Is Gible Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Hidden entrance under the Cycling Road leads to Wayward Cave where Gible waits. Ground/Dragon with AbilitySand Veil for sandstorm evasion. Garchomp at 48 is the payoff. The late evolution is a long grind, but nothing in Sinnoh rewards investment like this line does.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gible trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Gabite trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Gabite trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Gabite trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Gabite has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Garchomp resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Garchomp resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Garchomp has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Gible in Wayward Cave (walking, Lv 15-17, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 27DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 31GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 37DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gible to Gabite
Gible evolves into Gabite at Level 24. Your Gible should hit Level 24 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 33DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 40GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- LV 49DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Gabite to Garchomp
Gabite evolves into Garchomp at Level 48. Your Gabite should hit Level 48 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 48)
- LV 48GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 48DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 55DragonDragon RushPower 150Accuracy 75%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Gible in Diamond & Pearl
Gible burrows deep in Wayward Cave, an uncommon catch at level 15 to 17. The land shark hides in the hidden lower floor of that cave, so reaching it takes a detour most players miss.
Wild Gible may be holding when caught:
Haban Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Dragon-type attack to halve the damage.1 location to catch Gible
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Where To Catch Gible in DP
- Step 1Gible ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Garchomp
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Gible.
How to Get Shiny Gible in Diamond & Pearl
Gible lurks in the deep pit of Wayward Cave, where a patient PokeRadar chain brings its coveted shiny to 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Gible odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Gible Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
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 | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Gible.
Gible Weakness
Gible's Dragon/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Ice and Dragon. Ice hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Ice |
| 2x (Weak) | Dragon |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
Gible Evolutions
Gible kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Gabite all the way to Garchomp. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 300 total stats over Gible. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Gible easily with 30 breeding partners from the Dragon and Monster egg groups. Pass egg moves like Body Slam, Double-Edge, Dragon Breath and 7 more to offspring.
DP Gible Best Moveset
Dragon/Ground typing at stats in the 40-70 range previews Garchomp's dominance but can't deliver it. AbilitySand Veil raises evasion in sandstorm. The moveset has physical Dragon and Ground attacks at low power. Gabite, then Garchomp.
Best Build
Gible best EVs are Attack and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Outrage
- Fire Blast
- Earthquake
- Substitute
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Body Slam and Double-Edge on Gible. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Draco Meteor and Outrage, they expand what Gible 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. 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 35 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It nests in small, horizontal holes in cave walls. It pounces to catch prey that stray too close.
It once lived in the tropics. To avoid the cold, it lives in caves warmed by geothermal heat.
Gible Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Gible in Diamond & Pearl can hold Haban Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Haban Berry.
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Gible works as a placeholder. Dragon/Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Gabite. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Gible appears in 14 games across 6 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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
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