Is Miltank Good in Emerald Playthrough?
Safari Zone Normal-type with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. Miltank has strong Defense and decent Attack. The Thick Fat removes two common threats while the Normal typing provides no offensive advantage. Solid team filler. Takes hits well without dominating any matchup.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Roxanne's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Wattson's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Norman's team.
Miltank resists most of Winona's coverage and hits back hard.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Juan's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Phoebe's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Glacia's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Drake's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace's team.
Catchable
Catch Miltank in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 37-40, rare). Safari Zone: 500 entry fee, 30 Safari Balls, 500-step limit.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Given by the Tunnel Man in Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- After Tate & Liza
- TUTORNormalDouble-EdgePower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- LV 43NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORNormalMega KickPower 180Accuracy 75%PP 5Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalMega PunchPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 20Battle Frontier
- TUTORNormalSnorePower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORFireFire PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORIceIce PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORRockRock SlidePower 75Accuracy 90%PP 10Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder PunchPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Battle Frontier
- TUTORElectricThunder WavePower —Accuracy 100%PP 20Battle Frontier
Emerald Miltank Locations
Among the rarest things behind the Safari fence, Miltank turns up at levels 37 to 40 and nowhere else in Emerald. Its low spawn slot, paired with how few balls you get inside, makes it a real grind to land.
Wild Miltank may be holding when caught:
Moomoo Milk (always) A nutritious milk that restores HP by 100 points.1 location to catch Miltank
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Best Locations to Catch Miltank in Emerald
How to Get Shiny Miltank in Emerald
Miltank grazes the Safari Zone's expansion grass as a rare find, so post up in that back section and re-enter again and again, chewing through encounters until the pink cow turns its shiny orange shade. Compare Shiny Miltank odds across every game
Shiny Miltank Evolution
Does Not EvolveEmerald Shiny Miltank Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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 Emerald 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 |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
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 102 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Curse, Endure, Helping Hand and 5 more to offspring.
E Miltank Best Moveset
100 base Speed and 105 Defense behind AbilityThick Fat make Miltank a physically bulky switch-in that resists Fire and Ice attacks. The moveset runs physical Normal TermStab through MoveBody Slam for the paralysis chance, with MoveMilk Drink keeping it healthy across long matches.
Best Build
Miltank best EVs are HP and Attack
Support Moveset
- Milk Drink
- Heal Bell
- Body Slam
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Coverage runs deep. Miltank can hit 10 types beyond STAB, including Rock and Ice. The offense anchors on Hyper Beam and Double-Edge 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
All 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It gives over five gallons of milk daily. Its sweet milk is enjoyed by children and grown-ups alike. People who can’t drink milk turn it into yogurt and eat it instead.
Miltank Emerald Guide
- Where in the Emerald Safari Zone can I find Miltank?
See the Locations section above for where to find Miltank in Emerald.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Miltank from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Miltank easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Miltank in Emerald 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 Emerald, use Miltank as a pivot. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
For Emerald, run Impish on Miltank. +Defense 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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