POKÉMON Gold & Silver
Gold Houndour sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Houndour sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #228 · Dark Pokemon

Houndour

Dark Fire Both

Houndour is a Dark/Fire-type Dark Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Wild; locations include Route 7. Silver: Wild; locations include Route 7.

Back to Pokédex list Stats by level Gold / Silver locations Moves

GENERATION II

Base stats

330
HP45
Attack60
Defense30
Sp. Atk80
Sp. Def50
Speed65

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
2'00" (0.6 m)
Weight
24.0 lbs (10.9 kg)
Catch rate
120
Base EXP
114
Growth
Slow
BST
330

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 45
— —
AttackBase 60
— —
DefenseBase 30
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Sp. AtkBase 80
— —
Sp. DefBase 50
— —
SpeedBase 65
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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

It uses different kinds of cries for communicating with others of its kind and for pursuing its prey.

Pokémon Silver

To corner prey, they check each other's location using barks that only they can understand.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

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

ACQUISITION

Gold / Silver locations, times, and methods

Gold

Wild

Areas
1
Tables
1
Special
0
Wild encounters 1
LocationMethodTimeLevelChance
Route 7 Grass NightNight 18:00–03:59 Lv. 15 5% slot
Silver

Wild

Areas
1
Tables
1
Special
0
Wild encounters 1
LocationMethodTimeLevelChance
Route 7 Grass NightNight 18:00–03:59 Lv. 15 5% slot

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. 43

Crunch

Dark · Sp Def Down Hit

Power
80
Acc.
100%
PP
15
TM / HM compatibility 28 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 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
Egg moves 7 moves
CounterFighting · PhysicalVaries power · 100% · 20 PP Fire SpinFire · Special15 power · 70% · 15 PP RageNormal · Physical20 power · 100% · 20 PP ReversalFighting · PhysicalVaries power · 100% · 15 PP SpiteGhost · Status— power · 100% · 10 PP PursuitDark · Special40 power · 100% · 20 PP Beat UpDark · Special10 power · 100% · 10 PP