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Gengar’s Pokédex · Johto · Generation II

#171 Lanturn

WaterElectric

  • SpeciesLight Pokémon
  • Japanese nameRantan
  • PronunciationLAN-TURN
  • Height3′ 11″ 1.19 m
  • Weight50.0 lb 22.50 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Lanturn official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Respelling of LANTERN, for the light on its head.

Evolution

  1. ChinchouLevel 27Lanturn
Lanturn in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Lanturn as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

GoldStadium 2 The light it emits is so bright that it can illuminate the sea’s surface from a depth of over three miles.
Silver It blinds prey with an intense burst of light, then swallows the immobilized prey in a single gulp.
Crystal This POKEMON uses the bright part of its body, which changed from a dorsal fin, to lure prey.

Where to find Lanturn

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Gold Fishing (Cinnabar Island, New Bark Town, Olivine City, Pallet Town, Vermilion City, Routes 20, 21, 26, 27, 41) Any Few/Evolve
Silver Any Few/Evolve
Crystal Any Few/Evolve

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
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×1
  • Grass×2
  • Ice×0.5
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×2
  • Flying×0.5
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×1
  • Rock×1
  • Ghost×1
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×0.25
  • 2 weaknesses and 5 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 2 : 5 (40%).

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Fire1st: Good 2nd: Normal
  • Water1st: Bad 2nd: Good
  • Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
  • Grass1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
  • Ice1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Ground1st: Good 2nd: No Effect
  • Flying1st: Normal 2nd: Good
  • Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Rock1st: Good 2nd: Normal
  • Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Dragon1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
  • Dark1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Steel1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • 5 advantages and 7 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 5:7 (~71.43%).

Moves learned by levelling up

G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Bubble Water Special
Start Thunderwave Electric Status
Start Supersonic Normal Status
Start Flail Normal Physical
Start Water Gun Water Special
Start Spark Electric Special
33 Confuse Ray Ghost Status
45 Take Down Normal Physical
53 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, Thunderbolt

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM07Zap Cannon
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM13Snore
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM25Thunder
  • TM27Return
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • HM03Surf
  • HM05Flash
  • HM06Whirlpool
  • HM07Waterfall

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Water 2 Pokémon group 9

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Flail Mate with male Goldeen/Seaking.
Screech Mate a male from the Psyduck, or Totodile Family with move to a female Remoraid. Then breed a male offspring with the move to female from Chinchou Family.
Supersonic Mate with male Goldeen/Seaking.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank
HP 125 423-453 7/4597.13%
Attack 58 184-214 29/4930.85%
Defense 58 184-214 32/5536.34%
Speed 67 202-232 25/4750.00%
Special Attack 76 220-250 18/4663.67%
Special Defense 76 220-250 19/4159.86%
Total 460 1433-1613 25/8769.15%

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