Golbat (Pokémon)

This article is about the species. For a specific instance of this species, see Golbat.

**Golbat** (Japanese: **ゴルバット** *Golbat*) is a dual-type Poison/Flying Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

It evolves from Zubat starting at level 22 and evolves into Crobat when leveled up with high friendship.

## Biology

Golbat is a large, blue, bat-like Pokémon with purple wing membranes. It has small eyes with slit-like pupils, along with tiny triangular ears with purple insides, and a massive mouth with two fangs in each jaw. The fangs are smaller on a female Golbat. While its mouth seems to be otherwise empty, Golbat occasionally displays a long, purple tongue. It has short legs with long, tiny feet. Despite this, Golbat can also walk skillfully on the ground.

Golbat's fangs have hollow tubes specialized for sucking blood. While they are strong enough to pierce thick hide, they are also unexpectedly fragile. There are some Golbat that have missing fangs as a result of their hunger-fueled attempt to try drinking blood from Steel-type Pokémon. It feeds on the blood of both Pokémon and humans and is capable of drinking over 10 ounces (300 milliliters) of blood in one sitting. Golbat drinks so much blood that its blood type will change to that of its victim following a feed. It is also gluttonous, occasionally gorging itself to the extent that it becomes too heavy to fly, leaving itself vulnerable in turn. Golbat is also willing to share gathered blood with other members of its kind that are hungry. Golbat is nocturnal and can be found quite easily in caves.

## Game data

### NPC appearances

* Pokémon Stadium 2: Golbat stars in the mini-game "Gutsy Golbat." The object is to fly around and collect as many hearts as can be collected; the player with the most hearts at the end of the cave is the winner.
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team: Golbat is part of an unnamed rescue team that gathers at Pokémon Square just before the player and partner are able to access Magma Cavern.

### Stats

#### Base stats

* Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
* This Pokémon's Special base stat in Generation I was **75**.

### Learnset

#### By tutoring

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Golbat
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Golbat
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations

#### By a prior evolution

 * **Bold** indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Golbat
* *Italic* indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Golbat
* Click on the generation numbers at the top to see moves from other generations

## Trivia

* No other Pokémon has the same type combination as Golbat and its evolutionary relatives.
* Golbat and its evolutionary relatives share their category with Woobat. They are all known as the Bat Pokémon.

### Origin

Golbat is based on vampire bats, which produce toxic saliva with anticoagulant properties that is secreted when biting prey to draw blood. Its gaping maw seems to be a caricature of mythological vampires.

#### Name origin

Golbat's name may originate from the word *gollop*, which means "to eat or drink quickly or greedily," and *bat* or from *golden-capped fruit bat*.

## Related articles

* Brock's Golbat
* Koga's Golbat