Krabby in Pokémon Gold & Silver

#164 in the Gold and Silver Pokédex • River Crab Pokémon

Krabby in the National Pokédex

Normal

Shiny

Voltorb Electrode

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold

If it senses danger approaching, it cloaks itself with bubbles from its mouth so it will look bigger.

Pokémon Silver

The pincers break off easily. If it loses a pincer, it somehow becomes incapable of walking sideways.

Pokémon details

Type

Weak to

2×

2×

Resists

0.5×

0.5×

0.5×

Stat Experience is gained in five stats. Special is shared by Special Attack and Special Defense; each stat can reach 65,535.

Pokédexes	Original Johto #164
Stat Experience	30 HP, 105 Atk, 90 Def, 50 Spe, 25 Special
Catch rate	225
Base Exp.	115

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

Egg groups	Water 3
Gender	50% male 50% female
Egg cycles	20 (5,120 nominal steps; actual hatching varies)

Evolution requirements shown in a compact table or chain view.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Krabby #164	Level 28	Kingler #165

Known encounter locations for this Pokémon in this game.

Gold

Location	Method	Level	Chance	Conditions
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	-
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	-
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	-
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	-
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Cianwood City	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Cianwood City	Smashing rocks	15	90%	-
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Dark Cave Dark Cave (Violet City entrance)	Smashing rocks	15	90%	-
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Smashing rocks	15	90%	-
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Olivine City	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	22	30%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	24	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B1F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	23	30%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B1F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	25	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	23	30%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	25	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	24	30%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	26	20%	-

Silver

Location	Method	Level	Chance	Conditions
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	-
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	-
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	-
Cerulean City Cerulean Gym	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	-
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Cherrygrove City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Cianwood City	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Cianwood City	Smashing rocks	15	90%	-
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Cianwood City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Dark Cave Dark Cave (Violet City entrance)	Smashing rocks	15	90%	-
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Route 34 Road 34	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Smashing rocks	15	90%	-
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Sea Route 40 Road 40	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Sea Route 19 Road 19	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Olivine City	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Olivine City	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Olivine City	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	During the day
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	In the morning
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	At night
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	During the day
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	In the morning
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	At night
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	During the day
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	In the morning
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	20%	At night
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	During the day
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	In the morning
Union Cave Union Cave (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	At night
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	22	30%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (1F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	24	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B1F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	23	30%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B1F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	25	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	23	30%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B2F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	25	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	20%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Fishing with a Good Rod	20	35%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Fishing with an Old Rod	10	15%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Fishing with a Super Rod	40	40%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	24	30%	-
Whirl Islands Whirl Islands (B3F)	Walking in tall grass or a cave	26	20%	-

Moves this Pokémon learns naturally by reaching specific levels.


Start	Bubble An attack that may reduce SPEED.	20	100	30
5	Leer Reduces the foe's DEFENSE.	-	100	30
12	ViceGrip Grips with powerful pincers.	55	100	30
16	Harden Raises the user's DEFENSE.	-	-	30
23	Stomp An attack that may cause flinching.	65	100	20
27	Guillotine A one-hit KO, pincer attack.	-	30	5
34	Protect Foils attack that turn. It may fail.	-	-	10
41	Crabhammer Has a high critical hit ratio.	90	85	10

Moves this Pokémon can learn from Technical Machines and Hidden Machines in Pokémon Gold and Silver.


TM03	Curse Works differently for ghost-types.		-	-	10
TM06	Toxic A poison move with increasing damage.		-	85	10
TM08	Rock Smash An attack that may lower DEFENSE.		20	100	15
TM10	Hidden Power The power varies with the Pokémon.	Type varies by DVs	31–70	100	15
TM13	Snore An attack useable only while asleep.		40	100	15
TM14	Blizzard An attack that may freeze the foe.		120	70	5
TM16	Icy Wind An icy attack that lowers SPEED.		55	95	15
TM17	Protect Foils attack that turn. It may fail.		-	-	10
TM18	Rain Dance Boosts water-type moves for 5 turns.		-	-	5
TM20	Endure Always leaves at least 1HP.		-	-	10
TM21	Frustration An attack based on lack of loyalty.		-	100	20
TM27	Return An attack that is based on loyalty.		-	100	20
TM31	Mud-Slap Reduces the foe's accuracy.		20	100	10
TM32	Double Team Heightens evasiveness.		-	-	15
TM34	Swagger Causes confusion and raises ATTACK.		-	90	15
TM35	Sleep Talk Randomly attacks while asleep.		-	-	10
TM44	Rest Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover.		-	-	10
TM45	Attract Makes the opposite gender infatuated.		-	100	15
TM46	Thief An attack that may steal a held item.		40	100	10
TM49	Fury Cutter Successive hits raise power.		10	95	20
HM01	Cut Cuts using claws, scythes, etc.		50	95	30
HM03	Surf A strong water-type attack.		95	100	15
HM04	Strength A powerful physical attack.		80	100	15
HM06	Whirlpool Traps the foe for 2-5 turns.		15	70	15

Moves this Pokémon can inherit through breeding or similar methods.


Amnesia Sharply raises the user's SPCL.DEF.	-	-	20
Dig 1st turn: Burrow 2nd turn: Attack	60	100	10
Flail Stronger if the user's HP is low.	-	100	15
Haze Eliminates all stat changes.	-	-	30
Slam Slams the foe with a tail, vine, etc.	80	75	20

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Krabby in Pokémon Gold & Silver

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