Is Larvitar Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Available through breeding in Platinum. Rock/Ground baby leading to Tyranitar at level 55. AbilityGuts boosts Attack when statused. The grind to Tyranitar is one of the longest in the game. If started early, 600 BST at the end justifies everything.
Larvitar trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Larvitar's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's team hits Larvitar's weaknesses hard.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Pupitar has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Pupitar has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Pupitar has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Pupitar's weaknesses hard.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Tyranitar resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Tyranitar resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Tyranitar trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Larvitar on Route 206 (walking, Lv 16, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 41GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 46RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 50NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Larvitar to Pupitar
Larvitar evolves into Pupitar at Level 30. Your Larvitar should hit Level 30 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 47GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 54RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 60NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Pupitar to Tyranitar
Pupitar evolves into Tyranitar at Level 55. Your Pupitar should hit Level 55 before you reach Flint, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 55)
- LV 55RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 55DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 70NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Larvitar in Platinum
Larvitar is a daily swarm, announced in Sandgem Town and flooding one route common at level 16. Its swarm day is the single chance to start the famously slow pseudo-legend climb.
1 location to catch Larvitar
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Where To Catch Larvitar in Pt
- Step 3Evolve into Tyranitar
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Larvitar preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Larvitar in Platinum
Larvitar crunches through the grass on Route 206, common enough to chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Larvitar odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Larvitar 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Platinum shiny odds calculator with Larvitar already selected.
Larvitar Weakness
Type-wise, Larvitar takes extra damage from Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. Watch out for Water and Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. Electric moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. It resists 5 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water, Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Larvitar Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Larvitar
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x269-317%KO Leaf Blade 4x219-257%KO Earthquake 2x121-143%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x269-317%KO Earthquake 2x121-143%KO | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x174-206%KO Rock Smash 2x49-57% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Shiftry builds →Giga Drain 4x167-197%KO Brick Break 2x77-91% | ||
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Leafeon builds →Razor Leaf 4x181-214%KO Rock Smash 2x46-54% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x146-171%KO Brick Break 2x73-86% Steel Wing 2x67-80% Ice Fang 2x63-74% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Sandslash builds →Focus Punch 2x150-177%KO Earthquake 2x153-180%KO | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Roselia builds →Magical Leaf 4x189-223%KO | ||
 Grotle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Grotle builds →Razor Leaf 4x153-180%KO Rock Smash 2x39-46% | ||
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Gabite builds →Earthquake 2x137-163%KO Rock Smash 2x39-46% | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Prinplup builds →Bubble Beam 4x174-206%KO Brick Break 2x56-66% Metal Claw 2x39-46% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Larvitar View Machop builds →Focus Punch 2x186-219%KO Earthquake 2x84-100%KO | ||
Larvitar Evolutions
Larvitar is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Pupitar first, then eventually reaches Tyranitar. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with plenty of partners via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 300 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Larvitar with 63 breeding partners from the Monster egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Assurance, Curse and 7 more to offspring.
Pt Larvitar Best Moveset
Rock/Ground with 64 Attack and 50 in most defensive stats. AbilityGuts boosts Attack under status conditions, but the moveset can't survive to use it at this stage. Two evolutions from Tyranitar.
Best Build
Larvitar best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Attacker Moveset
- Earthquake
- Dragon Dance
- Rock Slide
- Stone Edge
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Ancient Power and Assurance give Larvitar options it can't learn any other way, and Dark and Normal coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Earthquake and Stone Edge. The egg moves push it further.
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 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
A Pokémon that eats soil. Once it has eaten a large mountain, it goes to sleep so it can grow.
Larvitar Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Larvitar does the job early-game if you need a Rock/Ground type on your team. Evolve it into Pupitar before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Larvitar first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 18 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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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