Every Pokémon Location in the Grand Underground in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

I didn't think so many Pokémon could exist here either.
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The Grand Underground is a vast wild Pokémon area in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl that lets you capture several Pokémon. Many Pokémon found in the Grand Underground are even rare ones you’d have difficulty searching for in the overworld.

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The number of Pokémon you can encounter in the Grand Underground increase a total of five times:

  • When you receive TM96 Strength.
  • When you receive TM97 Defog.
  • When you beat Candice in Snowpoint City.
  • When you receive TM99 Waterfall.
  • When you’ve completed the National Pokédex.

Over 200 Pokémon should be discoverable in the Grand Underground at the last stage.

That said, here’s every Pokémon you can encounter in the Grand Underground, when can you encounter them, and where.

Pokémon encountered the moment you can enter the Grand Underground

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PokémonAll Hideaways
AbsolSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Dazzling Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Stargleam Cavern
BidoofSpacious Caves, Riverbank Caves, Grassland Caves,
Fountainspring Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
BudewSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
BuizelFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
BunearySpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Icy Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern, Glacial Cavern
Cascoon (SP only)
Silcoon (BD only)
Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern
CherubiGrassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
CombeeGrassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
CroagunkSwampy Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
Elekid (BD only)Dazzling Caves, Whiteout Caves, Stargleam Cavern
DuskullDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
GastlyDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
GastrodonFountainspring Caves
GeodudeSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Volcanic Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
GlalieWhiteout Caves, Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
Gligar (BD only)Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Big Bluff Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
HoundoomSpacious Caves, Volcanic Caves, Dazzling Caves,
Sandsear Caves, Stargleam Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
KricketotSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
LickitungSpacious Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Swampy Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
MachopSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Sunlit Cavern
Magby (SP only)Volcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
MagnemiteSpacious Caves, Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves,
Glacial Cavern
Misdreavus (SP only)Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
Murkrow (BD only)Spacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
OnixGrassland Caves, Volcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
PachirisuSpacious Caves, Whiteout Caves
Pinsir (SP only)Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern, Big Bluff Cavern
PsyduckSpacious Cave, Fountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern
RaltsFountainspring Caves, Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
RoseliaGrassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Big Bluff Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
RhyhornSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Sandsear Caves,
Sunlit Cavern, Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
ShellosFountainspring Caves
ShinxSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Sunlit Cavern
SkorupiGrassland Caves, Volcanic Caves, Swampy Caves,
Sandsear Caves, Big Bluff Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern,
Typhlo Cavern
SmoochumDazzling Caves, Icy Caves, Stargleam Cavern,
Glacial Cavern
SnoruntWhiteout Caves, Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
SwabluSpacious Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
SwinubSwampy Caves, Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves,
Glacial Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
Scyther (BD only)Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern, Big Bluff Cavern
Teddiursa (SP only)Spacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Sunlit Cavern, Glacial Cavern
TogepiFountainspring Caves, Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
WurmpleGrassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern
ZubatSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves,
Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern

Related: All TM locations in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Pokémon unlocked after you get TM96 Strength

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PokémonAll Hideaways
BarboachFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
BibarelSpacious Caves, Riverbank Caves, Grassland Caves,
Fountainspring Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
BronzorGrassland Caves, Dazzling Caves, Icy Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Stargleam Cavern
ChinglingSpacious Caves, Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
GolbatSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves,
Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
HoothootSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Fountainspring Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
MedititeDazzling Caves, Whiteout Caves, Stargleam Cavern
PonytaVolcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
Stunky, Skunktank
(BP only)
Spacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern

Pokémon unlocked after you get TM97 Defog

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PokémonAll Hideaways
AipomSpacious Caves
GirafarigDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
GravellerSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Volcanic Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
HippopotasGrassland Caves, Sandsear Caves, Big Bluff Cavern
KadabraDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
MachokeSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Sunlit Cavern
MunchlaxSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
QuagsireFountainspring Caves, Swampy Caves, Bogsunk Cavern
TentacoolFountainspring Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
PuruglySpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
WingullSpacious Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern
WooperFountainspring Caves, Swampy Caves, Bogsunk Cavern

Pokémon unlocked after you beat the Snowpoint Gym

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Pokémon All Hideaways
GibleFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
Glameow
(SP only)
Spacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
LuxioSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Sunlit Cavern
Mr. Mime Dazzling Caves, Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves,
Stargleam Cavern, Glacial Cavern
PelipperSpacious Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern
SneaselDazzling Caves, Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves,
Stargleam Cavern, Glacial Cavern
SnoverWhiteout Caves, Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
TentacruelFountainspring Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern

Pokémon unlocked after you get TM99 Waterfall

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Pokémon All Hideaways
GabiteFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
MantykeSpacious Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern
OctilleryFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
WhiscashFountainspring Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern

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Pokémon unlocked after you get the National Pokédex

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PokémonAll Hideaways
AriadosGrassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
AronRocky Caves, Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Glacial Cavern
Bagon, Shelgon
(SP only)
Spacious Caves, Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
BaltoyRocky Caves, Dazzling Caves, Big Bluff Cavern,
Stargleam Cavern
BanetteDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
BeldumRocky Caves, Whiteout Caves, Icy Cave,
Big Bluff Cavern, Glacial Cavern
BellsproutGrassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
BulbasaurGrassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
CacneaGrassland Caves, Rocky Caves, Swampy Caves,
Sunlit Cavern, Big Bluff Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
CacturneGrassland Caves, Rocky Caves, Swampy Caves,
Sunlit Cavern, Big Bluff Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
CameruptRocky Caves, Volcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
CarvanhaFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
Caterpie (BD only)Spacious Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
CharmanderVolcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
ChikoritaGrassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern
ChimcharVolcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
ChinchouFountainspring Caves, Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
ClamperlFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
CorphishSpacious Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern
CorsolaFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
CrawdauntSpacious Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern
CuboneRocky Caves, Dazzling Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Stargleam Cavern
CyndaquilVolcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
DelibirdWhiteout Caves, Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
DittoDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
DoduoSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
DratiniFountainspring Caves
DrowzeeDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
DusclopsDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
Ekans (BD only)Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
Farfetch'dSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Fountainspring Cave,
Sunlit Cavern
FlaaffyGrassland Caves, Whiteout Caves, Sunlit Cavern
FurretSpacious Caves, Rocky Caves, Volcanic Caves,
Whiteout Caves, Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
GloomSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
GrimerSwampy Caves, Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
Growlithe (BD only)Spacious Caves, Volcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves,
Typhlo Cavern
HoppipGrassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
HorseaFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
IllumiseGrassland Caves, Dazzling Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Stargleam Cavern
Kecleon (BD only)Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern
KirliaDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
KrabbySpacious Caves, Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
LaironRocky Caves, Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Glacial Cavern
LanturnFountainspring Caves, Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
Larvitar, Pupitar
(BD only)
Rocky Caves, Big Bluff Cavern
LedianGrassland Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Swampy Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
MagcargoVolcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
MankeySpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
MareepGrassland Caves, Whiteout Caves, Sunlit Cavern
Mawile (BD only)Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
MightyenaSpacious Caves, Dazzling Caves, Icy Caves,
Stargleam Cavern, Glacial Cavern
MiltankSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
MudkipFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
NatuSpacious Caves, Dazzling Caves
Nidoran, Nidorina,
Nidorino
Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Dazzling Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern,
Stargleam Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
NincadaGrassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern
NumelRocky Caves, Volcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
OddishSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
ParasGrassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
PhanpyRocky Caves, Big Bluff Cavern
PinecoGrassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
PiplupFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
PoliwagGrassland Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
PoliwhirlGrassland Caves, Fountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
PoochyenaSpacious Caves, Dazzling Caves, Icy Caves,
Stargleam Cavern, Glacial Cavern
PrimeapeSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
QuilfishFountainspring Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Cave,
Still-Water Cavern
RaticateSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
RattataSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
RhydonSpacious Caves, Rocky Caves, Sandsear Caves,
Sunlit Cavern, Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
Sabeleye (SP only)Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
Sandshrew, Sandslash
(SP only)
Spacious Caves, Rocky Caves, Sandsear Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern
Seedot, Nuzleaf (BD only)
Lotad, Lombre (SP only)
Grassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern
Seel, Dewgong
(BD only)
Fountainspring Caves, Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves,
Glacial Cavern
SentretSpacious Caves, Rocky Caves, Volcanic Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Big Bluff Cavern, Typhlo Cavern
ShellderFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
ShuckleGrassland Caves, Rocky Caves, Riverbank Cave,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Big Bluff Cavern
SkiploomGrassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
SkittySpacious Caves
Slowpoke (SP only)Grassland Caves, Dazzling Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Stargleam Cavern
SlugmaVolcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
SnubbullDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
Solrock (BD only)
Luntatone (SP only)
Dazzling Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Stargleam Cavern
Spheal, Sealeo
(SP only)
Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
SquirtleFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
StaryuFountainspring Caves, Icy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Glacial Cavern
SunkernGrassland Caves, Sunlit Cavern
SurskitFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
TangelaSwampy Caves, Bogsunk Cavern
TangrowthSwampy Caves, Bogsunk Cavern
TaurosSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Fountainspring Caves,
Rocky Cave, Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern,
Big Bluff Cavern, Glacial Cavern
Teddirusa (SP only)Spacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Rocky Caves,
Whiteout Caves, Icy Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Glacial Cavern
TorchicVolcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
TorkoalVolcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves, Typhlo Cavern
TotodileFountainspring Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern
TrapinchRocky Caves, Sandsear Caves, Big Bluff Cavern
TreeckoGrassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern
TropiusGrassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
TurtwigGrassland Caves, Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern,
Sunlit Cavern
TyrogueSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Whiteout Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern
VenomothSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
VenonatSpacious Caves, Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves,
Riverbank Caves, Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern,
Bogsunk Cavern
VibravaGrassland Caves, Rocky Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Big Bluff Cavern
VolbeatGrassland Caves, Dazzling Caves, Sunlit Cavern,
Stargleam Cavern
VoltorbSpacious Caves, Dazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
Vulpix (SP only)Spacious Caves, Volcanic Caves, Sandsear Caves,
Typhlo Cavern
WalreinWhiteout Caves, Icy Caves, Glacial Cavern
Weedle (SP only)Spacious Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
WeepinbellGrassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Riverbank Caves,
Still-Water Cavern, Sunlit Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
WeezingSwampy Caves, Bogsunk Cavern
WobbuffetDazzling Caves, Stargleam Cavern
Zangoose (BD only)
Seviper (SP only)
Grassland Caves, Swampy Caves, Dazzling Caves,
Sunlit Cavern, Stargleam Cavern, Bogsunk Cavern
ZigzagoonSpacious Caves, Rocky Caves, Big Bluff Cavern

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