
Is Wooper Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from Colosseum. AbilityWater Absorb or AbilityDamp. Water/Ground with one weakness. Quagsire is still solid if imported, but Swampert does the Water/Ground role natively and better. No reason to trade for the budget version.
Wooper has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Brawly's team.
Wooper has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Flannery's team.
Norman's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Winona's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Wallace's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Sidney's team hits Wooper's weaknesses hard.
Phoebe's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Glacia's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Wooper cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Brawly
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Abandoned Ship
- After Wattson
- TM28GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 114
- After Norman
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Petalburg City
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Dewford Town
- After Winona
- HM08WaterDivePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Mossdeep City
- LV 36GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Tate & Liza
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Cave of Origin
- After Wallace
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Wallace
How to Get Wooper in Ruby & Sapphire
The Marill and Barboach lines hold the water-ground niche in Hoenn, leaving no spot for Wooper. Bring one over by trade to start the Quagsire line.
How to Obtain Wooper in RS
Step 1Wooper ✓CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom EmeraldAvailableCatch in Emerald via Surfing · Safari Zone · Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, then trade to the current game via link cable.CARTRIDGE TRADEfrom FireRed & LeafGreenAvailableCatch in FireRed & LeafGreen via Surfing · Ruin Valley, then trade to the current game via link cable.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Gold & SilverNot TradeableAppears in Gold & Silver via Surfing · Ruins of Alph. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom CrystalNot TradeableAppears in Crystal via Surfing · Union Cave. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.LATER APPEARANCEfrom Diamond & PearlNot TradeableAppears in Diamond & Pearl via Surfing · Route 212. Forward-only transfer — no path back to this game from a later one.
Step 2Evolve into Quagsire
How to Get Shiny Wooper in Ruby & Sapphire
Wooper stays clear of Hoenn's grass, so net a shiny around Ruin Valley in FireRed and trade it over. See every game where Shiny Wooper can be hunted
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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Wooper Weak Against
GoodWooper 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 102 breeding partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Curse and 5 more to offspring.
RS Wooper Best Moveset
Water/Ground pre-evolution with Electric immunity and Water healing through AbilityWater Absorb. AbilityDamp prevents MoveExplosion. Quagsire is the destination where the typing functions defensively.
Best Build
Wooper best EVs are HP and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Amnesia
- Earthquake
- Sludge Bomb
- Protect
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 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. 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
WOOPER usually lives in water. However, it occasionally comes out onto land in search of food. On land, it coats its body with a gooey, toxic film.
Wooper Ruby & Sapphire Guide
No. Wooper isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in Emerald or FireRed, then trade it over.
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

Winds & Waves
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