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 Normal 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

29 Water Pokémon encounters

1Steel Pokémon
STEEL

2Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

2Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

2Dark Pokémon
DARK

3Ice Pokémon
ICE

4Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

6Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

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

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

  • - Violet City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Azalea Town Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Ecruteak City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Cianwood City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Olivine City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mahogany Town Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Blackthorn City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Vermillion City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Saffron City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Celadon City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Cerulean City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Fuschia City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pewter City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Cinnabar Island Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Virdian City Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Elite Four fights

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Champion Fight

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Rival fights

  • - Cherrygrove City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Exit to Ilex Forest

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Burned Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Cianwood City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod tunnel

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Victory Road

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Mt. Moon Rival

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Champion

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Evil Team fights

  • - Rocket Hideout

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Rocket Hideout

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Goldenrod Radio Tower

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Now that you're ready to take on the Pokémon Gold Nuzlocke Challenge, why not keep track of all your encounters with the Nuzlocke Tracker?