Is Sentret Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Route 29, right outside New Bark Town. Sentret is filler for the first few hours while your team takes shape. Furret evolves at 15 and is slightly better, but both get replaced before Goldenrod.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Sentret on Route 29 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 25NormalSlamPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 20
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
Evolve Sentret to Furret
Sentret evolves into Furret at Level 15. Your Sentret should hit Level 15 before you reach Whitney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 28NormalSlamPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Sentret in Gold & Silver
Sentret greets you on the very first routes, common in the early morning and daytime grass. Two low-level spots, so this is one of the first new faces a Johto journey turns up after the lab.
Wild Sentret may be holding when caught:
Berry (2% chance) A self-restore item. (10HP, HOLD)2 locations to catch Sentret
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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The line opens with Sentret at Lv. 2-3 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Gold & Silver for Sentret.
How to Get Shiny Sentret in Gold & Silver
Sentret can turn up shiny right from Route 29, and again over on Route 1, so only patience stands between you and one across those early fields. Compare Shiny Sentret odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Sentret 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Gold & Silver shiny odds for Sentret.
Sentret Weakness
Fighting moves hit Sentret for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Sentret's Normal typing only leaves 1 gap to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- 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 Sentret Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Sentret
Sentret Evolutions
Sentret is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Furret. Check the evolution method below. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Sentret. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sentret easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Double-Edge, Focus Energy, Pursuit and 2 more to offspring.
GS Sentret Best Moveset
Normal pre-evolution with no competitive stats or moves. Furret barely improves the situation after evolving.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Double Edge
- Slam
- Headbutt
- Slash
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Sentret can hit 11 types beyond STAB, including Ground and Fighting. The offense anchors on Double-Edge and Slam while TMs handle everything else.
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
27 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A very cautious POKéMON, it raises itself up using its tail to get a better view of its surroundings.
It stands on its tail so it can see a long way. If it spots an enemy, it cries loudly to warn its kind.
Sentret Gold & Silver Guide
Yes. Wild Sentret in Gold & Silver can hold Berry (2%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Berry.
In Gold & Silver, for a casual playthrough, Sentret works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Furret. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Sentret appears in 16 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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