What does Hippopotas evolve into?

Get Hippopotas to Hippowdon at level 34. At 330 BST, Hippopotas is just the starting point.

At what level does Hippopotas evolve?

Level 34 gets you Hippowdon . Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

Should I use Hippopotas?

In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Hippopotas works as a placeholder. Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Hippowdon . That's where the stats start mattering.

Where can you catch Hippopotas?

You can find Hippopotas in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 13 other games across the series.

Hippopotas - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Physical

Balanced

DTier

32Speed · Very Slow

Stats & Training

Nothing fancy in Hippopotas's spread. It leans physical with Defense out front. And you'll get 1 Defense EV per KO for it. Follows a slow 1.25M XP grind.

Base Stats

Avg

HP68

Attack72

Defense78

Sp. Atk38

Sp. Def42

Speed32

Total330

Details

Catch Rate

Moderate140 / 255

Growth Rate

Slow1.25M XP

Height0.8 m

Weight49.5 kg

Base XP66

Abilities

Sand Stream

Summons a sandstorm that lasts indefinitely upon entering battle.

Sand ForceHA

Strengthens rock, ground, and steel moves to 1.3× their power during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

EV Yield

HPAtkDef+1SpASpDSpe

Defense training source

Pokedex Entries

It lives in arid places. Instead of perspiration, it expels grainy sand from its body.

Hippopotas Weakness

Water, Grass, and Ice moves hit Hippopotas for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all. Hippopotas's physical bulk (base 78 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.

Hippopotas Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Water, Grass, Ice
0.5x (Resist)	Poison, Rock
0x (Immune)	Electric

Type ChartAvg

3Weak

2Resist

1Immune

Score-1

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Water Grass Ice

½xResist

Poison Rock

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

Electric

STAB (5)

Fire Electric Poison Rock Steel

How to Beat Hippopotas in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (Best Counters)

Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 BlizzardTM14 Energy BallTM53 Ice BeamTM13 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 172-203%KO Blizzard 2x 158-187%KO Energy Ball 2x 130-153%KO Ice Beam 2x 130-153%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Budew GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 Energy BallTM53 Giga DrainTM19 Bullet SeedTM09 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 110-130%KO Energy Ball 2x 84-100%KO Giga Drain 2x 70-83% Bullet Seed 2x 13-17% View Budew builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 ScaldTM49 BrineTM55 Damage vs Hippopotas Blizzard 2x 73-87% Ice Beam 2x 60-71% Scald 2x 79-93% Brine 2x 64-77% View Wingull builds →
Surskit BugWater	D
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 ScaldTM49 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 73-87% Blizzard 2x 68-80% Ice Beam 2x 57-67% Scald 2x 76-90% View Surskit builds →
Marill WaterFairy	D
Obtain MethodGreat Marsh Surfing Available Moves Moves Hydro PumpLv. 30 BlizzardTM14 Aqua TailLv. 19 SurfTM95 Damage vs Hippopotas Hydro Pump 2x 62-73% Blizzard 2x 41-49% Aqua Tail 2x 33-40% Surf 2x 50-60% View Marill builds →

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Evolution

Hippopotas is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Hippowdon. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are slow to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 195 total stats over Hippopotas. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#449Hippopotas

Level 34

#450Hippowdon

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Hippopotas

Ground

Hippowdon

Ground

108+40

ATK

112+40

DEF

118+40

SP.ATK

68+30

SP.DEF

72+30

SPE

47+15

BST

330C-Tier

525B-Tier+195

ROLE

Balanced

Tank

TYPE

Physical

Breeding

Easy

Breed Hippopotas easily with 131 breeding partners from the Ground egg group. Pass egg moves like Body Slam, Curse, Revenge and 6 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

Ground

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

30 cycles·7,710 steps

Moderate~8 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

9moves

Breed With (best first)

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Hippopotas Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 8.

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Moves

Don't skip the egg moves. Hippopotas picks up Body Slam and Curse only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Earthquake and Dig while Normal and Dark coverage and more adds range.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Sand Attack

D—10015Ground

Lv 1

Tackle

D4010035Normal

Lv 4

Bite

D6010025Dark

Lv 8

Yawn

C——10Normal

Lv 12

Sand Tomb

D358515Ground

Lv 16

Dig

C8010010Ground

Lv 20

Crunch

D8010015Dark

Lv 24

Sandstorm

D——10Rock

Lv 28

Take Down

D908520Normal

Lv 32

Roar-6

C——20Normal

Lv 36

Rest

C——10Psychic

Lv 40

Earthquake

C10010010Ground

Lv 44

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Lv 48

Fissure

——305Ground

Lv 52

Slack Off

C——10Normal

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

C—10015Normal

TM83

Bulldoze

C6010020Ground

TM28

Dig

C8010010Ground

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM26

Earthquake

C10010010Ground

TM58

Endure+4

C——10Normal

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM23

Iron Tail

D1007515Steel

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM05

Roar-6

C——20Normal

TM80

Rock Slide

D759010Rock

TM98

Rock Smash

D4010015Fighting

TM39

Rock Tomb

D609515Rock

TM37

Sandstorm

D——10Rock

TM82

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM76

Stealth Rock

C——20Rock

TM96

Strength

—8010015Normal

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

D—8515Normal

TM03

Water Pulse

D6010020Water

Egg Moves

Egg

Body Slam

C8510015Normal

Egg

Curse

C——10Ghost

Egg

Revenge-4

D6010010Fighting

Egg

Sand Tomb

D358515Ground

Egg

Slack Off

C——10Normal

Egg

Spit Up

D—10010Normal

Egg

Stockpile

D——20Normal

Egg

Swallow

D——10Normal

Egg

Whirlwind-6

D——20Normal

Tutor Moves

Hippopotas can't learn any Tutor moves

Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Hippopotas Locations

A solid number of locations for Hippopotas with decent spawn rates across mid-game routes. The sort toggle below swaps between best odds and earliest access, so you can approach it based on where you are in the game.

Best Locations to Catch Hippopotas in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

Hippopotas's encounter pool splits between Shining Pearl and Brilliant Diamond. You've got 12 walking spots at Lv. 22-29 total, but your version determines which ones actually show up.

Ruin Maniac Tunnel - 26 Unown caught

Shining PearlGrass Lv.22-25 Cave

20%Mid

Ruin Maniac Tunnel - 26 Unown caught

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.22-25 Cave

20%Mid

Ruin Maniac Tunnel - 10-25 Unown caught

Shining PearlGrass Lv.22-24 Cave

10%Mid

Ruin Maniac Tunnel - 10-25 Unown caught

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.22-24 Cave

10%Mid

Big Bluff Cavern

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Defog

Big Bluff Cavern

Shining PearlGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Defog

Rocky Cave

Shining PearlGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Defog

Rocky Cave

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.25-29 Cave

Mid

Requires Defog

Sandsear Cave

Shining PearlGrass Lv.25-29 Desert

Mid

Requires Defog

Sandsear Cave

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.25-29 Desert

Mid

Requires Defog

Ruin Maniac Tunnel - 0-9 Unown caught

Brilliant DiamondGrass Lv.22-23 Cave

5%Mid

Ruin Maniac Tunnel - 0-9 Unown caught

Shining PearlGrass Lv.22-23 Cave

5%Mid

Hippopotas Guide

Get Hippopotas to Hippowdon at level 34. At 330 BST, Hippopotas is just the starting point.
Level 34 gets you Hippowdon. Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Hippopotas works as a placeholder. Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Hippowdon. That's where the stats start mattering.
You can find Hippopotas in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 13 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Hippopotas appears in 14 games across 7 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

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Budew GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Energy BallTM53 Giga DrainTM19 Bullet SeedTM09 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Hippopotas Energy Ball 2x 97-117%KO Giga Drain 2x 83-100%KO Bullet Seed 2x 19-25% Absorb 2x 28-33% View Budew builds →
Surskit BugWater	D
Available Moves Moves ScaldTM49 Giga DrainTM19 Water PulseTM03 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Hippopotas Scald 2x 83-100%KO Giga Drain 2x 56-67% Water Pulse 2x 69-83% Water Gun 2x 47-58% View Surskit builds →
Psyduck Water	D
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves SurfTM95 WaterfallTM99 ScaldTM49 BrineTM55 Damage vs Hippopotas Surf 2x 111-133%KO Waterfall 2x 61-75% Scald 2x 97-117%KO Brine 2x 83-100%KO View Psyduck builds →

Budew GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Energy BallTM53 Giga DrainTM19 Bullet SeedTM09 AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Hippopotas Energy Ball 2x 83-100%KO Giga Drain 2x 71-86% Bullet Seed 2x 17-21% Absorb 2x 24-29% View Budew builds →
Surskit BugWater	D
Available Moves Moves ScaldTM49 Giga DrainTM19 Water PulseTM03 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Hippopotas Scald 2x 71-86% Giga Drain 2x 48-57% Water Pulse 2x 60-71% Water Gun 2x 40-50% View Surskit builds →
Buizel Water	D
Available Moves Moves SurfTM95 WaterfallTM99 ScaldTM49 BrineTM55 Damage vs Hippopotas Surf 2x 90-107%KO Waterfall 2x 60-71% Scald 2x 83-100%KO Brine 2x 67-79% View Buizel builds →
Shellos Water	D
Available Moves Moves SurfTM95 ScaldTM49 BrineTM55 Water PulseTM03 Damage vs Hippopotas Surf 2x 90-107%KO Scald 2x 79-93% Brine 2x 67-79% Water Pulse 2x 60-71% View Shellos builds →
Psyduck Water	D
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves SurfTM95 WaterfallTM99 ScaldTM49 BrineTM55 Damage vs Hippopotas Surf 2x 95-114%KO Waterfall 2x 52-64% Scald 2x 83-100%KO Brine 2x 71-86% View Psyduck builds →

Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 BlizzardTM14 Energy BallTM53 Ice BeamTM13 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 168-198%KO Blizzard 2x 154-181%KO Energy Ball 2x 127-150%KO Ice Beam 2x 127-150%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Budew GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 Energy BallTM53 Giga DrainTM19 Bullet SeedTM09 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 108-127%KO Energy Ball 2x 81-96% Giga Drain 2x 69-82% Bullet Seed 2x 14-17% View Budew builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 ScaldTM49 BrineTM55 Damage vs Hippopotas Blizzard 2x 70-83% Ice Beam 2x 58-68% Scald 2x 76-91% Brine 2x 62-74% View Wingull builds →
Psyduck Water	D
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves Hydro PumpLv. 36 BlizzardTM14 Aqua TailLv. 24 Ice BeamTM13 Damage vs Hippopotas Hydro Pump 2x 117-139%KO Blizzard 2x 78-92% Aqua Tail 2x 55-65% Ice Beam 2x 64-75% View Psyduck builds →
Surskit BugWater	D
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 ScaldTM49 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 72-85% Blizzard 2x 65-77% Ice Beam 2x 54-64% Scald 2x 72-85% View Surskit builds →

Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 BlizzardTM14 Energy BallTM53 Ice BeamTM13 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 168-197%KO Blizzard 2x 154-182%KO Energy Ball 2x 125-147%KO Ice Beam 2x 125-147%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Roselia GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 Energy BallTM53 Giga DrainTM19 Magical LeafLv. 15 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 181-213%KO Energy Ball 2x 136-161%KO Giga Drain 2x 114-134%KO Magical Leaf 2x 91-108%KO View Roselia builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 ScaldTM49 BrineTM55 Damage vs Hippopotas Blizzard 2x 69-82% Ice Beam 2x 56-67% Scald 2x 75-89% Brine 2x 62-74% View Wingull builds →
Psyduck Water	D
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves Hydro PumpLv. 36 BlizzardTM14 Aqua TailLv. 24 Ice BeamTM13 Damage vs Hippopotas Hydro Pump 2x 118-139%KO Blizzard 2x 79-93% Aqua Tail 2x 54-63% Ice Beam 2x 64-75% View Psyduck builds →
Surskit BugWater	D
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 ScaldTM49 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 71-84% Blizzard 2x 65-77% Ice Beam 2x 54-63% Scald 2x 74-87% View Surskit builds →

Delibird IceFlying	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Water PulseTM03 Damage vs Hippopotas Blizzard 2x 115-135%KO Ice Beam 2x 96-113%KO Avalanche 2x 37-44% Water Pulse 2x 43-51% View Delibird builds →
Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 BlizzardTM14 Energy BallTM53 Ice BeamTM13 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 165-194%KO Blizzard 2x 150-177%KO Energy Ball 2x 125-148%KO Ice Beam 2x 125-148%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Sneasel DarkIce	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 SurfTM95 Ice BeamTM13 AvalancheTM72 Damage vs Hippopotas Blizzard 2x 77-91% Surf 2x 42-49% Ice Beam 2x 62-74% Avalanche 2x 56-66% View Sneasel builds →
Roselia GrassPoison	D
Available Moves Moves Solar BeamTM22 Energy BallTM53 Giga DrainTM19 Magical LeafLv. 15 Damage vs Hippopotas Solar Beam 2x 177-209%KO Energy Ball 2x 134-157%KO Giga Drain 2x 111-130%KO Magical Leaf 2x 89-106%KO View Roselia builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 ScaldTM49 BrineTM55 Damage vs Hippopotas Blizzard 2x 68-80% Ice Beam 2x 57-67% Scald 2x 75-89% Brine 2x 62-74% View Wingull builds →

Slowbro WaterPsychic	B
Recommended Build AbilityRegenerator ItemHeavy-Duty Boots NatureRelaxed Moves TeleportUtility Future Sight ScaldSTAB Slack Off Damage vs Hippopotas Scald 2x 123-145%KO View Slowbro builds →
Mamoswine IceGround	B
Recommended Build AbilityThickfat ItemLife Orb NatureJolly Moves EarthquakeSTAB Icicle Crash Ice Shard Knock Off Damage vs Hippopotas Earthquake 95-112%KO Ice Shard 2x 77-90% Knock Off 41-49% View Mamoswine builds →
Breloom GrassFighting	C
Recommended Build AbilityTechnician ItemFocus Sash NatureJolly Moves Bullet Seed SporeUtility Mach Punch Swords Dance Damage vs Hippopotas Bullet Seed 2x 38-44% Mach Punch 29-35% View Breloom builds →