Piplup — Roles and where to hunt
Piplup is a berry specialist with Extra Helpful S. Here's where to find Piplup, and which numbers still need a source.
Roles Piplup can fill
Berry specialist
Piplup finds Oran berries. Berry specialists are the main source of that berry. This page does not grade a specific build.
Evolution line
Piplup (level 12) → Prinplup (level 27) → Empoleon
Piplup and Prinplup find Oran. Empoleon finds Belue.
Where to hunt
Piplup can be found at: Greengrass Isle, Cyan Beach, Snowdrop Tundra, Greengrass Isle (Expert), Cyan Beach (Expert)
Cyan Beach (Expert) is on the current Serebii sleep-style locations (fetched 2026-10-21). The official debut notice did not name that area.
Similar Pokémon
Others with the same main skill: Alolan Ninetales | Alolan Vulpix | Arcanine | Empoleon | Gallade | Growlithe
Still needs a source
TODO: ingredient rate, skill rate, and ingredient quantities are not on the Serebii page fetched 2026-10-21. The A/B/C order above is the order Serebii lists, not a confirmed level-30/60 spread. Production tools fall back to a generic rate when a species has no rate row (helps 0, ingredient rate 0.2, skill rate 0.04). That fallback is not Piplup's rate, so a tool grade is not a sourced result.
Try the tools
Use NewRolly's Unlimited Biscuits to grade a Piplup you caught. The grader and the production simulator use the generic fallback above until a rate row exists. Helpful Leveling has the same limit.
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