Nuzlocke Tracker

Pokémon Platinum Nuzlocke Guide

This guide contains useful information for a Platinum Nuzlocke. Lists of all of the available Pokémon, the number of encounters, and detailed overviews of all Boss battles.

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Platinum Encounters

A fun aspect of Nuzlocke runs is the variety of encounters forcing you to try out new Pokémon you've never used before. That is why it's important to know which Pokémon will be available during a run. We've compiled a list of every encounter for Pokémon Platinum so you can quickly see who you might want on your team!

Pokémon Platinum has 56 different encounter locations with 213 different Pokémon available as wild encounters. Hover over a Pokémon to see where to encounter it!

5 Dragon Pokémon encounters

6 Fire Pokémon encounters

7 Ghost Pokémon encounters

9 Fighting Pokémon encounters

9 Steel Pokémon encounters

10 Dark Pokémon encounters

12 Electric Pokémon encounters

12 Ice Pokémon encounters

18 Rock Pokémon encounters

19 Grass Pokémon encounters

21 Bug Pokémon encounters

21 Normal Pokémon encounters

23 Ground Pokémon encounters

24 Psychic Pokémon encounters

25 Poison Pokémon encounters

25 Flying Pokémon encounters

43 Water Pokémon encounters

5Dragon Pokémon
DRAGON

6Fire Pokémon
FIRE

7Ghost Pokémon
GHOST

9Fighting Pokémon
FIGHTING

9Steel Pokémon
STEEL

10Dark Pokémon
DARK

12Electric Pokémon
ELECTRIC

12Ice Pokémon
ICE

18Rock Pokémon
ROCK

19Grass Pokémon
GRASS

21Bug Pokémon
BUG

21Normal Pokémon
NORMAL

23Ground Pokémon
GROUND

24Psychic Pokémon
PSYCHIC

25Poison Pokémon
POISON

25Flying Pokémon
FLYING

43Water Pokémon
WATER

Platinum Boss Battles

In order to complete a Platinum Nuzlocke and become the Champion, you will need to win 28 Boss battles throughout the Sinnoh region - ranging from bickering Rival & Evil team fights, to Gym Leaders & ultimately the Elite Four.

These can be a challenge, especially when your dear nicknamed nuzlocke mons are at risk. So below we've listed detailed overviews of all these fights! Giving you all the information you'll need to face everything from Barry's Piplup to Lucian's Gallade.

8 Gym Leader fights

5 Elite Four fights

6 Rival fights

9 Evil Team fights

Select your starter type

Like all Pokémon games, you will have to select a starter. The type will update some of the boss teams to match. For example, if your starter was a grass type Barry might have a fire type to take advantage!

Gym Leader fights

  • - Oreburgh Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Eterna Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Hearthome Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Veilstone Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pastoria Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Canalave Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Snowpoint Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Sunyshore Gym

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Elite Four fights

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Elite Four

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Champion

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Rival fights

  • - Route 201

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 203

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Route 209

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pastoria City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Canalave City

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Pokémon League

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Evil Team fights

  • - Valley Windoworks

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Eterna Building

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Celestic Town

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Valor Cavern

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Lake Verity

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Galactic HQ

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Galactic HQ

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Spear Pillar

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

  • - Distortion World

    has a team of 0, made up of a level undefined undefined. The level cap for this fight is level null.

Now that you're ready to take on the Pokémon Platinum Nuzlocke Challenge, why not keep track of all your encounters with the Nuzlocke Tracker?