Sandshrew

GroundHeatproof

Route 219 Paranormal Room Open in the guide Compare

In Platinum Redux: First found in Route 219 (Grass), and in 1 more area. Its type (Ground) is the same as in the official games. Base stats total 435, up from 300; all six changed, most of all Sp. Def (30 → 65). Abilities: it gains Heatproof and loses Sand Veil and Sand Rush. 13 of its 18 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Tail Whip and Bone Club.

Level-up moves 18

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Scratch	Normal	Phys	50	100	35
2	Tail Whip Lowers Def (100%) Makes contact.	Fighting	Phys	35	100	30
3	Bone Club Chance to flinch (30%)	Ground	Phys	55	100	20
8	Poison Sting Chance to Poison (30%)	Poison	Phys	50	100	30
11	Rock Throw Lowers Def (10%)	Rock	Phys	60	100	20
13	Magnitude Magnitude effect	Ground	Phys	0	90	30
15	Sand-Attack Lowers Accuracy (100%) Does not make contact.	Ground	Spec	30	100	30
16	Ice Shard Priority +1 Goes first (priority +1).	Ice	Phys	55	100	30
18	Rollout Chance to increase Spe (50%)	Rock	Phys	55	100	20
19	Dig Lowers Accuracy (20%)	Ground	Phys	60	100	20
20	Metal Claw Chance to increase Atk (30%)	Steel	Phys	55	100	35
21	Spikes Spikes effect	Ground	Stat	0	0	3
22	Ice Ball Chance to increase Spe (30%)	Ice	Phys	60	100	20
23	Bulldoze Lowers Spe (100%) Makes contact.	Ground	Phys	70	100	15
24	Venom Touch High crit ratio and poison chance (20%) Makes contact.	Poison	Phys	55	100	20
25	Rock Slide Chance to flinch (25%)	Rock	Phys	75	100	20
26	Snowslide Usually goes last; chance to increase SpDef (10%) Goes last (priority -1). Does not make contact.	Ice	Phys	85	90	10
27	Slash High crit ratio	Normal	Phys	90	90	20

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

TMs & HMs 24

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM02	Giga Impact Galactic Veilstone. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Steel	95
TM06	Mud-Slap Route 203. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Ground	55
TM08	Rapid Spin Route 202. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Flying	60
TM14	Cross Poison Valor Lakefront. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	70
TM17	Toxic Route 217. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Poison	—
TM28	Swords Dance Mt. Coronet North. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Normal	—
TM34	Aerial Ace Old Chateau. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Flying	55
TM40	Bulk Up Route 215. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Fighting	—
TM42	Tectonic Shift Route 208, and you need Rock Climb to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Ground	80
TM46	Sandstorm Route 207. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Rock	—
TM47	Rock Tomb Route 204. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Rock	70
TM50	Stone Edge Route 208, and you need Waterfall to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Rock	110
TM51	Knock Off Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	70
TM52	Brick Break Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Fighting	80
TM61	Earthquake Valley Windworks, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ground	85
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
TM76	Stealth Rock Oreburgh Gym, once you have beaten Roark. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Eterna City	Rock	—
TM80	Iron Head Solaceon Ruins. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Steel	80
TM85	Freeze Strike Iron Island. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ice	80
TM89	X-Scissor Trophy Garden. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Bug	80
HM01	Cut Eterna City	Grass	60
HM04	Strength Iron Island	Fighting	75
HM06	Rock Smash Oreburgh Gate	Fighting	55
HM08	Rock Climb Route 217	Rock	80

Where to find Sandshrew

Area	Method	Level
Route 219	Grass
Paranormal Room	Palmer

Other changes in this game

Evolves at Lv. 29. The documentation gives the level but not what it turns into.