Is Bagon Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Dragon from Hoenn. Salamence at 50 is the payoff: 600 BST with AbilityIntimidate. The grind is long. If you import one and commit, the result competes with Garchomp. Two pseudo-legendaries available in the same game.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Bagon has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Bagon trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Shelgon has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Shelgon trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Shelgon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Shelgon trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Salamence resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Salamence resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Salamence resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Salamence has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Bagon on Route 210 (Poké Radar, Lv 25-26, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 31DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- LV 46DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 50DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Bagon to Shelgon
Bagon evolves into Shelgon at Level 30. Your Bagon should hit Level 30 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 32DragonDragon BreathPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 50DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 61NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Shelgon to Salamence
Shelgon evolves into Salamence at Level 50. Your Shelgon should hit Level 50 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 61DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 70NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Bagon in Diamond & Pearl
Bagon is a Pearl-side Poke Radar catch on one route, common at level 25 to 26. Diamond players see none of it and trade instead, since the rock head Pokemon chains only in Pearl.
Wild Bagon may be holding when caught:
Dragon Fang (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a hard and sharp fang that ups the power of Dragon-type moves.1 location to catch Bagon
Badge 2Where To Catch Bagon in DP
- Step 3Evolve into Salamence
Bring the right balls: check Bagon catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Bagon in Diamond & Pearl
Bagon leaps around the Route 210 grass in Pearl, where a PokeRadar chain brings its shiny within striking range. Compare Shiny Bagon odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Bagon Calculator
3 MethodsThe best route is PokeRadar Chain at full boosts, about 1 in 200 on each try. Tune it below.
PokeRadar Chain: Chain shaking-grass patches without breaking the combo. The rate peaks at a chain of 40.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 22-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 58-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 139-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 460-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Bagon in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
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.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Electric, Grass |
Bagon Evolutions
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
Breeding
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.
DP Bagon Best Moveset
75 Attack and Dragon typing preview Salamence's enormous power, but stats in the 30-75 range can't compete at this stage. The moveset has physical Dragon hits at low power. Shelgon, then Salamence.
Best Build
Bagon best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Revenge Killer Moveset
- Outrage
- Fire Fang
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Dragon Dance and Dragon Rage on Bagon. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Draco Meteor and Dragon Rush, they expand what Bagon can actually threaten in practice.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
29 of 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Dreaming of one day flying, it practices by leaping off cliffs every day.
Bagon Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Bagon in Diamond & Pearl can hold Dragon Fang (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Dragon Fang.
In Diamond & Pearl, 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.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Bagon appears in 16 games across 7 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
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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