VaporeonWater StoneJolteonThunder StoneFlareonFire StoneEspeonHigh Friendship (Day)UmbreonHigh Friendship (Night)LeafeonMoss RockGlaceonIce Rock
Is Eevee Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Gift from Bebe in Hearthome City, available earlier in Platinum than in Diamond and Pearl. Seven evolution paths including Gen 4's Leafeon at Eterna Forest's Moss Rock and Glaceon at Route 217's Ice Rock. The most flexible single Pokemon you can get.
Roark's typing presses Eevee's defenses.
Eevee trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Fantina's Pokemon outpace and outclass Vaporeon here.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Fantina:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Maylene:
Crasher Wake's typing presses Vaporeon's defenses.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Crasher Wake:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Byron:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Candice:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Volkner:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Aaron:
Vaporeon resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flint:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lucian:
Vaporeon resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Jupiter:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Mars:
Vaporeon has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Saturn:
Vaporeon trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Cynthia:
Gift
Eevee is given to you as a gift in Hearthome City at Lv 20. Receive from Bebe in the northwest house in Hearthome City.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Snowpoint City
- LV 43NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Catch Eevee
Catch Eevee in Trophy Garden (walking, Lv 22, rare). Post-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Byron
- TUTORNormalSwiftPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Snowpoint City
- LV 43NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 195Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Eevee to Vaporeon
Eevee evolves into Vaporeon with a Water Stone. You can pick up the Water Stone in Route 213. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORWaterDivePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 212
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15From Cynthia's grandmother inside the ruins
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 135Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- LV 78WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
Evolve Eevee to Jolteon
Eevee evolves into Jolteon with a Thunder Stone. You can pick up the Thunder Stone in Sunyshore City. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM34ElectricShock WavePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 215
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 43ElectricThunder FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71ElectricThunderPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- LV 78ElectricDischargePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
Evolve Eevee to Flareon
Eevee evolves into Flareon with a Fire Stone. You can pick up the Fire Stone in Fuego Ironworks. 2 other locations are also available.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 150Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Eevee to Espeon
Eevee evolves into Espeon with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Fantina.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORPsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15Route 212
- LV 36PsychicPsybeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 43PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 64PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Eevee to Umbreon
Eevee evolves into Umbreon with high friendship. Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Fantina.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- REMINDERDarkBitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 25
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORDarkSucker PunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 212
- LV 36DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Eevee to Leafeon
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Fantina, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 43GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71GrassLeaf BladePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Eevee to Glaceon
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Fantina, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 43IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 50NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 71IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Eevee in Platinum
Bebe gives you one Eevee in Hearthome City, and after the National Dex a wild one appears rare in the Trophy Garden at level 22. Either source is fine, since you only really need a single Eevee.
2 locations to catch Eevee
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5Where To Catch Eevee in Pt
- Step 1Eevee ✓Trophy Garden - Daily PokemonLv.22GrassRate 5%Post-gameHearthome CityLv.20Gift from NPCLimitedGift from Bebe
Available in-game· 7 pathsPick one
- VaporeonUse Water StoneGetFound at Route 213: At the easternmost shallow water at the southern part of Route 213, north of Swimmers Evan and Mary (requir...
- EspeonHigh Friendship — Daytime
- UmbreonHigh Friendship — Nighttime
- LeafeonLevel up (use Leaf Stone, or level up near a Moss-rock)
- GlaceonLevel up (use Ice Stone, or level up near an Ice-rock)
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Eevee preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Eevee in Platinum
Eevee appears rarely in the Trophy Garden, so a Poké Radar chain held to 40 is the route to its shiny. Compare Shiny Eevee odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Eevee Calculator
4 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Platinum shiny odds calculator with Eevee already selected.
Eevee Weakness
Fighting moves hit Eevee for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Just 1 weak spot to worry about, which keeps teambuilding straightforward.
| 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 Eevee Weak Against
Good
Eevee Evolutions
From here, Eevee's line branches into Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, and Glaceon. That's 7 possible evolutions, each with its own method. The evolved forms gain up to 200 total stats over Eevee. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Eevee (with patience) with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Charm, Covet, Curse and 6 more to offspring.
Pt Eevee Best Moveset
Seven evolution paths make Eevee more valuable as a branching point than as a battler. The moveset has Normal attacks at flat 55 stats and nothing competitive. Pick an evolution based on what the team needs.
Best Build
Eevee best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Quick Attack
- Bite
- Return
- Iron Tail
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Eevee misses out on Charm and Covet. That's 9 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Last Resort and Take Down, with Dark and Ground coverage and more rounding things out.
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
20 of 21 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Because its genetic makeup is irregular, it quickly changes its form due to a variety of causes.
Eevee Event Distributions
In Platinum, Eevee has been offered just once as a Mystery Gift event Pokemon.
Eevee Collection Commemoration GiftHeartGoldSoulSilverDiamondPearlPlatinumNot shiny
Eevee Platinum Guide
For Platinum, you can run Eevee through the first few routes without issues. 325 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Vaporeon as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Since debuting in Red & Blue, Eevee has appeared in 22 titles over 9 generations. Along the way, it received a Gigantamax form in Generation 8, keeping it relevant across different competitive metas.
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 8SwShGigantamax
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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