Is Spinarak Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Not in the Sinnoh dex. Transfer-only Bug/Poison. AbilityInsomnia blocks sleep. Ariados at 22 is another weak Bug that can't compete with Sinnoh's native options. Not worth the Pal Park trip.
Roark's team hits Spinarak's weaknesses hard.
Spinarak has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Aaron's team hits Ariados's weaknesses hard.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Mars's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Ariados has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Ariados trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Hatch
Hatch Spinarak from an Egg you breed in Solaceon Town.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM28GroundDigPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 26DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 40PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 43PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Spinarak to Ariados
Spinarak evolves into Ariados at Level 22. Your Spinarak should hit Level 22 before you reach Maylene, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22BugBug BitePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 28DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 46PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 50PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Spinarak in Diamond & Pearl
Spinarak skips the wild here. The string spider only enters through breeding, since it never spawns on a route and Ariados carries the lone night appearances for the line.
Catch Ariados at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Spinarak.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Spinarak
- 2
Badge 8How to Obtain Spinarak in DP
- Step 1Spinarak ✓BREEDINGAvailableLeave Ariados with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Spinarak egg.
How to Get Shiny Spinarak in Diamond & Pearl
Spinarak leans on Masuda breeding, so pair one with a foreign-language parent for a shiny per egg. Compare Shiny Spinarak odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Spinarak Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
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 | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Spinarak preloaded.
Spinarak Weakness
Spinarak's Bug/Poison typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. The Bug/Poison typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Spinarak Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Spinarak
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x349-411%KO Ancient Power 2x101-118%KO | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x289-340%KO Stone Edge 2x137-162%KO Aerial Ace 2x83-98% | ||
 Azelf Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodLake Valor Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Azelf builds →Future Sight 2x289-340%KO Fire Blast 2x192-227%KO | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x149-176%KO Rock Slide 2x83-98% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x279-329%KO | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Camerupt builds →Eruption 2x310-365%KO Stone Edge 2x133-157%KO | ||
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x250-294%KO Fire Blast 2x87-102%KO | ||
 Mesprit Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Mesprit builds →Future Sight 2x248-292%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Honchkrow builds →Fly 2x217-256%KO Dream Eater 2x138-163%KO | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x235-277%KO Dream Eater 2x112-132%KO | ||
 Armaldo RockBug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Anorith (Oreburgh City Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Spinarak View Armaldo builds →Stone Edge 2x241-285%KO Aerial Ace 2x97-115%KO | ||
Spinarak Evolutions
Spinarak is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Ariados. Check the evolution method below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 150 total stats over Spinarak. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Spinarak easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Disable, Poison Jab and 5 more to offspring.
DP Spinarak Best Moveset
Stats cluster around 40 with no standout anywhere. The moveset has basic Bug and Poison attacks at low power. Evolve to Ariados.
Best Build
Spinarak best EVs are HP and Attack
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Protect
- Toxic Spikes
- Sucker Punch
- Bug Bite
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The natural movepool does the job, but Baton Pass and Disable from the egg pool give Spinarak 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
24 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It sets a trap by spinning a web with thin but strong silk. It waits motionlessly for prey to arrive.
Spinarak Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, for a casual playthrough, Spinarak works as a placeholder. Bug/Poison coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Ariados. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Debuting in Gold & Silver, Spinarak appears in 17 games across 8 generations. A reliable presence in most mainline games, typically found through catching or hatching as a base form.
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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