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Tangrowth in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Tangrowth’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Grass 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

Tangrowth is Sinnoh #182 and National #465. Its Platinum typing is Grass. 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.

Tangrowth
Tangrowth: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #182.
Tangrowth Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP100
Attack100
Defense125
Sp. Atk110
Sp. Def50
Speed50
Total535
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.

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

Tangrowth regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
TangelaTangrowthLevel up while knowing AncientPower

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

Tangrowth Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
ChlorophyllRegular ability slot 1
Leaf GuardRegular 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.

Tangrowth breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Grass
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate30 / 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

Tangrowth exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveConstrict
1 / starting moveIngrain
5Sleep Powder
8Absorb
12Growth
15PoisonPowder
19Vine Whip
22Bind
26Mega Drain
29Stun Spore
33AncientPower
36Knock Off
40Natural Gift
43Slam
47Tickle
50Wring Out
54Power Whip
57Block

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

Tangrowth Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM09Bullet SeedGrassPhysical
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM19Giga DrainGrassSpecial
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM22Solar BeamGrassSpecial
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM31Brick BreakFightingPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM33ReflectPsychicStatus
TM34Shock WaveElectricSpecial
TM36Sludge BombPoisonSpecial
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM40Aerial AceFlyingPhysical
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM46ThiefDarkPhysical
TM52Focus BlastFightingSpecial
TM53Energy BallGrassSpecial
TM56FlingDarkPhysical
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM75Swords DanceNormalStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM80Rock SlideRockPhysical
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM84Poison JabPoisonPhysical
TM86Grass KnotGrassSpecial
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM01CutNormalPhysical
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

No Platinum Egg moves are recorded for this form.

Recorded Platinum tutor compatibility: AncientPower, Knock Off, 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

08

Related species and return to the Pokédex

Return to Tangrowth in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Tangrowth’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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