Is Tauros Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone encounter. Normal-type with AbilityIntimidate dropping Attack on switch-in. Fast with strong Attack and no evolution needed. Handles Morty through Normal's Ghost immunity and contributes through the Kanto gyms. Safari Zone access timing is the main limitation.
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.
Tauros trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
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 Brock'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 Lt. Surge'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 Sabrina's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Tauros has the type edge here and should clean up 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
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- LV 35NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 48NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 55NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5
HeartGold & SoulSilver Tauros Locations
Tauros ranges across four spots in the morning and daytime, mixing common, uncommon, and rare odds depending where you stand. Levels stay low in the teens, so an early one is easy to raise.
4 locations to catch Tauros
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Tauros in HeartGold & SoulSilver
You can find Tauros through 4 walking encounters at Lv. 13-24. The list is sorted by game progression, so the earliest accessible spots show up first.
How to Get Shiny Tauros in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Tauros charges across Route 38 and Route 39, though a shiny comes fastest from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Tauros odds across every game
Shiny Tauros Evolution
Does Not EvolveHeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Tauros 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.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
Tauros Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Tauros. A massive partner pool 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 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group.
HGSS Tauros Best Moveset
Physical attacker at 100 Attack and 110 Speed with AbilityIntimidate softening physical threats on the switch. The moveset fires fast physical Normal and coverage hits, and the Intimidate switch-in gives defensive utility beyond raw offense. 95 Defense adds unexpected bulk.
Best Build
Tauros best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Zen Headbutt
- Double Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 12 types means almost nothing walls Tauros cleanly, with Giga Impact and Hyper Beam anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
They fight each other by locking horns. The herd’s protector takes pride in its battle-scarred horns.
After heightening its will to fight by whipping itself with its three tails, it charges at full speed.
Tauros HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Tauros in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Tauros in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Tauros from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Tauros easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Tauros plays as a 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.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Naive is the go-to nature for Tauros. That's +Speed / -Sp. Def. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the sweeper role.
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
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