Is Teddiursa Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Available in Crystal without needing Gold version. Route 45 catch that evolves into Ursaring at 30. One of the hardest-hitting Normal-types in the game. Crystal's merged roster gives everyone access to this late-game bruiser.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Teddiursa's defenses.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Teddiursa trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Brock's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Ursaring trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Ursaring has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Teddiursa in Dark Cave (walking, Lv 2, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM48FireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 36NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 50NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
Evolve Teddiursa to Ursaring
Teddiursa evolves into Ursaring at Level 30. Your Teddiursa should hit Level 30 before you reach Clair, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 39NormalSlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM03GhostCursePower —Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift in the Celadon Mansion roof house, at night only
- LV 59NormalThrashPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
How to Get Teddiursa in Crystal
Teddiursa keeps to Dark Cave, a rare morning-only spawn that can show at very low or mid levels. Mornings in that cave are the only time it surfaces.
1 location to catch Teddiursa
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7Where To Catch Teddiursa in C
Teddiursa is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 2-20. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into UrsaringDark Cave - EastLv.25-30CaveRate 15%DayDark Cave - EastLv.25CaveRate 10%MorningMt. Silver - 1FLv.44CaveRate 30%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 2FLv.47CaveRate 20%Morning/dayor evolve from Teddiursa (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Teddiursa catch rates for Crystal by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Teddiursa in Crystal
Teddiursa wakes early, appearing in Dark Cave only in the morning and only rarely; set an early clock and comb the cave before the window closes. Compare Shiny Teddiursa odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Teddiursa 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Crystal with Teddiursa preloaded.
Teddiursa Weakness
Teddiursa is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. Only 1 weakness makes it relatively easy to build around defensively.
| 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 Teddiursa Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Teddiursa
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Teddiursa View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x144-169%KO | ||
 Poliwrath WaterFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Poliwhirl (Route 30 Surfing) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Teddiursa View Poliwrath builds →Submission 2x111-131%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Teddiursa View Machoke builds →Vital Throw 2x102-120%KO | ||
Teddiursa Evolutions
Teddiursa evolves into Ursaring. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 170 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Teddiursa easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Counter, Crunch, Focus Energy and 3 more to offspring.
C Teddiursa Best Moveset
Normal pre-evolution with decent Attack heading toward Ursaring's 130. MoveReturn at reduced power. Evolve for the physical threat the stats promise.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Fire Punch
- Ice Punch
- Thunder Punch
- Return
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 10 types means almost nothing walls Teddiursa cleanly, with Thrash and Take Down 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.
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
27 of 32 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It always licks honey. Its palm tastes sweet because of all the honey it has absorbed.
Teddiursa Crystal Guide
In Crystal, Teddiursa does the job early-game if you need a Normal type on your team. Evolve it into Ursaring before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Teddiursa first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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- 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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