Is Unown Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Solaceon Ruins encounter. 28 forms, one move: MoveHidden Power. AbilityLevitate blocks Ground. Unown exists for collection. It does not exist for battle. Nothing in the game is less useful on a team.
Roark's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Unown trades roughly evenly with Gardenia's team.
Maylene's typing presses Unown's defenses.
Crasher Wake's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Fantina's Pokemon outpace and outclass Unown here.
Byron's typing presses Unown's defenses.
Candice's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Volkner's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Aaron's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Bertha's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Flint's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Lucian's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Mars's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Unown trades roughly evenly with Jupiter's team.
Saturn's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Cynthia's team hits Unown's weaknesses hard.
Catchable
Catch Unown in Solaceon Ruins (walking, Lv 14-25, common).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 14)
- LV 14NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15
Diamond & Pearl Unown Locations
Unown lives entirely inside the Solaceon Ruins, walking the chambers at level 14 to 25. Solving the ruin puzzles opens more rooms, and the different letter shapes are scattered across them as you dig deeper.
1 location to catch Unown
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 2Best Locations to Catch Unown in Diamond & Pearl
How to Get Shiny Unown in Diamond & Pearl
Unown hides among the walls of the Solaceon Ruins, where a PokeRadar chain is what drops its shiny odds to 1 in 200. Compare Shiny Unown odds across every game
Shiny Unown Evolution
Does Not EvolveDiamond & Pearl Shiny Unown Calculator
1 MethodThe only route here is Full Odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try.
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 | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
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.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Diamond & Pearl with Unown preloaded.
Unown Weakness
Bug, Ghost, and Dark moves hit Unown for super-effective damage. Levitate grants an additional Ground immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Bug, Ghost, Dark |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fighting, Psychic |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Unown Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Unown
 Shiftry GrassDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Shiftry builds →Feint Attack 2x97-115%KO Shadow Ball 2x79-95% | ||
 Spiritomb GhostDark | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 209 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Spiritomb builds →Shadow Ball 2x121-142%KO Feint Attack 2x91-108%KO | ||
 Gengar GhostPoison | A | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Gengar builds →Shadow Ball 2x159-188%KO Sucker Punch 2x63-74% | ||
 Kricketune Bug | C | |
 Heracross BugFighting | B | |
 Rotom ElectricGhost | C | |
Obtain MethodOld Chateau Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Rotom builds →Shadow Ball 2x123-146%KO Thief 2x28-33% | ||
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Beedrill builds →U-turn 2x104-123%KO Payback 2x51-62% | ||
 Drifblim Ghost | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Drifloon (Valley Windworks Interact Encounter) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Drifblim builds →Shadow Ball 2x121-142%KO Payback 2x47-56% | ||
 Misdreavus Ghost | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Misdreavus builds →Shadow Ball 2x114-135%KO Payback 2x38-46% | ||
 Murkrow Dark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Murkrow builds →Shadow Ball 2x76-90% Assurance 2x74-88% | ||
 Mothim Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Mothim builds →U-turn 2x108-127%KO Shadow Ball 2x82-97% Thief 2x44-51% | ||
 Stunky PoisonDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Stunky builds →Payback 2x58-69% Shadow Ball 2x45-54% | ||
 Vespiquen Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Vespiquen builds →U-turn 2x97-115%KO Pursuit 2x38-46% | ||
 Beautifly Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Unown View Beautifly builds →U-turn 2x87-104%KO Shadow Ball 2x87-103%KO Thief 2x35-41% | ||
Unown Evolutions
For whatever reason, Unown sits in the Undiscovered egg group. A Psychic type at 336 stats with no chain and no eggs. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
DP Unown Best Moveset
Knows only MoveHidden Power, which means the moveset is one move total with no variation. 72 in both Attack stats and 48 in everything else gives mediocre damage. AbilityLevitate blocks Ground attacks, but there's nothing else to build around.
Best Build
Unown best EVs are Sp. Def and Sp. Atk
Utility Moveset
- Hidden Power
Moves List
Unown's options are limited here. You've got Psychic STAB for STAB damage, but there isn't much beyond Psychic hitting power. TMs help fill gaps, though the kit stays tight.
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
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Shaped like ancient writing, it is a huge mystery whether language or UNOWN came first.
They seem to communicate among each other telepathically. They are always found stuck on walls.
Unown Diamond & Pearl Guide
For Diamond & Pearl, it depends on your team. Unown rates C-Tier. Not a powerhouse, but the Psychic coverage might be exactly what you're missing.
Game Availability
Unown first appeared in Gold & Silver and has been available in 16 games across 8 generations. Obtainable through wild encounters in most titles where it appears.
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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