POKÉMON Gold & Silver
Gold Kabutops sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Kabutops sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #141 · Shellfish Pokemon

Kabutops

Rock Water Trade required

Kabutops is a Rock/Water-type Shellfish Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Trade required. Silver: Trade required.

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GENERATION II

Base stats

495
HP60
Attack115
Defense105
Sp. Atk65
Sp. Def70
Speed80

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
4'03" (1.3 m)
Weight
89.0 lbs (40.4 kg)
Catch rate
45
Base EXP
201
Growth
Medium Fast
BST
495

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 60
— —
AttackBase 115
— —
DefenseBase 105
— —
Sp. AtkBase 65
— —
Sp. DefBase 70
— —
SpeedBase 80
— —

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

In the water, it tucks in its limbs to become more compact, then it wiggles its shell to swim fast.

Pokémon Silver

With sharp claws, this ferocious, ancient Pokemon rips apart prey and sucks their body fluids.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

#140 Kabuto #141 Kabutops
Kabuto→Level 40→Kabutops

ACQUISITION

Gold / Silver locations, times, and methods

Gold

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.

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

10
Lv. 1

Scratch

Normal · Normal Hit

Power
40
Acc.
100%
PP
35
Lv. 1

Harden

Normal · Defense Up

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
30
Lv. 1

Absorb

Grass · Leech Hit

Power
20
Acc.
100%
PP
20
Lv. 10

Absorb

Grass · Leech Hit

Power
20
Acc.
100%
PP
20
Lv. 19

Leer

Normal · Defense Down

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
30

Ground · Accuracy Down

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
15
TM20
Lv. 37

Endure

Normal · Endure

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
10
Lv. 40

Slash

Normal · Normal Hit

Power
70
Acc.
100%
PP
20

Grass · Leech Hit

Power
40
Acc.
100%
PP
10
TM / HM compatibility 27 moves
TM02 TM02 · HeadbuttNormal70 power · 100% · 15 PP TM03 TM03 · CurseCurse— power · 100% · 10 PP TM04 TM04 · RolloutRock30 power · 90% · 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 TM13 TM13 · SnoreNormal40 power · 100% · 15 PP TM14 TM14 · BlizzardIce120 power · 70% · 5 PP TM15 TM15 · Hyper BeamNormal150 power · 90% · 5 PP TM16 TM16 · Icy WindIce55 power · 95% · 15 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 TM27 TM27 · ReturnNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 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 TM44 TM44 · RestPsychic— power · 100% · 10 PP TM45 TM45 · AttractNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP TM46 TM46 · ThiefDark40 power · 100% · 10 PP TM49 TM49 · Fury CutterBug10 power · 95% · 20 PP HM01 HM01 · CutNormal50 power · 95% · 30 PP HM03 HM03 · SurfWater95 power · 100% · 15 PP HM06 HM06 · WhirlpoolWater15 power · 70% · 15 PP
Egg moves 0 moves

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