Is Meowth Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Silver version only, found on Routes 38 and 39 at night. MovePay Day generates extra money, which is the main draw. Persian is fast but unremarkable offensively. The money trick is the only unique angle.
Meowth has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Meowth trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Meowth trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Meowth's defenses.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Persian has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Persian has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Persian has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Persian has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Persian has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Persian has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Persian trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Persian has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Persian has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Meowth on Route 38 (walking, Lv 16, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- LV 46NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
Evolve Meowth to Persian
Meowth evolves into Persian at Level 28. Your Meowth should hit Level 28 before you reach Chuck, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- LV 53NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Meowth in Gold & Silver
Silver keeps Meowth to itself, spread over six route spots in Johto and Kanto. The Kanto spots shift by time of day but stay common at night and in the morning both, so most clocks turn one up.
6 locations to catch Meowth
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Meowth in GS
Meowth is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 14-17. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Meowth ✓Route 5Lv.14GrassSilverRate 30%NightRoute 6Lv.14GrassSilverRate 30%NightRoute 5Lv.14GrassSilverRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 6Lv.14GrassSilverRate 20%Morning/dayRoute 38Lv.16GrassSilverRate 40%NightRoute 38Lv.16GrassSilverRate 40%Nightthe Snubbull swarm on Route 38 that SchoolboyRoute 39Lv.16GrassSilverRate 40%NightRoute 38Lv.16GrassSilverRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 38Lv.16GrassSilverRate 30%Morning/daythe Snubbull swarm on Route 38 that SchoolboyRoute 39Lv.16GrassSilverRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 7Lv.17GrassSilverRate 30%Route 8Lv.17GrassSilverRate 30%
To plan your throws, open the Gold & Silver catch rate calculator with Meowth preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Meowth in Gold & Silver
Meowth slinks through the grass on Route 5, Route 38, and Route 39, so keep flushing them out until the coloring finally changes. Compare Shiny Meowth odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Meowth 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 Meowth already selected.
Meowth Weakness
Meowth is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Just 1 weak spot to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- 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 Meowth Weak Against
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Meowth Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Meowth grows into Persian through a straightforward two-stage chain. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Meowth easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Charm, Hypnosis and 1 more to offspring.
GS Meowth Best Moveset
Low Attack limits physical moves to small damage. Critical hits from MoveSlash no longer scale with Speed since the formula changed, removing the prior advantage. Persian does everything from better stats.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Return
- Shadow Ball
- Bubble Beam
- Thunderbolt
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Meowth gets Amnesia and Charm exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 7 types rounds out the picture alongside Slash and Headbutt.
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
21 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is fascinated by round objects. It can’t stop playing with them until it tires and falls asleep.
It loves anything that shines. It especially adores coins that it picks up and secretly hoards.
Meowth Gold & Silver Guide
For Gold & Silver, you can run Meowth through the first few routes without issues. 290 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Persian as fast as you can.
Meowth has 2 regional forms: Alolan and Galarian. Each one changes the typing and stat distribution. Added Alolan in Gen 7 and Galarian in Gen 8.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Meowth has appeared in 21 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received an Alolan form in Generation 7 and Gigantamax and Galarian forms in Generation 8, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 8SwShGigantamaxGalarian
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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