Platinum Ruin Maniac Tunnel

Year after year, the Ruin Maniac digs this tunnel deeper, chasing a path clear to the Solaceon Ruins. The further it bores, the odder the Pokemon you turn up.

Ruin Maniac Tunnel is in Sinnoh. In the story you arrive from Route 214 to the west and it comes before Valor Lakefront.

RUIN MANIAC TUNNEL MAP

A Ruin Maniac is slowly excavating this tunnel beside Route 214, and when the digging finally finishes it connects through to an upper room of the Solaceon Ruins.

Pokemon Encounters

Geodude packs the walls at 95 percent, leaving Hippopotas as the only reason to dig through, a Ground-type that climbs from a rare 5 percent to a steadier 20 percent the deeper you go.

Type

▾0-9 Unown caught2

Walking2

#074Geodude

95% - Lv 21–23

#449Hippopotas

5% - Lv 22–24

▾10-25 Unown caught2

Walking2

#074Geodude

90% - Lv 22–24

#449Hippopotas

10% - Lv 23–25

▾26 Unown caught2

Walking2

#074Geodude

80% - Lv 23–25

#449Hippopotas

20% - Lv 24–26

#074

Geodude

RockGround

Evolves into Graveler at Lv 25

Encounter rate

95% Common

Level

21–23

EV yield

1 Defense

1 in 1wild encounters

will be Geodude — about 36s of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~54s-2m

to catch one

Poke Ball33%

Great Ball50%

Ultra Ball67%

Nuzlocke

community tier

Score40

PickRisky

SourceCommunity

EV - Defense

fights to cap

Raw255 fights

+ Power29 fights

+ Pokerus128 fights

Shiny hunt

1/8,192

full odds

Base1/8,192

Expected43h 7m

Also found in 9 other locations

Oreburgh MineLv 4–9

65%Wayward CaveLv 17–20

40%Iron IslandLv 30–32

35%Mt. CoronetLv 13–19

20%Oreburgh GateLv 5–8

15%

Geodude page →

#074

Geodude

RockGround

Evolves into Graveler at Lv 25

Encounter rate

90% Common

Level

22–24

EV yield

1 Defense

1 in 1wild encounters

will be Geodude — about 36s of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~54s-2m

to catch one

Poke Ball33%

Great Ball50%

Ultra Ball67%

Nuzlocke

community tier

Score40

PickRisky

SourceCommunity

EV - Defense

fights to cap

Raw255 fights

+ Power29 fights

+ Pokerus128 fights

Shiny hunt

1/8,192

full odds

Base1/8,192

Expected45h 31m

Geodude page →

#074

Geodude

RockGround

Evolves into Graveler at Lv 25

Encounter rate

80% Common

Level

23–25

EV yield

1 Defense

1 in 1wild encounters

will be Geodude — about 36s of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~54s-2m

to catch one

Poke Ball33%

Great Ball50%

Ultra Ball67%

Nuzlocke

community tier

Score40

PickRisky

SourceCommunity

EV - Defense

fights to cap

Raw255 fights

+ Power29 fights

+ Pokerus128 fights

Shiny hunt

1/8,192

full odds

Base1/8,192

Expected51h 12m

Geodude page →

#449

Hippopotas

Ground

Evolves into Hippowdon at Lv 34

Encounter rate

20% Uncommon

Level

24–26

EV yield

1 Defense

1 in 5wild encounters

will be Hippopotas — about 2m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~4m-8m

to catch one

Poke Ball18%

Great Ball27%

Ultra Ball36%

Nuzlocke

20%

first wild (est.)

TierMid

PickRisky

EV - Defense

fights to cap

Raw255 fights

+ Power29 fights

+ Pokerus128 fights

Shiny hunt

1/8,192

full odds

Base1/8,192

Expected204h 48m

Hippopotas only spawns wild here in this region. Catch one while you can.

Hippopotas page →

#449

Hippopotas

Ground

Evolves into Hippowdon at Lv 34

Encounter rate

10% Rare

Level

23–25

EV yield

1 Defense

1 in 10wild encounters

will be Hippopotas — about 7m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~8m-17m

to catch one

Poke Ball18%

Great Ball27%

Ultra Ball36%

Nuzlocke

10%

first wild (est.)

TierMid

PickRisky

EV - Defense

fights to cap

Raw255 fights

+ Power29 fights

+ Pokerus128 fights

Shiny hunt

1/8,192

full odds

Base1/8,192

Expected409h 36m

Hippopotas only spawns wild here in this region. Catch one while you can.

Hippopotas page →

#449

Hippopotas

Ground

Evolves into Hippowdon at Lv 34

Encounter rate

5% V.Rare

Level

22–24

EV yield

1 Defense

+10

1 in 20wild encounters

will be Hippopotas — about 20m of walking through grass to catch one.

Catch odds

~17m-34m

to catch one

Poke Ball18%

Great Ball27%

Ultra Ball36%

Nuzlocke

first wild (est.)

TierLow

PickLottery

EV - Defense

fights to cap

Raw255 fights

+ Power29 fights

+ Pokerus128 fights

Shiny hunt

1/8,192

full odds

Base1/8,192

Expected819h 12m

Hippopotas only spawns wild here in this region. Catch one while you can.

Hippopotas page →

ITEMS

All field items and hidden pickups at Ruin Maniac Tunnel.

TM1

TM28 Dig

Behind the rocks beside the entrance of the tunnel the Ruin Maniac digs off Route 214

Move

DigGroundPhysical

Power

Accuracy

100%

The user of Dig will burrow its way underground on the first turn, disappearing from view and becoming invulnerable to most attacks.

TM1

TM28 Dig

Behind the rocks beside the entrance of the tunnel the Ruin Maniac digs off Route 214

Move

DigGroundPhysical

Power

Accuracy

100%

The user of Dig will burrow its way underground on the first turn, disappearing from view and becoming invulnerable to most attacks.