#228Houndour
DARKFIRECOMMONHoundour shows up in the level 20 hunt and averages 24 of loot and 248 XP per kill.
Is Houndour worth hunting?
Among the 30 Pokémon in the level 20 hunt, Houndour ranks 13th for loot per kill — 2% above the level's median.
Its loot-to-XP ratio sits close to the level median — neither a money hunt nor a pure XP hunt, it serves both at a similar pace.
65% of all loot comes from a single item: Fire Stone. If its price changes in game, this hunt's income changes with it.
The rare drop worth waiting for is Fire Stone (5,000 at the NPC), at 0.31% chance — on average one every 323 kills.
For XP it ranks 29 of 30 at this level — 248 per kill.
Drop table
Drop chance, count and NPC price for every item. Expected value already accounts for the chance and the average count.
| Item | Chance | Count | Unit price | Expected value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fire StoneRare | 0.31% | 1 | 5,000 | 15.5 |
 Tooth | 25.88% | 1–2 | 8 | 3.1 |
 Essence of Fire | 75.00% | 1–5 | 1 | 2.3 |
 Dark Gem | 75.00% | 1–5 | 1 | 2.3 |
 Fire TailRare | 0.52% | 1 | 132 | 0.7 |
 Ghost Essence | 10.35% | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
 Strange Pheromone | — | 1 | 1,000,000 | 0.0 |
| Loot/kill | 23.9 | |||
Base stats
Hunt weaknesses
Type advantage is 50% stronger inside a hunt. Bring one of these:
- WATER×2.5
- FIGHTING×2.5
- GROUND×2.5
- ROCK×2.5
Moves
| Move | Type | Category | Power | Cooldown | Learned at level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bite | DARK | PHYSICAL | 72 | 15.0s | 1 |
| Ember | FIRE | SPECIAL | 80 | 10.0s | 5 |
| Tackle | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 56 | 15.0s | 10 |
| Pursuit | DARK | PHYSICAL | 120 | 10.0s | 16 |
| Flamethrower | FIRE | SPECIAL | 80 | 18.0s | 22 |
| Headbutt | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 80 | 15.0s | 30 |
| Night Slash | DARK | PHYSICAL | 120 | 22.0s | 38 |
| Double-Edge | NORMAL | PHYSICAL | 120 | 3.0s | 45 |
Evolution
NPC sell value
Selling a captured Houndour pays 3,500. That's separate from loot per kill.
Hunt ranking — Level 20
The best hunts at the same level, by expected loot value per kill.
