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In Gold and Silver, Rain Dance sets rain for 5 turns, and rain and sun scale Water and Fire moves by ×1.5 or ×½¹. Ruby and Sapphire carry the overworld’s weather into battle and let abilities set or cancel it². Pokémon Crystal keeps Gold and Silver’s rain and sun unchanged^3,1.

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Game	Year	How	Note
Pokémon Gold and Silver	1999	Set by moves	rain and sun for 5 turns, ×1.5 or ×½ on Water and Fire
Pokémon Crystal	2000	Set by moves	Gold and Silver's rain and sun, unchanged
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire	2002	Field and ability	overworld weather carries into battle, and Drizzle sets rain with no turn limit

Every claim about this mechanic, by game (5)

Pokémon Gold and Silver 1999	Gold and Silver's `BattleCommand_Stab`, which Crystal keeps unchanged, applies the weather and badge type boosts and then STAB, $damage + ⌊ damage / 2 ⌋$ , before the type rows.	Code
Pokémon Gold and Silver 1999	Rain Dance and Sunny Day each set their weather for 5 turns; in rain, Water moves do ×1.5 and Fire moves ×½, in sun the reverse, and rain halves SolarBeam.	Code
Pokémon Crystal 2000	Crystal keeps Gold and Silver's battle weather unchanged: Rain Dance and Sunny Day set rain or sun for 5 turns, and the weather tables give Water and Fire ×1.5 or ×½ in rain and sun.	Code
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire 2002	Ruby and Sapphire's `GetWhoStrikesFirst` puts the higher-priority move first; at equal priority the higher adjusted Speed goes first, and a tie is a coin flip. Adjusted Speed applies stat stages, doubles for Swift Swim in rain or Chlorophyll in sun, takes ×1.1 for the player's Pokémon with the third badge outside link battles, halves with a Macho Brace, and quarters under paralysis; a held Quick Claw sets it to the maximum when a per-turn random number is below its parameter, 20, as a percent of 0xFFFF.	Code
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire 2002	In Ruby and Sapphire, rain, sandstorm, or drought on the overworld starts a battle in that weather with no turn limit, Drizzle sets lasting rain when its holder enters, and Cloud Nine or Air Lock on the field turns weather's effects off.	Code

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^ a b cRain Dance and Sunny Day each set their weather for 5 turns; in rain, Water moves do ×1.5 and Fire moves ×½, in sun the reverse, and rain halves SolarBeam.Codepret/pokegoldrevised
How we know
```
1BattleCommand_StartRain:
2	ld a, WEATHER_RAIN
3	ld [wBattleWeather], a
4	ld a, 5
5	ld [wWeatherCount], a
```
engine/battle/move_effects/rain_dance.asm lines 1–5 at fc702b6 · upstream ↗
```
1WeatherTypeModifiers:
2	db WEATHER_RAIN, WATER, MORE_EFFECTIVE
3	db WEATHER_RAIN, FIRE,  NOT_VERY_EFFECTIVE
4	db WEATHER_SUN,  FIRE,  MORE_EFFECTIVE
5	db WEATHER_SUN,  WATER, NOT_VERY_EFFECTIVE
⋮
9	db WEATHER_RAIN, EFFECT_SOLARBEAM, NOT_VERY_EFFECTIVE
```
data/battle/weather_modifiers.asm lines 1–10 at fc702b6 · upstream ↗
```
1BattleCommand_StartSun:
2	ld a, WEATHER_SUN
3	ld [wBattleWeather], a
4	ld a, 5
5	ld [wWeatherCount], a
```
engine/battle/move_effects/sunny_day.asm lines 1–5 at fc702b6 · upstream ↗
Checked against the evidence by its author, an AI model, 2026-10-21.
Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-21.
In the claim ledger

^ a bIn Ruby and Sapphire, rain, sandstorm, or drought on the overworld starts a battle in that weather with no turn limit, Drizzle sets lasting rain when its holder enters, and Cloud Nine or Air Lock on the field turns weather's effects off.Codepret/pokeruby

How we know

1794            case 0xFF: //weather from overworld
1795                switch (GetCurrentWeather())
⋮
1797                case WEATHER_RAIN_LIGHT:
⋮
1802                        gBattleWeather = (B_WEATHER_RAIN_TEMPORARY | B_WEATHER_RAIN_PERMANENT);
⋮
1833            case ABILITY_DRIZZLE:
1834                if (!(gBattleWeather & B_WEATHER_RAIN_PERMANENT))
⋮
1836                    gBattleWeather = (B_WEATHER_RAIN_PERMANENT | B_WEATHER_RAIN_TEMPORARY);

src/battle_util.c lines 1794–1836 at 5784633 · upstream ↗

50#define WEATHER_HAS_EFFECT ((!AbilityBattleEffects(ABILITYEFFECT_CHECK_ON_FIELD, 0, ABILITY_CLOUD_NINE, 0, 0) && !AbilityBattleEffects(ABILITYEFFECT_CHECK_ON_FIELD, 0, ABILITY_AIR_LOCK, 0, 0)))

include/battle_util.h line 50 at 5784633 · upstream ↗

771        case ENDTURN_RAIN:
772            if (gBattleWeather & B_WEATHER_RAIN)
⋮
774                if (!(gBattleWeather & B_WEATHER_RAIN_PERMANENT))
⋮
776                    if (--gWishFutureKnock.weatherDuration == 0)

src/battle_util.c lines 771–776 at 5784633 · upstream ↗

Checked against the evidence by its author, an AI model, 2026-10-21.

Checked by a second AI model, 2026-10-21.

In the claim ledger

^ a bCrystal keeps Gold and Silver's battle weather unchanged: Rain Dance and Sunny Day set rain or sun for 5 turns, and the weather tables give Water and Fire ×1.5 or ×½ in rain and sun.Codepret/pokecrystal · pret/pokegoldrevised
How we know
```
1BattleCommand_StartRain:
2	ld a, WEATHER_RAIN
3	ld [wBattleWeather], a
4	ld a, 5
5	ld [wWeatherCount], a
```
engine/battle/move_effects/rain_dance.asm lines 1–5 at 97187cd · upstream ↗
data/battle/weather_modifiers.asm#L1-L10 · upstream ↗
```
1BattleCommand_StartSun:
2	ld a, WEATHER_SUN
3	ld [wBattleWeather], a
4	ld a, 5
5	ld [wWeatherCount], a
```
engine/battle/move_effects/sunny_day.asm lines 1–5 at 97187cd · upstream ↗
Checked against the evidence by its author, an AI model, 2026-10-21.
Revised after a check by a second AI model, 2026-10-21.
In the claim ledger
^BattleCommand_Stab applies weather and badge type boosts, then STAB ( $damage + ⌊ damage / 2 ⌋$ if either attacker type matches), then the type chart.Codepret/pokecrystal
How we know
```
1251	farcall DoWeatherModifiers
⋮
1258	farcall DoBadgeTypeBoosts
⋮
1278	srl b
1279	rr c
1280	add hl, bc
```
engine/battle/effect_commands.asm lines 1251–1288 at 97187cd · upstream ↗
Checked against the evidence by its author, an AI model, 2026-10-20.
Checked by a second AI model, 2026-10-21.
In the claim ledger

Sources

Code

pret contributors. 2026. “pokegold: disassembly of Pokémon Gold and Silver.” pret. Commit fc702b6. pret/pokegold @ fc702b6 · licence, all uses
pret contributors. 2026. “pokeruby: decompilation of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.” pret. Commit 5784633. pret/pokeruby @ 5784633 · licence, all uses
pret contributors. 2026. “pokecrystal: disassembly of Pokémon Crystal.” pret. Commit 97187cd. pret/pokecrystal @ 97187cd · licence, all uses

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