
Is Goldeen Good in Yellow Playthrough?
One of the weaker Water-types in the game. Seaking is a marginal improvement. Neither one deserves a team slot when Gyarados, Starmie, and Lapras exist in the same game.
Brock's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Misty's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Lt. Surge's team hits Goldeen's weaknesses hard.
Erika's team hits Goldeen's weaknesses hard.
Goldeen has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Sabrina's typing presses Goldeen's defenses.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Giovanni's team.
Lorelei's typing presses Seaking's defenses.
Seaking has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Agatha's team.
Lance's team hits Seaking's weaknesses hard.
Seaking trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Catch Goldeen on Pallet Town (Good Rod fishing, Lv 10, common).
- After Misty
- TM11WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Erika
- TM40NormalSkull Bash130100%10
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 37WaterWaterfall120100%15
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- After Sabrina
- TM14IceBlizzard11070%5
- After Koga
- TM09NormalTake Down9085%20
Your Goldeen should hit Level 33 before you reach Blaine, at typical leveling pace.
- After Misty
- TM11WaterBubble Beam98100%20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM13IceIce Beam90100%10
- After Erika
- TM15NormalHyper Beam15090%5
- TM40NormalSkull Bash130100%10
- TM10NormalDouble-Edge120100%15
- LV 39WaterWaterfall120100%15
- After Koga
- HM03WaterSurf135100%15
- LV 54PsychicAgility—100%30
How to Get Goldeen in Yellow
Easy grab on Goldeen with high spawn rates across 33 locations in early-game fishing spots. The sorted list below shows the full spread so you can pick the most convenient spot.
Where To Catch Goldeen in Y
To get Goldeen, start by catching Goldeen through fishing encounters at Lv. 5-60. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Step 1Goldeen ✓Celadon CityLv.5-20Super RodRate 100%Route 6Lv.5-20Super RodRate 100%Celadon CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Cerulean Cave - 1FLv.10Good RodRate 50%Cerulean Cave - B1FLv.10Good RodRate 50%Fuchsia CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Pallet TownLv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 10Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 11Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 12Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 13Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 17Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 18Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 19Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 20Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 21Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 22Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 23Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 24Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 25Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 6Lv.10Good RodRate 50%Safari Zone - CenterLv.10Good RodRate 50%Safari Zone - EastLv.10Good RodRate 50%Safari Zone - NorthLv.10Good RodRate 50%Safari Zone - WestLv.10Good RodRate 50%Seafoam Islands - B3FLv.10Good RodRate 50%Seafoam Islands - B4FLv.10Good RodRate 50%Vermilion City - CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Vermilion City - HarborLv.10Good RodRate 50%Viridian CityLv.10Good RodRate 50%Route 24Lv.20-30Super RodRate 75%Cerulean Cave - 1FLv.25Super RodRate 25%Cerulean Cave - B1FLv.30Super RodRate 25%
Step 2Catch or Evolve into SeakingRoute 24Lv.30Super RodRate 25%Cerulean Cave - 1FLv.35-55Super RodRate 75%Cerulean Cave - B1FLv.40-60Super RodRate 75%or evolve from Goldeen (Step 1)
Goldeen Weakness
Type-wise, Goldeen takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. Few weaknesses and 3 resistances make the typing clean. Just 2 weak spots to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice |
- Only 15 types exist — Dark, Steel, and Fairy are absent
- Ghost has no effect on Psychic (a known bug, fixed in Gen II)
- Special stat governs both offense and defense — no Sp.Atk / Sp.Def split
What is Goldeen Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Goldeen
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
Bellsprout GrassPoison | D | |
Oddish GrassPoison | C | |
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
Pikachu Electric | C | |
Obtain MethodPallet Town Gift | ||
Ivysaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
Bellsprout GrassPoison | D | |
Oddish GrassPoison | C | |
Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Tangela Grass | C | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Tangela Grass | C | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Parasect BugGrass | C | |
Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Bulbasaur (Cerulean City Gift) | ||
Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Tangela Grass | C | |
Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
Goldeen Evolutions
Goldeen starts a line toward Seaking. Can't breed this Water type (335 stats), so keep the evolution path going. Evolving adds up to 115 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Y Goldeen Best Moveset
Stats too low and a movepool too shallow to compete with anything evolved. MoveSurf runs off a Special stat that can't hurt anything worth targeting. Seaking barely improves the outlook.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Horn Attack
- Peck
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
TMs carry this one. Goldeen learns Surf and Waterfall naturally for STAB, but the offensive range comes almost entirely from technical machines. Flying and Normal and beyond give it real matchup play.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When it is time for them to lay eggs, they can be seen swimming up rivers and falls in large groups.
Goldeen Yellow Guide
- How do I catch Goldeen in the Yellow Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Goldeen in Yellow.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Goldeen from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Goldeen easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
For Yellow, you can run Goldeen through the first few routes without issues. 335 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Seaking as fast as you can.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Goldeen has appeared in 19 games — most mainline games. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut

Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS

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 7LGPE

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

Winds & Waves