Is Phanpy Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Silver version only, Route 45. Donphan evolves at 25 and is a strong physical Ground-type. Arrives late but the raw Attack power handles the remaining Johto content and most of Kanto. Silver players get a solid Ground option that Gold players need to trade for.
Phanpy trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Phanpy trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Phanpy trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Phanpy has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Phanpy's weaknesses hard.
Phanpy has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Phanpy trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Donphan resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Erika's team hits Donphan's weaknesses hard.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Donphan resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Donphan resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Phanpy on Route 45 (walking, Lv 20, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- LV 25NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 49NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Phanpy to Donphan
Phanpy evolves into Donphan at Level 25. Your Phanpy should hit Level 25 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 25)
- LV 25NormalHorn AttackPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Falkner
- TM31GroundMud-SlapPower 30Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Falkner
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- TM13NormalSnorePower 40Accuracy 100%PP 15Moomoo Farm
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- LV 49GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Phanpy in Gold & Silver
Phanpy is a Silver exclusive, one uncommon spot at level 20. Gold has no wild spawns for it, so getting one onto that version means trading it over from a Silver cartridge.
1 location to catch Phanpy
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7Where To Catch Phanpy in GS
Phanpy is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 20-50 across 8 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Phanpy ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into DonphanMt. Silver - 1FLv.44CaveSilverRate 30%Victory Road - 1FLv.33CaveSilverRate 20%Route 28Lv.40GrassSilverRate 20%Mt. Silver - OutsideLv.42CaveSilverRate 20%or evolve from Phanpy (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Phanpy catch odds in the Gold & Silver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Phanpy in Gold & Silver
Phanpy digs into the grass-covered stretch of Route 45, and that lone patch is the whole of your shiny hunt for it. Compare Shiny Phanpy odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Phanpy 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 Phanpy in the Gold & Silver Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Phanpy Weakness
Phanpy's Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, and Ice. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. 3 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 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 Phanpy Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Phanpy
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Gyarados builds →Hydro Pump 2x112-132%KO Blizzard 2x75-88% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Suicune Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Suicune builds →Surf 2x122-143%KO Blizzard 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x131-154%KO Blizzard 2x110-130%KO | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Lapras builds →Surf 2x116-137%KO Ice Beam 2x116-137%KO | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Feraligatr builds →Surf 2x108-128%KO Blizzard 2x91-107%KO | ||
 Delibird Ice | C | |
 Dewgong WaterIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Dewgong builds →Surf 2x99-116%KO Blizzard 2x125-148%KO | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Quagsire builds →Surf 2x95-112%KO Ice Punch 2x51-60% | ||
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
 Kingler Water | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 14 Super Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Kingler builds →Surf 2x78-92% Blizzard 2x66-78% | ||
 Piloswine IceGround | C | |
Phanpy Evolutions
Phanpy evolves into Donphan. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 170 total stats over Phanpy. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Phanpy easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Focus Energy to offspring.
GS Phanpy Best Moveset
Ground pre-evolution with stats too low for competitive play. MoveEarthquake exists at reduced power. Donphan takes over with the Attack and bulk to make the Ground role function.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Mud Slap
- Double Edge
- Take Down
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Ancient Power and Body Slam from the egg pool give Phanpy something extra. Pair those with Earthquake and Mud-Slap for STAB and Normal and Rock coverage for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
It swings its long snout around playfully, but because it is so strong, that can be dangerous.
As a sign of affection, it bumps with its snout. However, it is so strong, it may send you flying.
Phanpy Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Phanpy does the job early-game if you need a Ground type on your team. Evolve it into Donphan before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Phanpy first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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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