Is Omanyte Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Helix Fossil revival. Rock/Water with AbilitySwift Swim in rain or AbilityShell Armor blocking crits. Omastar at level 40 has strong special Attack. Fossil timing in HGSS is late enough that the story is mostly done by arrival.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's Pokemon outpace and outclass Omanyte here.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Misty's team hits Omanyte's weaknesses hard.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Omastar trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Omastar resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Omastar has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Omastar has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Omastar resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Omastar trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Omastar has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Omastar has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Fossil
Omanyte can be revived from a fossil obtained in Pewter City. Revive Helix Fossil. Revive a Helix Fossil at the Pewter Museum of Science.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 28WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 37RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 52WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Omanyte to Omastar
Omanyte evolves into Omastar at Level 40. Your Omanyte should hit Level 40 before you reach Sabrina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 40RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 67WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Omanyte in HeartGold & SoulSilver
The Helix Fossil is the whole story for Omanyte. Hand it to the scientist in the Pewter City museum and it gets revived into one at level 20.
1 location to catch Omanyte
Badge 8How to Obtain Omanyte in HGSS
- Step 2Evolve into Omastar
How to Get Shiny Omanyte in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Omanyte revives from the Helix Fossil in Pewter City, though breeding it Masuda-style is the fastest way to a shiny. Compare Shiny Omanyte odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Omanyte Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver with Omanyte preloaded.
Omanyte Weakness
Type-wise, Omanyte takes extra damage from Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground. Watch out for Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Omanyte's physical bulk (base 100 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Poison, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Omanyte Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Omanyte
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Venusaur builds →Solar Beam 4x401-472%KO Earthquake 2x59-69% Rock Smash 2x25-29% | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Sceptile builds →Leaf Storm 4x486-572%KO Focus Punch 2x91-107%KO Earthquake 2x61-72% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x449-528%KO Focus Punch 2x117-137%KO | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 4x431-508%KO Earthquake 2x70-83% Focus Blast 2x143-169%KO Shock Wave 2x72-85% | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 4x431-508%KO Drain Punch 2x35-41% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x367-432%KO Focus Punch 2x78-92% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 4x343-404%KO Earthquake 2x59-69% Rock Smash 2x25-29% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Breloom builds →Seed Bomb 4x211-248%KO Focus Punch 2x193-228%KO | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x336-396%KO Earthquake 2x59-69% Rock Smash 2x25-29% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 4x425-500%KO Dig 2x57-67% Focus Blast 2x122-144%KO | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x163-192%KO Earthquake 2x73-87% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x187-220%KO Leaf Blade 4x151-179%KO Earthquake 2x83-99% Thunderbolt 2x75-88% | ||
Omanyte Evolutions
Omanyte evolves into Omastar. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are slow to hatch. Evolving adds up to 140 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Omanyte with 69 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aurora Beam, Bubble Beam, Haze and 8 more to offspring.
HGSS Omanyte Best Moveset
Rock/Water with 90 Sp. Atk and 100 Defense for a fossil first-stage. AbilitySwift Swim doubles 35 Speed in rain for sweeping potential. The moveset fires special Water attacks behind physical Rock bulk. Evolve to Omastar.
Best Build
Omanyte best EVs are HP and Speed
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Spikes
- Surf
- Stealth Rock
- Endure
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Aurora Beam and Bubble Beam aren't available any other way for Omanyte, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Hydro Pump and Surf for solid options.
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 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Revived from an ancient fossil, this Pokémon uses air stored in its shell to sink and rise in water.
This Pokémon from ancient times is said to have navigated the sea by adeptly twisting its 10 tentacles.
Omanyte HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Revive a Helix Fossil at the Pewter Museum of Science. Omanyte is revived at level 5. Give it Rare Candies or experience-share if you want it ready for the late-game.
Yes. Omanyte is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Omanyte becomes available after the main story is complete in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Omanyte has 355 BST and evolves into Omastar. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Omanyte plays as a trick room. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully. Surf is the primary attack.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Timid is the go-to nature for Omanyte. That's +Speed / -Attack. Pair it with 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the trick room role.
Game Availability
Omanyte has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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
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