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Noctowl in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Noctowl’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Normal/Flying 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

Noctowl is Sinnoh #107 and National #164. Its Platinum typing is Normal / Flying. 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.

Noctowl
Noctowl: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #107.
Noctowl Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP100
Attack50
Defense50
Sp. Atk76
Sp. Def96
Speed70
Total442
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

Noctowl recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Mt. Coronet Exterior SnowfallGrass / cave walking39Time Night
Mt. Coronet Exterior BlizzardGrass / cave walking39Time Night
Great Marsh Area 1Grass / cave walking28–30Time Night
Great Marsh Area 2Grass / cave walking28–30Time Night
Great Marsh Area 3Grass / cave walking28Time Night
Great Marsh Area 4Grass / cave walking28Time Night
Route 210 South Towards Solaceon TownGrass / cave walking21Time Night
Route 210 West Towards Celestic TownGrass / cave walking27Time Night
Route 211 East Towards Celestic TownGrass / cave walking29Time Night
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Noctowl regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
HoothootNoctowlLevel 20

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

Noctowl Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
InsomniaRegular ability slot 1
Keen EyeRegular 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.

Noctowl breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Flying
Base hatch cycles15
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate90 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedHp +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

Noctowl exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveForesight
1 / starting moveGrowl
1 / starting moveHypnosis
1 / starting moveSky Attack
1 / starting moveTackle
5Hypnosis
9Peck
13Uproar
17Reflect
22Confusion
27Take Down
32Air Slash
37Zen Headbutt
42Extrasensory
47Psycho Shift
52Roost
57Dream 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

Noctowl Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM29PsychicPsychicSpecial
TM30Shadow BallGhostSpecial
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM33ReflectPsychicStatus
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM47Steel WingSteelPhysical
TM51RoostFlyingStatus
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM62Silver WindBugSpecial
TM67RecycleNormalStatus
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM85Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM88PluckFlyingPhysical
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM02FlyFlyingPhysical
HM05DefogFlyingStatus

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: Air Cutter, Heat Wave, Mud Slap, Ominous Wind, Swift, Twister, Uproar, 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 Noctowl in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Noctowl’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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