Is Spearow Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Route 225 after the National Dex. Staraptor has been on the team since the first hour. Spearow is a weaker version of a role that's been filled for the entire game.
Roark's team hits Spearow's weaknesses hard.
Spearow has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Spearow trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's team hits Spearow's weaknesses hard.
Spearow trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Byron's team hits Spearow's weaknesses hard.
Spearow has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Volkner's team hits Spearow's weaknesses hard.
Fearow has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Fearow trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Fearow trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Fearow has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Fearow has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Fearow has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Fearow has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Fearow trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Spearow on Route 225 (walking, Lv 20-22, rare).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Roark
- TM88FlyingPluckPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Floaroma Town
- After Gardenia
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- TM89BugU-turnPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 37FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Spearow to Fearow
Spearow evolves into Fearow at Level 20. You get it at Level 20 or higher, so it evolves into Fearow the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 20)
- LV 20FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- From Start
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 15Veilstone Game Corner
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- After Maylene
- HM02FlyingFlyPower 135Accuracy 95%PP 15Inside the Galactic Warehouse in Veilstone City
- LV 47FlyingDrill PeckPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Spearow in Diamond & Pearl
Spearow only shows as a rare walking encounter on two postgame routes, sitting around level 20. The routes overlap with Rattata, so both Kanto commons share the same thin late-game footprint.
2 locations to catch Spearow
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 8Where To Catch Spearow in DP
Spearow is where the line starts, caught through walking encounters at Lv. 20-22. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 1Spearow ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into FearowRoute 225Lv.50-52GrassRate 40%Morning/dayRoute 226Lv.51-53GrassRate 40%Morning/dayRoute 225Lv.51GrassRate 20%NightRoute 226Lv.52GrassRate 20%Nightor evolve from Spearow (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Spearow.
How to Get Shiny Spearow in Diamond & Pearl
Spearow appears along Route 225 and Route 226, and a patient PokeRadar chain there is your path to a shiny. Compare Shiny Spearow odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Spearow 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 Spearow.
Spearow Weakness
Electric, Ice, and Rock moves hit Spearow for super-effective damage. The upside? Ground and Ghost-type moves can't touch it at all.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Electric, Ice, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Bug |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground, Ghost |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Spearow Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Spearow
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spearow View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x300-354%KO Avalanche 2x121-143%KO Thunderbolt 2x80-94% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Kabutops RockWater | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Kabuto (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spearow View Kabutops builds →Stone Edge 2x271-319%KO Ice Beam 2x104-124%KO | ||
 Magnezone ElectricSteel | A | |
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) | ||
 Glaceon Ice | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Hearthome City Gift) | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spearow View Abomasnow builds →Ice Beam 2x208-245%KO Rock Slide 2x112-132%KO | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spearow View Solrock builds →Stone Edge 2x231-271%KO Charge Beam 2x50-59% | ||
 Plusle Electric | B | |
 Weavile DarkIce | B | |
 Probopass RockSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spearow View Probopass builds →Thunderbolt 2x117-138%KO Stone Edge 2x149-176%KO | ||
 Aerodactyl Rock | B | |
Obtain MethodOreburgh City Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spearow View Aerodactyl builds →Stone Edge 2x250-294%KO Thunder Fang 2x109-129%KO Ice Fang 2x109-129%KO | ||
 Manectric Electric | C | |
Spearow Evolutions
Spearow evolves into Fearow. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Spearow. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Spearow easily with 31 breeding partners from the Flying egg group. Pass egg moves like Astonish, False Swipe, Feint Attack and 6 more to offspring.
DP Spearow Best Moveset
Normal/Flying at these stat levels offers nothing that Pidgey doesn't also bring, and both are strictly worse than their evolutions. The moveset has MoveDrill Peck for physical Flying damage, but 60 Attack can't back it up.
Best Build
Spearow best EVs are Attack and Speed
Utility Moveset
- Heat Wave
- Return
- Pluck
- U Turn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Without breeding, Spearow misses out on Astonish and False Swipe. That's 9 egg moves adding depth that the base kit lacks. STAB comes from Sky Attack and Double-Edge, with Dark and Steel coverage and more rounding things out.
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
It flaps its small wings busily to fly. Using its beak, it searches in grass for prey.
Spearow Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Spearow has 262 BST and evolves into Fearow. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Spearow is a post-game Pokemon. You need to defeat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame first. Spearow becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
Spearow has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 18 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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