Onix

#094

#095  -  Onix

#096

#095	Onix
Types Rock Ground	Generation   I
Abilities Ability 1 Rock Head Ability 2 Sturdy Hidden Ability Weak Armor
Rarity Tier   Common	Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)
Base stats HP 35 Atk 45 Def 160 Sp.Atk 30 Sp.Def 45 Spd 70 Base-stat total: 385
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 1
Base Experience   108	Gender Ratio     50%     50%
Height   8.8m	Weight   210kg

Onix is a Rock- and Ground-type Pokémon.

It evolves into its only evolutionary outlet in Steelix when involved in any trading transaction while holding a Metal Coat.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Cerulean Cave B1F	64-68	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Cliff Cave 1F	22-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Cliff Cave 2F	22-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Cliff Cave B1F	22-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Dragons Shrine	51-55	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Granite Cave B1F	12-14	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Granite Cave B2F	12-14	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Iron Island B1F L	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Iron Island B1F R	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Iron Island B2F L	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Iron Island B2F R	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Iron Island Exit Room	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Jura Cave	20-24	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Meteor Falls 1F 2R	14-20	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Meteor Falls B1F 1R	14-20	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Meteor Falls B1F 2R	14-20	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Mirage Island Cave 2F	51-55	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Moon B1F	14-16	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Moon B2F	14-16	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Mortar Lower Cave	33-36	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Mortar Northern Entrance	33-37	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Mortar Upper Cave	33-37	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Silver 1F	47-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Oreburgh Mine B1F	6-10	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Oreburgh Mine B2F 1R	6-10	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Pinkan Island Mountains	40-45	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pinkan Island Vale	40-45	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Rock Tunnel 2	28-30	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Route 226	40-45	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Route 227	40-45	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Route 45	44-47	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sevault Canyon	12-49	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Sinnoh Victory Road 1F	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Sinnoh Victory Road 2F	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F Deep	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F Deep Entrance	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F Deep Exit	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Snowpoint Temple 1F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Snowpoint Temple B1F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Snowpoint Temple B2F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Snowpoint Temple B3F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Snowpoint Temple B4F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Snowpoint Temple B5F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Stark Mountain Entrance	56-60	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Stark Mountain Entrance Pt	40-45	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Stark Mountain Main Cavern Pt	56-60	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Tower of Abundance 2F	24-28	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Underground Ruins	30-32	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Union Cave 1F	8-10	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Union Cave B1F	8-10	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Union Cave B2F	6-10	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Victory Road Kanto 1F	48-48	Morning		Night		Common
Victory Road Kanto 2F	53-55	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Wayward Cave	15-19	Morning	Day	Night		Uncommon
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Diggable Patches

Region	Area	Levels	Rarity
Kanto	Route 3	8-12	Rare
Johto	Dark Cave South	8-12	Common
Sinnoh	Maniac Tunnel	?	Common

NPC traders

An NPC trader found abreast to the Violet City school will broker his Onix in exchange for a Bellsprout. The Onix tradee will be initialized at level 8 and will inbornly hold a Hard Stone.

Moves

Level-up

Level	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Bind	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
1	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Mud Sport	Ground	Status	—	—	15
1	Rock Throw	Rock	Physical	50	90	15
1	Tackle	Normal	Physical	50	100	35
4	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
8	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
10	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
12	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	20
13	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
16	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
20	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
20	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
24	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
28	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
32	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
36	Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75	20
40	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
44	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
48	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
52	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
56	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15

* Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs and HMs

TM		Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
TM93		Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM34		Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
TM292		Body Press	Fighting	Physical	80	100	10
TM08		Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
TM250		Breaking Swipe	Dragon	Physical	60	100	15
TM84		Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
TM83		Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM79		Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
TM330		Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM77		Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
TM28		Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM32		Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM10		Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
TM296		Dragon Dance	Dragon	Status	—	—	20
TM71		Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
TM70		Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90	10
TM300		Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
TM313		Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
TM26		Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
TM51		Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM47		Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100	5
TM92		Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM27		Fissure	Ground	Physical	—	30	5
TM147		Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	10
TM131		Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM135		Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
TM102		Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
TM307		Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	—	100	10
TM60		Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM324		High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95	10
TM295		Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
TM107		Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
TM31		Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM109		Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
TM136		Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
TM110		Nature Power	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM140		Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
TM67		Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM113		Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM20		Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
TM44		Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM130		Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM55		Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM194		Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10
—		Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
TM142		Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM48		Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
TM114		Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
TM89		Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM270		Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM217		Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
TM87		Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
TM170		Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
TM258		Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
TM133		Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM36		Self-Destruct	Normal	Physical	200	100	5
TM40		Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
TM138		Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM156		Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
TM121		Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
TM150		Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM195		Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
TM149		Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
TM50		Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
TM61		Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM124		Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
TM09		Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
TM62		Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
TM127		Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15
TM06		Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
HM04		Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	5
Bind	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100	5
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Meteor Beam	Rock	Special	120	90	10
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10
Self-Destruct	Normal	Physical	200	100	5
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100	20

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• Refer to the Move Tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90	10
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
Head Smash	Rock	Physical	150	80	5
Heavy Slam	Steel	Physical	—	100	10
Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10
Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
Rototiller	Ground	Status	—	—	10
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Wide Guard	Rock	Status	—	—	10

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

• Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
• For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
4× Super-weak to	Water Grass
2× Weak to	Ice Fighting Ground Steel
1× Neutral to	Psychic Bug Ghost Dragon Dark Fairy
½× Resistant to	Normal Fire Flying Rock
¼× Highly resistant to	Poison
0× Immune to	Electric

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• 
  Shiny Onix
• 
  Crystal Onix

External Links

• Onix's Bulbapedia
• Onix's Serebii