Is Snorunt Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Ice from Hoenn. Gen 4 adds the Froslass evolution via Dawn Stone on female Snorunt. AbilityIce Body heals in hail. Two evolution paths now: Glalie at 42 or Froslass via Dawn Stone. Froslass is the stronger choice.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Snorunt has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Snorunt's weaknesses hard.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Snorunt trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Candice:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Volkner:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Aaron:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Bertha:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Flint:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Lucian:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Mars:
Glalie resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Jupiter:
Glalie has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Saturn:
Glalie trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Your evolution path matters here. Pick a branch to see how it fares against Cynthia:
Catchable
Catch Snorunt on Route 216 (Poké Radar, Lv 33-34, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 33IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 33DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 46IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Snorunt to Glalie
Snorunt evolves into Glalie at Level 42. Your Snorunt should hit Level 42 before you reach Volkner, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- 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
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 51IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Snorunt to Froslass
Snorunt evolves into Froslass with a Dawn Stone. You can usually obtain this item before you reach Volkner.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM24ElectricThunderboltPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Crasher Wake
- TM30GhostShadow BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Route 210
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- TM85PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Valor Lakefront
- LV 51IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Snorunt in Diamond & Pearl
Snorunt chains common off the Poke Radar across three snowy spots, level 33 to 36. The Radar is what coaxes the snow hat Pokemon out, so the cold routes stay empty without a chain running.
Wild Snorunt may be holding when caught:
Babiri Berry (5% chance) Held: Consumed when struck by a super-effective Steel-type attack to halve the damage.3 locations to catch Snorunt
Badge 6Where To Catch Snorunt in DP
Snorunt is where the line starts, caught through special encounters at Lv. 33-36. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
Available in-game· 2 pathsPick one
- GlalieLv 42
To plan your throws, open the Diamond & Pearl catch rate calculator with Snorunt preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Snorunt in Diamond & Pearl
Snorunt tumbles through Route 216, Route 217, and the Acuity Lakefront, where a PokeRadar chain sets its shiny at 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Snorunt odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Snorunt 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 Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Snorunt already selected.
Snorunt Weakness
Fire, Fighting, Rock, and Steel moves hit Snorunt for super-effective damage. Standard number of weaknesses for the Ice typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Fighting, Rock, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Ice |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Snorunt Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Snorunt
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Heracross builds →Focus Punch 2x266-314%KO Rock Slide 2x90-107%KO | ||
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x276-325%KO Iron Tail 2x123-146%KO Rock Slide 2x93-110%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x228-269%KO Fire Blast 2x183-216%KO Iron Tail 2x103-121%KO Rock Slide 2x78-92% | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Empoleon builds →Flash Cannon 2x131-154%KO Brick Break 2x66-79% Rock Slide 2x66-79% | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Toxicroak builds →Focus Punch 2x233-275%KO Rock Slide 2x79-93% | ||
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Arcanine builds →Fire Blast 2x179-210%KO Iron Tail 2x107-127%KO Rock Smash 2x44-52% | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Ninetales builds →Fire Blast 2x150-177%KO Iron Tail 2x79-93% | ||
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Kabutops builds →Rock Slide 2x126-149%KO Brick Break 2x84-99% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x221-261%KO Rock Slide 2x74-88% Fire Blast 2x71-84% | ||
 Medicham FightingPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Medicham builds →Focus Punch 2x150-177%KO Fire Punch 2x50-60% Rock Slide 2x50-60% | ||
 Riolu Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodIron Island Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Riolu builds →Focus Punch 2x166-196%KO Iron Tail 2x74-88% Rock Slide 2x57-67% | ||
 Mawile Steel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Mawile builds →Focus Punch 2x130-153%KO Flash Cannon 2x76-90% Rock Slide 2x66-79% Fire Blast 2x76-90% | ||
 Omastar RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Omanyte (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Snorunt View Omastar builds →Ancient Power 2x102-121%KO Rock Smash 2x28-34% | ||
Snorunt Evolutions
From here, Snorunt's line branches into Glalie and Froslass. That's 2 possible evolutions, each with its own method. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Snorunt. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Snorunt easily with 35 breeding partners from the Fairy and Mineral egg groups. Pass egg moves like Bide, Block, Disable and 2 more to offspring.
DP Snorunt Best Moveset
50 across every stat with Ice typing. The moveset has Ice attacks at low power and nothing competitive. Can evolve to Glalie or, for females, to Froslass via Dawn Stone.
Best Build
Snorunt best EVs are Defense and Sp. Def
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Ice Shard
- Icy Wind
- Spikes
- Blizzard
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Don't skip the egg moves. Snorunt picks up Bide and Block only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Blizzard and Ice Beam while Dark and Normal coverage and more 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
25 of 26 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
In the snow country, certain folklore says a house will prosper if a SNORUNT lives there.
Snorunt Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Snorunt in Diamond & Pearl can hold Babiri Berry (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Babiri Berry.
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Snorunt through the first few routes without issues. 300 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Glalie as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Obtainable through an item-based evolution, Snorunt appears in 17 titles across 7 generations since Ruby & Sapphire. The evolution method adds a barrier that wild-catchable Pokemon don't have.
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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