Is Golduck Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
AbilityCloud Nine shuts down weather, including the sandstorm that Hippowdon and Bertha's team generate. Golduck handles Flint and Bertha through Water. Competent but unremarkable in a region where Empoleon, Gyarados, and Floatzel all compete for the same slot.
Psyduck resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Psyduck's weaknesses hard.
Psyduck trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Psyduck's defenses.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Golduck resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Golduck trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Golduck resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Golduck trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Golduck has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Golduck resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Golduck resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Golduck trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Psyduck
Catch Psyduck in Twinleaf Town (Surf, Lv 20-40, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 22WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 48WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Psyduck to Golduck
Psyduck evolves into Golduck at Level 33. Your Psyduck should hit Level 33 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- LV 56WaterHydro PumpPower 180Accuracy 80%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner building in the Battle Park, entered through the Fight Area gatehouse
How to Get Golduck in Diamond & Pearl
Golduck spreads even wider than Psyduck, turning up at 22 surf and walking spots through the mid and late game. The 50 encounters lean common, so the evolved form is an easy grab off the water.
22 locations to catch Golduck17 locations to catch Psyduck
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 1
Badge 2
Badge 3
Badge 4
Badge 5
Badge 6
Badge 7
Badge 8Catch Psyduck at any of the 17 locations below, then level it up to 33 — it evolves into Golduck.
Badge 1 Badge 2 Badge 3 Badge 4 Badge 5 Badge 6 Badge 7Where To Catch Golduck in DP
Psyduck gets you Golduck sooner: catch it at the very start and evolve it at Lv 33. Wild Golduck first appears at Great Marsh (after Badge 3).
- Step 1Catch PsyduckOreburgh Gate - B1FLv.8-10GrassRate 30%Ravaged PathLv.5GrassRate 2%Celestic TownLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Eterna CityLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Lake Acuity - CaveLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Lake ValorLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Lake VerityLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 203Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 204 - SouthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 205 - NorthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 208Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 209Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 210 - NorthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 212 - NorthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 214Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Twinleaf TownLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Route 208Lv.16-18GrassRate 30%Oreburgh Gate - B1FLv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Ravaged PathLv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 30%Route 210 - NorthLv.25GrassRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20-22FloorRate 8%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.22-24FloorRate 8%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.22-24FloorRate 8%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.24-26FloorRate 8%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.24-26FloorRate 8%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Lake Acuity - CaveLv.34-36GrassRate 30%Morning/dayLake Acuity - CaveLv.34-35GrassRate 20%NightLake ValorLv.35-36GrassRate 20%
- Step 2Golduck ✓Celestic TownLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Eterna CityLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Lake Acuity - CaveLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Lake ValorLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Lake VerityLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 203Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 204 - SouthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 205 - NorthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 208Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 209Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 210 - NorthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 212 - NorthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Route 214Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Twinleaf TownLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Great Marsh - Daily PokemonLv.22-26FloorRate 10%Before post-gameGreat Marsh - Daily PokemonLv.22-26FloorRate 10%Post-gameOreburgh Gate - B1FLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Ravaged PathLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Resort AreaLv.40-55Surfing on waterRate 100%Sendoff SpringLv.40-55Surfing on waterRate 100%Route 225Lv.40-55Surfing on waterRate 70%Sendoff SpringLv.53-54GrassRate 20%Route 226Lv.51-53GrassRate 10%Route 230Lv.52GrassRate 10%or evolve from Psyduck (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Golduck catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Golduck in Diamond & Pearl
Golduck cruises the surf around Celestic Town and Eterna City, but the Great Marsh grass is the spot to chain a PokeRadar for its shiny. Compare Shiny Golduck odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Golduck 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 Golduck preloaded.
Golduck Weakness
Golduck's Water typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric and Grass. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses. With 80 HP and balanced defenses, Golduck can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Water, Ice, Steel |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Golduck Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Golduck
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Jolteon Electric | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Golduck Evolutions
Evolved from Psyduck. Golduck is the final form in this two-stage line. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs take an average time to hatch. HP grew the most through evolution (+30 over Psyduck), and Golduck peaks at 500 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Golduck to get Psyduck eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Confuse Ray, Cross Chop, Foresight and 8 more.
DP Golduck Best Moveset
Weather stops working entirely while Golduck is on the field through AbilityCloud Nine, neutralizing sandstorm damage, rain-boosted Water attacks, and sun-boosted Fire in one switch. 95 Sp. Atk powers the moveset's special Water and Psychic coverage, and 85 Speed is serviceable.
Best Build
Golduck best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Surf
- Calm Mind
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power Grass
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Confuse Ray and Cross Chop from the egg pool give Golduck something extra. Pair those with Hydro Pump and Surf for STAB and coverage across 9 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
39 of 41 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
A Pokémon that lives in lakes. It swims faster than any human swimming champion.
The flippers of its well-developed limbs give it shocking speed. It is the best swimmer among Pokémon.
Golduck Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Golduck as a balanced. Splits damage between physical and special. Speed is middling, Surf is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Hardy on Golduck. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
One of the original 151, Golduck has appeared in 21 games: nearly every mainline game. From Red & Blue through the latest titles, it's rarely been left out of a regional Pokedex.
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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