Is Pupitar Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Larvitar evolves at level 30. Rock/Ground cocoon stage. AbilityShed Skin cures status randomly. Pupitar is a speed bump between Larvitar and the prize. Tyranitar at level 55 is what you're here for.
Larvitar trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Larvitar's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's team hits Larvitar's weaknesses hard.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Pupitar has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Pupitar has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Pupitar has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Pupitar trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Bertha's team hits Pupitar's weaknesses hard.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Tyranitar resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Tyranitar resists most of Mars's coverage and hits back hard.
Tyranitar has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Tyranitar trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Larvitar
Catch Larvitar on Route 206 (walking, Lv 16, common). Swarm (daily, announced in Sandgem Town).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 16)
- LV 16RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 41GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 46RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 50NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Larvitar to Pupitar
Larvitar evolves into Pupitar at Level 30. Your Larvitar should hit Level 30 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 30)
- LV 30RockRock SlidePower 113Accuracy 90%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- LV 47GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 54RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 60NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Pupitar to Tyranitar
Pupitar evolves into Tyranitar at Level 55. Your Pupitar should hit Level 55 before you reach Flint, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 55)
- LV 55RockStone EdgePower 150Accuracy 80%PP 5
- LV 55DarkCrunchPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 55DarkDark PulsePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Fantina
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 70NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TUTORRockAncient PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORDragonOutragePower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TUTORFightingSuperpowerPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORWaterAqua TailPower 90Accuracy 90%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORGroundEarth PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Survival Area
- TUTORSteelIron HeadPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Pupitar in Platinum
A Larvitar reaches Pupitar at level 30, the only route since it has no wild spawn. So your Larvitar has to come from that one Sandgem swarm day, the slow start of the climb.
Catch Larvitar at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Pupitar.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2How to Obtain Pupitar in Pt
How to Get Shiny Pupitar in Platinum
Pupitar comes only by leveling, so chain a Larvitar on Route 206 to 40 for a shiny and raise it up. Compare Shiny Pupitar odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Pupitar 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Platinum shiny odds for Pupitar.
Pupitar Weakness
Pupitar's Rock/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. Water and Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. 5 resistances help offset the weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Water, Grass |
| 2x (Weak) | Ice, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Flying, Rock |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Pupitar Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Pupitar
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Gallade builds →Focus Punch 2x188-221%KO Leaf Blade 4x153-180%KO Earthquake 2x85-100%KO | ||
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x188-221%KO Earthquake 2x85-100%KO | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Donphan builds →Earthquake 2x120-143%KO Rock Smash 2x34-40% | ||
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Leafeon builds →Razor Leaf 4x128-150%KO Rock Smash 2x31-38% | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Shiftry builds →Giga Drain 4x120-143%KO Brick Break 2x53-63% | ||
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x101-120%KO Brick Break 2x50-60% Steel Wing 2x49-58% Ice Fang 2x44-53% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Sandslash builds →Focus Punch 2x104-123%KO Earthquake 2x105-124%KO | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Roselia builds →Magical Leaf 4x134-158%KO | ||
 Grotle Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Grotle builds →Razor Leaf 4x108-128%KO Rock Smash 2x28-33% | ||
 Monferno FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Route 201 Gift) | ||
 Prinplup Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Route 201 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Prinplup builds →Bubble Beam 4x120-143%KO Brick Break 2x40-48% Metal Claw 2x28-33% | ||
 Gabite DragonGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Gabite builds →Earthquake 2x95-113%KO Rock Smash 2x28-33% | ||
 Machop Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Pupitar View Machop builds →Focus Punch 2x130-154%KO Earthquake 2x59-70% | ||
Pupitar Evolutions
Partway through Larvitar's chain. Pupitar still has another evolution ahead before reaching Tyranitar. For breeding, takes forever to hatch with plenty of partners via one egg group. So far, HP got the biggest boost (+20 from Larvitar). The final form adds another 190 stats on top. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Pupitar to get Larvitar eggs using 63 partners from the Monster egg group. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Assurance, Curse and 7 more.
Pt Pupitar Best Moveset
Mid-stage Rock/Ground at 84 Attack. AbilityShed Skin has a 30% chance of clearing status each turn, and the moveset runs basic physical Rock and Ground attacks. Everything leads to Tyranitar. Tyranitar changes the entire game.
Best Build
Pupitar best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Dragon Dance
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge
- Brick Break
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Ancient Power and Assurance from the egg pool give Pupitar something extra.
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
31 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its body is as hard as bedrock. By venting pressurized gas, it can launch itself like a rocket.
Pupitar Platinum Guide
For Platinum, you can run Pupitar through the first few routes without issues. 410 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Tyranitar as fast as you can.
In Platinum, use Pupitar as a balanced. Physical side carries the damage. Not the fastest, Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Platinum, run Adamant on Pupitar. +Attack is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the balanced role.
Game Availability
Available in 18 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Pupitar spans 8 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 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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