Is Ponyta Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Available on Routes 26 and 27 near the Kanto border. By that point you're approaching the E4, which is late for a first-stage Pokemon. Rapidash comes at 40, so the grind is tight.
Ponyta has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Ponyta resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Ponyta has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Ponyta has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Ponyta trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Ponyta resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Ponyta has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Ponyta's weaknesses hard.
Rapidash has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Rapidash resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Rapidash has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Misty's team hits Rapidash's weaknesses hard.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Rapidash has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Rapidash resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Rapidash trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Rapidash has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Rapidash's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Ponyta on Route 27 (walking, Lv 32, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32FireEmberPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 32NormalStompPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 34NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 53FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
Evolve Ponyta to Rapidash
Ponyta evolves into Rapidash at Level 40. Your Ponyta should hit Level 40 before you reach Lt. Surge, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 40)
- LV 40FireEmberPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 25
- LV 40NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 40NormalStompPower 65Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM03GhostCursePower —Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift in the Celadon Mansion roof house, at night only
- LV 61FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
How to Get Ponyta in Gold & Silver
Ten grass encounters split between a couple of mid-game spots, common in some and rare in others, with levels stretching from the teens to the low forties. The high-level ones make a quick mid-game catch.
5 locations to catch Ponyta
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Ponyta in GS
Ponyta is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 6-42. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into RapidashRoute 28Lv.42GrassRate 10%Mt. Silver - OutsideLv.44CaveRate 10%Pewter City - Pokémon CenterIn-game tradeLimitedTrade for (give Gloom)or evolve from Ponyta (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Ponyta catch rates for Gold & Silver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Ponyta in Gold & Silver
Ponyta asks you to comb Route 22 and Route 26 or the slopes of Mt. Silver, riding out encounter after encounter until one finally flickers with shiny color. Compare Shiny Ponyta odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Ponyta 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Ponyta preloaded.
Ponyta Weakness
Water, Ground, and Rock moves hit Ponyta for super-effective damage. The Fire typing picks up 5 resistances to work with. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Ground, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Grass, Ice, Bug, Steel |
- 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 Ponyta Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Ponyta
 Marowak Ground | B | |
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x167-196%KO Mud-Slap 2x15-18% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x183-216%KO Rollout 2x56-67% Surf 2x44-53% | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Suicune builds →Surf 2x113-133%KO Dig 2x46-55% | ||
 Tyranitar RockDark | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Tyranitar builds →Rock Slide 2x142-167%KO Earthquake 2x125-147%KO Surf 2x78-92% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x171-202%KO Rollout 2x35-41% | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x147-174%KO Dig 2x50-60% | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x122-144%KO Earthquake 2x77-91% | ||
 Azumarill Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Azurill (Mt Mortar Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Azumarill builds →Surf 2x82-96% Rollout 2x18-21% Mud-Slap 2x13-15% | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Feraligatr builds →Hydro Pump 2x128-151%KO Earthquake 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Nidoking builds →Earthquake 2x149-175%KO Surf 2x71-84% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x128-151%KO Surf 2x88-104%KO Rollout 2x26-32% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Ponyta View Sandslash builds →Earthquake 2x146-172%KO Rollout 2x30-36% | ||
Ponyta Evolutions
Ponyta is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Rapidash. Check the evolution method below. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 90 total stats over Ponyta. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Ponyta easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Charm, Double Kick, Flame Wheel and 3 more to offspring.
GS Ponyta Best Moveset
Fire pre-evolution with Speed and little else. MoveFire Blast runs off Sp. Atk too low to compete. Rapidash improves the stats modestly, though the Fire typing's competitive problems persist.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Fire Blast
- Double Edge
- Hypnosis
- Hidden Power Grass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Ponyta misses out on Charm and Double Kick. That's 6 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Fire Blast and Flame Wheel, with Normal and Steel coverage 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
14 of 18 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is a weak runner immediately after birth. It gradually becomes faster by chasing after its parents.
Its hind legs, which have harder-than-diamond hooves, kick back at any presence it senses behind it.
Ponyta Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, for a casual playthrough, Ponyta works as a placeholder. Fire coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Rapidash. That's where the stats start mattering.
In Gold & Silver, use Ponyta as a support. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling,
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Ponyta appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Galarian form in Generation 8.
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 8SwShGalarian
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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