Is Togepi Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Gift egg from the Violet City Pokemon Center, same as Gold and Silver. Togepi still needs friendship to evolve into Togetic. Crystal doesn't change the grind. Normal typing in Gen 2 limits what Togetic can contribute, and the friendship investment is better spent on Crobat or Espeon.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Togepi here.
Togepi trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Togetic trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Togetic trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Togetic trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Togetic's weaknesses hard.
Togetic trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Togetic's weaknesses hard.
Lt. Surge's team hits Togetic's weaknesses hard.
Togetic trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Togetic trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Togetic trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Togetic trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Gift
Togepi is given to you as a gift in Violet City at Lv 5. Hatch Egg received from Professor Elm's assistant. Hatch the Mystery Egg that Professor Elm's aide gives you in the Violet City Pokemon Center.
Recommended Moves
- 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 Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 38NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TUTORFireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
Evolve Togepi to Togetic
Togepi evolves into Togetic with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Whitney.
Recommended Moves
- 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 Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 105Accuracy 95%PP 15Cianwood City
- LV 38NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Prize for defeating Janine
How to Get Togepi in Crystal
Togepi comes from its own Egg, handed over by Elm's assistant in Violet City. Unlike the Odd Egg babies, this one is guaranteed, a fixed gift you hatch as you walk.
1 location to catch Togepi
How to Obtain Togepi in C
- Step 2Evolve into TogeticBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Togepi egg.
How to Get Shiny Togepi in Crystal
Togepi comes from the one-time Egg given in Violet City, but that Egg can never hatch shiny, so raise the Togepi and breed the line at the Route 34 Day Care, hatching eggs until the shiny appears. Compare Shiny Togepi odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Togepi 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Crystal shiny odds for Togepi.
Togepi Weakness
Togepi's Normal typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting. It shrugs off Ghost-type attacks completely. Just 1 weak spot to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Togepi Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Togepi
Togepi Evolutions
This is the baby stage. Togepi grows into Togetic by leveling up. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 160 total stats over Togepi. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
C Togepi Best Moveset
Baby Pokemon evolving through friendship into Togetic. MoveMetronome randomizes moves without strategic value. No competitive contribution at any stage of this line.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Flamethrower
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Charm
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Foresight and Future Sight from the egg pool give Togepi something extra. Pair those with Double-Edge and Headbutt for STAB and coverage across 9 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
22 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is considered to be a symbol of good luck. Its shell is said to be filled with happiness.
Togepi Crystal Guide
For Crystal, you can run Togepi through the first few routes without issues. 245 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Togetic as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Togepi spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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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Where to go next after Togepi.
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