Is Snorunt Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Breed-only. Ice with AbilityInner Focus. Glalie at level 42 or Froslass at Dawn Stone for females. Two evolution paths. The Gen 4 Froslass branch is the more interesting option.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
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Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
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Chuck's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
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Jasmine's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
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Pryce's typing presses Snorunt's defenses.
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Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
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Glalie trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
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Glalie resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
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Glalie trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
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Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
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Hatch
Hatch Snorunt from an Egg you breed on Route 34.
Recommended Moves
- LV 13IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- LV 19NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- LV 28IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 31DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Pryce
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Ice Path
- LV 46IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
Evolve Snorunt to Glalie
Snorunt evolves into Glalie at Level 42. Your Snorunt should hit Level 42 before you reach Brock, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 42DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Pryce
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Ice Path
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Sold by the TM clerk on 3F of the Celadon Department Store
- LV 51IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
Evolve Snorunt to Froslass
Snorunt evolves into Froslass with a Dawn Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Brock.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 41)
- LV 41GhostOminous WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Bugsy
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM25ElectricThunderPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Pryce
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Ice Path
- LV 51IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
How to Get Snorunt in HeartGold & SoulSilver
How to Get Shiny Snorunt in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Snorunt comes from the Day Care, so pair it with a foreign parent the Masuda way at 1 in 1,638 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Snorunt odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Snorunt Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here 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.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Snorunt already selected.
Snorunt Weakness
Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel moves hit Snorunt for super-effective damage. Standard number of weaknesses for the Ice typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Snorunt Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Snorunt
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Hariyama builds →Focus Punch 2x273-321%KO Stone Edge 2x122-144%KO | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Blaziken builds →Focus Punch 2x273-321%KO Flare Blitz 2x219-258%KO Stone Edge 2x122-144%KO | ||
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Pewter City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x361-425%KO Focus Punch 2x240-283%KO Iron Tail 2x161-189%KO Fire Blast 2x88-104%KO | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x294-346%KO Stone Edge 2x131-154%KO Iron Tail 2x131-154%KO | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x283-333%KO Stone Edge 2x126-149%KO | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Hitmonlee builds →Focus Punch 2x273-321%KO Stone Edge 2x122-144%KO Blaze Kick 2x104-123%KO | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Entei builds →Overheat 2x201-237%KO Stone Edge 2x117-138%KO Iron Tail 2x117-138%KO Rock Smash 2x47-56% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x247-291%KO Stone Edge 2x110-130%KO | ||
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodBell Tower Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Ho-Oh builds →Overheat 2x237-279%KO Steel Wing 2x92-109%KO Ancient Power 2x68-81% Rock Smash 2x53-63% | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Primeape builds →Focus Punch 2x244-288%KO Stone Edge 2x109-129%KO Iron Tail 2x109-129%KO Overheat 2x97-115%KO | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Houndoom builds →Overheat 2x237-279%KO Iron Tail 2x96-113%KO Rock Smash 2x40-47% | ||
 Aggron SteelRock | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Aggron builds →Focus Punch 2x169-199%KO Iron Head 2x137-161%KO Stone Edge 2x170-200%KO Fire Blast 2x83-98% | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Typhlosion builds →Eruption 2x251-296%KO Focus Punch 2x136-160%KO Rock Slide 2x68-81% | ||
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Charizard builds →Overheat 2x235-277%KO Focus Punch 2x136-160%KO Iron Tail 2x91-108%KO Rock Slide 2x68-81% | ||
Snorunt Evolutions
From here, Snorunt's line branches into Glalie and Froslass. That's 2 possible evolutions, each with its own method. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Snorunt. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Snorunt easily with 35 breeding partners from the Fairy and Mineral egg groups. Pass egg moves like Bide, Block, Disable and 3 more to offspring.
HGSS Snorunt Best Moveset
Ice type at 50 across every stat with AbilityIce Body for HP recovery in hail. The moveset has no competitive output. Evolves to Glalie or, for females, Froslass with Held ItemDawn Stone.
Best Build
Snorunt best EVs are Defense and Sp. Def
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Ice Shard
- Icy Wind
- Spikes
- Blizzard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Snorunt picks up Bide and Block only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Blizzard and Ice Beam while Dark and Normal coverage and more adds range.
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 19 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It’s said that if they are seen at midnight, they’ll cause heavy snow. They eat snow and ice to survive.
Snorunt HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, you can run Snorunt through the first few routes without issues. 300 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Glalie as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Obtainable through an item-based evolution, Snorunt appears in 17 titles across 7 generations since Ruby & Sapphire. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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