#0055
Golduck
Duck Pokémon
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.
Details
Height1.7 m
Weight76.6 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium
Base EXP175
Base stats
HP
80
Attack
82
Defense
78
Sp. Atk
95
Sp. Def
80
Speed
85
Total
500
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Golduck
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Blue
Yellow
Ruby
Sapphire
Emerald
XD: Gale of Darkness
Diamond
Pearl
Platinum
Ultra Sun
Ultra Moon
Let's Go Pikachu
Let's Go Eevee
Red Japan
Green Japan
Evolution
Lv. 33
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Golduck can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| 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
25 sprites & renders for Golduck.
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“Golduck”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/golduck.
Species data from PokéAPI.