Is Wigglytuff Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Moon Stones are scarce in Gold and Silver. Using one on Jigglypuff instead of Nidorina or Clefairy is hard to justify. Wigglytuff's stats haven't improved.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Jigglypuff here.
Jigglypuff trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Jigglypuff trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Wigglytuff trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Wigglytuff has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catch Jigglypuff
Catch Jigglypuff on Route 46 (walking, Lv 3-5, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 3)
- LV 3NormalSingPower —Accuracy 55%PP 15
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 34NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 39NormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
Evolve Jigglypuff to Wigglytuff
Jigglypuff evolves into Wigglytuff with a Moon Stone. You can pick up the Moon Stone in Tohjo Falls. 1 other location is also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- 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
- After Clair
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 27
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Saffron City
How to Get Wigglytuff in Gold & Silver
Another Moon Stone evolution, this one on Jigglypuff. No wild Wigglytuff exists in Gold or Silver, and with four Pokemon in this stretch competing for the same stone, the choice gets tight.
Catch Jigglypuff at any of these 3 spots to eventually evolve into Wigglytuff.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Igglybuff
- 2
- 3Evolve WigglytuffUse Moon Stone
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Badge 8How to Obtain Wigglytuff in GS
- Step 1Breed Igglybuff from JigglypuffBREEDINGAvailableLeave Jigglypuff with a compatible partner at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Igglybuff egg.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve Jigglypuffor evolve from Igglybuff (Step 1)
- Step 3Wigglytuff ✓
How to Get Shiny Wigglytuff in Gold & Silver
Wigglytuff starts as a Jigglypuff that later meets a Moon Stone, so search Route 46, Route 3, and Route 4 and battle each Jigglypuff you find. Compare Shiny Wigglytuff odds across every game
Shiny Wigglytuff Evolution
3 Forms
Gold & Silver Shiny Wigglytuff 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Gold & Silver shiny odds calculator with Wigglytuff already selected.
Wigglytuff Weakness
Wigglytuff is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. With 140 HP and balanced defenses, Wigglytuff can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| 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 Wigglytuff Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Wigglytuff
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Wigglytuff View Primeape builds →Cross Chop 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Wigglytuff View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x97-114%KO | ||
Wigglytuff Evolutions
Getting Wigglytuff requires an evolution item, not just grinding levels. The chain starts at Igglybuff. Breed this form to get Igglybuff eggs (quick to hatch). HP grew the most through evolution (+50 over Igglybuff), and Wigglytuff peaks at 425 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Wigglytuff to get Igglybuff eggs easily using 16 partners from the Fairy egg group. Notable egg moves include Feint Attack, Perish Song, Present.
GS Wigglytuff Best Moveset
140 HP with 85 Sp. Atk from the stat split gives a real offensive presence the old combined stat never had. MoveIce Beam and MoveThunder Wave provide coverage and paralysis. Held ItemLeftovers recovers a large chunk of that massive HP each turn. The bulk and improved offense carve a genuine niche.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Thunder Wave
- Psychic
- Ice Beam
- Rollout
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 10 types means almost nothing walls Wigglytuff cleanly, with Hyper Beam and Strength 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
28 of 36 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Their fur feels so good that if two of them snuggle together, they won’t want to be separated.
It has a very fine fur. Take care not to make it angry, or it may inflate steadily and hit with a BODY SLAM.
Wigglytuff Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Wigglytuff can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the normal typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
In Gold & Silver, Wigglytuff plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Wigglytuff has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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