Is Omanyte Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from FireRed or LeafGreen. AbilitySwift Swim doubles Speed in rain. Under Kyogre's AbilityDrizzle in Sapphire, Omastar becomes fast and hits hard with Water-type special attacks. A niche rain import.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Brawly's team hits Omanyte's weaknesses hard.
Wattson's team hits Omanyte's weaknesses hard.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's team hits Omanyte's weaknesses hard.
Sidney's team hits Omanyte's weaknesses hard.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Glacia's team.
Omanyte has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Omanyte trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Omanyte cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
- LV 49RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 55WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Omanyte in Ruby & Sapphire
Omanyte cannot be revived in Hoenn, which has its own Root and Claw Fossils for Lileep and Anorith instead. To get the Helix fossil Pokemon you trade one over.
How to Obtain Omanyte in RS
- Step 1Omanyte ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Gift · Cinnabar Island · Revive Helix Fossil, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Red & BlueNot TradeableAppears in Red & Blue via Gift · Cinnabar Island · Revive Helix Fossil. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom YellowNot TradeableAppears in Yellow via Gift · Cinnabar Island · Revive Helix Fossil. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Gift · Oreburgh City · Revive Helix Fossil. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom PlatinumNot TradeableAppears in Platinum via Gift · Oreburgh City · Revive Helix Fossil. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCENot TradeableAppears in HeartGold & SoulSilver via Gift · Pewter City · Revive Helix Fossil. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Black & WhiteNot TradeableAppears in Black & White via Gift · Nacrene City · Revive Helix Fossil. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
- Step 2Evolve into Omastar
How to Get Shiny Omanyte in Ruby & Sapphire
Hand the Helix Fossil to the Cinnabar Island lab in FireRed or LeafGreen and soft reset for a shiny Omanyte, then trade it over, since Hoenn has no fossil to revive one. See every game where Shiny Omanyte can be hunted
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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Omanyte Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Omanyte
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Cacturne builds →Solar Beam 4x449-528%KO Focus Punch 2x117-137%KO | ||
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Sceptile builds →Solar Beam 4x415-488%KO Focus Punch 2x91-107%KO Earthquake 2x61-72% | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x193-228%KO Solar Beam 4x265-312%KO | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x367-432%KO Focus Punch 2x78-92% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x187-220%KO Earthquake 2x83-99% | ||
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x181-214%KO Earthquake 2x81-96% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 4x367-432%KO Brick Break 2x53-63% Dig 2x43-51% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
 Blaziken FireFighting | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x181-214%KO Earthquake 2x81-96% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 4x336-396%KO Earthquake 2x59-69% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Tropius builds →Solar Beam 4x306-360%KO Earthquake 2x51-60% Rock Smash 2x11-13% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x156-184%KO Earthquake 2x70-83% | ||
 Swampert WaterGround | S | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Mudkip (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Omanyte View Swampert builds →Earthquake 2x113-134%KO Focus Punch 2x112-132%KO | ||
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 58 breeding partners from the Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Aurora Beam, Bubble Beam, Haze and 4 more to offspring.
RS Omanyte Best Moveset
90 Sp. Atk is strong for a pre-evolution, and rain-boosted MoveSurf hits hard with AbilitySwift Swim doubling Speed. 4x Grass weakness. Omastar improves the Sp. Atk where rain sweeping functions.
Best Build
Omanyte best EVs are HP and Defense
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Spikes
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Sleep Talk
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
OMANYTE is one of the ancient and long-since-extinct POKéMON that have been regenerated from fossils by people. If attacked by an enemy, it withdraws itself inside its hard shell.
Omanyte Ruby & Sapphire Guide
No. Omanyte isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Revive it from a fossil in FireRed or LeafGreen, then trade it over.
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
Winds & Waves
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