Is Sudowoodo Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Static encounter blocking Route 36, needing the Squirt Bottle from the flower shop. Rock-type with AbilityRock Head or AbilitySturdy. Handles Bugsy and contributes through mid-game with decent Attack. Falls off after Pryce when stronger options appear.
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 trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Sudowoodo's weaknesses hard.
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 Brock's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina'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 has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
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 from the Goldenrod Flower Shop, given once you have the Plain Badge, on the blocking tree on Route 36.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20GrassWood HammerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- LV 33RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 41DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 49FightingHammer ArmPower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10
How to Get Sudowoodo in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Sudowoodo is the one disguised as a tree blocking Route 36. Water it with the Squirtbottle to start the fight and catch the level 20 it offers, the single in-game one, since no wild Sudowoodo exists elsewhere.
1 location to catch Sudowoodo
Badge 3How to Obtain Sudowoodo in HGSS
- Step 1Breed Bonsly from Sudowoodo
Breed from Sudowoodo at the Day Care.
How to Get Shiny Sudowoodo in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Sudowoodo blocks Route 36 until you water it, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign parent at 1 in 1,638. Compare Shiny Sudowoodo odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Sudowoodo 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.
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 | 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 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Sudowoodo Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Sudowoodo
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Vileplume builds →Solar Beam 2x145-171%KO Drain Punch 2x26-31% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Sandslash builds →Dig 2x62-74% Rock Smash 2x22-26% | ||
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Hariyama Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Hariyama builds →Vital Throw 2x62-74% Dig 2x45-55% Surf 2x39-47% | ||
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Leafeon builds →Solar Beam 2x92-109%KO Dig 2x44-52% Rock Smash 2x23-29% | ||
 Nidoqueen PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Nidoqueen builds →Dig 2x56-66% Surf 2x58-70% Focus Blast 2x74-88% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodCliff Edge Gate Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Quagsire builds →Dig 2x56-66% Surf 2x79-94% Focus Blast 2x66-78% | ||
 Nidoking PoisonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Nidoking builds →Dig 2x62-74% Surf 2x64-75% Focus Blast 2x81-96% | ||
 Bayleef Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Bayleef builds →Solar Beam 2x99-117%KO Rock Smash 2x14-18% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Graveler builds →Dig 2x58-70% Rock Smash 2x22-26% | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Lapras builds →Surf 2x95-113%KO Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Parasect builds →Solar Beam 2x92-109%KO Dig 2x39-47% Rock Smash 2x22-26% | ||
 Croconaw Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sudowoodo View Croconaw builds →Surf 2x75-90% Dig 2x35-42% Rock Smash 2x19-23% | ||
Sudowoodo Evolutions
Sudowoodo evolved from Bonsly's chain by knowing a specific move. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Bonsly eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Bonsly pushed Sudowoodo to 410 total stats. HP saw the largest single gain at +20. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Sudowoodo to get Bonsly eggs easily using 29 partners from the Mineral egg group. Notable egg moves include Defense Curl, Harden, Headbutt and 3 more.
HGSS Sudowoodo Best Moveset
Rock type at 100 Attack and 115 Defense that blocks physical damage and fires back hard. AbilityRock Head removes recoil from MoveDouble-Edge and MoveHead Smash. The moveset takes physical hits and responds with massive recoil-free attacks. 30 Speed and 65 Sp. Def are the gaps.
Best Build
Sudowoodo best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Tank Moveset
- Wood Hammer
- Explosion
- Stone Edge
- Sucker Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Sudowoodo picks up Defense Curl and Harden only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Rock Slide and Rock Tomb while coverage across 8 types 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 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
Although it always pretends to be a tree, its composition appears more similar to rock than to vegetation.
It disguises itself as a tree to avoid attack. It hates water, so it will disappear if it starts raining.
Sudowoodo HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Sudowoodo is a static encounter at Johto Route 36 in HeartGold & SoulSilver. Sudowoodo appears at level 20. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, it depends on your team. Sudowoodo rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Rock coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, use Sudowoodo as an attacker. Physical side carries the damage. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, run Adamant on Sudowoodo. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the attacker role.
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
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