Edition differences: original GBA and Nintendo Switch (2026)

Battle data describes Generation III rules. Availability notes distinguish native catches, evolution and breeding from original GBA imports. GBA games can trade with compatible Generation III games after the network quest; Switch supports local FireRed/LeafGreen trading and cannot import Pokémon from other games. Transfers to Pokémon HOME are one way.

GBA: AuroraTicket and MysticTicket required historical event distributions. Switch: both tickets are added after entering the Hall of Fame, providing access to Deoxys on Birth Island and Lugia/Ho-Oh on Navel Rock. Other event Pokémon and GBA imports are not made available by these tickets.

Original GBA: a roaming Entei or Raikou that successfully ends an encounter with Roar disappears permanently because of a game bug. The Switch editions fix this Roar disappearance bug.

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Murkrow

#198 in the National Pokédex • Darkness Pokémon

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Quagsire Misdreavus

Pokédex entries

FireRed

It is said that when chased, it lures its attacker onto dark mountain trails where the foe will get lost.

LeafGreen

Feared and loathed by many, it is believed to bring misfortune to all those who see it at night.

Details

Types

Weak to

2×

2×

2×

Resists

0.5×

0.5×

Immune to

0×

0×

Growth

EV yield, catch rate, and experience details for this Pokémon.

EV yield	1 Spe
Catch rate	30
Base Exp.	107

Eggs

Egg groups, gender ratio, and hatching details for this Pokémon.

Egg groups	Flying
Gender	50% male 50% female
Egg cycles	20 (5,375 steps)

Evolution

Evolution requirements shown in a compact table or chain view.

Murkrow

#198

No evolution stages listed for this game.

Lost Cave

Moves

Moves this Pokémon learns naturally by reaching specific levels.

		Class				Description
Start	Peck	Physical	35	100	35	The foe is jabbed with a sharply pointed beak or horn.
9	Astonish	Physical	30	100	15	An attack using a startling shout. It also may make the foe flinch.
14	Pursuit	Special	40	100	20	An attack move that works especially well on a foe that is switching out.
22	Haze	Status	-	-	30	Eliminates all stat changes among all Pokémon engaged in battle.
27	Night Shade	Physical	-	100	15	An attack with a mirage that inflicts damage matching the user’s level.
35	Feint Attack	Special	60	-	20	The user draws up close to the foe disarmingly, then hits without fail.
40	Taunt	Status	-	100	20	The foe is taunted into a rage that allows it to use only attack moves.
48	Mean Look	Status	-	-	5	The foe is fixed with a mean look that prevents it from escaping.

Machine compatibility for Generation III. HM08 Dive cannot be obtained in FireRed or LeafGreen; a Pokémon must learn it in another Generation III game and be traded in on GBA. Switch has no incoming transfers from those games.

		Class				Description
TM04	Calm Mind	Status	-	-	20	The user focuses its mind to raise the SP. ATK and SP. DEF stats.
TM06	Toxic	Status	-	85	10	A move that badly poisons the foe. Its poison damage worsens every turn.
TM10	Hidden Power	Physical	-	100	15	An attack that varies in type and intensity depending on the user.
TM11	Sunny Day	Status	-	-	5	The sun blazes for five turns, powering up FIRE-type moves.
TM12	Taunt	Status	-	100	20	The foe is taunted into a rage that allows it to use only attack moves.
TM17	Protect	Status	-	-	10	Enables the user to evade all attacks. It may fail if used in succession.
TM18	Rain Dance	Status	-	-	5	A heavy rain falls for five turns, powering up WATER-type moves.
TM21	Frustration	Physical	-	100	20	This attack move grows more powerful the less the user likes its TRAINER.
TM27	Return	Physical	-	100	20	This attack move grows more powerful the more the user likes its TRAINER.
TM30	Shadow Ball	Physical	80	100	15	A shadowy blob is hurled at the foe. May also lower the foe’s SP. DEF.
TM32	Double Team	Status	-	-	15	The user creates illusory copies of itself to raise its evasiveness.
TM40	Aerial Ace	Physical	60	-	20	An extremely fast attack against one target. It can’t be evaded.
TM41	Torment	Status	-	100	15	It enrages the foe, making it incapable of using the same move successively.
TM42	Facade	Physical	70	100	20	An attack that is boosted if user is burned, poisoned, or paralyzed.
TM43	Secret Power	Physical	70	100	20	An attack that may have an additional effect that varies with the terrain.
TM44	Rest	Status	-	-	10	The user sleeps for two turns to fully restore HP and heal any status problem.
TM45	Attract	Status	-	100	15	If it is the other gender, the foe is made infatuated and unlikely to attack.
TM46	Thief	Special	40	100	10	An attack that may take the foe’s held item if the user isn’t holding one.
TM47	Steel Wing	Physical	70	90	25	The foe is hit with wings of steel. It may also raise the user’s DEFENSE.
TM49	Snatch	Status	-	-	10	Steals the effects of the foe’s healing or status-changing move.
HM02	Fly	Physical	70	95	15	A 2-turn move that hits on the 2nd turn. Use it to fly to any known town.

Tutors

Moves this Pokémon can learn from move tutors in this game.

	Class				Description
Double-Edge	Physical	120	100	15	A reckless, life-risking tackle that also hurts the user a little.
Dream Eater	Special	100	100	15	Absorbs half the damage it inflicted on a sleeping foe to restore HP.
Mimic	Status	-	-	10	The user copies the move last used by the foe for the rest of the battle.
Substitute	Status	-	-	10	The user creates a decoy using one-quarter of its full HP.
Thunder Wave	Status	-	100	20	A weak electric shock that is sure to cause paralysis if it hits.

Breeding

Moves this Pokémon can inherit through breeding or similar methods.

	Class				Description
Confuse Ray	Status	-	100	10	The foe is exposed to a sinister ray that triggers confusion.
Drill Peck	Physical	80	100	20	A corkscrewing attack with the sharp beak acting as a drill.
Feather Dance	Status	-	100	15	The foe is covered with a mass of down that sharply cuts the ATTACK stat.
Mirror Move	Status	-	-	20	The user counters the move last used by the foe with the same move.
Perish Song	Status	-	-	5	Any battler that hears this faints in three turns unless it switches.
Sky Attack	Physical	140	90	5	A 2nd-turn attack move with a high critical-hit ratio. The foe may flinch.
Whirlwind	Status	-	100	20	The foe is made to switch out with an ally. In the wild, the battle ends.
Wing Attack	Physical	60	100	35	The foe is struck with large, imposing wings spread wide.

Traits

Ability options available to this Pokémon in this game.

Insomnia

Prevents sleep.

#195

Quagsire

#200

Misdreavus

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