What does Bagon evolve into?

Shelgon at level 30 is the mid-stage. Push through to Salamence at level 50 for the final form. 300 BST right now won't cut it long-term.

At what level does Bagon evolve?

Level 30 gets you Shelgon . Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

In Platinum, For a casual playthrough, Bagon works as a placeholder. Dragon coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Shelgon . That's where the stats start mattering.

Where can you catch Bagon?

You can find Bagon in Platinum. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 15 other games across the series.

Bagon - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Physical

Balanced

DTier

50Speed · Slow

Stats & Training

Nothing fancy in Bagon's spread. It leans physical with Attack out front. And you'll get 1 Attack EV per KO for it. Follows a slow 1.25M XP grind.

Base Stats

Avg

HP45

Attack75

Defense60

Sp. Atk40

Sp. Def30

Speed50

Total300

Details

Catch Rate

Challenging45 / 255

Growth Rate

Slow1.25M XP

Height0.6 m

Weight42.1 kg

Base XP60

Abilities

Rock Head

Protects against recoil damage.

Sheer ForceHANot in game

Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.

EV Yield

HPAtk+1DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

Dreaming of one day flying, it practices by leaping off cliffs every day.

Platinum

Bagon Weakness

Bagon's Dragon typing leaves it vulnerable to Ice and Dragon. The Dragon typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Bagon's physical bulk (base 60 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.

Bagon Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Ice, Dragon
0.5x (Resist)	Fire, Water, Electric, Grass

Type ChartAvg

2Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score0

Gen IV Type Chart

Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Ice Dragon

½xResist

Fire Water Electric Grass

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (1)

Dragon

How to Beat Bagon in Platinum (Best Counters)

Regice Ice	B
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 245-288%KO Ice Beam 2x 201-237%KO Icy Wind 2x 124-146%KO View Regice builds →
Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice PunchLv. 1 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 228-268%KO Ice Beam 2x 187-221%KO Ice Punch 2x 100-118%KO Icy Wind 2x 117-138%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Gible DragonGround	D
Available Moves Moves Dragon PulseTM59 Dragon ClawTM02 Damage vs Bagon Dragon Pulse 2x 100-118%KO Dragon Claw 2x 89-107%KO View Gible builds →

Platinum Evolution

Bagon kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Shelgon all the way to Salamence. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with a decent partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 300 total stats over Bagon. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

3 Forms

#371Bagon

Level 30

#372Shelgon

Level 50

#373Salamence

Stat Comparison 3 Stages

Bagon

Dragon

Shelgon

Dragon

Salamence

DragonFlying

65+20

95+30

ATK

95+20

135+40

DEF

100+40

80-20

SP.ATK

60+20

110+50

SP.DEF

50+20

80+30

SPE

100+50

BST

300C-Tier

420D-Tier+120

600B-Tier+180

ROLE

Balanced

Sweeper

TYPE

Physical

Breeding

Moderate

Breed Bagon with 30 breeding partners from the Dragon egg group. Pass egg moves like Dragon Dance, Dragon Rage, Dragon Rush and 5 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

Dragon

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

40 cycles·10,280 steps

Slow~10 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

8moves

Breed With (best first)

Platinum Bagon Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 4.

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Moves

STAB runs through Draco Meteor and Outrage for the basics, but Bagon's real strength is the 11-type coverage spread. Normal and Dark hit common defensive types, and the movepool keeps going.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Rage

D2010020Normal

Lv 5

Bite

D6010025Dark

Lv 10

Leer

——10030Normal

Lv 16

Headbutt

D7010015Normal

Lv 20

Focus Energy

———30Normal

Lv 25

Ember

—4010025Fire

Lv 31

Dragon Breath

—6010020Dragon

Lv 35

Zen Headbutt

D809015Psychic

Lv 40

Scary Face

D—9010Normal

Lv 46

Crunch

C8010015Dark

Lv 50

Dragon Claw

C8010015Dragon

Lv 55

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

TM Moves

TM40

Aerial Ace

D60—20Flying

TM45

Attract

——10015Normal

TM31

Brick Break

D7510015Fighting

TM78

Captivate

——10020Normal

HM01

Cut

—509530Normal

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM02

Dragon Claw

C8010015Dragon

TM59

Dragon Pulse

D9010010Dragon

TM58

Endure+4

———10Normal

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM38

Fire Blast

D120855Fire

TM35

Flamethrower

D9510015Fire

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM83

Natural Gift

D—10015Normal

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM18

Rain Dance

C——5Water

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM05

Roar-6

C——20Normal

TM80

Rock Slide

D759010Rock

HM06

Rock Smash

D4010015Fighting

TM39

Rock Tomb

D609510Rock

TM43

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

TM65

Shadow Claw

D7010015Ghost

TM82

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

HM04

Strength

C8010015Normal

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—8510Poison

Egg Moves

Egg

Dragon Dance

C——20Dragon

Egg

Dragon Rage

——10010Dragon

Egg

Dragon Rush

—1007510Dragon

Egg

Fire Fang

D659515Fire

Egg

Hydro Pump

D120805Water

Egg

Shadow Claw

D7010015Ghost

Egg

Thrash

—12010020Normal

Egg

Twister

—4010020Dragon

Tutor Moves

Tut

Tutor

Draco Meteor

C140905Dragon

Tutor

Fury Cutter

—109520Bug

Tutor

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

Tutor

Outrage

B12010010Dragon

Tutor

Snore

D4010015Normal

Tutor

Twister

—4010020Dragon

Tutor

Zen Headbutt

D809015Psychic

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 3

Body Slam

C8510015Normal

Gen 3

Mimic

———10Normal

Platinum Bagon Locations

You won't find Bagon walking around in the overworld. It shows up exclusively through the PokeRadar, with 1 locations where you can trigger the encounter. These become available in early-game encounter areas.

Best Locations to Catch Bagon in Platinum

Route 210 - North

Using PokeRadar Lv.14-16 Route

UncommonEarly

Bagon Guide

Shelgon at level 30 is the mid-stage. Push through to Salamence at level 50 for the final form. 300 BST right now won't cut it long-term.
Level 30 gets you Shelgon. Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.
In Platinum, For a casual playthrough, Bagon works as a placeholder. Dragon coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Shelgon. That's where the stats start mattering.
You can find Bagon in Platinum. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 15 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Bagon appears in 16 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Giratina GhostDragon	S
Obtain MethodDistortion World Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves Dragon PulseTM59 Dragon ClawTM02 Dragon BreathLv. 1 Damage vs Bagon Dragon Pulse 2x 193-228%KO Dragon Claw 2x 114-135%KO Dragon Breath 2x 138-163%KO View Giratina builds →
Regice Ice	B
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 250-295%KO Ice Beam 2x 206-243%KO Avalanche 2x 53-63% Icy Wind 2x 128-150%KO View Regice builds →
Garchomp DragonGround	C
Available Moves Moves Dragon RushLv. 55 Dragon PulseTM59 Dragon ClawTM02 Damage vs Bagon Dragon Rush 2x 178-210%KO Dragon Pulse 2x 161-190%KO Dragon Claw 2x 144-170%KO View Garchomp builds →
Glalie Ice	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice FangLv. 28 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 208-245%KO Ice Beam 2x 172-203%KO Ice Fang 2x 78-93% Avalanche 2x 74-88% View Glalie builds →
Piloswine IceGround	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice FangLv. 28 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 168-198%KO Ice Beam 2x 138-163%KO Ice Fang 2x 93-110%KO Avalanche 2x 87-103%KO View Piloswine builds →

Giratina GhostDragon	S
Obtain MethodDistortion World Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves Dragon PulseTM59 Dragon ClawTM02 Dragon BreathLv. 1 Damage vs Bagon Dragon Pulse 2x 193-228%KO Dragon Claw 2x 114-135%KO Dragon Breath 2x 138-163%KO View Giratina builds →
Regice Ice	B
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 250-295%KO Ice Beam 2x 206-243%KO Avalanche 2x 53-63% Icy Wind 2x 128-150%KO View Regice builds →
Garchomp DragonGround	C
Available Moves Moves Dragon RushLv. 55 Dragon PulseTM59 Dragon ClawTM02 Damage vs Bagon Dragon Rush 2x 178-210%KO Dragon Pulse 2x 161-190%KO Dragon Claw 2x 144-170%KO View Garchomp builds →
Glalie Ice	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice FangLv. 28 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 208-245%KO Ice Beam 2x 172-203%KO Ice Fang 2x 78-93% Avalanche 2x 74-88% View Glalie builds →
Piloswine IceGround	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice FangLv. 28 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 168-198%KO Ice Beam 2x 138-163%KO Ice Fang 2x 93-110%KO Avalanche 2x 87-103%KO View Piloswine builds →

Regice Ice	B
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 237-279%KO Ice Beam 2x 194-229%KO Avalanche 2x 52-62% Icy Wind 2x 120-141%KO View Regice builds →
Sneasel DarkIce	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Icy WindLv. 28 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 112-132%KO Ice Beam 2x 92-109%KO Avalanche 2x 79-94% Icy Wind 2x 57-68% View Sneasel builds →
Delibird IceFlying	D
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 170-200%KO Ice Beam 2x 139-165%KO Avalanche 2x 55-65% View Delibird builds →
Snorunt Ice	D
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice FangLv. 28 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 142-168%KO Ice Beam 2x 117-138%KO Ice Fang 2x 55-65% Avalanche 2x 52-62% View Snorunt builds →
Gible DragonGround	D
Available Moves Moves Dragon RushLv. 37 Dragon PulseTM59 Dragon ClawTM02 Damage vs Bagon Dragon Rush 2x 105-124%KO Dragon Pulse 2x 94-112%KO Dragon Claw 2x 84-100%KO View Gible builds →

Giratina GhostDragon	S
Obtain MethodDistortion World Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves Dragon PulseTM59 Dragon ClawTM02 Dragon BreathLv. 1 Damage vs Bagon Dragon Pulse 2x 193-228%KO Dragon Claw 2x 114-135%KO Dragon Breath 2x 138-163%KO View Giratina builds →
Regice Ice	B
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 250-295%KO Ice Beam 2x 206-243%KO Avalanche 2x 53-63% Icy Wind 2x 128-150%KO View Regice builds →
Sneasel DarkIce	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Icy WindLv. 28 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 117-138%KO Ice Beam 2x 95-113%KO Avalanche 2x 83-98% Icy Wind 2x 59-70% View Sneasel builds →
Delibird IceFlying	D
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 178-210%KO Ice Beam 2x 146-173%KO Avalanche 2x 55-65% View Delibird builds →
Snorunt Ice	D
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice FangLv. 28 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Bagon Blizzard 2x 146-173%KO Ice Beam 2x 121-143%KO Ice Fang 2x 57-68% Avalanche 2x 53-63% View Snorunt builds →

Kingdra WaterDragon	B
Recommended Build AbilitySwiftswim ItemChoice Specs NatureModest Moves Draco Meteor Hydro Pump SurfSTAB Dragon Pulse Damage vs Bagon Draco Meteor 2x 598-704%KO Hydro Pump 126-149%KO Surf 103-122%KO Dragon Pulse 2x 392-461%KO View Kingdra builds →
Weavile DarkIce	B
Recommended Build AbilityPressure ItemExpert Belt NatureJolly Moves Ice Shard Night Slash Low Kick PursuitSTAB Damage vs Bagon Ice Shard 2x 83-97% Pursuit 41-48% View Weavile builds →