Is Muk Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Muk with AbilitySticky Hold keeps its held item safe. High HP and decent Special Defense on a Poison-type that doesn't have type advantage against any boss in Emerald. Absorbs hits through bulk without dealing meaningful damage back. Exists without contributing.
Roxanne's typing presses Grimer's defenses.
Grimer trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Grimer trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Grimer trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Grimer trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Grimer trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Tate & Liza's team hits Muk's weaknesses hard.
Muk has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Muk has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Phoebe's team hits Muk's weaknesses hard.
Muk has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Grimer
Catch Grimer in Fiery Path (walking, Lv 14, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 14)
- LV 14PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Norman
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Lilycove Department Store
- LV 43PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Grimer to Muk
Grimer evolves into Muk at Level 38. Your Grimer should hit Level 38 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 38)
- LV 38PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Brawly
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Mauville Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from Wattson after clearing New Mauville
- After Norman
- TUTORNormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Pacifidlog Town
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 47PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Muk in Emerald
Muk has no wild catch in Emerald. Track down the rare Fiery Path Grimer, then raise it to level 38. That single sludge spawn is the only natural source.
Wild Muk may be holding when caught:
Nugget (5% chance) A nugget of pure gold. Can be sold at a high price.Catch Grimer at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Muk.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Grimer
- 2Evolve Mukat Lv.38
Badge 3How to Obtain Muk in E
- Step 1Catch Grimer
- Step 2Muk ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Grimer egg.
How to Get Shiny Muk in Emerald
Muk won't crawl out of any Emerald cave, so hunt its shiny in Grimer form on Fiery Path, then raise that Grimer to level thirty-eight and watch the sparkle carry straight through into Muk. Compare Shiny Muk odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Muk Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald shiny odds calculator with Muk already selected.
Muk Weakness
Ground and Psychic moves hit Muk for super-effective damage. The Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Muk's special bulk (base 100 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Muk Weak Against
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Muk Evolutions
Muk is what Grimer becomes. Breed it for Grimer eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Grimer pushed Muk to 500 total stats. Sp.Def saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Muk to get Grimer eggs easily using 22 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Curse, Explosion, Haze and 4 more.
E Muk Best Moveset
Muk punishes teams that depend on item removal, since AbilitySticky Hold keeps Held ItemLeftovers safe from MoveKnock Off and MoveTrick. The moveset hits hard with MoveSludge Bomb from 105 Attack while 100 Sp. Def absorbs special hits. MoveCurse transforms Muk into an increasingly dangerous physical threat that gets harder to move.
Best Build
Muk best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Explosion
- Curse
- Focus Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Muk can hit 10 types beyond STAB, including Normal and Fighting. The offense anchors on Sludge Bomb and Sludge 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 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It prefers warm and humid habitats. In the summertime, the toxic substances in its body intensify, making MUK reek like putrid kitchen garbage.
Muk Emerald Guide
In Emerald, use Muk as a tank. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Set up with Curse when you get a free turn.
Muk 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.
For Emerald, run Adamant on Muk. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the tank role.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Muk appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained an Alolan form in Generation 7.
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
Winds & Waves
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