#172 Pichu
#172 Pichu. Where to find it in Platinum Emerald and how it evolves.
Wild
| Where | How | Levels | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trophy Garden | Grass and caves | 21 to 22 | 30% |
Special encounters
- Trophy Garden: Poke Radar
Gift or one-time encounter
- Ilex Forest: Gift: Pichu (Spiky Eared), Lv 30
Getting there
- Trophy Garden: Enter through the Pokemon Mansion on Route 212: the door in the back leads out to the garden. Its daily Pokemon change.
- Ilex Forest: Celebi: after you beat the Johto Champion, the deliveryman in a Johto Poke Mart gives you the GS Ball. Give it to the shrine in the forest.
- The Pichu in Ilex Forest is the spiky-eared Pichu: it comes only if your lead Pokemon is a shiny Pichu, Pikachu or Raichu. Normal Pichu hatch from eggs or live in the Trophy Garden.
Evolves into
- Pikachu: Level up, with high friendship
Levels are this area's own. In your first region they stay as shown; in a region you open later they are raised to match your progress, unless you started that region fresh. See levels.