What does Sunkern evolve into?

Get Sunkern to Sunflora using a Sun Stone. At 180 BST, Sunkern is just the starting point.

Should I use Sunkern?

In Diamond & Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Sunkern works as a placeholder. Grass coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Sunflora . That's where the stats start mattering.

Where can you catch Sunkern?

You can find Sunkern in Diamond & Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 15 other games across the series.

What games is Sunkern in?

Yes, Sunkern is in Diamond & Pearl. It shows up in 16 games across the series.

Sunkern - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Utility

Balanced

DTier

30Speed · Very Slow

Stats & Training

You won't find a real weakness in Sunkern's stat line. It's well-rounded for the Seed Pokemon, and what it does with that depends on moveset and items. Yields 1 Sp. Atk EV, on a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.

Base Stats

Low

HP30

Attack30

Defense30

Sp. Atk30

Sp. Def30

Speed30

Total180

Details

Catch Rate

Easy235 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.3 m

Weight1.8 kg

Base XP36

Abilities

Chlorophyll

Doubles Speed during strong sunlight.

Solar Power

Increases Special Attack to 1.5× but costs 1/8 max HP after each turn during strong sunlight.

Early BirdHANot in game

Makes sleep pass twice as quickly.

EV Yield

HPAtkDefSpA+1SpDSpe

Special Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

It suddenly falls out of the sky in the morning. A year after a cold summer, their population explodes.

Sunkern Weakness

Sunkern's Grass typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. The Grass typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.

Sunkern Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug
0.5x (Resist)	Water, Electric, Grass, Ground

Type ChartFragile

5Weak

4Resist

0Immune

Score-6

Gen IV Type Chart

Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Fire Ice Poison Flying Bug

½xResist

Water Electric Grass Ground

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

None

STAB (3)

Water Ground Rock

How to Beat Sunkern in Diamond & Pearl (Best Counters)

Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 15 PluckTM88 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Wing Attack 2x 121-144%KO Pluck 2x 121-144%KO Peck 2x 73-87% View Murkrow builds →
Beautifly BugFlying	D
Available Move Moves GustLv. 13 Damage vs Sunkern Gust 2x 92-110%KO View Beautifly builds →
Growlithe Fire	D
Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 Flame WheelLv. 20 EmberLv. 6 Damage vs Sunkern Fire Blast 2x 185-219%KO Flame Wheel 2x 108-127%KO Ember 2x 73-87% View Growlithe builds →
Drifloon GhostFlying	D
Obtain MethodValley Windworks Interact Encounter Available Move Moves GustLv. 11 Damage vs Sunkern Gust 2x 67-81% View Drifloon builds →
Staravia NormalFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Wing AttackLv. 9 PluckTM88 Damage vs Sunkern Wing Attack 2x 112-133%KO Pluck 2x 112-133%KO View Staravia builds →

Diamond & Pearl Evolution

To get Sunflora from Sunkern, you need an evolution item. The evolution method matters here. The evolved forms gain up to 245 total stats over Sunkern. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms

#191Sunkern

Sun Stone

#192Sunflora

Stat Comparison 2 Stages

Sunkern

Grass

Sunflora

Grass

75+45

ATK

75+45

DEF

55+25

SP.ATK

105+75

SP.DEF

85+55

SPE

BST

180D-Tier

425C-Tier+245

ROLE

Balanced

Attacker

TYPE

Utility

Special

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Sunkern easily with 45 breeding partners from the Plant egg group. Pass egg moves like Curse, Encore, Grass Whistle and 5 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

Plant

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

8moves

Breed With (best first)

Diamond & Pearl Sunkern Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 4.

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Moves

The natural movepool does the job, but Curse and Encore from the egg pool give Sunkern something extra. Pair those with Solar Beam and Energy Ball for STAB and Normal and Poison coverage for reach, and the kit fills out nicely.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Absorb

—2010025Grass

Lv 1

Growth

———20Normal

Lv 5

Mega Drain

—4010015Grass

Lv 9

Ingrain

———20Grass

Lv 13

Grass Whistle

——5515Grass

Lv 17

Leech Seed

C—9010Grass

Lv 21

Endeavor

D—1005Normal

Lv 25

Worry Seed

——10010Grass

Lv 29

Razor Leaf

—559525Grass

Lv 33

Synthesis

D——5Grass

Lv 37

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

Lv 41

Giga Drain

D6010010Grass

Lv 45

Seed Bomb

D8010015Grass

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

——10015Normal

TM09

Bullet Seed

—1010030Grass

TM78

Captivate

——10020Normal

HM01

Cut

—509530Normal

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM58

Endure+4

———10Normal

TM53

Energy Ball

D8010010Grass

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM70

Flash

D—10020Normal

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM19

Giga Drain

D6010010Grass

TM86

Grass Knot

D—10020Grass

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM16

Light Screen

C——30Psychic

TM83

Natural Gift

D—10015Normal

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM20

Safeguard

D——25Normal

TM43

Secret Power

—7010020Normal

TM82

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM36

Sludge Bomb

D9010010Poison

TM22

Solar Beam

D12010010Grass

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM11

Sunny Day

C——5Fire

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM75

Swords Dance

C——30Normal

TM06

Toxic

C—8510Poison

Egg Moves

Egg

Curse

C——10Ghost

Egg

Encore

C—1005Normal

Egg

Grass Whistle

——5515Grass

Egg

Helping Hand+5

———20Normal

Egg

Ingrain

———20Grass

Egg

Leech Seed

C—9010Grass

Egg

Nature Power

———20Normal

Egg

Sweet Scent

——10020Normal

Tutor Moves

Sunkern can't learn any Tutor moves

Transfer Moves

Gen

Gen 3

Double-Edge

D12010015Normal

Gen 3

Mimic

———10Normal

Diamond & Pearl Sunkern Locations

the PokeRadar is the only way to find Sunkern in this game. 2 locations host these encounters, and each one has its own conditions. These become available in early-game encounter areas. Sort below to compare them.

Best Locations to Catch Sunkern in Diamond & Pearl

Route 204 - North

PearlUsing PokeRadar Lv.7-8 Route

UncommonEarly

Route 204 - North

DiamondUsing PokeRadar Lv.7-8 Route

UncommonEarly

Sunkern Guide

Get Sunkern to Sunflora using a Sun Stone. At 180 BST, Sunkern is just the starting point.
In Diamond & Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Sunkern works as a placeholder. Grass coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Sunflora. That's where the stats start mattering.
You can find Sunkern in Diamond & Pearl. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 15 other games across the series.
Yes, Sunkern is in Diamond & Pearl. It shows up in 16 games across the series.

Game Availability

Since Gold & Silver, Sunkern has been in 16 games. Requiring an item-based evolution to obtain means it's consistently available but requires more effort than simply catching it in the wild.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Growlithe Fire	D
Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 EmberLv. 6 Damage vs Sunkern Fire Blast 2x 189-225%KO Ember 2x 78-92% View Growlithe builds →
Staravia NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves Wing AttackLv. 9 Damage vs Sunkern Wing Attack 2x 111-133%KO View Staravia builds →
Doduo NormalFlying	D
Available Move Moves PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Peck 2x 78-92% View Doduo builds →
Chimchar Fire	D
Obtain MethodLake Verity Gift Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 EmberLv. 7 Damage vs Sunkern Fire Blast 2x 169-200%KO Ember 2x 69-83% View Chimchar builds →
Combee BugFlying	D
Available Move Moves GustLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Gust 2x 47-58% View Combee builds →

Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice PunchLv. 1 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Sunkern Blizzard 2x 258-304%KO Ice Beam 2x 212-251%KO Ice Punch 2x 178-210%KO Icy Wind 2x 133-157%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyHM02 PluckTM88 PeckLv. 13 Damage vs Sunkern Sky Attack 2x 209-246%KO Fly 2x 136-161%KO Pluck 2x 94-112%KO Peck 2x 57-67% View Noctowl builds →
Murkrow DarkFlying	C
Available Moves Moves FlyHM02 Wing AttackLv. 15 PluckTM88 PeckLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Fly 2x 201-237%KO Wing Attack 2x 136-161%KO Pluck 2x 136-161%KO Peck 2x 79-94% View Murkrow builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	D
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 FlyHM02 Leech LifeLv. 1 U-turnTM89 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 163-193%KO Fly 2x 190-224%KO Leech Life 2x 113-134%KO U-turn 2x 99-116%KO View Golbat builds →
Ponyta Fire	D
Available Moves Moves Fire BlastTM38 FlamethrowerTM35 EmberLv. 16 Fire SpinLv. 25 Damage vs Sunkern Fire Blast 2x 201-237%KO Flamethrower 2x 163-193%KO Ember 2x 76-90% Fire Spin 2x 67-81% View Ponyta builds →

Drapion PoisonDark	C
Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 Ice FangLv. 1 Fire FangLv. 1 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 155-184%KO Ice Fang 2x 101-119%KO Fire Fang 2x 101-119%KO Aerial Ace 2x 93-110%KO View Drapion builds →
Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice PunchLv. 1 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Sunkern Blizzard 2x 258-304%KO Ice Beam 2x 212-251%KO Ice Punch 2x 178-210%KO Icy Wind 2x 133-157%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Toxicroak PoisonFighting	C
Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 Poison StingLv. 8 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 201-237%KO Poison Sting 2x 45-54% View Toxicroak builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyHM02 Aerial AceTM40 PluckTM88 Damage vs Sunkern Sky Attack 2x 209-246%KO Fly 2x 136-161%KO Aerial Ace 2x 94-112%KO Pluck 2x 94-112%KO View Noctowl builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	D
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 FlyHM02 Leech LifeLv. 1 U-turnTM89 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 163-193%KO Fly 2x 190-224%KO Leech Life 2x 113-134%KO U-turn 2x 99-116%KO View Golbat builds →

Drapion PoisonDark	C
Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 Ice FangLv. 1 Fire FangLv. 1 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 153-181%KO Ice Fang 2x 100-118%KO Fire Fang 2x 100-118%KO Aerial Ace 2x 94-110%KO View Drapion builds →
Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice PunchLv. 1 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Sunkern Blizzard 2x 262-308%KO Ice Beam 2x 212-250%KO Ice Punch 2x 179-212%KO Icy Wind 2x 133-158%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Toxicroak PoisonFighting	C
Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 Poison StingLv. 8 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 203-238%KO Poison Sting 2x 42-50% View Toxicroak builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyHM02 Air SlashLv. 32 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Sunkern Sky Attack 2x 209-246%KO Fly 2x 137-162%KO Air Slash 2x 169-200%KO Aerial Ace 2x 91-108%KO View Noctowl builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	D
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 FlyHM02 Leech LifeLv. 1 U-turnTM89 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 163-192%KO Fly 2x 188-223%KO Leech Life 2x 113-133%KO U-turn 2x 100-118%KO View Golbat builds →

Drapion PoisonDark	C
Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 Poison JabTM84 Ice FangLv. 1 Fire FangLv. 1 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 151-179%KO Poison Jab 2x 185-218%KO Ice Fang 2x 101-119%KO Fire Fang 2x 101-119%KO View Drapion builds →
Abomasnow GrassIce	C
Available Moves Moves BlizzardTM14 Ice BeamTM13 Ice PunchLv. 1 Icy WindLv. 9 Damage vs Sunkern Blizzard 2x 255-300%KO Ice Beam 2x 208-246%KO Ice Punch 2x 175-207%KO Icy Wind 2x 130-154%KO View Abomasnow builds →
Toxicroak PoisonFighting	C
Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 Poison JabTM84 Poison StingLv. 8 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 200-236%KO Poison Jab 2x 208-246%KO Poison Sting 2x 42-50% View Toxicroak builds →
Noctowl NormalFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Sky AttackLv. 1 FlyHM02 Air SlashLv. 32 Aerial AceTM40 Damage vs Sunkern Sky Attack 2x 206-243%KO Fly 2x 133-157%KO Air Slash 2x 167-196%KO Aerial Ace 2x 90-107%KO View Noctowl builds →
Golbat PoisonFlying	D
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing Available Moves Moves Sludge BombTM36 FlyHM02 Leech LifeLv. 1 U-turnTM89 Damage vs Sunkern Sludge Bomb 2x 161-189%KO Fly 2x 188-221%KO Leech Life 2x 111-131%KO U-turn 2x 99-117%KO View Golbat builds →