Is Piloswine Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Arrives at exactly the right moment. Piloswine's Ice typing handles Clair's Dragonair and Lance's three Dragonite. Ground coverage hits everything Ice doesn't. One of the most valuable late-game catches in Gold and Silver.
Swinub resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Swinub's weaknesses hard.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Jasmine's team.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Piloswine resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Piloswine trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Swinub
Catch Swinub in Ice Path (walking, Lv 21-23, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 21)
- LV 21IcePowder SnowPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 28NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Pryce
- TM16IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Prize for defeating Pryce
- 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 46IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
Evolve Swinub to Piloswine
Swinub evolves into Piloswine at Level 33. Your Swinub should hit Level 33 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 33NormalHorn AttackPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Pryce
- TM16IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15Prize for defeating Pryce
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- LV 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Piloswine in Gold & Silver
No wild Piloswine in either game. Swinub evolves at level 33, so getting one depends entirely on catching Swinub at its lone icy spot first. The base form is the only way into this line.
Catch Swinub at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Piloswine.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Swinub
- 2Evolve Piloswineat Lv.33
Badge 7How to Obtain Piloswine in GS
The path to Piloswine starts with Swinub at Lv. 21-25 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Piloswine ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Swinub egg.
How to Get Shiny Piloswine in Gold & Silver
Piloswine comes only through evolution, so land the shine on a Swinub deep in the Ice Path and take it to level 33. Compare Shiny Piloswine odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Piloswine 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Gold & Silver shiny odds calculator with Piloswine already selected.
Piloswine Weakness
Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, and Steel moves hit Piloswine for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 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 Piloswine Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Piloswine
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodTin Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Ho-Oh builds →Fire Blast 2x126-148%KO Solar Beam 2x84-99% Steel Wing 2x46-54% Rock Smash 2x14-17% | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x126-148%KO Iron Tail 2x37-43% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Typhlosion builds →Fire Blast 2x126-148%KO Iron Tail 2x45-53% Dynamic Punch 2x45-53% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Houndoom builds →Fire Blast 2x126-148%KO Solar Beam 2x84-99% Iron Tail 2x48-56% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Meganium builds →Solar Beam 2x99-117%KO Iron Tail 2x44-52% Rock Smash 2x10-12% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Suicune builds →Surf 2x85-100%KO Iron Tail 2x41-48% Rock Smash 2x9-11% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x116-137%KO Iron Tail 2x56-66% Rock Smash 2x12-14% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x93-110%KO Fire Blast 2x78-91% Iron Tail 2x41-48% Dynamic Punch 2x41-48% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x116-137%KO Iron Tail 2x50-59% Dynamic Punch 2x50-59% | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Piloswine View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x112-132%KO Iron Tail 2x44-52% Dynamic Punch 2x44-52% | ||
Piloswine Evolutions
Piloswine is what Swinub becomes. Breed it for Swinub eggs (average hatch time). Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Swinub pushed Piloswine to 450 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Piloswine to get Swinub eggs easily using 66 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Bite, Body Slam and 2 more.
GS Piloswine Best Moveset
Ice/Ground typing provides unique coverage options: MoveEarthquake for Ground TermStab and MoveIce Beam for Ice coverage from the special side. MoveRest plus MoveSleep Talk sustains. Held ItemLeftovers adds recovery. Decent mixed coverage from a typing that few other Pokemon share.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Sleep Talk
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Piloswine misses out on Ancient Power and Bite. That's 5 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Blizzard and Earthquake, with Normal and Fighting coverage and more 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
20 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Because the long hair all over its body obscures its sight, it just keeps charging repeatedly.
If it charges at an enemy, the hairs on its back stand up straight. It is very sensitive to sound.
Piloswine Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Piloswine has 450 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Gold & Silver, use Piloswine as an attacker. Splits damage between physical and special. Not the fastest, Earthquake is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Piloswine appears in 18 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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