POKÉMON Gold & Silver
Gold Sunkern sprite in Pokémon Gold
Silver Sunkern sprite in Pokémon Silver

NATIONAL POKÉDEX #191 · Seed Pokemon

Sunkern

Grass Both

Sunkern is a Grass-type Seed Pokemon in Pokemon Gold and Silver. Gold: Wild; locations include National Park, Route 24. Silver: Wild; locations include National Park, Route 24.

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GENERATION II

Base stats

180
HP30
Attack30
Defense30
Sp. Atk30
Sp. Def30
Speed30

PROFILE

Pokédex data

Height
1'00" (0.3 m)
Weight
4.0 lbs (1.8 kg)
Catch rate
235
Base EXP
52
Growth
Medium Slow
BST
180

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 30
— —
AttackBase 30
— —
DefenseBase 30
— —
Sp. AtkBase 30
— —
Sp. DefBase 30
— —
SpeedBase 30
— —

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 may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a SPEAROW, it will violently shake its leaves.

Pokémon Silver

It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.

FAMILY

Evolution chain

#191 Sunkern #192 Sunflora
Sunkern→Sun Stone→Sunflora

ACQUISITION

Gold / Silver locations, times, and methods

Gold

Wild

Areas
2
Tables
2
Special
0
Wild encounters 2
LocationMethodTimeLevelChance
National Park Grass DayDay 10:00–17:59 Lv. 11–13 25% slot
Route 24 Grass DayDay 10:00–17:59 Lv. 10 30% slot
Silver

Wild

Areas
2
Tables
2
Special
0
Wild encounters 2
LocationMethodTimeLevelChance
National Park Grass DayDay 10:00–17:59 Lv. 11–13 25% slot
Route 24 Grass DayDay 10:00–17:59 Lv. 10 30% slot

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

MOVESET

Level-up moves

6
Lv. 1

Absorb

Grass · Leech Hit

Power
20
Acc.
100%
PP
20
Lv. 4

Growth

Normal · Sp Atk Up

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
40

Grass · Leech Hit

Power
40
Acc.
100%
PP
10
TM11
Lv. 19

Sunny Day

Fire · Sunny Day

Power
—
Acc.
90%
PP
5
Lv. 31

Synthesis

Grass · Synthesis

Power
—
Acc.
100%
PP
5
TM19

Grass · Leech Hit

Power
60
Acc.
100%
PP
5
TM / HM compatibility 20 moves
TM03 TM03 · CurseCurse— power · 100% · 10 PP TM06 TM06 · ToxicPoison— power · 85% · 10 PP TM10 TM10 · Hidden PowerNormalVaries power · 100% · 15 PP TM11 TM11 · Sunny DayFire— power · 90% · 5 PP TM12 TM12 · Sweet ScentNormal— power · 100% · 20 PP TM13 TM13 · SnoreNormal40 power · 100% · 15 PP TM17 TM17 · ProtectNormal— power · 100% · 10 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 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 TM36 TM36 · Sludge BombPoison90 power · 100% · 10 PP TM44 TM44 · RestPsychic— power · 100% · 10 PP TM45 TM45 · AttractNormal— power · 100% · 15 PP HM01 HM01 · CutNormal50 power · 95% · 30 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.