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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#129 Magikarp
Water
- SpeciesFish Pokémon
- Japanese nameKoiking
- PronunciationMAG-I-KARP
- Height2′ 11″ 0.89 m
- Weight22.0 lb 9.90 kg
- Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | In the distant past, it was somewhat stronger than the horribly weak descendants that exist today. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Famous for being very unreliable. It can be found swimming in seas, lakes, rivers and shallow puddles. |
| Stadium | Whoever its opponent, and however horrible the attack it receives, all it does is SPLASH around. |
| GoldStadium 2 | An underpowered, pathetic POKEMON. It may jump high on rare occasions, but never more than seven feet. |
| Silver | For no reason, it jumps and splashes about, making it easy for predators like PIDGEOTTO to catch it in mid-jump. |
| Crystal | This weak and pathetic POKEMON gets easily pushed along rivers when there are strong currents. |
Where to find Magikarp
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Fishing (Fuchsia City, Routes 12, 13, 17, 18), Route 3 (Buy at Pokémon Center) | NA | Many |
| Red | NA | Many | |
| Yellow | Fishing (Fuchsia City, Safari Zone), Route 3 (Buy at Pokémon Center) | NA | Many |
| Gold | Fishing or Surfing (Ruins of Alph, Blackthorn City, Cerulean City, Cherrygrove City, Cianwood City, Cinnabar Island, Dark Cave, Dragon’s Den, Ecruteak City, Fuchsia City, Ilex Forest, Lake of Rage, Mt. Mortar, Mt. Silver, New Bark Town, Olivine City, Pallet Town, Slowpoke Well, Tohjo Falls, Union Cave, Vermilion City, Violet City, Viridian City, Whirl Islands, Routes 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45) | Any | Many |
| Silver | Any | Many | |
| Crystal | Fishing or Surfing (Ruins of Alph, Blackthorn City, Cherrygrove City, Cianwood City, Cinnabar Island, Dark Cave, Dragon’s Den, Fuchsia City, Ilex Forest, Lake of Rage, Mt. Mortar, Mt. Silver, New Bark Town, Olivine City, Pallet Town, Slowpoke Well, Tohjo Falls, Union Cave, Vermilion City, Violet City, Viridian City, Whirl Islands, Routes 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45) | Any | 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×0.5
- Water×0.5
- Electric×2
- Grass×2
- Ice×0.5
- Fighting×1
- Poison×1
- Ground×1
- ×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
- Normal
- 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 | Splash | Normal | Status |
| 15 | 15 | Tackle | Normal | Physical |
| — | 30 | Flail | Normal | 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
None.
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
None.
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
None.
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Water 2 Pokémon group 9 Dragon Pokémon group 13 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
- Chinchou Family
- Goldeen Family
- Magikarp Family
- Qwilfish
- Remoraid Family
- Charmander Family
- Dratini Family
- Ekans Family
- Horsea Family
Egg moves
None.
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 20 | 213-243 | 44/455.48% | 41/425.48% |
| Attack | 10 | 88-118 | 48/491.23% | 44/450.82% |
| Defense | 55 | 178-208 | 34/5532.66% | 29/4430.85% |
| Speed | 80 | 228-258 | 17/4769.15% | 16/4265.54% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 15 | 98-128 | 45/462.87% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 20 | 108-138 | 41/413.59% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 20 | 108-138 | — | 29/294.03% |
| Total | 200 G/S/C 185 R/B/Y |
913-1093 815-965 |
85/872.28% | 63/652.28% |
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