Is Tauros Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Route 38 and 39 in Johto, available mid-game. Tauros is still fast with solid Attack, and Normal-type coverage hits everything that doesn't resist it. Crystal doesn't change what Tauros does, but the merged roster means Ursaring is now available too. Two strong Normal-types competing for the same slot.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Tauros's defenses.
Tauros trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Tauros trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Tauros trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Tauros trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Tauros on Route 38 (walking, Lv 13, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 13)
- LV 13NormalHorn AttackPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 25
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 43NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- LV 53NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
Crystal Tauros Locations
Tauros roams two Johto routes, rare on both and only in the morning and day. Routes 38 and 39 are the spots, but the low odds make it a real hunt.
2 locations to catch Tauros
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Best Locations to Catch Tauros in Crystal
How to Get Shiny Tauros in Crystal
Tauros charges through the grass on Route 38 and Route 39 in the morning and daytime, and it is a rare spawn, so settle in for a long walk between encounters. Compare Shiny Tauros odds across every game
Shiny Tauros Evolution
Does Not EvolveCrystal Shiny Tauros Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
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.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Tauros.
Tauros Weakness
Tauros is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Tauros's physical bulk (base 95 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- 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 Tauros Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Tauros
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) | ||
Tauros Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Tauros. Plenty of partners through one egg group, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Tauros with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group.
C Tauros Best Moveset
No longer the format's defining threat, but 110 Attack at 100 Speed with MoveReturn and MoveEarthquake still hits hard and fast. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The format shifted toward Snorlax's bulk-first approach, pushing Tauros down from the absolute top while keeping it firmly competitive.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Double Edge
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Most of Tauros's flexibility comes from TMs. Same-type output runs through Hyper Beam and Thrash, but Dark and Ice and the rest of the TM pool push it from predictable to genuinely threatening.
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
20 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
These violent POKéMON fight with other members of their herd in order to prove their strength.
Tauros Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Tauros plays as a setup sweeper. It outspeeds most threats, so it can pressure opponents before they move.
Yes. Paldean Tauros is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 9. Plays completely differently from the original.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Tauros appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Paldean form in Generation 9.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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 9SVPaldean
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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