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Magnemite in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Magnemite’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Electric/Steel 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

Magnemite is Sinnoh #178 and National #81. Its Platinum typing is Electric / Steel. 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.

Magnemite
Magnemite: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #178.
Magnemite Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP25
Attack35
Defense70
Sp. Atk95
Sp. Def55
Speed45
Total325
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

Magnemite recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Fuego IronworksGrass / cave walking28–30No special condition recorded
Route 222Grass / cave walking39Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Magnemite regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
MagnemiteMagnetonLevel 30
MagnetonMagnezoneLevel up inside Mt. Coronet

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

Magnemite Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
Magnet PullRegular 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.

Magnemite breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratioGenderless
Egg group(s)Mineral
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate190 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedSpecial Attack +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

Magnemite exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveMetal Sound
1 / starting moveTackle
6ThunderShock
11Supersonic
14SonicBoom
17Thunder Wave
22Spark
27Lock On
30Magnet Bomb
33Screech
38Discharge
43Mirror Shot
46Magnet Rise
49Gyro Ball
54Zap Cannon

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

Magnemite Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM16Light ScreenPsychicStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM24ThunderboltElectricSpecial
TM25ThunderElectricSpecial
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM33ReflectPsychicStatus
TM34Shock WaveElectricSpecial
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM57Charge BeamElectricSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM64ExplosionNormalPhysical
TM67RecycleNormalStatus
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM73Thunder WaveElectricStatus
TM74Gyro BallSteelPhysical
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
TM91Flash CannonSteelSpecial

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: Iron Defense, Magnet Rise, Rollout, Signal Beam, Snore, Swift.

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 Magnemite in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Magnemite’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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