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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#143 Snorlax

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SpeciesSleeping Pokémon
Japanese nameKabigon
PronunciationSNORE-LACKS
Height6′ 11″ 2.11 m
Weight1014.0 lb 456.30 kg
Gender♂ 87.5% · ♀ 12.5%

Pokédex Where to find Type matchups Moves Breeding Stats

Name meaning

Combination of SNORE and LAX (lazy).

Evolution

SnorlaxThis Pokémon didn’t evolve from anything, nor does it evolve. No Evolution.

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

Pokédex entries

RedBlue	Very lazy. Just eats and sleeps. As its rotund bulk builds, it becomes steadily more slothful.
Yellow	Will eat anything, even if the food happens to be a little moldy. It never gets an upset stomach.
Stadium	A lazy Pokémon that gets continually fatter by sticking to a cycle of eating and sleeping. Awake only when it eats.
GoldStadium 2	What sounds like its cry may actually be its snores or the rumblings of its hungry belly.
Silver	Its stomach’s digestive juices can dissolve any kind of poison. It can even eat things off the ground.
Crystal	This POKEMON’s stomach is so strong, even eating moldy or rotten food will not affect it.

Where to find Snorlax

Game	Where to find it	Time	Rarity
Blue	Routes 12 & 16 (Play PokéFlute to wake Snorlax)	NA	Two
Red		NA	Two
Yellow		NA	Two
Gold	Vermilion City (Upper Road) (Play PokéFlute on the radio to wake Snorlax)	Any	One
Silver		Any	One
Crystal		Any	One

How to catch

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

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 1 weakness and 1 resistance out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).
Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 weakness and 1 resistance 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 the defense ratio of both are the same.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

NormalNormal
FireNormal
WaterNormal
ElectricNormal
GrassNormal
IceNormal
FightingNormal
PoisonNormal
GroundNormal
FlyingNormal
PsychicNormal
BugNormal
RockBad
GhostNo Effect
DragonNormal
DarkNormal
SteelBad

Gold, Silver & Crystal: 0 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types.
Red, Blue & Yellow: 0 advantages and 2 disadvantages out of 15 types.

Moves learned by levelling up

R/B/Y	G/S/C	Move	Type	Kind
—	Start	Tackle	Normal	Physical
Start	8	Amnesia	Psychic	Status
—	15	Defense Curl	Normal	Status
—	22	Belly Drum	Normal	Status
Start	29	Headbutt	Normal	Physical
—	36	Snore	Normal	Physical
Start	36	Rest	Psychic	Status
35	43	Body Slam	Normal	Physical
41	—	Harden	Normal	Status
48	—	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical
—	50	Rollout	Rock	Physical
56	57	Hyper Beam	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

Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

TM01Dynamicpunch
TM02Headbutt
TM03Curse
TM04Rollout
TM06Toxic
TM07Zap Cannon
TM08Rock Smash
TM09Psych Up
TM10Hidden Power
TM11Sunny Day
TM13Snore
TM14Blizzard
TM15Hyper Beam
TM16Icy Wind
TM17Protect
TM18Rain Dance
TM20Endure
TM21Frustration
TM22Solarbeam
TM25Thunder
TM26Earthquake
TM27Return
TM29Psychic
TM30Shadow Ball
TM31Mud-Slap
TM32Double Team
TM33Ice Punch
TM34Swagger
TM35Sleep Talk
TM37Sandstorm
TM38Fire Blast
TM40Defense Curl
TM41Thunderpunch
TM44Rest
TM45Attract
TM48Fire Punch
HM03Surf
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
TM16Pay Day
TM17Submission
TM18Counter
TM19Seismic Toss
TM20Rage
TM22Solarbeam
TM24Thunderbolt
TM25Thunder
TM26Earthquake
TM27Fissure
TM29Psychic
TM31Mimic
TM32Double Team
TM33Reflect
TM34Bide
TM35Metronome
TM36Self Destruct
TM38Fire Blast
TM40Skull Bash
TM44Rest
TM46Psywave
TM48Rock Slide
TM50Substitute
HM03Surf
HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups	Monster Pokémon group 11

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move	How to pass it down
Lick	Mate with a male Lickitung.

Stats

Stat	Base	Range at Lv. 100	G/S/C rank	R/B/Y rank
HP	160	493-523	4/4599.90%	2/4299.96%
Attack	110	288-318	6/4992.62%	6/4591.92%
Defense	65	198-228	27/5544.05%	24/4444.05%
Speed	30	128-158	43/478.88%	39/426.68%
Special Attack G/S/C	65	198-228	23/4648.01%	—
Special Defense G/S/C	110	288-318	9/4193.32%	—
Special R/B/Y	65	198-228	—	16/2944.05%
Total	540 G/S/C 430 R/B/Y	1593-1773 1305-1455	5/8789.41%	11/6585.28%

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