What does Sunkern evolve into?

Get Sunkern to Sunflora using a Sun Stone. At 180 BST, Sunkern is just the starting point.

Should I use Sunkern?

In Gold & Silver, For a casual playthrough, Sunkern works as a placeholder. Grass coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Sunflora . That's where the stats start mattering.

Where can you catch Sunkern?

You can find Sunkern in Gold & Silver. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 15 other games across the series.

What games is Sunkern in?

Yes, Sunkern is in Gold & Silver. It shows up in 16 games across the series.

Sunkern - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Special

Balanced

DTier

30Speed · Very Slow

Stats & Training

You won't find a real weakness in Sunkern's stat line. It's well-rounded for the Seed Pokemon, and what it does with that depends on moveset and items. Yields 1 Sp. Atk stat exp, on a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.

Base Stats

Low

HP30

Attack30

Defense30

Sp. Atk30

Sp. Def30

Speed30

Total180

Details

Catch Rate

Easy235 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.3 m

Weight1.8 kg

Base XP36

Abilities

Abilities were introduced in Generation III. Shown below for reference.

Chlorophyll

Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.

Solar Power

Increases Special Attack to 1.5× but costs 1/8 max HP after each turn during strong sunlight.

Early BirdHA

Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+1SpDSpe

Special Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a SPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.

Sunkern Weakness

Sunkern's Grass typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. The Grass typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.

Sunkern Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug
0.5x (Resist)	Water, Electric, Grass, Ground

Type ChartFragile

5Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score-6

Gen II Type Chart

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

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug

½xResist

Water Electric Grass Ground

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (3)

Water Ground Rock

How to Beat Sunkern in Gold & Silver (Best Counters)

Scyther BugFlying	C
TM Move Moves Fury CutterTM49 Damage vs Sunkern Fury Cutter 2x 111-131%KO View Scyther builds →
Pinsir Bug	C
TM Move Moves Fury CutterTM49 Damage vs Sunkern Fury Cutter 2x 120-142%KO View Pinsir builds →
Magmar Fire	C
Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 Fire PunchTM48 EmberLv. 1 SmogLv. 13 Damage vs Sunkern Fire Blast 2x 264-311%KO Fire Punch 2x 185-218%KO Ember 2x 102-120%KO Smog 2x 49-58% View Magmar builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 11 Damage vs Sunkern Peck 2x 55-65% View Noctowl builds →
Beedrill BugPoison	C
Available Moves Moves Fury CutterTM49 TwineedleLv. 20 Damage vs Sunkern Fury Cutter 2x 93-109%KO Twineedle 2x 60-71% View Beedrill builds →

Gold & Silver Evolution

To get Sunflora from Sunkern, you need an evolution item. The evolution method matters here. The evolved forms gain up to 245 total stats over Sunkern. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#191Sunkern

Sun Stone

#192Sunflora

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Sunkern

Grass

Sunflora

Grass

75+45

ATK

75+45

DEF

55+25

SP.ATK

105+75

SP.DEF

85+55

SPE

BST

180D-Tier

425C-Tier+245

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

TYPE

Utility

Special

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Sunkern easily with 23 breeding partners from the Plant egg group.

Egg Groups

Plant

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Breed With (best first)

Gold & Silver Sunkern Best Moveset

Best Build

Gen 2 build content has limited support (no abilities).

Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.

Moves

The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Sunkern's Normal and Poison coverage all comes from technical machines, built on top of Solar Beam and Giga Drain for same-type damage. Sludge Bomb and Solar Beam are the payoff moves.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Absorb

D2010020Grass

Lv 4

Growth

C——20Normal

Lv 10

Mega Drain

D4010010Grass

Lv 19

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

Lv 31

Synthesis

D——5Grass

Lv 46

Giga Drain

D751005Grass

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

D—10015Normal

TM03

Curse

C——10Ghost

HM01

Cut

—509530Normal

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM20

Endure+4

D——10Normal

HM05

Flash

D—7020Normal

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM19

Giga Drain

D751005Grass

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM35

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM36

Sludge Bomb

D9010010Poison

TM13

Snore

—4010015Normal

TM22

Solar Beam

D12010010Grass

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM34

Swagger

C—8515Normal

TM12

Sweet Scent

——10020Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—8510Poison

Egg Moves

Sunkern doesn't have any Egg moves

Tutor Moves

Sunkern can't learn any Tutor moves

Gold & Silver Sunkern Locations

Sunkern's scattered across 4 spots in early-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.

Best Locations to Catch Sunkern in Gold & Silver

walking encounters for Sunkern across 4 spots at Lv. 10-13. The catch is that Gold and Silver don't share every location, so compare what's available in your version.

Route 24

GoldGrass Lv.10 Route

30%Early

Day

Route 24

SilverGrass Lv.10 Route

30%Early

Day

National Park

GoldGrass Lv.11-13 Facility

25%Early

Day

National Park

SilverGrass Lv.11-13 Facility

25%Early

Day

Sunkern Guide

Get Sunkern to Sunflora using a Sun Stone. At 180 BST, Sunkern is just the starting point.
In Gold & Silver, For a casual playthrough, Sunkern works as a placeholder. Grass coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Sunflora. That's where the stats start mattering.
You can find Sunkern in Gold & Silver. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 15 other games across the series.
Yes, Sunkern is in Gold & Silver. It shows up in 16 games across the series.

Game Availability

Since Gold & Silver, Sunkern has been in 16 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Spearow NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Peck 2x 57-71% View Spearow builds →
Spinarak BugPoison	D
Available Move Moves Poison StingLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Poison Sting 2x 33-43% View Spinarak builds →
Weedle BugPoison	D
Available Move Moves Poison StingLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Poison Sting 2x 33-43% View Weedle builds →
Cyndaquil Fire	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Upcoming Move Moves EmberLv. 12 Learns Ember at Level 12 View Cyndaquil builds →
Bellsprout GrassPoison	D
Upcoming Move Moves AcidLv. 23 Learns Acid at Level 23 View Bellsprout builds →

Natu PsychicFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Peck 2x 55-68% View Natu builds →
Cyndaquil Fire	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Available Move Moves EmberLv. 12 Damage vs Sunkern Ember 2x 70-83% View Cyndaquil builds →
Ekans Poison	D
Available Move Moves Poison StingLv. 9 Damage vs Sunkern Poison Sting 2x 30-38% View Ekans builds →
Paras BugGrass	D
TM Move Moves Fury CutterTM49 Damage vs Sunkern Fury Cutter 2x 75-90% View Paras builds →
Spearow NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Peck 2x 63-75% View Spearow builds →

Natu PsychicFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Peck 2x 58-69% View Natu builds →
Cyndaquil Fire	D
Obtain MethodNew Bark Town Gift Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 EmberLv. 12 Damage vs Sunkern Fire Blast 2x 185-219%KO Ember 2x 73-88% View Cyndaquil builds →
Ekans Poison	D
Available Move Moves Poison StingLv. 9 Damage vs Sunkern Poison Sting 2x 31-38% View Ekans builds →
Paras BugGrass	D
Available Moves Moves Leech LifeLv. 19 Fury CutterTM49 Damage vs Sunkern Leech Life 2x 152-181%KO Fury Cutter 2x 79-94% View Paras builds →
Spearow NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Peck 2x 63-75% View Spearow builds →

Scyther BugFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 30 Fury CutterTM49 Damage vs Sunkern Wing Attack 2x 158-187%KO Fury Cutter 2x 106-126%KO View Scyther builds →
Pinsir Bug	C
TM Move Moves Fury CutterTM49 Damage vs Sunkern Fury Cutter 2x 122-143%KO View Pinsir builds →
Magmar Fire	C
Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 Fire PunchTM48 EmberLv. 1 SmogLv. 13 Damage vs Sunkern Fire Blast 2x 265-313%KO Fire Punch 2x 184-217%KO Ember 2x 99-117%KO Smog 2x 49-58% View Magmar builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 PeckLv. 11 Damage vs Sunkern Fly 2x 132-157%KO Peck 2x 55-65% View Noctowl builds →
Butterfree BugFlying	C
Available Move Moves GustLv. 28 Damage vs Sunkern Gust 2x 58-70% View Butterfree builds →

Scyther BugFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 30 Fury CutterTM49 Damage vs Sunkern Wing Attack 2x 158-186%KO Fury Cutter 2x 107-127%KO View Scyther builds →
Pinsir Bug	C
TM Move Moves Fury CutterTM49 Damage vs Sunkern Fury Cutter 2x 114-135%KO View Pinsir builds →
Magmar Fire	C
Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 Fire PunchTM48 EmberLv. 1 SmogLv. 13 Damage vs Sunkern Fire Blast 2x 258-304%KO Fire Punch 2x 179-211%KO Ember 2x 96-114%KO Smog 2x 48-56% View Magmar builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 PeckLv. 11 Damage vs Sunkern Fly 2x 128-152%KO Peck 2x 54-63% View Noctowl builds →
Butterfree BugFlying	C
Available Move Moves GustLv. 28 Damage vs Sunkern Gust 2x 56-68% View Butterfree builds →