
Is Miltank Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
Not native to Hoenn. Trade from Colosseum. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage, making Miltank even bulkier than in Gen 2. MoveMilk Drink for free healing. Import-only but Miltank with Thick Fat is one of the sturdiest Normal-types if you get one into RS.
Roxanne's typing presses Miltank's defenses.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Flannery's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Winona's team.
Miltank trades roughly evenly with Tate & Liza's team.
Miltank has the type edge here and should clean up Wallace'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 trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Trade
Miltank cannot be caught in this game. It must be traded in from a compatible game where it appears in the wild. Cross-region trading typically becomes available after defeating the Elite Four.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- 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
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- LV 43NormalBody SlamPower 128Accuracy 100%PP 15
How to Get Miltank in Ruby & Sapphire
Hoenn has no Moomoo Farm to raise a Miltank the way Johto did, so it never appears here. You can only add it through a trade.
Miltank cannot be caught in the wild in Ruby & Sapphire, but you can still get it via these paths:
Catch in the wild and trade from these games:
Then trade to Ruby & Sapphire.
Also Obtainable In:
Pokemon transfers only go forward through generations, never backward. Direct cross-gen trades aren't supported.
How to Get Shiny Miltank in Ruby & Sapphire
Miltank never grazes Hoenn, so find a shiny in the Safari Zone's North Extension in Emerald and trade it home. See every game where Shiny Miltank can be hunted
Shiny Miltank Evolution
Does Not EvolveMiltank 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
GoodMiltank 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.
RS Miltank Best Moveset
100 Defense and 105 Speed with MoveBody Slam for Normal TermStab and paralysis. AbilityThick Fat halves Fire and Ice damage, removing two common offensive types. MoveMilk Drink recovers HP, MoveHeal Bell clears team status. Held ItemLeftovers stacks. Physical tank with team healing and Fire/Ice resistance.
Best Build
Miltank best EVs are HP and Attack
Support Moveset
- Milk Drink
- Heal Bell
- Body Slam
- Thunder Wave
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Miltank picks up Curse and Endure only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Hyper Beam and Body Slam while coverage across 9 types adds 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
All 30 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
MILTANK gives over five gallons of milk on a daily basis. 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 Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Miltank isn't catchable in Ruby & Sapphire. Catch one in Emerald, then trade it to Ruby & Sapphire.
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
Explore
Where to go next after Miltank.
