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Bibarel in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Bibarel’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Normal/Water typing, base stats, original abilities, evolution requirements and exact Platinum moves.

Edition covered

Original Nintendo DS release; not Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl.

01

Generation IV identity and base stats

Bibarel is Sinnoh #014 and National #400. Its Platinum typing is Normal / Water. The stats below describe its standard Platinum form on the original Nintendo DS cartridge. Later Fairy typing, stat buffs and Hidden Abilities are excluded.

The existing Platinum sprite shows its standard Platinum form; gender, cloak or alternate forms can have different appearances.

Bibarel
Bibarel: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #014.
Bibarel Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP79
Attack85
Defense60
Sp. Atk55
Sp. Def60
Speed71
Total410
02

Where to obtain it in Platinum

Check the location, method and conditions before travelling. A gift, trade, Honey Tree, daily replacement or stationary interaction is different from ordinary grass. Level ranges combine matching documented encounter slots.

These records are filtered to Platinum. Time, Poké Radar, swarm, GBA insertion, daily and story conditions remain separate. Postgame areas require their story access; no listed area is promised to be open on a fresh save.

Encounter methods · Legendaries, gifts and historical requirements · Sinnoh map and routes

Bibarel recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Great Marsh Area 1Grass / cave walking28No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 2Grass / cave walking28No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 3Grass / cave walking27No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 3Grass / cave walking28Time Morning
Great Marsh Area 3Grass / cave walking28Time Day
Great Marsh Area 4Grass / cave walking27No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 4Grass / cave walking28Time Morning
Great Marsh Area 4Grass / cave walking28Time Day
Great Marsh Area 5Grass / cave walking26No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 5Grass / cave walking27Time Morning
Great Marsh Area 5Grass / cave walking27Time Day
Great Marsh Area 6Grass / cave walking26No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 6Grass / cave walking27Time Morning
Great Marsh Area 6Grass / cave walking27Time Day
Sendoff SpringGrass / cave walking37–38No special condition recorded
Lake ValorGrass / cave walking39–41No special condition recorded
Lake ValorGrass / cave walking41No GBA cartridge inserted
Lake ValorGrass / cave walking41Emerald inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Lake ValorGrass / cave walking41Firered inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Lake ValorGrass / cave walking41Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Lake ValorGrass / cave walking41Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Lake AcuityGrass / cave walking39–40No special condition recorded
Lake AcuityGrass / cave walking40No GBA cartridge inserted
Lake AcuityGrass / cave walking40Firered inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Lake AcuityGrass / cave walking40Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Valor LakefrontGrass / cave walking25–27No special condition recorded
Valor LakefrontGrass / cave walking27Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Route 208Grass / cave walking18–20Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Route 208Grass / cave walking19No special condition recorded
Route 208Grass / cave walking20No GBA cartridge inserted
Route 208Grass / cave walking20Emerald inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 208Grass / cave walking20Firered inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 208Grass / cave walking20Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 209Grass / cave walking18No swarm required
Route 209Grass / cave walking19Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Route 210 West Towards Celestic TownGrass / cave walking28No special condition recorded
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Bibarel regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
BidoofBibarelLevel 15

Friendship evolution uses the original threshold of 220. Held-item trades need a compatible second game and system. Platinum uses special rocks, Mt. Coronet magnetic evolutions, learned-move requirements and Beauty rather than later replacement methods.

Evolution, forms and Pokédex completion

04

Original abilities, breeding and training

Bibarel Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
SimpleRegular ability slot 1
UnawareRegular ability slot 2

Hidden Abilities did not exist in Generation IV. The table restores original ability slots where a species changed in later games; an ability’s modern behavior must not be assumed to match Platinum.

Bibarel breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Water 1 / Field
Base hatch cycles15
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate127 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedAttack +2

The Solaceon Town Day Care supports breeding before the League. Undiscovered species cannot produce Eggs. Some baby forms require the matching incense on a parent, while trade evolutions still need the trade rather than only a Day Care level.

Platinum breeding, EV, IV and nature rules

05

Platinum level-up moves

Bibarel exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveGrowl
1 / starting moveTackle
5Growl
9Defense Curl
13Rollout
15Water Gun
18Headbutt
23Hyper Fang
28Yawn
33Amnesia
38Take Down
43Super Fang
48Superpower
53Curse

Every row uses the Platinum version group. Level 1 moves include starting and reminder moves; a later caught specimen need not already know every entry. Evolution timing affects which stage learns a move. Pastoria’s Move Reminder charges a Heart Scale.

06

Compatible Platinum TMs and HMs

Bibarel Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM01Focus PunchFightingPhysical
TM03Water PulseWaterSpecial
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM13Ice BeamIceSpecial
TM14BlizzardIceSpecial
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM23Iron TailSteelPhysical
TM24ThunderboltElectricSpecial
TM25ThunderElectricSpecial
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM28DigGroundPhysical
TM30Shadow BallGhostSpecial
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM34Shock WaveElectricSpecial
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM57Charge BeamElectricSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM73Thunder WaveElectricStatus
TM76Stealth RockRockStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM86Grass KnotGrassSpecial
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM88PluckFlyingPhysical
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM01CutNormalPhysical
HM03SurfWaterSpecial
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical
HM07WaterfallWaterPhysical
HM08Rock ClimbNormalPhysical

Platinum TMs are single-use: teaching one consumes that copy. HMs are reusable and require the Move Deleter to be forgotten. Defog is HM05 and Rock Climb is HM08; these are the Generation IV field moves, with their own badge requirements.

All Platinum TM/HM locations and field badges

07

Egg moves and Platinum Move Tutors

No Platinum Egg moves are recorded for this form.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Aqua Tail, Dive, Fury Cutter, Icy Wind, Last Resort, Mud Slap, Rollout, Snore, Superpower, Swift.

Tutor compatibility does not mean every listed technique comes from the same shard tutor. Starter ultimate moves, Draco Meteor and other special services have their own requirements.

Tutor locations, shard costs, special tutors and the Move Reminder

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Bibarel in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Bibarel’s exact Platinum method and condition. Daily encounters, counterpart-game species, original evolution rules and external Egg requirements need separate collection plans.

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