Is Toxicroak Good in Platinum Playthrough?
Croagunk evolves at level 37. Poison/Fighting with AbilityAnticipation. Fast and strong physically. The Poison secondary handles Gardenia retroactively and Fighting coverage hits Byron and Candice. 4x weak to Psychic makes Lucian dangerous. Strong but fragile in the wrong matchup.
Croagunk resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Fantina's team hits Croagunk's weaknesses hard.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with 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 Jupiter'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 Saturn's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Croagunk
Catch Croagunk in the Great Marsh (walking, Lv 27-30, uncommon). Pre-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 27)
- LV 27FightingRevengePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Fantina
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 38PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 43PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- 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
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15Oreburgh Gate (basement)
- After Fantina
- TM52FightingFocus BlastPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 41PoisonPoison JabPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Byron
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 225Accuracy 100%PP 20Oreburgh Gate
- LV 49PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TUTORPoisonGunk ShotPower 180Accuracy 70%PP 5Survival Area
- TUTORFlyingBouncePower 85Accuracy 85%PP 5Survival Area
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Toxicroak in Platinum
Toxicroak only appears in the Great Marsh after the National Dex, at an uncommon rate. Leveling a Route 212 Croagunk to 37 is the steadier path than waiting on the marsh to roll the adult.
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 Toxicroak2 locations to catch Croagunk
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 5Catch Croagunk at any of the 2 locations below, then level it up to 37 — it evolves into Toxicroak.
Badge 5Where To Catch Toxicroak in Pt
The path to Toxicroak starts with Croagunk at Lv. 24-30 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 2Toxicroak ✓or evolve from Croagunk (Step 1)
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Platinum for Toxicroak.
How to Get Shiny Toxicroak in Platinum
Toxicroak grows from Croagunk, so chain a Croagunk on Route 212 to 40 for a shiny and raise it up. Compare Shiny Toxicroak odds across every game
Platinum Shiny Toxicroak 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 Platinum 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 | |
 Gardevoir Psychic | B | |
 Gliscor Ground | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Gliscor builds →Earthquake 2x96-113%KO Aerial Ace 2x57-68% | ||
 Marowak Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Marowak builds →Earthquake 2x83-98% Aerial Ace 2x34-40% | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
 Hippowdon Ground | B | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Lunatone builds →Dream Eater 4x192-227%KO Earthquake 2x43-50% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Drifblim builds →Dream Eater 4x123-145%KO Fly 2x75-88% | ||
 Bronzong SteelPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Bronzong builds →Dream Eater 4x166-197%KO Earthquake 2x61-72% | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
 Yanmega Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Yanmega builds →Dream Eater 4x151-178%KO Aerial Ace 2x49-58% | ||
 Grumpig Psychic | C | |
 Girafarig NormalPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Toxicroak View Girafarig builds →Dream Eater 4x184-217%KO Earthquake 2x55-66% | ||
 Hypno Psychic | C | |
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.
Pt Toxicroak Best Moveset
Water immunity and passive healing through AbilityDry Skin make rain teams the natural home for the moveset. 106 Attack at 85 Speed powers physical Fighting and Poison coverage, and the freedom from Water attacks opens switch-in options most Fighting types don't have.
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
Stall teams hate this. Toxicroak can spread damage across 10 types, with Ghost and Ground punishing common defensive pivots. STAB from Focus Punch and Focus Blast keeps the pressure honest on everything else.
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
It has a poison sac at its throat. When it croaks, the stored poison is churned for greater potency.
Toxicroak Platinum Guide
Yes. Wild Toxicroak in Platinum 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 Platinum, Toxicroak plays as a attacker. Speed is middling, so pick your spots carefully.
In Platinum, 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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