POKÉMON PLATINUM / POKÉDEX

Snover in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Snover’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Grass/Ice typing, base stats, original abilities, evolution requirements and exact Platinum moves.

Edition covered

Original Nintendo DS release; not Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl.

Generation IV identity and base stats

Snover is Sinnoh #142 and National #459. Its Platinum typing is Grass / Ice. 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.

Snover Generation IV base stats
Stat	Base value
HP	60
Attack	62
Defense	50
Sp. Atk	62
Sp. Def	60
Speed	40
Total	334

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

Snover recorded Platinum encounters
Location / area	Method	Level	Condition
Mt. Coronet Exterior Snowfall	Grass / cave walking	36	No special condition recorded
Mt. Coronet Exterior Blizzard	Grass / cave walking	36	No special condition recorded
Lake Acuity	Grass / cave walking	38–41	No special condition recorded
Lake Acuity	Grass / cave walking	39–40	Time Morning
Lake Acuity	Grass / cave walking	39–40	Time Day
Lake Acuity	Grass / cave walking	41	No GBA cartridge inserted
Lake Acuity	Grass / cave walking	41	Firered inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Lake Acuity	Grass / cave walking	41	Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Acuity Lakefront	Grass / cave walking	33–35	No special condition recorded
Acuity Lakefront	Grass / cave walking	32	Time Morning
Acuity Lakefront	Grass / cave walking	32	Time Day
Acuity Lakefront	Grass / cave walking	35	No GBA cartridge inserted
Acuity Lakefront	Grass / cave walking	35	Ruby inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Acuity Lakefront	Grass / cave walking	35	Sapphire inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Acuity Lakefront	Grass / cave walking	35	Firered inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Acuity Lakefront	Grass / cave walking	35	Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 216	Grass / cave walking	32–35	No special condition recorded
Route 216	Grass / cave walking	33	Time Morning
Route 216	Grass / cave walking	33	Time Day
Route 216	Grass / cave walking	35	No GBA cartridge inserted
Route 216	Grass / cave walking	35	Ruby inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 216	Grass / cave walking	35	Sapphire inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 216	Grass / cave walking	35	Firered inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 216	Grass / cave walking	35	Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	32	No swarm required
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	33	Time Morning
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	33	Time Day
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	34	No special condition recorded
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	35	No GBA cartridge inserted
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	35	Ruby inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	35	Sapphire inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	35	Firered inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	35	Leafgreen inserted in the DS / DS Lite GBA slot
Route 217	Grass / cave walking	35	Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Snover regional evolution family
From	Into	Platinum method
Snover	Abomasnow	Level 40

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

Original abilities, breeding and training

Snover Generation IV ability slots
Ability	Original slot
Snow Warning	Regular 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.

Snover breeding and training facts
Property	Value
Gender ratio	50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)	Monster / Grass
Base hatch cycles	20
Experience growth	Slow
Base capture rate	120 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeated	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

Platinum level-up moves

Snover exact Platinum level-up learnset
Level	Move
1 / starting move	Leer
1 / starting move	Powder Snow
5	Razor Leaf
9	Icy Wind
13	Grass Whistle
17	Swagger
21	Mist
26	Ice Shard
31	Ingrain
36	Wood Hammer
41	Blizzard
46	Sheer Cold

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.

Compatible Platinum TMs and HMs

Snover Platinum compatible machines
Machine	Move	Type	Category
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status
TM07	Hail	Ice	Status
TM09	Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special
TM16	Light Screen	Psychic	Status
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status
TM19	Giga Drain	Grass	Special
TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical
TM22	Solar Beam	Grass	Special
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status
TM53	Energy Ball	Grass	Special
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status
TM70	Flash	Normal	Status
TM72	Avalanche	Ice	Physical
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical
TM86	Grass Knot	Grass	Special
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status

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

Egg moves and Platinum Move Tutors

Recorded Platinum Egg moves: Double-Edge, Growth, Leech Seed, Magical Leaf, Mist, Seed Bomb, Stomp.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Ice Punch, Icy Wind, Mud Slap, Seed Bomb, Snore, Synthesis.

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

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Snover in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

Abomasnow: locations, stats and moves

FIELD NOTE

Use Snover’s exact Platinum method and condition. Daily encounters, counterpart-game species, original evolution rules and external Egg requirements need separate collection plans.

References