Where can I find Murkrow in Polished Crystal?

Murkrow can be found in 50 locations in Polished Crystal. Check the Locations section on this page for encounter details.

What type is Murkrow?

Murkrow is a dark/flying-type Pokémon in Polished Crystal.

What moves can Murkrow learn in Polished Crystal?

Murkrow can learn 15+ moves through level up, TM/HM, breeding, and move tutors in Polished Crystal.

What abilities does Murkrow have?

Murkrow's abilities in Polished Crystal are: Insomnia, Super Luck, Prankster.

Murkrow - Stats, Moves, Evolution & Location | Polished Crystal

It hides any shiny object it finds in a secret location. Murkrow and Meowth loot one another's stashes.

Strategy & Usage Tips

Murkrow a great team member for farming held items! It learns Thief naturally at level 25, which is waaaay before you can get the TM in Mahogany Town. That plus Super Luck which boosts wild item rates already (60% common, 20% rare)... That's pretty useful for farming items!

Front

Normal

Shiny

Animated

Shiny Animated

Back

Normal

Shiny

Type

DarkFlying

Dex

#239

Best obtain method

Wild encounter

Abilities

Insomnia(Primary)

Prevents it from falling asleep.

Super Luck(Secondary)

Boosts the rate of critical hits.

Prankster(Hidden)

Gives priority to a status move.

Growth Rate

Medium Slow

Gender Ratio

50% Male, 50% Female

Egg Groups

flying

Hatch Rate

Medium Fast (20 cycles)

Catch Rate

Poké Ball3.7%

Great Ball5.3%

Ultra Ball6.9%

Base Exp

107

EV Yield

1 Speed

Wild Held Items

None

Weak To

electric ×2ice ×2rock ×2fairy ×2

Resists

grass ×0.5ghost ×0.5dark ×0.5

Immune To

groundpsychic

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Evolution Chain

Murkrow

Base form

→

Honchkrow

Use Dusk Stone on Murkrow

Note, you can always call Professor Elm with the Pokemon you are trying to evolve as first in your party. If the information on this page seems incorrect, please try calling Elm (and preferably let me know too!!)

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Wild Encounters (28)


Route 29	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 30	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 31	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Violet Outskirts	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 32	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 32 Coast	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 34	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 34 Coast	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 35	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 35 Coast North	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 35 Coast South	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 36	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Tin Tower 10F	any	Field	Lv. 23-24	10%
Tin Tower 7F	any	Field	Lv. 23-24	10%
Tin Tower 8F	any	Field	Lv. 23-24	10%
Tin Tower 9F	any	Field	Lv. 23-24	10%
Route 38	night	Field	Lv. 16	5%
Route 38	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%
Route 39	night	Field	Lv. 18	5%
Route 39	any	headbutt	Lv. 10	40%

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Level Up Moves (15)

Level	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Peck	flying		35	100	35
1	Peck	Jabs the foe with a beak, etc.
PeckLevel: 1
flying		35	100	35
Jabs the foe with a beak, etc.
1	Astonish	ghost		30	100	15
1	Astonish	An attack that may cause flinching.
AstonishLevel: 1
ghost		30	100	15
An attack that may cause flinching.
5	Pursuit	dark		40	100	20
5	Pursuit	Heavily strikes switching Pokémon.
PursuitLevel: 5
dark		40	100	20
Heavily strikes switching Pokémon.
11	Haze	ice		0	100	30
11	Haze	Eliminates all stat changes.
HazeLevel: 11
ice		0	100	30
Eliminates all stat changes.
15	Wing Attack	flying		60	100	35
15	Wing Attack	Strikes the foe with wings.
Wing AttackLevel: 15
flying		60	100	35
Strikes the foe with wings.
21	Night Shade	ghost		1	100	15
21	Night Shade	Damage equals the user's level.
Night ShadeLevel: 21
ghost		1	100	15
Damage equals the user's level.
25	Thief	dark		60	100	25
25	Thief	An attack that may steal a held item.
ThiefLevel: 25
dark		60	100	25
An attack that may steal a held item.
31	Swagger	normal		0	85	15
31	Swagger	Causes confusion but raises Attack.
SwaggerLevel: 31
normal		0	85	15
Causes confusion but raises Attack.
35	Feint Attack	dark		60	100	20
35	Feint Attack	An attack that never misses.
Feint AttackLevel: 35
dark		60	100	20
An attack that never misses.
41	Mean Look	normal		0	100	5
41	Mean Look	Prevents fleeing or switching.
Mean LookLevel: 41
normal		0	100	5
Prevents fleeing or switching.
45	Baton Pass	normal		0	100	40
45	Baton Pass	Switches while keeping effects.
Baton PassLevel: 45
normal		0	100	40
Switches while keeping effects.
50	Drill Peck	flying		80	100	20
50	Drill Peck	A strong, spinning-peck attack.
Drill PeckLevel: 50
flying		80	100	20
A strong, spinning-peck attack.
55	Sucker Punch	dark		70	100	5
55	Sucker Punch	Attacks before the foe does.
Sucker PunchLevel: 55
dark		70	100	5
Attacks before the foe does.
61	Perish Song	normal		0	100	5
61	Perish Song	Both user and foe faint in 3 turns.
Perish SongLevel: 61
normal		0	100	5
Both user and foe faint in 3 turns.
65	Brave Bird	flying		120	100	15
65	Brave Bird	A charge that also hurts the user.
Brave BirdLevel: 65
flying		120	100	15
A charge that also hurts the user.

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Egg Moves (8)

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Confuse Ray	ghost		0	100	10
Confuse Ray	A move that may confuse the foe.
Confuse Ray
ghost		0	100	10
A move that may confuse the foe.
Drill Peck	flying		80	100	20
Drill Peck	A strong, spinning-peck attack.
Drill Peck
flying		80	100	20
A strong, spinning-peck attack.
Perish Song	normal		0	100	5
Perish Song	Both user and foe faint in 3 turns.
Perish Song
normal		0	100	5
Both user and foe faint in 3 turns.
Quick Attack	normal		40	100	30
Quick Attack	Lets the user get in the first hit.
Quick Attack
normal		40	100	30
Lets the user get in the first hit.
Screech	normal		0	85	40
Screech	Sharply lowers the foe's Defense.
Screech
normal		0	85	40
Sharply lowers the foe's Defense.
Wing Attack	flying		60	100	35
Wing Attack	Strikes the foe with wings.
Wing Attack
flying		60	100	35
Strikes the foe with wings.
Brave Bird	flying		120	100	15
Brave Bird	A charge that also hurts the user.
Brave Bird
flying		120	100	15
A charge that also hurts the user.
Roost	flying		0	100	5
Roost	Lands to restore 1/2 the max HP.
Roost
flying		0	100	5
Lands to restore 1/2 the max HP.

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TM/HM Moves (23)

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Curse	ghost		0	100	10	TM03
Curse	Works differently for Ghost-types.
Curse
ghost		0	100	10	TM03
Works differently for Ghost-types.
Calm Mind	psychic		0	100	20	TM04
Calm Mind	Raises the user's Sp.Atk and Sp.Def.
Calm Mind
psychic		0	100	20	TM04
Raises the user's Sp.Atk and Sp.Def.
Toxic	poison		0	90	10	TM06
Toxic	A Poison move with increasing damage.
Toxic
poison		0	90	10	TM06
A Poison move with increasing damage.
Hidden Power	typeless		70	100	15	TM10
Hidden Power	The type varies with the Pokémon.
Hidden Power
typeless		70	100	15	TM10
The type varies with the Pokémon.
Sunny Day	fire		0	100	5	TM11
Sunny Day	Boosts Fire-type moves for 5 turns.
Sunny Day
fire		0	100	5	TM11
Boosts Fire-type moves for 5 turns.
Protect	normal		0	100	10	TM17
Protect	Foils attack that turn. It may fail.
Protect
normal		0	100	10	TM17
Foils attack that turn. It may fail.
Rain Dance	water		0	100	5	TM18
Rain Dance	Boosts Water-type moves for 5 turns.
Rain Dance
water		0	100	5	TM18
Boosts Water-type moves for 5 turns.
Return	normal		1	100	20	TM27
Return	An attack that is based on loyalty.
Return
normal		1	100	20	TM27
An attack that is based on loyalty.
Psychic	psychic		90	100	10	TM29
Psychic	An attack that may lower Sp.Def.
Psychic
psychic		90	100	10	TM29
An attack that may lower Sp.Def.
Shadow Ball	ghost		80	100	15	TM30
Shadow Ball	An attack that may lower Sp.Def.
Shadow Ball
ghost		80	100	15	TM30
An attack that may lower Sp.Def.
Double Team	normal		0	100	15	TM32
Double Team	Raises the user's evasiveness.
Double Team
normal		0	100	15	TM32
Raises the user's evasiveness.
Swift	normal		60	100	20	TM39
Swift	An attack that never misses.
Swift
normal		60	100	20	TM39
An attack that never misses.
Aerial Ace	flying		60	100	20	TM40
Aerial Ace	An attack that never misses.
Aerial Ace
flying		60	100	20	TM40
An attack that never misses.
Substitute	normal		0	100	10	TM41
Substitute	Makes a decoy with 1/4 user's max HP.
Substitute
normal		0	100	10	TM41
Makes a decoy with 1/4 user's max HP.
Facade	normal		70	100	20	TM42
Facade	Double damage with Psn, Brn, or Prz.
Facade
normal		70	100	20	TM42
Double damage with Psn, Brn, or Prz.
Rest	psychic		0	100	5	TM44
Rest	Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover.
Rest
psychic		0	100	5	TM44
Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover.
Attract	normal		0	100	15	TM45
Attract	Makes the opposite gender infatuated.
Attract
normal		0	100	15	TM45
Makes the opposite gender infatuated.
Thief	dark		60	100	25	TM46
Thief	An attack that may steal a held item.
Thief
dark		60	100	25	TM46
An attack that may steal a held item.
Steel Wing	steel		70	90	25	TM47
Steel Wing	An attack that may up user's Defense.
Steel Wing
steel		70	90	25	TM47
An attack that may up user's Defense.
Roost	flying		0	100	5	TM51
Roost	Lands to restore 1/2 the max HP.
Roost
flying		0	100	5	TM51
Lands to restore 1/2 the max HP.
Dark Pulse	dark		80	100	15	TM58
Dark Pulse	An attack that may cause flinching.
Dark Pulse
dark		80	100	15	TM58
An attack that may cause flinching.
Thunder Wave	electric		0	90	20	TM73
Thunder Wave	A move that paralyzes the foe.
Thunder Wave
electric		0	90	20	TM73
A move that paralyzes the foe.
Fly	flying		90	100	15	HM02
Fly	1st turn: Fly 2nd turn: Attack
Fly
flying		90	100	15	HM02
1st turn: Fly 2nd turn: Attack

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Move Tutor Moves (7)

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
Double Edge	normal		120	100	15	MT08
Double Edge	A tackle that also hurts the user.
Double Edge
normal		120	100	15	MT08
A tackle that also hurts the user.
Dream Eater	psychic		100	100	15	MT09
Dream Eater	Steals HP from a sleeping victim.
Dream Eater
psychic		100	100	15	MT09
Steals HP from a sleeping victim.
Endure	normal		0	100	10	MT11
Endure	Endures any hit with at least 1HP.
Endure
normal		0	100	10	MT11
Endures any hit with at least 1HP.
Icy Wind	ice		55	95	15	MT16
Icy Wind	An icy attack that lowers Speed.
Icy Wind
ice		55	95	15	MT16
An icy attack that lowers Speed.
Sleep Talk	normal		0	100	10	MT24
Sleep Talk	Randomly attacks while asleep.
Sleep Talk
normal		0	100	10	MT24
Randomly attacks while asleep.
Sucker Punch	dark		70	100	5	MT25
Sucker Punch	Attacks before the foe does.
Sucker Punch
dark		70	100	5	MT25
Attacks before the foe does.
Swagger	normal		0	85	15	MT26
Swagger	Causes confusion but raises Attack.
Swagger
normal		0	85	15	MT26
Causes confusion but raises Attack.

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Murkrow

Strategy & Usage Tips

Evolution Chain

Wild Encounters (28)

Level Up Moves (15)

Egg Moves (8)

TM/HM Moves (23)

Move Tutor Moves (7)

Base Stats