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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#008 Wartortle

Water

  • SpeciesTurtle Pokémon
  • Japanese nameKameil
  • PronunciationWAR-TOR-TULL
  • Height3′ 3″ 0.99 m
  • Weight50.0 lb 22.50 kg
  • Gender♂ 87.5% · ♀ 12.5%
Wartortle official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

Combination of WAR and TURTLE. Also related to TORTOISE because of its spelling with an “O”. “war-like turtle”

Evolution

  1. SquirtleLevel 16WartortleLevel 36Blastoise
Wartortle in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Wartortle as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue Often hides in water to stalk unwary prey. For swimming fast, it moves its ears to maintain balance.
Yellow When tapped, this POKEMON will pull in its head, but its tail will still stick out a little bit.
Stadium The tail is covered with a rich fur. It stores air in the fur before taking extended dives underwater.
GoldStadium 2 It is recognized as a symbol of longevity. If its shell has algae on it, that WARTORTLE is very old.
Silver It cleverly controls its furry ears and tail to maintain its balance while swimming.
Crystal Its long, furry tail is a symbol of longevity, making it quite popular among older people.

Where to find Wartortle

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Must Evolve from Squirtle NA Evolve
Red NA Evolve
Yellow NA Evolve
Gold Trade None
Silver Trade None
Crystal Trade None

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
  • 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 Tackle Normal Physical
Start Start Tail Whip Normal Status
Start Start Bubble Water Special
31 Start Withdraw Water Status
Start Start Water Gun Water Special
24 19 Bite DarkG/S/C NormalR/B/Y Special
— 25 Rapid Spin Normal Physical
— 31 Protect Normal Status
— 37 Rain Dance Water Status
39 45 Skull Bash Normal Physical
47 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

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM04Rollout
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Rock Smash
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM13Snore
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM16Icy Wind
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM23Iron Tail
  • TM27Return
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Ice Punch
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM40Defense Curl
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • HM03Surf
  • HM04Strength
  • HM06Whirlpool
  • HM07Waterfall

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM01Mega Punch
  • TM05Mega Kick
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM11Bubblebeam
  • TM12Water Gun
  • TM13Ice Beam
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM17Submission
  • TM18Counter
  • TM19Seismic Toss
  • TM20Rage
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Reflect
  • TM34Bide
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM50Substitute
  • HM03Surf
  • HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Water 1 group 8 Monster group 11

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Haze Mate with a male Wooper/Quagsire.
Flail Mate a male Magikarp with a female from Horsea Family. Next, mate a male offspring with Flail to female from Squirtle Family.
Mist Mate with a male Wooper/Quagsire.
Confusion Mate with a male from Psyduck or Slowpoke Family.
Foresight Mate a male from Hoothoot Family with a female Farfetch’d, then mate a male offspring to a female from Psyduck Family. Then, mate the male offspring to a female from Squirtle Family.
Mirror Coat Mate with a male Corsola.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 59 291-321 28/4538.21% 25/4242.07%
Attack 63 194-224 26/4938.21% 26/4534.46%
Defense 80 228-258 18/5563.67% 15/4465.54%
Speed 58 184-214 30/4738.21% 28/4232.66%
Special Attack G/S/C 65 198-228 23/4648.01% —
Special Defense G/S/C 80 228-258 17/4165.54% —
Special R/B/Y 65 198-228 — 16/2944.05%
Total 405 G/S/C
325 R/B/Y
1323-1503
1095-1245
38/8748.01% 34/6540.14%

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