How to Evolve Clamperl in Pokémon

Last Updated: March 17, 2023

Want to evolve your Clamperl into something a little more useful? With the right item and a friend to trade with, you can evolve Clamperl into one of two very powerful Pokémon. Getting the item can be a bit tricky, especially on earlier versions of the game. See Step 1 below to get your Clamperl evolved in no time.

Steps

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Decide between Huntail and Gorebyss. When you evolve your Clamperl, you will have a choice between the two depending on the item you use. Both are Water-type Pokémon. Gorebyss focuses more on Special attacks, while Huntail excels at Physical attacks. Look up the stats and decide which one fits your team better.
- In newer Pokémon games you can find both of the items needed for evolution, which allows you to easily get both.
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Get the Deep Sea Tooth or the Deep Sea Scale. The Deep Sea Tooth will be necessary to evolve Clamperl into Huntail, while the Deep Sea Scale is required to obtain Gorebyss. You can only get one or the other in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.^{[1]
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- Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald – In order to get the item, you will need to be able to Surf and Dive. Travel to Route 108 and Surf to the Abandoned Ship. Use Dive to access the second part of the Ship.
  - This will take you to a room with 5 locked doors. The keys will be visible as sparkles for a moment when you enter the room.
  - Find the Scanner in Room 2, and take it to Captain Stern in Slateport City. Choose between the Deep Sea Tooth or Deep Sea Scale as your reward.
- Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum – Certain wild Pokémon will be holding these items. This means that if you capture them, they may have the item in their possession. You can then release the Pokémon back into the wild after putting the item in your Bag. You can also try to use the Thief, Covet, or Trick skills to steal the item.
  - You can find Deep Sea Scale on Chinchou, Relicanth, and Lanturn.
  - You can find Deep Sea Tooth on Carvanha and Sharpedo.
- Black and White – You can find the Deep Sea Scale on Route 13, and it is also held by wild Chinchou, Lanturn, Gorebyss, Relicanth, and Blue-Striped Basculin. You can find the Deep Sea Tooth on Route 13 and Route 17, and it is also held by wild Carvanha, Sharpedo, and Red-Striped Basculin.
- Black 2 and White 2 – The Deep Sea Scale and Deep Sea Tooth can be purchased from the Antique Shop on Join Avenue, located between Route 4 and Nimbasa City. To open the antique shop, choose the response “I would want to collect unique items and surprise everyone”.
  - In order to get the right items from the Antique Shop, Pokémon Ranger Atilio will need to be the shopkeeper. When Atilio is running the shop, purchase any of the Box items for a chance to get the Deep Sea Tooth or the Deep Sea Scale.
  - You can also find the Tooth on wild Carvahna, Sharpedo, and Red-Striped Basculin. You can find the Scale on wild Chinchou, Lanturn, Gorebyss, Relicanth, and Blue-Striped Basculin
  - In White 2, the Tooth and Scale can also be found in the White Forest.
- X and Y – Both the Deep Sea Tooth and the Deep Sea Scale can be found in the Azure Bay.
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Give the item to Clamperl. Clamperl needs to be holding the item that will bring on the evolution that you want. Clamperl does not need to be at any specific level in order for the evolution to happen.
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Trade your Clamperl. Clamperl will only evolve when traded. This means that if you want your Clamperl evolved, you will need to know someone who would be willing to trade it back to your after it evolves. To start the evolution, perform the trade and the evolution will happen automatically. The item will disappear after the evolution.^{[2]
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Community Q&A

Question

Why do I have a hard time choosing a starter when I can trade with someone?

Community Answer

Not many people are willing to trade starters and it's almost impossible to find them in the wild, so that can make it difficult to decide which starter you want.
Question

I can't find someone to trade with me, how did you do it?

Kitty Master

Community Answer

They probably traded with a friend, so someone they trust so that they WOULD get the Pokémon back. That's my guess.
Question

If I don't have someone to trade with, does anyone in Pokemon Emerald want to trade it online?

Lugia2453

Top Answerer

Pokemon Emerald only has local trading; it has no online features at all.