How To Get Metronomes in Pokémon Platinum

by Chris Haygood

Metronome Acquisition Methods
1	Held item (5% chance) found on the following Pokémon: Kricketot (Routes 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, and 207, Eterna Forest (morning and night only)) Kricketune (Route 206, Valor Lakefront, Trophy Garden (day and night only)) Chatot (Routes 213, 218, and 222 (morning and day only))	Yes
2	Veilstone City—Purchased from the Veilstone Game Corner for 1,000 Coins	Yes

Metronome Acquisition Methods

Method

Repeatable?

Held item (5% chance) found on the following Pokémon:

Kricketot (Routes 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, and 207, Eterna Forest (morning and night only))
Kricketune (Route 206, Valor Lakefront, Trophy Garden (day and night only))
Chatot (Routes 213, 218, and 222 (morning and day only))

Yes

Veilstone City—Purchased from the Veilstone Game Corner for 1,000 Coins

Yes

The best way to obtain Metronomes is to take them as held items from wild Kricketot, due to their abundance across the Sinnoh region.

Each wild Kricketot only has a 5% chance of holding a Metronome, but since you can farm them fairly quickly it’s pretty reasonable to pick one up without too much effort.

Getting Metronomes

Method 1: Held Item on Wild Pokémon (Repeatable)

Metronomes are sometimes held by wild Kricketot, Kricketune, and Chatot.

Because Kricketot is the most common of these three Pokémon, it’s the best choice for farming Metronomes.

You’ll find wild Kricketot in the following areas:

Route 201
Route 202
Route 203
Route 204
Route 205
Route 207
Eterna Forest

Bear in mind that you can only find Kricketot in the morning or at night (according to the DS’s internal clock).

Kricketot’s many habitats according to the Pokédex.

Each wild Kricketot has a 5% chance of carrying a Metronome.

However, you can greatly speed up the process of acquiring Metronomes by creating a designated item-farming team.

These special teams use Pokémon with the Abilities Frisk and Compoundeyes to both increase the odds of finding items on wild Pokémon, and to identify any items being held.

Hunting for wild Kricketot on Route 201 in the morning.

Finding a wild Kricketot on Route 201.

If you’re using an item-farming team, the Compoundeyes Ability will raise the odds of a Kricketot having a Metronome from 5% to 20%.

Frisk will also alert you to any items the foe is holding, saving you from wasting time on guesswork.

Identifying the wild Kricketot’s held item using the Frisk Ability.

After discovering a Kricketot with a Metronome, you can either use a stealing move (like Thief or Trick) or catch the Kricketot to obtain the item.

Stealing the Metronome using Trick.

Method 2: Veilstone Game Corner (Repeatable)

You can also buy Metronomes from the Veilstone Game Corner’s Prize Exchange.

Each Metronome costs 1,000 Coins, which you can win from the slot machines or purchase directly from the Game Corner.

You’ll find the Prize Exchange building directly to the south of Veilstone City’s Pokémon Center.

Heading southward from the Veilstone City Pokémon Center.

Entering the Prize Exchange building.

The Metronome’s listing at the Veilstone Prize Exchange.

Metronome Details and Uses

The in-game description of the Metronome.

The Metronome is a held item that increases a move’s power by 10% (20% from Gen V and on) for each consecutive time it’s used, up to a maximum 100% damage boost.

You likely won’t get much use out of this though.

To address the most glaring issue with this item:

Committing yourself to using one move over and over can put your Pokémon at a severe disadvantage.

Unless you’re fighting an opponent who only uses Pokémon of a certain type, after a couple of turns you’ll likely be facing an opponent that’s much better equipped to handle your move of choice.

At that point, you’ll have to decide whether to continue the chain of ineffectual attacks or to give up the compounded damage boost.

Since you would have to somehow land the same attack 10 times to start getting the full 100% bonus, it’s a very tricky item to use effectively.

The Metronome is much more useful earlier in the game, when you’re using the same attacks over and over anyway. But later on, you’ll likely want to swap it out for better damage-boosting items like the Life Orb and Choice Band/Specs.

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Chris is an American freelance writer and lifelong gamer. RPGs have been his genre of choice ever since he got Pokémon Blue in 1867, but if he finds a good rhythm game, he will prioritize playing it over both eating and breathing.

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