Is Nidoran♀ (female) Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Found on Route 35 and Route 36 in Johto. The Moon Stone rush still works: evolve at 16, Moon Stone Nidorina, and Nidoqueen carries the back half of the game. Available early enough to matter.
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.
Catchable
Catch Nidoran F on Route 35 (walking, Lv 12, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 12)
- LV 12NormalScratchPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- 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
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
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- 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
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 36DarkBitePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Lt. Surge
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
Evolve Nidorina to Nidoqueen
Nidorina evolves into Nidoqueen with a Moon Stone. You can pick up the Moon Stone in Tohjo Falls. 1 other location is also available.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25NormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- 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
How to Get Nidoran♀ (female) in Gold & Silver
Female Nidoran sticks to a pair of mid-game grass patches in both versions, common but not widespread. With only two locations, this is one you seek out rather than stumble into.
2 locations to catch Nidoran♀ (female)
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Nidoran♀ (female) in GS
Nidoran♀ (female) is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 12-23 across 12 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Nidorinaor evolve from Nidoran♀ (female) (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into Nidoqueen
Bring the right balls: check Nidoran♀ (female) catch odds in the Gold & Silver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Nidoran♀ (female) in Gold & Silver
Nidoran♀ turns up wild in the grass of Route 35 and Route 36, so it comes down to sustained volume on those two routes before the shine finally shows. Compare Shiny Nidoran♀ (female) odds across every game
Shiny Nidoran♀ (female) Evolution
3 Forms
Gold & Silver Shiny Nidoran♀ (female) 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Nidoran♀ (female) in the Gold & Silver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Nidoran♀ (female) Weakness
Ground and Psychic moves hit Nidoran♀ (female) for super-effective damage. The Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Nidoran♀ (female)'s Poison typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| 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
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Nidoran♀ (female) Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Nidoran♀ (female)
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoran♀ (female) View Kadabra builds →Psybeam 2x134-159%KO Dig 2x31-37% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Natu Psychic | C | |
 Slowpoke WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Nidoran♀ (female) View Slowpoke builds →Dig 2x46-54% Confusion 2x50-60% | ||
 Drowzee Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Nidoran♀ (female) View Drowzee builds →Confusion 2x50-60% | ||
Nidoran♀ (female) Evolutions
Nidoran♀ (female) kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Nidorina all the way to Nidoqueen. For breeding, average hatch time with plenty of partners via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 230 total stats over Nidoran♀ (female). View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Nidoran♀ (female) to get Nidoran F eggs using 66 partners from the Field and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Beat Up, Charm, Counter and 4 more.
GS Nidoran♀ (female) Best Moveset
Poison typing at pre-evolution stats with nothing to contribute. Nidoqueen waits after two evolutions and a Moon Stone, where Ground TermStab and coverage moves finally work.
Best Build
Gen 2 build content has limited support (no abilities).
Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.
Moves List
Without breeding, Nidoran♀ (female) misses out on Beat Up and Charm. That's 7 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Poison Sting, with coverage across 7 types rounding things out.
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
19 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The poison hidden in its small horn is extremely potent. Even a tiny scratch can have fatal results.
Although not very combative, it will torment its foes with poison spikes if it is threatened in any way.
Nidoran♀ (female) Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Nidoran♀ (female) has 275 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Nidoran♀ (female) appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Nidoran♀ (female) have the longest track record of availability in the series.
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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