Golduck (Pokémon)

Golduck ゴルダック Golduck
Artwork from FR/LG
Type	Water
Species	Duck Pokémon
Kanto Dex National Dex	#055
Johto Dex	#139
Hoenn Dex	#159
Sinnoh Dex	#044
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Height	5′07″ (1.7m)
Weight	168.9 lbs. (76.6kg)
Abilities	Damp or Cloud Nine
Egg groups	Water 1/Ground
Time to hatch	5,120 steps
Effort yield	2 SpA
Exp. yield	174 base exp.
Lv. 100 at	1,000,000 exp.
Gender	50% ♀/50% ♂
Pokédex color	Blue
Catch rate	75
Footprint
Body style
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Golduck (Japanese: ゴルダック Golduck) is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Psyduck at level 33.

Contents 1 Biology 1.1 Physiology 1.1.1 Gender differences 1.1.2 Special abilities 1.2 Behavior 1.3 Habitat 1.4 Diet 2 In the anime 3 In the manga 4 In the TCG 5 Game data 5.1 Pokédex entries 5.2 Game locations 5.2.1 In side games 5.3 Base stats 5.4 Type effectiveness 5.5 Learnset 5.5.1 By leveling up 5.5.2 By TM/HM 5.5.3 By breeding 5.5.4 By tutoring 5.6 Special moves 5.6.1 TCG-only Moves 5.7 Side game data 5.8 Evolution 5.9 Sprites 6 Trivia 6.1 Origin 6.1.1 Name origin 7 In other languages 8 Related Articles 9 External links

Biology

Physiology

Golduck are fast swimmers, outswimming even the most athletic of humans because of their frog-like webbed hands and feet. The gem on their foreheads glows when they use psychic powers as well as when they swim at full speed, suggesting that they sometimes use those powers to swim.

Golduck have webbed hands and feet, ending in broad flippers, which they use to swim in rivers and lakes, much in the way as a duck would move. Their blue bodies are especially adapted to have a great hydrodynamic shape, and they have long tails with which they use to steer. Due to their bluish color and webbed hands and feet, Golduck are sometimes mistaken for the Japanese monster and physical inspiration for Golduck, the Kappa. Though Golduck have no wings, only webbed hands and feet, it is still deemed as a duck instead of a platypus.

It has been noted that Golduck will often join swimmers when training, using their adept Psychic abilities to increase their swimming capability. They are sometimes found rescuing people lost at sea from danger, their heads shimmering from the telekinetic powers that allow them do so. The headaches that ridiculed its Basic evolution form, Psyduck, don’t trouble Golduck, allowing them to have full use of their formidable mental powers.

Gender differences

None.

Special abilities

It is a very strong swimmer, and can use some psychic powers.

Behavior

Habitat

Golduck live in fresh-water lakes and in rivers, though they can also be seen occasionally in coastal waters.

Diet

Main article: Pokémon food

In the anime

Golduck first appeared in Mewtwo Strikes Back. Golduck was one of the Pokémon that was captured and cloned by Mewtwo.

Golduck's first major role was in Bye Bye Psyduck. Misty thought that her Psyduck had evolved, but it turned out that the Golduck was just some wild Pokémon that happened to act like Brock.

In Love, Totodile Style, a Golduck was the boyfriend of an Azumarill that Ash's Totodile fell in love with.

Trinity used a Golduck in her battle against Misty in the Whirl Cup in The Perfect Match.

A Golduck was owned by a very clever trainer named Katie in Shocks and Bonds. It defeated Ash's Torkoal after Venomoth Disabled Torkoal's Iron Defense attack. In the following episode, Katie's Golduck got defeated by Ash's Corphish, despite being under confusion.

A Golduck belonging to Noland made a cameo in Numero Uno Articuno.

Golduck have been used in many contests, including a Fishing Contest, Sumo Conference, and the Whirl Cup.

In Like It or Lup It!, a wild group of Water-type Pokémon whose berries are stolen are led by a Golduck.

In the manga

In Pokémon Special, Green has a Golduck as one of his main team members. Golduck was shown in Volume 3 to be able to bypass Mr. Mime's Light Screen over Saffron City by using Confusion to scan the city and channel its visuals to Green's Pokédex. It used Confusion once again in Volume 5 to channel Green's thoughts to the Pokédex.

Golduck was seen again in Volume 23 during the double battle against Red on Two Island. It was heavily damaged by Gyara's Earthquake when it had dug underground.

In the TCG

Main article: Golduck (TCG)

Game data

Pokédex entries

Gen	Game	Pokédex entry
I	Red	Often seen swimming elegantly by lakeshores. It is often mistaken for the Japanese monster Kappa.
	Blue
	Yellow	Its slim and long limbs end in broad flippers. They are used for swimming gracefully in lakes.
	Stadium	Its webbed hands and feet make it a proficient swimmer. May be seen swimming elegantly at dusk in places like lakes.
II	Gold	When it swims at full speed using its long, webbed limbs, its forehead somehow begins to glow.
	Silver	It appears by waterways at dusk. It may use telekinetic powers if its forehead glows mysteriously.
	Crystal	It swims gracefully along on the quiet, slow-moving rivers and lakes of which it is so fond.
	Stadium 2	When it swims at full speed using its long, webbed limbs, its forehead somehow begins to glow.
III	Ruby	The webbed flippers on its forelegs and hind legs and the streamlined body of Golduck give it frightening speed. This Pokémon is definitely much faster than even the most athletic swimmer.
	Sapphire	Golduck is the fastest swimmer among all Pokémon. It swims effortlessly, even in a rough, stormy sea. It sometimes rescues people from wrecked ships floundering in high seas.
	Emerald	A Golduck is an adept swimmer. It sometimes joins competitive swimmers in training. It uses psychic powers when its forehead shimmers with light.
	FireRed	The forelegs are webbed, helping to make it an adept swimmer. It can be seen swimming elegantly in lakes, etc.
	LeafGreen	Often seen swimming elegantly by lakeshores. It is often mistaken for the Japanese monster Kappa.
IV	Diamond	A Pokémon that lives in lakes. It swims faster than any human swimming champion.
	Pearl	The flippers of its well-developed limbs give it shocking speed. It is the best swimmer among Pokémon.
	Platinum	Currently unknown

Game locations

Gen	Game		Rarity	Location
I	Red	Blue	Rare (Red) Few (Blue)	Seafoam Islands
	Yellow		Few	Route 6 (Surfing)
II	Gold	Silver	Few	Routes 6 and 35, Ilex Forest (Surfing), and Mt. Silver
	Crystal		Many	Routes 6 and 35, Ilex Forest (Surfing), and Mt. Silver
III	Ruby	Sapphire	Rare	Safari Zone (Surfing)
	Emerald		Rare	Safari Zone (Surfing)
	FireRed	LeafGreen	Few	Cerulean Cave, Berry Forest (Surf), Seafoam Islands, Cape Brink
	Colosseum		None	Trade
	XD		One	Citadark Isle (Shadow)
IV	Diamond	Pearl	Uncommon	Routes 203, 204, 205, 208, 209, 210, 212, 214, 225, 226, and 230, Twinleaf Town, Eterna City, Celestic Town, Ravaged Path, Oreburgh Gate, Lakes Verity, Acuity, and Valor, Spring Path, Resort Area, Great Marsh (Surfing)
	Platinum		None	Trade
	Pal Park			Pond

In side games

Game	Location
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire	Evolve from Psyduck
Pokémon Trozei!	Secret Storage 11 Trozei Battle Mr. Who's Den
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Red and Blue)	Evolve from Psyduck
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Time and Darkness)	Blizzard Island (1F-20F) Crevice Cave (B1-B10) Lower Crevice Cave (B1-B4) Mt. Avalanche (B1-B19)

Base stats

HP:	80
Attack:	82
Defense:	78
Special:	80
SpAtk:	95
SpDef:	80
Speed:	85

The Special stat was used only in Generation I; it was later split into Special Attack and Special Defense.

Type effectiveness

Weak to	Resistant to	Immune to	Normal effectiveness
Grass : 2×  Electric : 2×	Steel : ½×  Fire : ½×  Water : ½×  Ice : ½×		Normal : 1×  Fighting : 1×  Flying : 1×  Poison : 1×  Ground : 1×  Rock : 1×  Bug : 1×  Ghost : 1×  Psychic : 1×  Dragon : 1×  Dark : 1×

Learnset

Golduck is capable of learning the following moves (from its evolution onwards):
NOTE: Moves in bold are damage moves to which STAB apply.

By leveling up

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: I - II - III
Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Start	Aqua JetPt	Water	Physical	40	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Start	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
Start	Water Sport	Water	Status	—	—%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
Start	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cute	2 ♥♥
Start	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100%	25	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
5	Tail Whip	Normal	Status	—	100%	30	Cute	2 ♥♥
9	Water Gun	Water	Special	40	100%	25	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
14	Disable	Normal	Status	—	80%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
18	Confusion	Psychic	Special	50	100%	25	Smart	3 ♥♥♥
22	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
27	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80%	50	Tough	2 ♥♥
31	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85%	40	Smart	2 ♥♥
37	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
44	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	Physical	80	90%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
50	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Cute	0
56	Hydro Pump	Water	Special	120	80%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By TM/HM

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: I - II - III
TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20	Tough	1 ♥
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM04	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20	Smart	0
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15	Smart	1 ♥
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	100%	10	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	70%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—%	5	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10	Smart	1 ♥
TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15	Cool	3 ♥♥♥
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5	Cool	0
TM55	Brine	Water	Special	65	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10	Tough	1 ♥
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM70	Flash	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM77	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15	Cool	2 ♥♥
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15	Cute	2 ♥♥
TM89	U-turn	Bug	Physical	70	100%	20	Cute	0
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	1 ♥
HM03	Surf	Water	Special	95	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15	Tough	2 ♥♥
HM07	Waterfall	Water	Physical	80	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
HM08	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only from an evolution of this Pokémon

By breeding

Generation IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Father	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
Vulpix Lapras Umbreon Mantine Stantler Spoink, Grumpig	Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	—	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
Mankey, Primeape	Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	80%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
Sentret, Furret Buneary, Lopunny Lucario	Foresight	Normal	Status	—	—%	40	Smart	1 ♥
Espeon Absol	Future Sight	Psychic	Special	80	90%	15	Smart	2 ♥♥
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath, Politoed Stantler Spinda Glameow, Purugly	Hypnosis	Psychic	Status	—	70%	20	Smart	2 ♥♥
Pikachu Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos	Light Screen	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Ekans, Arbok Diglett, Dugtrio Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath Wooper, Quagsire Politoed Swinub, Piloswine Marshtomp, Swampert Shellos, Gastrodon Mamoswine	Mud Bomb	Ground	Special	65	85%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
Espeon, Girafarig Spoink, Grumpig Spinda Kecleon	Psybeam	Psychic	Special	65	100%	20	Beauty	2 ♥♥
Slowpoke, Slowbro Espeon, Umbreon Slowking Spoink, Grumpig Spinda Gorebyss	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10	Smart	2 ♥♥
Corsola Milotic	Refresh	Normal	Status	—	—%	20	Cute	0
Slowpoke, Slowbro Wooper, Quagsire Slowking Kingdra Slakoth, Slaking Relicanth Bidoof, Bibarel Hippopotas, Hippowdon	Yawn	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	2 ♥♥
Bold indicates a move that gets STAB Italic indicates a move that gets STAB from an evolution of this Pokémon *Indicates a move only available by chain breeding

By tutoring

Generation III and IV Other generation learnsets: II - III
Game							Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP	Contest	Appeal
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15	Tough	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	DynamicPunch	Fighting	Physical	100	50%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	10	95%	20	Cool	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15	Beauty	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mega Kick	Normal	Physical	120	75%	5	Cool	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mega Punch	Normal	Physical	80	85%	20	Tough	2 ♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Psych Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Smart	0
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20	Tough	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10	Cute	3 ♥♥♥
FR	LG	E	XD	D	P	Pt	Snore	Normal	Special	40	100%	15