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Clefable in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Clefable’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Normal 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

Clefable is Sinnoh #101 and National #36. Its Platinum typing is Normal. 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.

Clefable
Clefable: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #101.
Clefable Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP95
Attack70
Defense73
Sp. Atk85
Sp. Def90
Speed60
Total473
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.

No direct Platinum encounter is recorded in this dataset. Use its evolution family to plan evolution or breeding, or obtain a compatible external specimen where needed. An absent row is not proof that all possible acquisition methods are unavailable.

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

03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Clefable regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
CleffaClefairyLevel up with friendship of at least 220 (Generation IV)
ClefairyClefableUse Moon Stone

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

Clefable Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
Cute CharmRegular ability slot 1
Magic GuardRegular 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.

Clefable breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio75% female / 25% male
Egg group(s)Fairy
Base hatch cycles10
Experience growthFast
Base capture rate25 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedHp +3

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

Clefable exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveDouble Slap
1 / starting moveMetronome
1 / starting moveMinimize
1 / starting moveSing

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

Clefable Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM01Focus PunchFightingPhysical
TM03Water PulseWaterSpecial
TM04Calm MindPsychicStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM13Ice BeamIceSpecial
TM14BlizzardIceSpecial
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM16Light ScreenPsychicStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM20SafeguardNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM22Solar BeamGrassSpecial
TM23Iron TailSteelPhysical
TM24ThunderboltElectricSpecial
TM25ThunderElectricSpecial
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM28DigGroundPhysical
TM29PsychicPsychicSpecial
TM30Shadow BallGhostSpecial
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM33ReflectPsychicStatus
TM34Shock WaveElectricSpecial
TM35FlamethrowerFireSpecial
TM38Fire BlastFireSpecial
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM49SnatchDarkStatus
TM52Focus BlastFightingSpecial
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM57Charge BeamElectricSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM60Drain PunchFightingPhysical
TM67RecycleNormalStatus
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM73Thunder WaveElectricStatus
TM76Stealth RockRockStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM85Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
TM86Grass KnotGrassSpecial
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical

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: Bounce, Endeavor, Fire Punch, Helping Hand, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Knock Off, Last Resort, Mud Slap, Rollout, Signal Beam, Snore, ThunderPunch, Trick, Zen Headbutt.

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 Clefable in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Clefable’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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