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Umbreon in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Umbreon’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Dark 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

Umbreon is Sinnoh #168 and National #197. Its Platinum typing is Dark. 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.

Umbreon
Umbreon: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #168.
Umbreon Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP95
Attack65
Defense110
Sp. Atk60
Sp. Def130
Speed65
Total525
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

Umbreon regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
EeveeVaporeonUse Water Stone
EeveeJolteonUse Thunder Stone
EeveeFlareonUse Fire Stone
EeveeEspeonLevel up with friendship of at least 220 (Generation IV) during daytime
EeveeUmbreonLevel up with friendship of at least 220 (Generation IV) at night
EeveeLeafeonLevel up near the Moss Rock in Eterna Forest
EeveeGlaceonLevel up near the Ice Rock on Route 217

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

Umbreon Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
SynchronizeRegular 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.

Umbreon breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio12.5% female / 87.5% male
Egg group(s)Field
Base hatch cycles35
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate45 / 255 (not a percentage chance)
EV yield when defeatedSpecial Defense +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

Umbreon exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveHelping Hand
1 / starting moveTackle
1 / starting moveTail Whip
8Sand Attack
15Pursuit
22Quick Attack
29Confuse Ray
36Faint Attack
43Assurance
50Last Resort
57Mean Look
64Screech
71Moonlight
78Guard Swap

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

Umbreon Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM11Sunny DayFireStatus
TM12TauntDarkStatus
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM23Iron TailSteelPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM28DigGroundPhysical
TM29PsychicPsychicSpecial
TM30Shadow BallGhostSpecial
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM41TormentDarkStatus
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM49SnatchDarkStatus
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM66PaybackDarkPhysical
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM70FlashNormalStatus
TM77Psych UpNormalStatus
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM79Dark PulseDarkSpecial
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM85Dream EaterPsychicSpecial
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM01CutNormalPhysical

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: Helping Hand, Last Resort, Mud Slap, Snore, Spite, Sucker Punch, Swift.

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 Umbreon in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Umbreon’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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