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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#096 Drowzee

Psychic

  • SpeciesHypnosis Pokémon
  • Japanese nameSleep
  • PronunciationDROW-ZEE
  • Height3′ 3″ 0.99 m
  • Weight71.0 lb 31.95 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Drowzee official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Variation of DROWSY, meaning “sleepy.”

Evolution

  1. DrowzeeLevel 26Hypno
Drowzee in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Drowzee as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue Puts enemies to sleep then eats their dreams. Occasionally gets sick from eating bad dreams.
Yellow If you sleep by it all the time, it will sometimes show you dreams it has eaten in the past.
Stadium It puts its enemy to sleep and eats the victim’s dreams. Said to have descended from the legendary beast, Baku.
GoldStadium 2 If you think that you had a good dream, but you can’t remember it, a DROWZEE has probably eaten it.
Silver It remembers every dream it eats. It rarely eats the dreams of adults because children’s are much tastier.
Crystal When it twitches its nose, it can tell where someone is sleeping and what that person is dreaming about.

Where to find Drowzee

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Route 11 NA Few
Red NA Few
Yellow NA Few
Gold Routes 11, 34, 35 Any Many
Silver Any Many
Crystal Routes 6, 11, 34, 35 Mostly Night Many

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×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×1
  • Ice×1
  • Fighting×0.5
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×0.5
  • Bug×2
  • Rock×1
  • GhostG/S/C ×2R/B/Y ×0
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×2
  • Steel×1
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 2 (150%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 weakness and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 3 (~33%).
  • This Pokémon has more weaknesses and less resistances in GSC than in RBY. So this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in RBY.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassNormal
  • IceNormal
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicBad
  • BugNormal
  • RockNormal
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonNormal
  • DarkNo Effect
  • SteelBad
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 2:3 (~66.67%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 advantages and 1 disadvantage out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 2:1 (200%).

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow R/B G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Start Start Pound Normal Physical
Start Start Start Hypnosis Psychic Status
Start 12 10 Disable Normal Status
17 17 18 Confusion Psychic Special
24 24 25 Headbutt Normal Physical
29 29 31 Poison Gas Poison Status
37 37 36 Meditate Psychic Status
32 32 40 Psychic Psychic Special
— — 43 Psych Up Normal Status
— — 45 Future Sight Psychic Status

“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

None.

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM07Zap Cannon
  • TM09Psych Up
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM27Return
  • TM29Psychic
  • TM30Shadow Ball
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Ice Punch
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM41Thunderpunch
  • TM42Dream Eater
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM48Fire Punch
  • TM50Nightmare
  • HM05Flash

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM01Mega Punch
  • TM05Mega Kick
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM17Submission
  • TM18Counter
  • TM19Seismic Toss
  • TM20Rage
  • TM29Psychic
  • TM30Teleport
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Reflect
  • TM34Bide
  • TM35Metronome
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM42Dream Eater
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Thunder Wave
  • TM46Psywave
  • TM49Tri Attack
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM05Flash

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Humanshape Pokémon group 4

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Barrier Mate with a male Mr. Mime.
Light Screen Mate with a male Electabuzz or Mr. Mime.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 60 293-323 27/4540.14% 24/4244.05%
Attack 48 164-194 36/4919.80% 35/4515.87%
Defense 45 158-188 40/5521.19% 35/4418.41%
Speed 42 152-182 38/4718.41% 35/4214.72%
Special Attack G/S/C 43 154-184 36/4619.80% —
Special Defense G/S/C 90 248-278 14/4177.31% —
Special R/B/Y 90 248-278 — 11/2975.80%
Total 328 G/S/C
285 R/B/Y
1169-1349
1015-1165
55/8722.70% 43/6522.70%

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