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Whiscash in Pokémon Platinum: locations, stats and moves

Find Whiscash’s Platinum locations, Generation IV Water/Ground 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

Whiscash is Sinnoh #081 and National #340. Its Platinum typing is Water / Ground. 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.

Whiscash
Whiscash: standard Platinum form, Sinnoh #081.
Whiscash Generation IV base stats
StatBase value
HP110
Attack78
Defense73
Sp. Atk76
Sp. Def71
Speed60
Total468
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

Whiscash recorded Platinum encounters
Location / areaMethodLevelCondition
Eterna CitySuper Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Mt. Coronet 1F Route 207Super Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Mt. Coronet 4FSuper Rod20–50No special condition recorded
Mt. Coronet B1FSuper Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 1Super Rod20–50No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 2Super Rod20–50No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 3Super Rod20–50No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 4Super Rod20–50No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 5Super Rod20–50No special condition recorded
Great Marsh Area 6Super Rod20–50No special condition recorded
Ravaged PathSuper Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Oreburgh Gate B1FSuper Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Route 205 East Towards Eterna CitySuper Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Route 210 West Towards Celestic TownGood Rod25–35No special condition recorded
Route 210 West Towards Celestic TownSuper Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Route 225Super Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Route 227Super Rod30–55No special condition recorded
Route 228Good Rod25–35No special condition recorded
Route 228Super Rod30–55No special condition recorded
03

Evolution family and Generation IV requirements

Whiscash regional evolution family
FromIntoPlatinum method
BarboachWhiscashLevel 30

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

Whiscash Generation IV ability slots
AbilityOriginal slot
ObliviousRegular ability slot 1
AnticipationRegular 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.

Whiscash breeding and training facts
PropertyValue
Gender ratio50% female / 50% male
Egg group(s)Water 2
Base hatch cycles20
Experience growthMedium Fast
Base capture rate75 / 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

Whiscash exact Platinum level-up learnset
LevelMove
1 / starting moveMud Slap
1 / starting moveMud Sport
1 / starting moveTickle
1 / starting moveWater Sport
1 / starting moveZen Headbutt
6Mud Sport
6Water Sport
10Water Gun
14Mud Bomb
18Amnesia
22Water Pulse
26Magnitude
33Rest
33Snore
39Aqua Tail
45Earthquake
51Future Sight
57Fissure

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

Whiscash Platinum compatible machines
MachineMoveTypeCategory
TM03Water PulseWaterSpecial
TM06ToxicPoisonStatus
TM07HailIceStatus
TM10Hidden PowerNormalSpecial
TM13Ice BeamIceSpecial
TM14BlizzardIceSpecial
TM15Hyper BeamNormalSpecial
TM17ProtectNormalStatus
TM18Rain DanceWaterStatus
TM21FrustrationNormalPhysical
TM26EarthquakeGroundPhysical
TM27ReturnNormalPhysical
TM32Double TeamNormalStatus
TM37SandstormRockStatus
TM39Rock TombRockPhysical
TM42FacadeNormalPhysical
TM43Secret PowerNormalPhysical
TM44RestPsychicStatus
TM45AttractNormalStatus
TM58EndureNormalStatus
TM68Giga ImpactNormalPhysical
TM71Stone EdgeRockPhysical
TM78CaptivateNormalStatus
TM80Rock SlideRockPhysical
TM82Sleep TalkNormalStatus
TM83Natural GiftNormalPhysical
TM87SwaggerNormalStatus
TM90SubstituteNormalStatus
HM03SurfWaterSpecial
HM04StrengthNormalPhysical
HM06Rock SmashFightingPhysical
HM07WaterfallWaterPhysical

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: Aqua Tail, Bounce, Dive, Earth Power, Icy Wind, Mud Slap, Snore, 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 Whiscash in the illustrated Sinnoh Pokédex.

FIELD NOTE

Use Whiscash’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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