Move Tutors

Like previous games, Pokémon Heart Gold & Soul Silver have a variety of Move Tutors. These move tutors will teach your Pokémon a special move for a price and can be taught as many times as you want. This page details all of the Move Tutors within these games.

Ilex Forest - Headbutt

The first move tutor you will discover is the Headbutt tutor in Ilex Forest. This tutor is the only move tutor in the game whom will teach your Pokémon the move for free. You can come back at any time to teach your Pokémon Headbutt. Headbutt is used in the field to allow for you to shake trees in order to obtain wild Pokémon

Name Type Cat. PP Att. Acc. Effect Cost
Headbutt 15 70 100 A ramming attack that may cause flinching.  

Blackthorn City - Elemental Beams

The next tutor you'll meet is in Blackthorn City. In this house, you will find the Move Deleter, Move Relearner and this man who will teach your Pokémon one of three attacks depending on what they are. The only Pokémon that can learn these moves are the starters from each region and their evolutions and only when they have reached a certain level of happiness

Name Type Cat. PP Att. Acc. Effect Cost
Frenzy Plant 5 150 90 User cannot attack on the next turn.  
Blast Burn 5 150 90 User cannot attack on the next turn.  
Hydro Cannon 5 150 User cannot attack on the next turn.  

Frontier Front

In the Frontier Front, you will find a house where three men dwell. If you speak to these men, they will offer you several choices for Move Tutor moves. Unlike Headbutt however, these tutors require you to pay in order to obtain them. The charge is in Battle Points earned through the Battle Frontier.

Name Type Cat. PP Att. Acc. Effect Cost
Bounce 5 85 85 Bounces up, then down the next turn. May paralyze. 32 B.P
Gastro Acid 10 -- 100 Cancels effect of foe's ability 32 B.P
Gunk Shot 5 120 70 May poison foe 32 B.P
Low Kick 20 -- 100 A kick that inflicts more damage on heavier foes. 32 B.P
Mud-slap 10 20 100 Hurls mud in the foe's face to reduce its accuracy. 32 B.P
Rollout 20 30 90 An attack lasting 5 turns with rising intensity. 32 B.P
Ancientpower 5 60 100 An attack that may raise all stats. 40 B.P
Aqua Tail 10 90 90 No Added Effect 40 B.P
Earth Power 10 90 100 May lower foe's SP.DEF one stage 40 B.P
Iron Defense 15 -- -- Hardens the body's surface to sharply raise DEFENSE. 40 B.P
Iron Head 15 80 100 May cause opponent to flinch 40 B.P
Seed Bomb 15 80 100 No Added Effect 40 B.P
Signal Beam 15 75 100 A strange beam attack that may confuse the foe. 40 B.P
Super Fang 10 -- 90 Attacks with sharp fangs and cuts half the foe's HP. 40 B.P
Twister 20 40 100 Whips up a vicious twister to tear at the foe. 40 B.P
Heat Wave 10 100 90 Exhales a hot breath on the foe. May inflict a burn. 48 B.P
Outrage 15 120 100 A rampage of 2 to 3 turns that confuses the user. 48 B.P
Superpower 5 120 100 Boosts strength sharply, but lowers abilities. 48 B.P
Endeavor 5 -- 100 Gains power if the user's HP is lower than the foe's HP. 64 B.P
Pain Split 20 -- -- Adds the user and foe's HP, then shares them equally. 64 B.P
Sky Attack 5 140 90 Searches out weak spots, then strikes the next turn. 64 B.P
Bug Bite 20 60 100 Receives effect from foe's held berry 32 B.P
Fury Cutter 20 10 95 An attack that intensifies on each successive hit. 32 B.P
Dive 10 80 100 Dives underwater the first turn and strikes next turn. 40 B.P
Knock Off 20 20 100 Knocks down the foe's held item to prevent its use. 40 B.P
Sucker Punch 5 80 100 Always strikes first, but fails if foe is not using attacking move 40 B.P
Air Cutter 25 55 95 Hacks with razorlike wind. High critical-hit ratio. 48 B.P
Icy Wind 15 55 95 A chilling attack that lowers the foe's SPEED. 48 B.P
Ominous Wind 5 60 100 May raise all user's stats one stage 48 B.P
Trick 10 -- 100 Tricks the foe into trading held items. 48 B.P
Vacuum Wave 30 40 100 Always strikes first 48 B.P
Fire Punch 15 75 100 A fiery punch that may burn the foe. 64 B.P
Ice Punch 15 75 100 An icy punch that may freeze the foe. 64 B.P
Thunderpunch 15 75 100 An electrified punch that may paralyze the foe. 64 B.P
Zen Headbutt 15 80 90 May cause foe to flinch 64 B.P
Block 5 -- -- Blocks the foe's way to prevent escape. 32 B.P
Gravity 5 -- -- Disables moves that fly or levitate in 5 turns 32 B.P
Magic Coat 15 -- -- Reflects special effects back to the attacker. 32 B.P
Snore 15 40 100 A loud attack that can be used only while asleep. 32 B.P
String Shot 40 -- 95 Binds the foe with string to reduce its SPEED. 32 B.P
Worry Seed 10 -- 100 Changes the ability of foe to insomnia 32 B.P
Helping Hand 20 -- -- Boosts the power of the recipient's moves. 40 B.P
Magnet Rise 10 -- -- Changes own ability to levitate 40 B.P
Spite 10 -- 100 Spitefully cuts the PP of the foe's last move. 40 B.P
Swift 20 60 -- Sprays star-shaped rays that never miss. 40 B.P
Synthesis 5 -- -- Restores HP. The amount varies with the weather. 40 B.P
Heal Bell 5 -- -- Chimes soothingly to heal all status abnormalities. 48 B.P
Last Resort 5 130 100 Only usable when all other attacks have been used 48 B.P
Role Play 10 -- -- Mimics the target and copies its special ability. 48 B.P
Tailwind 30 -- -- User's team raises SPEED for 5 turns 48 B.P
Uproar 10 50 100 Causes an uproar for 2 to 5 turns and prevents sleep. 48 B.P