Is Bronzong Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Steel/Psychic with a choice: AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity or AbilityHeatproof for halved Fire damage. Either way, Bronzong has minimal weaknesses. Handles Candice and Lucian. One of the most defensively reliable Pokemon in Sinnoh.
Bronzong has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Bronzong trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Bronzong has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Bronzong resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Bronzong has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Bronzong trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Bronzong has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Bronzong trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Bronzong has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Bronzong has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Bronzong trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Bronzong trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Bronzong has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Bronzong resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Bronzong has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Bronzong trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Bronzong in Mt. Coronet (walking, Lv 38, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 38)
- LV 38PsychicExtrasensoryPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Gardenia
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Given by the coin clerk at the Veilstone Game Corner once you string together ten bonus rounds in a row on the slot machines
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM91SteelFlash CannonPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Byron
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Catch Bronzor
Catch Bronzor on Route 206 (walking, Lv 15, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 19PsychicExtrasensoryPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Gardenia
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- LV 37PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM91SteelFlash CannonPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Bronzong in Diamond & Pearl
Bronzong rings out deeper in Mt. Coronet, common to rare from the high 30s up to 66. You can catch the evolved bell straight from the mountain rather than raising a Bronzor through the climb.
Wild Bronzong may be holding when caught:
Metal Coat (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a special metallic film that ups the power of Steel-type moves.2 locations to catch Bronzong4 locations to catch Bronzor
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Bronzor at any of the 4 locations below, then level it up to 33 — it evolves into Bronzong.
Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7 Badge 8Where To Catch Bronzong in DP
The path to Bronzong starts with Bronzor at Lv. 14-64 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Bronzong ✓Turnback CaveLv.45-66CaveRate 35%Mt. Coronet - 4F Room 1Lv.38-40CaveRate 25%Mt. Coronet - 4F Room 3Lv.38-40CaveRate 25%Mt. Coronet - 5FLv.40-42CaveRate 25%or evolve from Bronzor (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Bronzong catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Bronzong in Diamond & Pearl
Bronzong hovers deeper in Mt. Coronet and Turnback Cave, so keeping a PokeRadar chain going yields its shiny with patience. Compare Shiny Bronzong odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Bronzong 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Bronzong preloaded.
Bronzong Weakness
Fire and Ground moves hit Bronzong for super-effective damage. The upside? Poison-type moves can't touch it at all. It resists 8 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Bronzong's overall bulk (67/116/116) lets it take a hit or two from most weaknesses before going down.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Grass, Ice, Flying, Rock, Dragon, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Psychic |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Bronzong Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Bronzong
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x88-104%KO Earthquake 2x49-58% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x71-84% Dig 2x30-36% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x84-99% Dig 2x41-49% | ||
 Ponyta Fire | C | |
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x58-69% Fire Blast 2x34-40% | ||
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Flareon builds →Fire Blast 2x81-95% Dig 2x47-56% | ||
 Steelix SteelGround | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Steelix builds →Earthquake 2x62-73% Fire Fang 2x28-33% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x68-80% Fire Fang 2x30-36% | ||
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Hippowdon builds →Earthquake 2x77-91% Fire Fang 2x34-40% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x82-97% Fire Fang 2x37-43% | ||
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Gabite builds →Earthquake 2x65-78% Fire Blast 2x34-40% | ||
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Bronzong View Graveler builds →Earthquake 2x68-80% Fire Blast 2x32-37% | ||
Bronzong Evolutions
Bronzong is what Bronzor becomes. Breed it for Bronzor eggs (average hatch time). No compatible partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Bronzor pushed Bronzong to 500 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +65. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Bronzong is genderless — breed with Ditto to produce Bronzor eggs. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyDP Bronzong Best Moveset
Steel/Psychic with either AbilityLevitate (removes Ground weakness, leaving only Fire) or AbilityHeatproof (halves Fire damage, leaving only Ground). The moveset has at most one weakness either way, and 116 in both Defense and Sp. Def tanks almost everything. MoveStealth Rock and support complete one of the best defensive picks available.
Best Build
Bronzong best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Gyro Ball
- Explosion
- Earthquake
- Stealth Rock
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Bronzong's coverage across 8 types all comes from technical machines, built on top of Future Sight and Dream Eater for same-type damage. Future Sight and Dream Eater are the payoff moves.
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
43 of 45 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
One caused a news sensation when it was dug up at a construction site after a 2,000-year sleep.
It can summon rain clouds. People long ago revered it as the bringer of plentiful harvests.
Bronzong Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Bronzong in Diamond & Pearl can hold Metal Coat (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Metal Coat.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Bronzong as a trick room. Physical side carries the damage. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Brave on Bronzong. +Attack is what matters, and the -Speed cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the trick room role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Bronzong appears in 13 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
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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