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Golduck

Duck Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Golduck

Golduck (shiny)

Height: 1.7 m
Weight: 76.6 kg

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP175

Its body is strong, and it has webbing on its hands and feet. Golduck can swim easily through rough seas, clawing its way through the high waves.

In Pokémon GO · 2450 max CP 5 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

80

Attack

82

Defense

78

Sp. Atk

95

Sp. Def

80

Speed

85

Total

500

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle.

Negates all effects of weather, but does not prevent the weather itself.

Swift SwimHidden

Doubles Speed during rain.

Egg groups: Water 1, Field

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Fire½×

Ice½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Choice Specs

ZU

Moves

Item

Choice Specs

AbilityCloud Nine

NatureModest+SpA/−Atk

EV spread

SpA▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Golduck

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Red

Seafoam Islands

Blue

Seafoam Islands

Yellow

Gold

Ilex Forest Mt. Silver Route 35 Route 6

Silver

Ilex Forest Mt. Silver Route 35 Route 6

Crystal

Ilex Forest Mt. Silver Route 35 Route 6

Ruby

Sapphire

Emerald

FireRed

Berry Forest Cape Brink Cerulean Cave Seafoam Islands

XD: Gale of Darkness

Platinum

Celestic Town Eterna City Lake Acuity Lake Valor Lake Verity Oreburgh Gate Ravaged Path Resort Area Route 203 Route 204 Route 205 Route 208 Route 209 Route 210 Route 212 Route 214 Route 225 Sendoff Spring Twinleaf Town

HeartGold

Cerulean Cave Ilex Forest Johto Safari Zone Mt. Silver Route 35 Route 6 Seafoam Islands

SoulSilver

Cerulean Cave Ilex Forest Johto Safari Zone Mt. Silver Route 35 Route 6 Seafoam Islands

Black

Route 11 Route 14 Village Bridge

White

Route 11 Route 14 Village Bridge

Black 2

Abundant Shrine Nature Sanctuary Route 11 Route 14 Route 22 Route 23 Seaside Cave Village Bridge

White 2

Abundant Shrine Nature Sanctuary Route 11 Route 14 Route 22 Route 23 Seaside Cave Village Bridge

Sun

Poni Gauntlet Vast Poni Canyon

Moon

Poni Gauntlet Vast Poni Canyon

Ultra Sun

Poni Gauntlet Vast Poni Canyon

Ultra Moon

Poni Gauntlet Vast Poni Canyon

Let's Go Pikachu

Let's Go Eevee

Isle of Armor (Sword)

Brawlers' Cave Challenge Beach Courageous Cavern Forest of Focus Soothing Wetlands Training Lowlands

Isle of Armor (Shield)

Brawlers' Cave Challenge Beach Courageous Cavern Forest of Focus Soothing Wetlands Training Lowlands

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Red Japan

Seafoam Islands

Green Japan

Seafoam Islands

Evolution

Psyduck

Lv. 33

Golduck

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Golduck can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Muddy WaterSTAB

Moves

Find a move24 of 24

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Aqua Jet Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Physical	40	100	20
1	Bubble Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Water	Special	40	100	30
1	Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
1	Encore Forces the target to repeat its last used move every turn for 2 to 6 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100	5
1	Me First Uses the target’s move against it before it attacks, with power increased by half.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
1	Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Tail Whip Lowers the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
1	Water Sport Halves all Fire-type damage.	Water	Status	—	—	15
1	Yawn Target sleeps at the end of the next turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
12	Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target.	Water	Special	60	100	20
18	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	Psychic	Status	—	60	20
18	Zen Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Psychic	Physical	80	90	15
21	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
24	Aqua Tail Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Physical	90	90	10
27	Psybeam Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	65	100	20
27	Soak Changes the target’s type to Water.	Water	Status	—	100	20
30	Psych Up Discards the user’s stat changes and copies the target’s.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
36	Amnesia Raises the user’s Special Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
39	Confusion Has a chance to confuse the target.	Psychic	Special	50	100	25
42	Surf Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dive users.	Water	Special	90	100	15
45	Wonder Room All Pokémon’s Defense and Special Defense are swapped for 5 turns.	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
48	Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
59	Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	110	80	5

Sprites & renders

30 sprites & renders for Golduck.

Official artwork

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Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Yellow

Red · Blue

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Black · White

Gold

Silver

Crystal

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Platinum

Diamond · Pearl

HeartGold · SoulSilver

scarlet violet

X · Y

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ORAS

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Emerald

Ruby · Sapphire

FireRed · LeafGreen

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Ultra Sun · Moon

lets go pikachu lets go eevee

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Cite this page

“Golduck”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/golduck.

Species data from PokéAPI.