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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#142 Aerodactyl
Rock
- SpeciesFossil Pokémon
- Japanese namePtera
- PronunciationAIR-OH-DACK-TULL
- Height5′ 11″ 1.80 m
- Weight130.0 lb 58.50 kg
- Gender♂ 87.5% · ♀ 12.5%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Name meaning
AERO- means “flying” and DACTYL means “finger”. Similar to a pterodactyl (a flying dinosaur). “flying dinosaur with fingers”
Evolution
AerodactylThis Pokémon didn’t evolve from anything, nor does it evolve. No Evolution.
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | A ferocious, prehistoric POKEMON that goes for the enemy’s throat with its serrated saw-like fangs. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | A savage POKEMON that died out in ancient times. It was resurrected using DNA taken from amber. |
| Stadium | A Pokémon that was resurrected from the genes of an ancient dinosaur. With sharp fangs, it is very vicious. |
| GoldStadium 2 | A vicious POKEMON from the distant past, it appears to have flown spreading its wings and gliding. |
| Silver | This vicious POKEMON is said to have flown in ancient skies while shrieking high-pitched cries. |
| Crystal | In prehistoric times, this POKEMON flew freely and fearlessly through the skies. |
Where to find Aerodactyl
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Cinnabar Island (Give Old Amber to scientist at lab) | NA | One |
| Red | NA | One | |
| Yellow | NA | One | |
| Gold | Route 14 (Female Bug Catcher)(In-Game Trade) | Any | One |
| Silver | Any | One | |
| Crystal | Any | One |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/B | ✓ | ||||||||||
| Yellow | ✓ | ||||||||||
| G/S | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Crystal | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.
Type matchups
Defence: damage taken from each attack type
- Normal×0.5
- Fire×0.5
- Water×2
- Electric×2
- Grass×1
- Ice×2
- Fighting×1
- Poison×0.5
- Ground×0
- ×0.5
- Psychic×1
- Bug×0.5
- Rock×2
- Ghost×1
- Dragon×1
- Dark×1
- Steel×2
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 5 weaknesses and 6 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 5 : 6 (~83%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 weaknesses and 6 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 2 : 3 (~67%).
- This Pokémon has one more weakness in GSC than RBY. Therefore, this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in RBY.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Fire1st: Good 2nd: Normal
- Water1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
- Grass1st: Normal 2nd: Good
- Ice1st: Good 2nd: Normal
- Fighting1st: Bad 2nd: Good
- Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Ground1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
- 1st: Good 2nd: Normal
- Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Bug1st: Good 2nd: Good
- Rock1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
- Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Dragon1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
- Steel1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 7 advantages and 6 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 7:6 (~116.67%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 7 advantages and 4 disadvantages out of 30 types. Offensive ratio 7:4 (175%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| R/B/Y | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Start | Wing Attack | Physical | |
| Start | 8 | Agility | Psychic | Status |
| 38 | 15 | Bite | DarkG/S/C NormalR/B/Y | Physical |
| 33 | 22 | Supersonic | Normal | Status |
| — | 29 | Ancient Power | Rock | Physical |
| — | 36 | Scary Face | Normal | Status |
| 45 | 43 | Take Down | Normal | Physical |
| 54 | 50 | Hyper Beam | Normal | Physical |
“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.
Move Tutor Crystal
- Flamethrower
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM02Headbutt
- TM03Curse
- TM05Roar
- TM06Toxic
- TM08Rock Smash
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM13Snore
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM17Protect
- TM18Rain Dance
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM23Iron Tail
- TM24Dragonbreath
- TM26Earthquake
- TM27Return
- TM32Double Team
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM37Sandstorm
- TM38Fire Blast
- TM39Swift
- TM43Detect
- TM44Rest
- TM45Attract
- TM47Steel Wing
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
- TM02Razor Wind
- TM04Whirlwind
- TM06Toxic
- TM09Take Down
- TM10Double-Edge
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM20Rage
- TM23Dragon Rage
- TM31Mimic
- TM32Double Team
- TM33Reflect
- TM34Bide
- TM38Fire Blast
- TM39Swift
- TM44Rest
- TM50Substitute
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Flying Pokémon group 3 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
- Aerodactyl
- Doduo Family
- Farfetch’d
- Hoothoot Family
- Murkrow
- Natu Family
- Pidgey Family
- Skarmory
- Spearow Family
- Togetic
- Zubat Family
Egg moves
| Move | How to pass it down |
|---|---|
| Foresight | Mate with a male from Hoothoot family. |
| Pursuit | Mate with a male from Doduo, Fearow, or Murkrow Family |
| Whirlwind | Mate with a male from Pidgey Family. |
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 80 | 333-363 | 18/4565.54% | 15/4270.86% |
| Attack | 105 | 278-308 | 7/4989.41% | 7/4588.49% |
| Defense | 65 | 198-228 | 27/5544.05% | 24/4444.05% |
| Speed | 130 | 328-358 | 2/4799.06% | 2/4298.93% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 60 | 188-218 | 26/4640.14% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 75 | 218-248 | 20/4157.93% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 60 | 188-218 | — | 18/2936.34% |
| Total | 515 G/S/C 440 R/B/Y |
1543-1723 1325-1475 |
11/8784.13% | 9/6587.46% |
Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.
Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library