Nuzlocke Tracker

Pokémon Gold Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Gold Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Gold Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Gold so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Gold has 84 different encounter locations with 130 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

1 Steel Pokémon encounters

2 Ghost Pokémon encounters

2 Dragon Pokémon encounters

2 Dark Pokémon encounters

3 Ice Pokémon encounters

4 Fighting Pokémon encounters

6 Electric Pokémon encounters

8 Fire Pokémon encounters

9 Rock Pokémon encounters

10 Grass Pokémon encounters

10 Psychic Pokémon encounters

16 Bug Pokémon encounters

16 Ground Pokémon encounters

20 Flying Pokémon encounters

23 Poison Pokémon encounters

27 Normal Pokémon encounters

29 Water Pokémon encounters

1Steel Pokémon
STEEL

2Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

2Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

2Dark Pokémon
DARK

3Ice Pokémon
ICE

4Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

6Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

8Fire Pokémon
FIRE

9Rock Pokémon
ROCK

10Grass Pokémon
GRASS

10Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

16Bug Pokémon
BUG

16Ground Pokémon
GROUND

20Flying Pokémon
FLYING

23Poison Pokémon
POISON

27Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

29Water Pokémon
WATER

Gold Boss Battles

In order to complete a Gold Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 35 Boss battles throughout the Johto region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Silver's Totodile to Karen's Houndoom.

16 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

8 Rival fights

6 Evil Team fights

Select your starter type

Like all Pokémon games, you will have to select a starter. The type will update some of the boss teams to match. For example, if your starter was a grass type Silver might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

  • Falkner - Violet City Gym

    Falkner has a team of 2, made up of a level 7 pidgey & a level 9 pidgeotto. The level cap for this fight is level 9.

  • Bugsy - Azalea Town Gym

    Bugsy has a team of 3, made up of a level 14 metapod, a level 14 kakuna & a level 16 scyther. The level cap for this fight is level 16.

  • Whitney - Goldenrod City Gym

    Whitney has a team of 2, made up of a level 18 clefairy & a level 20 miltank. The level cap for this fight is level 20.

  • Morty - Ecruteak City Gym

    Morty has a team of 4, made up of a level 21 gastly, a level 21 haunter, a level 23 haunter & a level 25 gengar. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Chuck - Cianwood City Gym

    Chuck has a team of 2, made up of a level 27 primeape & a level 30 poliwrath. The level cap for this fight is level 30.

  • Jasmine - Olivine City Gym

    Jasmine has a team of 3, made up of a level 30 magnemite, a level 35 steelix & a level 30 magnemite. The level cap for this fight is level 35.

  • Pryce - Mahogany Town Gym

    Pryce has a team of 3, made up of a level 27 seel, a level 29 dewgong & a level 31 piloswine. The level cap for this fight is level 31.

  • Clair - Blackthorn City Gym

    Clair has a team of 4, made up of a level 37 dragonair, a level 37 dragonair, a level 37 dragonair & a level 40 kingdra. The level cap for this fight is level 40.

  • Lt. Surge - Vermillion City Gym

    Lt. Surge has a team of 5, made up of a level 44 raichu, a level 40 electrode, a level 40 electrode, a level 40 magneton & a level 46 electabuzz. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Sabrina - Saffron City Gym

    Sabrina has a team of 3, made up of a level 46 espeon, a level 46 mr-mime & a level 48 alakazam. The level cap for this fight is level 48.

  • Erika - Celadon City Gym

    Erika has a team of 4, made up of a level 42 tangela, a level 46 victreebel, a level 41 jumpluff & a level 46 bellossom. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Misty - Cerulean City Gym

    Misty has a team of 4, made up of a level 42 golduck, a level 42 quagsire, a level 44 lapras & a level 47 starmie. The level cap for this fight is level 47.

  • Janine - Fuschia City Gym

    Janine has a team of 5, made up of a level 36 crobat, a level 36 weezing, a level 36 weezing, a level 33 ariados & a level 39 venomoth. The level cap for this fight is level 39.

  • Brock - Pewter City Gym

    Brock has a team of 5, made up of a level 41 graveler, a level 41 rhyhorn, a level 42 omastar, a level 42 kabutops & a level 44 onix. The level cap for this fight is level 44.

  • Blaine - Cinnabar Island Gym

    Blaine has a team of 3, made up of a level 45 magcargo, a level 45 magmar & a level 50 rapidash. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

  • Blue - Virdian City Gym

    Blue has a team of 6, made up of a level 56 pidgeot, a level 56 rhydon, a level 54 alakazam, a level 58 gyarados, a level 58 exeggutor & a level 58 arcanine. The level cap for this fight is level 58.

Elite Four fights

  • Will - Elite Four

    Will has a team of 5, made up of a level 40 xatu, a level 41 exeggutor, a level 41 slowbro, a level 41 jynx & a level 42 xatu. The level cap for this fight is level 42.

  • Koga - Elite Four

    Koga has a team of 5, made up of a level 40 ariados, a level 41 venomoth, a level 42 muk, a level 43 forretress & a level 44 crobat. The level cap for this fight is level 44.

  • Bruno - Elite Four

    Bruno has a team of 5, made up of a level 42 hitmontop, a level 42 hitmonchan, a level 42 hitmonlee, a level 43 onix & a level 46 machamp. The level cap for this fight is level 46.

  • Karen - Elite Four

    Karen has a team of 5, made up of a level 42 umbreon, a level 42 vileplume, a level 45 gengar, a level 44 murkrow & a level 47 houndoom. The level cap for this fight is level 47.

  • Lance - Champion Fight

    Lance has a team of 6, made up of a level 44 gyarados, a level 47 dragonite, a level 46 charizard, a level 46 aerodactyl, a level 47 dragonite & a level 50 dragonite. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

Rival fights

  • Silver - Cherrygrove City

    Silver has a team of 1, made up of a level 5 totodile. The level cap for this fight is level 5.

  • Silver - Exit to Ilex Forest

    Silver has a team of 3, made up of a level 12 gastly, a level 14 zubat & a level 16 croconaw. The level cap for this fight is level 16.

  • Silver - Burned Tower

    Silver has a team of 4, made up of a level 20 haunter, a level 18 magnemite, a level 20 zubat & a level 22 croconaw. The level cap for this fight is level 22.

  • Eusine - Cianwood City

    Eusine has a team of 3, made up of a level 25 drowzee, a level 25 haunter & a level 27 electrode. The level cap for this fight is level 27.

  • Silver - Goldenrod tunnel

    Silver has a team of 5, made up of a level 30 golbat, a level 28 magnemite, a level 30 haunter, a level 32 sneasel & a level 32 feraligatr. The level cap for this fight is level 32.

  • Silver - Victory Road

    Silver has a team of 6, made up of a level 34 sneasel, a level 36 golbat, a level 35 magneton, a level 35 haunter, a level 35 kadabra & a level 38 feraligatr. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

  • Silver - Mt. Moon Rival

    Silver has a team of 6, made up of a level 41 sneasel, a level 42 golbat, a level 41 magneton, a level 43 gengar, a level 43 alakazam & a level 45 feraligatr. The level cap for this fight is level 45.

  • Red - Champion

    Red has a team of 6, made up of a level 81 pikachu, a level 73 espeon, a level 75 snorlax, a level 77 venusaur, a level 77 charizard & a level 77 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 81.

Evil Team fights

  • Executive Petrel - Rocket Hideout

    Executive Petrel has a team of 3, made up of a level 22 zubat, a level 22 koffing & a level 24 raticate. The level cap for this fight is level 24.

  • Executive Ariana & Grunt - Rocket Hideout

    Executive Ariana & Grunt has a team of 3, made up of a level 23 arbok, a level 23 gloom & a level 25 murkrow. The level cap for this fight is level 25.

  • Executive Petrel - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    Executive Petrel has a team of 6, made up of a level 30 koffing, a level 30 koffing, a level 30 koffing, a level 30 koffing, a level 30 koffing & a level 32 weezing. The level cap for this fight is level 32.

  • Executive Proton - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    Executive Proton has a team of 1, made up of a level 36 golbat. The level cap for this fight is level 36.

  • Executive Ariana - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    Executive Ariana has a team of 3, made up of a level 32 arbok, a level 32 gloom & a level 32 murkrow. The level cap for this fight is level 32.

  • Executive Archer - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    Executive Archer has a team of 3, made up of a level 33 houndour, a level 33 koffing & a level 35 houndoom. The level cap for this fight is level 35.

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