Is Spoink Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Jagged Pass catch. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage on this Psychic-type. Grumpig at 32 has solid Special stats. Handles Brawly and removes two common offensive types as threats. Easier to find than the rare Ralts, making Spoink the practical Psychic starter.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Spoink resists most of Brawly's coverage and hits back hard.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Spoink has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Spoink trades roughly evenly with Winona's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Sidney's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Grumpig trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Grumpig has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Spoink on Jagged Pass (walking, Lv 20-22, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Mt. Pyre
- LV 34PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 43FlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5
- After Juan
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Evolve Spoink to Grumpig
Spoink evolves into Grumpig at Level 32. Your Spoink should hit Level 32 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- LV 37PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- Post-Game
- TUTORPsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 120Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalBody SlamPower 85Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 80Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
How to Get Spoink in Emerald
Spoink bounces around Jagged Pass as an uncommon level 20 to 22 catch, the lone spot it springs up in Emerald. That mountain pass between Mauville and the volcano is the only place to meet the pearl-balancing pig.
1 location to catch Spoink
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 4Where To Catch Spoink in E
- Step 1Spoink ✓
- Step 2Evolve into GrumpigBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spoink egg.
Bring the right balls: check Spoink catch odds in the Emerald Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Spoink in Emerald
Spoink bounces along Jagged Pass at a middling rate; hop through the mountainside grass there repeatedly, resetting each encounter until the shiny pearl-topped pig appears. Compare Shiny Spoink odds across every game
Emerald Shiny Spoink 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Spoink in the Emerald Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Spoink Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Spoink for super-effective damage. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Spoink's special bulk (base 80 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Spoink Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Spoink
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x105-124%KO Thief 2x18-22% | ||
 Mightyena Dark | C | |
 Sableye DarkGhost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Sableye builds →Feint Attack 2x46-55% Astonish 2x46-55% | ||
 Nuzleaf GrassDark | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spoink View Ninjask builds →Leech Life 2x37-44% Thief 2x18-22% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Illumise Bug | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodRustboro City Gift | ||
Spoink Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Spoink grows into Grumpig through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 140 total stats over Spoink. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Spoink easily with 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Extrasensory, Future Sight, Substitute and 1 more to offspring.
E Spoink Best Moveset
AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage, giving Spoink some defensive utility for a first-stage Pokemon. The moveset should run special Psychic TermStab while building toward Grumpig.
Best Build
Spoink best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Reflect
- Calm Mind
- Psychic
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Spoink misses out on Extrasensory and Future Sight. That's 4 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Future Sight and Dream Eater, with coverage across 7 types 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. 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
24 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A POKéMON that manipulates psychic power at will. It doesn’t stop bouncing even when it is asleep. It loves eating mushrooms that grow underground.
Spoink Emerald Guide
For Emerald, you can run Spoink through the first few routes without issues. 330 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Grumpig as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Spoink spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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
Winds & Waves
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