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Primeape

Primeape in Pokemon Origin HeartGold: Fighting typing, base stats, Abilities, evolution requirements, learnsets and where to find it.

Content reviewed 14 October 2026

Fighting

wild: Victory Road, Cerulean Cave

Base stats Total 455

HP65

Attack105

Defense60

Sp. Atk60

Sp. Def70

Speed95

Abilities

Normal Ability slots

Slot 1: Vital Spirit
Slot 2: Anger Point

Hidden Ability

Defiant

Capture-chain requirements

Where to find Primeape

wild: Victory Road, Cerulean Cave

Location	Method / time	Level	Chance / weight
Victory Road	Grass/cave, any time	50	5%
Cerulean Cave	Grass/cave, morning and day	38	10%
Cerulean Cave	Grass/cave, night	39	4%

Evolution & forms

Evolves from

Mankey · Lv 28
at Lv 28

Evolves into

Annihilape · level up holding Spell Tag (night)
holding Spell Tag
at night (20:00–3:59)

Moves Primeape can learn

Level-up (20)

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Lv. 1	Final Gambit	Fighting	Special	var.	100	5
Lv. 1	Fling	Dark	Physical	var.	100	10
Lv. 1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
Lv. 1	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	var.	100	20
Lv. 1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
Lv. 1	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	—	—	30
Lv. 5	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
Lv. 8	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Lv. 12	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	var.	100	20
Lv. 15	Retaliate	Normal	Physical	70	100	5
Lv. 19	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15
Lv. 22	Cross Chop	Fighting	Physical	100	100	5
Lv. 26	Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
Lv. 30	Skull Bash	Steel	Physical	120	100	10
Lv. 35	Rage Fist	Ghost	Physical	50	100	10
Lv. 39	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
Lv. 44	Screech	Normal	Status	—	85	40
Lv. 48	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Lv. 53	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
Lv. 57	Final Gambit	Fighting	Special	var.	100	5

TMs & HMs (41)

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
TM08	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	—	—	20
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM12	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	var.	100	20
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	90	90	15
TM24	Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	90	100	15
TM25	Thunder	Electric	Special	110	70	10
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	var.	100	20
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM50	Overheat	Fire	Special	130	90	5
TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	var.	100	10
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15
TM89	U-turn	Bug	Physical	70	100	20
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM97	Low Sweep	Fighting	Physical	65	100	20
TM103	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	60	100	15
HM08	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20

Move tutors (9)

Method	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Tutor	Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	120	100	5
Tutor	Counter	Fighting	Physical	var.	100	20
Tutor	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	var.	100	5
Tutor	Fire Punch	Fire	Physical	75	100	15
Tutor	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	15
Tutor	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
Tutor	Outrage	Dragon	Physical	120	100	10
Tutor	Seed Bomb	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
Tutor	Thunder Punch	Electric	Physical	75	100	15

Egg moves (0)

No moves recorded for this method.

Training & breeding

Catch rate value: 75 (not a catch percentage)
Gender ratio: 50.0% female
Egg groups: Field
Growth rate: Medium Fast
EV yield: 2 Attack
Possible held items: None recorded