Is Dugtrio Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Kanto postgame only. Dugtrio is still one of the fastest things in the game and Ground-type attacks handle Lt. Surge and Blaine rematches. But it can't help with Johto at all. A Kanto cleanup specialist.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Dugtrio resists most of Morty's coverage and hits back hard.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
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 Lt. Surge's coverage and hits back hard.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Erika's team.
Dugtrio trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Dugtrio 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 Dugtrio in Diglett's Cave (walking, Lv 19-29, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 19)
- LV 19GroundDigPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 19NormalScratchPower 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 Dugtrio in Gold & Silver
Dugtrio shares that lone cave with Diglett, uncommon and sitting at a higher level. If the spawn rate stalls on you, raising a Diglett to 26 gets there without the wait.
1 location to catch Dugtrio1 location to catch Diglett
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Catch Diglett at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 26 — it evolves into Dugtrio.
Badge 8Where To Catch Dugtrio in GS
To get Dugtrio, start by catching Diglett through walking encounters at Lv. 13-19. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch Diglett
Not landing the catch? Calculate Dugtrio catch rates for Gold & Silver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Dugtrio in Gold & Silver
Dugtrio surface in Diglett's Cave far less often than Diglett, so most hunters chase the common Diglett for the shine and evolve it into Dugtrio instead. Compare Shiny Dugtrio odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Dugtrio 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Dugtrio preloaded.
Dugtrio Weakness
Dugtrio's Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, and Ice. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. At base 120 Speed, Dugtrio outspeeds most threats and doesn't need to tank what it can outrun.
| 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 Dugtrio Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Dugtrio
 Gyarados Water | B | |
Obtain MethodLake Of Rage Good Rod Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dugtrio View Gyarados builds →Hydro Pump 2x110-130%KO Blizzard 2x73-87% | ||
 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 Dugtrio View Vaporeon builds →Hydro Pump 2x180-212%KO Blizzard 2x120-141%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 Dugtrio View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 2x159-188%KO Blizzard 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodSlowpoke Well Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dugtrio View Slowbro builds →Surf 2x132-156%KO Blizzard 2x111-131%KO | ||
 Suicune Water | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dugtrio View Suicune builds →Surf 2x121-142%KO Blizzard 2x102-120%KO | ||
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dugtrio View Lapras builds →Hydro Pump 2x146-172%KO Ice Beam 2x115-136%KO | ||
 Feraligatr Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Totodile (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dugtrio View Feraligatr builds →Hydro Pump 2x137-162%KO Blizzard 2x91-108%KO | ||
Dugtrio Evolutions
Dugtrio is the evolved form of Diglett. Breeding produces Diglett eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Diglett gave Dugtrio the biggest boost in HP (+25), bringing the total to 405 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Dugtrio to get Diglett eggs easily using 66 partners from the Field egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Beat Up, Feint Attack and 2 more.
GS Dugtrio Best Moveset
120 Speed still outspeeds nearly everything, but MoveEarthquake from 80 Attack no longer picks off threats as cleanly with Held ItemLeftovers healing small damage every turn. Ground coverage traps Electric types, but 35 HP means one misprediction ends the game. Fast and fragile in a format that favors bulk.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Sludge Bomb
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Ancient Power and Beat Up on Dugtrio. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Earthquake and Dig, they expand what Dugtrio can actually threaten in practice.
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 22 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its three heads bob separately up and down to loosen the soil nearby, making it easier for it to burrow.
Extremely powerful, they can DIG through even the hardest ground to a depth of over 60 miles.
Dugtrio Gold & Silver Guide
For Gold & Silver, it depends on your team. Dugtrio rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Ground coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Yes. Dugtrio is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Dugtrio becomes available after the main story is complete in Gold & Silver.
Dugtrio has an Alolan form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 7. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
In Gold & Silver, use Dugtrio as a support. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats, Earthquake is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Dugtrio first appeared in Red & Blue and spans 20 games across 9 generations. It later gained an Alolan form in Generation 7, adding new dimensions to its competitive identity.
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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