Gold Ho-Oh sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Ho-Oh sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #250 · Rainbow Pokemon

Ho-Oh

Fire Flying Both

Ho-Oh is a Fire/Flying-type Rainbow Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Legendary encounter at Tin Tower. Silver: Legendary encounter at Tin Tower.

GENERATION II

Base stats

680
HP106
Attack130
Defense90
Sp. Atk110
Sp. Def154
Speed90

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
12'06" (3.8 m)
Weight
439.0 lbs (199.1 kg)
Catch rate
3
Base EXP
220
Growth
Slow
BST
680

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 106
AttackBase 130
DefenseBase 90
Sp. AtkBase 110
Sp. DefBase 154
SpeedBase 90

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

Legends claim this Pokemon flies the world's skies continuously on its magnificent sevencolored wings.

Pokémon Silver

A legend says that its body glows in seven colors. A rainbow is said to form behind it when it flies.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

This Pokémon does not evolve in Generation II.

ACQUISITION

Gold / Silver locations, times, and methods

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

MOVESET

Level-up moves

10

Fire · Sacred Fire

Power
100
Acc.
95%
PP
5
Lv. 11

Safeguard

Normal · Safeguard

Power
Acc.
100%
PP
25
Lv. 22

Gust

Flying · Gust

Power
40
Acc.
100%
PP
35
Lv. 33

Recover

Normal · Heal

Power
Acc.
100%
PP
20
TM38

Fire · Burn Hit

Power
120
Acc.
85%
PP
5
TM11
Lv. 55

Sunny Day

Fire · Sunny Day

Power
Acc.
90%
PP
5
TM39
Lv. 66

Swift

Normal · Always Hit

Power
60
Acc.
100%
PP
20
Lv. 77

Whirlwind

Normal · Force Switch

Power
Acc.
100%
PP
20

Psychic · Future Sight

Power
80
Acc.
90%
PP
15
TM / HM compatibility 37 moves
TM03 TM03 · CurseCurse— power · 100% · 10 PP TM05 TM05 · RoarNormal— power · 100% · 20 PP TM06 TM06 · ToxicPoison— power · 85% · 10 PP TM07 TM07 · Zap CannonElectric100 power · 50% · 5 PP TM08 TM08 · Rock SmashFighting20 power · 100% · 15 PP TM09 TM09 · Psych UpNormal— power · 100% · 10 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 TM18 TM18 · Rain DanceWater— power · 90% · 5 PP TM19 TM19 · Giga DrainGrass60 power · 100% · 5 PP TM20 TM20 · EndureNormal— power · 100% · 10 PP TM21 TM21 · FrustrationNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 PP TM22 TM22 · SolarBeamGrass120 power · 100% · 10 PP TM24 TM24 · DragonBreathDragon60 power · 100% · 20 PP TM25 TM25 · ThunderElectric120 power · 70% · 10 PP TM26 TM26 · EarthquakeGround100 power · 100% · 10 PP TM27 TM27 · ReturnNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 PP TM29 TM29 · PsychicPsychic90 power · 100% · 10 PP TM30 TM30 · Shadow BallGhost80 power · 100% · 15 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 TM39 TM39 · SwiftNormal60 power · 100% · 20 PP TM42 TM42 · Dream EaterPsychic100 power · 100% · 15 PP TM43 TM43 · DetectFighting— power · 100% · 5 PP TM44 TM44 · RestPsychic— power · 100% · 10 PP TM47 TM47 · Steel WingSteel70 power · 90% · 25 PP TM50 TM50 · NightmareGhost— power · 100% · 15 PP HM02 HM02 · FlyFlying70 power · 95% · 15 PP HM04 HM04 · StrengthNormal80 power · 100% · 15 PP HM05 HM05 · FlashNormal— power · 70% · 20 PP
Egg moves 0 moves

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