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Bronzor in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Bronzor’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Steel/Psychic 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

Bronzor is Sinnoh #088 and National #436. Its Platinum typing is Steel / Psychic. 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.

Bronzor
Bronzor: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #088.
Bronzor Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP57
Attack24
Defense86
Sp. Atk24
Sp. Def86
Speed23
Total300
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

Bronzor recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Mt. Coronet 1F Route 207Grass / cave walking18No special condition recorded
Mt. Coronet 1F Route 216Grass / cave walking33No special condition recorded
Mt. Coronet 1F Route 211Grass / cave walking14No special condition recorded
Mt. Coronet B1FGrass / cave walking33No special condition recorded
Turnback Cave Pillar 1Grass / cave walking15No special condition recorded
Turnback Cave Before Pillar 1Grass / cave walking15No special condition recorded
Turnback Cave Between Pillars 1 And 2Grass / cave walking25No special condition recorded
Wayward Cave 1FGrass / cave walking18–20No special condition recorded
Wayward Cave B1FGrass / cave walking18–20No special condition recorded
Route 211 West Towards Eterna CityGrass / cave walking14No special condition recorded
Route 211 West Towards Eterna CityGrass / cave walking16No GBA cartridge inserted
Route 211 West Towards Eterna CityGrass / cave walking16Ruby inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 211 West Towards Eterna CityGrass / cave walking16Sapphire inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 211 West Towards Eterna CityGrass / cave walking16Firered inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 211 West Towards Eterna CityGrass / cave walking16Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 211 West Towards Eterna CityGrass / cave walking16Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Route 211 East Towards Celestic TownGrass / cave walking29No special condition recorded
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Bronzor regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
BronzorBronzongLevel 33

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

Bronzor Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
LevitateRegular ability slot 1
HeatproofRegular 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.

Bronzor breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratioGenderless
Egg group(s)Mineral
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate255 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedDefense +1

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

Bronzor exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveConfusion
1 / starting moveTackle
7Hypnosis
12Imprison
14Confuse Ray
19Extrasensory
26Iron Defense
30Safeguard
35Gyro Ball
37Future Sight
41Faint Attack
49Payback
52Heal Block

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

Bronzor Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM04Calm MindPsychicStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM16Light ScreenPsychicStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM20SafeguardNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM22Solar BeamGrassSpecial
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM29PsychicPsychicSpecial
TM30Shadow BallGhostSpecial
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM33ReflectPsychicStatus
TM37SandstormRockStatus
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM48Skill SwapPsychicStatus
TM57Charge BeamElectricSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical
TM67RecycleNormalStatus
TM69Rock PolishRockStatus
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM74Gyro BallSteelPhysical
TM76Stealth RockRockStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM80Rock SlideRockPhysical
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM85Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
TM86Grass KnotGrassSpecial
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
TM91Flash CannonSteelSpecial
TM92Trick RoomPsychicStatus

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: AncientPower, Rollout, Signal Beam, Snore, Trick.

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 Bronzor in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

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

References