Is Sentret Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 29 from the first patch of grass. Normal-type with AbilityKeen Eye or AbilityRun Away. Furret at level 15 is too weak to matter past Falkner. Replace with anything else before Bugsy.
Sentret trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up 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 has the type edge here and should clean up Clair'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 Misty's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge'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 Sabrina's team.
Furret trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Furret has the type edge here and should clean up 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 trades roughly evenly with 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 Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 47NormalHyper VoicePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Sentret to Furret
Sentret evolves into Furret at Level 15. Your Sentret should hit Level 15 before you reach Bugsy, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 56NormalHyper VoicePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Sentret in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Sentret is an easy early grab in both games, common on the first Johto route and over on Kanto's Route 1. Most show up in the morning and daytime, with a higher-level pocket waiting in the Safari Zone.
Wild Sentret may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (5% chance) It may be used or held by a Pokemon to heal the user by just 10 HP.3 locations to catch Sentret
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Sentret in HGSS
The line opens with Sentret at Lv. 2-17 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver for Sentret.
How to Get Shiny Sentret in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Sentret scouts Route 1 and Route 29, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Sentret odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Sentret Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
Sentret Evolutions
Sentret is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Furret. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool 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 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Assist, Charm, Covet and 8 more to offspring.
HGSS Sentret Best Moveset
Stats barely above 35 with 20 Speed going last against everything. AbilityRun Away guarantees escaping wild battles but has no competitive function. Furret barely improves things.
Best Build
Sentret best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Bulky Support Moveset
- Protect
- Last Resort
- Shadow Ball
- Double Edge
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Sentret can hit 12 types beyond STAB, including Dark and Electric. The offense anchors on Last Resort and Double-Edge 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. 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 28 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- Where in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone can I find Sentret?
See the Locations section above for where to find Sentret in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Sentret from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Sentret easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Sentret in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Oran Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Oran Berry.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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