Is Turtwig Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Grass starter that adds Ground at Torterra. Handles Roark from the start, then Crasher Wake and Volkner later. Candice's Ice is a problem, and the 4x Ice weakness on Torterra means that gym requires careful planning. Solid through most of the game.
Turtwig has the type edge here and should clean up Roark's team.
Gardenia's team hits Grotle's weaknesses hard.
Grotle trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Grotle has the type edge here and should clean up Crasher Wake's team.
Torterra trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Torterra trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Volkner's team.
Torterra trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Torterra resists most of Bertha's coverage and hits back hard.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Torterra trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Torterra has the type edge here and should clean up Cynthia's team.
Starter
Turtwig is available as a starter at Lv 5.
Recommended Moves
- LV 13GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- LV 37DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- LV 41GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 45GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Turtwig to Grotle
Turtwig evolves into Grotle at Level 18. Your Turtwig should hit Level 18 before you reach Gardenia, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 18)
- LV 18GrassRazor LeafPower 83Accuracy 95%PP 25
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Lost Tower
- After Byron
- HM08NormalRock ClimbPower 90Accuracy 85%PP 20Route 217
- LV 42DarkCrunchPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 47GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 52GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Grotle to Torterra
Grotle evolves into Torterra at Level 32. Your Grotle should hit Level 32 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 32)
- LV 32GrassWood HammerPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 32GroundEarthquakePower 150Accuracy 100%PP 10
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- LV 57GrassLeaf StormPower 210Accuracy 90%PP 5
How to Get Turtwig in Diamond & Pearl
Turtwig is one of the three starters Professor Rowan offers you at Lake Verity. Pick the grass turtle at level 5 and the other two are locked away for that save file.
1 location to catch Turtwig
How to Obtain Turtwig in DP
- Step 1Turtwig ✓
- Step 3Evolve into Torterra
How to Get Shiny Turtwig in Diamond & Pearl
Turtwig comes as a gift at Lake Verity, but a shiny is far faster to breed via the Masuda Method at the 1 in 1,638 egg rate. Compare Shiny Turtwig odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Turtwig 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.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
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.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Turtwig in the Diamond & Pearl Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Turtwig Weakness
Turtwig's Grass typing leaves it vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Turtwig Weak Against
Fragile
Turtwig Evolutions
Turtwig is the start of a three-stage chain. It evolves into Grotle first, then eventually reaches Torterra. For breeding, average hatch time with a decent partner pool via two egg groups. The evolved forms gain up to 207 total stats over Turtwig. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Turtwig easily with 45 breeding partners from the Grass and Monster egg groups. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Body Slam, Double-Edge and 7 more to offspring.
DP Turtwig Best Moveset
Grass starter for this generation with 68 Attack and defensive leanings even at this stage. The moveset has Grass attacks at low power. Evolve for the Grass/Ground combination.
Best Build
Turtwig best EVs are HP and Defense
Hazard Setter Moveset
- Seed Bomb
- Crunch
- Stealth Rock
- Superpower
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Amnesia and Body Slam on Turtwig. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Leaf Storm and Solar Beam, they expand what Turtwig can actually threaten in practice.
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
31 of 33 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Made from soil, the shell on its back hardens when it drinks water. It lives along lakes.
It undertakes photosynthesis with its body, making oxygen. The leaf on its head wilts if it is thirsty.
Turtwig Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Turtwig does the job early-game if you need a Grass type on your team. Evolve it into Grotle before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Turtwig first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 12 games across 6 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
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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