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#206 Dunsparce

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  • SpeciesLand Snake Pokémon
  • Japanese nameNokocchi
  • PronunciationDUN-SPARCS
  • Height4′ 11″ 1.50 m
  • Weight31.0 lb 13.95 kg
  • Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
Dunsparce official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

DUN, a beige color, and SPARSE (rare).

Evolution

  1. DunsparceThis Pokémon didn’t evolve from anything, nor does it evolve. No Evolution.
Dunsparce in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Dunsparce as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

GoldStadium 2 When spotted, this POKEMON escapes backward by furiously boring into the ground with its tail.
Silver If spotted it escapes by burrowing with its tail. It can float just slightly using its wings.
Crystal It hides deep inside caves where no light ever reaches it and remains virtually motionless there.

Where to find Dunsparce

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Gold Dark Cave (Blackthorn City Side) Any Few
Silver Any Few
Crystal Dark Cave (Violet City Side) Any Few

How to catch

Ground Surf Fishing Forest Tree Mountain Tree Rock Smash Breed Evolve Event BugCatch Game Corner
G/S ✓ ✓
Crystal ✓ ✓

✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.

Type matchups

Defence: damage taken from each attack type

  • Normal×1
  • Fire×1
  • Water×1
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×1
  • Ice×1
  • Fighting×2
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×1
  • Bug×1
  • Rock×1
  • Ghost×0
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×1
  • Steel×1
  • 1 weakness and 1 resistance out of 17 types. Defence ratio 1 : 1 (100%).

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • NormalNormal
  • FireNormal
  • WaterNormal
  • ElectricNormal
  • GrassNormal
  • IceNormal
  • FightingNormal
  • PoisonNormal
  • GroundNormal
  • FlyingNormal
  • PsychicNormal
  • BugNormal
  • RockBad
  • GhostNo Effect
  • DragonNormal
  • DarkNormal
  • SteelBad
  • 0 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types.

Moves learned by levelling up

G/S/C Move Type Kind
Start Rage Normal Physical
5 Defense Curl Normal Status
13 Glare Normal Status
18 Spite Ghost Status
26 Pursuit Dark Special
30 Screech Normal Status
38 Take Down Normal Physical

“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.

Move Tutor Crystal

  • Flamethrower, Thunderbolt

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM04Rollout
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM07Zap Cannon
  • TM08Rock Smash
  • TM09Psych Up
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM11Sunny Day
  • TM13Snore
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM22Solarbeam
  • TM23Iron Tail
  • TM25Thunder
  • TM27Return
  • TM28Dig
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM40Defense Curl
  • TM42Dream Eater
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief
  • TM50Nightmare
  • HM04Strength

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Ground Pokémon group 7

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Bide Teach a wild male Smeargle the move using its Sketch attack, then catch it, mate it with a female Dunsparce.
Ancient Power Mate a male from Corsola, Kabuto, or Omanyte Family with a female from Wooper Family. Then, breed a male offspring with the move to a female Dunsparce.
Bite Mate with a male from Eevee/Flareon/Vaporeon, Ekans, Growlithe, Houndour, Meowth, or Snubbull Family.
Rage Mate with a male from Mankey, Snubbull, or Tauros Family.
Rock Slide Breed a male from Larvitar Family to a female from Rhyhorn Family. Then, mate the male offspring with the move to a female Dunsparce.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank
HP 100 373-403 11/4586.43%
Attack 70 208-238 22/4948.01%
Defense 70 208-238 24/5550.00%
Speed 45 158-188 36/4721.19%
Special Attack 65 198-228 23/4648.01%
Special Defense 65 198-228 22/4144.05%
Total 415 1343-1523 35/8751.99%

Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.

Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library