Is Muk Good in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Playthrough?
Only in Let's Go Pikachu. Muk has solid HP and Attack but arrives too late and Poison typing doesn't help against the Elite Four lineup. More of a personal favorite pick than a strategic necessity.
Not available yet. You cannot get Grimer before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Grimer before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Grimer before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Grimer before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Grimer before this fight.
Not available yet. You cannot get Grimer before this fight.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Giovanni's team hits Muk's weaknesses hard.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Lorelei's team.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Agatha's typing presses Muk's defenses.
Muk has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Trace's team.
This is the Let's Go Pikachu team. In Let's Go Eevee, Trace brings Raichu Lv 57 in place of Jolteon Lv 57.
Catchable
In Let's Go Pikachu, catch Muk in Power Plant (walking, Lv 37-42). Let's Go Eevee has no wild Muk, so trade one in from Let's Go Pikachu.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 37FairyMoonblastPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Lt. Surge
- TMNormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Erika
- TMPoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- TMNormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- TMFireFlamethrowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Blaine
- TMFireFire BlastPower 110Accuracy 85%PP 5
- LV 60PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Catch Grimer
Catch Grimer in Power Plant (walking, Lv 37-42).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 37)
- LV 37PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Misty
- TMGroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Lt. Surge
- TMElectricThunderboltPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Erika
- TMPoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- TMNormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- TMFireFlamethrowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 48PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Blaine
- TMFireFire BlastPower 110Accuracy 85%PP 5
How to Get Muk in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
2 encounter spots for Muk at moderate rates starting from late-game routes. Best and Earliest sort options below help narrow down your approach based on odds vs. Accessibility.
2 locations to catch Muk2 locations to catch Grimer
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Catch Grimer at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 38, and it evolves into Muk.
Badge 6Where To Catch Muk in Let's Go
To get Muk, start by catching Grimer through walking encounters at Lv. 37+. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Muk ✓Pokémon Mansion - 2FLv.39-44FloorLet's Go PikachuRate 10%Power PlantLv.37-42FloorLet's Go PikachuRate 5%Pokémon Mansion - 1FLv.39-44FloorLet's Go PikachuRate 5%or evolve from Grimer (Step 1)
How to Get Shiny Muk in Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee
In Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee, the strongest route to a Shiny Muk is Catch Combo, which reaches about 1 in 274 at full boosts. Shininess carries through evolution, so hunting an earlier stage and evolving it counts too. Pick a method and tune your setup below to see live odds. Compare Shiny Muk odds across every game
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Shiny Muk Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Catch Combo at full boosts, about 1 in 274 on each try. Tune it below.
Catch Combo: Catch one species back-to-back. A Lure stacks on top of a 31-plus combo.
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 |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 29 |
| 25%one in four | 79 |
| 50%coin flip | 190 |
| 90%very likely | 630 |
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 Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee shiny odds calculator with Muk already selected.
Muk Weakness
Ground and Psychic moves hit Muk for super-effective damage. The Poison typing picks up 5 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, Fairy |
Muk Evolutions
Muk is what Grimer becomes, and it doesn't evolve any further. 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
Let's Go Muk Best Moveset
105 Attack and 105 HP with 100 Sp. Def on Poison. Without AbilityPoison Touch adding poison chance on contact, the moveset is straightforward physical Poison TermStab. Decent bulk and power at 50 Speed, but too slow to threaten anything that controls the pace.
Best Build
Grimer Candy
Health CandyBrave raises Attack and lowers Speed. Madam Celadon sets this nature when you pick Red, then Pink. It costs 10,000 Pokedollars and lasts for the rest of the day.
Candy for Muk
Health Candy L
Health Candy XL
Mighty Candy
Mighty Candy L
Mighty Candy XLGrimer Candy raises every stat, but only Grimer and Muk can eat it. The stat candy that goes with Muk is Health Candy (HP) and Mighty Candy (Attack), and any Pokemon can eat it; Health Candy L needs level 30, Health Candy XL needs level 60, Mighty Candy L needs level 30 and Mighty Candy XL needs level 60 or higher.
Alolan Form
- Alolan Muk
Alolan Muk (Poison/Dark type) has 105 HP, 105 Attack, 75 Defense, 65 Sp. Atk, 100 Sp. Def and 50 Speed, 500 in total. Weak to Ground. Resists Grass, Poison, Ghost and Dark. Immune to Psychic. Alolan Muk is not found in the wild in Let's Go. In Let's Go Pikachu, give a Grimer to a person in Cinnabar Island to get a level 44 Alolan Grimer, then evolve it into Alolan Muk. Best nature for Alolan Muk: Brave (Madam Celadon: Red, then Pink). Stat candy: Health Candy (HP) and Mighty Candy (Attack). Pokedex: Muk's coloration becomes increasingly vivid the more it feasts on its favorite dish, trash.
Alolan Muk learns by level up: Harden, Haze, Minimize, Moonblast, Poison Gas and Pound (Lv 1); Harden (Lv 6); Minimize (Lv 12); Disable (Lv 18); Bite (Lv 24); Screech (Lv 30); Crunch (Lv 36); Acid Armor (Lv 48); Sludge Bomb (Lv 60). TM moves: Brick Break, Dark Pulse, Dig, Facade, Fire Blast, Fire Punch, Flamethrower, Foul Play, Headbutt, Helping Hand, Hyper Beam, Ice Punch, Mega Drain, Poison Jab, Protect, Rest, Rock Slide, Self-Destruct, Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Substitute, Taunt, Thunder Punch and Toxic.
Master Trainer
Gordon battles with one level 75 Muk that knows Haze, Rock Slide and Thunder Punch. It takes extra damage from Ground and Psychic moves. Win to earn the Muk Master title. Find Gordon in Pokemon Mansion.
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Muk can hit 11 types beyond STAB, including Fairy and Normal. The offense anchors on Sludge Bomb and Poison Jab while TMs handle everything else.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- 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 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 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 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Smells so awful, it can cause fainting. Through degeneration of its nose, it lost its sense of smell.
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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