MothimLevel 20 ♂WormadamLevel 20 ♀Wormadam (Sandy Cloak)Level 20 ♀Wormadam (Trash Cloak)Level 20 ♀
Is Burmy Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Honey Tree encounter. Burmy evolves into Wormadam (female) or Mothim (male) at 20. The cloak changes type based on the last battle location. AbilityShed Skin clears status. Neither evolution competes long-term.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Burmy here.
Gardenia's team hits Wormadam's weaknesses hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Gardenia:
Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
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Wormadam has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
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Wormadam has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
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Aaron's team hits Wormadam's weaknesses hard.
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Wormadam resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
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Flint's team hits Wormadam's weaknesses hard.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
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Wormadam has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
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Wormadam trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
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Catchable
Catch Burmy on Route 205 (Honey Tree, Lv 5-15, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- LV 10NormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
- LV 20NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Burmy to Wormadam
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Gardenia, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- 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 Fantina
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 209
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 47GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Burmy to Mothim
Burmy evolves into Mothim at Level 20. Your Burmy should hit Level 20 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 41FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 47BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Burmy in Diamond & Pearl
Burmy is a Honey Tree regular, uncommon across 18 slathered trees at level 5 to 15. Its cloak changes with the surroundings, which decides what Wormadam it becomes if it is female.
18 locations to catch Burmy
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Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7Where To Catch Burmy in DP
The line opens with Burmy at Lv. 5-15 via headbutt encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Burmy ✓Eterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 11%
Available in-game· 4 pathsPick one
To plan your throws, open the Diamond & Pearl catch rate calculator with Burmy preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Burmy in Diamond & Pearl
Burmy leans on the Masuda Method, so pair it with a foreign-language parent for a much better shot each egg. Compare Shiny Burmy odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Burmy 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.
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 | 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Burmy already selected.
Burmy Weakness
Burmy is weak to Fire, Flying, and Rock. Standard number of weaknesses for the Bug typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Burmy Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Burmy
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Burmy View Monferno builds →Fire Blast 2x168-198%KO Rock Tomb 2x48-57% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Burmy View Aerodactyl builds →Wing Attack 2x109-129%KO Rock Tomb 2x91-107%KO Fire Fang 2x79-93% | ||
 Growlithe Fire | C | |
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Burmy View Vespiquen builds →Power Gem 2x70-82% Gust 2x63-75% | ||
 Doduo Normal | C | |
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
 Staravia Normal | C | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Burmy View Solrock builds →Rock Tomb 2x86-102%KO Fire Blast 2x88-104%KO | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter | ||
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Burmy Evolutions
From here, Burmy's line branches into Mothim and Wormadam. That's 2 possible evolutions, each with its own method. Evolving adds up to 200 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Burmy easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group.
DP Burmy Best Moveset
Bug typing at stats in the 29-45 range. The moveset is nonexistent. Wormadam or Mothim after evolving.
Best Build
Burmy best EVs are Sp. Def and Defense
Bulky Support Moveset
- Protect
- String Shot
- Hidden Power Ground
- Bug Bite
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Not a lot to pick from. Burmy gets Bug STAB for same-type damage, and Normal coverage rounds things out. You're building around what's available rather than choosing from a deep bench.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
To shelter itself from cold, wintry winds, it covers itself with a cloak made of twigs and leaves.
If its cloak is broken in battle, it quickly remakes the cloak with materials nearby.
Burmy Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Burmy through the first few routes without issues. 224 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Mothim as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 11 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Burmy 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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