Is Baltoy Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Ground/Psychic from Hoenn. Claydol at 36 has AbilityLevitate removing Ground as a weakness. If imported, handles Volkner and Maylene. Bronzong fills a similar defensive niche natively.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Baltoy has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Baltoy trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Baltoy's weaknesses hard.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Claydol resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Claydol trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Claydol resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Claydol has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Baltoy on Route 206 (Poké Radar, Lv 14-16, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 19NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Gardenia
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 53GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 71NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Baltoy to Claydol
Baltoy evolves into Claydol at Level 36. Your Baltoy should hit Level 36 before you reach Byron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36NormalSelf-DestructPower 200Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 36NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Gardenia
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 62GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- LV 86NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
How to Get Baltoy in Diamond & Pearl
Baltoy spins out of a Poke Radar chain on one early route, common at level 14 to 16. The Radar is the sole trigger for the clay doll, which is a rare thing for a Pokemon found this early.
1 location to catch Baltoy
Badge 2Where To Catch Baltoy in DP
- Step 1Baltoy ✓
- Step 2Evolve into ClaydolBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Baltoy egg.
Bring the right balls: check Baltoy catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Baltoy in Diamond & Pearl
Baltoy spins across the Route 206 grass, where a PokeRadar chain is what drops its shiny odds fast. Compare Shiny Baltoy odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Baltoy 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 Baltoy in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Baltoy Weakness
Baltoy's Ground/Psychic typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, Ice, Bug, Ghost, and Dark. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice, Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Poison, Psychic, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Baltoy Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Baltoy
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x147-173%KO Feint Attack 2x97-115%KO Shadow Ball 2x67-79% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Murkrow builds →Shadow Ball 2x64-77% Assurance 2x73-86% | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 2x156-185%KO Shadow Ball 2x88-104%KO Water Pulse 2x67-79% Bite 2x44-52% | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x132-156%KO Giga Drain 2x67-79% Sucker Punch 2x62-74% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Lombre WaterGrass | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Lombre builds →Solar Beam 2x111-132%KO Ice Beam 2x58-68% Water Pulse 2x59-70% Thief 2x27-33% | ||
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Lileep builds →Solar Beam 2x111-132%KO Astonish 2x18-22% | ||
 Wormadam BugGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Wormadam builds →Solar Beam 2x132-156%KO Shadow Ball 2x60-71% Thief 2x30-36% | ||
 Grotle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Grotle builds →Solar Beam 2x104-123%KO Bite 2x58-68% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Rotom builds →Shadow Ball 2x104-123%KO Thief 2x27-33% | ||
 Budew GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Budew builds →Solar Beam 2x97-115%KO Shadow Ball 2x44-52% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Baltoy View Beedrill builds →U-turn 2x104-123%KO Solar Beam 2x60-71% Payback 2x51-60% | ||
Baltoy Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Baltoy grows into Claydol through a straightforward two-stage chain. No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Baltoy. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Baltoy is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyDP Baltoy Best Moveset
Ground/Psychic with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity, but stats in the 40-70 range can't do anything with it. The moveset is a weaker version of Claydol. Claydol takes over from here.
Best Build
Baltoy best EVs are Defense and HP
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Stealth Rock
- Rapid Spin
- Earth Power
- Explosion
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Level-up moves are just the starting point for Baltoy. TMs unlock coverage across 7 types and turn a straightforward STAB kit around Dream Eater and Earthquake into something with actual range.
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
39 of 41 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It moves by spinning on its foot. It is a rare Pokémon that was discovered in ancient ruins.
Baltoy Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Baltoy through the first few routes without issues. 300 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Claydol as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Baltoy spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in a solid number of games.
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
Winds & Waves
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