Goldeen
It is a Water-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I. Evolution of Goldeen into Seaking starts at level 33. There is definitely more to this aqua Pokemon and without that, you may not be able to decide efficiently that whether you want the Goldeen Evolution or not. The Weakness, Moveset, and more about Goldeen will be found here but before that let’s start with its appearance.
Goldeen is a Pokémon with white, fish-like orange markings. It has circular blue eyes and prominent pink lips with orange lids. There is a big horn on its forehead, which is bigger on a male than on a female. It has a small, wavy dorsal end covered by an orange patch and long pectoral fins at the bases with orange markings. The billowing tail fin of Goldeen is orange around the base and is green around the bottom. Many praise its tail for its grace and resemblance to a ballroom top.
About Goldeen
- National Pokedex No: 118
- Japenese name: トサキント
- Type: Water-type.
- Height: 0.6m.
- Weight: 15kg
- Abilities:
- Swift swim
- Water veil
- Lightning rod (hidden ability)
- Local Number:
- 118 (Red/Blue/Yellow)
- 078 (Gold/Silver/Crystal)
- 050 (Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald)
- 118 (FireRed/LeafGreen)
- 078 (Diamond/Pearl)
- 078 (Platinum)
- 078 (HeartGold/SoulSilver)
- 053 (X/Y — Central Kalos)
- 051 (Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire)
- 153 (Sun/Moon — Alola dex)
- 186 (U.Sun/U.Moon — Alola dex)
- 118 (Let’s Go Pikachu/Let’s Go Eevee)
- 146 (Sword/Shield)
- 094 (The Isle of Armor)
- Catch rate: 39.9%.
- Base friendship: 70.
- Base Exp: From gen 1-4 111 and gen 5 onwards has an experience of 64
- Growth Rate: Medium-fast
- Egg group: Water 2
- Gender: 50% Male, 50%Female
- Egg cycles: 5140-5396 steps
Stats
Here are the basic stats for Goldeen which may help you against the weakness of other Pokemons.
- HP: 45
- Attack: 67
- Defense: 60
- Speed: 35
- Special Attack: 50
- Special Defense: 63
- Total: 320
Moves Learned by Goldeen
Moves Learned by Leveling up
The Goldeen level up and learn various moves, the following Moveset will give you a clear picture:
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy |
| 1 | Peck | FLYING | Physical | 35 | 100 |
| 1 | Tail Whip | NORMAL | Status | — | 100 |
| 5 | Supersonic | NORMAL | Status | — | 55 |
| 10 | Water Pulse | WATER | Special | 60 | 100 |
| 15 | Horn Attack | NORMAL | Physical | 65 | 100 |
| 20 | Agility | PSYCHIC | Status | — | — |
| 25 | Aqua Ring | WATER | Status | — | — |
| 30 | Flail | NORMAL | Physical | — | 100 |
| 35 | Waterfall | WATER | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| 40 | Soak | WATER | Status | — | 100 |
| 45 | Megahorn | BUG | Physical | 120 | 85 |
| 50 | Horn Drill | NORMAL | Physical | — | 30 |
Moves learned by TM
Goldeen will learn various moves from Technical Machine too, here’s the Moveset for that:
| TM | Move | Type | Category | Power | Accuracy |
| 21 | Rest | PSYCHIC | Status | — | — |
| 24 | Snore | NORMAL | Special | 50 | 100 |
| 25 | Protect | NORMAL | Status | — | — |
| 27 | Icy Wind | ICE | Special | 55 | 95 |
| 31 | Attract | NORMAL | Status | — | 100 |
| 33 | Rain Dance | WATER | Status | — | — |
| 35 | Hail | ICE | Status | — | — |
| 36 | Whirlpool | WATER | Special | 35 | 85 |
| 39 | Facade | NORMAL | Physical | 70 | 100 |
| 40 | Swift | NORMAL | Special | 60 | ∞ |
| 45 | Dive | WATER | Physical | 80 | 100 |
| 52 | Bounce | FLYING | Physical | 85 | 85 |
| 53 | Mud Shot | GROUND | Special | 55 | 95 |
| 76 | Round | NORMAL | Special | 60 | 100 |
| 96 | Smart Strike | STEEL | Physical | 70 | — |
How To Find Goldeen?
Well, the Goldeen Evolution, its weakness, Moveset, and any other details are useless if you cannot find it. So here are the locations:
| Generation 1 |
| Red / Blue: Routes 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, Pallet Area, Viridian City, Cerulean City, Celadon City, Fuchsia City, Safari Zone, Cinnabar Islands, Indigo Plateau, Cerulean Cave (Good Rod)
Routes 6, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, Cerulean City, Fuchsia City, Cinnabar Island, Seafoam Islands (Super Rod) |
| Blue (Japan): Routes 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, Pallet Village, Viridian City, Cerulean City, Vermilion City, Celadon City, Fuchsia City, Safari Zone, Seafoam Islands, Cinnabar Island, Indigo Plateau (Good Rod)
Routes 6, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, Cerulean City, Fuchsia City, Cinnabar Island, Seafoam Islands (Super Rod) |
| Yellow: Routes 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25, Pallet Place, Viridian City, Cerulean City, Vermilion City, Celadon City, Fuchsia City, Safari Zones, Seafoam Islands, Cinnabar Island, Indigo Plateau, Cerulean Cave (Good Rod)
Routes 6 and 24, the Town of Cerulean, Celadon, Cerulean Cave (Super Rod) |
| Generation 2 |
| Gold / Silver (fishing): Dark Cave, Union Cave 1F / B1F, Slowpoke Well
Routes 4, 9, 10, 24, 25 and 42, Mt. Mortar, Tohjo Falls, Mt. Gold, Cerulean Village. |
| Crystal: Network 4 (Surfing)
Dark Cave, Union Cave (fishing) 1F / B1F, Slowpoke Well Mt. Mortar, Tohjo Falls, Mt. Gold, Cerulean City (surfing and fishing) |
| Generation 3 |
| Ruby/Sapphire: Routes 102, 111, 114, 117, and 120, Petalburg City, Meteor Falls, Victory Road (Old Rod and Good Rod)
Safari Zone (fishing) |
| Emerald: Routes 102, 111, 114, 117, and 120 (Surfing, Old Rod and Good Rod)
Petalburg City, Meteor Falls, Victory Road (Old Rod and Good Rod) Safari Zone (fishing) |
| Firered/Leafgreen: Routes 6, 22, 23, 25, Ruin Valley, Cape Brink, Viridian City, Four Island, Cerulean Cave, Icefall Cave (Good Rod)
Fuchsia City, Berry Forest, Safari Zone (Old Rod and Good Rod) |
| Generation 4 |
| Diamond / Pearl: Lake Acuity, Lake Verity, Twinleaf Place, Lake Valor, Resort Area, Sendoff Spring (Good Rod) routes 203, 204, 209, 212, and 214.
Platinum: routes 203, 204, 208, 209, 212, 214 and 229, Acuity Lake, Celestic Village, Verity City, Twinleaf Village, Valor City, Sendoff Spring (Good Rod) |
| Heartgold/Soulsilver: Routes 4, 9, 10, 24, 25, 42, Slowpoke Well, Union Cave, Mt. Mortar, Mt. Silver, Dark Cave, Cerulean City, Cerulean Cave, Tohjo Falls, Safari Zone (fishing) |
| Pal Park: Pond |
| Pokéwalker: Blue Lake, Warm Beach |
| Generation 5 |
| Black/White: Routes 3, 11, and 14, Striaton City, Pinwheel Forest interior, Lostlorn Forest, Abundant Shrine (fishing) |
| Black2/White2: Routes 3, 11, 14, and 22, Pinwheel Forest, Abundant Shrine, Aspertia City, Striaton City (fishing) |
| Dream World: Sparkling Sea |
| Generation 6 |
| X/Y: Routes 3, 22, Parfum Palace (fishing) |
| Routes 102, 111, 114, 117, 120, 123, Petalburg Park, Meteor Falls, Scorched Slab, Safari Area, Victory Road (Old Rod and New Rod) Omega Ruby / Alpha |
| Generation 7 |
| Sun/Moon: Brooklet Hill, Malie Garden (fishing) |
| Ultra Sun/ Ultra Moon: Brooklet Hill, Malie Garden (fishing) |
| Let’s Go Pikachu/Let’s Go Eevee: Route 6 (Sea Skim) |
| Generation 8 |
| Sword / Shield: Routes 4, 5, 6, Axewell West Lake, Axewell East Lake, Miloch North Lake, Miloch South Lake, Land Bridge, Giant’s Cap |
| Expansion Pass: Forest of Focus |
How To Evolve?
This water-type Pokemon evolves from Goldeen too Seaking at level 33.
- In Generation 1, Goldeen has a base Special stat of 50.
- In Generations 1-4, Goldeen has a base experience yield of 111.
How Useful Is My Goldeen?
After seeing the Moveset and Evolution you may want to know against what kinds of pokemon the Goldeen is strong and around whom it reveals the weakness so that you may know its usefulness.
| Under normal battle conditions in Generation VIII, this Pokémon is: |
| Damaged |
| normally by: |
| Normal 1× |
| Fighting 1× |
| Flying 1× |
| Poison 1× |
| Ground 1× |
| Rock 1× |
| Bug 1× |
| Ghost 1× |
| Psychic 1× |
| Dragon 1× |
| Dark 1× |
| Fairy 1× |
| Weak to: |
| Grass 2× |
| Electric 2× |
| Immune to: |
| None |
| Resistant to: |
| Steel ½× |
| Fire ½× |
| Water ½× |
| Ice ½× |
For more details visit the official Pokemon page for Goldeen Evolution.
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