Is Togepi Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Egg from Professor Elm's aide in Violet City after beating Falkner. Normal-type in Gen 4 with AbilitySerene Grace doubling secondary move effects. The real prize is Togekiss through Shiny Stone on Togetic, one of the best Gen 4 evolutions. Hatch it early and keep building friendship.
Falkner's typing presses Togepi's defenses.
Bugsy's typing presses Togetic's defenses.
Togetic has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Togekiss trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Togekiss has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Togekiss trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Togekiss has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Togekiss trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Togekiss resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Togekiss resists most of Misty's coverage and hits back hard.
Togekiss trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Togekiss resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Togekiss has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Togekiss has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Togekiss trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Togekiss has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Togekiss resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Togekiss has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Togekiss resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Togekiss has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Togekiss trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Gift
Togepi is given to you as a gift in Violet City at Lv 1. Requires at least one open party slot before accepting Togepi's Egg from Professor Elm's aide. Hatch the Egg from Professor Elm's aide in the Violet City Poke Mart.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Lake of Rage
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 51NormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Togepi to Togetic
Togepi evolves into Togetic with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Bugsy.
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 Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 51NormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Togetic to Togekiss
Togetic evolves into Togekiss with a Shiny Stone. Post-Game: You can pick up the Shiny Stone in National Park. Requires Rock Climb.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19FlyingSky AttackPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- LV 19NormalExtreme SpeedPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 19FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- 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 Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
How to Get Togepi in HeartGold & SoulSilver
The classic Togepi comes as a gift Egg early in the story, and once you have a Togetic line member you can breed more at the Day-Care. Either way it never shows up in the wild.
1 location to catch Togepi
Badge 1How to Obtain Togepi in HGSS
How to Get Shiny Togepi in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Togepi hatches from an egg handed over in Violet City, but breeding it Masuda-style is the quicker route to a shiny. Compare Shiny Togepi odds across every game
Shiny Togepi Evolution
3 Forms
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Togepi 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Togepi Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Togepi
 Meditite FightingPsychic | C | |
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 300 total stats over Togepi. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
HGSS Togepi Best Moveset
AbilitySerene Grace doubles secondary effect chances, turning 10% flinch moves into 20% and 30% burn chances into 60%. At 20 Attack and 40 Sp. Atk, the moveset can't trigger any of it. Evolve through friendship to Togetic.
Best Build
Togepi best EVs are Sp. Def and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Metronome
- Ancient Power
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Extrasensory and Foresight from the egg pool give Togepi something extra. Pair those with Last Resort and Double-Edge 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. 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
Base Stats
The shell seems to be filled with joy. It is said that it will share good luck when treated kindly.
A proverb claims that happiness will come to anyone who can make a sleeping TOGEPI stand up.
Togepi HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
For HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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