Is Diglett Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Rare Route 48 encounter in Johto, and common later in Diglett's Cave once you reach Kanto. Ground-type with AbilityArena Trap preventing opponent switches. Dugtrio at level 26 is the destination. AbilityArena Trap also has Battle Frontier applications.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Diglett trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's team hits Diglett's weaknesses hard.
Dugtrio resists most of Jasmine's coverage and hits back hard.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Dugtrio resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Dugtrio resists most of Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Dugtrio resists most of Blaine's coverage and hits back hard.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Dugtrio has the type edge here and should clean up 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.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Diglett on Route 48 (walking, Lv 20, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Whitney
- TM65GhostShadow ClawPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 42
- LV 23DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 26GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 29GroundMud BombPower 98Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 37GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
Evolve Diglett to Dugtrio
Diglett evolves into Dugtrio at Level 26. Your Diglett should hit Level 26 before you reach Jasmine, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 26)
- LV 26GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 26DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 26NormalTri AttackPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 28GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 33GroundMud BombPower 98Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Jasmine
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 43
- LV 45GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
How to Get Diglett in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Diglett pops up common in its namesake Diglett's Cave near Vermilion, and also from Rock Smash on the rubble in the city. That Kanto cave is the heart of it, an easy dig once you cross over from Johto.
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.3 locations to catch Diglett
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Where To Catch Diglett in HGSS
Diglett is where the line starts, caught through walking and rock smash encounters at Lv. 13-37. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Dugtrioor evolve from Diglett (Step 1)
Bring the right balls: check Diglett catch odds in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Diglett in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Diglett pops up throughout Diglett's Cave, though a shiny comes fastest from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Diglett odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Diglett 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Diglett in the HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 | |
 Gyarados Water | S | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Gyarados builds →Aqua Tail 2x374-440%KO Ice Fang 2x181-213%KO | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Jumpluff Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodSafari Zone Surfing | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Meganium Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chikorita (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
 Tentacruel WaterPoison | B | |
Obtain MethodCherrygrove City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Tentacruel builds →Surf 2x192-227%KO Ice Beam 2x127-152%KO | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Feraligatr builds →Surf 2x192-227%KO Ice Beam 2x127-152%KO | ||
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodIlex Forest Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Golduck builds →Surf 2x226-266%KO Ice Beam 2x150-177%KO | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Floatzel builds →Surf 2x205-242%KO Ice Beam 2x137-161%KO | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Diglett View Lapras builds →Surf 2x205-242%KO Ice Beam 2x205-242%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 7 more to offspring.
HGSS Diglett Best Moveset
Locking grounded opponents with AbilityArena Trap and outspeeding them at 95 Speed is the entire function. The moveset fires MoveEarthquake at 55 Attack, which is enough against trapped targets with Ground weakness. 10 HP means any hit is the last one.
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
All 22 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Yes. Wild Diglett in HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver, for a casual playthrough, Diglett works as a placeholder. Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Dugtrio. That's where the stats start mattering.
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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