Spearow in Pokémon Gold & Silver

#13 in the Gold and Silver Pokédex • Tiny Bird Pokémon

Spearow in the National Pokédex

Normal

Shiny

Raticate Fearow

Pokédex entries

Pokémon Gold

It flaps its short wings to flush out insects from tall grass. It then plucks them with its stubby beak.

Pokémon Silver

Very protective of its territory, it flaps its short wings busily to dart around at high speed.

Pokémon details

Types

Spearow in Other Games

National Dex page

Red & Blue Yellow Crystal Ruby & Sapphire FireRed & LeafGreen Emerald Diamond & Pearl Platinum HeartGold & SoulSilver Black & White Black 2 & White 2 X & Y Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Pokémon GO Sun & Moon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon Let's Go, Pikachu! & Eevee!Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Base stat spread shown as a hex chart and supporting stat bars.

Min

Max

190

283

Attack

125

218

Defense

158

Sp. Atk

160

Sp. Def

160

Speed

145

238

Total

262

Ranges are for Level 100. Max assumes 15 DVs and maxed Stat Experience; min assumes 0 DVs and no Stat Experience. Special Attack and Special Defense share a DV and Stat Experience.

Type-only matchups for Spearow, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance. Abilities, held items and battle conditions can change the damage taken.

Weak to

2×

2×

2×

Resists

0.5×

0.5×

Immune to

0×

0×

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 #13
Stat Experience	40 HP, 60 Atk, 30 Def, 70 Spe, 31 Special
Catch rate	255
Base Exp.	58

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

Egg groups	Flying
Gender	50% male 50% female
Egg cycles	15 (3,840 nominal steps; actual hatching varies)

Evolution requirements shown in a compact table or chain view.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Spearow #13	Level 20	Fearow #14

Known encounter locations for this Pokémon in this game.

Gold

Location	Method	Level	Chance	Conditions
Goldenrod City Goldenrod City (north gate)	Receive as a gift	10	100%	Borrow Kenya, a Spearow carrying Mail for delivery on Route 31, With an empty slot in your party
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Walking in tall grass or a cave	6	20%	During the day
Route 33 Road 33	Walking in tall grass or a cave	6	20%	In the morning
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14	20%	During the day
Route 42 Road 42	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14	20%	In the morning
Route 42 Road 42	Walking in tall grass or a cave	16	10%	During the day
Route 42 Road 42	Walking in tall grass or a cave	16	10%	In the morning
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 46 Road 46	Walking in tall grass or a cave	2	30%	During the day
Route 46 Road 46	Walking in tall grass or a cave	2	30%	In the morning
Route 46 Road 46	Walking in tall grass or a cave	3	5%	During the day
Route 46 Road 46	Walking in tall grass or a cave	3	5%	In the morning
Route 10 Road 10	Walking in tall grass or a cave	16	30%	During the day
Route 10 Road 10	Walking in tall grass or a cave	16	30%	In the morning
Route 22 Road 22	Walking in tall grass or a cave	3	30%	During the day
Route 22 Road 22	Walking in tall grass or a cave	3	30%	In the morning
Route 22 Road 22	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	20%	During the day
Route 22 Road 22	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	20%	In the morning
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	During the day
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	In the morning
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	1%	During the day
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	1%	In the morning
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	20%	During the day
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	20%	In the morning
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	4%	During the day
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	4%	In the morning
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	During the day
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	In the morning
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	At night
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	1%	During the day
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	1%	In the morning
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	20%	During the day
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	20%	In the morning
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	4%	During the day
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	4%	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 9 Road 9	Walking in tall grass or a cave	13	20%	During the day
Route 9 Road 9	Walking in tall grass or a cave	13	20%	In the morning

Silver

Location	Method	Level	Chance	Conditions
Goldenrod City Goldenrod City (north gate)	Receive as a gift	10	100%	Borrow Kenya, a Spearow carrying Mail for delivery on Route 31, With an empty slot in your party
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 29 Road 29	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 30 Road 30	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 31 Road 31	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 32 Road 32	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 33 Road 33	Walking in tall grass or a cave	6	20%	During the day
Route 33 Road 33	Walking in tall grass or a cave	6	20%	In the morning
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 42 Road 42	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14	30%	During the day
Route 42 Road 42	Walking in tall grass or a cave	14	30%	In the morning
Route 42 Road 42	Walking in tall grass or a cave	16	10%	During the day
Route 42 Road 42	Walking in tall grass or a cave	16	10%	In the morning
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 43 Road 43	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a high encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a low encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	15%	-
Route 44 Road 44	Headbutting a normal encounter rate tree	10	50%	-
Route 46 Road 46	Walking in tall grass or a cave	2	30%	During the day
Route 46 Road 46	Walking in tall grass or a cave	2	30%	In the morning
Route 46 Road 46	Walking in tall grass or a cave	3	5%	During the day
Route 46 Road 46	Walking in tall grass or a cave	3	5%	In the morning
Route 10 Road 10	Walking in tall grass or a cave	16	30%	During the day
Route 10 Road 10	Walking in tall grass or a cave	16	30%	In the morning
Route 22 Road 22	Walking in tall grass or a cave	3	30%	During the day
Route 22 Road 22	Walking in tall grass or a cave	3	30%	In the morning
Route 22 Road 22	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	20%	During the day
Route 22 Road 22	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	20%	In the morning
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	During the day
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	In the morning
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	1%	During the day
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	1%	In the morning
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	4%	During the day
Route 3 Road 3	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	4%	In the morning
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	During the day
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	5	30%	In the morning
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	1%	During the day
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	1%	In the morning
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	4%	During the day
Route 4 Road 4	Walking in tall grass or a cave	8	4%	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 9 Road 9	Walking in tall grass or a cave	13	20%	During the day
Route 9 Road 9	Walking in tall grass or a cave	13	20%	In the morning
Route 9 Road 9	Walking in tall grass or a cave	15	30%	During the day
Route 9 Road 9	Walking in tall grass or a cave	15	30%	In the morning

Moves this Pokémon learns naturally by reaching specific levels.


Start	Growl Reduces the foe's ATTACK.	-	100	40
Start	Peck Jabs the foe with a beak, etc.	35	100	35
7	Leer Reduces the foe's DEFENSE.	-	100	30
13	Fury Attack Jabs the target 2-5 times.	15	85	20
25	Pursuit Heavily strikes switching Pokémon.	40	100	20
31	Mirror Move Counters with the same move.	-	-	20
37	Drill Peck A strong, spinning-peck attack.	80	100	20
43	Agility Sharply increases the user's SPEED.	-	-	30

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
TM10	Hidden Power The power varies with the Pokémon.	Type varies by DVs	31–70	100	15
TM11	Sunny Day Boosts fire-type moves for 5 turns.		-	-	5
TM13	Snore An attack useable only while asleep.		40	100	15
TM17	Protect Foils attack that turn. It may fail.		-	-	10
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
TM39	Swift An attack that never misses.		60	-	20
TM43	Detect Evades attack that turn. It may fail.		-	-	5
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
TM47	Steel Wing Stiff wings strike the foe.		70	90	25
HM02	Fly 1st turn: Fly 2nd turn: Attack		70	95	15

Moves this Pokémon can inherit through breeding or similar methods.


Faint Attack An attack that never misses.	60	-	20
False Swipe Leaves the foe with at least 1HP.	40	100	40
Quick Attack Lets the user get in the first hit.	40	100	30
Scary Face Sharply reduces the foe's SPEED.	-	90	10
Tri Attack Fires three kinds of beams at once.	80	100	10

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Spearow in Pokémon Gold & Silver

Pokédex entries

Pokémon details

Spearow in Other Games

Base Stats

Spearow Type Chart

Weak to

Resists

Immune to

Training

Breeding

Evolution Chart

Locations

Level-Up Moves

TM/HM Moves

Egg Moves