Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#098 Krabby

Water

SpeciesRiver Crab Pokémon
Japanese nameCrab
PronunciationCRA-BEE
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

Comes from CRAB. May also be from CRABBY, meaning ill-tempered.

Evolution

KrabbyLevel 28Kingler

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

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	Its pincers are not only powerful weapons, they are used for balance when walking sideways.
Yellow	Its pincers are superb weapons. They sometimes break off during battle, but they grow back fast.
Stadium	Lives on beaches and seashores. If a pincer falls off, a new, stronger pincer grows back in its place.
GoldStadium 2	If it senses danger approaching, it cloaks itself with bubbles from its mouth so it will look bigger.
Silver	The pincers break off easily. If it loses a pincer, it somehow becomes incapable of walking sideways.
Crystal	If it is unable to find food, it will absorb nutrients by swallowing a mouthful of sand.

Where to find Krabby

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Fishing / Wild (Cerulean City, Vermilion City, Safari Zone, Fuchsia City, Seafoam Island, Cinnabar Island, Routes 4, 6, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 24, 25)	NA	Many
Red		NA	Many
Yellow	Fishing / Wild (Seafoam Island, Routes 10 & 25)	NA	Many
Gold	Fishing / Wild [Cerulean City (Gym), Cherrygrove City, Cianwood City, Johto region (Rock Smash), Olivine City, Union Cave, Whirl Islands, Routes 19, 34, 40]	Any	Many
Silver		Any	Many
Crystal	Fishing / Wild / Rock Smash [Cherrygrove City, Cianwood City, Ice Path (Rock Smash), Olivine City, Union Cave, Whirl Islands, Routes 19, 34, 40]	Any	Many

How to catch

	Ground	Fishing	Rock Smash	Breed
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	Bubble	Water	Special
Start	Start	Leer	Normal	Status
20	12	Vicegrip	Normal	Physical
40	16	Harden	Normal	Status
30	23	Stomp	Normal	Physical
25	27	Guillotine	Normal	Physical
—	34	Protect	Normal	Status
35	41	Crabhammer	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

TM03Curse
TM06Toxic
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM27Return
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM46Thief
TM49Fury Cutter
HM01Cut
HM03Surf
HM04Strength
HM06Whirlpool

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM03Swords Dance
TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM20Rage
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM34Bide
TM44Rest
TM50Substitute
HM01Cut
HM03Surf
HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Water 3 Pokémon group 10

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Amnesia	Mate a male from Slowpoke or Wooper Family with a female Corsola, then mate the male offspring with a female from Krabby Family.
Dig	Teach RBY TM28 (Dig) to a Pokémon from Psyduck, Slowpoke, or Squirtle Family. Then trade it to GSC and if male, breed it with a female from Kabuto Family. Then mate the male offspring with move to a female from Krabby Family.
Flail	Breed a male Magikarp with a female from Horsea Family, then breed the male offspring with a female from Kabuto Family. Finally, mate male offspring of that union (Kabuto) with a female from Krabby Family.
Haze	Breed a male from Wooper Family to a female from Omanyte Family, then breed male offspring to a female from Krabby Family.
Slam	Breed a male from Wooper Family to a female from Omanyte Family, then breed male offspring to a female from Krabby Family.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	30	233-263	42/4510.60%	39/4210.60%
Attack	105	278-308	7/4989.41%	7/4588.49%
Defense	90	248-278	14/5575.80%	11/4478.81%
Speed	50	168-198	34/4727.43%	31/4222.70%
Special Attack G/S/C	25	118-148	43/466.08%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	25	118-148	40/415.48%	—
Special R/B/Y	25	118-148	—	28/295.48%
Total	325 G/S/C 300 R/B/Y	1163-1343 1045-1195	56/8721.19%	39/6529.14%

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