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Finneon in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Finneon’s Platinum locations, Generation IV 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

Finneon is Sinnoh #134 and National #456. Its Platinum typing is 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.

Finneon
Finneon: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #134.
Finneon Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP49
Attack49
Defense56
Sp. Atk49
Sp. Def61
Speed66
Total330
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

Finneon recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Canalave CityGood Rod10–25No special condition recorded
Valley WindworksGood Rod10–25No special condition recorded
Fuego IronworksGood Rod10–25No special condition recorded
Iron IslandGood Rod10–25No special condition recorded
Route 205 South Towards Floaroma TownGood Rod10–25No special condition recorded
Route 218Good Rod10–25No special condition recorded
Route 219Good Rod15–20No special condition recorded
Route 221Good Rod15–20No special condition recorded
Sea Route 220Good Rod15–20No special condition recorded
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Finneon regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
FinneonLumineonLevel 31

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

Finneon Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
Swift SwimRegular ability slot 1
Storm DrainRegular 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.

Finneon breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Water 2
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthSlow Then Very Fast
Base capture rate190 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedSpeed +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

Finneon exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting movePound
6Water Gun
10Attract
13Rain Dance
17Gust
22Water Pulse
26Captivate
29Safeguard
33Aqua Ring
38Whirlpool
42U-turn
45Bounce
49Silver Wind

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

Finneon Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM03Water PulseWaterSpecial
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM07HailIceStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM13Ice BeamIceSpecial
TM14BlizzardIceSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM20SafeguardNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM55BrineWaterSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM62Silver WindBugSpecial
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM89U-turnBugPhysical
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM03SurfWaterSpecial
HM05DefogFlyingStatus
HM07WaterfallWaterPhysical

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

Recorded Platinum Egg moves: Agility, Aqua Tail, Charm, Flail, Psybeam, Splash, Sweet Kiss, Tickle.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Air Cutter, Aqua Tail, Bounce, Dive, Icy Wind, Ominous Wind, Snore, Swift, Twister.

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 Finneon in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Finneon’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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