Is Muk Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Pure Poison with AbilitySticky Hold protecting held items. Muk can absorb hits but doesn't threaten any Gym Leader or E4 member with meaningful damage. If imported, Muk mostly just takes up a team slot without contributing much.
Grimer has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Grimer trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Grimer's weaknesses hard.
Grimer trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Grimer's weaknesses hard.
Grimer trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Muk resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Muk has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Muk has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Muk has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Muk has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Muk trades roughly evenly with Saturn's team.
Cynthia's team hits Muk's weaknesses hard.
Catch Grimer
Catch Grimer on Route 212 (Poké Radar, Lv 18-20, common).
Recommended Moves
- LV 20PoisonSludgePower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Given by the coin clerk at the Veilstone Game Corner once you string together ten bonus rounds in a row on the slot machines
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- LV 36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- LV 44PoisonGunk ShotPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Grimer to Muk
Grimer evolves into Muk at Level 38. Your Grimer should hit Level 38 before you reach Candice, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 38)
- LV 38PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM64NormalExplosionPower 250Accuracy 100%PP 5Given by the coin clerk at the Veilstone Game Corner once you string together ten bonus rounds in a row on the slot machines
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- After Fantina
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 54PoisonGunk ShotPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Muk in Diamond & Pearl
Muk skips the wild entirely in Sinnoh. Chain a Grimer off the Poke Radar on its one route, then level it to 38, a clean evolution with no stone or trade to chase.
Wild Muk may be holding when caught:
Nugget (5% chance) A nugget of pure gold that gives off a lustrous gleam. It can be sold at a high price to shops.Catch Grimer at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Muk.
- 1Catch Grimer
- 2Evolve Mukat Lv.38
Badge 3How to Obtain Muk in DP
- Step 2Muk ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Grimer egg.
How to Get Shiny Muk in Diamond & Pearl
Muk evolves from Grimer, so chain that shiny on Route 212 and raise it into its bulkier sludge. Compare Shiny Muk odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Muk 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Muk already selected.
Muk Weakness
Ground and Psychic moves hit Muk for super-effective damage. The Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Muk's special bulk (base 100 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Psychic |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Bug |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Muk Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Muk
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Azelf Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodLake Valor Interact Encounter | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Steelix SteelGround | B | |
 Metagross SteelPsychic | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Muk View Metagross builds →Zen Headbutt 2x82-97% Earthquake 2x69-81% | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Muk View Bronzong builds →Future Sight 2x63-74% Earthquake 2x48-57% | ||
 Mesprit Psychic | C | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Muk Evolutions
Muk is what Grimer becomes. Breed it for Grimer eggs (average hatch time). A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolution from Grimer pushed Muk to 500 total stats. Sp.Def saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Muk to get Grimer eggs easily using 31 partners from the Amorphous egg group. Notable egg moves include Curse, Explosion, Haze and 8 more.
DP Muk Best Moveset
105 HP, 105 Attack, and 100 Sp. Def create a special tank that punches back with physical Poison and coverage moves. MovePoison Jab is reliable and MoveShadow Sneak provides rare priority, letting the moveset pick off weakened targets despite 50 Speed. AbilitySticky Hold keeps Held ItemBlack Sludge recovery running.
Best Build
Muk best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Poison Jab
- Explosion
- Curse
- Fire Punch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Muk picks up Curse and Explosion only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Gunk Shot and Sludge Bomb 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
43 of 44 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
A toxic fluid seeps from its body. The fluid instantly kills plants and trees on contact.
Muk Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, use Muk as a tank. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Set up with Curse when you get a free turn.
For Diamond & Pearl, build your team around Heatran. These have the highest co-usage rates with Muk in competitive formats. They cover each other's weaknesses.
Muk has an Alolan form that swaps the typing and reshuffles the stats. Introduced in Gen 7. Worth checking if the original version doesn't fit your team.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Adamant on Muk. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the tank role.
Game Availability
Available since Red & Blue, Muk appears in 19 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained an Alolan form in Generation 7.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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 7SMAlolan
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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