POKÉMON Gold & Silver
Gold Cubone sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Cubone sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #104 · Lonely Pokemon

Cubone

Ground Both

Cubone is a Ground-type Lonely Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Wild; locations include Rock Tunnel. Silver: Wild; locations include Rock Tunnel.

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GENERATION II

Base stats

320
HP50
Attack50
Defense95
Sp. Atk40
Sp. Def50
Speed35

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
1'04" (0.4 m)
Weight
14.0 lbs (6.4 kg)
Catch rate
190
Base EXP
87
Growth
Medium Fast
BST
320

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 50
— —
AttackBase 50
— —
DefenseBase 95
— —
Sp. AtkBase 40
— —
Sp. DefBase 50
— —
SpeedBase 35
— —

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

If it is sad or lonely, the skull it wears shakes, and emits a plaintive and mournful sound.

Pokémon Silver

It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

#104 Cubone #105 Marowak
Cubone→Level 28→Marowak

ACQUISITION

Gold / Silver locations, times, and methods

Gold

Wild

Areas
1
Tables
2
Special
0
Wild encounters 2
LocationMethodTimeLevelChance
Rock TunnelRock Tunnel 1F Grass Any time Lv. 10–13 35% slot
Rock TunnelRock Tunnel B1 F Grass Any time Lv. 12 30% slot
Silver

Wild

Areas
1
Tables
2
Special
0
Wild encounters 2
LocationMethodTimeLevelChance
Rock TunnelRock Tunnel 1F Grass Any time Lv. 10–13 35% slot
Rock TunnelRock Tunnel B1 F Grass Any time Lv. 12 30% slot

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

MOVESET

Level-up moves

11
Lv. 1

Growl

Normal · Attack Down

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
40

Normal · Defense Down

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
30

Ground · Flinch Hit

Power
65
Acc.
85%
PP
20
TM02
Lv. 13

Headbutt

Normal · Flinch Hit

Power
70
Acc.
100%
PP
15
Lv. 17

Leer

Normal · Defense Down

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
30

Normal · Focus Energy

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
30

Ground · Double Hit

Power
50
Acc.
90%
PP
10
Lv. 29

Rage

Normal · Rage

Power
20
Acc.
100%
PP
20

Normal · False Swipe

Power
40
Acc.
100%
PP
40
Lv. 37

Thrash

Normal · Rampage

Power
90
Acc.
100%
PP
20
Lv. 41

Bone Rush

Ground · Multi Hit

Power
25
Acc.
80%
PP
10
TM / HM compatibility 30 moves
TM01 TM01 · DynamicPunchFighting100 power · 50% · 5 PP TM02 TM02 · HeadbuttNormal70 power · 100% · 15 PP TM03 TM03 · CurseCurse— power · 100% · 10 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 TM14 TM14 · BlizzardIce120 power · 70% · 5 PP TM16 TM16 · Icy WindIce55 power · 95% · 15 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 TM26 TM26 · EarthquakeGround100 power · 100% · 10 PP TM27 TM27 · ReturnNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 PP TM28 TM28 · DigGround60 power · 100% · 10 PP TM31 TM31 · Mud-SlapGround20 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 TM37 TM37 · SandstormRock— power · 100% · 10 PP TM38 TM38 · Fire BlastFire120 power · 85% · 5 PP TM41 TM41 · ThunderPunchElectric75 power · 100% · 15 PP TM43 TM43 · DetectFighting— power · 100% · 5 PP TM44 TM44 · RestPsychic— power · 100% · 10 PP TM45 TM45 · AttractNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP TM46 TM46 · ThiefDark40 power · 100% · 10 PP TM48 TM48 · Fire PunchFire75 power · 100% · 15 PP HM04 HM04 · StrengthNormal80 power · 100% · 15 PP
Egg moves 6 moves
ScreechNormal · Status— power · 85% · 40 PP Skull BashNormal · Physical100 power · 100% · 15 PP Rock SlideRock · Physical75 power · 90% · 10 PP Belly DrumNormal · Status— power · 100% · 10 PP Perish SongNormal · Status— power · 100% · 5 PP AncientPowerRock · Physical60 power · 100% · 5 PP