Is Bonsly Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Trophy Garden and Route 209. Baby Rock-type with AbilitySturdy. Learns Mimic to evolve into Sudowoodo. The baby stage adds nothing over catching Sudowoodo directly on Route 221.
Roark's typing presses Bonsly's defenses.
Bonsly trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Bonsly trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Maylene's team hits Bonsly's weaknesses hard.
Bonsly trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Bonsly's weaknesses hard.
Bonsly has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Bonsly trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Sudowoodo's weaknesses hard.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Sudowoodo resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Sudowoodo has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Sudowoodo trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Bonsly in Trophy Garden (walking, Lv 22, rare). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- After Fantina
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Won at the Veilstone Game Corner after playing ten bonus rounds in a row on the slots
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 33RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 41DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Byron
- TM69RockRock PolishPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Coronet
- LV 46NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Bonsly to Sudowoodo
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Aaron, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- LV 50NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 50GrassWood HammerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 50FightingHammer ArmPower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Won at the Veilstone Game Corner after playing ten bonus rounds in a row on the slots
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Bonsly in Platinum
Bonsly is a rare Trophy Garden spawn that opens up only after the National Dex. The post-game gate plus a thin rate make this little rock tree one of the slower babies to find in the mansion grounds.
1 location to catch Bonsly
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Bring the right balls: check Bonsly catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Bonsly in Platinum
Bonsly turns up rarely in the Trophy Garden, so a Poké Radar chain held to 40 is the way to its shiny. Compare Shiny Bonsly odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Bonsly 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 Bonsly in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Bonsly Weakness
Type-wise, Bonsly takes extra damage from Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Bonsly's physical bulk (base 95 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bonsly Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Bonsly
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x176-208%KO Seed Bomb 2x95-113%KO | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x171-202%KO Earthquake 2x76-90% Leaf Blade 2x68-81% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x81-95% Focus Punch 2x80-94% | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x171-202%KO Earthquake 2x76-90% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x122-144%KO Earthquake 2x103-121%KO Rock Smash 2x29-35% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x149-176%KO Earthquake 2x66-79% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x213-251%KO Earthquake 2x63-75% Focus Blast 2x141-167%KO | ||
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Hippowdon builds →Earthquake 2x105-124%KO Rock Smash 2x29-35% Water Pulse 2x50-60% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x144-170%KO Solar Beam 2x136-160%KO Earthquake 2x65-77% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x110-130%KO Rock Smash 2x31-37% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Sandslash builds →Earthquake 2x95-113%KO Focus Punch 2x94-112%KO | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bonsly View Empoleon builds →Surf 2x171-202%KO Flash Cannon 2x144-170%KO Earthquake 2x57-67% Brick Break 2x43-52% | ||
Bonsly Evolutions
Bonsly is the baby form here. It evolves into Sudowoodo after learning Mimic, but you can't breed it directly. Hatch one by breeding the evolved forms instead. Evolving adds up to 120 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Pt Bonsly Best Moveset
Baby Sudowoodo at 80 Attack and 95 Defense but 10 Speed and 10 Sp. Def. The moveset can't function at this stage. Sudowoodo has the stats to back it up.
Best Build
Bonsly best EVs are Attack and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Sucker Punch
- Explosion
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Defense Curl and Harden give Bonsly options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Fighting coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Rock Slide and Rock Tomb. The egg moves push it further.
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
25 of 28 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It prefers an arid atmosphere. It leaks water that looks like tears when adjusting its moisture level.
Bonsly Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Bonsly has 290 BST and evolves into Sudowoodo. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Game Availability
Bonsly first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 13 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form 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
Winds & Waves
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