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Crobat in Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire: locations, stats and moves

Find Crobat’s Ruby/Sapphire encounters, original Poison/Flying typing, Generation III stats, ability slots, evolutions, breeding and exact-version moves.

Edition covered

Original Pokémon Ruby Version and Pokémon Sapphire Version for Game Boy Advance. Version-specific encounters and story roles are labelled. Emerald and the Nintendo 3DS remakes have separate rules and progression.

01

Generation III identity and base stats

Crobat is Hoenn #065 and National #169. Its original Ruby/Sapphire typing is Poison / Flying. The picture and base stats describe its original Generation III form on Game Boy Advance. Later Fairy typing, stat increases and evolutions are excluded.

Base stats describe the species; level, IVs, EVs and nature determine an individual’s actual battle stats.

Crobat
Crobat: original Generation III form, Hoenn #065.
Crobat original Ruby/Sapphire base stats
StatBase value
HP85
Attack90
Defense80
Sp. Atk70
Sp. Def80
Speed130
Total535
02

Where to obtain it in Ruby and Sapphire

Match the game version, area and method before traveling. Ordinary grass, fishing, gifts, fossil revival and trades are separate acquisition routes.

No direct Ruby/Sapphire encounter is recorded for this form. Use the evolution family below, breed an eligible obtained parent or arrange a compatible external specimen as appropriate.

Encounter methods · Legendaries and event access · Gifts, fossils and trades

03

Evolution family and original requirements

Crobat original Hoenn evolution family
FromIntoRuby / Sapphire method
ZubatGolbatLevel 22
GolbatCrobatLevel up with friendship of at least 220

Friendship evolution uses the original threshold of 220. Trade evolutions require a compatible second game and system. These are original cartridge methods: Feebas uses Beauty, Wurmple uses personality and Nincada can create an extra party member.

All original Hoenn evolution methods

04

Abilities, breeding and training reference

Crobat original ability slots
AbilitySlot
Inner FocusRegular slot 1

Ruby/Sapphire have no Hidden Abilities. Many abilities gained additional battle or overworld effects in later games; use the original effect in the linked ability reference.

Crobat breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Flying
Base hatch cycles15
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate90 /255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedSpeed +3

Use the Route 117 Day Care. Eggs hatch at Lv.5; Undiscovered-group Pokémon do not breed. Incense changes the baby result for the Marill and Wobbuffet families. Ruby/Sapphire do not have Emerald’s Everstone nature inheritance or Volt Tackle breeding, and no native Ditto catch is available.

Original breeding, EV, IV and nature rules

05

Ruby and Sapphire level-up moves

Crobat exact Ruby/Sapphire level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveAstonish
1 / starting moveLeech Life
1 / starting moveScreech
1 / starting moveSupersonic
6Supersonic
11Astonish
16Bite
21Wing Attack
28Confuse Ray
35Air Cutter
42Mean Look
49Poison Fang
56Haze

Every row uses the original Ruby/Sapphire version group. Lv.1 entries include starting or reminder moves; a caught specimen need not know all listed moves. The Fallarbor Move Reminder charges a Heart Scale for an eligible level-up move.

06

Compatible TMs and HMs

Crobat compatible original machines
MachineMoveTypeOriginal category
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM41TormentDarkStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkSpecial
TM49SnatchDarkStatus
HM02FlyFlyingPhysical

Original TMs are consumed after use; HMs are reusable and require the relevant badges for field use. The Lilycove Move Deleter can remove HM moves. Generation III assigns damaging moves by type: Normal, Fighting, Flying, Poison, Ground, Rock, Bug, Ghost and Steel use Attack; Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Ice, Dragon and Dark use Sp. Atk. Status moves remain status moves.

All 50 TM and 8 HM locations

07

Egg moves and original move services

No Ruby/Sapphire Egg moves are recorded for this form.

The father passes eligible Egg moves and compatible TM/HM moves; both parents knowing an eligible level-up move can also pass it. The Fallarbor reminder does not teach arbitrary Egg moves. Emerald’s additional move tutors and Battle Frontier are absent from Ruby/Sapphire.

For this Pokémon’s types, damaging Poison moves are physical; Flying moves are physical. A move’s individual modern damage class must not replace the original type rule.

Move Reminder, Deleter and original services

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Crobat in the illustrated Hoenn Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Crobat’s exact Ruby or Sapphire location and condition. Original game rules determine evolution, breeding and move damage categories.

References