Is Gastly Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Old Chateau encounter right after Gardenia's gym. Ghost/Poison with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Fantina is the third gym in Platinum, and Gastly's Ghost typing gives it a home-field advantage if you evolve fast enough.
Gastly trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gastly trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Gastly trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Haunter has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Gengar has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Gengar trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Gengar has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Gengar trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Gengar has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Gengar has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Gengar trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Gengar has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Gengar has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Gengar has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Gengar has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Gengar trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Gastly in Eterna Forest (walking, Lv 13, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Won at the Veilstone Game Corner after playing ten bonus rounds in a row on the slots
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 29GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Maylene
- TUTORGhostOminous WindPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 212
- LV 33PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 36DarkDark PulsePower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gastly to Haunter
Gastly evolves into Haunter at Level 25. Your Gastly should hit Level 25 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM65GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Fantina
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Won at the Veilstone Game Corner after playing ten bonus rounds in a row on the slots
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- TM06PoisonToxicPower —Accuracy 85%PP 10Route 212
- LV 33GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- LV 39PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Haunter to Gengar
Haunter evolves into Gengar when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Crasher Wake.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM65GhostShadow ClawPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Prize for defeating Fantina
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Won at the Veilstone Game Corner after playing ten bonus rounds in a row on the slots
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 33GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Crasher Wake
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Item ball on B2F of the Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone City
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Gastly in Platinum
Gastly haunts the Old Chateau, twenty-six encounters in four areas at levels 13 to 22, common to rare. Slotting any Gen 3 cartridge in opens up where this ghost drifts through the mansion.
4 locations to catch Gastly
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Where To Catch Gastly in Pt
Gastly is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking and trade encounters from Lv. 13-37 across 46 total spots in the chain.
- Step 1Gastly ✓Old ChateauLv.14-17GrassRate 100%Old Chateau - 2F Room 2Lv.14-17GrassRate 100%Old Chateau - 2F Room 4Lv.14-17GrassRate 100%Turnback Cave - Section 1Lv.15-17CaveRate 40%Morning/dayTurnback Cave - Section 1Lv.15-17CaveRate 30%NightEterna ForestLv.13GrassRate 4%Lost Tower - 1FLv.17-20FloorRate 65%Morning/dayLost Tower - 2FLv.17-20FloorRate 65%Morning/dayLost Tower - 3FLv.18-21FloorRate 64%Morning/dayLost Tower - 4FLv.18-21FloorRate 60%Morning/dayLost Tower - 5FLv.19-22FloorRate 55%Morning/dayLost Tower - 1FLv.17-20FloorRate 45%NightLost Tower - 2FLv.17-20FloorRate 45%NightLost Tower - 3FLv.18-21FloorRate 44%NightLost Tower - 4FLv.18-21FloorRate 40%NightLost Tower - 5FLv.19-22FloorRate 35%NightLost Tower - 4FLv.21FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: RubyLost Tower - 4FLv.21FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: SapphireLost Tower - 4FLv.21FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: EmeraldLost Tower - 4FLv.21FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: FireRedLost Tower - 4FLv.21FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: LeafGreenLost Tower - 5FLv.22FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: RubyLost Tower - 5FLv.22FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: SapphireLost Tower - 5FLv.22FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: EmeraldLost Tower - 5FLv.22FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: FireRedLost Tower - 5FLv.22FloorRate 4%Dual-slot: LeafGreen
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into HaunterTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 1Lv.25-27CaveRate 40%Morning/dayTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 2Lv.25-27CaveRate 40%Morning/dayTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 3Lv.25-27CaveRate 40%Morning/dayTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 4Lv.25-27CaveRate 40%Morning/dayTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 5Lv.25-27CaveRate 40%Morning/dayTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 6Lv.25-27CaveRate 40%Morning/dayTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 1Lv.25-27CaveRate 30%NightTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 2Lv.25-27CaveRate 30%NightTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 3Lv.25-27CaveRate 30%NightTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 4Lv.25-27CaveRate 30%NightTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 5Lv.25-27CaveRate 30%NightTurnback Cave - Section 2 Room 6Lv.25-27CaveRate 30%NightTurnback Cave - Section 3Lv.35-37CaveRate 40%Morning/dayTurnback Cave - Section 3Lv.35-37CaveRate 30%NightSnowpoint CityIn-game tradeLimitedTrade for (give Medicham)or evolve from Gastly (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Gastly catch rates for Platinum by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Gastly in Platinum
Gastly haunts the Old Chateau and Turnback Cave, but it also drifts through Eterna Forest's grass where a Poké Radar chain to 40 lands a 1 in 200 shiny. Compare Shiny Gastly odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Gastly 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 Platinum with Gastly preloaded.
Gastly Weakness
Gastly is weak to Ground, Psychic, Ghost, and Dark. On the flip side, it's immune to Normal and Fighting-type moves entirely. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Gastly leans toward special offense (base 100 Sp.Atk) instead of trying to wall anything.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Normal, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Gastly Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Gastly
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gastly View Kadabra builds →Confusion 2x131-156%KO Thief 2x35-42% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
 Cubone Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gastly View Cubone builds →Bone Club 2x100-119%KO Thief 2x42-50% | ||
 Drifloon Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Gastly View Drifloon builds →Payback 2x52-63% Astonish 2x52-63% | ||
Gastly Evolutions
Gastly kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Haunter all the way to Gengar. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 190 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Gastly easily with 31 breeding partners from the Amorphous egg group. Pass egg moves like Astonish, Explosion, Fire Punch and 7 more to offspring.
Pt Gastly Best Moveset
100 Sp. Atk and AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity at the unevolved stage are impressive. The moveset fires special Ghost and Poison attacks, but 30 HP and 30 Defense fold to any physical hit. Haunter, then Gengar.
Best Build
Gastly best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Shadow Ball
- Will O Wisp
- Explosion
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Gastly gets Astonish and Explosion exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Coverage across 7 types rounds out the picture alongside Sludge Bomb and Shadow Ball.
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
34 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.
Gastly Platinum Guide
In Platinum, for a casual playthrough, Gastly works as a placeholder. Ghost/Poison coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Haunter. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Gastly appears in 22 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Gastly have the longest track record of availability in the series.
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
Winds & Waves
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