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Golem in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Golem’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Rock/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

Golem is Sinnoh #033 and National #76. Its Platinum typing is Rock / 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.

Golem
Golem: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #033.
Golem Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP80
Attack110
Defense130
Sp. Atk55
Sp. Def65
Speed45
Total485
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

Golem regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
GeodudeGravelerLevel 25
GravelerGolemTrade

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

Golem Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
Rock HeadRegular ability slot 1
SturdyRegular 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.

Golem breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Mineral
Base hatch cycles15
Experience growthMedium Slow
Base capture rate45 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedDefense +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

Golem exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveDefense Curl
1 / starting moveMud Sport
1 / starting moveRock Polish
1 / starting moveTackle
4Mud Sport
8Rock Polish
11Rock Throw
15Magnitude
18Selfdestruct
22Rollout
27Rock Blast
33Earthquake
38Explosion
44Double-Edge
49Stone Edge

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

Golem Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM01Focus PunchFightingPhysical
TM05RoarNormalStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM28DigGroundPhysical
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM35FlamethrowerFireSpecial
TM37SandstormRockStatus
TM38Fire BlastFireSpecial
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM52Focus BlastFightingSpecial
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM64ExplosionNormalPhysical
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM69Rock PolishRockStatus
TM71Stone EdgeRockPhysical
TM74Gyro BallSteelPhysical
TM76Stealth RockRockStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM80Rock SlideRockPhysical
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
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: AncientPower, Earth Power, Fire Punch, Fury Cutter, Iron Head, Mud Slap, Rollout, Snore, Sucker Punch, Superpower, ThunderPunch.

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 Golem in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Golem’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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