POKÉMON Gold & Silver
Gold Houndoom sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Houndoom sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #229 · Dark Pokemon

Houndoom

Dark Fire Both

Houndoom is a Dark/Fire-type Dark Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Evolution. Silver: Evolution.

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GENERATION II

Base stats

500
HP75
Attack90
Defense50
Sp. Atk110
Sp. Def80
Speed95

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
4'07" (1.4 m)
Weight
77.0 lbs (34.9 kg)
Catch rate
45
Base EXP
204
Growth
Slow
BST
500

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 75
— —
AttackBase 90
— —
DefenseBase 50
— —
Sp. AtkBase 110
— —
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

If you are burned by the flames it shoots from its mouth, the pain will never go away.

Pokémon Silver

Upon hearing its eerie howls, other Pokemon get the shivers and head straight back to their nests.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

#228 Houndour #229 Houndoom
Houndour→Level 24→Houndoom

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

Evolution

Areas
0
Tables
0
Special
0
Evolution

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

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

MOVESET

Level-up moves

8
Lv. 1

Leer

Normal · Defense Down

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
30
Lv. 1

Ember

Fire · Burn Hit

Power
40
Acc.
100%
PP
25
TM05
Lv. 7

Roar

Normal · Force Switch

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
20
Lv. 13

Smog

Poison · Poison Hit

Power
20
Acc.
70%
PP
20
Lv. 20

Bite

Dark · Flinch Hit

Power
60
Acc.
100%
PP
25
Lv. 52

Crunch

Dark · Sp Def Down Hit

Power
80
Acc.
100%
PP
15
TM / HM compatibility 30 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 TM22 TM22 · SolarBeamGrass120 power · 100% · 10 PP TM23 TM23 · Iron TailSteel100 power · 75% · 15 PP TM27 TM27 · ReturnNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 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 TM36 TM36 · Sludge BombPoison90 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 TM45 TM45 · AttractNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP TM46 TM46 · ThiefDark40 power · 100% · 10 PP TM50 TM50 · NightmareGhost— power · 100% · 15 PP HM04 HM04 · StrengthNormal80 power · 100% · 15 PP
Egg moves 0 moves

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