Is Wooper Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Route 32 and Union Cave encounters from early Johto. Water/Ground with AbilityWater Absorb for Water immunity. Only weak to Grass. Quagsire at level 20 handles Jasmine, Pryce, and Morty through sheer type coverage. One of the best early catches in HGSS.
Falkner's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Bugsy's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
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 Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Quagsire resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
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 6, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Kimono Girl in the Ecruteak Dance Theater
- LV 33GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Pryce
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Item ball on Ice Path 1F
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- LV 47WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
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 120Accuracy 100%PP 10National Park
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod 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 36GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 53WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
How to Get Wooper in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Wooper is common around the cave-and-water areas of Johto, walking at night near the cliffs and surfing through the Union Cave and Ruins of Alph waters. The Safari Zone adds plenty more once you reach it.
7 locations to catch Wooper
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Wooper in HGSS
Wooper is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking, surfing, and more encounters from Lv. 1-45 across 80 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Wooper ✓Ruins of Alph - OutsideLv.10-20Surfing on waterRate 60%Union Cave - 1FLv.10-20Surfing on waterRate 60%Union Cave - B1FLv.10-20Surfing on waterRate 60%Safari Zone - WetlandLv.15-17FloorRate 40%NightRoute 32Lv.6GrassRate 35%NightSafari Zone - MeadowLv.15-17FloorRate 30%NightSafari Zone - MeadowLv.15-17Surfing on waterRate 30%Safari Zone - WetlandLv.15-16Surfing on waterRate 30%Safari Zone - MarshlandLv.15-17FloorRate 30%NightSafari Zone - MarshlandLv.15-17Surfing on waterRate 30%Violet CityLv.1Gift from NPCLimitedRequires the correct Primo password and at least one open party slot before accepting the Wooper EggCliff Edge GateLv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 90%Cliff Cave - 1FLv.18CaveRate 5%Morning/day
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into QuagsireRuins of Alph - OutsideLv.10-25Surfing on waterRate 40%Union Cave - 1FLv.10-25Surfing on waterRate 40%Union Cave - B1FLv.10-25Surfing on waterRate 40%Route 32Lv.15-25Surfing on waterRate 30%Union Cave - B2FLv.15-25Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 27Lv.28-30GrassSoulSilverRate 55%NightRoute 27Lv.28-30GrassHeartGoldRate 50%NightRoute 10Lv.16-18GrassRate 40%NightRoute 12Lv.25Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 13Lv.25Surfing on waterRate 30%Safari Zone - WetlandLv.16-17FloorRate 20%NightSafari Zone - WetlandLv.16-17Surfing on waterRate 20%Route 13Lv.22-24GrassRate 19%NightRoute 15Lv.22-24GrassRate 19%NightRoute 14Lv.24-26GrassRate 19%NightCliff Edge GateLv.30-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 26Lv.30GrassHeartGoldRate 10%NightCliff Cave - 1FLv.20CaveRate 5%Morning/dayRoute 26Lv.30GrassSoulSilverRate 5%NightMt. Silver - 1F Upper ChamberLv.45CaveRate 40%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 1F Central ChamberLv.45CaveRate 35%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 1F Upper ChamberLv.45CaveRate 30%NightMt. Silver - 2FLv.45CaveRate 30%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 2FLv.45CaveRate 20%NightMt. Silver - 3FLv.45CaveRate 20%Morning/dayMt. Silver - Upper mountainsideLv.45CaveRate 15%Morning/dayMt. Silver - 3FLv.45CaveRate 10%NightMt. Silver - Upper mountainsideLv.45CaveRate 10%NightMt. Silver - 1F Central ChamberLv.45CaveRate 5%Nightor evolve from Wooper (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Wooper catch rates for HeartGold & SoulSilver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Wooper in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Wooper wanders the Cliff Cave and Route 32 at night, though a shiny hatches faster from Masuda breeding. Compare Shiny Wooper odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Wooper Calculator
3 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.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Wooper Weak Against
Good
Wooper Evolutions
Wooper is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Quagsire. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool 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 131 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Counter and 9 more to offspring.
HGSS Wooper Best Moveset
Water/Ground typing gives only one weakness (Grass, 4x) and immunity to Electric. AbilityWater Absorb heals from Water moves. 15 Speed and stats in the 25-55 range mean the moveset can't do anything with these advantages. Evolve to Quagsire.
Best Build
Wooper best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Recover
- Earthquake
- Curse
- Waterfall
Recommended Teammates
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 Muddy Water 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. 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 25 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Wooper in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Wooper in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Wooper from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Wooper easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, 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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