Is Drowzee Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Not in the Sinnoh regional dex. Transfer-only Psychic from Kanto. AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep. Alakazam and Espeon both outperform Hypno at everything Drowzee would eventually do.
Drowzee has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Drowzee trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Hypno has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Hypno trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Drowzee on Route 215 (walking, Lv 20-21, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- LV 26PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 50PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 53PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Drowzee to Hypno
Drowzee evolves into Hypno at Level 26. Your Drowzee should hit Level 26 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 28PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 50PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 64PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 69PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Drowzee in Diamond & Pearl
You can only catch Drowzee on Route 215 while its daily Swarm is active, common at level 20. Check the Sinnoh swarm list each morning, because nothing shows up there otherwise.
1 location to catch Drowzee
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Where To Catch Drowzee in DP
- Step 1Drowzee ✓
- Step 2Evolve into HypnoBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Drowzee egg.
Bring the right balls: check Drowzee catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Drowzee in Diamond & Pearl
Drowzee surfaces during its Route 215 swarm, so chain it with the PokeRadar right then for the shiny rate. Compare Shiny Drowzee odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Drowzee 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 Drowzee in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Drowzee Weakness
Drowzee is weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. Drowzee's special bulk (base 90 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Drowzee Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Drowzee
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x95-113%KO Shadow Ball 2x47-56% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Spiritomb builds →Shadow Ball 2x72-85% Feint Attack 2x89-106%KO | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x95-113%KO Sucker Punch 2x60-71% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Beedrill builds →U-turn 2x101-120%KO Payback 2x49-59% | ||
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Rotom builds →Shadow Ball 2x74-88% Thief 2x27-33% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x72-85% Payback 2x46-54% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x68-81% Payback 2x38-45% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Murkrow builds →Shadow Ball 2x46-54% Assurance 2x72-85% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Mothim builds →U-turn 2x105-124%KO Shadow Ball 2x49-59% Thief 2x41-49% | ||
 Stunky PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Stunky builds →Payback 2x56-67% Shadow Ball 2x27-33% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Vespiquen builds →U-turn 2x93-109%KO Pursuit 2x35-42% | ||
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Drowzee View Butterfree builds →Silver Wind 2x53-64% Shadow Ball 2x47-56% Thief 2x26-31% | ||
Drowzee Evolutions
Drowzee evolves into Hypno. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 155 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Drowzee easily with 39 breeding partners from the Human-Like egg group. Pass egg moves like Assist, Barrier, Fire Punch and 6 more to offspring.
DP Drowzee Best Moveset
90 Special Defense gives some bulk against special moves, but 43 Special Attack and 42 Speed are painfully low. No moveset can salvage these stats. Evolve into Hypno if you want a Psychic-type tank.
Best Build
Drowzee best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Screens Setter Moveset
- Reflect
- Focus Punch
- Zen Headbutt
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Drowzee. Assist and Barrier come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Future Sight and Dream Eater and coverage across 8 types.
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
37 of 40 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
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Drowzee Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Drowzee does the job early-game if you need a Psychic type on your team. Evolve it into Hypno before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Drowzee has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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 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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