Is Croagunk Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Great Marsh and Route 212 at level 20. Poison/Fighting with AbilityAnticipation warning about super-effective moves. Toxicroak at level 37 is a fast physical attacker. Handles Byron, Candice, and contributes through Flint's Fire team with Fighting moves.
Croagunk resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Fantina's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Croagunk in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 27-30, uncommon). Pre-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 38PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 43PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Croagunk to Toxicroak
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak at Level 37. Your Croagunk should hit Level 37 before you reach Byron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- After Fantina
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 41PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 49PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Croagunk in Platinum
Croagunk shows up on Route 212 near Pastoria and in the Great Marsh, uncommon wherever it appears. The swamp toad sticks to the wetlands around the city, so the marsh region is where to look.
Wild Croagunk may be holding when caught:
Black Sludge (5% chance) Held: Poison-type holder recovers 1/16 (6.25%) max HP each turn. Non-Poison-Types take 1/8 (12.5%) max HP damage.2 locations to catch Croagunk
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Where To Catch Croagunk in Pt
Croagunk is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 24-30 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Toxicroakor evolve from Croagunk (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Croagunk catch rates for Platinum by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Croagunk in Platinum
Croagunk croaks through the grass on Route 212, so run a Poké Radar chain to 40 there for a 1 in 200 shiny. Compare Shiny Croagunk odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Croagunk 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 Platinum with Croagunk preloaded.
Croagunk Weakness
Psychic, Ground, and Flying moves hit Croagunk for super-effective damage. Psychic hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Dry Skin grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Psychic |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Rock, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Croagunk Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Croagunk
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x167-197%KO Aerial Ace 2x101-119%KO | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x147-174%KO Aerial Ace 2x60-71% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Lunatone builds →Dream Eater 4x334-394%KO Earthquake 2x74-88% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Drifblim builds →Dream Eater 4x215-254%KO Fly 2x131-155%KO | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Yanmega builds →Dream Eater 4x262-310%KO Aerial Ace 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Bronzong builds →Dream Eater 4x290-342%KO Earthquake 2x108-127%KO | ||
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 4x323-381%KO Earthquake 2x98-116%KO | ||
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
Croagunk Evolutions
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Croagunk. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Croagunk easily with 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Bullet Punch, Cross Chop, Dynamic Punch and 8 more to offspring.
Pt Croagunk Best Moveset
Poison/Fighting with AbilityDry Skin healing in rain and taking extra Fire damage. The moveset previews Toxicroak's rain niche, but stats are too low at this stage. Toxicroak has what this form lacks.
Best Build
Croagunk best EVs are Attack and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- Vacuum Wave
- Sucker Punch
- Fake Out
- Ice Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Croagunk's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Focus Punch and Focus Blast gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
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
39 of 41 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It rarely fights fairly, but that is strictly to ensure survival. It is popular as a mascot.
Croagunk Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Croagunk in Platinum can hold Black Sludge (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Black Sludge.
In Platinum, Croagunk does the job early-game if you need a Poison/Fighting type on your team. Evolve it into Toxicroak before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Croagunk 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.
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- 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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