Is Murkrow Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Diamond-exclusive in Eterna Forest at night. Dark/Flying with AbilityInsomnia blocking sleep. Gen 4 adds the Honchkrow evolution via Dusk Stone. Available during the story. Honchkrow hits extremely hard. One of the best Diamond-exclusive pickups.
Murkrow trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Honchkrow resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Honchkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Honchkrow trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Honchkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Byron's team hits Honchkrow's weaknesses hard.
Honchkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Honchkrow trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Honchkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Honchkrow trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Honchkrow trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Honchkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Honchkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Honchkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Honchkrow has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Honchkrow trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Murkrow in Eterna Forest (walking, Lv 10-11, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM29PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 35DarkFeint AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 45DarkSucker PunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Volkner
- TM79DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Victory Road
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Murkrow to Honchkrow
Murkrow evolves into Honchkrow with a Dusk Stone. Post-Game: You can pick up the Dusk Stone in Victory Road. Available after obtaining the National Pokédex.
Recommended Moves
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 45DarkNight SlashPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Murkrow in Diamond & Pearl
Murkrow haunts Eterna Forest and the Lost Tower after dark, common but Diamond-only. Pearl players see Misdreavus in these exact night spots instead, so the version splits the haunt down the middle.
2 locations to catch Murkrow
Encountered via tall grass encounters
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Badge 2Where To Catch Murkrow in DP
Murkrow is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 10-21. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Evolve into HonchkrowBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Murkrow egg.
Not landing the catch? Calculate Murkrow catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Murkrow in Diamond & Pearl
Murkrow haunts Eterna Forest and the Lost Tower at night in Diamond, where a PokeRadar chain brings its shiny within striking range. Compare Shiny Murkrow odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Murkrow 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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Murkrow preloaded.
Murkrow Weakness
Type-wise, Murkrow takes extra damage from Electric, Ice, and Rock. Ground and Psychic moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Murkrow Weak Against
ExcellentBest Pokemon Against Murkrow
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Murkrow View Aerodactyl builds →Rock Tomb 2x82-97% Thunder Fang 2x69-83% Ice Fang 2x69-83% | ||
 Electrike Electric | C | |
 Luxio Electric | C | |
 Pachirisu Electric | C | |
 Elekid Electric | B | |
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
 Anorith RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Kabuto RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
 Omanyte RockWater | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
Murkrow Evolutions
Evolving Murkrow into Honchkrow takes an evolution item. It's not a simple level-up, so check the chain details below. Evolving adds up to 100 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Murkrow easily with 31 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Confuse Ray, Drill Peck, Feather Dance and 8 more to offspring.
DP Murkrow Best Moveset
85 Attack and 85 Sp. Atk at 91 Speed give mixed offensive options, and AbilitySuper Luck raises the critical hit rate. The moveset has Dark and Flying coverage on both sides of the split. Can evolve to Honchkrow now via Dusk Stone for much more power.
Best Build
Murkrow best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Sweeper Moveset
- Heat Wave
- Dark Pulse
- Icy Wind
- Brave Bird
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Confuse Ray and Drill Peck give Murkrow options it can't learn any other way, and Ghost and Psychic coverage and more already covers a decent range on top of Sky Attack and Fly. The egg moves push it further.
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
34 of 37 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It is believed that seeing this Pokémon at night will bring about ominous occurrences.
It appears near travelers to lure them into deep forests. It is said to carry misfortune.
Murkrow Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Murkrow does the job early-game if you need a Dark/Flying type on your team. Evolve it into Honchkrow before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
In Diamond & Pearl, Murkrow plays as a balanced. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Naive is the go-to nature for Murkrow. That's +Speed / -Sp. Def. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Murkrow has been available in 17 games since Gold & Silver, though obtaining it requires an item-based evolution. This extra step makes it less common than Pokemon found through standard wild encounters.
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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