Is Diglett Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Kanto postgame only, found in Diglett's Cave after entering Vermilion. Dugtrio is still blazing fast and handles Lt. Surge's rematch, but arriving after the Johto story means it can't help with the main journey.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Bugsy's typing presses Diglett's defenses.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Diglett has the type edge here and should clean up Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Diglett's weaknesses hard.
Diglett resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Clair's team hits Diglett's weaknesses hard.
Diglett has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Sabrina's typing presses Diglett's defenses.
Erika's team hits Diglett's weaknesses hard.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Dugtrio resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lance's team hits Dugtrio's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Diglett in Diglett's Cave (walking, Lv 13-19, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 13)
- LV 13NormalScratchPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Falkner
- HM01NormalCutPower 50Accuracy 95%PP 30Ilex Forest
- LV 17GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 33NormalSlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- TM46DarkThiefPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 10Team Rocket HQ (Mahogany Town)
- LV 41GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Diglett to Dugtrio
Diglett evolves into Dugtrio at Level 26. Your Diglett should hit Level 26 before you reach Brock, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 26NormalScratchPower 40Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Falkner
- HM01NormalCutPower 50Accuracy 95%PP 30Ilex Forest
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Gift from an officer in the Route 43 gate
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 37NormalSlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- LV 49GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Diglett in Gold & Silver
Diglett lives in exactly one place in both versions, common whenever you dig in. A single location keeps it simple: go there, and you will not need to look anywhere else for one.
1 location to catch Diglett
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Diglett in GS
The line opens with Diglett at Lv. 13-19 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Diglett ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Dugtrioor evolve from Diglett (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Diglett catch odds in the Gold & Silver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Diglett in Gold & Silver
Diglett spends its whole hunt inside Diglett's Cave, where catching a wild one is the only route, so keep chaining battles there until a shiny finally digs its way out. Compare Shiny Diglett odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Diglett Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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 Gold & Silver 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Diglett Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Diglett
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Gyarados builds →Hydro Pump 2x199-235%KO Blizzard 2x133-157%KO | ||
 Sunflora Grass | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Tangela Grass | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x325-383%KO Blizzard 2x217-256%KO | ||
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | B | |
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x288-339%KO Blizzard 2x192-226%KO | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x239-282%KO Blizzard 2x201-237%KO | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Suicune builds →Surf 2x219-258%KO Blizzard 2x183-216%KO | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Lapras builds →Hydro Pump 2x263-310%KO Ice Beam 2x208-245%KO | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Feraligatr builds →Hydro Pump 2x248-292%KO Blizzard 2x165-195%KO | ||
Diglett Evolutions
Diglett is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Dugtrio. Check the evolution method below. Plenty of partners 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 66 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Beat Up, Feint Attack and 2 more to offspring.
GS Diglett Best Moveset
100 Speed can't compensate for 55 Attack and 10 HP in a format where everything runs Held ItemLeftovers. MoveEarthquake small damage gets healed passively. Goes first, does nothing meaningful, and folds immediately.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Slash
- Mud Slap
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Ancient Power and Beat Up aren't available any other way for Diglett, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Earthquake and Dig 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.
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
17 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its skin is very thin. If it is exposed to light, its blood heats up, causing it to grow weak.
If a DIGLETT DIGS through a field, it leaves the soil perfectly tilled and ideal for planting crops.
Diglett Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, 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 Gold & Silver.
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
Winds & Waves
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