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Pokémon Heart Gold Nuzlocke Guide

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

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Heart 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 Heart Gold so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Heart Gold has 94 different encounter locations with 168 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

2 Ghost Pokémon encounters

2 Dark Pokémon encounters

3 Dragon Pokémon encounters

4 Steel Pokémon encounters

4 Ice Pokémon encounters

6 Fire Pokémon encounters

7 Fighting Pokémon encounters

7 Rock Pokémon encounters

13 Electric Pokémon encounters

14 Grass Pokémon encounters

17 Psychic Pokémon encounters

19 Ground Pokémon encounters

23 Poison Pokémon encounters

28 Bug Pokémon encounters

28 Flying Pokémon encounters

30 Water Pokémon encounters

34 Normal Pokémon encounters

2Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

2Dark Pokémon
DARK

3Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

4Steel Pokémon
STEEL

4Ice Pokémon
ICE

6Fire Pokémon
FIRE

7Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

7Rock Pokémon
ROCK

13Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

14Grass Pokémon
GRASS

17Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

19Ground Pokémon
GROUND

23Poison Pokémon
POISON

28Bug Pokémon
BUG

28Flying Pokémon
FLYING

30Water Pokémon
WATER

34Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

Heart Gold Boss Battles

In order to complete a Heart Gold Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 38 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

7 Rival fights

7 Evil Team fights

3 Mini Boss 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 9 pidgey & a level 13 pidgeotto. The level cap for this fight is level 13.

  • Bugsy - Azalea Town Gym

    Bugsy has a team of 3, made up of a level 17 scyther, a level 15 kakuna & a level 15 metapod. The level cap for this fight is level 17.

  • Whitney - Goldenrod City Gym

    Whitney has a team of 2, made up of a level 17 clefairy & a level 19 miltank. The level cap for this fight is level 19.

  • Morty - Ecruteak City Gym

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

  • Chuck - Cianwood City Gym

    Chuck has a team of 2, made up of a level 29 primeape & a level 31 poliwrath. The level cap for this fight is level 31.

  • Jasmine - Olivine City Gym

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

  • Pryce - Mahogany Town Gym

    Pryce has a team of 3, made up of a level 30 seel, a level 32 dewgong & a level 34 piloswine. The level cap for this fight is level 34.

  • Clair - Blackthorn City Gym

    Clair has a team of 4, made up of a level 38 gyarados, a level 38 dragonair, a level 38 dragonair & a level 41 kingdra. The level cap for this fight is level 41.

  • Lt. Surge - Vermillion City Gym

    Lt. Surge has a team of 5, made up of a level 51 raichu, a level 47 electrode, a level 47 electrode, a level 47 magneton & a level 53 electabuzz. The level cap for this fight is level 53.

  • Sabrina - Saffron City Gym

    Sabrina has a team of 3, made up of a level 53 espeon, a level 53 mr-mime & a level 55 alakazam. The level cap for this fight is level 55.

  • Erika - Celadon City Gym

    Erika has a team of 4, made up of a level 51 jumpluff, a level 52 tangela, a level 56 victreebel & a level 56 bellossom. The level cap for this fight is level 56.

  • Janine - Fuschia City Gym

    Janine has a team of 5, made up of a level 47 crobat, a level 44 weezing, a level 47 ariados, a level 47 ariados & a level 50 venomoth. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

  • Misty - Cerulean City Gym

    Misty has a team of 4, made up of a level 49 golduck, a level 49 quagsire, a level 52 lapras & a level 54 starmie. The level cap for this fight is level 54.

  • Brock - Pewter City Gym

    Brock has a team of 5, made up of a level 51 graveler, a level 51 rhyhorn, a level 53 omastar, a level 54 onix & a level 54 kabutops. The level cap for this fight is level 54.

  • Blaine - Cinnabar Island Gym

    Blaine has a team of 3, made up of a level 54 magcargo, a level 54 magmar & a level 59 rapidash. The level cap for this fight is level 59.

  • Blue - Virdian City Gym

    Blue has a team of 6, made up of a level 55 exeggutor, a level 58 arcanine, a level 58 rhydon, a level 52 gyarados, a level 56 machamp & a level 60 pidgeot. The level cap for this fight is level 60.

Elite Four fights

  • Will - Elite Four

    Will has a team of 5, made up of a level 40 xatu, a level 41 jynx, a level 31 exeggutor, a level 41 slowbro & 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 43 forretress, a level 42 muk & 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 hitmonlee, a level 42 hitmonchan, 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 46 gyarados, a level 49 dragonite, a level 49 dragonite, a level 48 aerodactyl, a level 48 charizard & 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 14 gastly, a level 16 zubat & a level 18 croconaw. The level cap for this fight is level 18.

  • Silver - Burned Tower

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

  • Silver - Goldenrod tunnel

    Silver has a team of 5, made up of a level 32 golbat, a level 30 magnemite, a level 32 haunter, a level 34 sneasel & a level 32 feraligatr. The level cap for this fight is level 34.

  • Silver - Victory Road

    Silver has a team of 6, made up of a level 36 sneasel, a level 38 golbat, a level 37 magneton, a level 37 kadabra, a level 37 haunter & a level 40 feraligatr. The level cap for this fight is level 40.

  • Silver - Mt. Moon Rival

    Silver has a team of 6, made up of a level 46 sneasel, a level 47 golbat, a level 46 magneton, a level 48 alakazam, a level 48 gengar & a level 50 feraligatr. The level cap for this fight is level 50.

  • Red - Champion

    Red has a team of 6, made up of a level 88 pikachu, a level 80 lapras, a level 82 snorlax, a level 84 venusaur, a level 84 charizard & a level 84 blastoise. The level cap for this fight is level 88.

Evil Team fights

  • Executive Proton - Slowpoke Well

    Executive Proton has a team of 2, made up of a level 8 zubat & a level 12 koffing. The level cap for this fight is level 12.

  • 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 5, made up of a level 25 arbok, a level 25 gloom, a level 27 murkrow, a level 18 drowzee & a level 20 grimer. The level cap for this fight is level 27.

  • 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 33 weezing. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Executive Proton - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    Executive Proton has a team of 2, made up of a level 28 golbat & a level 33 weezing. The level cap for this fight is level 33.

  • Executive Ariana - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    Executive Ariana has a team of 3, made up of a level 32 arbok, a level 32 vileplume & 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 35 houndour, a level 35 koffing & a level 38 houndoom. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

Mini Boss fights

  • Elder Li - Sprout Tower

    Elder Li has a team of 3, made up of a level 7 bellsprout, a level 7 bellsprout & a level 10 hoothoot. The level cap for this fight is level 10.

  • Eusine - Suicune Encounter

    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.

  • Kimono Girls - Ecruteak City Dance Hall

    Kimono Girls has a team of 5, made up of a level 38 umbreon, a level 38 espeon, a level 38 flareon, a level 38 jolteon & a level 38 vaporeon. The level cap for this fight is level 38.

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