Is Dustox Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Bug/Poison from Hoenn with AbilityShield Dust blocking secondary effects. Transfer-only. Dustox tanks special hits better than Beautifly but still doesn't threaten anything in Sinnoh.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Wurmple here.
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Beautifly resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
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Byron's team hits Beautifly's weaknesses hard.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
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Beautifly resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
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Beautifly has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
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Beautifly trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
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Catch Cascoon
Catch Cascoon on Route 205 (Honey Tree, Lv 5-15, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Maylene
- REMINDERNormalTacklePower 35Accuracy 95%PP 35
Evolve Cascoon to Dustox
Cascoon evolves into Dustox at Level 10. Your Cascoon should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 34BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Cascoon to Beautifly
Silcoon evolves into Beautifly at Level 10. Your Cascoon should hit Level 10 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 34BugSilver WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 41BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Dustox in Diamond & Pearl
Dustox flies a couple of spots, rare in Eterna Forest and uncommon out on a far route. The moth caps the Cascoon side of the Wurmple split, the darker mirror to Beautifly.
Wild Dustox may be holding when caught:
Shed Shell (5% chance) A tough, discarded carapace to be held by a Pokemon. It enables the holder to switch with a waiting Pokemon in battle.2 locations to catch Dustox18 locations to catch Cascoon
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Cascoon at any of the 18 locations below, then level it up to 10 — it evolves into Dustox.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7Where To Catch Dustox in DP
To get Dustox, start by catching Wurmple through headbutt and walking encounters at Lv. 5-15. The chain covers 3 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch WurmpleEterna ForestLv.10-11GrassRate 30%Morning/dayEterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterRate 29%Eterna ForestLv.10GrassRate 20%Night
- Step 2Catch or Evolve CascoonEterna ForestLv.10GrassPearlRate 20%Eterna ForestLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Floaroma MeadowLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Fuego IronworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 205 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 205 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 206Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 207Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 208Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 209Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 210 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 210 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 211 - EastLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 212 - NorthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 212 - SouthLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 213Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 214Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 215Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 218Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 221Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Route 222Lv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%Valley WindworksLv.5-15Honey tree encounterPearlRate 14%or evolve from Wurmple (Step 1)
- Step 3Dustox ✓or evolve from Cascoon (Step 2)
Bring the right balls: check Dustox catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Dustox in Diamond & Pearl
Dustox flutters through Eterna Forest and Route 230 in Pearl, so a PokeRadar chain there lands its shiny. Compare Shiny Dustox odds across every game
Shiny Dustox Evolution
Multi-Path
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Dustox 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 Dustox in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Dustox Weakness
Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock moves hit Dustox for super-effective damage. The Bug/Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Dustox Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Dustox
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Infernape builds →Fire Blast 2x111-132%KO Rock Slide 2x58-68% Aerial Ace 2x46-55% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Gliscor builds →Aerial Ace 2x65-77% Rock Slide 2x54-64% Fire Fang 2x47-56% | ||
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x92-109%KO Dream Eater 2x52-61% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Armaldo builds →Rock Slide 2x100-118%KO Aerial Ace 2x54-64% | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Aerodactyl builds →Fly 2x104-123%KO Rock Slide 2x89-105%KO Fire Fang 2x52-61% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x110-130%KO Aerial Ace 2x48-58% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Kabutops builds →Rock Slide 2x94-111%KO Aerial Ace 2x50-59% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Drifblim builds →Fly 2x85-100%KO Dream Eater 2x56-67% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Dustox View Yanmega builds →Air Slash 2x77-91% Dream Eater 2x68-80% Ancient Power 2x42-50% | ||
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
Dustox Evolutions
You get Dustox from Wurmple at level 10. It's one of 2 possible evolutions in this branching family, each requiring its own method. Breed through Wurmple to get eggs. The evolution from Wurmple pushed Dustox to 385 total stats. Sp.Def saw the largest single gain at +60. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Dustox to get Wurmple eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group.
DP Dustox Best Moveset
90 Sp. Def makes Dustox a passable special tank for a Bug type, but 50 in both Attack stats means the moveset can't deal damage. AbilityShield Dust prevents secondary effects from landing, which is niche. Defensive utility only.
Best Build
Dustox best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Toxic
- Bug Buzz
- Roost
- Light Screen
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The level-up pool is slim, so TMs matter here. Dustox's Psychic and Flying coverage and more all comes from technical machines, built on top of Bug Buzz and Sludge Bomb for same-type damage. Bug Buzz and Energy Ball are the payoff moves.
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
31 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
A nocturnal Pokémon. Drawn by streetlights, they messily eat the leaves of trees lining boulevards.
It violently flutters its wings to scatter toxic dust when attacked. It becomes active after sunset.
Dustox Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Dustox in Diamond & Pearl can hold Shed Shell (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Shed Shell.
For Diamond & Pearl, it depends on your team. Dustox rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Bug/Poison coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Dustox as a support. Special attacks are the main output. Not the fastest,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Calm on Dustox. +Sp. Def is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the support role.
Game Availability
Debuting in Ruby & Sapphire, Dustox appears in 14 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through wild encounters.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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