Is Marowak Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Cubone evolves at level 28. AbilityRock Head removes recoil from physical attacks. With Held ItemThick Club, Marowak hits harder than most fully evolved Pokemon. Handles Lt. Surge and Blaine in Kanto. The item dependency is the only real drawback.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Marowak's defenses.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Marowak resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Marowak resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Marowak trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Marowak has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
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 the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 17, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 53NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Catch Cubone
Catch Cubone in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 16-17, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 43NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Marowak in HeartGold & SoulSilver
You can find a wild Marowak at a couple of locations in the teens, but the rate is thin. Raising a Cubone to level 28 is the steadier route since wild ones barely show up.
Wild Marowak may be holding when caught:
Thick Club (5% chance) An item to be held by CUBONE or MAROWAK. It is a hard bone of some sort that boosts the Attack stat.2 locations to catch Marowak2 locations to catch Cubone
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Cubone at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 28 — it evolves into Marowak.
Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Marowak in HGSS
The path to Marowak starts with Cubone at Lv. 10-17 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Marowak ✓or evolve from Cubone (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Marowak catch rates for HeartGold & SoulSilver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Marowak in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Marowak roams Rock Tunnel and the Safari Zone, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign-language parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Marowak odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Marowak 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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. Lightning Rod grants an additional Electric immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Marowak Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Marowak
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodSafari Zone Surfing | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Tentacruel WaterPoison | B | |
Obtain MethodCherrygrove City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Tentacruel builds →Surf 2x82-97% Ice Beam 2x54-64% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Feraligatr builds →Surf 2x82-97% Ice Beam 2x54-64% | ||
 Bayleef Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Golduck builds →Surf 2x93-110%KO Ice Beam 2x62-74% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Lapras builds →Surf 2x84-100%KO Ice Beam 2x84-100%KO | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x97-114%KO Ice Beam 2x64-76% | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Marowak View Floatzel builds →Surf 2x84-100%KO Ice Beam 2x56-67% | ||
 Budew GrassPoison | C | |
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 63 partners from the Monster egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Belly Drum, Detect and 7 more.
HGSS Marowak Best Moveset
Held ItemThick Club doubles 80 Attack to an effective 160, the highest physical power available from any Pokemon with a single held item. The moveset delivers devastating MoveEarthquake and physical Ground coverage at the cost of 45 Speed going last against everything.
Best Build
Marowak best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Fire Punch
- Earthquake
- Bonemerang
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Marowak can hit 11 types beyond STAB, including Normal and Dark. The offense anchors on Earthquake and Earth Power while TMs handle everything else.
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 30 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. Some whisper that a MAROWAK graveyard exists somewhere in the world.
Marowak HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Marowak?
See the Locations section above for where to find Marowak in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Marowak from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Marowak easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Marowak in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Thick Club (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Thick Club.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Marowak rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Ground coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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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