POKÉMON Gold & Silver
Gold Slugma sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Slugma sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #218 · Lava Pokemon

Slugma

Fire Both

Slugma is a Fire-type Lava Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Wild; locations include Route 16, Route 17, Route 18. Silver: Wild; locations include Route 16, Route 17, Route 18.

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

GENERATION II

Base stats

250
HP40
Attack40
Defense40
Sp. Atk70
Sp. Def40
Speed20

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
2'04" (0.7 m)
Weight
77.0 lbs (34.9 kg)
Catch rate
190
Base EXP
78
Growth
Medium Fast
BST
250

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 40
— —
AttackBase 40
— —
DefenseBase 40
— —
Sp. AtkBase 70
— —
Sp. DefBase 40
— —
SpeedBase 20
— —

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 never sleeps. It has to keep moving because if it stopped, its magma body would cool and harden.

Pokémon Silver

A common sight in volcanic areas, it slowly slithers around in a constant search for warm places.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

#218 Slugma #219 Magcargo
Slugma→Level 38→Magcargo

ACQUISITION

Gold / Silver locations, times, and methods

Gold

Wild

Areas
3
Tables
3
Special
0
Wild encounters 3
LocationMethodTimeLevelChance
Route 16 Grass Any time Lv. 27 5% slot
Route 17 Grass Any time Lv. 25–29 Morning 5% · Day 35% · Night 5%
Route 18 Grass Any time Lv. 27 5% slot
Silver

Wild

Areas
3
Tables
3
Special
0
Wild encounters 3
LocationMethodTimeLevelChance
Route 16 Grass Any time Lv. 27 5% slot
Route 17 Grass Any time Lv. 25–29 Morning 5% · Day 35% · Night 5%
Route 18 Grass Any time Lv. 27 5% slot

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

MOVESET

Level-up moves

8
Lv. 1

Smog

Poison · Poison Hit

Power
20
Acc.
70%
PP
20
Lv. 8

Ember

Fire · Burn Hit

Power
40
Acc.
100%
PP
25

Rock · Normal Hit

Power
50
Acc.
90%
PP
15
Lv. 22

Harden

Normal · Defense Up

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
30
Lv. 29

Amnesia

Psychic · Sp Def Up 2

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
20

Rock · Flinch Hit

Power
75
Acc.
90%
PP
10
Lv. 50

Body Slam

Normal · Paralyze Hit

Power
85
Acc.
100%
PP
15
TM / HM compatibility 19 moves
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 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 TM27 TM27 · ReturnNormalVaries power · 100% · 20 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 TM38 TM38 · Fire BlastFire120 power · 85% · 5 PP TM40 TM40 · Defense CurlNormal— power · 100% · 40 PP TM44 TM44 · RestPsychic— power · 100% · 10 PP TM45 TM45 · AttractNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP
Egg moves 1 moves
Acid ArmorPoison · Status— power · 100% · 40 PP