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Gastly is a Ghost, Poison-type Pokémon from the Kanto region. It evolves into Haunter when fed 25 candies and its final evolution is Gengar.

Pokédex description

Gas Pokémon
Gastly is largely composed of gaseous matter. When exposed to a strong wind, the gaseous body quickly dwindles away. Groups of this Pokémon cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.
- Gastly's cry

Possible attacks

Fast attacks

Icon Ghost
8 (7)
Icon Ghost
5 (10)

Charged attacks

Icon Dark
80 (27)
Icon Ghost
60 (23)
Icon Poison
80 (35)

Attack availability

Evolution family

Gastly is part of a three-member family.

40.
Gastly
#0092 Gastly
25  Gastly candyArrow Dark
Haunter
#0093 Haunter
Icon Friendship Trade
or
100  Gastly candy
Arrow Dark
Gengar
#0094 Gengar
200 Gengar mega energy Arrow Bothways Dark
Gengar
Mega Gengar

40.
Gastly
#0092 Gastly
25  Gastly candyArrow Dark
Haunter
#0093 Haunter
Icon Friendship Trade
or
100  Gastly candy
Arrow Dark
Gengar
#0094 Gengar
200 Gengar mega energy Arrow Bothways Dark
Gengar
Mega Gengar

Availability

Method Maximum CP Details
RT-Icon Encounter
Wild
1,054
1,141

(weather boosted)
In wild since 2016 Jul 6

Increased spawns in:
Weather Week 2024: Mar 14 - 18
Lustrous Odyssey: 2024 Jan 6 - 10
Halloween 2023: Oct 19 - 26
Halloween 2022: Oct 20 - 27
A Mega Moment: 2022 Apr 29 - May 1
Halloween 2021: Oct 15 - 31
Pokémon Spotlight Hour: 2021 Oct 12
Ultra Unlock Part 2: Space: 2021 Aug 6 - 17
Kanto Celebration Event: 2021 Feb 21 - 27
Pokémon GO Tour: Kanto: 2021 Feb 20
December 2020 Community Day: Dec 12 - 13
Halloween 2020: Oct 23 - Nov 3
July 2020 Community Day: Jul 19
Tricky Pokémon 2020: Apr 1 - 7
Halloween 2019: Oct 17 - Nov 1
Halloween 2018: Oct 23 - Nov 1
Halloween 2017: Oct 20 - Nov 2
Halloween 2016: Oct 26 - Nov 1

Pokémon Eggs
Eggs
702

Increased chance/Previously in:
2-km - December 2021 Community Day: Dec 18 - 19
2-km - 2018 Dec 18 - 2019 Dec 16
2-km - Team GO Rocket Disruption: 2019 Jul 25 - Aug 1
2-km - 2017 Feb 9 - 2018 Spring
5-km - 2016 Jul 6 - 2017 Feb 9

Emblem Raid
Raid Battles
702
878

(weather boosted)
Tier 1 CP 4,458

Visit List of Raid Bosses changes for complete appearance

RT-Icon Special-Stamp-1
Research tasks
527 Field Research:
Catch 5 Pokémon: Adamant Time
Make 10 Nice Throws: Adventures Abound
Catch 3 Ghost-type Pokémon: 2022 Oct
Power up Pokémon 7 times: Pokémon World Championships 2022
Catch 5 Pokémon: 2021 Oct
Transfer 5 Pokémon: Halloween 2021
Make 3 Great Throws: 2018 Apr - 2021 May
Trade a Pokémon: 2021 Feb
Transfer 5 Pokémon: Catch Mastery: Ghost
Catch 3 Gastly: July 2020 Community Day
Send 2 Gifts to friends: 2019 Jan - Apr
Make a Nice Curveball Throw: 2018 Jul
Special Research/Timed Research:
Eerie Echoes Timed Research - 1st part: Spin 3 PokéStops or Gyms
Spiritomb Limited Research - 1st part: Spin 8 PokéStops or Gyms
December Community Day 2021 - 5th part: Transfer 10 Pokémon
Ultra Unlock 2021: Space - 3rd part: Catch 10 Pokemon
Mega Gengar - 1st part: Catch 13 Ghost-type Pokémon, 2nd part: Make 9 Nice Throws in a row
The Great Gastly (2 encounters)
Throwback Challenge 2020: Kanto - 4th part: Give your buddy a treat
Camera
GO Snapshot
1,054 Obtainable during:
July 2020 Community Day: Jul 19
Team GO Rocket
Team GO Rocket
277
456

(weather boosted)
Shadow PokémonRescuing from Grunts:
2023 Oct 26 - 2024 Jan 26


Gallery

Photobombs

Trivia

  • During Halloween 2017, there were shiny forms of Gastly family members added to game data, although they were not released to be caught in gameplay. [1]
  • Shiny sprite of Gastly was updated on November 6th, 2018 after several complaints from the community.[2]

References

  1. Gastly family shiny 3D assets. /r/TheSilphRoad.
  2. Gastly's sprite has been updated. /r/TheSilphRoad. Retrieved on 2018-11-07.

External links

  • Gastly page, on the official Pokédex website
  • Gastly article, on Bulbapedia
  • Gastly article, on the Pokémon Wiki
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