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Kirlia in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Kirlia’s Platinum locations, Generation IV 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

Kirlia is Sinnoh #158 and National #281. Its Platinum typing is 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.

Kirlia
Kirlia: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #158.
Kirlia Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP38
Attack35
Defense35
Sp. Atk65
Sp. Def55
Speed50
Total278
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

Kirlia recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Route 209Grass / cave walking18–19Poké Radar encounter
Route 212 North Towards Hearthome CityGrass / cave walking22Time Morning
Route 212 North Towards Hearthome CityGrass / cave walking24No special condition recorded
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Kirlia regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
RaltsKirliaLevel 20
KirliaGardevoirLevel 30
KirliaGalladeUse Dawn Stone on a male

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

Kirlia Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
SynchronizeRegular ability slot 1
TraceRegular 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.

Kirlia breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Human-Like / Amorphous
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthSlow
Base capture rate120 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedSpecial Attack +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

Kirlia exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveConfusion
1 / starting moveDouble Team
1 / starting moveGrowl
1 / starting moveTeleport
6Confusion
10Double Team
12Teleport
17Lucky Chant
22Magical Leaf
25Calm Mind
31Psychic
36Imprison
39Future Sight
45Charm
50Hypnosis
53Dream Eater

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

Kirlia Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM04Calm MindPsychicStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM16Light ScreenPsychicStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM20SafeguardNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM24ThunderboltElectricSpecial
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM29PsychicPsychicSpecial
TM30Shadow BallGhostSpecial
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM33ReflectPsychicStatus
TM34Shock WaveElectricSpecial
TM41TormentDarkStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM48Skill SwapPsychicStatus
TM49SnatchDarkStatus
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM57Charge BeamElectricSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM67RecycleNormalStatus
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM73Thunder WaveElectricStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM85Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
TM86Grass KnotGrassSpecial
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
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: Fire Punch, Helping Hand, Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Mud Slap, Signal Beam, Snore, Swift, 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 Kirlia in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Kirlia’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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