Is Natu Good in Platinum Playthrough?
No confirmed wild encounters in Platinum. Breeding or import only. Psychic/Flying with AbilitySynchronize passing status back. Xatu at level 25 is decent but can't outperform Alakazam or the Gardevoir line.
Natu has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Natu resists most of Gardenia's coverage and hits back hard.
Natu has the type edge here and should clean up Fantina's team.
Natu has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Natu has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Byron's team hits Natu's weaknesses hard.
Natu trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Natu's weaknesses hard.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Xatu has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Xatu trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Natu on Route 224 (walking, Lv 50, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 50)
- LV 50PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Fantina
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 213
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- TUTORPsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15Route 212
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- Post-Game
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Natu to Xatu
Natu evolves into Xatu at Level 25. You get it at Level 50, past Level 25, so it evolves into Xatu the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Veilstone City (Galactic Warehouse)
- TUTORPsychicZen HeadbuttPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15Route 212
- LV 42PsychicFuture SightPower 120Accuracy 90%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 59PsychicPsychicPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORFireHeat WavePower 100Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORBugSignal BeamPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Natu in Platinum
Natu arrives as a daily swarm, called out on the Sandgem Town TV. On its swarm day it fills one late route common at level 50, then is gone once the swarm cycles to a new spot.
1 location to catch Natu
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Natu in Pt
- Step 2Evolve into XatuBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Natu egg.
To plan your throws, open the Platinum catch rate calculator with Natu preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Natu in Platinum
Natu hops through the grass on Route 224, common enough to chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Natu odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Natu 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 Platinum shiny odds calculator with Natu already selected.
Natu Weakness
Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Natu for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Psychic |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Natu Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Natu
 Rampardos Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cranidos (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Rampardos builds →Head Smash 2x424-499%KO Avalanche 2x113-134%KO Assurance 2x95-112%KO Thunderbolt 2x82-97% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Shiftry builds →Dark Pulse 2x134-159%KO Shadow Ball 2x90-106%KO Rock Slide 2x92-108%KO | ||
 Giratina GhostDragon | S | |
Obtain MethodDistortion World Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Giratina builds →Shadow Force 2x220-260%KO Thunderbolt 2x117-138%KO Stone Edge 2x122-144%KO Dark Pulse 2x98-116%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Jynx builds →Ice Beam 2x196-231%KO Shadow Ball 2x110-130%KO Payback 2x36-43% | ||
 Absol Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Absol builds →Sucker Punch 2x185-218%KO Stone Edge 2x154-181%KO Shadow Claw 2x108-127%KO Ice Beam 2x92-108%KO | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x231-271%KO Shadow Claw 2x108-127%KO Avalanche 2x93-110%KO Payback 2x78-92% | ||
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Weavile builds →Night Slash 2x151-178%KO Avalanche 2x130-153%KO Shadow Claw 2x101-118%KO | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Glaceon builds →Ice Beam 2x219-258%KO Shadow Ball 2x123-145%KO Bite 2x50-59% | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 2x208-245%KO Ice Beam 2x82-97% Thief 2x56-66% | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Houndoom builds →Dark Pulse 2x161-189%KO Shadow Ball 2x107-126%KO Thunder Fang 2x73-87% | ||
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Abomasnow builds →Ice Beam 2x164-193%KO Shadow Ball 2x92-108%KO Rock Slide 2x87-102%KO | ||
 Zapdos Electric | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Natu View Zapdos builds →Thunderbolt 2x211-248%KO Ancient Power 2x90-106%KO | ||
Natu Evolutions
Natu evolves into Xatu. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 150 total stats over Natu. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
Breeding
Breed Natu easily with 31 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Drill Peck, Feather Dance, Feint Attack and 7 more to offspring.
Pt Natu Best Moveset
Psychic/Flying at 70 Sp. Atk and 70 Speed with AbilitySynchronize bouncing status back. The moveset has basic Psychic attacks but nothing competitive at this stage. Evolve to Xatu.
Best Build
Natu best EVs are Speed and HP
Bulky Support Moveset
- Wish
- Peck
- Night Shade
- Future Sight
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Natu picks up Drill Peck and Feather Dance only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Future Sight and Dream Eater while coverage across 8 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
36 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It picks food from cactus plants, deftly avoiding buds and spines. It seems to skip about to move.
Natu Platinum Guide
In Platinum, Natu has 320 BST and evolves into Xatu. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Natu is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Natu becomes available after the main story is complete in Platinum.
Game Availability
Natu first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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
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