Is Swinub Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Route 217 encounter in Sinnoh, native to the regional dex. Ice/Ground with AbilityOblivious blocking attraction. Gen 4 adds the Mamoswine evolution by learning MoveAncient Power. Available late in the story but Mamoswine handles Volkner, Bertha, and Cynthia's Garchomp.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Swinub has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Swinub's weaknesses hard.
Swinub trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Piloswine has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Mamoswine trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Mamoswine resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Mamoswine has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Swinub on Route 217 (walking, Lv 34, common). Swarm.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 34)
- LV 34GroundMud BombPower 98Accuracy 85%PP 10
- LV 34IceIcy WindPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 15
- LV 34NormalTake DownPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- LV 37GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 44IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Swinub to Piloswine
Swinub evolves into Piloswine at Level 33. You get it at Level 34, past Level 33, so it evolves into Piloswine the next time it levels up.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 33)
- LV 33IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 40GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Piloswine to Mamoswine
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Volkner, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 42)
- LV 42GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 42IceIce FangPower 98Accuracy 95%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM13IceIce BeamPower 143Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 216
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- After Candice
- TM72IceAvalanchePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10Prize for defeating Candice
- LV 56IceBlizzardPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Swinub in Diamond & Pearl
A daily Swarm is the only thing that brings Swinub to Sinnoh, common at level 34 on one snowy route. Catch it on the day its swarm is listed, because the pig is absent every other day.
1 location to catch Swinub
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6Where To Catch Swinub in DP
- Step 1Swinub ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Mamoswine
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Swinub.
How to Get Shiny Swinub in Diamond & Pearl
Swinub roots around during its Route 217 swarm, so chain it with the PokeRadar there for the shiny. Compare Shiny Swinub odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Swinub 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 Swinub.
Swinub Weakness
Swinub is weak to Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, and Steel. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric-type moves entirely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Water, Grass, Fighting, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Swinub Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Swinub
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Breloom GrassFighting | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Breloom builds →Focus Punch 2x323-381%KO Seed Bomb 2x174-205%KO Iron Tail 2x144-170%KO | ||
 Toxicroak PoisonFighting | C | |
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Infernape builds →Focus Punch 2x269-317%KO Fire Blast 2x254-300%KO Solar Beam 2x169-200%KO Iron Tail 2x121-142%KO | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x195-230%KO Focus Punch 2x162-191%KO Iron Tail 2x109-129%KO Water Pulse 2x78-92% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x226-266%KO Surf 2x179-210%KO Focus Punch 2x130-153%KO | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Torterra builds →Wood Hammer 2x223-264%KO Iron Tail 2x123-146%KO Rock Smash 2x50-60% | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Machoke builds →Focus Punch 2x262-308%KO Fire Blast 2x98-116%KO | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Empoleon builds →Surf 2x214-252%KO Flash Cannon 2x180-213%KO Brick Break 2x78-92% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Bronzong builds →Solar Beam 2x136-161%KO Flash Cannon 2x137-163%KO Rock Smash 2x42-50% | ||
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Swinub View Shiftry builds →Solar Beam 2x226-266%KO Focus Blast 2x150-178%KO | ||
 Cherrim Grass | C | |
Swinub Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Swinub grows into Piloswine, then pushes on to Mamoswine. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 280 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Swinub easily with 131 breeding partners from the Field egg group. Pass egg moves like Ancient Power, Bite, Body Slam and 7 more to offspring.
DP Swinub Best Moveset
Ice/Ground typing at stats in the 30-50 range. The moveset has physical Ground and Ice attacks at low power. Evolve to Piloswine, then to Mamoswine.
Best Build
Swinub best EVs are Defense and Attack
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Ice Shard
- Endeavor
- Stealth Rock
- Hail
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Swinub gets Ancient Power and Bite exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Rock coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Blizzard and Earthquake.
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
30 of 31 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It loves eating mushrooms that grow under dead grass. It also finds hot springs while foraging.
Swinub Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, you can run Swinub through the first few routes without issues. 250 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Piloswine as fast as you can.
Game Availability
Available in 18 titles since its debut in Gold & Silver, Swinub spans 8 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through catching or hatching as a base form in most mainline games.
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
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