POKÉMON Gold & Silver
Gold Arcanine sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Arcanine sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #059 · Legendary Pokemon

Arcanine

Fire Gold only

Arcanine is a Fire-type Legendary Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Evolution. Silver: Trade required.

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GENERATION II

Base stats

555
HP90
Attack110
Defense80
Sp. Atk100
Sp. Def80
Speed95

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
6'03" (1.9 m)
Weight
342.0 lbs (155.1 kg)
Catch rate
75
Base EXP
213
Growth
Slow
BST
555

GENERATION II FORMULA

Stats by level

Lv. 50
Training profile

All DVs 15 · zero Stat Experience

Advanced DV & Stat Exp
Determinant values (0–15)

Derived HP DV: 15

Stat Experience (0–65,535)
StatCalculatedLegal range
HPBase 90
— —
AttackBase 110
— —
DefenseBase 80
— —
Sp. AtkBase 100
— —
Sp. DefBase 80
— —
SpeedBase 95
— —

Generation II uses four DVs: Attack, Defense, Speed, and Special. HP DV is derived from their low bits; Sp. Atk and Sp. Def share the Special DV and Special Stat Experience. Badge boosts and in-battle stat stages are not included.

ORIGINAL GAME TEXT

Gold and Silver Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold

This legendary Chinese POKEMON is considered magnificent. Many people are enchanted by its grand mane.

Pokémon Silver

Its magnificent bark conveys a sense of majesty. Anyone hearing it can't help but grovel before it.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

#058 Growlithe #059 Arcanine
Growlithe→Fire Stone→Arcanine

ACQUISITION

Gold / Silver locations, times, and methods

Gold

Evolution

Areas
0
Tables
0
Special
0
Evolution

Obtain this form by evolving an earlier member of its family. See the evolution method above.

Silver

Trade required

Areas
0
Tables
0
Special
0
Trade required

This Pokémon has no in-game Gold or Silver encounter, gift, or prize location; trade it from another compatible game.

Every linked location opens the matching version and exact map view.

MOVESET

Level-up moves

5
TM05
Lv. 1

Roar

Normal · Force Switch

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
20
Lv. 1

Leer

Normal · Defense Down

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
30

Normal · Recoil Hit

Power
90
Acc.
85%
PP
20

Fire · Flame Wheel

Power
60
Acc.
100%
PP
25

Normal · Priority Hit

Power
80
Acc.
100%
PP
5
TM / HM compatibility 23 moves
TM02 TM02 · HeadbuttNormal70 power · 100% · 15 PP TM03 TM03 · CurseCurse— power · 100% · 10 PP TM05 TM05 · RoarNormal— power · 100% · 20 PP TM06 TM06 · ToxicPoison— power · 85% · 10 PP TM08 TM08 · Rock SmashFighting20 power · 100% · 15 PP TM10 TM10 · Hidden PowerNormalVaries power · 100% · 15 PP TM11 TM11 · Sunny DayFire— power · 90% · 5 PP TM13 TM13 · SnoreNormal40 power · 100% · 15 PP TM15 TM15 · Hyper BeamNormal150 power · 90% · 5 PP TM17 TM17 · ProtectNormal— power · 100% · 10 PP TM20 TM20 · EndureNormal— power · 100% · 10 PP TM21 TM21 · FrustrationNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 PP TM23 TM23 · Iron TailSteel100 power · 75% · 15 PP TM24 TM24 · DragonBreathDragon60 power · 100% · 20 PP TM27 TM27 · ReturnNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 PP TM28 TM28 · DigGround60 power · 100% · 10 PP TM32 TM32 · Double TeamNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP TM34 TM34 · SwaggerNormal— power · 90% · 15 PP TM35 TM35 · Sleep TalkNormal— power · 100% · 10 PP TM38 TM38 · Fire BlastFire120 power · 85% · 5 PP TM39 TM39 · SwiftNormal60 power · 100% · 20 PP TM44 TM44 · RestPsychic— power · 100% · 10 PP TM45 TM45 · AttractNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP
Egg moves 0 moves

No egg moves are assigned to this species in the Gold/Silver breeding table.