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Misdreavus in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Misdreavus’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Ghost 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

Misdreavus is Sinnoh #072 and National #200. Its Platinum typing is Ghost. 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.

Misdreavus
Misdreavus: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #072.
Misdreavus Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP60
Attack60
Defense60
Sp. Atk85
Sp. Def85
Speed85
Total435
02

Where to obtain it in Platinum

Misdreavus has no direct wild Platinum encounter. Obtain a compatible specimen from another game, such as Pearl, then evolve it with a Dusk Stone if needed.

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

Misdreavus regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
MisdreavusMismagiusUse Dusk Stone

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

Misdreavus Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
LevitateRegular 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.

Misdreavus breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Amorphous
Base hatch cycles25
Experience growthFast
Base capture rate45 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedSpecial Defense +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

Misdreavus exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveGrowl
1 / starting movePsywave
5Spite
10Astonish
14Confuse Ray
19Mean Look
23Psybeam
28Pain Split
32Payback
37Shadow Ball
41Perish Song
46Grudge
50Power Gem

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

Misdreavus Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM04Calm MindPsychicStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM24ThunderboltElectricSpecial
TM25ThunderElectricSpecial
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM29PsychicPsychicSpecial
TM30Shadow BallGhostSpecial
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM34Shock WaveElectricSpecial
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical
TM41TormentDarkStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM48Skill SwapPsychicStatus
TM49SnatchDarkStatus
TM57Charge BeamElectricSpecial
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM61Will-O-WispFireStatus
TM63EmbargoDarkStatus
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM73Thunder WaveElectricStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM79Dark PulseDarkSpecial
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM85Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
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

Recorded Platinum Egg moves: Curse, Destiny Bond, Imprison, Memento, Ominous Wind, Psych Up, Screech, Shadow Sneak, Spite, Sucker Punch.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Icy Wind, Ominous Wind, Snore, Spite, Sucker Punch, Swift, Trick, Uproar.

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 Misdreavus in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Misdreavus’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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