Golbat in Pokémon GO

Type	Poison / Flying
Pokédex number	#42
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	161 / 150 / 181
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,976 / 2,234 / 2,261
Max HP, level 50	164
Buddy distance	1 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Height / weight	1.6 m / 55 kg

Golbat evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Golbat evolves from Zubat for 25 Zubat Candy.

Golbat evolves into Crobat for 100 Zubat Candy.

Family: Zubat · Golbat · Crobat

Golbat CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	847	800	101	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,129	1,066	117	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,412	1,333	130	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,694	1,600	143	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,835	1,733	149
40	1,976	1,867	154
45	2,103	1,987	159
50	2,234	2,110	164
51	2,261	2,135	165	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Golbat best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Golbat at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Golbat gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Bite	Shadow Ball	8.2
Wing Attack	Shadow Ball	8.0
Bite	Air Cutter	7.2
Bite	Ominous Wind	7.0	Elite TM
Bite	Poison Fang	6.8

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Bite	Dark	6	4	0.5 s	12.0
Wing Attack	Flying	10	11	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Air Cutter	Flying	55	50	2.5 s	22.0	same type, ×1.2
Ominous Wind	Ghost	55	33	2.5 s	22.0	Elite TM
Poison Fang	Poison	30	33	1.5 s	20.0	same type, ×1.2
Shadow Ball	Ghost	100	50	3 s	33.3

Golbat weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Poison / Flying. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Electric	×1.6
Ice	×1.6
Psychic	×1.6
Rock	×1.6
Bug	×0.39
Fighting	×0.39
Grass	×0.39
Fairy	×0.625
Ground	×0.625
Poison	×0.625

Golbat CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,976 · HP 154

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.