Is Dunsparce Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Not in the Sinnoh dex. Transfer-only Normal. AbilitySerene Grace doubles secondary effect chances. Dunsparce with Serene Grace MoveHeadbutt flinches 60% of the time. Entertaining but never threatening. The stats are too low for anything serious.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Dunsparce resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Dunsparce has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Dunsparce trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Dunsparce on Route 208 (walking, Lv 16, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 37NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Diamond & Pearl Dunsparce Locations
The lone Dunsparce arrives through a Swarm on one route, common at level 16 while it lasts. Miss that daily window and the land snake is gone until the swarm cycles back around.
1 location to catch Dunsparce
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Best Locations to Catch Dunsparce in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Dunsparce in Diamond & Pearl
Dunsparce only appears during its Route 208 swarm, so chain it with the PokeRadar right then for the shiny. Compare Shiny Dunsparce odds across every game
Shiny Dunsparce Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Dunsparce 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Dunsparce preloaded.
Dunsparce Weakness
Type-wise, Dunsparce takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. With 100 HP and balanced defenses, Dunsparce can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Dunsparce Weak Against
Good
Dunsparce Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Dunsparce is a standalone Pokemon with a massive partner pool for breeding through one egg group. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Dunsparce easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Astonish, Bide and 7 more to offspring.
DP Dunsparce Best Moveset
Flinch chance on MoveHeadbutt doubles from 30% to 60% through AbilitySerene Grace, and combined with paralysis from MoveThunder Wave, the moveset prevents opponents from ever attacking. Not powerful, but extremely annoying. 100 HP and 70 in both defenses barely hold up.
Best Build
Dunsparce best EVs are HP and Speed
Support Moveset
- Headbutt
- Rock Slide
- Roost
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Dunsparce can spread damage across 13 types, with Rock and Dark punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Double-Edge and Take Down keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
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
42 of 45 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It digs into the ground with its tail and makes a mazelike nest. It can fly just a little.
Dunsparce Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Dunsparce has 415 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Diamond & Pearl, Dunsparce plays as a balanced. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully. Headbutt is the primary attack.
In Diamond & Pearl, Impish is the go-to nature for Dunsparce. That's +Defense / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 HP / 100 Def / 156 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Dunsparce appears in 17 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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
Winds & Waves
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