Is Munchlax Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Honey tree encounter with low spawn rate. Snorlax via friendship is excellent, but finding Munchlax requires patience and luck. If you find one, keep it.
Roark's typing presses Munchlax's defenses.
Snorlax has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Snorlax trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Snorlax has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Snorlax trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Snorlax trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Snorlax has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Snorlax has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Snorlax has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Snorlax trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Snorlax trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Snorlax has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Snorlax trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Munchlax on Route 207 (Honey Tree, Lv 5-15, rare).
Friendship is usually high enough before you reach Gardenia.
How to Get Munchlax in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
moderate rates for Munchlax across 12 locations in mid-game routes. Nothing complicated. Check the sorted list below, compare the top few options, and head to whichever is closest.
Where To Catch Munchlax in BDSP
The path to Munchlax starts with Munchlax at Lv. 25-29 via walking encounters. 1 catchable stage total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Munchlax ✓Grassland CaveLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogRiverbank CaveLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogSpacious CaveLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogStill-Water CavernLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogSunlit CavernLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogWhiteout CaveLv.25-29CaveRequires Defog
Step 2Evolve into Snorlax
Munchlax Weakness
Type-wise, Munchlax takes extra damage from Fighting. Ghost moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. Thick Fat reduces Fire/Ice damage, further improving the defensive spread. Munchlax's special bulk (base 85 Sp.Def) helps absorb special-type weaknesses, though physical moves exploit the lower Defense.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
What is Munchlax Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Munchlax
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Machop Fighting | C | |
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, Conkeldurr's Drain Punch hits Munchlax for 56-66%.
 Conkeldurr Fighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityGuts ItemFlame Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Munchlax View Conkeldurr builds →Mach Punch 2x30-36% Drain Punch 2x56-66% Knock Off16-19% Facade18-21% | ||
Munchlax Evolutions
Munchlax starts the chain as a baby form and evolves into Snorlax by leveling up. To get more eggs, breed the evolved versions. Evolving adds up to 150 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
BDSP Munchlax Best Moveset
135 HP with AbilityThick Fat halving Fire and Ice damage. 85 Attack at 5 Speed goes dead last against everything. The moveset has physical Normal TermStab at enormous HP but the Speed is genuinely the lowest in competitive. One evolution from Snorlax where C-tier bulk and 30 Speed at least function.
Best Build
Munchlax best EVs are Defense and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Curse
- Rest
- Sleep Talk
- Body Slam
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Stall teams hate this. Munchlax can spread damage across 12 types, with Ghost and Dark punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Self-Destruct and Last Resort keeps the pressure honest on 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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It wolfs down its weight in food once a day, swallowing it whole with almost no chewing.
It hides food under its long body hair. However, it forgets it has hidden the food.
Munchlax Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Munchlax works as a placeholder. Normal coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Snorlax. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Diamond & Pearl, Munchlax appears in 13 games across 7 generations. A reliable presence in a solid number of games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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 7LGPE
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