Is Bibarel Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Normal/Water HM machine. AbilitySimple doubles stat boosts and drops. Bibarel learns Cut, Surf, Rock Smash, Strength, Rock Climb, and Waterfall. The most useful HM user in Sinnoh. Combat contribution is minimal, but every team carries one.
Roark's typing presses Bidoof's defenses.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Bibarel resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Bibarel has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Bibarel trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Bidoof
Catch Bidoof on Route 201 (walking, Lv 2-3, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 17NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 21NormalHyper FangPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 33NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 41FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Bidoof to Bibarel
Bidoof evolves into Bibarel at Level 15. Your Bidoof should hit Level 15 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 48FightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Bibarel in Diamond & Pearl
Bibarel walks the same wide spread as Bidoof, common to uncommon across ten spots climbing past level 50. You can catch the beaver evolved on the later routes rather than raising a Bidoof up.
Wild Bibarel may be holding when caught:
Oran Berry (50% chance) Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to recover 10 HP.
Sitrus Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed at 1/2 max HP to recover 1/4 max HP.10 locations to catch Bibarel10 locations to catch Bidoof
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Bidoof at any of the 10 locations below, then level it up to 15 — it evolves into Bibarel.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6Where To Catch Bibarel in DP
The path to Bibarel starts with Bidoof at Lv. 2-26 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Catch BidoofLake VerityLv.2-4GrassRate 60%NightRoute 201Lv.2-3GrassRate 60%NightLake VerityLv.2-4GrassRate 50%Morning/dayRoute 201Lv.2-3GrassRate 50%Morning/dayRoute 205 - NorthLv.10-12GrassRate 45%Route 211 - WestLv.12-14GrassRate 35%Morning/dayRoute 202Lv.2-4GrassRate 30%Route 204 - SouthLv.4-6GrassRate 25%Route 204 - NorthLv.6-8GrassRate 25%Route 211 - WestLv.12-13GrassRate 25%NightRoute 203Lv.4-6GrassRate 15%Valley WindworksLv.8FloorRate 10%Route 205 - SouthLv.9GrassRate 10%Route 208Lv.16GrassRate 20%Great Marsh - Daily PokemonLv.22-26FloorRate 10%Before post-gameGreat Marsh - Area 5Lv.22FloorRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.22FloorRate 1%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.24FloorRate 1%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.24FloorRate 1%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.26FloorRate 1%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.26FloorRate 1%
- Step 2Bibarel ✓Lake VerityLv.4GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: EmeraldLake VerityLv.4GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: FireRedLake VerityLv.4GrassRate 4%Dual-slot: LeafGreenRoute 209Lv.16-18GrassRate 45%DayRoute 209Lv.16-18GrassRate 35%Morning/nightRoute 212 - SouthLv.18-20GrassRate 35%Morning/dayRoute 212 - SouthLv.18-20GrassRate 25%NightGreat Marsh - Area 5Lv.21FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.21FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.23FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.23FloorRate 20%Route 210 - NorthLv.24GrassRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.25FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.25FloorRate 20%Valor LakefrontLv.21-22GrassRate 15%Route 208Lv.17-18GrassRate 10%Great Marsh - Daily PokemonLv.22-26FloorRate 10%Before post-gameLake ValorLv.34-36GrassRate 45%Lake Acuity - CaveLv.34-35GrassRate 35%Morning/dayLake Acuity - CaveLv.34-35GrassRate 25%NightSendoff SpringLv.52-54GrassRate 45%or evolve from Bidoof (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Bibarel catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Bibarel in Diamond & Pearl
Bibarel patrols the Great Marsh and the lakes, so a PokeRadar chain in that grass nets its shiny. Compare Shiny Bibarel odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Bibarel 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 Bibarel in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Bibarel Weakness
Bibarel is weak to Electric, Grass, and Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass, Fighting |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bibarel Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Bibarel
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x203-238%KO Seed Bomb 2x109-129%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x142-167%KO Rock Smash 2x32-38% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x169-199%KO Solar Beam 2x90-106%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x123-145%KO Focus Punch 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x109-129%KO Rock Smash 2x26-30% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Shiftry builds →Leaf Storm 2x140-165%KO Focus Blast 2x79-94% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x120-141%KO Focus Punch 2x82-97% | ||
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bibarel View Leafeon builds →Solar Beam 2x87-103%KO Rock Smash 2x32-38% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Bibarel Evolutions
Evolved from Bidoof. Bibarel is the final form in this two-stage line. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are quick to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+40 over Bidoof), and Bibarel peaks at 410 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Bibarel to get Bidoof eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aqua Tail, Defense Curl, Double-Edge and 5 more.
DP Bibarel Best Moveset
Stat boosts double through AbilitySimple, so one MoveCurse or MoveSwords Dance gives the effect of two. Normal/Water typing adds Water coverage to the moveset, which can snowball quickly. 71 Speed and 60 defenses make getting that first safe boost the hard part.
Best Build
Bibarel best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Waterfall
- Curse
- Quick Attack
- Rest
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The TM pool is where it gets interesting. Coverage across 10 types means almost nothing walls Bibarel cleanly, with Giga Impact and Hyper Beam anchoring the STAB side. Matchup flexibility isn't a problem.
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
42 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It makes its nest by damming streams with bark and mud. It is known as an industrious worker.
While its movements out of water are sluggish, it can swim as fast as any FEEBAS.
Bibarel Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Bibarel in Diamond & Pearl can hold Oran Berry (50%) or Sitrus Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Oran Berry.
In Diamond & Pearl, Bibarel can work for a story run. It rates C-Tier, a middle-of-the-pack pick, so the Normal/Water typing decides whether it earns a team slot.
In Diamond & Pearl, Bibarel plays as a support. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully. Waterfall is the primary attack. Set up with Curse when you get a free turn.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Bibarel. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the support role.
In Diamond & Pearl, Bibarel pairs best with Staraptor. Staraptor has Decent synergy and covers what Bibarel can't handle on its own.
Game Availability
Available in 11 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Bibarel spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters 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 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
Winds & Waves
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