Is Trapinch Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Ground from Hoenn. Flygon at 45 is the payoff: Ground/Dragon with AbilityLevitate. AbilityArena Trap on Trapinch traps opponents. The long grind through Vibrava is the cost of one of Gen 3's best Pokemon.
Trapinch has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Trapinch trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Trapinch has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Flygon resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Flygon resists most of Jupiter's coverage and hits back hard.
Flygon resists most of Saturn's coverage and hits back hard.
Flygon has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Trapinch on Route 228 (Poké Radar, Lv 25, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- LV 33DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 41GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 57NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- LV 65GroundEarth PowerPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 73GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Trapinch to Flygon
Vibrava evolves into Flygon at Level 45. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 45)
- LV 45DragonDragon ClawPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM28GroundDigPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Maniac Tunnel
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- After Byron
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10Wayward Cave (secret entrance under bike path)
- After Candice
- TUTORDragonDraco MeteorPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5Route 210
- After Volkner
- TM59DragonDragon PulsePower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- LV 57NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Trapinch in Diamond & Pearl
Trapinch digs in at the end of a Poke Radar chain on one postgame route, rare at level 25. The ant pit Pokemon only surfaces through that chain, so the route stays empty without one.
Wild Trapinch may be holding when caught:
Soft Sand (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is a loose, silky sand that boosts the power of Ground-type moves.1 location to catch Trapinch
Badge 8Where To Catch Trapinch in DP
The line opens with Trapinch at Lv. 25 via special encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Trapinch ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Vibravaor evolve from Trapinch (Step 1)
- Step 3Evolve into FlygonBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Trapinch egg.
Bring the right balls: check Trapinch catch odds in the Diamond & Pearl Catch Rate Calculator before you throw.
How to Get Shiny Trapinch in Diamond & Pearl
Trapinch waits in the Route 228 sand, so a PokeRadar chain in that grass brings its shiny to 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Trapinch odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Trapinch 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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Trapinch in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Trapinch Weakness
Trapinch is weak to Water, Grass, and Ice. On the flip side, it's immune to Electric-type moves entirely. Standard number of weaknesses for the Ground typing.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Trapinch Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Trapinch
 Carnivine Grass | C | |
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | B | |
 Pelipper Water | C | |
Obtain MethodCanalave City Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Trapinch View Pelipper builds →Hydro Pump 2x202-238%KO Ice Beam 2x107-126%KO | ||
 Torterra GrassGround | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Turtwig (Lake Verity Gift) | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Trapinch View Victreebel builds →Leaf Storm 2x245-289%KO | ||
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Trapinch View Abomasnow builds →Wood Hammer 2x197-232%KO Ice Beam 2x157-185%KO Water Pulse 2x66-78% | ||
 Kingler Water | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Trapinch View Kingler builds →Crabhammer 2x221-260%KO Ice Beam 2x65-77% | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Trapinch View Jynx builds →Ice Beam 2x188-221%KO Energy Ball 2x105-124%KO Water Pulse 2x79-94% | ||
 Ludicolo WaterGrass | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Trapinch View Ludicolo builds →Solar Beam 2x193-227%KO Surf 2x154-181%KO Ice Beam 2x102-121%KO | ||
 Empoleon WaterSteel | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Piplup (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Trapinch View Empoleon builds →Hydro Pump 2x231-273%KO Ice Beam 2x122-144%KO | ||
Trapinch Evolutions
Three stages ahead. Trapinch grows into Vibrava, then pushes on to Flygon. Check the evolution methods below. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. Evolving adds up to 230 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Trapinch easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug and Dragon egg groups. Pass egg moves like Flail, Focus Energy, Fury Cutter and 2 more to offspring.
DP Trapinch Best Moveset
100 Attack is remarkable at 10 Speed, and AbilityArena Trap traps grounded opponents. The moveset can KO specific targets that can't outrun it, but 10 Speed means almost everything goes first. Evolve to Vibrava.
Best Build
Trapinch best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Quick Attack
- Crunch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Trapinch. Flail and Focus Energy come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Earthquake and Earth Power and coverage across 7 types.
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
26 of 27 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
It makes a conical pit in desert sand and lies in wait at the bottom for prey to come tumbling down.
Trapinch Diamond & Pearl Guide
Yes. Wild Trapinch in Diamond & Pearl can hold Soft Sand (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Soft Sand.
In Diamond & Pearl, Trapinch has 290 BST and evolves into Vibrava. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Trapinch is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Trapinch becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
Available in 15 titles since its debut in Ruby & Sapphire, Trapinch spans 7 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 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
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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