Is Numel Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Fire/Ground from Hoenn. Camerupt at 33 has dual Fire/Ground coverage. AbilitySimple is new in Gen 4 and doubles all stat changes. In Sinnoh's Fire drought, the Fire import has value. The 4x Water weakness is the cost.
Numel trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Numel has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Numel trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's team hits Numel's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's typing presses Numel's defenses.
Numel has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Numel has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Numel trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Camerupt has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Camerupt has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Camerupt has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Camerupt trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Camerupt has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Camerupt resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Camerupt has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Camerupt trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Numel on Route 227 (walking, Lv 22-24, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 31FireLava PlumePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 35GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 51NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Numel to Camerupt
Numel evolves into Camerupt at Level 33. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 180Accuracy 85%PP 5Lake Verity
- TM35FireFlamethrowerPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- 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
- LV 39GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 49GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 57FireEruptionPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM50FireOverheatPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Stark Mountain
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Numel in Diamond & Pearl
Numel plods around Stark Mountain as a rare walking catch in the low 20s. That volcanic postgame cave and a nearby route are the only two places it shows up at all.
Wild Numel may be holding when caught:
Rawst Berry (always) Held: Consumed when burned to cure a burn.2 locations to catch Numel
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Numel in DP
The line opens with Numel at Lv. 22-24 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into CameruptRoute 227Lv.55GrassRate 20%Stark Mountain - OutsideLv.55CaveRate 20%Stark Mountain - EntranceLv.56CaveRate 5%Stark Mountain - InteriorLv.58CaveRate 5%or evolve from Numel (Step 1)
Not landing the catch? Calculate Numel catch rates for Diamond & Pearl by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Numel in Diamond & Pearl
Numel plods across Route 227 and Stark Mountain, where a PokeRadar chain brings its shiny out of the shadows. Compare Shiny Numel odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Numel 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 Numel preloaded.
Numel Weakness
Type-wise, Numel takes extra damage from Water and Ground. Watch out for Water attacks, those deal 4x damage. Electric moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. 4 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Bug, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Numel Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Numel
 Vaporeon Water | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Vaporeon builds →Surf 4x322-379%KO Dig 2x64-76% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Empoleon builds →Hydro Pump 4x410-483%KO Earthquake 2x100-118%KO | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 4x424-499%KO Dig 2x113-133%KO | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Golduck Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Golduck builds →Hydro Pump 4x358-422%KO Dig 2x77-91% | ||
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x212-250%KO Surf 4x165-195%KO | ||
 Floatzel Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Floatzel builds →Waterfall 4x284-334%KO Dig 2x95-111%KO | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Kabutops builds →Waterfall 4x306-360%KO Dig 2x102-120%KO | ||
 Gastrodon WaterGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Gastrodon builds →Surf 4x278-328%KO Earthquake 2x144-170%KO | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing | ||
 Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Numel View Omastar builds →Hydro Pump 4x422-496%KO Mud Shot 2x65-77% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Numel Evolutions
One evolution ahead. Numel grows into Camerupt through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 155 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Numel easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Defense Curl and 7 more to offspring.
DP Numel Best Moveset
Fire/Ground with AbilitySimple doubling all stat changes, which becomes powerful with setup moves. But 35 Speed and stats in the 40-65 range make the moveset too slow to set up safely. Evolve to Camerupt.
Best Build
Numel best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Sweeper Moveset
- Stealth Rock
- Protect
- Lava Plume
- Earth Power
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Ancient Power and Body Slam aren't available any other way for Numel, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Overheat and Fire Blast for solid options.
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
26 of 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its humped back stores intensely hot magma. In rain, the magma cools, slowing its movement.
Numel Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Numel in Diamond & Pearl can hold Rawst Berry (always). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Rawst Berry.
In Diamond & Pearl, Numel has 305 BST and evolves into Camerupt. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Numel is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Numel becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Numel spans 7 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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