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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#104 Cubone

Ground

SpeciesLonely Pokémon
Japanese nameKarakara
PronunciationCUE-BONE
Height1′ 4″ 0.41 m
Weight14.0 lb 6.30 kg
Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

Pokédex Where to find Type matchups Moves Breeding Stats

Name meaning

Combination of CUB and BONE.

Evolution

CuboneLevel 28Marowak

Cubone in the original Gengar’s Pokédex — Cubone as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	Because it never removes its skull helmet, no one has ever seen this POKEMON’s real face.
Yellow	Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody.
Stadium	Always wears the skull of its deceased mother on its head and never shows its face. It cries mournfully in the moonlight.
GoldStadium 2	If it is sad or lonely, the skull it wears shakes, and emits a plaintive and mournful sound.
Silver	It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like.
Crystal	It lost its mother after its birth. It wears its mother’s skull, never revealing its true face.

Where to find Cubone

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Lavender Town	NA	Few
Red	Lavender Town	NA	Few
Yellow	Lavender Town, Safari Zone	NA	Few
Gold	Rock Tunnel	Any	Many
Silver	Rock Tunnel	Any	Many
Crystal	Rock Tunnel, Goldenrod City (Game Corner)	Morn. or Day; (Anytime in Goldenrod)	Many

How to catch

	Ground	Breed	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×1
Fire×1
Water×2
Electric×0
Grass×2
Ice×2
Fighting×1
Poison×0.5
Ground×1
Flying×1
Psychic×1
Bug×1
Rock×0.5
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×1

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses and resistances in both GSC and RBY. So they have the same defense ratio.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

NormalNormal
FireGood
WaterNormal
ElectricGood
GrassBad
IceNormal
FightingNormal
PoisonGood
GroundNormal
FlyingNo Effect
PsychicNormal
BugBad
RockGood
GhostNormal
DragonNormal
DarkNormal
SteelGood

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 5 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 5:3 (~166.67%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 4:3 (~133.33%).

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow	R/B	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
Start	Start	Start	Growl	Normal	Status
13	—	5	Tail Whip	Normal	Status
10	Start	9	Bone Club	Ground	Physical
18	—	13	Headbutt	Normal	Physical
25	25	17	Leer	Normal	Status
31	31	21	Focus Energy	Normal	Status
43	43	25	Bonemerang	Ground	Physical
46	46	29	Rage	Normal	Physical
—	—	33	False Swipe	Normal	Physical
38	38	37	Thrash	Normal	Physical
—	—	41	Bone Rush	Ground	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, Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM01Dynamicpunch
TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM06Toxic
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM11Sunny Day
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM23Iron Tail
TM26Earthquake
TM27Return
TM28Dig
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM37Sandstorm
TM38Fire Blast
TM41Thunderpunch
TM43Detect
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM46Thief
TM48Fire Punch
HM04Strength

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM01Mega Punch
TM05Mega Kick
TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM17Submission
TM18Counter
TM19Seismic Toss
TM20Rage
TM26Earthquake
TM27Fissure
TM28Dig
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM34Bide
TM38Fire Blast
TM40Skull Bash
TM44Rest
TM50Substitute
HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Monster Pokémon group 11

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Ancient Power	Breed male from Corsola, Kabuto, or Omanyte Family to a female from Totodile Family. Then breed male offspring with move to a female from Cubone Family.
Belly Drum	Mate with male Snorlax.
Perish Song	Mate with male Lapras.
Rock Slide	Mate with a male from Larvitar Family.
Screech	Mate with a male from Larvitar, Lickitung, or Totodile Family.
Skull Bash	Mate with male from Squirtle Family.
Swords Dance (C)	Teach RBY TM03 (Swords Dance) to a Pokémon from the Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Lickitung Family, then trade it to Crystal. If male, breed to a female from the Cubone Family.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	50	273-303	32/4527.43%	29/4230.85%
Attack	50	168-198	34/4921.19%	33/4519.80%
Defense	95	258-288	13/5580.20%	10/4481.59%
Speed	35	138-168	41/4712.54%	38/429.68%
Special Attack G/S/C	40	148-178	37/4615.87%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	50	168-198	32/4124.20%	—
Special R/B/Y	40	148-178	—	24/2914.72%
Total	320 G/S/C 270 R/B/Y	1153-1333 985-1135	58/8719.80%	46/6518.41%

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