Is Murkrow Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Route 7 in Kanto, postgame only. Dark/Flying with no evolution in Gen 2 and middling stats. Crystal's Battle Tower gives late catches a purpose, but Murkrow's stats aren't good enough to compete even there. A Kanto novelty.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Murkrow resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Lt. Surge's team hits Murkrow's weaknesses hard.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Murkrow resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Murkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Murkrow on Route 7 (walking, Lv 17, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 17)
- LV 17DarkPursuitPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- LV 31DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM46DarkThiefPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 10Team Rocket HQ (Mahogany Town)
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
Crystal Murkrow Locations
Murkrow only comes out at night, on two Kanto routes and never commonly. With a catch rate of 30, even the ones you find can be a struggle to keep.
2 locations to catch Murkrow
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Murkrow in Crystal
How to Get Shiny Murkrow in Crystal
Murkrow circles Kanto's Route 7 after dark as a common level 17 spawn, with a rarer roost over on Route 16; night sessions are mandatory here. Compare Shiny Murkrow odds across every game
Shiny Murkrow Evolution
Does Not EvolveCrystal Shiny Murkrow 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 Crystal with Murkrow preloaded.
Murkrow Weakness
Type-wise, Murkrow takes extra damage from Electric, Ice, and Rock. Ground and Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Psychic |
- 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 Murkrow Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Murkrow
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
 Raikou Electric | S | |
 Magneton ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Murkrow View Magneton builds →Thunder 2x226-266%KO Rollout 2x23-28% | ||
 Jolteon Electric | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Electabuzz Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Murkrow View Electabuzz builds →Thunderbolt 2x148-174%KO Ice Punch 2x78-93% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Murkrow View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x135-159%KO Thunder 2x113-134%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Raichu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Pichu (Celadon City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Murkrow View Raichu builds →Thunderbolt 2x141-167%KO Rollout 2x31-36% | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodTeam Rocket Hq Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Murkrow View Electrode builds →Thunder 2x163-191%KO Rollout 2x20-24% | ||
 Dewgong WaterIce | C | |
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Murkrow View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Slide 2x123-144%KO Ice Punch 2x35-41% Thunder Punch 2x35-41% | ||
 Piloswine IceGround | C | |
 Delibird Ice | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | B | |
Murkrow Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Murkrow. A decent partner pool through one egg group, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 6 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Murkrow easily with 19 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Drill Peck, Mirror Move, Quick Attack and 3 more to offspring.
C Murkrow Best Moveset
Dark/Flying with MoveMean Look locking into MovePerish Song for forced KOs after three turns. MoveThunder Wave for paralysis and Psychic immunity from the Dark typing. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. A locking combo that ends games when the sequence executes.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Toxic
- Drill Peck
- Thief
- Pursuit
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Drill Peck and Mirror Move give Murkrow options it can't learn any other way, and Ghost and Psychic coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Sky Attack and Fly. The egg moves push it further.
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
18 of 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It hides any shiny object it finds in a secret location. MURKROW and MEOWTH loot one another’s stashes.
Murkrow Crystal Guide
Yes. Murkrow is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Murkrow becomes available after the main story is complete in Crystal.
In Crystal, Murkrow has 405 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Crystal, Murkrow plays as a pivot. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Thief is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Murkrow first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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 7SM
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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