Pokémon Platinum Honey Trees: Locations + All Pokémon

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What Are Honey Trees?

Examining the Honey Tree on the southern section of Route 205.

Honey Trees are peculiar trees that can be used to attract certain species of wild Pokémon. Honey Trees are easy to spot, with their golden foliage and natural tendency to grow apart from other flora, and they’re found all over the Sinnoh region.

If you slather Honey onto a Honey Tree and return between six to twenty-four hours later, you will likely start a wild Pokémon encounter if you examine the tree.

Honey Trees are the only places to find certain species of Pokémon in Platinum, including Munchlax, Heracross, and Burmy’s Plant Cloak form.

Getting Honey

You’ll get your first Honey in Floaroma Town after driving Team Galactic out of the Floaroma Meadow; as a reward for defeating the two Galactic Grunts in battle, the Honey seller they were harassing will give you 10 free jars of his famous bee juice.

Receiving ten free jars of Honey from the Honey Man.

Afterward, you can buy Honey from this man at any time for 100p each (or 10 jars for 1000p).

Buying Honey from the Honey Man in the Floaroma Meadow.

You’ll also get a free Honey every time you catch a Combee, as well as when a Combee’s Honey Gather Ability successfully activates.

Attracting Pokémon to a Honey Tree

When you’ve got Honey in your inventory, you can easily apply it to a Honey Tree by approaching the tree and pressing A, then selecting “Yes” when prompted to slather the Tree’s bark with Honey.

Applying Honey to the bark of a Honey Tree.

Then it’s time to wait.

If you return to the Honey Tree after six in-game hours have passed, you’ll usually be able to examine the tree to find a wild Pokémon.

Finding a wild Burmy in a Honey Tree.

Just don’t wait too long to check on your traps: if you don’t return to a Honey Tree within 24 hours of slathering Honey on it, you’ll lose both the Honey and any Pokémon that might have been seduced by it.

Munchlax Trees

The most painful aspect about Honey Trees is using them to find Munchlax, Snorlax’s pre-evolved form.

Of the 21 Honey Trees in the game, Munchlax can only be found in four of them (we’ll call these “Munchlax Trees”), and you’re not explicitly told which four.

This is also the only way you can find Munchlax in the game – especially since there are no wild Snorlaxes to catch and breed.

If you’re thinking you’ll just slather Honey on every Honey Tree and eventually find a Munchlax that way, there’s another problem:

Even in Munchlax Trees, Munchlax’s encounter rate is 1%.

Imagine using Honey 100 times or more on one tree, waiting at least six hours between every use, and still not finding the one Pokémon you’re looking for. Now imagine doing that for twenty-one trees.

This interminable process makes Munchlax one of the hardest Pokémon in the game to catch.

Encountering a wild Munchlax later at the same tree.

Thankfully, there are ways of finding out the locations of your Munchlax Trees without spending 600 hours searching randomly.

Finding Out Two Munchlax Tree Locations

The locations of all four of your game’s Munchlax Trees depend on two numbers:

Your Trainer ID
Your Secret ID

Two Munchlax Trees are determined by your Trainer ID, which is easy enough to find: just check your Trainer Card from the menu.

The Trainer ID depicted on the Trainer Card.

The other two Munchlax Tree locations are determined by your Secret ID: an unseen set of numbers that helps differentiate between two players who may have been assigned the same Trainer ID number.

Secret IDs are far more difficult to figure out than Trainer IDs, so this section will focus on locating the two Trainer ID-dependent Munchlax Trees.

To find these two trees, take your 5-digit Trainer ID and run it through the following processes (Munchlax Tree 1 and Munchlax Tree 2) to get two final results, then look those results up in the table below to find out which two Honey Trees are Munchlax Trees.

Note: If the calculations of any of your Munchlax Trees (using Secret ID or Trainer ID) fall on the same number, the game will automatically add to the other Tree numbers in increments of 1 until no number is the same. Because of this, it might be a good idea to slather Honey on the next Honey Tree or two on the list.

Munchlax Tree 1

Take the 5-digit Trainer ID found on your Trainer Card—for this example, we’ll use “41395”
Divide your Trainer ID by 256 using integer division (ignoring all remainders): [41395 / 256=161]
Multiply the result (161) by the divisor (256): [161*256=41216]
Subtract the result (41216) from the dividend (41395): [41395-41216=179]
Divide the result (179) by 21 using integer division: [179 / 21=8]
Multiply the result (8) by the divisor (21): [8*21=168]
Subtract the result (168) from the dividend (179): [179-168=11]
Take the result (11) and search for the corresponding Honey Tree from the table below; a final result of 11 means that the Honey Tree on Route 213 should be a Munchlax tree.

Munchlax Tree 2

Take the 5-digit Trainer ID found on your Trainer Card—for this example, we’ll use “41395”
Divide your Trainer ID by 256 using integer division: [41395 / 256=161]
Divide the result (161) by 21 using integer division: [161 / 21=7]
Multiply the result (7) by the divisor (21): [7*21=147]
Subtract the result (147) from the dividend (161): [161-147=14]
Take the result (14) and search for the corresponding Honey Tree from the table below; a final result of 14 means that the Honey Tree on Route 218 should be a Munchlax Tree.

Munchlax Tree Locations Based on Trainer ID
Final Number	Honey Tree Location
0	Route 205 (North)
1	Route 205 (South)
2	Route 206
3	Route 207
4	Route 208
5	Route 209
6	Route 210 (North)
7	Route 210 (South)
8	Route 211 (East)
9	Route 212 (North)
10	Route 212 (South)
11	Route 213
12	Route 214
13	Route 215
14	Route 218
15	Route 221
16	Route 222
17	Valley Windworks
18	Eterna Forest Exterior Path
19	Fuego Ironworks
20	Floaroma Meadow

All Possible Wild Pokémon

With the exception of Munchlax, all Honey Tree Pokémon can be found in both regular Honey Trees and the four Munchlax Trees, just at different encounter rates.

Below is a list of every Pokémon that can be attracted to a Honey Tree and how frequently you can expect to find them:

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Pokémon	Type(s)	Level	Encounter Rate
Non-Munchlax Trees
Aipom	Normal	5-15	10%
Heracross	Bug/Fighting	5-15	1%
Wurmple	Bug	5-15	14%
Burmy Plant Cloak Form	Bug	5-15	22%
Combee	Bug/Flying	5-15	32%
Cherubi	Grass	5-15	11%
None	—	—	10%
Munchlax Trees
Aipom	Normal	5-15	12.5%
Heracross	Bug/Fighting	5-15	3.5%
Wurmple	Bug	5-15	4%
Burmy Plant Cloak Form	Bug	5-15	32%
Combee	Bug/Flying	5-15	22%
Cherubi	Grass	5-15	16%
Munchlax	Normal	5-15	1%
None	—	—	9%

Of the Pokémon in the above list, the following Pokémon can only be found in Honey Trees:

Wurmple
Combee
Aipom
Burmy (Plant Cloak Form)
Cherubi
Heracross
Munchlax

Complete List of Honey Trees

There are 21 Honey Trees in the game – some that are right out in the open and others that take a little searching for.

The following list gives brief directions to every Honey Tree in the game, in case you missed one or two somewhere on your journey.

Floaroma Meadow

The Honey Tree in the Floaroma Meadow.

The Floaroma Meadow Honey Tree is the first one you’ll be able to slather Honey onto, and you’ll find it next to the Honey Man’s house.

Valley Windworks

The Honey Tree at the Valley Windworks

This Honey Tree is easy to spot: it’s right in front of the Valley Windworks building, to the right of the front door.

Route 205 (South)

The Honey Tree on Route 205, across the bridge by the Valley Windworks.

The Honey Tree on the southern stretch of Route 205 is just across the bridge by the Valley Windworks building.

Route 205 (North)

The Honey Tree just outside Eterna City.

The Honey Tree on north Route 205 can be found in the far northeast corner, right outside the Eterna City border.

Eterna Forest (Exterior)

The Honey Tree on Eterna Forest’s exterior path.

The exterior path of Eterna Forest can be found behind Cuttable trees in the northeast corner of Route 205 south (or the southeast corner of Route 205 north). The Honey Tree is at around the middle point of the path.

Route 206

The Honey Tree underneath Cycling Road.

The Route 206 Honey Tree is beneath the Cycling Road, an area you access by Cutting trees at the Cycling Road’s southern end.

Route 207

The Honey Tree at the three-way intersection of Route 207.

Route 207 is the short stretch of pathways between Oreburgh City, Cycling Road, and Mt. Coronet. The Honey Tree is in the northeast corner of the three-way intersection.

Route 208

The Honey Tree on Route 208.

Route 208 is to the west of Hearthome City; its Honey Tree is in the southeast section, near Hearthome’s city gate.

Route 209

The Honey Tree on Route 209, south of Solaceon Town.

The Honey Tree on Route 209 is a little way to the southwest of the Lost Tower.

Route 210 (South)

The Honey Tree on Route 210, south of the Café Cabin.

The Honey Tree on southern Route 210 can be found near the intersection of Route 210 and Route 215, south of the Café Cabin.

Route 210 (North)

The Honey Tree on Route 210, far east from Celestic Town.

The Honey Tree on northern Route 210 is in the far northeast corner, as far east from Celestic Town as the Route goes.

Route 211 (East)

The Honey Tree on eastern Route 211.

This Honey Tree on Route 211 is found in the tall grass just a short distance west of Celestic Town.

Route 212 (North)

The Honey Tree at the northern end of Route 212.

This Honey Tree in the upper part of Route 212 is found just southwest of the Hearthome City gate.

Route 212 (South)

The Honey Tree to the west of Pastoria City.

Head northwest as soon as you enter the marshes from the Pastoria City side to find this Honey Tree on a small piece of land.

Route 213

The Honey Tree by the beach on Route 213

Rock Smash is needed to reach this Honey Tree on Route 213. The tree is tucked away by the beach to the east of Pastoria City.

Route 214

The Honey Tree behind the picket fences on Route 214.

This Honey Tree lies far south of Veilstone City, behind a picket fence. It’s pretty noticeable from the main path, so just keep heading south from Veilstone and you’ll spot it eventually.

Route 215

The Honey Tree in the northwest corner of Route 215.

This Honey Tree is in the northwestern-most corner of Route 215, above the stairs and bridges.

Route 218

The Honey Tree by the Berry Plots on Route 218.

This Honey Tree lies on Route 218, a short distance to the east of Canalave City’s entrance gate.

Route 221

The Honey Tree on Route 221.

Route 221’s Honey Tree is just a short distance west from Pal Park. You’ll find it to the north of the Berry Plots.

Route 222

The Honey Tree on Route 222.

The Route 222 Honey Tree can be found just north of the gate to Sunyshore City.

Fuego Ironworks

The Honey Tree outside of the Fuego Ironworks building.

Surfing up the river on Route 205 will take you to the Fuego Ironworks, and you’ll find the Honey Tree by the river just southeast of the main Ironworks building.

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