Is Noctowl Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Normal/Flying with AbilityInsomnia preventing sleep. Noctowl has decent Special but low Attack. The sleep immunity helps against status-heavy trainers through the E4. Swellow outclasses it for damage, but Noctowl survives what Swellow sits through poorly.
Roxanne's team hits Hoothoot's weaknesses hard.
Hoothoot has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Hoothoot trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catch Hoothoot
Catch Hoothoot in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 35, rare). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 35)
- LV 35NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Fortree City
- After Norman
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Given by your rival after you defeat them on Route 119
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 48PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Evolve Hoothoot to Noctowl
Hoothoot evolves into Noctowl at Level 20. You get it at Level 35, past Level 20, so it evolves into Noctowl the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Given by your rival after you defeat them on Route 119
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Winona
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Winona
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 57PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Noctowl in Emerald
Every Noctowl in Emerald traces back to a Safari Zone Hoothoot. Carry that rare catch out past the step counter and level it to 20, since the owl never shows up in the wild on its own.
Catch Hoothoot at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Noctowl.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Hoothoot
- 2Evolve Noctowlat Lv.20
Badge 6How to Obtain Noctowl in E
- Step 2Noctowl ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Hoothoot egg.
How to Get Shiny Noctowl in Emerald
Noctowl is not found roaming, so hunt a shiny Hoothoot in the Safari Zone grass, then level it to 20 and the shine carries straight into Noctowl. Compare Shiny Noctowl odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Noctowl 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Noctowl in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Noctowl Weakness
Noctowl is weak to Electric, Ice, and Rock. On the flip side, it's immune to Ground and Ghost-type moves entirely. Noctowl's special bulk (base 96 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Noctowl Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Noctowl
 Magneton ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ampharos Electric | C | |
 Manectric Electric | C | |
 Regirock Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 111 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Noctowl View Regirock builds →Ancient Power 2x68-80% Thunderbolt 2x26-31% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing | ||
 Regice Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 105 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Noctowl View Regice builds →Ice Beam 2x66-78% Thunderbolt 2x44-52% Ancient Power 2x27-32% | ||
 Pikachu Electric | C | |
 Lairon SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Noctowl View Lairon builds →Rock Tomb 2x54-63% Shock Wave 2x18-21% | ||
 Electrode Electric | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Noctowl View Electrode builds →Thunderbolt 2x56-65% Rollout 2x14-17% | ||
 Plusle Electric | C | |
 Armaldo RockBug | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Rhyhorn GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Noctowl View Rhyhorn builds →Rock Tomb 2x50-59% Ice Beam 2x19-23% Thunderbolt 2x19-23% | ||
Noctowl Evolutions
Noctowl is what Hoothoot becomes. Breed it for Hoothoot eggs (quick to hatch). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolution from Hoothoot pushed Noctowl to 442 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +40. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Noctowl to get Hoothoot eggs easily using 25 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Feather Dance, Feint Attack, Mirror Move and 4 more.
E Noctowl Best Moveset
Noctowl counters sleep strategies through AbilityInsomnia, switching into MoveSpore and MoveSleep Powder without consequence. The moveset offers 100 HP and 96 Sp. Def for special tanking, but 76 Sp. Atk limits offensive output. Teams facing heavy sleep can slot Noctowl as a dedicated answer, though it sacrifices offensive contribution.
Best Build
Noctowl best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Hypnosis
- Nightmare
- Hidden Power Flying
- Thief
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Noctowl gets Feather Dance and Feint Attack exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Psychic and Ghost coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Hyper Beam and Sky Attack.
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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It unfailingly catches prey in darkness. NOCTOWL owe their success to superior vision that allows them to see in minimal light, and to their supple and silent wings.
Noctowl Emerald Guide
Honestly, in Emerald Noctowl is a tough sell. It rates just E-Tier, and stronger Normal/Flying options exist. Fun pick, not a practical one.
In Emerald, Noctowl plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Emerald, Gentle is the go-to nature for Noctowl. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD EVs. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Noctowl appears in 17 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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