Tentacruel

WaterPoisonClear Body, Liquid Ooze

Cerulean City · Lv 55-60 Cerulean City Cerulean City · Lv 55-65 Open in the guide Compare

In Mirror Gold: First found in Cerulean City (Good Rod, Lv 55-60), and in 4 more areas. Its type (Water / Poison) is the same as in the official games. Base stats total 530, up from 515; 3 of the six changed, most of all Attack (70 → 55). Abilities: it loses Rain Dish. 10 of its 23 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver, including Water Gun and Brine.

Level-up moves 23

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Spec	40	100	25
1	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Stat	—	85	40
4	Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Normal	Phys	15	90	20
7	Constrict Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Normal	Phys	10	100	35
10	Poison Sting Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Phys	15	100	35
13	Acid Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Poison	Spec	40	100	30
16	Bubble Beam Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Water	Spec	65	100	20
19	Water Pulse Has a chance to confuse the target.	Water	Spec	60	100	20
22	Brine Has double power against Pokémon that have less than half their max HP remaining.	Water	Spec	65	100	10
25	Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment.	Ghost	Spec	65	100	10
28	Supersonic Confuses the target.	Normal	Stat	—	55	20
31	Toxic Spikes Scatters poisoned spikes, poisoning opposing Pokémon that switch in.	Poison	Stat	—	—	20
34	Poison Jab Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Phys	80	100	20
37	Scald Has a chance to burn the target.	Water	Spec	80	100	15
40	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Stat	—	90	10
42	Mortal Spin	Poison	Phys	30	100	15
43	Recover Heals the user by half its max HP.	Normal	Stat	—	—	5
46	Wring Out Power increases against targets with more HP remaining, up to a maximum of 121 power.	Normal	Spec	—	100	5
49	Surf Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dive users.	Water	Spec	90	100	15
52	Barrier Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Psychic	Stat	—	—	20
55	Acid Armor Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Poison	Stat	—	—	20
58	Hydro Pump Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Spec	110	80	5
61	Sludge Wave Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Spec	95	100	10

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 48

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TR00	Swords Dance Goldenrod Department Store Lower 2F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Normal	—
TR02	Toxic Goldenrod Department Store Lower 2F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Poison	—
TR03	Hydro Pump Ruins of Alph, W room (hidden) (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F, Viridian Mart)	Water	110
TR05	Hyper Beam Celadon Department Store Upper 2F (also at Viridian Mart)	Normal	150
TM006	Scald Goldenrod Department Store Upper 2F	Water	80
TR06	Blizzard Goldenrod Department Store Lower 2F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Ice	110
TM007	Hail Mahogany Mart Post-Rocket Hideout	Ice	—
TR08	Giga Impact Goldenrod Department Store Lower 2F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Normal	150
TM010	Hidden Power	Normal	60
TM013	Ice Beam	Ice	90
TR14	Water Pulse Blackthorn / Battle Frontier Mart (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F, Indigo Plateau)	Water	60
TR16	Giga Drain Bell Tower 3F (hidden) (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Grass	75
TM017	Protect Goldenrod Department Store 5F	Normal	—
TM018	Rain Dance	Water	—
TM020	Safeguard Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TM021	Frustration Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TR26	Endure Goldenrod Department Store 4F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Normal	—
TM027	Return Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TR29	Gunk Shot Celadon Department Store Upper 2F (also at Fuchsia Mart)	Poison	120
TM033	Reflect Goldenrod Department Store 5F	Psychic	—
TR35	Muddy Water Route 36 (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F, Cerulean Mart)	Water	90
TM036	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90
TM042	Facade	Normal	70
TM043	Secret Power	Normal	70
TR43	Toxic Spikes Goldenrod Department Store 4F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Poison	—
TM044	Rest	Psychic	—
TM045	Attract	Normal	—
TM046	Thief	Dark	60
TM055	Brine Celadon Department Store 3F	Water	65
TM066	Payback	Dark	50
TM078	Captivate Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TM082	Sleep Talk	Normal	—
TM084	Poison Jab	Poison	80
TM087	Swagger Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TM090	Substitute	Normal	—
TM110	Liquidation Olivine Mart (also at Celadon Department Store 3F)	Water	85
TM114	Curse Olivine Mart (also at Celadon Department Store 3F)	Ghost	—
TM116	Dazzling Gleam Celadon Department Store 3F	Fairy	80
TM132	Haze Celadon Department Store 3F (also at Viridian Mart)	Ice	—
TM139	Knock Off Celadon Department Store 3F (also at Fuchsia Mart)	Dark	65
TM148	Weather Ball Celadon Department Store 3F (also at Viridian Mart)	Normal	50
TM151	Flip Turn Goldenrod Department Store 5F	Water	60
TM155	Sludge Wave Celadon Department Store 3F (also at Fuchsia Mart)	Poison	95
TM156	Double-Edge Goldenrod Department Store 5F	Normal	120
HM01	Cut	Normal	50
HM03	Surf	Water	90
HM05	Whirlpool	Water	35
HM07	Waterfall	Water	80

Where to find Tentacruel

Area	Method	Level
Cerulean City	Good Rod	55-60
Cerulean City	Rod (swarm)
Cerulean City	Super Rod	55-65
New Bark Town	Rod (swarm)
New Bark Town	Super Rod	55-65
Olivine City	Rod (swarm)
Whirl Islands B2F	Good Rod	36-38
Whirl Islands B2F	Old Rod	36-38
Whirl Islands B2F	Rod (swarm)
Whirl Islands B2F	Super Rod	55-65
Whirl Islands B3F Ledge Overlooking Lugia Room	Good Rod	36-38
Whirl Islands B3F Ledge Overlooking Lugia Room	Old Rod	36-38
Whirl Islands B3F Ledge Overlooking Lugia Room	Rod (swarm)
Whirl Islands B3F Ledge Overlooking Lugia Room	Super Rod	55-65

Other changes in this game

Egg moves: Acupressure, Aqua Ring, Aurora Beam, Confuse Ray, Haze, Knock Off, Mirror Coat, Muddy Water, Rapid Spin, Tickle
Tutor moves: Bind, Corrosive Gas, Dazzling Gleam, Dive, Double-Edge, Endure, Giga Drain, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Ice Beam, Icy Wind, Knock Off, Magic Coat, Mimic, Poison Jab, Rest, Sleep Talk, Sludge Bomb, Snore, Substitute, Swagger, Swords Dance, Water Pulse
A wild one can rarely hold Poison Barb.