Is Wooper Good in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Playthrough?
Underground Water/Ground. Quagsire is Sinnoh-adjacent and has one weakness (Grass, 4x). Simple and effective for Volkner and Flint. AbilityWater Absorb heals from Water moves.
Wooper resists most of Roark's coverage and hits back hard.
Gardenia's team hits Wooper's weaknesses hard.
Wooper trades roughly evenly with Maylene's team.
Crasher Wake's typing presses Wooper's defenses.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Fantina's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Byron's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Candice's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Volkner's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Aaron's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Bertha's team.
Quagsire has the type edge here and should clean up Flint's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Lucian's team.
Quagsire trades roughly evenly with Cynthia's team.
Catch Wooper on Great Marsh (walking, Lv 24, common).
Your Wooper should hit Level 20 before you reach Fantina, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Wooper in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl
Wooper's scattered across 32 spots in mid-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.
Where To Catch Wooper in BDSP
To get Wooper, start by catching Wooper through walking and surfing encounters at Lv. 18-40. The chain covers 2 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
Step 1Wooper ✓Route 212 - SouthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 90%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20-30Surfing on waterRate 60%Route 212 - SouthLv.18GrassRate 30%Great Marsh - Area 5Lv.20FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.22FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.22FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.24FloorRate 20%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.24FloorRate 20%Bogsunk CavernLv.25-29GrassRequires DefogFountainspring CaveLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogSwampy CaveLv.25-29GrassRequires Defog
Step 2Catch or Evolve into QuagsireGreat Marsh - Area 5Lv.21-22FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.21-22FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.23-24FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.23-24FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 1Lv.25-26FloorRate 15%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.25-26FloorRate 15%Route 212 - SouthLv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 10%Bogsunk CavernLv.25-29GrassRequires DefogFountainspring CaveLv.25-29CaveRequires DefogSwampy CaveLv.25-29GrassRequires DefogGreat Marsh - Area 1Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 2Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 3Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 4Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%Great Marsh - Area 6Lv.20-40Surfing on waterRate 5%or evolve from Wooper (Step 1)
Wooper Weakness
Type-wise, Wooper takes extra damage from Grass. Watch out for Grass attacks, those deal 4x damage. Electric moves do nothing thanks to a full immunity. The Water/Ground typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Water Absorb grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Grass |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Fire, Poison, Rock, Steel |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric |
What is Wooper Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Wooper
 Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
Budew GrassPoison | D | |
 Abomasnow GrassIce | C | |
 Cacturne GrassDark | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
 Kartana GrassSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityBeastboost ItemChoice Scarf NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Wooper View Kartana builds →Knock Off22-26% | ||
Wooper Evolutions
Wooper is the base form in a two-stage line leading to Quagsire. Check the evolution method below. A massive partner pool for breeding via two egg groups. Eggs are average hatch time. Evolving adds up to 220 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Wooper easily with 131 breeding partners from the Ground and Water1 egg groups. Pass egg moves like Acid Spray, After You, Ancient Power and 12 more to offspring.
BDSP Wooper Best Moveset
Water/Ground typing with only Grass as a weakness, and hidden AbilityUnaware ignoring opponent stat boosts. 45/45 across both offenses at 15 Speed. The moveset is non-functional despite the excellent defensive typing. One evolution from Quagsire where AbilityUnaware at better bulk reaches D-tier.
Best Build
Wooper best EVs are HP and Defense
Wall Moveset
- Toxic
- Recover
- Counter
- Yawn
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
The egg pool carries weight here. Acid Spray and After You aren't available any other way for Wooper, and they meaningfully change what it threatens. Stack those on top of Earthquake and Aqua Tail for solid options.
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
It lives in cold water, half burying itself in mud at the bottom to sleep.
When the temperature cools in the evening, they emerge from water to seek food along the shore.
Wooper Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Guide
In Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, For a casual playthrough, Wooper works as a placeholder. Water/Ground coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Quagsire. That's where the stats start mattering.
Yes. Paldean Wooper is a regional variant with different typing and a reworked stat spread. Introduced in Gen 9. Plays completely differently from the original.
Game Availability
Available since Gold & Silver, Wooper appears in 17 games spanning 9 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Paldean form in Generation 9.
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 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SVPaldean
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves