Onix

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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			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 Meadow Tunnel	43-45	Morning	Day	Night	Common
Pinkan Island Mountains	43-45	Morning	Day	Night	Common
Pinkan Island Vale	43-45	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
Sanctuary of Abundance	24-28	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
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	Moves	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/HMs

TM		Moves	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
	TM00	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
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	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
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. Read 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	Fighting Ground Steel Ice
1× Neutral to	Bug Ghost Psychic Dragon Dark Fairy
½× Resistant to	Normal Flying Rock Fire
¼× Highly resistant to	Poison
0× Immune to	Electric

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

Shiny Onix
Crystal Onix

External Links

Onix

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