Is Quagsire Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Quagsire with AbilityDamp shares Swampert's Water/Ground typing and one-weakness profile. Lower stats across the board, but the typing alone earns a team slot. Handles Wattson, Flannery, and contributes through the E4. If you didn't pick Mudkip, Quagsire fills the gap.
Quagsire resists most of Roxanne's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Quagsire resists most of Wattson's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire resists most of Flannery's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Juan's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Quagsire in the Safari Zone (Surf, Lv 35-40, rare). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 42GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
Catch Wooper
Catch Wooper in the Safari Zone (Surf, Lv 25-30, common). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Mauville Game Corner
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wally's father at Wally's house in Petalburg City after you defeat Norman
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- LV 36GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by Wallace in Sootopolis City
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Given by Steven Stone in his house in Mossdeep City
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
How to Get Quagsire in Emerald
Quagsire actually surfs wild in the Safari Zone as a rare level 35 to 40 catch, so you can land the evolved form directly. Most players still find it easier to raise a Wooper from the same water instead.
1 location to catch Quagsire1 location to catch Wooper
Encountered via Surfing
Encountered via Surfing
Badge 6Catch Wooper at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 20 — it evolves into Quagsire.
Badge 6Where To Catch Quagsire in E
- Step 2Quagsire ✓or evolve from Wooper (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Emerald for Quagsire.
How to Get Shiny Quagsire in Emerald
Quagsire lurks in the deeper Safari Zone water as a rare Surf encounter, so glide over the ponds patiently and inspect every hulking body for the violet-tinged shiny before your Safari time expires. Compare Shiny Quagsire odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Quagsire Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Emerald shiny odds for Quagsire.
Quagsire Weakness
Quagsire's Water/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Grass. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. With 95 HP and balanced defenses, Quagsire can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Quagsire Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Quagsire
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Sceptile Grass | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Treecko (Route 101 Gift) | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (Littleroot Town Gift) | ||
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | B | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Rustboro City Gift) | ||
Quagsire Evolutions
Quagsire is the evolved form of Wooper. Breeding produces Wooper eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Wooper gave Quagsire the biggest boost in HP (+40), bringing the total to 430 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Quagsire to get Wooper eggs easily using 102 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Body Slam, Curse and 5 more.
E Quagsire Best Moveset
Quagsire answers Electric-types that threaten other Water Pokemon, combining Ground immunity with AbilityWater Absorb to heal from Water attacks too. The moveset's only weakness is Grass at 4x, making it remarkably easy to switch in against teams lacking Grass coverage. MoveEarthquake for Ground TermStab and MoveSurf provide reliable dual TermStab damage.
Best Build
Quagsire best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Earthquake
- Curse
- Ice Beam
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Ancient Power and Body Slam on Quagsire. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Earthquake and Surf, they expand what Quagsire can actually threaten in practice.
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 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A QUAGSIRE hunts by leaving its mouth wide open in water and waiting for its prey to blunder in. Because it doesn’t move, it does not get very hungry.
Quagsire Emerald Guide
- Where in the Emerald Safari Zone can I find Quagsire?
See the Locations section above for where to find Quagsire in Emerald.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Quagsire from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Quagsire easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
For Emerald, go for it. Quagsire rates A-Tier, and its Water/Ground typing handles most of what the story throws at you.
In Emerald, use Quagsire as a trick room. Splits damage between physical and special. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. Earthquake is the primary attack. Set up with Curse when you get a free turn.
For Emerald, run Impish on Quagsire. +Defense is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the trick room role.
Game Availability
Quagsire first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters 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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