Is Bastiodon Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Shieldon evolves at level 30. Rock/Steel with AbilitySturdy blocking OHKO in Gen 4. Massive Defense tanks physical hits. But 4x weaknesses to Fighting, Ground, and Water mean Maylene, Bertha, and Wake all exploit it. Defensive walls need fewer holes.
Shieldon has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Shieldon trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Shieldon trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Maylene's team hits Bastiodon's weaknesses hard.
Bastiodon trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Bastiodon trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Bastiodon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Bastiodon trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Bastiodon has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Bastiodon's weaknesses hard.
Bastiodon trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Lucian's team hits Bastiodon's weaknesses hard.
Bastiodon resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Bastiodon has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Bastiodon has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Bastiodon trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Fossil Shieldon
Shieldon can be revived from a fossil obtained in Oreburgh City. Revive Armor Fossil. Revive from Armor Fossil at the Mining Museum in Oreburgh City. Armor Fossil found in The Underground.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TM91SteelFlash CannonPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Byron
- LV 43SteelIron HeadPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Shieldon to Bastiodon
Shieldon evolves into Bastiodon at Level 30. Your Shieldon should hit Level 30 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- After Crasher Wake
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 15Iron Island
- After Byron
- TM91SteelFlash CannonPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Byron
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- LV 52SteelIron HeadPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Bastiodon in Platinum
Bastiodon comes only from raising a revived Shieldon, the Armor Fossil Pokemon from Oreburgh. Push that fossil catch to level 30 and the shield-faced wall is yours.
Catch Shieldon at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Bastiodon.
- 1Catch Shieldon
- 2Evolve Bastiodonat Lv.30
Badge 1How to Obtain Bastiodon in Pt
- Step 2Bastiodon ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Shieldon egg.
How to Get Shiny Bastiodon in Platinum
Bastiodon evolves from a revived Shieldon, so breed a shiny one through a foreign Ditto, then level it up. Compare Shiny Bastiodon odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Bastiodon Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Platinum shiny odds calculator with Bastiodon already selected.
Bastiodon Weakness
Bastiodon's Rock/Steel typing leaves it vulnerable to Fighting, Ground, and Water. Fighting and Ground hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Poison-type attacks completely. 9 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Bastiodon's physical bulk (base 168 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fighting, Ground |
| 2x (Weak) | Water |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice, Psychic, Bug, Rock, Ghost, Dragon, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Normal, Flying |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bastiodon Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Bastiodon
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 4x204-240%KO Earthquake 4x91-107%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 4x204-240%KO Earthquake 4x91-107%KO | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Donphan builds →Earthquake 4x136-160%KO Rock Smash 4x40-48% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 4x108-128%KO Brick Break 4x59-69% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Sandslash builds →Focus Punch 4x113-133%KO Earthquake 4x115-136%KO | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Machop builds →Focus Punch 4x143-168%KO Earthquake 4x63-75% | ||
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Gabite builds →Earthquake 4x108-128%KO Rock Smash 4x31-37% | ||
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Bibarel builds →Focus Punch 4x99-117%KO Water Pulse 2x29-36% | ||
 Cubone Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Cubone builds →Earthquake 4x75-88% Focus Punch 4x72-85% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Graveler builds →Earthquake 4x108-128%KO Focus Punch 4x108-128%KO | ||
 Meditite FightingPsychic | C | |
 Buizel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Buizel builds →Focus Punch 4x81-96% Water Pulse 2x29-36% | ||
 Onix RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bastiodon View Onix builds →Earthquake 4x68-80% Rock Smash 4x23-27% | ||
Bastiodon Evolutions
Bastiodon is the evolved form of Shieldon. Breeding produces Shieldon eggs, and they are slow to hatch. Evolving from Shieldon gave Bastiodon the biggest boost in Defense (+50), bringing the total to 495 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Bastiodon to get Shieldon eggs using 63 partners from the Monster egg group. Notable egg moves include Body Slam, Curse, Double-Edge and 6 more.
Pt Bastiodon Best Moveset
Fighting and Ground (both 4x effective) are the two most common physical coverage types in competitive play, and 168 Defense can't help when the attacks deal quadruple damage. The moveset blocks everything else at 138 Sp. Def, but 30 Speed goes last against everything.
Best Build
Bastiodon best EVs are Defense and Sp. Def
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Stealth Rock
- Roar
- Metal Burst
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Body Slam and Curse on Bastiodon. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Iron Tail and Stone Edge, they expand what Bastiodon 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
41 of 43 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
When they lined up side by side, no foe could break through. They shielded their young in that way.
Bastiodon Platinum Guide
In Platinum, use Bastiodon as a support. Physical side carries the damage. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For Platinum, run Calm on Bastiodon. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Bastiodon first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 12 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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