Hoothoot
#15 in the Crystal Pokédex • Owl Pokémon
Pokémon Crystal
It begins to hoot at the same time every day. Some trainers use them in place of clocks.
Pokédexes
Egg Group
Steps to Hatch
Effort Values Yielded
Gender Ratio
Capture Rate
Base Experience
| Pokémon | Requires | Evolution |
|---|---|---|
![]() Hoothoot #15 | Level 20 | ![]() Noctowl #16 |
Pokémon Crystal
| Location | Method | Level | Chance | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Route 29 Road 29 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 2 | 30% | At night |
Route 29 Road 29 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 3 | 20% | At night |
Route 29 Road 29 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 3 | 4% | At night |
Route 29 Road 29 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 3 | 1% | At night |
Route 29 Road 29 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 29 Road 29 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 29 Road 29 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 30 Road 30 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 3 | 30% | At night |
Route 30 Road 30 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 4 | 10% | At night |
Route 30 Road 30 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 4 | 4% | At night |
Route 30 Road 30 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 4 | 1% | At night |
Route 30 Road 30 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 30 Road 30 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 30 Road 30 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 31 Road 31 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 5 | 10% | At night |
Route 31 Road 31 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 31 Road 31 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 31 Road 31 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 32 Road 32 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 7 | 5% | At night |
Route 32 Road 32 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 32 Road 32 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Route 32 Road 32 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 32 Road 32 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Route 32 Road 32 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Ilex Forest | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 7 | 5% | At night |
Ilex Forest | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Ilex Forest | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Ilex Forest | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Ilex Forest | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 10% | - |
Route 34 Road 34 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 12 | 20% | At night |
Route 34 Road 34 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 34 Road 34 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 34 Road 34 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 35 Road 35 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 14 | 30% | Not during a swarm, At night |
Route 35 Road 35 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 14 | 5% | During a swarm, At night |
Route 35 Road 35 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 35 Road 35 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 35 Road 35 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
National Park | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 12 | 30% | At night |
National Park | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 15 | 10% | At night |
Route 36 Road 36 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 4 | 30% | At night |
Route 36 Road 36 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 5 | 10% | At night |
Route 36 Road 36 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 5 | 5% | At night |
Route 36 Road 36 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 36 Road 36 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 36 Road 36 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 37 Road 37 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 13 | 30% | In the morning |
Route 37 Road 37 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 15 | 20% | At night |
Route 37 Road 37 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 37 Road 37 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 37 Road 37 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 38 Road 38 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 38 Road 38 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 38 Road 38 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 39 Road 39 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 39 Road 39 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 39 Road 39 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 43 Road 43 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 16 | 30% | At night |
Route 43 Road 43 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 43 Road 43 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Route 43 Road 43 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 43 Road 43 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Route 43 Road 43 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Lake of Rage | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Lake of Rage | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Lake of Rage | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Lake of Rage | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Lake of Rage | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 26 Road 26 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 26 Road 26 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Route 26 Road 26 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 26 Road 26 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Route 26 Road 26 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 27 Road 27 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 27 Road 27 | Headbutting a low encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Route 27 Road 27 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 27 Road 27 | Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree | 10 | 15% | - |
Route 27 Road 27 | Headbutting a high encounter rate tree | 10 | 50% | - |
Route 1 Road 1 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 2 | 30% | At night |
Route 1 Road 1 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 3 | 10% | At night |
Route 1 Road 1 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 4 | 4% | At night |
Route 1 Road 1 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 4 | 1% | At night |
Route 2 Road 2 (south, towards Viridian City) | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 3 | 30% | At night |
Route 2 Road 2 (south, towards Viridian City) | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 5 | 20% | At night |
Route 5 Road 5 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 13 | 30% | At night |
Route 25 Road 25 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 10 | 30% | At night |

Normal

Shiny
Hoothoot
Owl Pokémon


HP
60
Attack
30
Defense
30
Sp. Atk
36
Sp. Def
56
Speed
50
Total
262
Type Chart
Weaknesses
Takes 2× from



Resistances
Takes 0× from


Takes 0.5× from


| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Tackle | ![]() | Physical | 35 | 95 | 35 | A full-body charge attack. |
| Start | Growl | ![]() | Status | - | 100 | 40 | Reduces the foe's ATTACK. |
| 6 | Foresight | ![]() | Status | - | - | 40 | Negates accuracy reduction moves. |
| 11 | Peck | ![]() | Physical | 35 | 100 | 35 | Jabs the foe with a beak, etc. |
| 16 | Hypnosis | ![]() | Status | - | 60 | 20 | May put the foe to sleep. |
| 22 | Reflect | ![]() | Status | - | - | 20 | Raises DEFENSE with a barrier. |
| 28 | Take Down | ![]() | Physical | 90 | 85 | 20 | A tackle that also hurts the user. |
| 34 | Confusion | ![]() | Special | 50 | 100 | 25 | An attack that may cause confusion. |
| 48 | Dream Eater | ![]() | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 | Steals HP from a sleeping victim. |
| Class | Description | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feint Attack | ![]() | Physical | 60 | - | 20 | An attack that never misses. |
| Mirror Move | ![]() | Status | - | - | 20 | Counters with the same move. |
| Sky Attack | ![]() | Physical | 140 | 90 | 5 | 1st turn: Prepare 2nd turn: Attack |
| Supersonic | ![]() | Status | - | 55 | 20 | Sound waves that cause confusion. |
| Whirlwind | ![]() | Status | - | 100 | 20 | Blows away the foe & ends battle. |
| Wing Attack | ![]() | Physical | 60 | 100 | 35 | Strikes the target with wings. |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM02 | Fly | ![]() | Physical | 70 | 95 | 15 | 1st turn: Fly 2nd turn: Attack |
| HM05 | Flash | ![]() | Status | - | 70 | 20 | Blinds the foe to reduce accuracy. |
| TM03 | Curse | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | Works differently for ghost-types. |
| TM06 | Toxic | ![]() | Status | - | 85 | 10 | A poison move with increasing damage. |
| TM10 | Hidden Power | ![]() | Special | 1 | 100 | 15 | The power varies with the Pokémon. |
| TM11 | Sunny Day | ![]() | Status | - | - | 5 | Boosts fire-type moves for 5 turns. |
| TM13 | Snore | ![]() | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 | An attack useable only while asleep. |
| TM17 | Protect | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | Foils attack that turn. It may fail. |
| TM20 | Endure | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | Always leaves at least 1HP. |
| TM21 | Frustration | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | An attack based on lack of loyalty. |
| TM27 | Return | ![]() | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | An attack that is based on loyalty. |
| TM31 | Mud-Slap | ![]() | Special | 20 | 100 | 10 | Reduces the foe's accuracy. |
| TM32 | Double Team | ![]() | Status | - | - | 15 | Heightens evasive ness. |
| TM34 | Swagger | ![]() | Status | - | 90 | 15 | Causes confusion and raises ATTACK. |
| TM35 | Sleep Talk | ![]() | Status | - | - | 10 | Randomly attacks while asleep. |
| TM39 | Swift | ![]() | Special | 60 | - | 20 | An attack that never misses. |
| TM42 | Dream Eater | ![]() | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 | Steals HP from a sleeping victim. |
| TM43 | Detect | ![]() | Status | - | - | 5 | Evades attack that turn. It may fail. |
| TM44 | Rest | ![]() | Status | - | - | 5 | Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover. |
| TM45 | Attract | ![]() | Status | - | 100 | 15 | Makes the opposite gender infatuated. |
| TM46 | Thief | ![]() | Physical | 40 | 100 | 10 | An attack that may steal a held item. |
| TM47 | Steel Wing | ![]() | Physical | 70 | 90 | 25 | Stiff wings strike the foe. |
| TM50 | Nightmare | ![]() | Status | - | 100 | 15 | A sleeper loses 1/4 HP every turn. |




















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