Pokémon Diamond and Pearl/Un-Obtainable Pokémon

You CANNOT catch any of the Pokémon that are not in the Sinnoh Pokédex until you acquire the National Pokédex. You must SEE all 150 Sinnoh Pokémon. Once you do so, you must visit Prof. Rowan in Sandgem Town. When you talk to him, Prof. Oak will rush in and upgrade your Pokédex to the NationalDex. Once he does so, you can import any Pokémon from FireRed, LeafGreen, Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, by putting that game in the DS's GBA slot and selecting the TRANSFER option at the Diamond/Pearl Main Menu. Once you transfer Pokémon from the GBA games, they will be gone forever from the GBA games. After you transfer Pokémon to Diamond/Pearl, you must then capture them in the Pal Park**.


 * To see, (in Pearl) and , (in Diamond), you must defeat the Elite Four. After beating the Elite Four, speak with the Elder of Celestic Town (the old lady in the big house.) She will then show you a picture of Dialga/Palkia, adding the 150th Pokémon to the Sinnoh Pokédex.

(NOTE: The Route #'s must be confirmed, it is believed that they are Route 211[Water] and Route 212[Land])
 * ** The Pal Park is directly south of Sandgem Town. Go to Sandgem Beach and Surf to the area near the Pal Park.

Pokémon that cannot be obtained in Sinnoh
Some Pokémon cannot be obtained on Diamond and must be transferred from a GBA game. These Pokémon are all of the non-sinnoh starters,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and.

Pokémon that cannot be obtained without using the Underground
Some Pokémon can only be obtained by going into the underground and doing various things.

Fossils
All four fossils from previous games can be found underground and brought to Oreburgh.

Spiritomb
There are special conditions in the underground that must be met to get a Spiritomb. First, you must obtain the Odd Keystone by digging around and then you must meet 32 people underground.

Evolution Stones
Many Kanto and Johto Pokémon are evolved with stones. In the main quest of Diamond and Pearl you only find a few of these stones, more can be found in the Underground. As a result some Pokémon won't evolve until you get the stones from the underground.

Ruby Version

 * -- Eterna Forest, Route 203, Route 204 North, Route 204 South, Route 210 East
 * -- Route 210 East, Route 229
 * -- Iron Island
 * -- Route 208, Route 210 West
 * -- Lake Acuity, Lake Valor, Lake Verity, Mount Coronet, Sendoff Spring, Turnback Cave

Sapphire Version

 * -- Route 203, Route 204 North, Route 204 South, Route 205 Eterna City side, Route 212 East
 * -- Route 212 East, Route 229
 * -- Iron Island
 * -- Route 208, Route 210 West
 * -- Lake Acuity, Lake Valor, Lake Verity, Mount Coronet, Sendoff Spring, Turnback Cave

Emerald Version

 * -- Eterna Forest, Route 203, Route 204 North, Route 204 South, Route 210 East, Route 229
 * -- Stark Mountain (outside), Route 206, Route 207, Route 214, Route 215, Route 227
 * -- Route 224
 * -- Acuity Lakefront, Route 211
 * -- Lake Acuity, Route 216, Route 217

FireRed Version

 * -- Route 204 South
 * -- Eterna Forest
 * -- Route 212 East
 * -- Great Marsh
 * -- Route 201, Route 202
 * -- Route 205 Floaroma Town Side, Valley Windworks

LeafGreen Version

 * -- Route 204 South
 * -- Eterna Forest
 * -- Route 228, Wayward Cave
 * -- Route 209, Route 214
 * -- Stark Mountain (inside and outside), Route 227

Any Pokémon GBA Cartridge

 * -- Old Chateau
 * -- Old Chateau (only in the room with eyes painted on the walls)

Manaphy
The only way to obtain Manaphy is to own a copy of Pokémon Ranger and have completed the game and completed the Manaphy egg mission. Once you have the Manaphy egg on Pokémon Ranger, you can now transfer it over to Diamond and Pearl. Once transferred over to Diamond and Pearl visit any Pokémart to receive the egg from a man wearing green.

Phione
Phione can only be obtained once Manaphy is gotten. You must breed Manaphy with either a Fairy or Water 1 breeding group, or a, Phione learns almost all the same moves as Manaphy, but as lower statistics.

Darkrai
Through a Nintendo Event, the player will be able to receive a Member's Card from the same man. Then, go inside the locked building in Canalave City. Note that you must heal the sick boy before you can do so. A man will tell you that you have a reservation, and you will be forced to sleep on the bed, and wake up on Newmoon Island. At this point, you cannot get off. Walk into the center of the island to meet Darkrai.

Shaymin
Through another Nintendo Event, you will get a Prof. Oak's letter. Go to Route 224 to find Professor Oak standing at the white rock at the end. He will tell you to give your thanks to someone. Doing so will make Shaymin come, and upon seeing you, run. Chase after it, going along the road until to meet it.

Arceus
Through another Nintendo Event, you will get an Azure Flute. Go back to the Spear Pillar. Upon walking on the first symbol on the floor, an option to play it will appear. If you say yes, stairs leading upward to the Hall of Origin will appear. At the top is Arceus.