How to Catch Regigigas & the Hoen Golems in Pokémon Platinum

Last Updated: November 17, 2020

While it is relatively easy to get Regigigas in Diamond and Pearl, things are a little more complicated in Platinum. You'll need to either transfer the three Golems from an Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald to access Regigigas, or cheat to get a special Regigigas and then capture the three Golems in Platinum.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Transferring from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald

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Capture the three Golems in Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. The only way to get Regigigas in Platinum is to have the three Golems (Regice, Regirock, and Registeel). These cannot be caught in Platinum without a special event Regigigas, so you'll need to transfer the three Golems from Emerald, Ruby, or Sapphire, where they're much easier to obtain. See Catch the 3 Regis in Pokémon Sapphire or Ruby for instructions on getting the three Golems.
- There are essentially two scenarios for obtaining the three Golems and Regigigas in Platinum. The common way is to transfer the three Golems from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, then capture Regigigas in Platinum. The other way involves using a special event Regigigas in Platinum to obtain the three Golems without Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. Since the event is over, this is no longer possible without cheating.
- If you don't have access to Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald, see the next section for cheating instructions. This is the only other way to get all three Golems and Regigigas in Platinum.
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Migrate the three Golems from Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald. Once you have the three Golems in your Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald game, you can transfer them to your Platinum game. This will allow you to find the Regigigas in Platinum, which only becomes available when you have the three Golems.^{[1]
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- You'll need to have completed the National Pokedex in Platinum to access Pal Park. This means seeing every Sinnoh-region Pokemon.
- Insert your Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald cartridge in the GBA slot of the DS system, then start Platinum and select "Migrate from Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald."
- Select the six Pokémon you want to transfer, including the three Golems. You must select exactly six Pokémon when using Pal Park to move Pokémon from one game to the other.
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Visit Pal Park in Platinum. You'll find the Pal Park facility off Route 221. You can get there the quickest by flying to Sandgem Town, surfing to Route 219, going south to Route 220, then northeast to 221.
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Start the Catching Show in Pal Park. You'll need to talk to the person at the front counter to start it. You'll need to have completed your Sinnoh National Pokedex to start the Catching Show.
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Walk through the grass in Pal Park until you encounter your first Pokemon. You'll only encounter the six Pokémon that you transferred earlier.
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Throw a Park Ball to instantly capture the Pokemon. Each Park Ball will capture the Pokémon you encounter. Repeat this until you've captured all six Pokémon that you transferred, including the three Golems.
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Make sure all three Golems are in your party. You'll need all three in your active party in order to get Regigigas.
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Head to Snowpoint Temple. You'll find the entrance to this temple in Snowpoint City. Like Pal Park, you'll need to have completed the National Pokedex in order to enter the temple.
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Get to the bottom of the temple. You'll need to get down to B5F, which is the sixth floor of the temple. You'll encounter a lot of Rock Pokémon with levels ranging from 47-56.
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Save the game before starting the battle. You only get one chance at Regigigas, so you'll want to save before the battle just in case. This will allow you to restart if you accidentally knock it out.
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Start the battle with Regigigas. Regigigas will only be level 1, so make sure you don't attack it with anything that will knock it out.
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Use False Swipe to carefully lower Regigigas' health. Despite the fact that it is level 1, the Regigigas still has a very low catch rate. This means you'll need to lower its health and give it a status effect before trying to catch it with anything other than a Master Ball.
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Paralyze Regigigas or put it to sleep. Once you've lowered Regigigas' health, you can use a status effect to help capture it.
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Throw Dusk, Ultra, and Nest Balls to capture Regigigas. These Poke Balls will give you the best chance to catch the Regigigas.

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Cheating

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Start Platinum in an emulator. If you want to cheat to get the Fateful Encounter Regigigas that was given away at Toys R' Us during the promotion, you'll need to use an emulator or use a physical Action Replay. Using an emulator is much easier, especially if you're already playing a ROM instead of the actual game.
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Place a Pokémon you don't care about at the head of your party. The code will replace the first Pokémon in your party with the Fateful Encounter Regigigas. Make sure it's a Pokémon that you don't care about, because it will be gone forever.
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Open the Cheats menu in your emulator. The process for this varies depending on the emulator, but it's generally similar. If you're using VBA-M, click "Tools" → "Cheats" → "List cheats."
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Create a save state in your emulator before entering the cheat. This will let you revert your game in case the cheat gives you a Bad Egg, which is possible. A Bad Egg will corrupt your game.
- You can create save states from the File menu of most emulators. In VBA-M, click "File" and select "Save State." Choose a slot to create the save state.
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Add the cheat code for Regigigas. In the Cheats menu, click the "New Cheat" button and paste the following code. Make sure to select "Action Replay" or "Generic Code" if given the option (some emulators will auto-detect code types):^{[2]
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94000130 FCFF0000
B2101D40 00000000
E00000B4 000000EC
C240B19F 41BD0000
E46DE8B7 9EAE103E
3EDC657C 3650A0C7
571FB9A4 97CCE569
4AB5C935 D9BD9F79
E886C37D 382FC1F8
4FB365D2 10389360
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3A0F92CD 9163096A
8B140FD0 2224358C
937C9E92 6E526A5D
DD9F949A 10CD543E
89AFE1D9 1B669425
6CA38AA1 EA953A03
65BEBFF6 227882E4
8AD801A3 A57D6C50
9F00C612 F37B3626
657E2BA4 2ABE6726
8076B2CA B5047E8A
838E6AEE B522BE9E
F0559B69 75521FE3
D0A0AA19 4408F9B2
A0B180D6 7E455A37
6E6AD39A D11A4E9B
959CF584 4D357865
CFBD46DA 1FBE951D
8AD77F51 0463DC32
BBC2588A C4B1571C
9F945CE0 58A597C5
2058DE60 00000000
D2000000 00000000
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Press L + R while the code is enabled. This will activate the code and place Regigigas at the head of your current party.
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Head to Mt. Coronet to capture Regice. Now that you have Regigigas in your party, you can access the special areas for the three Golems. You'll find Regice's area, called the Iceberg Ruins, in Mt. Coronet. The entrance is near the Route 216 exit.
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Fight and capture Regice. Step on the pressure plates to activate Regice and begin the battle. Regice is level 30. Use moves like False Swipe to lower its health, then use Ultra Balls to capture it.
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Head to Route 228 and find the Rock Peak Ruins. This area hold Regirock. Enter the cave in the middle of the Route to find it.
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Fight and capture Regirock. Like Regice, Regirock is level 30. Start the battle by walking over all of the plates on the floor. Lower its health and then capture it with an Ultra Ball.
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Head to the Iron Island. The last of the Golems, Registeel, can be found in a special cave here called the Iron Ruins. You'll fid the cave in the entrance area of the interior of the island.
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Fight and capture Registeel. Walk over the plates to start the fight. Registeel is level 30, like the other Golems you've captured so far. Once its health is low, use Ultra Balls to try to capture it. ^{[3]
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Community Q&A

Question

Will the Regigigas be shiny when I first encounter it?

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Community Answer

All legendary Pokémon have the exact same shiny rate as normal Pokémon, which is very rare.