Golbat

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#042  -  Golbat

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#042	Golbat
Types Poison Flying	Generation   I
Abilities Ability 1 Inner Focus Hidden Ability Infiltrator
Rarity Tier   Common	Catch rate   90/255 (11.76%)
Base stats HP 75 Atk 80 Def 70 Sp.Atk 65 Sp.Def 75 Spd 90 Base-stat total: 455
EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 2 EV-yield total: 2
Base Experience   171	Gender Ratio     87.5%     12.5%
Height   1.6m	Weight   55kg

Golbat is a Poison- and Flying-type Pokémon.

Having evolved from Zubat as early as level 22, it evolves into Crobat when leveled up with 160+ happiness, thereby reaching the final stage of its evolutionary line.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Cave Of Justice	26-30	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Cerulean Cave 1F	60-64	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
Diamond Domain 1F	21-25	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Diamond Domain B1F	21-25	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Diamond Domain Main Cave	21-25	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Diamond Empire East Wing	22-30	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Diamond Empire Entry	22-31	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Diamond Empire Foyer	22-31	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Dragons Den Entrance	46-50	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Dragons Shrine	60-64	Morning	Day	Night		Common
High Tide Entrance Room	30-38	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Ice Path 1F	38-42	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Ice Path B1F	38-42	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Ice Path B2F	38-42	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Ice Path B3F	38-42	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Icefall Back Cave	41-45	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Icefall Cave 1F	30-34	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Icefall Cave B1F	30-34	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Icefall Cave Entrance	43-49	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Iron Island B1F R	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Iron Island B2F L	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Iron Island B2F R	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Iron Island Exit Room	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Iron Island Exit Room	32-36	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Kalijodo Cave B2F	30-34	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lake Cave	26-30	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lavender Town Graveyard	23-28	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F1	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F10	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F11	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F12	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F13	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F14	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F2	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F3	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F4	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F5	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F6	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F7	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F8	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave 1F9	30-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Lost Cave Entrance	18-24	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Low Tide Entrance Room	30-38	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Low Tide Ice Room	30-38	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Meteor Falls 1F 1R	19-25	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Meteor Falls 1F 2R	14-20	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Meteor Falls B1F 1R	14-20	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Meteor Falls B1F 2R	14-20	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mirage Island Cave 1F	65-70	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet 2F	38-43	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet 3F	38-43	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet 4F	38-43	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet 5F	38-43	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet 6F	38-43	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet 7F	38-43	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet B1F	33-38	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet North	34-39	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet Summit	40-43	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Coronet Tunnel	39-43	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Mortar B1F	33-37	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Mortar Northern Entrance	33-37	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Silver 1F	47-50	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Silver 2F	50-55	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Silver Moltres Chamber	52-55	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Summer 3F 2 2	20-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Summer 3F 2 2	20-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Summer 3F 2 2	20-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Summer 3F 2 2	20-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Mt. Summer 3F 2 2	20-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Nap Cave B1F	42-42	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Old Chateau 1F	11-14	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Old Chateau 1F 1F	11-14	Morning	Day			Common
Old Chateau 1F 2R	11-14	Morning	Day			Common
Old Chateau 2F	11-14	Morning	Day			Common
Old Chateau 2F 1R	11-14	Morning	Day			Common
Old Chateau 2F 2R	11-14	Morning	Day			Common
Old Chateau 2F 3R	11-14	Morning	Day			Common
Old Chateau 2F 4R	11-14	Morning	Day			Common
Old Chateau 2F 5R	11-14	Morning	Day			Common
Pitch Black Cave	30-32	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pokemon Tower 5F	30-32	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pokemon Tower 6F	30-32	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pokemon Tower 7F	30-32	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pokemon Tower Underground	24-25	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Rock Tunnel 2	28-30	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Scattered Realm Nesting Grounds	20-26	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Seafoam 1F	40-44	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Seafoam B1F	40-44	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Seafoam B2F	40-44	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Seafoam B3F	40-44	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sendoff Spring	53-57	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Shoal Cave	32-32	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sinnoh Victory Road 1F	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sinnoh Victory Road 2F	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F Deep	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F Deep Entrance	50-54			Night		Common
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F Deep Exit	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sky Pillar 1F	48-51	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sky Pillar 3F	48-51	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Sky Pillar 5F	48-51	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Slowpoke Well L1	8-12	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Snowpoint Temple 1F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Snowpoint Temple B1F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Snowpoint Temple B2F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Snowpoint Temple B3F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Snowpoint Temple B4F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Snowpoint Temple B5F	50-54	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Stark Mountain Entrance	56-60	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Stark Mountain Entrance Pt	40-45	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Stark Mountain Main Cavern Pt	56-60	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Stevens Cave	14-20	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Tohjo Falls	42-46	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Tower of Flow 1F	24-28	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Tower of Flow Entrance	24-28	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Trainers Valley Cave	30-32	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Turnback Cave Final Room	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Turnback Cave First Pillar	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Turnback Cave Second Pillar	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Turnback Cave Third Pillar	45-49	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Victory Road Hoenn 1F	42-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Victory Road Hoenn B1F	42-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Victory Road Hoenn B2F	42-48	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Victory Road Kanto 1F	53-57	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Victory Road Kanto 2F	53-57	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Victory Road Kanto 3F	53-57	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Whirl Islands 1F	22-24	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Whirl Islands 1F Northeast	23-27	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Whirl Islands 1F Northwest	23-27	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Whirl Islands 1F Southeast	23-27	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Whirl Islands 1F Southwest	23-27	Morning	Day	Night		Common
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Surfing

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rod	Rarity Tier
Cave Of Justice	26-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Cerulean Cave B1F	64-68	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Crumpit Valley	22-25	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Dragons Shrine	60-64	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Evergreen Island Village	26-31	Morning	Day	Night			Common
High Tide Entrance Room	30-38	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Lake Cave	26-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Oreburgh Gate B1F	20-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Route 120	35-40		Day				Common
Route 208	17-22			Night			Common
Route 31	5-7	Morning					Common
Seafoam B4F	40-44	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F	45-49	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F Deep	50-54	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Victory Road Hoenn B2F	42-48	Morning	Day	Night			Common
Whoville	25-30	Morning	Day	Night			Common
All rows with a fishing rod indicate that its corresponding Pokémon can also be fished with the rod tier shown Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Headbutt trees

Location	Levels	Rarity Tier
Cerulean City	5-10	Uncommon
Pewter City	5-10	Uncommon
Pink denotes a Membership requirement for the area or spawn.

Moves

Level-up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Absorb	Grass	Special	20	100	25
1	Astonish	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
1	Mean Look	Normal	Status	—	—	5
1	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
1	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
13	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	60	100	35
15	Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	50	100	15
20	Quick Guard	Fighting	Status	—	—	15
24	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
27	Air Cutter	Flying	Special	60	95	25
34	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
41	Haze	Ice	Status	—	—	30
48	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
55	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
62	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95	15
69	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
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/HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM95	Acrobatics	Flying	Physical	55	100	15
	TM94	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
	TM284	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
	TM193	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95	15
	TM262	Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
	TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM321	Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120	100	15
	TM79	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM301	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
	TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
	TM00	Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
	TM72	Detect	Fighting	Status	—	—	5
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	HM02	Fly	Flying	Physical	90	95	15
	TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM101	Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
	TM146	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
	TM306	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90	10
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
	TM108	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
	TM21	Mega Drain	Grass	Special	40	100	15
	TM31	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM315	Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20
	TM136	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
	TM140	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
	TM137	Pluck	Flying	Physical	60	100	20
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM20	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM02	Razor Wind	Normal	Special	80	100	10
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM69	Roost	Flying	Status	—	—	10
	TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM258	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
	TM133	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM80	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM86	Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	90	100	10
	TM120	Snatch	Dark	Status	—	—	10
	TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
	TM123	Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	70	90	25
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
	TM39	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM62	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM127	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM139	U-turn	Bug	Physical	70	100	20
	TM326	Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
	TM282	Venom Drench	Poison	Status	—	100	20
	TM158	Venoshock	Poison	Special	65	100	10
	TM04	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM287	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90	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
Air Cutter	Flying	Special	60	95	25
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dual Wingbeat	Flying	Physical	40	90	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90	10
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100	5
Roost	Flying	Status	—	—	10
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snatch	Dark	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90	10
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
Tailwind	Flying	Status	—	—	30
Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100	20
Uproar	Normal	Special	90	100	10
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90	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. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120	100	15
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Feint Attack	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
Giga Drain	Grass	Special	75	100	10
Gust	Flying	Special	40	100	35
Hypnosis	Psychic	Status	—	60	20
Nasty Plot	Dark	Status	—	—	20
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100	30
Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	70	90	25
Venom Drench	Poison	Status	—	100	20
Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	60	100	35
Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90	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. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

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

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• 
  Shiny Golbat
• 
  Christmas Golbat

External Links

• Golbat's Bulbapedia
• Golbat's Serebii