Is Xatu Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Natu evolves at level 25 or obtain through an in-game trade. Psychic/Flying with AbilitySynchronize. Decent Speed and special Attack. Handles Chuck and contributes against Koga's E4. Outpaced by Alakazam in raw power but more accessible.
Falkner's Pokemon outpace and outclass Natu here.
Bugsy's Pokemon outpace and outclass Natu here.
Natu trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Chuck's team.
Jasmine's team hits Xatu's weaknesses hard.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Xatu resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Xatu resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Xatu resists most of Janine's coverage and hits back hard.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Xatu resists most of Bruno's coverage and hits back hard.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Natu
Catch Natu in the Ruins of Alph (walking, Lv 18-24, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- TM89BugU-turnPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- After Morty
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 40
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 36PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 47PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Natu to Xatu
Natu evolves into Xatu at Level 25. Your Natu should hit Level 25 before you reach Morty, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Morty
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 40
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Morty
- After Chuck
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15From Chuck's wife outside Cianwood Gym
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 59PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Xatu in HeartGold & SoulSilver
An NPC over in Kanto hands you a Xatu in exchange for a Haunter, a one-time swap and the only way to one here. It doubles nicely as your easy route to evolving Haunter too.
1 location to catch Xatu3 locations to catch Natu
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Natu at any of the 3 locations below, then level it up to 25 — it evolves into Xatu.
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Badge 7 Badge 8How to Obtain Xatu in HGSS
The only way to get Xatu during the story is evolving Natu (Lv 25).
How to Get Shiny Xatu in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Xatu evolves from Natu, so breed the base form Masuda-style and raise it once the shiny shows. Compare Shiny Xatu odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Xatu 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.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
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 Xatu preloaded.
Xatu Weakness
Type-wise, Xatu takes extra damage from Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, and Dark. Ground moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Xatu leans toward special offense (base 95 Sp.Atk) instead of trying to wall anything.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Psychic |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Xatu Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Xatu
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Xatu View Lapras builds →Ice Beam 2x95-112%KO Thunderbolt 2x63-75% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Xatu View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 2x132-156%KO Shadow Ball 2x75-88% | ||
 Haunter GhostPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Xatu View Haunter builds →Shadow Ball 2x101-120%KO Thunderbolt 2x79-93% Sucker Punch 2x37-45% | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Xatu View Absol builds →Payback 2x71-84% Shadow Claw 2x65-77% Ice Beam 2x59-69% Thunderbolt 2x59-69% | ||
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
 Minun Electric | C | |
 Flaaffy Electric | C | |
 Luxio Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Xatu View Luxio builds →Thunderbolt 2x75-88% Bite 2x40-48% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Xatu View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Tomb 2x57-68% Feint Attack 2x45-53% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Xatu View Onix builds →Rock Tomb 2x33-40% Payback 2x23-27% | ||
Xatu Evolutions
Evolved from Natu. Xatu is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+25 over Natu), and Xatu peaks at 470 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
Breeding
Breed with Xatu to get Natu eggs easily using 31 partners from the Flying egg group. Notable egg moves include Drill Peck, Feather Dance, Feint Attack and 7 more.
HGSS Xatu Best Moveset
Psychic/Flying at 95 Sp. Atk and 95 Speed fires fast special Psychic and Flying attacks. AbilitySynchronize deters status moves by bouncing the condition back. The moveset outruns most mid-speed targets. 65 HP and 70 in both defenses limit how many hits it takes.
Best Build
Xatu best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Fly
- U Turn
- Future Sight
- Shadow Ball
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Drill Peck and Feather Dance aren't available any other way for Xatu, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Sky Attack and Future Sight 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
25 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
They say that it stays still and quiet because it is seeing both the past and future at the same time.
In South America, it is said that its right eye sees the future and its left eye views the past.
Xatu HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Trade a Haunter to a trainer in Pewter City. This is an NPC trade, so the Xatu you receive is yours immediately, no transfer cable needed.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Xatu plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Fly is the primary attack.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Hardy is the go-to nature for Xatu. Pair it with 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Xatu spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
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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