Lake Acuity Pokémon Diamond and Pearl · Caves & landmark

Lake Acuity in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl — Lake Acuity in Diamond and Pearl

Lake Acuity is the northernmost of Sinnoh's three lakes, at the top of Route 217 near Snowpoint City, and home to Uxie in Acuity Cavern. Commander Jupiter captures Uxie here after easily beating Barry, and once Cyrus is defeated at Spear Pillar, Uxie returns to its cavern where you can catch it.

Type: Caves & landmark
Wild Pokémon: 22
Items: 1
HMs needed: Surf

Where Lake Acuity is in Sinnoh Position on the Sinnoh map

Special Pokémon

Uxie

Waits in the cavern at Lake Acuity after the Spear Pillar battle.

Wild Pokémon

Lake Acuity

Walking
Pokémon	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night	Version
Bibarel	34–35	35%	35%	25%	Both
Psyduck	34–36	30%	30%	20%	Both
Sneasel	35–36	25%	25%	25%	Both
Noctowl	34–36	–	–	20%	Both
Chingling	34–36	10%	10%	10%	Both

Surfing
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Psyduck	20–40	90%	Both
Golduck	20–40	10%	Both

Old Rod
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Magikarp	3–10	100%	Both

Good Rod
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Magikarp	10–25	55%	Both
Goldeen	10–25	45%	Both

Super Rod
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Gyarados	30–55	55%	Both
Seaking	20–50	45%	Both

Poké Radar
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Wobbuffet	34–36	22%	Both

Swarm
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Smoochum	35	40%	Both

Dual-slot: Ruby
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Solrock	34–36	8%	Both

Dual-slot: Sapphire
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Lunatone	34–36	8%	Both

Dual-slot: Emerald
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Ursaring	34–36	8%	Both

Acuity Lakefront

Walking
Pokémon	Lv.	Morning	Day	Night	Version
Sneasel	34–35	25%	25%	25%	Both
Snover	34–35	25%	25%	25%	Both
Machoke	35–36	20%	20%	10%	Both
Medicham	35–36	20%	20%	20%	Both
Meditite	35	10%	10%	–	Both
Noctowl	35	–	–	10%	Both
Zubat	35	–	–	10%	Both

Poké Radar
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Snorunt	35–36	22%	Both

Dual-slot: Emerald
Pokémon	Lv.	Rate	Version
Teddiursa	36	8%	Both

Morning is 4:00–9:59, day 10:00–19:59 and night 20:00–3:59. Poké Radar, swarm and dual-slot Pokémon need the National Pokédex. Encounter methods.

Items

Item	Where
TM14 (Blizzard)	North-west corner of the tall grass in the north-east part of the lake Needs Surf

Tips

Team Galactic Grunts block the way to the lake until you have beaten Candice.
Uxie waits inside Acuity Cavern after the Spear Pillar events; bring plenty of Ultra Balls.
Surf to the north-east grass for TM14 (Blizzard).

Walkthrough: Part 10: Snowpoint, Galactic HQ and Spear Pillar

More pictures

FAQ

What Pokémon are on Lake Acuity in Diamond and Pearl?

22 species can be found here, including Bibarel, Psyduck, Sneasel, Noctowl, Chingling, Golduck. The tables show each one’s level, rates and version.

What items are in Lake Acuity?

1 items, including TM14 (Blizzard).

Which HMs do you need for Lake Acuity?

Surf to reach everything.

Sources & picture credits

Guide text is original retrogameindex writing, checked against Bulbapedia and the game data. Wild Pokémon tables come from the Diamond/Pearl encounter data in PokeAPI; Gym and League teams from the pret/pokediamond decompilation. Maps and screenshots © Nintendo / Creatures / GAME FREAK, archived from the Bulbagarden Archives (listed on the image gallery).