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 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
—	Bind	Normal	Physical	15	85	20
—	Harden	Normal	Status	—	—	30
—	Tackle	Normal	Physical	50	100	35
—	Mud Sport	Ground	Status	—	—	15
4	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
7	Rock Throw	Rock	Physical	50	90	15
10	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
13	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
16	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
19	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
20	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
22	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
25	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	20
28	Slam	Normal	Physical	80	75	20
31	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
34	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
37	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
40	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
43	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
46	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
49	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
52	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	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
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM08	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
	TM27	Fissure	Ground	Physical	—	30	5
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM40	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM48	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
	TM55	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM62	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM87	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
	TM89	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM114	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	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. Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

TM-tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
Dragon Tail	Dragon	Physical	60	90	10
Explosion	Normal	Physical	250	100	5
Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	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.

Move tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	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
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
Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	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
Block	Normal	Status	—	—	5
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
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
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	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. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2×  Weak to	1×  Neutral to	½×  Resistant to	0×  Immune to
Fighting Grass Ground Ice Steel Water	Bug Dark Dragon Fairy Ghost Psychic	Fire Flying Normal Poison Rock	Electric
All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

• 
  Shiny Onix
• 
  Crystal Onix

External Links

• Onix's Bulbapedia
• Onix's Serebii