Magikarp

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#129    Magikarp

Type(s)

Water

Generation

  I  

Abilities
Ability 1
Swift Swim		 Hidden Ability
Rattled

Rarity Tier

  Common  

Catch rate

  255/255 (33.33%)  

Base stats

HP
20

Atk
10

Def
55

Sp.Atk
15

Sp.Def
20

Spd
80

Base-stat total: 200
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
0

Def
0

Sp.Atk
0

Sp.Def
0

Spd
1

EV-yield total: 1

Base Experience

  20  

Gender Ratio

    50%  
  50%    

Height

  0.9m  

Weight

  10kg  

Magikarp is a Water-type Pokémon.

It evolves into its only evolutionary outlet in Gyarados as early as level 20.

Obtainability

Wild

In addition to the spawns below, you can by a Magikarp from the Magikarp SalesMan on Route 3 in the pokecenter for 2,500 pokedollars if there is an empty spot in your party. This Magikarp has a 1/500 chance of being shiny. Also, if you show him the Magikarp after purchasing it, he will randomly teach it Hydro Pump, Reversal, Bounce, or Dragon Rage.

Surfing
Location Levels Times Held Item Rod Rarity Tier
Alto Mare East Avenue 5 Morning Day Night Common
Alto Mare National Park 10-15 Morning Day Night Common
Alto Mare Secret Garden 10-15 Morning Day Night Common
Alto Mare West Avenue 5-5 Morning Day Night Common
Battle Tower 5-9 Morning Day Night Common
Berry Forest 45-50 Night Common
Breakers Trench Underwater 35-39 Morning Day Night Common
Breezy Path 17-21 Morning Day Night Spring Brush Blue Common
Buring Strait Underwater 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Cave Of Justice 26-30 Morning Day Night Common
Cianwood City 20-26 Morning Day Night Common
Corsica Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Cryofrost Path 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Crystal Cavern 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Dewford Town 20-35 Morning Day Night Common
Diamond Empire Entry 22-31 Morning Day Night Common
Diamond Empire Pathway Underwater 21-25 Morning Day Night Common
Dragons Den 20-44 Morning Day Night Common
Ecruteak City 15-25 Morning Day Night Common
Eterna City 20-30 Morning Day Night Common
Ever Grande City 20-25 Morning Day Night Common
Evergreen Island Frozen Cave 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Evergreen Island Frozen Path 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Evergreen Island Valley 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Frozen Cave 20-25 Morning Day Night Common
Frozen Cave B2F 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Fuego Ironworks 20-32 Morning Day Night Common
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 1 28-32 Morning Day Night Common
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 2 28-32 Morning Day Night Common
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 3 28-32 Morning Day Night Common
Hoenn Safari Zone Area 5 28-32 Morning Day Night Common
Iron Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Jura Cave 20-24 Morning Day Night Common
Lake Acuity 35-41 Morning Day Night Common
Lake Of Rage 5 Morning Day Night Common
Lake Valor 35-39 Morning Day Night Common
Lake Verity 20-30 Morning Day Night Common
Lost Cave 15-21 Morning Day Night Common
Meteor Falls B1F 2R 14-20 Morning Day Night Common
Mountain Area Dungeon 9-15 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Coronet B1F 15-20 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Crumpit 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Mortar 1F 13-17 Morning Day Night Common
Murky Town 20-24 Morning Day Night Common
Nap Cave 45-50 Morning Day Night Common
Nap Cave B1F 45-50 Morning Day Night Common
Nap Forest 42-45 Morning Day Night Common
Nap Shore 42-45 Morning Day Night Common
Nap Town 42-45 Morning Day Night Common
Necropolis 20-24 Morning Day Night Common
Oreburgh Gate B1F 20-30 Morning Day Night Common
Pal Park 20-25 Morning Day Night Common
Pinkan Island Cliff 60-65 Morning Day Night Common
Pitch Black Cave 50-55 Morning Day Night Common
Ravaged Path 20-30 Morning Day Night Common
Route 110 12-15 Morning Day Night Common
Route 111 South 19-23 Morning Day Night Common
Route 118 25-29 Morning Day Night Common
Route 119A 22-28 Morning Day Night Common
Route 119B 22-28 Morning Day Night Common
Route 121 5-15 Morning Day Night Common
Route 134 22-34 Morning Day Night Common
Route 203 20-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 205 11-14 Morning Day Night Common
Route 210 North 25-29 Morning Day Night Common
Route 212 North 22-26 Morning Day Night Common
Route 212 South 24-28 Morning Day Night Common
Route 213 24-28 Morning Day Night Common
Route 214 23-27 Morning Day Night Common
Route 218 28-31 Morning Day Night Common
Route 219 20-32 Morning Day Night Common
Route 220 20-32 Morning Day Night Common
Route 221 28-32 Morning Day Night Common
Route 222 41-45 Morning Day Night Common
Route 223 30-44 Morning Day Night Common
Route 224 52-56 Morning Day Night Common
Route 225 51-55 Morning Day Night Common
Route 226 51-55 Morning Day Night Common
Route 227 23-27 Morning Day Night Common
Route 228 40-44 Morning Day Night Common
Route 229 47-51 Morning Day Night Common
Route 230 47-51 Morning Day Night Old Common
Route 28 33-37 Morning Day Night Old Common
Route 30 3-5 Morning Day Night Old Common
Route 4 8-12 Morning Day Night Old Common
Route 44 10-15 Morning Day Night Old Common
Route 49 35-39 Morning Day Night Common
Route 6 13-17 Night Old Common
Ruin Valley 35-48 Morning Day Night Old Common
Safari Exclusive 21-25 Morning Day Night Common
Safari Johto Grass and Swamp Zone 17-21 Morning Day Night Common
Seafoam B4F 36-40 Morning Day Night Old Common
Secret Nap Area 45-50 Morning Day Night Common
Sendoff Spring 40-44 Morning Day Night Old Common
Shamouti Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Old Common
Shamouti Island Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Old Common
Sinnoh Safari Area Zone 6 25-29 Morning Day Night Old Common
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F 45-49 Morning Day Night Old Common
Sinnoh Victory Road B1F Deep 50-54 Morning Day Night Old Common
Slateport City 22-34 Morning Day Night Old Common
Sleeping path 42-45 Morning Day Night Common
Sleeping path 42-45 Morning Day Night Old Common
Slowpoke Well 8-12 Morning Day Night Old Common
Snowfall Valley 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Sootopolis city 30-34 Morning Day Night Old Common
Suzuka Cave 1F 21-25 Morning Day Night Common
Suzuka Cave B1F 21-25 Morning Day Night Common
Trainer Tower 12-42 Morning Day Night Old Common
Valley Windworks 20-35 Morning Day Night Old Common
Victory Road Hoenn B2F 42-48 Morning Day Night Common
Viridian City 5-5 Morning Day Night Old Common
Wastelands 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
  • All table rows with a fishing rod indicate that its corresponding Pokémon can also be fished with the rod tier shown
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Fishing
Location Levels Times Held Item Rod Rarity Tier
Abandoned Ship B1F Room 3 28-35 Morning Day Night Common
Blackthorn City 10-15 Morning Day Night Common
Bond Bridge 29-37 Morning Night Common
Cape Brink 30-37 Morning Day Night Common
Celadon City 10-15 Morning Day Night Common
Cerulean Cave B1F 5-15 Morning Day Night Common
Cerulean City 11-15 Morning Day Night Common
Chrono Cross 5-25 Morning Day Night Common
Cinnabar Island 15-22 Night Common
Cliff Edge Gate 28-32 Morning Day Night Common
Dark Cave East 15-20 Morning Day Night Common
Dark Cave North 25-29 Morning Day Night Common
Dark cave south 3-7 Morning Day Night Common
Dark Cave West 15-20 Morning Day Night Common
Digletts Cave B2F 14-19 Morning Day Night Common
Fire Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Fire Island Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Fishing Staff 23-28 Morning Day Night Common
Five Island 16-20 Morning Day Night Common
Five Isle Meadow 16-20 Morning Day Night Common
Four Island 5-35 Morning Day Night Common
Fuchsia City 10-15 Morning Day Night Common
Green Path 12-20 Morning Day Night Common
High Tide Entrance Room 30-38 Morning Day Night Common
Ice Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Ice Island Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Ice Island Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Ice Island Seaway Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Icefall Back Cave 30-34 Morning Day Night Common
Icefall Cave 1F 30-34 Morning Day Night Common
Icefall Cave Entrance 5-20 Morning Day Night Common
Ilex Forest 6-10 Morning Day Night Common
Kindle Road 12-16 Morning Day Night Common
Lightning Island 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Lightning Island Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Lightning Island Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Memorial Pillar 10-14 Morning Day Night Common
Meteor Falls 1F 1R 14-20 Morning Day Night Common
Meteor Falls B1F 1R 14-20 Morning Day Night Common
Mossdeep City 28-36 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Coronet 4F 15-20 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Coronet South 3-11 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Mortar B1F 13-17 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Mortar Upper Cave 13-17 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Silver 1F 47-50 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Silver Exterior 32-40 Morning Day Night Common
Olivine City 15-20 Morning Day Night Common
One Island 34-38 Night Common
Outcast Island 5-25 Morning Day Night Common
Pacifidlog Town 22-35 Morning Day Night Common
Pallet Town 5-9 Morning Day Night Common
Petalburg City 5-7 Morning Day Night Common
Resort Area 1-30 Morning Day Night Common
Resort Area 31-70 Morning Day Night Common
Resort Area 71-100 Morning Day Night Common
Resort Gorgeous 5-25 Morning Day Night Common
Route 10 20-23 Morning Day Night Common
Route 102 2-4 Morning Day Night Common
Route 103 2-4 Morning Day Night Common
Route 104 4-6 Morning Day Night Common
Route 105 20-25 Morning Day Night Common
Route 106 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Route 107 20-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 108 20-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 109 32-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 11 10-19 Morning Day Night Common
Route 114 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Route 115 22-26 Morning Day Night Common
Route 117 10-15 Morning Day Night Common
Route 12 24-26 Morning Day Night Common
Route 122 5-5 Morning Day Night Common
Route 123 29-33 Morning Day Night Common
Route 124 25-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 125 25-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 126 32-33 Morning Day Night Common
Route 127 28-36 Morning Day Night Common
Route 128 28-36 Morning Day Night Common
Route 129 28-36 Morning Day Night Common
Route 13 24-30 Morning Day Night Common
Route 130 28-36 Morning Day Night Common
Route 131 31-33 Morning Day Night Common
Route 131 B 32-34 Morning Day Night Common
Route 132 22-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 133 30-34 Morning Day Night Common
Route 14 20 Morning Day Night Common
Route 17 19 Morning Day Night Common
Route 19 23-28 Morning Day Night Common
Route 20 25-30 Morning Day Night Common
Route 22 3-7 Morning Day Night Common
Route 26 25-27 Morning Day Night Common
Route 35 10-15 Morning Day Night Common
Route 40 15-21 Morning Day Night Common
Route 41 30-35 Morning Day Night Common
Route 42 14-16 Morning Day Night Common
Route 43 16-20 Morning Day Night Common
Route 45 18-22 Morning Day Night Common
Route 47 30-34 Morning Day Night Common
Ruins Of Alph 18-25 Morning Day Night Common
Safari Area 1 23-28 Morning Day Night Common
Safari Area 2 12-14 Morning Day Night Common
Safari Area 3 20-22 Morning Day Night Common
Safari Entrance 21-26 Morning Day Night Common
Safari Johto Wet Zone 17-22 Morning Day Night Common
Sea Mauville 28-35 Morning Day Night Common
Seaway Vein 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Seaway Vein Extension 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Seaway Vein Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Shamouti Seaway 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Shamouti Seaway Frozen 15-19 Morning Day Night Common
Shoal Cave 25-37 Morning Day Night Common
Tanoby Ruins 10-40 Morning Day Night Common
Tohjo Falls 22-25 Morning Day Night Common
Tohjo Falls 22-25 Morning Day Night Common
Tohjo Falls 22-25 Morning Day Night Common
Treasure Beach 34-38 Night Common
Union Cave 1F 6-10 Morning Day Night Common
Union Cave B1F 6-10 Morning Day Night Common
Union Cave B2F 6-10 Morning Day Night Common
Vermilion City 13-18 Morning Day Night Common
Violet City 10-14 Morning Day Night Common
Water Labyrinth 10-20 Morning Day Night Common
  • Pokémon that are tabulated on this list can only be encountered via fishing.
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible.

Moves

Level-up

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
1 Splash Normal Status — — 40
15 Tackle Normal Physical 50 100 35
30 Flail Normal Physical — 100 15
  • Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs/HMs

TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move’s obtainability.

TM-tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Bounce Flying Physical 85 85 5
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
 2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to
Electric
Grass
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Fairy
Fighting
Flying
Ghost
Ground
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Rock
Fire
Ice
Steel
Water
None

Leveling Chart

Level XP Level-Up Differential Magikarp-Gyarados Differential
1 16 2 157
2 17 1 172
3 25 8 253
4 44 19 456
5 82 38 840
6 144 62 1463
7 236 92 2383
8 364 128 3659
9 533 169 5349
10 751 218 7512
11 1023 272 10204
12 1355 332 13485
13 1753 398 17412
14 2224 471 22045
15 2772 548 27440
16 3404 632 33657
17 4126 722 40754
18 4945 819 48790
19 5865 920 57820
20 6894 1029 67906
21 8037 1143 79104
22 9300 1263 91473
23 10688 1388 105072
24 12210 1522 119959
25 13869 1659 136190
26 15672 1803 153826
27 17625 1953 172925
28 19735 2110 193545
29 22007 2272 215743
30 24447 2440 239579
31 27061 2614 265110
32 29855 2794 292396
33 32836 2981 321495
34 36009 3173 352464
35 39380 3371 385362
36 42956 3576 420249
37 46741 3785 457181
38 50743 4002 496219
39 54968 4225 537420
40 59421 4453 580841
41 64108 4687 626544
42 69036 4928 674587
43 74211 5175 725026
44 79638 5427 777922
45 85324 5686 833333
46 91275 5951 891319
47 97496 6221 951937
48 103994 6498 1015248
49 110776 6782 1081311
50 117846 7070 1150184
51 125212 7366 1221928
52 132879 7667 1296600
53 140854 7975 1374263
54 149142 8288 1454975
55 157751 8609 1538798
56 166686 8935 1625791
57 175953 9267 1716014
58 185559 9606 1809532
59 195510 9951 1906403
60 205813 10303 2006692
61 216474 10661 2110461
62 227499 11025 2217774
63 238896 11397 2328697
64 250672 11776 2443294
65 262832 12160 2561632
66 275384 12552 2683784
67 288336 12952 2809818
68 301695 13359 2939808
69 315469 13774 3073830
70 329666 14197 3211966
71 344296 14630 3354301
72 359366 15070 3500923
73 374887 15521 3651934
74 390871 15984 3807440
75 407329 16458 3967558
76 424276 16947 4132424
77 441725 17449 4302188
78 459697 17972 4477033
79 478211 18514 4657166
80 497294 19083 4842843
81 516978 19684 5034378
82 537302 20324 5232162
83 558317 21015 5436697
84 580089 21772 5648636
85 602704 22615 5868843
86 626280 23576 6098492
87 650979 24699 6339197
88 677029 26050 6593233
89 704757 27728 6863873
90 734644 29887 7155938
91 767416 32772 7476707
92 804196 36780 7837481
93 846781 42585 8256362
94 898146 51365 8763381
95 963417 65271 9410417
96 1051856 88439 10291442
97 1181155 129299 11586510
98 1387480 206325 13664882
99 1751192 363712 17350274
100 2470924 719732 24687694

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

External Links

  • Magikarp’s Bulbapedia
  • Magikarp’s Serebii