POKEMON DIAMOND, PEARL AND PLATINUM ADDITIONAL CAPTURE METHODS GUIDE

Diamond and Pearl introduced several new ways to capture Pokemon. They are explained below.

Please Note: For the Pokemon that do not appear in the Sinnoh Dex, but instead only in the National Dex, you must have the National Dex for them to appear by these methods. The National Dex is obtained after you see all 150 Sinnoh Dex Pokemon. Talk to Professor Rowan and you will receive the National Dex from Professor Oak.

Binoculars

In the entry booths to the Great Marsh, you will find binoculars. Looking through them will show you a Pokemon that happens to be abundantly popular that day. More Pokemon become available after you obtain the National Dex. The following Pokemon are available; note which Dex you have to have.

Pokemon	Dex Needed
Azurill	Sinnoh Dex
Bibarel	Sinnoh Dex
Bidoof	Sinnoh Dex
Carnivine	Either Dex
Croagunk	Either Dex
Drapion	National Dex
Exeggcute	National Dex
Golduck	Either Dex
Gulpin	National Dex
Kangaskhan	National Dex
Kecleon	National Dex
Paras	National Dex
Quagsire	Sinnoh Dex
Roselia	Either Dex
Shroomish	National Dex
Skorupi	Either Dex
Staravia	Either Dex
Toxicroak	National Dex
Wooper	Sinnoh Dex
Yanma	Either Dex
Yanma	National Dex

Fossils

Though not a new method, the fossils in Generation IV are found in the Underground and can be revived in Orebough City.

Honey Trees

Throughout Sinnoh, there are golden-brown trees growing. If you place Honey on these trees, and then check back in 6 to 24 hours, you'll find a Pokemon on the tree. Certain Pokemon will only visit certain trees. Make sure you don't wait too long, or the Pokemon will be gone. The following Pokemon are available this way:

Pokemon	Version	Tree Group
Aipom	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Groups 1&2
Burmy	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Groups 1&2
Cascoon	Pearl	Group 1
Cherubi	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Groups 1&2
Combee	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Groups 1&2
Heracross	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Group 2
Munchlax	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Group 3
Silcoon	Diamond	Group 1
Wurmple	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Groups 1&2

Group 3 is the tree at Valley Windworks. Groups 1 and 2 are very similar. Group 1 will have Silcoon/Cascoon while Group 2 will have Heracross. This is the only difference between the groups; the other four possible Pokemon are all the same for all trees in both groups. Specific locations of trees and which group they belong to will be posted once it is confirmed.

Insertion

Some additional Pokemon are really easy to obtain. All you have to do is have another Pokemon GBA game sitting in your DS at the time, and different Pokemon than normal will show up in an area. Here's a list:

Pokemon	Version	Location	Inserted Cart
Arbok	Diamond and Pearl	Great Marsh (Area 1)	FireRed
Arbok	Platinum	Great Marsh (Area 1)	FireRed
Arbok	Diamond and Pearl	Great Marsh (Area 2)	FireRed
Arbok	Platinum	Great Marsh (Area 2)	FireRed
Arbok	Diamond and Pearl	Great Marsh (Area 3)	FireRed
Arbok	Platinum	Great Marsh (Area 3)	FireRed
Arbok	Diamond and Pearl	Great Marsh (Area 4)	FireRed
Arbok	Platinum	Great Marsh (Area 4)	FireRed
Arbok	Diamond and Pearl	Great Marsh (Area 5)	FireRed
Arbok	Platinum	Great Marsh (Area 5)	FireRed
Arbok	Diamond and Pearl	Great Marsh (Area 6)	FireRed
Arbok	Platinum	Great Marsh (Area 6)	FireRed
Bibarel	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Verity	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen
Caterpie	Platinum	Eterna Forest	FireRed
Caterpie	Platinum	Route 204 (North)	FireRed
Caterpie	Diamond and Pearl	Route 204 (South)	FireRed
Caterpie	Platinum	Route 204 (South)	FireRed
Dusclops	Platinum	Turnback Cave 1	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen
Dusclops	Platinum	Turnback Cave 3	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen
Ekans	Diamond and Pearl	Route 212 (Rain)	FireRed
Ekans	Platinum	Route 212 (Rain)	FireRed
Elekid	Diamond and Pearl	Route 205 (South)	FireRed
Elekid	Diamond and Pearl	Valley Windworks	FireRed
Gengar	Diamond and Pearl	Old Chateau (Purple Painting Room)	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire
Gengar	Platinum	Old Chateau (Purple Painting Room)	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire
Geodude	Platinum	Wayward Cave 1F	Emerald, FireRed, Ruby, Sapphire
Gligar	Diamond and Pearl	Route 206	Emerald
Gligar	Diamond and Pearl	Route 207	Emerald
Gligar	Diamond and Pearl	Route 214	Emerald
Gligar	Diamond and Pearl	Route 215	Emerald
Gligar	Diamond and Pearl	Route 227	Emerald
Gligar	Diamond and Pearl	Stark Mountain	Emerald
Growlithe	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 201	FireRed
Growlithe	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 202	FireRed
Haunter	Diamond and Pearl	Old Chateau	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire
Haunter	Diamond and Pearl	Old Chateau (Purple Painting Room)	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire
Kakuna	Diamond and Pearl	Eterna Forest	LeafGreen
Kakuna	Platinum	Eterna Forest	LeafGreen
Lombre	Diamond and Pearl	Route 212 (Rain)	Sapphire
Lombre	Platinum	Route 212 (Rain)	Sapphire
Lombre	Diamond and Pearl	Route 229	Sapphire
Lombre	Platinum	Route 229	Sapphire
Lotad	Diamond and Pearl	Route 203	Sapphire
Lotad	Platinum	Route 203	Sapphire
Lotad	Diamond and Pearl	Route 204 (North)	Sapphire
Lotad	Platinum	Route 204 (North)	Sapphire
Lotad	Diamond and Pearl	Route 204 (South)	Sapphire
Lotad	Platinum	Route 204 (South)	Sapphire
Lotad	Diamond and Pearl	Route 205 (North)	Sapphire
Lotad	Platinum	Route 205 (North)	Sapphire
Lotad	Diamond and Pearl	Route 212 (Rain)	Sapphire
Lotad	Platinum	Route 212 (Rain)	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Acuity	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Lake Acuity	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Valor	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Lake Valor	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Lake Verity	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet (Snowing)	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Mt. Coronet (Snowing)	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet (Tunnel)	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Mt. Coronet (Tunnel)	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 2F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 2F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 3F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 3F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 4F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Mt. Coronet 4F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 4F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 5F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Mt. Coronet 5F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 5F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 6F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 6F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 7F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 7F	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Sendoff Spring	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Sendoff Spring	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Turnback Cave 1	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Turnback Cave 1	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Turnback Cave 2	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Turnback Cave 2	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Turnback Cave 3	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Turnback Cave 3	Sapphire
Lunatone	Diamond and Pearl	Turnback Cave 4	Sapphire
Lunatone	Platinum	Turnback Cave 4	Sapphire
Magby	Diamond and Pearl	Route 227	LeafGreen
Magby	Diamond and Pearl	Stark Mountain	LeafGreen
Magby	Diamond and Pearl	Stark Mountain (Entrance)	LeafGreen
Magby	Diamond and Pearl	Stark Mountain (Inside)	LeafGreen
Mawile	Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island B1	Ruby
Mawile	Platinum	Iron Island B1	Ruby
Mawile	Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island B2 (Left)	Ruby
Mawile	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Iron Island B2 (Left)	Ruby
Mawile	Platinum	Iron Island B2 (Left)	Ruby
Mawile	Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island B2 (Right)	Ruby
Mawile	Platinum	Iron Island B2 (Right)	Ruby
Mawile	Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island B3	Ruby
Mawile	Platinum	Iron Island B3	Ruby
Metapod	Diamond and Pearl	Eterna Forest	FireRed
Metapod	Platinum	Eterna Forest	FireRed
Nuzleaf	Diamond and Pearl	Route 210	Ruby
Nuzleaf	Platinum	Route 210	Ruby
Nuzleaf	Diamond and Pearl	Route 229	Ruby
Nuzleaf	Platinum	Route 229	Ruby
Pelipper	Platinum	Route 230	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire
Pineco	Diamond and Pearl	Eterna Forest	Emerald
Pineco	Platinum	Eterna Forest	Emerald
Pineco	Diamond and Pearl	Route 203	Emerald
Pineco	Platinum	Route 203	Emerald
Pineco	Diamond and Pearl	Route 204 (North)	Emerald
Pineco	Platinum	Route 204 (North)	Emerald
Pineco	Diamond and Pearl	Route 204 (South)	Emerald
Pineco	Platinum	Route 204 (South)	Emerald
Pineco	Diamond and Pearl	Route 210	Emerald
Pineco	Platinum	Route 210	Emerald
Pineco	Diamond and Pearl	Route 229	Emerald
Pineco	Platinum	Route 229	Emerald
Sableye	Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island B1	Sapphire
Sableye	Platinum	Iron Island B1	Sapphire
Sableye	Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island B2 (Left)	Sapphire
Sableye	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Iron Island B2 (Left)	Sapphire
Sableye	Platinum	Iron Island B2 (Left)	Sapphire
Sableye	Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island B2 (Right)	Sapphire
Sableye	Platinum	Iron Island B2 (Right)	Sapphire
Sableye	Diamond and Pearl	Iron Island B3	Sapphire
Sableye	Platinum	Iron Island B3	Sapphire
Sandshrew	Diamond and Pearl	Wayward Cave (Secret Area)	LeafGreen
Sandshrew	Platinum	Wayward Cave (Secret Area)	LeafGreen
Sandshrew	Diamond and Pearl	Wayward Cave 1F	LeafGreen
Sandshrew	Platinum	Wayward Cave 1F	LeafGreen
Sandslash	Diamond and Pearl	Route 228	LeafGreen
Sandslash	Platinum	Route 228	LeafGreen
Seedot	Diamond and Pearl	Eterna Forest	Ruby
Seedot	Platinum	Eterna Forest	Ruby
Seedot	Diamond and Pearl	Route 203	Ruby
Seedot	Platinum	Route 203	Ruby
Seedot	Diamond and Pearl	Route 204 (North)	Ruby
Seedot	Platinum	Route 204 (North)	Ruby
Seedot	Diamond and Pearl	Route 204 (South)	Ruby
Seedot	Platinum	Route 204 (South)	Ruby
Seedot	Diamond and Pearl	Route 210	Ruby
Seedot	Platinum	Route 210	Ruby
Seviper	Diamond and Pearl	Route 208	Sapphire
Seviper	Platinum	Route 208	Sapphire
Seviper	Diamond and Pearl	Route 210 (Fog)	Sapphire
Seviper	Platinum	Route 210 (Fog)	Sapphire
Shuckle	Diamond and Pearl	Route 224	Emerald
Shuckle	Platinum	Route 224	Emerald
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Acuity	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Lake Acuity	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Valor	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Lake Valor	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Lake Verity	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet (Snowing)	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Mt. Coronet (Snowing)	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet (Tunnel)	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Mt. Coronet (Tunnel)	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 2F	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 2F	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 3F	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 3F	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 4F	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Mt. Coronet 4F	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 4F	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 5F	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Mt. Coronet 5F	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 5F	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 6F	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 6F	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Mt. Coronet 7F	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Mt. Coronet 7F	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Sendoff Spring	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Sendoff Spring	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Turnback Cave 1	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Turnback Cave 1	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Turnback Cave 2	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Turnback Cave 2	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Turnback Cave 3	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Turnback Cave 3	Ruby
Solrock	Diamond and Pearl	Turnback Cave 4	Ruby
Solrock	Platinum	Turnback Cave 4	Ruby
Staravia	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Verity	Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen
Teddiursa	Diamond and Pearl	Acuity Lakefront	Emerald
Teddiursa	Platinum	Lake Acuity	Emerald
Teddiursa	Diamond and Pearl	Route 211 (East)	Emerald
Teddiursa	Diamond and Pearl	Route 211 (West)	Emerald
Teddiursa	Platinum	Route 211 (West)	Emerald
Ursaring	Platinum	Acuity Lakefront	Emerald
Ursaring	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Acuity	Emerald
Ursaring	Diamond and Pearl	Route 216	Emerald
Ursaring	Platinum	Route 216	Emerald
Ursaring	Diamond and Pearl	Route 217	Emerald
Ursaring	Platinum	Route 217	Emerald
Vulpix	Diamond and Pearl	Route 209	LeafGreen
Vulpix	Platinum	Route 209	LeafGreen
Vulpix	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 214	LeafGreen
Weedle	Platinum	Eterna Forest	LeafGreen
Weedle	Platinum	Route 204 (North)	LeafGreen
Weedle	Diamond and Pearl	Route 204 (South)	LeafGreen
Weedle	Platinum	Route 204 (South)	LeafGreen
Zangoose	Diamond and Pearl	Route 208	Ruby
Zangoose	Platinum	Route 208	Ruby
Zangoose	Diamond and Pearl	Route 210 (Fog)	Ruby

Pal Park

Pal Park is in area where Pokemon transferred from Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, FireRed and LeafGreen will appear. See Psypoke's Pal Park Guide for detailed information.

PokeRadar

The Pokemon Radar is a device that reveals certain rare Pokemon in a area. See Psypoke's PokeRadar Guide for detailed information.

Swarms

After you obtain the National Dex and defeat the Champion, talk to your Rival's Sister in Sandgem Town. She will tell you what Pokemon is swarming that day, and where you can find them. The following Pokemon can be obtained in a swarm:

Pokemon	Version	Location
Absol	Diamond and Pearl	Route 213
Beldum	Diamond and Pearl	Route 228
Beldum	Platinum	Route 228
Corsola	Diamond and Pearl	Route 230
Corsola	Platinum	Route 230
Cubone	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 203
Delibird	Diamond and Pearl	Route 216
Delibird	Platinum	Route 217
Doduo	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 201
Drowzee	Platinum	Route 215
Drowzee	Diamond and Pearl	Route 215
Drowzee	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 215
Dunsparce	Platinum	Route 208
Dunsparce	Diamond and Pearl	Route 208
Electrike	Platinum	Valley Windworks
Electrike	Diamond and Pearl	Valley Windworks
Farfetch'd	Platinum	Route 221
Farfetch'd	Diamond and Pearl	Route 221
Farfetch'd	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 221
Krabby	Diamond and Pearl	Route 226
Krabby	Platinum	Route 226
Larvitar	Platinum	Route 206
Lickitung	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Valor
Magnemite	Diamond and Pearl	Fuego Ironworks
Makuhita	Platinum	Route 225
Makuhita	Diamond and Pearl	Route 225
Natu	Platinum	Route 224
Natu	Diamond and Pearl	Route 224
Nosepass	Diamond and Pearl	Route 206
Phanpy	Platinum	Route 207
Phanpy	Diamond and Pearl	Route 207
Phanpy	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 207
Pidgey	Diamond and Pearl	Route 229
Pinsir	Platinum	Route 229
Skitty	Platinum	Route 222
Skitty	Diamond and Pearl	Route 222
Skitty	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 222
Slakoth	Platinum	Eterna Forest
Slakoth	Diamond and Pearl	Eterna Forest
Slakoth	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Eterna Forest
Smoochum	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Acuity
Snubbull	Platinum	Route 209
Snubbull	Diamond and Pearl	Route 209
Spinda	Diamond and Pearl	Route 227
Spinda	Platinum	Route 227
Spoink	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 214
Spoink	Platinum	Route 214
Spoink	Diamond and Pearl	Route 214
Surskit	Diamond and Pearl	Lake Verity
Swinub	Diamond and Pearl	Route 217
Voltorb	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 218
Voltorb	Platinum	Route 218
Voltorb	Diamond and Pearl	Route 218
Zigzagoon	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum	Route 202

Trophy Garden

The Trophy Garden is located along Route 212 within the walls of the Pokemon Mansion. Once you have the National Dex, talk to the man in the mansion and he'll tell you that he's been seeing a lot of a certain Pokemon that day. Every time you talk to the man, he will tell you of a new Pokemon, and two of them can be abundant at a time. The third time you talk to him, the first Pokemon will disappear. The following Pokemon are available:

Pokemon	Version
Azurill	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Bonsly	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Castform	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Chansey	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Clefairy	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Cleffa	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Ditto	Platinum
Eevee	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Happiny	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Igglybuff	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Jigglypuff	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Marill	Platinum
Meowth	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Mime Jr.	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Minun	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Plusle	Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
Porygon	Diamond and Pearl