Is Diglett Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Not in the Sinnoh regional dex. Diglett needs a Pal Park import. AbilityArena Trap prevents grounded opponents from switching, which is powerful, but Sinnoh has Gible for the Ground slot.
Diglett resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Diglett has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's team hits Diglett's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's team hits Diglett's weaknesses hard.
Diglett has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Diglett has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Diglett on Route 228 (walking, Lv 23-25, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 23)
- LV 23GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 23DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 26GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 29GroundMud BombPower 98Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 37GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Diglett to Dugtrio
Diglett evolves into Dugtrio at Level 26. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 28GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 33GroundMud BombPower 98Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 45GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 100Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Diglett in Diamond & Pearl
Diglett is a rare walking encounter on just one postgame route, level 23 to 25. With a single thin location, it is far harder to dig up here than in its Kanto home.
Wild Diglett may be holding when caught:
Soft Sand (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.1 location to catch Diglett
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Diglett in DP
The line opens with Diglett at Lv. 23-25 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Diglett ✓
Bring the right balls: check Diglett catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Diglett in Diamond & Pearl
Diglett pops up out of the ground on Route 228, and a PokeRadar chain in that grass brings its shiny to 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Diglett odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Diglett 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 Diglett in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Diglett Weakness
Type-wise, Diglett takes extra damage from Water, Grass, and Ice. Electric moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Not too many gaps in the chart, 3 weaknesses to account for.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Diglett Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Diglett
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Pelipper builds →Hydro Pump 2x288-339%KO Ice Beam 2x152-179%KO | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x408-480%KO Ice Beam 2x223-263%KO Water Pulse 2x94-111%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Jynx builds →Ice Beam 2x268-316%KO Energy Ball 2x150-177%KO Water Pulse 2x113-134%KO | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Empoleon builds →Hydro Pump 2x330-389%KO Ice Beam 2x174-205%KO | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 2x457-537%KO Ice Beam 2x93-110%KO | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x275-323%KO Surf 2x219-258%KO Ice Beam 2x146-172%KO | ||
Diglett Evolutions
Diglett is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Dugtrio. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 160 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Diglett easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Astonish, Beat Up and 6 more to offspring.
DP Diglett Best Moveset
Locking grounded opponents with AbilityArena Trap is one of the most powerful effects in the game, even on a Pokemon with 10 HP. 95 Speed moves first, MoveEarthquake provides Ground damage off 55 Attack, and the moveset exists to trap and remove one specific threat before going down.
Best Build
Diglett best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Earthquake
- Sucker Punch
- Rock Slide
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Ancient Power and Astonish aren't available any other way for Diglett, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Earthquake and Earth Power for solid options.
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
28 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
A Pokémon that lives underground. Because of its dark habitat, it is repelled by bright sunlight.
Diglett Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Diglett in Diamond & Pearl can hold Soft Sand (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Soft Sand.
In Diamond & Pearl, Diglett has 265 BST and evolves into Dugtrio. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Diglett is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Diglett becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Yes. Alolan Diglett is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 7. Plays completely differently from the original.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Diglett appears in 20 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained an Alolan form in Generation 7.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
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 7SMAlolan
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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