Turtwig, Piplup & Chimchar Evolution Levels in Brilliant Diamond & SP

When picking a starter Pokemon, people usually only care to look at how strong each one is, how they fare against the gyms in the game, and a wide range of many other factors. But very rarely do players of these games care to look at how soon a specific starter evolves. Here’s everything you need to know about Turtwig, Piplup & Chimchar Evolution Levels in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl.

Turtwig, Piplup & Chimchar Evolution Levels in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

In this guide, we’ll just take a look at the starter Pokemon evolutions in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. If you’re looking for advice on which starter to choose, then you can check out our guide on that topic right here.

Turtwig Evolutions

First, let’s take a look at Pokemon number one in the Sinnoh Pokedex. The Grass-type starter, Turtwig, evolves into Grotle at level 18 and then Torterra at level 32. If you don’t get a lot of time to play Brilliant Diamond or Shining Pearl, then Turtwig will let you get a fully evolved starter sooner than any other choice.

You can check out the table below for a full breakdown of Turtwig’s evolutions and typings in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl:

Turtwig		Start	Grass
Grotle		Evolves at level 18	Grass
Torterra		Evolves at level 32	Grass/Ground

Chimchar Evolutions

Up next is the firey monkey starter, Chimchar. This Pokemon has the fastest first stage evolution of any starter in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl. Chimchar evolves into Monferno at level 14. Despite the fast first evolution. Monferno is tied for the latest evolution level. It finally reaches the third stage, Infernape, at level 36.

The table below breaks down all of Chimchar’s evolution information for Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl:

Chimchar		Start	Fire
Monferno		Evolves at level 14	Fire/Fighting
Infernape		Evolves at level 36	Fire/Fighting

Piplup Evolutions

Lucky number seven in the Sinnoh Pokedex is the Water-typer starter, Piplup. The first evolution this starter goes through in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl is at level 16 when it turns into Prinplup. Then just like Monferno evolving into Infernape, Prinplup must reach level 36 in order to become an Empoleon.

The full evolution information for the Piplup line in Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl can be found in the table down below:

Piplup		Start	Water
Prinplup		Evolves at level 16	Water
Empoleon		Evolves at level 36	Water/Steel

That’s all there is to know about Turtwig, Piplup & Chimchar Evolution Levels in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. If you would like to learn just about anything else when it comes to this game, just check out our Guide Wiki.