Rattata Pokémon HeartGold: Moves, Sprites & Locations
Everything you need to know about Rattata in Pokémon HeartGold. On this page you'll find its Pokédex entry straight from the game, all sprite variants including shiny forms, the complete moveset of 68 moves grouped by learning method (level-up, TM/HM, egg, tutor), and every wild encounter location with levels, conditions, and catch rates.
Pokémon HeartGold
KantoRattata Pokemon HeartGold Pokedex Entry
Will chew on anything with its fangs. If you see one, you can be certain that 40 more live in the area.
Pokemon HeartGold Rattata Sprites
Pokémon HeartGold Rattata Moveset
Complete registry of moves learned by Rattata via various methods in Pokémon HeartGold.
| Move | Type | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Tackle | normal | Lv. 1 |
| Tail Whip | normal | Lv. 1 |
| Quick Attack | normal | Lv. 4 |
| Focus Energy | normal | Lv. 7 |
| Bite | dark | Lv. 10 |
| Pursuit | dark | Lv. 13 |
| Hyper Fang | normal | Lv. 16 |
| Sucker Punch | dark | Lv. 19 |
| Crunch | dark | Lv. 22 |
| Assurance | dark | Lv. 25 |
| Super Fang | normal | Lv. 28 |
| Double Edge | normal | Lv. 31 |
| Endeavor | normal | Lv. 34 |
End of Move Database
Pokémon HeartGold Rattata Locations
Rattata can be caught in 37 locations across Pokémon HeartGold, including Johto Route 30 Area, Johto Route 31 Area, and Sprout Tower 2f. The most reliable spawn is at Kanto Route 22 Area, where you'll find it at Lv. 3 by walking through tall grass with a 20% encounter rate (night).
Johto Route 29 Area
4 encounters- walkLv. 2Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 2Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 44%Very Rare
- walkLv. 41%Very Rare
Johto Route 30 Area
4 encounters- walkLv. 3Night20%Frequent
- walkLv. 3Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 4Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 4Night5%Rare
Johto Route 31 Area
4 encounters- walkLv. 4Night20%Frequent
- walkLv. 4Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 5Night5%Rare
Sprout Tower 2f
20 encounters- walkLv. 3Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 3Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 4Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 4Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 3Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 3Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 4Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 4Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 35%Rare
- walkLv. 35%Rare
- walkLv. 6Morning4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Day4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 54%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Morning1%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Day1%Very Rare
- walkLv. 51%Very Rare
Sprout Tower 3f
20 encounters- walkLv. 3Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 3Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 4Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 4Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 3Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 3Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 4Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 4Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 35%Rare
- walkLv. 35%Rare
- walkLv. 6Morning4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Day4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 54%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Morning1%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Day1%Very Rare
- walkLv. 51%Very Rare
Johto Route 32 Area
8 encounters- walkLv. 420%Frequent
- walkLv. 4Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 6Morning4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Day4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 4Day4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Morning1%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Day1%Very Rare
- walkLv. 4Day1%Very Rare
Union Cave 1f
2 encounters- walkLv. 45%Rare
- walkLv. 45%Rare
Union Cave B1f
2 encounters- walkLv. 64%Very Rare
- walkLv. 61%Very Rare
Union Cave B2f
2 encounters- walkLv. 204%Very Rare
- walkLv. 201%Very Rare
Johto Route 33 Area
8 encounters- walkLv. 720%Frequent
- walkLv. 7Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 6Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 6Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 65%Rare
- walkLv. 65%Rare
- walkLv. 4Day4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 4Day1%Very Rare
Johto Route 34 Area
4 encounters- walkLv. 11Swarm no20%Frequent
- walkLv. 11Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 134%Very Rare
- walkLv. 131%Very Rare
Burned Tower 1f
4 encounters- walkLv. 1320%Frequent
- walkLv. 13Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 15Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 15Radio off10%Uncommon
Burned Tower B1f
8 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 14Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 16Morning5%Rare
- walkLv. 16Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 16Morning5%Rare
- walkLv. 16Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 14Day4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 14Day1%Very Rare
Bell Tower 2f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Bell Tower 3f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Bell Tower 4f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Bell Tower 5f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Bell Tower 6f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Bell Tower 7f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Bell Tower 8f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Bell Tower 9f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Johto Route 38 Area
4 encounters- walkLv. 16Swarm no20%Frequent
- walkLv. 16Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 16Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 16Night5%Rare
Johto Route 39 Area
4 encounters- walkLv. 1620%Frequent
- walkLv. 16Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 16Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 16Night5%Rare
Mt Mortar 1f
3 encounters- walkLv. 145%Rare
- walkLv. 145%Rare
- walkLv. 164%Very Rare
Mt Mortar Lower Cave
2 encounters- walkLv. 145%Rare
- walkLv. 145%Rare
Mt Mortar B1f
2 encounters- walkLv. 16Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 16Radio off10%Uncommon
Johto Route 46 Area
6 encounters- walkLv. 2Night20%Frequent
- walkLv. 2Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 2Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 2Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 44%Very Rare
- walkLv. 41%Very Rare
Bell Tower 10f
18 encounters- walkLv. 20Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 22Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 225%Rare
- walkLv. 234%Very Rare
- walkLv. 244%Very Rare
- walkLv. 231%Very Rare
- walkLv. 241%Very Rare
Unknown All Rattata Area
12 encounters- walkLv. 2020%Frequent
- walkLv. 2020%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 205%Rare
- walkLv. 205%Rare
- walkLv. 204%Very Rare
- walkLv. 204%Very Rare
- walkLv. 201%Very Rare
- walkLv. 201%Very Rare
Kanto Route 1 Area
6 encounters- walkLv. 2Swarm no20%Frequent
- walkLv. 2Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 3Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 3Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 6Night4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 6Night1%Very Rare
Kanto Route 3 Area
12 encounters- walkLv. 5Swarm no, Night20%Frequent
- walkLv. 5Swarm no, Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 5Swarm no, Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 5Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 8Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 8Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 104%Very Rare
- walkLv. 8Night4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 101%Very Rare
- walkLv. 8Night1%Very Rare
Kanto Route 4 Area
10 encounters- walkLv. 5Morning20%Frequent
- walkLv. 5Day20%Frequent
- walkLv. 5Morning, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Day, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 8Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 8Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 104%Very Rare
- walkLv. 8Night4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 101%Very Rare
- walkLv. 8Night1%Very Rare
Kanto Route 7 Area
8 encounters- walkLv. 1720%Frequent
- walkLv. 17Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 19Morning4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 19Day4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 15Morning4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 19Morning1%Very Rare
- walkLv. 19Day1%Very Rare
- walkLv. 15Morning1%Very Rare
Kanto Route 9 Area
4 encounters- walkLv. 15Swarm no20%Frequent
- walkLv. 15Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 15Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 15Night5%Rare
Kanto Route 11 Area
2 encounters- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 15Radio off10%Uncommon
Kanto Route 22 Area
10 encounters- walkLv. 320%Frequent
- walkLv. 3Night20%Frequent
- walkLv. 3Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 3Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 5Night, Radio off10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 4Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 4Night5%Rare
- walkLv. 7Night4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 7Night1%Very Rare
Tohjo Falls Area
2 encounters- walkLv. 204%Very Rare
- walkLv. 201%Very Rare
