Golbat

Normal

Shiny

Poison

Flying

GOLBAT bites down on prey with its four fangs and drinks the victim's blood. It becomes active on inky dark moonless nights, flying around to attack people and Pokemon.

Pokédex #

042

Species

Bat

Height

5'03"

Weight

121.3 lbs

Base Exp

171

Catch Rate

Gender

50% male / 50% female

Egg Hatch

About 3,840 steps (15 cycles)

Egg Groups

Flying / Flying

Growth Rate

Medium Fast (1,000,000 total XP)

Base Stats

Total

455

HP 75

Attack 80

Defense 70

Sp. Atk 65

Sp. Def 75

Speed 90

Stats at a Glance

Pick a level to compare a wild catch, a trainer's version, and a fully raised one.

Level

Lv 1 Lv 50 Lv 100

Situation	HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Wild catch A newly encountered one at this level.	135-150	85-100	75-90	70-85	80-95	95-110
Trainer team What enemy teams usually bring.	143	94	83	78	88	103
Fully raised A strong end-of-journey version.	182	132	122	117	127	142

How To Get It

28 wild locations

0 special ways

Wild

28 places

Wild encounters up to Lv 56

Location	Method	Levels	Slot Odds
Cave Of Origin 1F	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Cave Of Origin B1F	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Cave Of Origin B2F	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Cave Of Origin B3F	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Cave Of Origin Entrance	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Meteor Falls 1F 2 R	Grass	Lv 33-40	65%
Meteor Falls 1F 2 R	Water	Lv 30-35	90%
Meteor Falls B1F 1 R	Grass	Lv 33-40	65%
Meteor Falls B1F 1 R	Water	Lv 30-35	90%
Meteor Falls B1F 2 R	Grass	Lv 33-40	50%
Meteor Falls B1F 2 R	Water	Lv 30-35	90%
Seafloor Cavern Entrance	Water	Lv 30-35	5%
Seafloor Cavern Room 1	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Seafloor Cavern Room 2	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Seafloor Cavern Room 3	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Seafloor Cavern Room 4	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Seafloor Cavern Room 5	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Seafloor Cavern Room 6	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Seafloor Cavern Room 6	Water	Lv 30-35	5%
Seafloor Cavern Room 7	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Seafloor Cavern Room 7	Water	Lv 30-35	5%
Seafloor Cavern Room 8	Grass	Lv 33-36	10%
Shoal Cave Low Tide Entrance Room	Grass	Lv 32	5%
Shoal Cave Low Tide Ice Room	Grass	Lv 30-32	5%
Shoal Cave Low Tide Inner Room	Grass	Lv 32	5%
Shoal Cave Low Tide Lower Room	Grass	Lv 32	5%
Shoal Cave Low Tide Stairs Room	Grass	Lv 32	5%
Sky Pillar 1F	Grass	Lv 48-50	30%
Sky Pillar 3F	Grass	Lv 51-53	30%
Sky Pillar 5F	Grass	Lv 54-56	30%
Victory Road 1F	Grass	Lv 38-40	25%
Victory Road B1F	Grass	Lv 38-42	35%
Victory Road B2F	Grass	Lv 40-44	35%
Victory Road B2F	Water	Lv 25-40	100%

Fishing

Odds shown per cast.

This Pokémon is not found by fishing in Pokemon Sapphire Version.

Special Ways

Trades, gifts, starters, prizes, and one-off encounters.

No special way to get this Pokémon is listed in this game.

Type Matchups

Weaknesses

Rock x2

Electric x2

Psychic x2

Ice x2

Resistances

Fighting x0.25

Bug x0.25

Grass x0.25

Poison x0.5

Immunities

Ground

Evolution Chain

3 stages ending at Crobat.

3 stages

1

Zubat

#041
2

Golbat

#042

Level 22
3

Crobat

#169

High friendship

Raise friendship, then level up.

Zubat

#041

→

Level 22

Golbat

#042

→

High friendship

Raise friendship, then level up.

Crobat

#169

Learnset

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Slot
Screech	Normal	Status	0	85%	40	Slot 1
Leech Life	Bug	Physical	20	100%	15	Slot 2
Supersonic	Normal	Status	0	55%	20	Slot 3
Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100%	15	Slot 4

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Lv 6	Supersonic	Normal	Status	0	55%	20
Lv 11	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100%	15
Lv 16	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
Lv 21	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	60	100%	35
Lv 28	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	0	100%	10
Lv 35	Air Cutter	Flying	Physical	55	95%	25
Lv 42	Mean Look	Normal	Status	0	100%	5
Lv 49	Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	100%	15
Lv 56	Haze	Ice	Status	0	—	30

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	How to get it
No egg moves are listed for this Pokémon in Pokemon Sapphire Version.

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP	Machine
Toxic	Poison	Status	0	85%	10	TM06 (Toxic)
Hidden Power	Normal	Physical	1	100%	15	TM10 (Hidden Power)
Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0	—	5	TM11 (Sunny Day)
Taunt	Dark	Status	0	100%	20	TM12 (Taunt)
Hyper Beam	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5	TM15 (Hyper Beam)
Protect	Normal	Status	0	—	10	TM17 (Protect)
Rain Dance	Water	Status	0	—	5	TM18 (Rain Dance)
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	60	100%	5	TM19 (Giga Drain)
Frustration	Normal	Physical	1	100%	20	TM21 (Frustration)
Return	Normal	Physical	1	100%	20	TM27 (Return)
Shadow Ball	Ghost	Physical	80	100%	15	TM30 (Shadow Ball)
Double Team	Normal	Status	0	—	15	TM32 (Double Team)
Sludge Bomb	Poison	Physical	90	100%	10	TM36 (Sludge Bomb)
Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20	TM40 (Aerial Ace)
Torment	Dark	Status	0	100%	15	TM41 (Torment)
Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	TM42 (Facade)
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	TM43 (Secret Power)
Rest	Psychic	Status	0	—	10	TM44 (Rest)
Attract	Normal	Status	0	100%	15	TM45 (Attract)
Thief	Dark	Physical	40	100%	10	TM46 (Thief)
Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	70	90%	25	TM47 (Steel Wing)
Snatch	Dark	Status	0	100%	10	TM49 (Snatch)