Gastly Pokémon Platinum: Moves, Sprites & Locations
Everything you need to know about Gastly in Pokémon Platinum. On this page you'll find its Pokédex entry straight from the game, all sprite variants including shiny forms, the complete moveset of 72 moves grouped by learning method (level-up, TM/HM, egg, tutor), and every wild encounter location with levels, conditions, and catch rates.
Pokémon Platinum
SinnohGastly Pokemon Platinum Pokedex Entry
Gaseous and completely impalpable. Also highly dangerous— inhaling part of its poisonous body will cause one to faint instantly.
Pokemon Platinum Gastly Sprites
Pokémon Platinum Gastly Moveset
Complete registry of moves learned by Gastly via various methods in Pokémon Platinum.
| Move | Type | Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Hypnosis | psychic | Lv. 1 |
| Lick | ghost | Lv. 1 |
| Spite | ghost | Lv. 5 |
| Mean Look | normal | Lv. 8 |
| Curse | ghost | Lv. 12 |
| Night Shade | ghost | Lv. 15 |
| Confuse Ray | ghost | Lv. 19 |
| Sucker Punch | dark | Lv. 22 |
| Payback | dark | Lv. 26 |
| Shadow Ball | ghost | Lv. 29 |
| Dream Eater | psychic | Lv. 33 |
| Dark Pulse | dark | Lv. 36 |
| Destiny Bond | ghost | Lv. 40 |
| Nightmare | ghost | Lv. 43 |
End of Move Database
Pokémon Platinum Gastly Locations
Gastly can be caught in 17 locations across Pokémon Platinum, including Turnback Cave Pillar 1, Turnback Cave Before Pillar 1, and Old Chateau Entrance. The most reliable spawn is at Lost Tower 5f, where you'll find it at Lv. 20 by walking through tall grass with a 20% encounter rate.
Eterna Forest Area
2 encounters- walkLv. 13Slot2 none4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 13Slot2 sapphire4%Very Rare
Turnback Cave Pillar 1
4 encounters- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 16Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 16Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
Turnback Cave Before Pillar 1
4 encounters- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 16Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 16Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
Old Chateau Entrance
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Old Chateau Dining Room
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Old Chateau 2f Private Room
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Old Chateau 2f
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Old Chateau 2f Leftmost Room
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Old Chateau 2f Left Room
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Old Chateau 2f Middle Room
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Old Chateau 2f Right Room
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 17Slot2 none4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Old Chateau 2f Rightmost Room
12 encounters- walkLv. 1420%Frequent
- walkLv. 1520%Frequent
- walkLv. 1410%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1510%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1610%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 165%Rare
- walkLv. 175%Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 174%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
- walkLv. 171%Very Rare
Lost Tower 1f
11 encounters- walkLv. 1820%Frequent
- walkLv. 19Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 19Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 17Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 17Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 205%Rare
- walkLv. 204%Very Rare
- walkLv. 204%Very Rare
- walkLv. 201%Very Rare
- walkLv. 201%Very Rare
Lost Tower 2f
11 encounters- walkLv. 1820%Frequent
- walkLv. 19Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 19Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 17Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 17Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1710%Uncommon
- walkLv. 205%Rare
- walkLv. 204%Very Rare
- walkLv. 204%Very Rare
- walkLv. 201%Very Rare
- walkLv. 201%Very Rare
Lost Tower 3f
11 encounters- walkLv. 1920%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 18Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 18Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1810%Uncommon
- walkLv. 215%Rare
- walkLv. 214%Very Rare
- walkLv. 214%Very Rare
- walkLv. 211%Very Rare
- walkLv. 21Radar on1%Very Rare
Lost Tower 4f
15 encounters- walkLv. 1920%Frequent
- walkLv. 20Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 20Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 18Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 18Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1810%Uncommon
- walkLv. 215%Rare
- walkLv. 214%Very Rare
- walkLv. 21Slot2 ruby4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 21Slot2 sapphire4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 21Slot2 emerald4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 21Slot2 firered4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 21Slot2 leafgreen4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 211%Very Rare
- walkLv. 21Radar on1%Very Rare
Lost Tower 5f
14 encounters- walkLv. 2020%Frequent
- walkLv. 21Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 21Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 19Morning10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 19Day10%Uncommon
- walkLv. 1910%Uncommon
- walkLv. 224%Very Rare
- walkLv. 22Slot2 ruby4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 22Slot2 sapphire4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 22Slot2 emerald4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 22Slot2 firered4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 22Slot2 leafgreen4%Very Rare
- walkLv. 221%Very Rare
- walkLv. 22Radar on1%Very Rare
