Murkrow in Pokémon GO

Type	Dark / Flying
Pokédex number	#198
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	175 / 87 / 155
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,562 / 1,766 / 1,787
Max HP, level 50	142
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	0.51 m / 2.1 kg

Murkrow 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.

Murkrow evolves into Honchkrow for 100 Murkrow Candy and a Sinnoh Stone.

Family: Murkrow · Honchkrow

Murkrow 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	669	626	87	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	892	835	101	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,116	1,044	113	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,339	1,253	124	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,451	1,357	129
40	1,562	1,461	134
45	1,663	1,555	138
50	1,766	1,652	142
51	1,787	1,672	143	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Murkrow best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Peck	Foul Play	9.4
Feint Attack	Foul Play	9.4
Peck	Drill Peck	9.2
Feint Attack	Drill Peck	9.2
Peck	Dark Pulse	8.9

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Feint Attack	Dark	11	10	1 s	11.0	same type, ×1.2
Peck	Flying	10	10	1 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Dark Pulse	Dark	80	50	3 s	26.7	same type, ×1.2
Drill Peck	Flying	70	33	2.5 s	28.0	same type, ×1.2
Foul Play	Dark	70	50	2 s	35.0	same type, ×1.2

Murkrow weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Dark / 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
Fairy	×1.6
Ice	×1.6
Rock	×1.6
Ground	×0.39
Psychic	×0.39
Dark	×0.625
Ghost	×0.625
Grass	×0.625

Murkrow CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,562 · HP 134

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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.