Is Budew Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Route 204 and Eterna Forest from level 8. Baby Grass/Poison with AbilityNatural Cure. Friendship evolves into Roselia during daytime, then Shiny Stone for Roserade. Available well before Gardenia's Grass gym. The Roserade payoff is worth the early investment.
Budew has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's typing presses Roselia's defenses.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Roserade resists most of Crasher Wake's coverage and hits back hard.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Roserade's weaknesses hard.
Roserade has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Roserade trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Budew on Route 204 (walking, Lv 3-5, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Budew to Roselia
Budew evolves into Roselia with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Gardenia.
Recommended Moves
- LV 19GrassMagical LeafPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 25GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- LV 40GrassPetal DancePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Roselia to Roserade
Roselia evolves into Roserade with a Shiny Stone. You can pick up the Shiny Stone in Iron Island. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Budew in Platinum
Budew is common in the grass through the early-to-mid routes and Eterna Forest, with the time of day shifting how often it shows. Catch one early, since it only blooms into Roselia with high friendship in the daytime.
Wild Budew may be holding when caught:
Poison Barb (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a small, poisonous barb that ups the power of Poison-type moves.4 locations to catch Budew
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3Where To Catch Budew in Pt
The line opens with Budew at Lv. 3-19 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into RoseliaRoute 212 - NorthLv.22-24GrassRate 35%Trophy GardenLv.22-23GrassRate 30%Route 209Lv.19-20GrassRate 25%Route 221Lv.28-30GrassRate 25%Morning/dayor evolve from Budew (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into RoseradeBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Roselia egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Budew.
How to Get Shiny Budew in Platinum
Budew blooms in the daytime grass of Route 204 and Route 205, common enough to chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Budew odds across every game
Shiny Budew Evolution
3 Forms
Platinum Shiny Budew 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Budew.
Budew Weakness
Type-wise, Budew takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Budew's special bulk (base 70 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Flying, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Fighting |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Budew Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Budew
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Budew View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x131-156%KO Ice Fang 2x94-112%KO Fire Fang 2x94-112%KO | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Budew View Butterfree builds →Gust 2x54-63% Confusion 2x44-54% | ||
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Budew View Solrock builds →Fire Blast 2x71-85% Confusion 2x48-58% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Budew Evolutions
This is the baby stage. Budew grows into Roselia by leveling up. Want more? Breed the adults. Baby Pokemon sit in the Undiscovered egg group. Evolving adds up to 235 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Pt Budew Best Moveset
Baby Grass/Poison at 50 Sp. Atk and 55 Speed. AbilityNatural Cure clears status on the switch. The moveset has basic special attacks. Evolve to Roselia, then Roserade.
Best Build
Budew best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Energy Ball
- Protect
- Spikes
- Synthesis
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Cotton Spore and Extrasensory give Budew options it can't learn any other way, and Normal and Ghost coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Leaf Storm and Solar Beam. 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
27 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Sensitive to changing temperature, the bud is said to bloom when it feels the sun’s warm touch.
Budew Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Budew in Platinum can hold Poison Barb (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Poison Barb.
For Platinum, you can run Budew through the first few routes without issues. 280 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Roselia as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Budew spans 6 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 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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