Is Quagsire Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Water/Ground with one Grass weakness and AbilityWater Absorb for Water immunity. If imported, Quagsire handles Volkner, Flint, and Byron. Gastrodon fills the exact same niche natively in Sinnoh with better stats. The import is redundant.
Quagsire resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Quagsire's weaknesses hard.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Maylene's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Quagsire resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Quagsire in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 21-22, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 36GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- LV 53WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Catch Wooper
Catch Wooper in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 20, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- HM03WaterSurfPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 15Celestic Town
- LV 33GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Fantina
- TM03WaterWater PulsePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Ravaged Path
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 47WaterMuddy WaterPower 143Accuracy 85%PP 10
- After Volkner
- HM07WaterWaterfallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Sunyshore City
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Quagsire in Diamond & Pearl
Quagsire shares the same two water areas as Wooper but bites rare to uncommon instead. You can catch the evolved form surfing or walking there, no grinding the smaller Wooper required.
2 locations to catch Quagsire2 locations to catch Wooper
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Encountered via Surfing, tall grass encounters
Badge 3Catch Wooper at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 20 — it evolves into Quagsire.
Badge 3Where To Catch Quagsire in DP
To get Quagsire, start by catching Wooper through walking and surfing encounters at Lv. 18-40. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Catch WooperRoute 212 - SouthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Route 212 - SouthLv.18GrassRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.20FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.22FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.22FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.24FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.24FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Daily PokemonLv.22-26FloorRate 10%Before post-game
- Step 2Quagsire ✓Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.21-22FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.21-22FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.23-24FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.23-24FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.25-26FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.25-26FloorRate 15%Route 212 - SouthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Great Marsh - Daily PokemonLv.22-26FloorRate 10%Before post-gameGreat Marsh - Area 1Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%or evolve from Wooper (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Quagsire.
How to Get Shiny Quagsire in Diamond & Pearl
Quagsire lounges around the Great Marsh and Route 212, so a steady PokeRadar chain turns up its shiny. Compare Shiny Quagsire odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Quagsire 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Quagsire.
Quagsire Weakness
Quagsire's Water/Ground typing leaves it vulnerable to Grass. Grass hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Electric-type attacks completely. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. With 95 HP and balanced defenses, Quagsire can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Quagsire Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Quagsire
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Parasect BugGrass | C | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
 Wormadam BugGrass | C | |
 Snover GrassIce | D | |
 Lileep RockGrass | C | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift | ||
Quagsire Evolutions
Quagsire is the evolved form of Wooper. Breeding produces Wooper eggs, and they take an average time to hatch. Evolving from Wooper gave Quagsire the biggest boost in HP (+40), bringing the total to 430 stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Quagsire to get Wooper eggs easily using 131 partners from the Field and Water 1 egg groups. Notable egg moves include Ancient Power, Body Slam, Counter and 8 more.
DP Quagsire Best Moveset
Only one weakness in Grass (4x) thanks to Water/Ground typing gives Quagsire unique defensive value. 95 HP and 85 in both defenses soak hits, and the moveset runs MoveEarthquake and Water attacks with MoveToxic for passive damage. 35 Speed is painful, but the typing compensates.
Best Build
Quagsire best EVs are HP and Sp. Def
Wall Moveset
- Recover
- Earthquake
- Encore
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Ancient Power and Body Slam on Quagsire. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Earthquake and Muddy Water, they expand what Quagsire can actually threaten in practice.
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
39 of 40 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It has a sluggish nature. It lies at the river’s bottom, waiting for prey to stray into its mouth.
A dim-witted Pokémon. It doesn’t care if it bumps its head into boats or rocks while swimming.
Quagsire Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, it depends on your team. Quagsire rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Water/Ground coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
In Diamond & Pearl, use Quagsire as a trick room. Physical side carries the damage. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. Earthquake is the primary attack.
For Diamond & Pearl, run Impish on Quagsire. +Defense is what matters, and the -Sp. Atk cut doesn't hurt this set. Fits the trick room role.
Game Availability
Quagsire first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 17 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters 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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