Is Sudowoodo Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Blocks Route 36 until you use the Squirt Bottle. One encounter, one chance to catch it. Sudowoodo is a Rock-type that looks like a tree. Good physical Defense and decent Attack, but the Rock typing creates Water and Grass weaknesses that show up constantly.
Sudowoodo resists most of Falkner's coverage and hits back hard.
Sudowoodo resists most of Bugsy's coverage and hits back hard.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's Pokemon outpace and outclass Sudowoodo here.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Sudowoodo resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Sudowoodo resists most of Koga's coverage and hits back hard.
Bruno's team hits Sudowoodo's weaknesses hard.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Sudowoodo on Route 36 (interact, Lv 20, limited). Use the Squirt Bottle on the strange tree on Route 36. Blocking the path on Route 36. Use the Squirt Bottle obtained from the Goldenrod City flower shop after defeating Whitney.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM41ElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 28RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM03GhostCursePower —Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift in the Celadon Mansion roof house, at night only
How to Get Sudowoodo in Gold & Silver
That tree blocking Route 36 is no tree. Splash the Squirtbottle on it and the disguised Sudowoodo wakes for a single level 20 fight. There is exactly one, so do not knock it out by accident.
1 location to catch Sudowoodo
Badge 3How to Get Sudowoodo in Gold & Silver
How to Get Shiny Sudowoodo in Gold & Silver
Sudowoodo is the stubborn roadblock on Route 36, so save in front of it, splash it with the Squirtbottle to start the fight, and reset every time it fails to sparkle. Compare Shiny Sudowoodo odds across every game
Shiny Sudowoodo Evolution
Does Not EvolveGold & Silver Shiny Sudowoodo Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Gold & Silver shiny odds calculator with Sudowoodo already selected.
Sudowoodo Weakness
Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, and Steel moves hit Sudowoodo for super-effective damage. The Rock typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Sudowoodo's physical bulk (base 115 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying |
- 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 Sudowoodo Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Sudowoodo
 Sandslash Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x45-55% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Lapras builds →Surf 2x95-113%KO Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | B | |
Obtain MethodRoute 32 Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Quagsire builds →Surf 2x79-94% Dig 2x43-51% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Bellossom Grass | C | |
 Croconaw Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Croconaw builds →Surf 2x75-90% Dig 2x26-31% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Geodude builds →Dig 2x39-47% Rock Smash 2x10-13% | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Onix builds →Dig 2x29-35% Rock Smash 2x8-10% | ||
 Bayleef Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Bayleef builds →Razor Leaf 2x45-55% Mud-Slap 2x8-10% Rock Smash 2x8-10% | ||
 Slowpoke WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Slowpoke builds →Surf 2x58-70% Dig 2x23-29% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Parasect builds →Dig 2x30-36% Rock Smash 2x13-16% | ||
 Weepinbell GrassPoison | C | |
 Skiploom Grass | C | |
Sudowoodo Evolutions
Sudowoodo doesn't evolve, so breeding's where the action is. You'll find a small partner pool across one egg group, and eggs take an average time to hatch. It's got 1 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Sudowoodo easily with 12 breeding partners from the Mineral egg group. Pass egg moves like Self-Destruct to offspring.
GS Sudowoodo Best Moveset
Rock-type disguised as a tree with 115 Attack behind Rock TermStab and MoveEarthquake for Ground coverage. MoveExplosion adds the nuclear option. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Hits hard physically but 65 Speed and special frailty limit the switch-in opportunities.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Curse
- Self Destruct
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Sudowoodo's coverage across 7 types all comes from technical machines, built on top of Rock Slide and Rock Throw for same-type damage. Dynamic Punch and Earthquake are the payoff moves.
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
24 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Although it always pretends to be a tree, its composition appears to be closer to a rock than a plant.
It disguises itself as a tree to avoid attack. It hates water, so it will disappear if it starts raining.
Sudowoodo Gold & Silver Guide
Sudowoodo is a static encounter at Johto Route 36 in Gold & Silver. Sudowoodo appears at level 20. Prerequisite: Use the Squirt Bottle on the strange tree on Route 36. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
For Gold & Silver, it depends on your team. Sudowoodo rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Rock coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In Gold & Silver, use Sudowoodo as a setup sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. Set up with Curse when you get a free turn.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Sudowoodo appears in 18 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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