Golduck

WaterGhostBad Dreams, Insomnia

Route 220 Acuity Cavern Open in the guide Compare

In Platinum Redux: First found in Route 220 (Grass), and in 1 more area. It is Water / Ghost type here; the official games have it as Water. Base stats total 549, up from 500; 5 of the six changed, most of all Sp. Def (80 → 105). Abilities: it gains Bad Dreams and Insomnia and loses Damp, Cloud Nine and Swift Swim. 17 of its 19 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Chakra Push and Night Shade.

Level-up moves 19

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Aqua Jet Priority +1 Goes first (priority +1).	Water	Phys	50	100	20
2	Chakra Push Chance to increase SpAtk (100%) Makes contact.	Psychic	Phys	70	100	2
3	Night Shade Deals damage equal to user's level	Ghost	Spec	0	100	15
4	Hypnosis Causes Sleep	Psychic	Stat	0	65	2
28	Aqua Tail Lowers Def (10%)	Water	Phys	85	100	10
30	Power Reset Resets stat changes (100%) Does not make contact.	Fighting	Spec	75	100	10
32	Haunting Chance to confuse (30%) Does not make contact.	Ghost	Spec	70	100	20
36	Misdirection Guaranteed Flinch; can only be used turn 1 (100%) Goes first (priority +2). Does not make contact.	Psychic	Spec	50	100	1
39	Shadow Ball Lowers Accuracy (10%)	Ghost	Spec	85	100	15
42	Hyper Voice Lowers SpDef (10%)	Normal	Spec	85	100	10
45	Nightmare Chance to sleep (10%)	Ghost	Spec	110	80	10
49	Mind Crush Chance of either Paralyzing; Burning; or Freezing target (30%)	Psychic	Spec	110	75	10
53	Foul Water Chance of Badly Poisoning (30%)	Water	Spec	75	100	10
55	Dream Eater Damages target; heals user up to 50% of damage dealt	Dark	Spec	60	100	15
58	Exorcism Consumes target's berry Makes contact.	Ghost	Phys	75	100	10
60	Dark Void Causes Sleep	Dark	Stat	0	70	2
63	Hydro Pump Lowers Spe (50%)	Water	Spec	100	85	10
66	Horror Scream Lowers SpDef (30%) Does not make contact.	Ghost	Spec	95	90	15
76	Torment Lowers Atk (35%) Does not make contact.	Dark	Spec	75	100	25

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

TMs & HMs 21

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM03	Foul Water Small Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Water	75
TM04	Scam Route 219. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Dark	50
TM06	Mud-Slap Route 203. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Ground	55
TM09	Nasty Plot Route 216. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Dark	—
TM11	H2O Absorption Eterna Forest, once you have beaten Gardenia. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Water	65
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
TM30	Zen Headbutt Galactic Veilstone. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Psychic	100
TM31	Calm Mind Route 215. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Psychic	—
TM35	Amnesia Route 209. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Psychic	—
TM38	Signal Beam Galactic Eterna, once you have beaten Jupiter. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Bug	65
TM51	Knock Off Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	70
TM55	Scald Pastoria Gym, once you have beaten Wake. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Water	70
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
TM67	Rain Dance Oreburgh Tunnel. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Water	—
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
HM03	Surf Celestic Town	Water	80
HM07	Waterfall Route 223	Water	80

Where to find Golduck

Area	Method	Level
Route 220	Grass
Acuity Cavern	Uxie's cave

Other changes in this game

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