generation, and the Ground typing with 425 BST covers a lot of matchups.
Yes. Marowak is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Marowak becomes available after the main story is complete in Gold & Silver.
Marowak has an Alolan form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 7. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
In Gold & Silver, use Marowak as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Earthquake is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Marowak first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 20 games across 9 generations. It later gained an Alolan form in Generation 7, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
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 7SMAlolan
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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