Darkrai

DarkPsychicBad Dreams, Trace

Creator Lodge Sendoff Spring Open in the guide Compare

In Platinum Redux: First found in Creator Lodge (Palmer), and in 1 more area. It is Dark / Psychic type here; the official games have it as Dark. Base stats total 575, down from 600; all six changed, most of all Defense (90 → 75). Abilities: it gains Trace. 14 of its 19 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Misdirection and Night Shade.

Level-up moves 19

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Misdirection Guaranteed Flinch; can only be used turn 1 (100%) Goes first (priority +2). Does not make contact.	Psychic	Spec	50	100	1
2	Dream Eater Damages target; heals user up to 50% of damage dealt	Dark	Spec	60	100	15
8	Night Shade Deals damage equal to user's level	Ghost	Spec	0	100	15
13	Confuse Ray Guaranteed Confusion	Ghost	Stat	0	80	10
18	Vacuum Swipe Priority +1 Goes first (priority +1). Makes contact.	Psychic	Phys	55	100	30
22	Feint Attack Always hits	Dark	Phys	80	100	20
27	Pain Split Pain Split effect	Ghost	Stat	0	0	20
31	Hypnosis Causes Sleep	Psychic	Stat	0	65	2
34	Terrifier Chance to Paralyze (usable while sleeping) (30%) Does not make contact.	Dark	Spec	70	100	15
36	Power Reset Resets stat changes (100%) Does not make contact.	Fighting	Spec	75	100	10
39	Sinister Strike Priority +1 Goes first (priority +1). Makes contact.	Ghost	Phys	80	90	10
43	Umbral Arrival Lowers Accuracy (10%) Does not make contact.	Dark	Spec	105	85	10
45	Torment Lowers Atk (35%) Does not make contact.	Dark	Spec	75	100	25
48	Aura Sphere Always hits	Fighting	Spec	85	100	10
50	Poltergeist 1/3 Recoil Makes contact.	Ghost	Phys	120	100	10
52	Dark Hole Lowers user's Def and SpDef	Dark	Spec	115	100	10
55	Mind Crush Chance of either Paralyzing; Burning; or Freezing target (30%)	Psychic	Spec	110	75	10
60	Dark Void Causes Sleep	Dark	Stat	0	70	2
70	Nightmare Chance to sleep (10%)	Ghost	Spec	110	80	10

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

TMs & HMs 13

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM04	Scam Route 219. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Dark	50
TM09	Nasty Plot Route 216. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Dark	—
TM16	Shadow Punch Solaceon Town. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Ghost	75
TM23	Dark Pulse Route 212, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	85
TM26	Braindrain Eterna City, once you have beaten Gardenia. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Psychic	65
TM31	Calm Mind Route 215. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Psychic	—
TM51	Knock Off Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	70
TM62	Ominous Wind Route 208. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Veilstone City	Ghost	75
TM63	Shadow Ball Ravaged Path, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ghost	85
TM64	Psychic Mt. Coronet, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Psychic	80
TM65	Shadow Claw Hearthome Gym, once you have beaten Fantina. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Celestic Town	Ghost	75
TM71	Astonish Route 219. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Oreburgh City	Ghost	55
TM79	Focus Blast Route 211, and you need Rock Climb to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Fighting	100

Where to find Darkrai

Area	Method	Level
Creator Lodge	Palmer
Sendoff Spring	Grass		5% rare

Other changes in this game

This game gives it a new look and a Pokédex entry of its own.