Is Wooper Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Route 32, available early in Johto. Water/Ground typing is excellent defensively with only one weakness (Grass). Quagsire evolves at 20 and provides a Ground-type option much earlier than Nidoking or Graveler.
Falkner's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Bugsy's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Quagsire resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Quagsire resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Quagsire resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Erika's team hits Quagsire's weaknesses hard.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Quagsire resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Wooper on Route 32 (walking, Lv 4, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- 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 31GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
Evolve Wooper to Quagsire
Wooper evolves into Quagsire at Level 20. Your Wooper should hit Level 20 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM33IceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 35GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Prize for defeating Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Wooper in Gold & Silver
Ten encounters split between grass and water across three spots, common with a rare here and there, some tied to morning or night. Wooper is an early dual-typed catch you will pass on the way north.
3 locations to catch Wooper
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 1Where To Catch Wooper in GS
Wooper is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking and surfing encounters from Lv. 4-45 across 56 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into QuagsireRuins of Alph - OutsideLv.15-24Surfing on waterRate 40%Union Cave - 1FLv.15-24Surfing on waterRate 40%Union Cave - B1FLv.15-24Surfing on waterRate 40%Route 27Lv.28-32GrassSilverRate 55%NightRoute 27Lv.28-30GrassGoldRate 50%NightRoute 10Lv.16-17GrassRate 40%NightRoute 32Lv.20-24Surfing on waterRate 30%Union Cave - B2FLv.20-24Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 12Lv.25-29Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 13Lv.25-29Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 13Lv.22-24GrassRate 19%NightRoute 14Lv.22-24GrassRate 19%NightRoute 15Lv.22-24GrassRate 19%NightRoute 27Lv.28GrassRate 10%MorningRoute 26Lv.30-32GrassGoldRate 10%NightRoute 10Lv.16GrassRate 5%MorningRoute 26Lv.30GrassSilverRate 5%NightRoute 13Lv.22GrassRate 4%MorningRoute 14Lv.22GrassRate 4%MorningRoute 15Lv.22GrassRate 4%MorningRoute 26Lv.30GrassRate 1%MorningMt. Silver - 2FLv.45CaveRate 40%Morning/dayMt. Silver - Side chambersLv.45CaveRate 40%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 2FLv.45CaveRate 30%NightMt. Silver - Side chambersLv.45CaveRate 10%Nightor evolve from Wooper (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Wooper catch rates for Gold & Silver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Wooper in Gold & Silver
Wooper answers either approach, wading the grass or surfing the water at Route 32, the Ruins of Alph, and Union Cave, so hunt it whichever way lands you more encounters. Compare Shiny Wooper odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Wooper 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Wooper preloaded.
Wooper Weakness
Type-wise, Wooper takes extra damage from Grass. Watch out for Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. Electric moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. The Water/Ground typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- 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 Wooper Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Wooper
 Chikorita Grass | D | |
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift | ||
 Bellsprout GrassPoison | D | |
 Paras BugGrass | C | |
 Oddish GrassPoison | C | |
 Hoppip Grass | D | |
Wooper Evolutions
Wooper is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Quagsire. Check the evolution method below. Plenty of partners for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 220 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Wooper easily with 66 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Safeguard to offspring.
GS Wooper Best Moveset
Water/Ground pre-evolution with no competitive stats. Quagsire is the destination where the unique defensive typing actually matters.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Surf
- Rest
- Sludge Bomb
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Ancient Power and Body Slam aren't available any other way for Wooper, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Earthquake and Surf for solid options.
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
25 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
This POKéMON lives in cold water. It will leave the water to search for food when it gets cold outside.
When it walks around on the ground, it coats its body with a slimy, poisonous film.
Wooper Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, for a casual playthrough, Wooper works as a placeholder. Water/Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Quagsire. That's where the stats start mattering.
Yes. Paldean Wooper is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 9. Plays completely differently from the original.
Game Availability
Available since Gold & Silver, Wooper appears in 17 games spanning 8 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Paldean form in Generation 9.
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 9SVPaldean
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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