Is Nidoqueen Good in Crystal Playthrough?
One of Crystal's biggest move tutor beneficiaries. Nidoqueen picks up MoveIce Beam, MoveThunderbolt, and MoveFlamethrower from the Goldenrod tutor without burning single-use TMs. That triple coverage handles Clair, Lance, and most of Kanto. The early Moon Stone is still the bottleneck.
Nidoran♀ (female) trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Bugsy's typing presses Nidoran♀ (female)'s defenses.
Nidoran♀ (female) trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's team hits Nidorina's weaknesses hard.
Nidoqueen trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Nidoqueen trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Nidoqueen resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Nidoqueen trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Nidoqueen trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Nidoqueen resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Nidoqueen trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Nidoqueen has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Nidoran♀ (female)
Catch Nidoran F in the National Park (walking, Lv 12, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 12)
- LV 12NormalScratchPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 30DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
Evolve Nidoran♀ (female) to Nidorina
Nidoran♀ (female) evolves into Nidorina at Level 16. Your Nidoran♀ (female) should hit Level 16 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
Evolve Nidorina to Nidoqueen
Nidorina evolves into Nidoqueen with a Moon Stone. You can pick up the Moon Stone in Ruins of Alph. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- TUTORElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
How to Get Nidoqueen in Crystal
Nidoqueen has no wild form in Crystal. Nidorina evolves the moment you use a Moon Stone on it, with no level requirement, so the only gate is finding one of those scarce stones.
Catch Nidoran♀ (female) or Nidorina at any of these 5 spots to eventually evolve into Nidoqueen.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Nidoran♀ (female)
- 2
- 3Evolve NidoqueenUse Moon Stone
Badge 3
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Badge 8How to Obtain Nidoqueen in C
The path to Nidoqueen starts with Nidoran♀ (female) at Lv. 12 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve NidorinaRoute 13Lv.23GrassRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 15Lv.23GrassRate 30%Morning/dayRoute 14Lv.26GrassRate 30%Morning/dayor evolve from Nidoran♀ (female) (Step 1)
- Step 3Nidoqueen ✓
How to Get Shiny Nidoqueen in Crystal
Nidoqueen has no wild spawns and cannot breed at all, so hatch Nidoran♀ eggs until a shiny appears, evolve it to Nidorina, then apply a Moon Stone. Compare Shiny Nidoqueen odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Nidoqueen 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 Crystal shiny odds calculator with Nidoqueen already selected.
Nidoqueen Weakness
Nidoqueen's Poison/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Ice, Ground, and Psychic. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ice, Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Bug, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- 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 Nidoqueen Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Nidoqueen
 Marowak Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x65-77% Blizzard 2x37-44% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
 Lugia Psychic | S | |
Obtain MethodWhirl Islands Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Lugia builds →Dream Eater 2x72-86% Earthquake 2x47-56% Hydro Pump 2x58-68% Blizzard 2x58-68% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x96-113%KO Surf 2x28-33% Blizzard 2x35-41% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Suicune builds →Surf 2x69-81% Blizzard 2x58-68% Dig 2x25-30% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Slowbro builds →Dream Eater 2x79-93% Surf 2x75-89% Blizzard 2x63-74% Earthquake 2x40-48% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x103-121%KO Blizzard 2x68-81% Mud-Slap 2x9-10% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x110-130%KO Ice Punch 2x46-55% Dig 2x14-17% | ||
 Piloswine IceGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Piloswine builds →Earthquake 2x78-92% Blizzard 2x63-75% | ||
 Celebi PsychicGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Celebi builds →Future Sight 2x95-112%KO Mud-Slap 2x11-13% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Lapras builds →Hydro Pump 2x83-98% Ice Beam 2x66-78% Dream Eater 2x46-55% | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoqueen View Jynx builds →Dream Eater 2x88-104%KO Blizzard 2x107-126%KO Mud-Slap 2x7-8% | ||
Nidoqueen Evolutions
Evolve Nidoran♀ (female) using a Moon Stone to get Nidoqueen. At 495 stats, this Poison/Ground type caps the chain without any egg option. Sp.Def grew the most through evolution (+45 over Nidoran F), and Nidoqueen peaks at 495 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
C Nidoqueen Best Moveset
Bulkier than Nidoking with similar coverage across MoveEarthquake, MoveIce Beam, MoveThunderbolt, and MoveFire Blast. 75 Sp. Atk limits the special side, but the physical MoveEarthquake hits solidly from 92 Attack. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Reliable mixed coverage with the defensive stats to switch in repeatedly.
Best Build
Support Moveset
- Earthquake
- Moonlight
- Toxic
- Flamethrower
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Nidoqueen won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 types means it always has an effective option. Earthquake and Mud-Slap anchor the STAB core.
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
33 of 38 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
The hard scales that cover its strong body serve as excellent protection from any attack.
Nidoqueen Crystal Guide
In Crystal, use Nidoqueen as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Earthquake is the primary attack.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Nidoqueen has appeared in 19 games: most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
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 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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