Is Lunatone Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Multiple locations with Sapphire Dual Slot. Rock/Psychic with AbilityLevitate for Ground immunity. Interesting defensive typing, but the Dual Slot requirement keeps Lunatone out of most teams.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Lunatone resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Lunatone has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Lunatone trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Lunatone on Lake Verity (walking, Lv 4, rare). Pokémon Sapphire in GBA slot.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORPsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15Route 212
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 45PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Volkner
- TM71RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5Victory Road
- LV 53PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 56NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TM04PsychicCalm MindPower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Exchange Service Corner counter at the Battle Frontier, which you enter from the Fight Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Platinum Lunatone Locations
Lunatone depends on a Pokemon Sapphire game in the second slot, then scatters rarely through caves and the lake interiors. Solrock takes the Ruby cartridge in its place, splitting the pair by which game you load.
Wild Lunatone may be holding when caught:
Moon Stone (5% chance) A peculiar stone that makes certain species of Pokemon evolve. It is as black as the night sky.6 locations to catch Lunatone
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 8Best Locations to Catch Lunatone in Platinum
Lunatone isn't a quick catch. 20 walking encounters from Lv. 4-41 with slim rates across the board. Commit to one spot instead of jumping between areas.
How to Get Shiny Lunatone in Platinum
Lunatone drifts rarely into the grass around Lake Acuity and Lake Valor, so chain it to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Lunatone odds across every game
Shiny Lunatone Evolution
Does Not EvolvePlatinum Shiny Lunatone 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 Lunatone already selected.
Lunatone Weakness
Water, Grass, Ground, Bug, Ghost, Dark, and Steel moves hit Lunatone for super-effective damage. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ground, Bug, Ghost, Dark, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lunatone Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Lunatone
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Empoleon builds →Surf 2x93-109%KO Flash Cannon 2x78-92% Earthquake 2x64-76% Shadow Claw 2x46-55% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Exeggutor builds →Solar Beam 2x128-151%KO Thief 2x29-35% | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Roserade builds →Solar Beam 2x128-151%KO Shadow Ball 2x57-68% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x140-166%KO Earthquake 2x117-139%KO Bite 2x47-56% | ||
 Tangrowth Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Tangrowth builds →Solar Beam 2x116-136%KO Earthquake 2x73-86% Payback 2x37-45% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x98-117%KO Surf 2x78-92% Thief 2x23-28% Astonish 2x18-21% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x98-117%KO Feint Attack 2x67-79% Dig 2x59-69% X-Scissor 2x59-69% | ||
 Cradily RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Lileep (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Cradily builds →Solar Beam 2x90-107%KO Earthquake 2x61-73% Astonish 2x19-23% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Carnivine builds →Solar Beam 2x98-117%KO Crunch 2x59-69% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Vaporeon builds →Surf 2x93-109%KO Shadow Ball 2x51-61% Dig 2x42-50% Bite 2x32-38% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x121-144%KO Earthquake 2x69-81% Shadow Ball 2x45-53% Water Pulse 2x35-41% | ||
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Lunatone View Probopass builds →Flash Cannon 2x59-69% Earthquake 2x46-55% | ||
Lunatone Evolutions
Lunatone is what you get. No evolutions, but it breeds through one egg group with no compatible partners. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Lunatone is genderless and can only breed with Ditto. Part of the Mineral egg group.
Ditto onlyPt Lunatone Best Moveset
Rock/Psychic weaknesses to Water, Grass, Ground, Bug, Steel, Dark, and Ghost leave the moveset vulnerable to seven types. AbilityLevitate removes Ground from that list, and 95 Sp. Atk fires special Rock and Psychic attacks.
Best Build
Lunatone best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Ice Beam
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Earth Power
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Level-up moves are just the starting point for Lunatone. TMs unlock coverage across 8 types and turn a straightforward STAB kit around Future Sight and Dream Eater into something with actual range.
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
40 of 43 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Because it turns active on nights of the full moon, it is said to have some link to the lunar phases.
Lunatone Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Lunatone in Platinum can hold Moon Stone (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Moon Stone.
For Platinum, it depends on your team. Lunatone rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Rock/Psychic coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In Platinum, use Lunatone as a balanced. Special attacks are the main output. Speed is middling, Psychic is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Timid on Lunatone. +Speed is what matters, and the -Attack cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
For Platinum, build your team around Tyranitar, Aerodactyl, and Omastar. These have the highest co-usage rates with Lunatone in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Game Availability
Available in 14 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Lunatone spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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