Good as Gold (Ability)

Good as Gold	おうごんのからだ
	Gold Body
Flavor text Generation IX A body of pure, solid gold gives the Pokémon full immunity to other Pokémon's status moves.

Good as Gold (Japanese: おうごんのからだ Gold Body) is an Ability introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature Ability of Gholdengo.

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• Effect
  • In battle
  • Outside of battle
• Pokémon with Good as Gold
• In animation
  • Pokémon animated series
• In other languages

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Effect

In battle

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Pokémon with this Ability are unaffected by other Pokémon's status moves. However, it can still be affected by its own status moves.

It does not block moves that target an entire side of the field (such as Stealth Rock) or all Pokémon (such as Haze). It does block potentially beneficial status moves from ally Pokémon, such as Helping Hand, Life Dew, and Howl.

If targeting a Pokémon with Good as Gold:

• Curse used by a Ghost-type Pokémon fails and does not deduct HP from the user.
• Defog fails and does not remove entry hazards, screens, terrains, etc. from the field.
• Memento fails and does not cause the user to faint.
• Strength Sap fails and does not reduce the target's Attack nor restore the user's HP.
• Transform and Sketch fail.

Outside of battle

Good as Gold has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Good as Gold

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
1000		Gholdengo	Steel	Ghost	Good as Gold	None	None
Please note that Abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In animation

Pokémon animated series

Gholdengo
A body of pure, solid gold gives the Pokémon full immunity to other Pokémon's status moves.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Gholdengo is unaffected by other Pokémon's status moves.
Dot's Gholdengo	HZ133		Debut

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	黃金之軀 Wòhnggām jī Kēui
	Mandarin	黃金之軀 / 黄金之躯 Huángjīn zhī Qū
French		Corps en Or
German		Goldkörper
Italian		Corpo Aureo
Korean		황금몸 Hwanggeum Mom
Spanish		Cuerpo Áureo

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.