Is Krabby Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Fishing encounter in postgame waters. The physical/special split was built for Krabby's line. Kingler at 28 is where the real payoff lives.
Krabby resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Krabby has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Krabby trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Kingler resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Kingler resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Kingler has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Kingler trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Krabby on Route 226 (walking, Lv 52, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 52)
- LV 52WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 52WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 52WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM14IceBlizzardPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Lake Acuity
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Krabby to Kingler
Krabby evolves into Kingler at Level 28. You get it at Level 52, past Level 28, so it evolves into Kingler the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 28)
- LV 28WaterBubble BeamPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 51WaterBrinePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 56WaterCrabhammerPower 135Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Krabby in Diamond & Pearl
A level 52 Krabby is a strange thing to find on a route, but that is exactly what its Swarm drops on Route 226. The high level is odd for such a basic crab, and the Swarm is the only way to get one.
1 location to catch Krabby
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Krabby in DP
- Step 1Krabby ✓
- Step 2Evolve into KinglerBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Krabby egg.
Bring the right balls: check Krabby catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Krabby in Diamond & Pearl
Krabby scuttles out during its Route 226 swarm, where a PokeRadar chain is what drops its shiny to 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Krabby odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Krabby 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Krabby in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Krabby Weakness
Type-wise, Krabby takes extra damage from Electric and Grass. The Water typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Krabby's physical bulk (base 90 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| 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 Krabby Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Krabby
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
Krabby Evolutions
Krabby is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Kingler. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Krabby easily with 21 breeding partners from the Water 3 egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Ancient Power, Dig and 6 more to offspring.
DP Krabby Best Moveset
105 Attack is outstanding for a first-stage, but 30 HP and 25 Special Defense ensure it can't survive a single special hit. Evolve into Kingler for a real moveset.
Best Build
Krabby best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Crabhammer
- Agility
- Return
- Brick Break
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Amnesia and Ancient Power aren't available any other way for Krabby, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Crabhammer and Surf for solid options.
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
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It lives in burrows dug on sandy beaches. Its pincers fully grow back if they are broken in battle.
Krabby Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Krabby has 325 BST and evolves into Kingler. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Krabby is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Krabby becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
Present since Red & Blue, Krabby appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Gen 1 originals like Krabby have the longest track record of availability in the series.
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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