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Gabite in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Gabite’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Dragon/Ground 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

Gabite is Sinnoh #110 and National #444. Its Platinum typing is Dragon / Ground. 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.

Gabite
Gabite: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #110.
Gabite Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP68
Attack90
Defense65
Sp. Atk50
Sp. Def55
Speed82
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

Gabite recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Victory Road 1FGrass / cave walking41No special condition recorded
Victory Road 2FGrass / cave walking43No special condition recorded
Victory Road B1FGrass / cave walking43No special condition recorded
Victory Road Inside B1FGrass / cave walking49No special condition recorded
Victory Road InsideGrass / cave walking50No special condition recorded
Victory Road Inside ExitGrass / cave walking50No special condition recorded
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Gabite regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
GibleGabiteLevel 24
GabiteGarchompLevel 48

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

Gabite Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
Sand VeilRegular ability slot 1

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.

Gabite breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Monster / Dragon
Base hatch cycles40
Experience growthSlow
Base capture rate45 / 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

Gabite exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveSand Attack
1 / starting moveTackle
3Sand Attack
7Dragon Rage
13Sandstorm
15Take Down
19Sand Tomb
28Slash
33Dragon Claw
40Dig
49Dragon Rush

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

Gabite Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM02Dragon ClawDragonPhysical
TM05RoarNormalStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM23Iron TailSteelPhysical
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM28DigGroundPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM35FlamethrowerFireSpecial
TM37SandstormRockStatus
TM38Fire BlastFireSpecial
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM59Dragon PulseDragonSpecial
TM65Shadow ClawGhostPhysical
TM71Stone EdgeRockPhysical
TM76Stealth RockRockStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM80Rock SlideRockPhysical
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM01CutNormalPhysical
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical
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: Draco Meteor, Earth Power, Fury Cutter, Iron Head, Mud Slap, Outrage, 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 Gabite in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Gabite’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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