Is Phanpy Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Available through breeding in Platinum. Ground-type with AbilityPickup finding items. Donphan at level 25 has strong physical Attack and AbilitySturdy. Ground coverage for Volkner and Flint is valuable if you can source one.
Phanpy trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Phanpy's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's team hits Phanpy's weaknesses hard.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Donphan resists most of Byron's coverage and hits back hard.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Donphan resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Donphan has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Donphan trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Phanpy on Route 207 (walking, Lv 5-7, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 37NormalLast ResortPower 130Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Crasher Wake
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Iron Island
- LV 42NormalDouble-EdgePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
Evolve Phanpy to Donphan
Phanpy evolves into Donphan at Level 25. Your Phanpy should hit Level 25 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Fantina
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- TM84PoisonPoison JabPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 212
- LV 46GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 54NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 120Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORGrassSeed BombPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
How to Get Phanpy in Platinum
An early route holds Phanpy common at levels 5 to 7, active only when its swarm is on. The daily TV report tells you if today qualifies, so plan the trip around that announcement.
Wild Phanpy may be holding when caught:
Passho Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Water-type attack to halve the damage.1 location to catch Phanpy
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Where To Catch Phanpy in Pt
- Step 2Evolve into DonphanBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Phanpy egg.
Bring the right balls: check Phanpy catch odds in the Platinum Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Phanpy in Platinum
Phanpy roots through the grass on Route 207, common enough to chain to 40 for a shiny. Compare Shiny Phanpy odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Phanpy 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Phanpy in the Platinum Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Phanpy Weakness
Phanpy's Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, and Ice. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. 3 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Phanpy Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Phanpy
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Wormadam BugGrass | C | |
 Roselia GrassPoison | B | |
 Grotle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Omanyte RockWater | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Lombre WaterGrass | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Phanpy View Lombre builds →Bubble Beam 2x62-73% Giga Drain 2x59-70% | ||
 Bibarel NormalWater | C | |
 Buizel Water | C | |
 Psyduck Water | D | |
Obtain MethodCelestic Town Surfing | ||
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
 Shellos Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing | ||
Phanpy Evolutions
Phanpy evolves into Donphan. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 170 total stats over Phanpy. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Phanpy easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Body Slam, Counter and 5 more to offspring.
Pt Phanpy Best Moveset
Ground type at 90 HP with 60 in most other stats. The moveset has MoveEarthquake and basic physical hits, but can't compete at this level. Evolve to Donphan.
Best Build
Phanpy best EVs are Attack and HP
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Earthquake
- Ice Shard
- Stealth Rock
- Head Smash
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Ancient Power and Body Slam from the egg pool give Phanpy something extra. Pair those with Earthquake and Earth Power for STAB and coverage across 8 types for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.
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
24 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It is strong despite its compact size. It can easily pick up and carry an adult human on its back.
Phanpy Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Phanpy in Platinum can hold Passho Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Passho Berry.
In Platinum, Phanpy does the job early-game if you need a Ground type on your team. Evolve it into Donphan before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Phanpy 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
Winds & Waves
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