Trapinch

GroundBugHyper Cutter, Arena Trap

Johto Safari Zone — Desert Johto Safari Zone — Desert Johto Safari Zone — Desert Open in the guide Compare

In Mirror Gold: First found in Johto Safari Zone — Desert (Walk (Day)), and in 1 more area. Its base stats (total 290) are the same as in the official games. It is Ground / Bug type here; the official games have it as Ground. Abilities: it loses Sheer Force. 6 of its 18 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver, including Astonish and Bide.

Level-up moves 19

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Stat	—	100	15
1	Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Phys	30	100	15
1	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Phys	60	100	25
1	Feint Attack Never misses.	Dark	Phys	60	—	20
1	Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took.	Normal	Phys	—	—	10
8	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Phys	60	100	25
8	Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Spec	20	100	10
14	Sand Tomb Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Ground	Phys	35	85	15
14	Bulldoze Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ground	Phys	60	100	20
15	Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Phys	75	90	10
21	Dig User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.	Ground	Phys	80	100	10
25	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Phys	80	100	15
29	Feint Hits through Protect and Detect.	Normal	Phys	30	100	10
31	Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ground	Spec	90	100	10
33	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns.	Rock	Stat	—	—	10
36	Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.	Ground	Phys	100	100	10
42	Superpower Lowers the user’s Attack and Defense by one stage after inflicting damage.	Fighting	Phys	120	100	5
43	Hyper Beam User foregoes its next turn to recharge.	Normal	Spec	150	90	5
47	Fissure Causes a one-hit KO.	Ground	Phys	—	30	5

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 34

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TR02	Toxic Goldenrod Department Store Lower 2F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Poison	—
TR04	Solar Beam Goldenrod Department Store Lower 2F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Grass	120
TR05	Hyper Beam Celadon Department Store Upper 2F (also at Viridian Mart)	Normal	150
TM010	Hidden Power	Normal	60
TR10	Earthquake Mt. Mortar (hidden) (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F, Viridian Mart)	Ground	100
TM011	Sunny Day	Fire	—
TR11	Rock Slide Mt. Mortar 2F (hidden) (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F, Pewter Mart)	Rock	75
TR16	Giga Drain Bell Tower 3F (hidden) (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Grass	75
TM017	Protect Goldenrod Department Store 5F	Normal	—
TM021	Frustration Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TR26	Endure Goldenrod Department Store 4F (also at Celadon Department Store Upper 2F)	Normal	—
TM027	Return Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TM028	Dig Celadon Department Store 3F	Ground	80
TR30	Stone Edge Celadon Department Store Upper 2F (also at Pewter Mart)	Rock	100
TM032	Body Slam	Normal	85
TM037	Sandstorm	Rock	—
TM039	Rock Tomb	Rock	60
TR39	Superpower Celadon Department Store Upper 2F (also at Viridian Mart)	Fighting	120
TM042	Facade	Normal	70
TM043	Secret Power	Normal	70
TM044	Rest	Psychic	—
TM045	Attract	Normal	—
TM052	Crunch Goldenrod Department Store 5F	Dark	80
TM076	Stealth Rock Goldenrod Department Store Upper 2F (also at Celadon Department Store 3F)	Rock	—
TM078	Captivate Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TM082	Sleep Talk	Normal	—
TM087	Swagger Celadon Department Store 3F	Normal	—
TM090	Substitute	Normal	—
TM105	Earth Power Mahogany Mart Post-Rocket Hideout (also at Celadon Department Store 3F)	Ground	90
TM134	Sand Tomb Violet City Mart (also at Celadon Department Store 3F)	Ground	35
TM138	Scorching Sands Mahogany Mart Pre-Rocket Hideout (also at Celadon Department Store 3F, Mahogany Mart Post-Rocket Hideout)	Ground	70
TM140	Bug Bite Celadon Department Store 3F	Bug	60
HM04	Strength	Normal	80
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	40

Where to find Trapinch

Area	Method	Level
Johto Safari Zone — Desert	Walk (Day)
Johto Safari Zone — Desert	Walk (Morning)
Johto Safari Zone — Desert	Walk (Night)
Johto Safari Zone — Desert	Walk (bonus) (Day)
Johto Safari Zone — Desert	Walk (bonus) (Night)
National Park Bug Catching Contest	Grass	15-17

Other changes in this game

Evolves into Vibrava — at level 16
Egg moves: Focus Energy, Quick Attack, Gust, Flail, Fury Cutter, Mud Shot
Tutor moves: Body Slam, Bug Bite, Double-Edge, Earth Power, Endure, Fury Cutter, Giga Drain, Headbutt, Mimic, Mud-Slap, Rock Slide, Scorching Sands, Signal Beam, Sleep Talk, Snore, Substitute, Superpower, Swagger
A wild one can rarely hold Soft Sand.