Is Toxicroak Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Poison/Fighting with AbilityDry Skin healing in rain and taking 25% extra Fire damage. Toxicroak handles Byron, Candice, and Bertha through Fighting. Fast and hard-hitting. Flint is the one fight to avoid.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Toxicroak resists most of Candice's coverage and hits back hard.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Bertha's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Croagunk
Catch Croagunk in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 22-26, uncommon). Pre-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 22)
- LV 22FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- LV 31DarkSucker PunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 5
- LV 38PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- LV 43PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Croagunk to Toxicroak
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak at Level 37. Your Croagunk should hit Level 37 before you reach Byron, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM75NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30Veilstone Game Corner
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 41PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 49PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Toxicroak in Diamond & Pearl
Toxicroak shares the Great Marsh with Croagunk, an uncommon walking catch in the low 20s after the National Dex. Catching the toxic frog there saves you raising its smaller form through the levels.
Wild Toxicroak may be holding when caught:
Black Sludge (5% chance) Held: Poison-type holder recovers 1/16 (6.25%) max HP each turn. Non-Poison-Types take 1/8 (12.5%) max HP damage.1 location to catch Toxicroak1 location to catch Croagunk
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Catch Croagunk at any of the 1 location below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Toxicroak.
Badge 3Where To Catch Toxicroak in DP
Croagunk is your first catch on the way to Toxicroak. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 22-26 across 6 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Toxicroak ✓or evolve from Croagunk (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Diamond & Pearl for Toxicroak.
How to Get Shiny Toxicroak in Diamond & Pearl
Toxicroak steps up from a bred Croagunk, hatched the Masuda way before it evolves. Compare Shiny Toxicroak odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Toxicroak 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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Diamond & Pearl shiny odds for Toxicroak.
Toxicroak Weakness
Type-wise, Toxicroak takes extra damage from Psychic, Ground, and Flying. Watch out for Psychic attacks, those deal 4x damage. With 6 resistances, the defensive profile is strong. Dry Skin grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart. Toxicroak leans offensive (base 106 Atk) rather than trying to tank its weaknesses.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Psychic |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Rock, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Toxicroak Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Toxicroak
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x100-118%KO Aerial Ace 2x62-73% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x87-103%KO Aerial Ace 2x35-42% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Drifblim builds →Dream Eater 4x126-149%KO Fly 2x80-94% | ||
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Yanmega builds →Dream Eater 4x155-182%KO Aerial Ace 2x52-61% | ||
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Lunatone builds →Dream Eater 4x200-236%KO Earthquake 2x44-53% | ||
 Mr. Mime Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Mr. Mime builds →Dream Eater 4x211-248%KO Aerial Ace 2x23-28% | ||
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 4x190-224%KO Earthquake 2x58-69% | ||
 Sandslash Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Sandslash builds →Earthquake 2x105-124%KO Aerial Ace 2x42-51% | ||
 Donphan Ground | B | |
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMt Coronet Surfing | ||
 Solrock RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Solrock builds →Dream Eater 4x133-158%KO Earthquake 2x67-79% | ||
Toxicroak Evolutions
Evolved from Croagunk. Toxicroak is the final form in this two-stage line. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Attack grew the most through evolution (+45 over Croagunk), and Toxicroak peaks at 490 total stats. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Toxicroak to get Croagunk eggs easily using 39 partners from the Human-Like egg group. Notable egg moves include Bullet Punch, Cross Chop, Dynamic Punch and 8 more.
DP Toxicroak Best Moveset
Rain heals 12.5% HP per turn and grants Water immunity through AbilityDry Skin, making Toxicroak a natural fit for rain teams. 106 Attack and 85 Speed power physical Fighting and Poison hits hard, and the moveset thrives in rain. Struggles outside it.
Best Build
Toxicroak best EVs are Attack and Speed
Physical Setup Sweeper Moveset
- Sucker Punch
- Swords Dance
- Brick Break
- Low Kick
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Bullet Punch and Cross Chop give Toxicroak options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 7 types already covers a decent range on top of Focus Punch and Focus Blast. The egg moves push it further.
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
44 of 46 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its knuckle claws secrete a toxin so vile that even a scratch could prove fatal.
The toxin made in its poison sacs is pumped to the knuckle claws through tubes down its arms.
Toxicroak Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Toxicroak in Diamond & Pearl can hold Black Sludge (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Black Sludge.
In Diamond & Pearl, Toxicroak plays as a attacker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Diamond & Pearl, Jolly is the go-to nature for Toxicroak. That's +Speed / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe EVs. Fits the attacker role.
Game Availability
Available in 13 titles since its debut in Diamond & Pearl, Toxicroak spans 6 generations of Pokemon games. It's accessible through wild encounters in a solid number of games.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
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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