Is Miltank Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Normal from Johto. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage. AbilityScrappy is new in Gen 4 and lets Normal moves hit Ghost-types. If imported, Scrappy Miltank handles Fantina without needing type advantage. Solid but the import is rarely justified.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's typing presses Miltank's defenses.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Miltank resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Miltank on Route 209 (Poké Radar, Lv 16, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 24NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Diamond & Pearl Miltank Locations
Miltank chains off the Poke Radar on two routes, and the version flips its rarity. Diamond treats the milk cow as rare while Pearl makes it common, so the hunt is easier on one side.
Wild Miltank may be holding when caught:
Moomoo Milk (always) Restores 100 HP.2 locations to catch Miltank
Badge 2Best Locations to Catch Miltank in Diamond & Pearl
Before you go hunting for Miltank, check which of the 4 spots belong to your version. Pearl and Diamond each have different special encounters at Lv. 16-20.
How to Get Shiny Miltank in Diamond & Pearl
Miltank grazes Route 209 and Route 210, where a PokeRadar chain is what drops its shiny odds to 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Miltank odds across every game
Shiny Miltank Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Miltank 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 Miltank in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Miltank Weakness
Fighting moves hit Miltank for super-effective damage. The upside? Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Miltank's physical bulk (base 105 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Miltank Weak Against
Good
Miltank Evolutions
No evolution chain to worry about here. Miltank is a standalone Pokemon with a massive partner pool for breeding through one egg group. Its eggs take an average time to hatch. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Miltank with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Curse, Dizzy Punch, Double-Edge and 9 more to offspring.
DP Miltank Best Moveset
105 Defense and 100 Speed on a Normal type with AbilityScrappy, which lets Normal and Fighting moves hit Ghost types. The moveset tanks physical hits, outruns most targets, and has no safe switch-in when Ghosts can't block Normal damage.
Best Build
Miltank best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Body Slam
- Milk Drink
- Heal Bell
- Earthquake
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Miltank can hit 11 types beyond STAB, including Rock and Psychic. The offense anchors on Giga Impact and Hyper Beam while TMs handle everything else.
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
42 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is said that kids who drink MILTANK’s milk grow up to become hearty, healthy adults.
Miltank Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Miltank in Diamond & Pearl can hold Moomoo Milk (always). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Moomoo Milk.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Miltank as a pivot. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Miltank. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the pivot role.
Game Availability
Available in 16 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Miltank spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in most mainline games.
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
Winds & Waves
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