Is Kabutops Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Physical Rock/Water attacker with AbilitySwift Swim. The physical/special split means Kabutops finally gets physical Water moves like MoveWaterfall to match its stronger stat. If imported, handles Flint and Volkner. Postgame-only, but the split fixes what held Kabutops back.
Kabuto resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Kabuto trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Kabuto's weaknesses hard.
Kabuto trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Kabuto has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Kabuto has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Kabuto has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Kabuto trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Kabutops resists most of Aaron's coverage and hits back hard.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Kabutops resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Kabutops has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Kabutops trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Fossil Kabuto
Kabuto can be revived from a fossil obtained in Oreburgh City. Revive Dome Fossil. Revive from Dome Fossil at the Oreburgh Mining Museum. Found in the Underground after obtaining the National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- LV 46RockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Kabuto to Kabutops
Kabuto evolves into Kabutops at Level 40. Your Kabuto should hit Level 40 before you reach Aaron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- TM55WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Crasher Wake
- After Candice
- TM80RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10Mt. Coronet
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Kabutops in Diamond & Pearl
Revive a Kabuto from its Dome Fossil and raise it to level 40 to reach Kabutops, which has no spawn of its own. The chain starts at the Oreburgh lab, not in any patch of wild grass.
Catch Kabuto at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Kabutops.
- 1Catch Kabuto
- 2Evolve Kabutopsat Lv.40
How to Obtain Kabutops in DP
- Step 2Kabutops ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Kabuto egg.
How to Get Shiny Kabutops in Diamond & Pearl
Kabutops grows from Kabuto, so breed that pre-evo Masuda-style and raise its scythes. Compare Shiny Kabutops odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Kabutops 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Kabutops preloaded.
Kabutops Weakness
Grass, Electric, Fighting, and Ground moves hit Kabutops for super-effective damage. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Kabutops's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Fighting, Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Poison, Flying |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fire |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Kabutops Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Kabutops
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 4x209-247%KO Earthquake 2x88-104%KO Rock Smash 2x25-30% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x150-177%KO Solar Beam 4x180-213%KO | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 4x243-286%KO Dig 2x44-52% Focus Blast 2x80-95% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 4x243-286%KO Focus Punch 2x60-71% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x126-149%KO Earthquake 2x57-67% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x145-171%KO Earthquake 2x64-77% | ||
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Leafeon builds →Solar Beam 4x180-213%KO Dig 2x48-56% Rock Smash 2x25-30% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Infernape builds →Solar Beam 4x184-217%KO Focus Punch 2x126-149%KO Earthquake 2x57-67% | ||
 Quagsire WaterGround | C | |
Obtain MethodGreat Marsh Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Quagsire builds →Earthquake 2x71-84% Focus Punch 2x71-84% | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Kabutops View Gastrodon builds →Earthquake 2x71-84% Rock Smash 2x21-24% | ||
Kabutops Evolutions
Kabutops is the evolved form of Kabuto. Breeding produces Kabuto eggs, and they are slow to hatch. Evolving from Kabuto gave Kabutops the biggest boost in Attack (+35), bringing the total to 495 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Kabutops to get Kabuto eggs using 69 partners from the Water 1 and Water 3 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Aurora Beam, Bubble Beam, Confuse Ray and 7 more.
DP Kabutops Best Moveset
Rain through AbilitySwift Swim doubles that 80 Speed, and 115 Attack powers physical Water and Rock moves hard. The physical/special split means MoveWaterfall is genuinely strong from the physical side now. The moveset excels as a rain attacker that hits fast and hard, but needs the rain to function.
Best Build
Kabutops best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Waterfall
- Stone Edge
- Aqua Jet
- Swords Dance
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Kabutops misses out on Aurora Beam and Bubble Beam. That's 10 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Stone Edge and Surf, with coverage across 8 types rounding things out.
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
41 of 42 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is thought that this Pokémon came onto land because its prey adapted to life on land.
Kabutops Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Kabutops is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Kabutops becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Kabutops as a wallbreaker. Physical side carries the damage. Speed is middling, Waterfall is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Kabutops. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Kabutops has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
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
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