Edition
Aerodactyl official artwork
#142Kanto · GEN I

Aerodactyl

No dex entry data available.

Height
1.8 m
Weight
59.0 kg
Catch Rate
45
Base EXP
180
Abilities
Rock Head · Pressure · Unnerve (H)
Egg Groups
Flying
Genus
Fossil Pokémon
Growth
Slow

Catch rate, size and breeding are current species data.

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BASE STATS

Combat Profile

Fill On Scroll · Tier-Coded
HP
80
ATK
105
DEF
65
SPA
60
SPD
75
SPE
130
515
Base Stat Total
Strong
EV Yield
+2 SPE
ATTACKS

Move Pool

TYPECAT
1Ancient Power601005
1Bite6010025
5Supersonic5520
10Wing Attack6010035
15Scary Face10010
20Rock Slide759010
25Roar10020
30Crunch8010015
35Iron Head8010015
40Take Down908520
45Stone Edge100805
50Agility10030
55Hyper Beam150905
60Giga Impact150905
TRAITS

Abilities

  • Protects against recoil damage.

  • Increases the PP cost of moves targetting the Pokémon by one.

  • Hidden

    Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.

DEFENSE

Type Matchups

Gen 8 chart

Weak ×2
ElectricIceRockSteelWater
Resist ×½
BugFireFlyingNormalPoison
Immune ×0
Ground
TRAINING

Breeding & Growth

Growth rateSlow
Base friendship70
Gender87.5 % ♂ · 12.5 % ♀
Egg cycles35 (~8995 steps)
EVOLUTION

Family Tree

Evolution methods are current, not edition-scoped.

Current Pokémon

This Pokémon does not evolve — and doesn't need to.

WILD DATA

Encounters

Not found in the wild — gift, trade or evolution only.

ARCHIVE

Sprite Museum

Aerodactyl — RED / BLUE FRONT sprite
GEN I–II
RED / BLUE
Front1996 · 99

Every era of Aerodactyl, from 1996 pixels to 3D-era GIFs. Pick a tile or scrub the timeline.

LOCATIONS · FRLG

Where to catch Aerodactyl

FRLG snapshot below. Overview follows the edition dock.

Every wild location of Aerodactyl in FireRed/LeafGreen. Rates are the max encounter slots (PokéAPI):

LOCATIONLEVELRATE
Cinnabar IslandLv 5100%

Other games? Find every location per route and version in the interactive maps.

MATCHUPS

Weaknesses & resistances

Defensive profile of Aerodactyl (Rock, Flying), calculated from the gen 3 type chart:

WEAK TO

Water (×2), Electric (×2), Ice (×2), Rock (×2), Steel (×2)

RESISTS

Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, Bug

IMMUNE TO

Ground

Q&A

Water (×2), Electric (×2), Ice (×2), Rock (×2), Steel (×2). Resists Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, Bug, immune to Ground. Calculated from the gen 3 type chart (FireRed/LeafGreen).

It doesn't. Aerodactyl has no evolution in FireRed/LeafGreen.

Locations: Cinnabar Island (100 %, Lv 5). That's all. Aerodactyl is limited to these spots in FR/LG. See the interactive maps for the full area view.