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gastrodon
Generation IV

gastrodon

Sea Slug Pokémon

waterground

Eats beach sand for nourishment. Should one Gastrodon encounter another of a different color, a fierce battle will inevitably ensue.

0.9 m

Height

29.9 kg

Weight

166

Base XP

75

Capture Rate

70

Base Happiness

♂ 50% ♀ 50%

Gender

Base Stats

HP111
+2 EV
Attack83
Defense68
Sp. Atk92
Sp. Def82
Speed39
Total475

Abilities

Sticky Hold
Slot 1Generation III

Prevents a held item from being removed by other Pokémon.

The Pokémon's held items cling to its sticky body and cannot be removed by other Pokémon.

Storm Drain
Slot 2Generation IV

Redirects single-target Water moves to this Pokémon where possible. Absorbs Water moves, raising Special Attack one stage.

The Pokémon draws in all Water-type moves. Instead of taking damage from them, its Sp. Atk stat is boosted.

Sand Force
Slot 3HiddenGeneration V

Strengthens Rock, Ground, and Steel moves to 1.3× their power during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Boosts the power of Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-type moves in a sandstorm.

Evolution Chain

Evolves from Shellos

Breeding

20 cycles

Hatch Counter

Habitat

Medium

Growth Rate

Squiggle

Shape

No

Gender Diff.

Moves (79)

Level Up (8)

Lv.MoveTypeClassPwrAccPP
1

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

waterspecial40100%25
1

Heals the user by half its max HP.

User

Restores 50% HP

Changed in: Diamond Pearl

normalstatus5
1

Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.

User

normalstatus30
2

Halves all Electric-type damage.

Entire Field

groundstatus15
5

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

Changed in: Black White, Sun Moon

normalphysical40100%35
20

Has a chance to raise all of the user’s stats by one stage.

rockspecial60100%5
21

Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.

groundspecial6585%10
53

Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints.

darkstatus100%10

TM / HM (68)

Tutor (3)

Sprites (13)

gastrodon Back defaultBack default
gastrodon Back shinyBack shiny
gastrodon Front defaultFront default
gastrodon Front shinyFront shiny
gastrodon Other dream world front defaultOther dream world front default
gastrodon Other home front defaultOther home front default
gastrodon Other home front shinyOther home front shiny
gastrodon Other official Artwork front defaultOther official Artwork front default
gastrodon Other official Artwork front shinyOther official Artwork front shiny
gastrodon Other showdown back defaultOther showdown back default
gastrodon Other showdown back shinyOther showdown back shiny
gastrodon Other showdown front defaultOther showdown front default
gastrodon Other showdown front shinyOther showdown front shiny

Cries

Latest

Legacy

Encounter Locations

Canalave City Area

PlatinumSurf Lv.20–401%

Pastoria City Area

PlatinumSurf Lv.20–401%

Valley Windworks Area

PlatinumSurf Lv.20–409%

Fuego Ironworks Area

DiamondWalk Lv.2915%
PearlWalk Lv.2915%
PlatinumWalk Lv.2926%

Sinnoh Route 205 South Towards Floaroma Town

PlatinumSurf Lv.20–409%

Sinnoh Route 212 East Towards Pastoria City

PlatinumSurf Lv.20–409%

Sinnoh Route 213 Area

PlatinumSurf Lv.20–401%

Sinnoh Route 218 Area

DiamondWalk Lv.2820%
PearlWalk Lv.2820%
PlatinumWalk Lv.2836%

Sinnoh Route 221 Area

DiamondWalk Lv.2910%
PearlWalk Lv.2830%

Sinnoh Route 222 Area

DiamondWalk Lv.4040%
PearlWalk Lv.4020%

Sinnoh Route 224 Area

DiamondWalk Lv.5330%
PearlWalk Lv.5330%
PlatinumWalk Lv.4920%

Sinnoh Sea Route 230 Area

DiamondWalk Lv.515%
PearlWalk Lv.515%

Ancient Poni Path Area

SunWalk Lv.40–4310%
MoonWalk Lv.40–4310%
Ultra SunSurf Lv.41–4430%
Ultra MoonSurf Lv.41–4430%

Exeggutor Island Area

SunWalk Lv.40–4310%
MoonWalk Lv.40–4310%
Ultra SunWalk Lv.42–4510%
Ultra MoonWalk Lv.42–4510%

Poni Breaker Coast Area

Ultra SunSurf Lv.41–4420%
Ultra MoonSurf Lv.41–4420%

Poni Wilds Area

SunWalk Lv.40–4330%
MoonWalk Lv.40–4330%
Ultra SunWalk Lv.41–4410%
Ultra MoonWalk Lv.41–4410%

Friend Safari Ground

XWalk Lv.3033%
YWalk Lv.3033%

Game Appearances

Diamond#423Pearl#423Platinum#423Heartgold#423Soulsilver#423Black#423White#423Black 2#423White 2#423

Forms

Forms only affect appearance. A form is determined before a wild encounter based on whether the battle is in western or eastern Sinnoh and cannot be changed.

gastrodon-west

West

gastrodon-west

waterground

Diamond Pearl

gastrodon-west shiny✦ Shiny
gastrodon-east

East

gastrodon-east

waterground

Diamond Pearl

gastrodon-east shiny✦ Shiny

Pokédex Numbers

#423

National

#61

Extended Sinnoh

#231

Galar

#83

Hisui

#261

Original Alola

#76

Original Poni

#61

Original Sinnoh

#328

Paldea

#342

Updated Alola

#89

Updated Poni

Names in Other Languages

트리토돈

Korean

Tritosor

French

Gastrodon

German

Gastrodon

Spanish

Gastrodon

Italian

トリトドン

Japanese

Pal Park

Sea

Score: 70Rate: 20

Meta

#554

Order

Yes

Default Form

Generation IV

Generation

Purple

Color