Is Totodile Good in Crystal Playthrough?
Solid pick but means giving up Crystal's only early Fire coverage through Cyndaquil. Feraligatr's physical power is strong, and Crystal's move tutor adds MoveIce Beam for Dragon coverage that Gold and Silver's one-time TMs made harder to spare. A good starter that demands more team-building around the Fire gap.
Totodile trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Totodile trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Croconaw trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Feraligatr trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Feraligatr resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Feraligatr trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Feraligatr trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Feraligatr trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Feraligatr resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Feraligatr resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Feraligatr trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Feraligatr trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Starter
Totodile is available as a starter at Lv 5.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- LV 35NormalSlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 52WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Totodile to Croconaw
Totodile evolves into Croconaw at Level 18. Your Totodile should hit Level 18 before you reach Whitney, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- After Lt. Surge
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 55WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Croconaw to Feraligatr
Croconaw evolves into Feraligatr at Level 30. Your Croconaw should hit Level 30 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner prize (5500 coins)
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner prize (7500 coins)
- TUTORIceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod City
- LV 58WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Totodile in Crystal
Totodile rounds out Elm's three starter choices, the Water option handed over at level 5. Like the others, picking it means giving up Chikorita and Cyndaquil for that game.
1 location to catch Totodile
How to Obtain Totodile in C
- Step 1Totodile ✓
- Step 2Evolve into CroconawBREEDINGAvailableLeave Feraligatr with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Totodile egg.
- Step 3Evolve into Feraligatr
How to Get Shiny Totodile in Crystal
Totodile waits among the three starters in New Bark Town; save before you commit, take the gator, and soft reset until the shiny variant greets you. Compare Shiny Totodile odds across every game
Crystal Shiny Totodile 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 Totodile.
Totodile Weakness
Type-wise, Totodile takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Totodile's Water typing only leaves 2 gaps to cover.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- 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 Totodile Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Totodile
 Bellsprout GrassPoison | D | |
 Chikorita Grass | D | |
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift | ||
 Hoppip Grass | D | |
Totodile Evolutions
Totodile kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Croconaw all the way to Feraligatr. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Evolving adds up to 216 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Totodile easily with 36 breeding partners from the Monster and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Crunch, Hydro Pump and 3 more to offspring.
C Totodile Best Moveset
Water starter with Attack heading toward Feraligatr's physical Water role. MoveSurf at low Sp. Atk can't compete. Two evolutions from relevance.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Slash
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Crunch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Ancient Power and Crunch give Totodile options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 7 types already covers a decent range on top of Hydro Pump and Surf. The egg moves push it further.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This rough critter chomps at any moving object it sees. Turning your back on it is not recommended.
Totodile Crystal Guide
In Crystal, for a casual playthrough, Totodile works as a placeholder. Water coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Croconaw. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Totodile appears in 17 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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