Is Totodile Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Water starter. The physical/special split transforms this line in HGSS, giving Feraligatr proper physical Water moves matching its strong Attack. Totodile starts solid and Feraligatr at 30 is where the real payoff hits.
Totodile trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Totodile has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Totodile 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 resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Feraligatr trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Feraligatr trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Feraligatr resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up 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 resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Feraligatr has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Starter
Totodile is available as a starter at Lv 5.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 41WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 43FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 48WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
Evolve Totodile to Feraligatr
Croconaw evolves into Feraligatr at Level 30. Your Totodile should hit Level 30 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Pryce
- TUTORWaterHydro CannonPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Blackthorn City
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- LV 58WaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 63FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
How to Get Totodile in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Totodile is the Water choice in Elm's starter trio at New Bark Town. Take it and the line is yours alone, with no wild backup anywhere on the map to fall back on.
1 location to catch Totodile
How to Obtain Totodile in HGSS
- Step 1Totodile ✓
- Step 2Evolve into Croconaw
- Step 3Evolve into Feraligatr
How to Get Shiny Totodile in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Totodile rounds out Elm's New Bark Town starters, so breed it Masuda-style with a foreign-language parent for a shiny. Compare Shiny Totodile odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Totodile 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 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Totodile Weak Against
Good
Totodile Evolutions
Totodile kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Croconaw all the way to Feraligatr. For breeding, average hatch time with plenty of partners 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 63 breeding partners from the Monster and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Aqua Jet, Crunch and 9 more to offspring.
HGSS Totodile Best Moveset
Physical Water type at 65 Attack and 64 Defense with AbilityTorrent for emergency Water power. The moveset has basic physical presence but needs Feraligatr's 105 Attack. 43 Speed goes last at every stage. Croconaw heads toward Feraligatr and the 105 Attack the moveset needs.
Best Build
Totodile best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet
- Return
- Swords Dance
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Totodile can spread damage across 10 types, with Normal and Dark punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Hydro Pump and Aqua Tail keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
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 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its powerful, well-developed jaws are capable of crushing anything. Even its Trainer must be careful.
It is small but rough and tough. It won’t hesitate to take a bite out of anything that moves.
Totodile HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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
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