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Sudowoodo in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Sudowoodo’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Rock 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

Sudowoodo is Sinnoh #093 and National #185. Its Platinum typing is Rock. 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.

Sudowoodo
Sudowoodo: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #093.
Sudowoodo Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP70
Attack100
Defense115
Sp. Atk30
Sp. Def65
Speed30
Total410
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

Sudowoodo recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Route 221Grass / cave walking30–31Ordinary encounter without Poké Radar
Route 221Grass / cave walking29No special condition recorded
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Sudowoodo regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
BonslySudowoodoLevel up while knowing Mimic

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

Sudowoodo Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
SturdyRegular ability slot 1
Rock HeadRegular 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.

Sudowoodo breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Mineral
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate65 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedDefense +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

Sudowoodo exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveCopycat
1 / starting moveFlail
1 / starting moveLow Kick
1 / starting moveRock Throw
1 / starting moveWood Hammer
6Flail
9Low Kick
14Rock Throw
17Mimic
22Block
25Faint Attack
30Rock Tomb
33Rock Slide
38Slam
41Sucker Punch
46Double-Edge
49Hammer Arm

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

Sudowoodo Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM01Focus PunchFightingPhysical
TM04Calm MindPsychicStatus
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM28DigGroundPhysical
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM37SandstormRockStatus
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM41TormentDarkStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM64ExplosionNormalPhysical
TM69Rock PolishRockStatus
TM71Stone EdgeRockPhysical
TM76Stealth RockRockStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM80Rock SlideRockPhysical
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical

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: Defense Curl, Harden, Headbutt, Rollout, Sand Tomb, Selfdestruct.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: Earth Power, Fire Punch, Helping Hand, Ice Punch, Mud Slap, Rollout, Snore, Sucker Punch, ThunderPunch.

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 Sudowoodo in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Sudowoodo’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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