Meowth
#136 in the Gold and Silver Pokédex • Scratch Cat Pokémon
Pokémon Gold
It is fascinated by round objects. It can't stop playing with them until it tires and falls asleep.
Pokémon Silver
It loves anything that shines. It especially adores coins that it picks up and se cretly hoards.
Pokédexes
Egg Group
Steps to Hatch
Effort Values Yielded
Gender Ratio
Capture Rate
Base Experience
| Pokémon | Requires | Evolution |
|---|---|---|
 Meowth #136 | High friendship |  Persian #137 |
Pokémon Silver
| Location | Method | Level | Chance | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Route 38 Road 38 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 16 | 30% | Not during a swarm, During the day |
Route 38 Road 38 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 16 | 30% | Not during a swarm, In the morning |
Route 38 Road 38 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 16 | 10% | Not during a swarm, At night |
Route 39 Road 39 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 16 | 30% | During the day |
Route 39 Road 39 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 16 | 30% | In the morning |
Route 39 Road 39 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 16 | 10% | At night |
Route 5 Road 5 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 14 | 30% | At night |
Route 5 Road 5 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 14 | 20% | During the day |
Route 5 Road 5 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 14 | 20% | In the morning |
Route 6 Road 6 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 14 | 30% | At night |
Route 6 Road 6 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 14 | 20% | During the day |
Route 6 Road 6 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 14 | 20% | In the morning |
Route 7 Road 7 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 17 | 30% | During the day |
Route 7 Road 7 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 17 | 30% | In the morning |
Route 7 Road 7 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 17 | 30% | At night |
Route 8 Road 8 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 17 | 30% | During the day |
Route 8 Road 8 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 17 | 30% | In the morning |
Route 8 Road 8 | Walking in tall grass or a cave | 17 | 30% | At night |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Scratch |  |  Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 | Scratches with sharp claws. |
| Start | Growl | |  Status | - | 100 | 40 | Reduces the foe's ATTACK. |
| 11 | Bite |  | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | An attack that may cause flinching. |
| 20 | Pay Day | | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 | Throws coins. Gets them back later. |
| 28 | Feint Attack | | Physical | 60 | - | 20 | An attack that never misses. |
| 35 | Screech | | Status | - | 85 | 40 | Sharply reduces the foe's DEFENSE. |
| 41 | Fury Swipes | | Physical | 18 | 80 | 15 | Quickly scratches 2-5 times. |
| 46 | Slash | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Has a high criti cal hit ratio. |
| Class | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM02 | Headbutt | | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 | An attack that may make foe flinch. |
| TM03 | Curse |  | Status | - | - | 10 | Works differently for ghost-types. |
| TM06 | Toxic |  | Status | - | 85 | 10 | A poison move with increasing damage. |
| TM07 | Zap Cannon |  |  Special | 100 | 50 | 5 | An attack that always paralyzes. |
| TM09 | Psych Up | | Status | - | - | 10 | Copies the foe's stat changes. |
| 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. |
| TM16 | Icy Wind |  | Special | 55 | 95 | 15 | An icy attack that lowers SPEED. |
| 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. |
| TM23 | Iron Tail |  | Physical | 100 | 75 | 15 | An attack that may reduce DEFENSE. |
| TM25 | Thunder | | Special | 120 | 70 | 10 | An attack that may cause paralysis. |
| TM27 | Return | | Physical | - | 100 | 20 | An attack that is based on loyalty. |
| TM30 | Shadow Ball |  | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 | An attack that may lower SPCL.DEF. |
| 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. |
| TM40 | Defense Curl | | Status | - | - | 40 | Heightens the user's DEFENSE. |
| 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. |
| TM50 | Nightmare | | Status | - | 100 | 15 | A sleeper loses 1/4 HP every turn. |