TM028

If you were looking for the glitch move, see TM28 (move).

TM028 わざマシン０２８ Move Machine 028

Pokémon Global Link artwork

Introduced in Generation I Pocket Generation I Items Generation II TMs and HMs Generation III TMs and HMs (RSE) Generation III TM Case (FRLG) Generation IV TMs and HMs Generation V TMs and HMs Generation VI TMs and HMs Generation VII TMs (SMUSUM) Generation VII TM Case (PE) Generation VIII TMs Generation IX TMs

TM028 (Japanese: わざマシン０２８ Move Machine 028), known as TM28 prior to Generation IX, is a TM introduced in Generation I. It teaches a compatible Pokémon a move. The move it teaches depends on the game. For compatibility, refer to the move's page.

In the core series games

Generation I

In Generation I, TMs can only be used once.

Dig
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
RBY	Cerulean City	N/A	$1000

Generation II

In Generation II, TMs can only be used once.

Dig
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
GSC	National Park	N/A	$1000

Generation III

In Generation III, TMs can only be used once.

Dig
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
RSE	Route 114	N/A	$1000
FRLG	Cerulean City, Celadon Department Store	$2000	$1000
Colo	Not available	N/A	$1000
XD	Not available	N/A	$1000

Generation IV

In Generation IV, TMs can only be used once.

Dig
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
DPPt	Ruin Maniac Cave	N/A	$1000
HGSS	National Park, Celadon Department Store	$2000	$1000

Generation V

In Generation V, TMs can be used any number of times.

Dig
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
BW	Route 4	N/A	N/A
B2W2	Route 4	N/A	N/A

Generation VI

In Generation VI, TMs can be used any number of times.

Dig
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
XY	Shalour City Poké Mart	$10,000	N/A
ORAS	Route 114	N/A	N/A

Generation VII

In Generation VII, TMs can be used any number of times.

Leech Life
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
SM	Akala Outskirts	N/A	N/A
USUM	Akala Outskirts	N/A	N/A

Tri Attack
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
PE	Celadon Department Store	$30,000	N/A

Generation VIII

In Pokémon Sword and Shield, TMs can be used any number of times.

Giga Drain
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
SwSh	Battle Tower	$100,000	N/A

In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, TMs can only be used once.

Dig
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
BDSP	Ruin Maniac Cave	N/A	$1,000

Generation IX

In Generation IX, TMs can only be used once.

Bulldoze
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
SV	Socarrat Trail, North Province (Area Three), West Province (Area One), TM Machine Event: After School Pokémon Research Club TM28 (Bulldoze) Only in The Teal Mask: Kitakami Road	1,500 LP Mudbray Mud ×3 Sandygast Sand ×3	$1,500

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

TMs in the Mystery Dungeon series are named only by the move they teach. For example, Attract is the item that teaches the move Attract. Most TMs, however, correspond to a TM in the core series' contemporaneous games.

TMs in Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team and in Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, TMs can only be used once before becoming Used TMs. In Gates to Infinity, TMs can be used any number of times. In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, some TMs can only be used once while rainbow-colored TMs can be used any number of times.

In Rescue Team DX, TMs can only be used once. Whilst the available TMs are the same as those in Pokémon Sun and Moon, the TM list order is the same as for Super Mystery Dungeon (that is, in the TM order for Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire), with newly added TMs added to the end of the list.

Dig
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
MDRB	Mt. Thunder*, Great Canyon, Mt. Blaze*, Frosty Forest*, Mt. Freeze*, Magma Cavern*, Sky Tower, Howling Forest, Stormy Sea, Silver Trench, Fiery Field, Lightning Field, Northwind Field, Northern Range, Pitfall Valley, Buried Relic, Wish Cave, Desert Region, Southern Cavern, Wyvern Hill, Solar Cave, Darknight Relic, Grand Sea, Joyous Tower, Far-Off Sea, Purity Forest Kecleon Shop (Joyous Tower, Purity Forest) Monster Houses (all) Buried items (Buried Relic, Darknight Relic, Remains Island) Pokémon Square shop Job rewards (D-★)	3000	1000
MDTDS	Apple Woods, Mt. Horn, Foggy Forest, Steam Cave, Amp Plains, Crystal Cave, Crystal Crossing, Chasm Cave, Dark Hill, Sealed Ruin, Dusk Forest*, Deep Dusk Forest, Treeshroud Forest, Brine Cave, Hidden Land, Temporal Tower*, Mystifying Forest, Blizzard Island, Surrounded Sea, Miracle Sea, Spacial Rift, Dark Crater, Concealed Ruins, Bottomless Sea, Mystery Jungle, Lake Afar, Happy Outlook, Mt. Mistral, Shimmer Hill, Lost Wilderness, Midnight Forest, Zero Isle North B31-B74FD, Zero Isle East, Zero Isle West, Zero Isle South, Final Maze Kecleon Shops (Mystifying Forest*, Mt. Travail, Concealed Ruins, Mystery Jungle, Lake Afar*, Happy Outlook*, Mt. Mistral*, Shimmer Hill*, Midnight Forest*, Zero Isle East, Zero Isle West, Zero Isle South B1-B89F, Destiny TowerS, Oblivion ForestS, Treacherous WatersS, Southeastern IslandsS, Inferno CaveS, Star Cave B9-B15FS, Murky ForestS, Fortune RavineS, Spring CaveS, Southern JungleS, Boulder QuarryS, Left Cave PathS, Right Cave PathS, Limestone CavernS) Monster Houses (Amp Plains, Quicksand Cave, Crystal Cave, Crystal Crossing, Sealed Ruin, Treeshroud Forest, Hidden Land, Temporal Tower*, Mystifying Forest, Blizzard Island, Crevice Cave, Surrounded Sea, Miracle Sea, Mt. Travail, The Nightmare, Spacial Rift, Dark Crater, Concealed Ruins, Marine Resort, Bottomless Sea, Shimmer Desert, Mt. Avalanche, Giant Volcano, World Abyss, Mystery Jungle, Serenity River, Landslide Cave, Labyrinth Cave, Zero Isle West, Zero Isle South, Star CaveS, Sky Peak Mountain PathS, Murky ForestS, Eastern CaveS, Fortune RavineS, Spring CaveS, Southern JungleS, Boulder QuarryS, Limestone CavernS, Barren ValleyS, Spacial CliffsS, Dark Ice MountainS, Vast Ice MountainS) Treasure Town Kecleon Wares Job rewards (C-★9) Hidden Stairs (Mystifying Forest, Mt. Travail, Lake Afar, Happy Outlook, Mt. Mistral, Shimmer Hill, Midnight Forest, Zero Isle East, Oblivion Forest, Treacherous Waters, Southeastern Islands, Inferno Cave)S Spinda's Café (Silver Ticket win and big win; Gold Ticket win)S Sometimes received as a reward from Numel found on Sky Peak Mountain PathS	6500	250
MDBSL	?	N/A	N/A
MDGtI	?	4590	N/A
SMD	Kecleon Shops	1682	169

Leech Life
	Location	Purchase price	Sell price
MDRTDX	Various dungeons (including: Frosty Forest, Purity Forest) Kecleon Shop (Northwind Field, Murky Cave, Desert Region) Kecleon Wares (Pokémon Square) Treasure Boxes	1750	350

In the anime

TM28 in Pokémon Origins

Pokémon Origins

TM28 (Dig) made a brief appearance in File 2: Cubone, where Red retrieved it from a Team Rocket Grunt who had stolen it.

Trivia

• In games where Cinnabar Gym contains a quiz, the final question of that quiz asks whether TM28 contains a particular move, and proposes a nonexistent, humorously over-the-top move name that varies by language:
  • English: Tombstoner^RBY or Tombstony^FRLGPE
  • Japanese: しねしねこうせん
  • French: Fosse^RBYFRLG or Rayon Pouêt-Pouêt^PE
  • German: Frosch-Attacke^RBYFRLG or Hypermegasuperstrahl^PE
  • Italian: Pietra Tombale
  • Spanish: Tumbapietra
  • Korean: 아야아야광선
  • Simplified Chinese: 死死光线
  • Traditional Chinese: 死死光線
• Along with TM21 and TM43, this is one of the only TMs unobtainable in both Colosseum and XD outside of trades.
• In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, TM28 is the only TM that can only be obtained once and cannot be purchased repeatedly through the Grand Underground merchants.

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Technical Machines

TM029 →

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