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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#055 Golduck

Water

  • SpeciesDuck Pokémon
  • Japanese nameGolduck
  • PronunciationGOAL-DUCK
  • Height5′ 7″ 1.70 m
  • Weight169.0 lb 76.05 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Golduck official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Comes from GOLD and DUCK. “valuable creature who looks like a duck”

Evolution

  1. PsyduckLevel 28Golduck
Golduck in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Golduck as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue Often seen swimming elegantly by lake shores. It is often mistaken for the Japanese monster, Kappa.
Yellow Its slim and long limbs end in broad flippers. They are used for swimming gracefully in lakes.
Stadium Its webbed hands and feet make it a proficient swimmer. May be seen swimming elegantly at dusk in places like lakes.
GoldStadium 2 When it swims at full speed using its long, webbed limbs, its forehead somehow begins to glow.
Silver It appears by waterways at dusk. It may use telekinetic powers if its forehead glows mysterious.
Crystal It swims gracefully along on the quiet, slow-moving rivers and lakes of which it is so fond.

Where to find Golduck

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Seafoam Island NA Few/Evolve
Red NA Few/Evolve
Yellow Route 6 (Surfing) NA Few/Evolve
Gold Ilex Forest, Silver Cave, Routes 6, 35 Any Many/Evolve
Silver Any Many/Evolve
Crystal Any Many/Evolve

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×0.5
  • Water×0.5
  • Electric×2
  • Grass×2
  • Ice×0.5
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×1
  • Rock×1
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×0.5
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 weaknesses and 4 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 2 (50%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 2 : 3 (~67%).
  • This Pokémon has more weaknesses in GSC than in RBY. So this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in RBY.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireGood
  • WaterBad
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassBad
  • IceNormal
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundGood
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicNormal
  • BugNormal
  • RockGood
  • GhostNormal
  • DragonBad
  • DarkNormal
  • SteelNormal
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 advantage and 1 disadvantage out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 1:1 (100%).

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Start Scratch Normal Physical
Start Start Tail Whip Normal Status
Start Start Disable Normal Status
39 Start Confusion Psychic Special
— Start Screech Normal Status
— Start Psych Up Normal Status
48 44 Fury Swipes Normal Physical
59 58 Hydro Pump Water Special

“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

  • Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Rock Smash
  • TM09Psych Up
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM13Snore
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM16Icy Wind
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM23Iron Tail
  • TM27Return
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Ice Punch
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM39Swift
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM49Fury Cutter
  • HM03Surf
  • HM04Strength
  • HM05Flash
  • HM06Whirlpool
  • HM07Waterfall

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM01Mega Punch
  • TM05Mega Kick
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM11Bubblebeam
  • TM12Water Gun
  • TM13Ice Beam
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM16Pay Day
  • TM17Submission
  • TM18Counter
  • TM19Seismic Toss
  • TM20Rage
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Bide
  • TM39Swift
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM03Surf
  • HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Ground Pokémon group 7 Water 1 Pokémon group 8

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Foresight Mate with a male Hoothoot/Noctowl to a female Farfetch’d, then mate the male offspring to a female Psyduck/Golduck.
Future Sight Mate a male Natu/Xatu to a female Togetic. Then breed the male offspring to a female Marill/Azumarill. Then, mate male offspring (Marill) to a female Psyduck/Golduck.
Hypnosis Mate with a male Stantler or male from Poliwag Family.
Ice Beam Mate with a male from Lapras, Remoraid, or Seel Family.
Light Screen Mate with a male from Mareep or Pikachu Family.
Psybeam Mate with a male Espeon, Girafarig, or Remoraid/Octillery.
Psychic Mate with a male Espeon or male from Slowpoke Family.
Cross Chop (C) Mate with a male Mankey/Primeape in Crystal.

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 82 232-262 15/4965.54% 15/4563.67%
Defense 78 224-254 20/5561.79% 17/4463.67%
Speed 85 238-268 14/4775.80% 14/4272.57%
Special Attack G/S/C 95 258-288 11/4685.28% —
Special Defense G/S/C 80 228-258 17/4165.54% —
Special R/B/Y 80 228-258 — 13/2963.67%
Total 500 G/S/C
405 R/B/Y
1513-1693
1255-1405
14/8781.59% 17/6577.31%

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