Is Hoothoot Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Eterna Forest and Route 205 at level 12, available during the story. Normal/Flying with AbilityInsomnia preventing sleep. Noctowl at level 20 comes quickly. Ghost immunity means Fantina's third gym can't touch it with Ghost moves.
Roark's Pokemon outpace and outclass Hoothoot here.
Noctowl resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's Pokemon outpace and outclass Noctowl here.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Noctowl's weaknesses hard.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Noctowl's weaknesses hard.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Noctowl has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Noctowl trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Hoothoot on Route 205 (walking, Lv 12, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 25NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Fantina
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- LV 29FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- LV 49PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
Evolve Hoothoot to Noctowl
Hoothoot evolves into Noctowl at Level 20. Your Hoothoot should hit Level 20 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FlyingSky AttackPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 27NormalTake DownPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 20
- LV 32FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
How to Get Hoothoot in Platinum
Hoothoot is a night owl, nine encounters over five areas at levels 12 to 27. It only appears after dark, so daytime walks through those same routes turn up nothing.
5 locations to catch Hoothoot
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 6Where To Catch Hoothoot in Pt
Hoothoot is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 12-27. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into NoctowlGreat Marsh - Area 1Lv.28-30FloorRate 20%NightGreat Marsh - Area 2Lv.28-30FloorRate 20%NightRoute 210 - SouthLv.21GrassRate 10%NightRoute 210 - NorthLv.27GrassRate 10%Nightor evolve from Hoothoot (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Hoothoot.
How to Get Shiny Hoothoot in Platinum
Hoothoot hoots through the nighttime grass of Route 210 and Route 211, so chain it to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Hoothoot odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Hoothoot 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Hoothoot.
Hoothoot Weakness
Hoothoot's Normal/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Electric, Ice, and Rock. It shrugs off Ground and Ghost-type attacks completely. Hoothoot's special bulk (base 56 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Hoothoot Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Hoothoot
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Probopass builds →Thunderbolt 2x68-80% Rock Slide 2x95-112%KO | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Slide 2x152-180%KO Thunder Fang 2x88-104%KO Ice Fang 2x88-104%KO | ||
 Cranidos Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Hoothoot View Cranidos builds →Rock Slide 2x176-208%KO Thunderbolt 2x37-45% | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Electrike Electric | C | |
 Graveler RockGround | C | |
 Luxio Electric | C | |
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Pachirisu Electric | C | |
 Larvitar RockGround | C | |
Hoothoot Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Hoothoot grows into Noctowl through a straightforward two-stage chain. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Hoothoot. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Hoothoot easily with 31 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Agility, Feather Dance, Feint Attack and 6 more to offspring.
Pt Hoothoot Best Moveset
30 Attack at 50 Speed with Normal/Flying typing. AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep, which is the one useful trait the moveset offers. Evolve to Noctowl.
Best Build
Hoothoot best EVs are Sp. Def and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Night Shade
- Roost
- Air Slash
- Frustration
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Agility and Feather Dance on Hoothoot. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Sky Attack and Uproar, they expand what Hoothoot 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
31 of 32 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It marks time precisely. Some countries consider it to be a wise friend, versed in the world’s ways.
Hoothoot Platinum Guide
For Platinum, you can run Hoothoot through the first few routes without issues. 262 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Noctowl as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 17 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Hoothoot spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
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
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