Gastrodon Species

Attributes

  • Base Happiness: 50
  • Capture Rate: 75
  • Color: Purple
  • Egg Groups: Water1 , Indeterminate
  • Gender Rate: 4
  • Hatch Counter: 20
  • Has Gender Differences: False
  • Is Baby: False
  • Is Legendary: False
  • Is Mythical: False
  • Shape: Squiggle
  • Generation: Generation-Iv

Gastrodon Varieties

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Gastrodon

423 - Water, Ground

Flavor Text Entries

  • Diamond: It has a pliable body without any bones. If any part of its body is torn off, it grows right back.
  • Pearl: It apparently had a huge shell for protection in ancient times. It lives in shallow tidal pools.
  • Platinum: Long ago, its entire back was shielded with a sturdy shell. There are traces of it left in its cells.
  • Heartgold: When its natural enemy attacks, it oozes purple fluid and escapes.
  • Soulsilver: When its natural enemy attacks, it oozes purple fluid and escapes.
  • Black: Long ago, its entire back was shielded with a sturdy shell. There are traces of it left in its cells.
  • White: Long ago, its entire back was shielded with a sturdy shell. There are traces of it left in its cells.
  • Black-2: Long ago, its entire back was shielded with a sturdy shell. There are traces of it left in its cells.
  • White-2: Long ago, its entire back was shielded with a sturdy shell. There are traces of it left in its cells.
  • X: When its natural enemy attacks, it oozes purple fluid and escapes.
  • Y: It apparently had a huge shell for protection in ancient times. It lives in shallow tidal pools.
  • Omega-Ruby: When its natural enemy attacks, it oozes purple fluid and escapes.
  • Alpha-Sapphire: It apparently had a huge shell for protection in ancient times. It lives in shallow tidal pools.
  • Sun: It has strong regenerative capabilities. Even if parts of it are bitten off by fish Pokémon, it will return to normal within a few hours.
  • Moon: Plankton, invisible to the naked eye, is its main food source. It comes onto the land periodically, but the reason for this is not known.
  • Ultra-Sun: Long ago, it had a shell on its back. There’s now a vestigial plate on its back that’s hard but thin.
  • Ultra-Moon: Their shape and color change, depending on their environment and diet. There are many of them at beaches where the waves are calm.
  • Sword: Its search for food sometimes leads it onto land, where it leaves behind a sticky trail of slime as it passes through.
  • Shield: The softness of its body helps disperse the force of impacts, so although its body is uncommonly squishy, it’s also surprisingly resilient.
  • Legends-Arceus: Eats beach sand for nourishment. Should one Gastrodon encounter another of a different color, a fierce battle will inevitably ensue.