Is Venonat Good in Diamond & Pearl Playthrough?
Transfer-only Bug/Poison. Venomoth at 31 is the goal. AbilityTinted Lens is new in Gen 4 and doubles the damage of resisted moves. That ability makes an otherwise forgettable Bug worth considering if imported.
Venonat trades roughly evenly with Roark's team.
Venonat has the type edge here and should clean up Gardenia's team.
Maylene's team hits Venonat's weaknesses hard.
Venonat trades roughly evenly with Crasher Wake's team.
Fantina's team hits Venonat's weaknesses hard.
Venonat trades roughly evenly with Byron's team.
Venonat has the type edge here and should clean up Candice's team.
Venonat trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Venomoth trades roughly evenly with Aaron's team.
Venomoth has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Venomoth trades roughly evenly with Flint's team.
Venomoth has the type edge here and should clean up Lucian's team.
Venomoth has the type edge here and should clean up Mars's team.
Venomoth has the type edge here and should clean up Jupiter's team.
Venomoth has the type edge here and should clean up Saturn's team.
Venomoth trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catchable
Catch Venonat on Route 229 (Poké Radar, Lv 22, rare).
Recommended Moves
- After Gardenia
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Amity Square
- LV 35BugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 37PsychicZen HeadbuttPower 80Accuracy 90%PP 15
- LV 41PoisonPoison FangPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 47PsychicPsychicPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
Evolve Venonat to Venomoth
Venonat evolves into Venomoth at Level 31. Level it up in the post-game, after you beat Cynthia.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 31)
- LV 31GrassSleep PowderPower —Accuracy 75%PP 15
- After Gardenia
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Veilstone Game Corner
- TM68NormalGiga ImpactPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Game Corner
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Veilstone Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Veilstone Department Store
- LV 37BugSignal BeamPower 113Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Candice
- TM36PoisonSludge BombPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10Galactic HQ B2F in Veilstone City
- LV 59BugBug BuzzPower 135Accuracy 100%PP 10
- Post-Game
- TM53GrassEnergy BallPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10Route 226
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Survival Area
How to Get Venonat in Diamond & Pearl
Venonat only chains out of the Poke Radar on a single postgame route, a rare level 22 catch. Without the Radar running, the route never produces one at all.
1 location to catch Venonat
Badge 8Where To Catch Venonat in DP
The line opens with Venonat at Lv. 22 via special encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
- Step 1Venonat ✓
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into Venomothor evolve from Venonat (Step 1)
To plan your throws, open the Diamond & Pearl catch rate calculator with Venonat preloaded.
How to Get Shiny Venonat in Diamond & Pearl
Venonat flits through the grass on Route 229, where a PokeRadar chain is what pulls its shiny way lower. Compare Shiny Venonat odds across every game
Diamond & Pearl Shiny Venonat 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.
For time estimates and charm math, open the Diamond & Pearl shiny odds calculator with Venonat already selected.
Venonat Weakness
Venonat is weak to Fire, Flying, Psychic, and Rock. It resists 4 types, giving it decent defensive coverage. 4 weaknesses is about average, nothing too hard to play around.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Flying, Psychic, Rock |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Venonat Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Venonat
 Heatran FireSteel | S | |
Obtain MethodStark Mountain Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Heatran builds →Overheat 2x236-277%KO Ancient Power 2x68-80% | ||
 Infernape FireFighting | A | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Chimchar (Lake Verity Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Infernape builds →Overheat 2x196-230%KO Stone Edge 2x100-118%KO Aerial Ace 2x61-71% | ||
 Azelf Psychic | A | |
Obtain MethodLake Valor Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Azelf builds →Future Sight 2x196-230%KO Fire Blast 2x130-154%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | A | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 2x189-222%KO | ||
 Skarmory Steel | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Skarmory builds →Fly 2x109-128%KO Rock Slide 2x61-71% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Mesprit Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Mesprit builds →Future Sight 2x168-198%KO | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Camerupt builds →Eruption 2x211-248%KO Stone Edge 2x96-114%KO | ||
 Jynx IcePsychic | C | |
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Rhydon builds →Stone Edge 2x182-214%KO Fire Blast 2x58-69% | ||
 Honchkrow Dark | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Honchkrow builds →Fly 2x158-186%KO Dream Eater 2x94-110%KO | ||
 Staraptor Normal | B | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Ninetales builds →Overheat 2x159-188%KO Dream Eater 2x76-90% | ||
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Venonat View Xatu builds →Future Sight 2x156-183%KO Fly 2x103-122%KO | ||
Venonat Evolutions
Venonat evolves into Venomoth. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. A decent partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs take an average time to hatch. Evolving adds up to 145 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Venonat easily with 48 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Agility, Baton Pass, Bug Bite and 5 more to offspring.
DP Venonat Best Moveset
Bug/Poison with middling stats across the board. AbilityCompound Eyes boosts move accuracy, but there's nothing competitive to aim at these power levels. The moveset can't threaten anything serious. Evolve to Venomoth.
Best Build
Venonat best EVs are HP and Sp. Atk
Bulky Support Moveset
- Sludge Bomb
- Morning Sun
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding opens up real options for Venonat. Agility and Baton Pass come exclusively from egg moves, and they're worth the effort. The rest of the kit covers basics through Sludge Bomb and Leech Life and Normal and Psychic coverage and more.
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
23 of 24 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Its big eyes are actually clusters of tiny eyes. At night, its kind is drawn by light.
Venonat Diamond & Pearl Guide
In Diamond & Pearl, Venonat has 305 BST and evolves into Venomoth. Compare the two forms before you give either one a team slot.
Yes. Venonat is not available during the main story. It can only be obtained after entering the Hall of Fame. Venonat becomes available after the main story is complete in Diamond & Pearl.
Game Availability
Venonat has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 19 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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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