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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#105 Marowak

Ground

SpeciesBonekeeper Pokémon
Japanese nameGaragara
PronunciationMAR-ROW-ACK
Height3′ 3″ 0.99 m
Weight99.0 lb 44.55 kg
Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%

Pokédex Where to find Type matchups Moves Breeding Stats

Name meaning

Comes from MARROW (the filling inside a bone) and WHACK. Is also similar to AROWAK (name of a Caribbean Indian tribe).

Evolution

CuboneLevel 28Marowak

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

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	The bone it holds is its key weapon. It throws the bone skillfully like a boomerang to KO targets.
Yellow	Small and weak, this POKEMON is adept with its bone club. It has grown more vicious over the ages.
Stadium	Originally a small and weak Pokémon, it became rough and aggressive when it began using bones as weapons.
GoldStadium 2	It has been seen pounding boulders with the bone it carries in order to tap out messages to others.
Silver	It collects bones from an unknown place. A Marowak graveyard exists somewhere in the world, rumors say.
Crystal	Somewhere in the world is a cemetery just for MAROWAK. It gets its bones from those graves.

Where to find Marowak

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Victory Road, Unknown Dungeon	NA	Few/Evolve
Red	Victory Road, Unknown Dungeon	NA	Few/Evolve
Yellow	Safari Zone	NA	Few/Evolve
Gold	Rock Tunnel	Any	Few/Evolve
Silver	Rock Tunnel	Any	Few/Evolve
Crystal	Rock Tunnel, Routes 9 & 10	Morn. or Day	Few/Evolve

How to catch

	Ground	Evolve
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×2
Electric×0
Grass×2
Ice×2
Fighting×1
Poison×0.5
Ground×1
Flying×1
Psychic×1
Bug×1
Rock×0.5
Ghost×1
Dragon×1
Dark×1
Steel×1

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 3 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
This Pokémon has the same number of weaknesses and resistances in both GSC and RBY. So they have the same defense ratio.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

NormalNormal
FireGood
WaterNormal
ElectricGood
GrassBad
IceNormal
FightingNormal
PoisonGood
GroundNormal
FlyingNo Effect
PsychicNormal
BugBad
RockGood
GhostNormal
DragonNormal
DarkNormal
SteelGood

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 5 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 5:3 (~166.67%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 4 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 4:3 (~133.33%).

Moves learned by levelling up

Yellow	R/B	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
*	Start	Start	Growl	Normal	Status
Start	—	Start	Tail Whip	Normal	Status
Start	Start	Start	Bone Club	Ground	Physical
18	—	Start	Headbutt	Normal	Physical
25	Start	Start	Leer	Normal	Status
33	33	Start	Focus Energy	Normal	Status
48	48	Start	Bonemerang	Ground	Physical
55	55	32	Rage	Normal	Physical
—	—	39	False Swipe	Normal	Physical
41	41	46	Thrash	Normal	Physical
—	—	53	Bone Rush	Ground	Physical
* = In Yellow, if evolved from Cubone, it will have learned Growl.	* = In Yellow, if evolved from Cubone, it will have learned Growl.	* = In Yellow, if evolved from Cubone, it will have learned Growl.	* = In Yellow, if evolved from Cubone, it will have learned Growl.	* = In Yellow, if evolved from Cubone, it will have learned Growl.	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

Flamethrower, Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM01Dynamicpunch
TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM06Toxic
TM08Rock Smash
TM10Hidden Power
TM11Sunny Day
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM23Iron Tail
TM26Earthquake
TM27Return
TM28Dig
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM37Sandstorm
TM38Fire Blast
TM41Thunderpunch
TM43Detect
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM46Thief
TM48Fire Punch
HM04Strength

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

TM01Mega Punch
TM05Mega Kick
TM06Toxic
TM08Body Slam
TM09Take Down
TM10Double-Edge
TM11Bubblebeam
TM12Water Gun
TM13Ice Beam
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM17Submission
TM18Counter
TM19Seismic Toss
TM20Rage
TM26Earthquake
TM27Fissure
TM28Dig
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM34Bide
TM38Fire Blast
TM40Skull Bash
TM44Rest
TM50Substitute
HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Monster Pokémon group 11

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Ancient Power	Breed male from Corsola, Kabuto, or Omanyte Family to a female from Totodile Family. Then breed male offspring with move to a female from Cubone Family.
Belly Drum	Mate with male Snorlax.
Perish Song	Mate with male Lapras.
Rock Slide	Mate with a male from Larvitar Family.
Screech	Mate with a male from Larvitar, Lickitung, or Totodile Family.
Skull Bash	Mate with male from Squirtle Family.
Swords Dance (C)	Teach RBY TM03 (Swords Dance) to a Pokémon from the Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Lickitung Family, then trade it to Crystal. If male, breed to a female from the Cubone Family.

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	80	228-258	17/4961.79%	17/4559.86%
Defense	110	288-318	10/5591.12%	7/4493.92%
Speed	45	158-188	36/4721.19%	33/4218.41%
Special Attack G/S/C	50	168-198	31/4627.43%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	80	228-258	17/4165.54%	—
Special R/B/Y	50	168-198	—	21/2924.20%
Total	425 G/S/C 345 R/B/Y	1363-1543 1135-1285	33/8755.96%	29/6550.00%

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