Aerodactyl
rock
In prehistoric times, this Pokémon flew freely and fearlessly through the skies.
Front
Normal
Shiny
Animated
Shiny Animated
Back
Normal
Shiny
Type
Rock
Dex
#261
Abilities
Rock Head(Primary)
Protects it from recoil damage.
Unnerve(Secondary)
Prevents foes from eating Berries.
Tough Claws(Hidden)
Boosts moves that makes contact.
Growth Rate
Slow
Gender Ratio
87.5% Male, 12.5% Female
Egg Groups
flying
Hatch Rate
Slower (35 cycles)
Catch Rate
45
Base Exp
202
EV Yield
2 Speed
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
water ×2electric ×2ice ×2rock ×2steel ×2
Resists
normal ×0.5fire ×0.5poison ×0.5bug ×0.5
Immune To
ground
Evolution Chain
Note, you can always call Professor Elm with the Pokemon you are trying to evolve as first in your party. This was a feature that was added specifically to Polished Crystal. If the information on this page seems incorrect, please try calling Professor Elm.
This Pokémon does not evolve.
How to Obtain
You can also receive one as a gift in Pewter Museum Of Science 1F at level 20.
| Location | Level | Method | Form | Held Item | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pewter Museum Of Science 1F | Lv. 20 | gift | - | - | - |
Level Up Moves (17)
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon RageLevel: 1 | ||||||
| dragon |  | 40 | 100 | 10 | ||
| Always inflicts 40HP damage. | ||||||
| DragonbreathLevel: 1 | ||||||
| dragon | | 60 | 100 | 20 | ||
| A strong breath attack. | ||||||
| Wing AttackLevel: 1 | ||||||
 | 60 | 100 | 35 | |||
| Strikes the foe with wings. | ||||||
| SupersonicLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal |  | 0 | 65 | 20 | ||
| A move that may confuse the foe. | ||||||
| BiteLevel: 1 | ||||||
| dark | | 60 | 100 | 25 | ||
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Scary FaceLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | ||
| Sharply lowers the foe's Speed. | ||||||
| RoarLevel: 9 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 20 | ||
| Scares wild foes to end battle. | ||||||
| Rock ThrowLevel: 13 | ||||||
| rock | | 50 | 90 | 15 | ||
| Drops rocks on the enemy. | ||||||
| AgilityLevel: 17 | ||||||
| psychic | | 0 | 100 | 30 | ||
| Sharply raises the user's Speed. | ||||||
| AncientpowerLevel: 25 | ||||||
| rock | | 60 | 100 | 5 | ||
| An attack that may raise all stats. | ||||||
| CrunchLevel: 33 | ||||||
| dark | | 80 | 100 | 15 | ||
| An attack that may lower Defense. | ||||||
| Take DownLevel: 41 | ||||||
| normal | | 90 | 100 | 15 | ||
| A tackle that also hurts the user. | ||||||
| Brave BirdLevel: 49 | ||||||
| 120 | 100 | 15 | |||
| A charge that also hurts the user. | ||||||
| Iron HeadLevel: 57 | ||||||
| steel | | 80 | 100 | 15 | ||
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Hyper BeamLevel: 65 | ||||||
| normal | | 150 | 90 | 5 | ||
| 1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest | ||||||
| Rock SlideLevel: 73 | ||||||
| rock | | 75 | 90 | 10 | ||
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Giga ImpactLevel: 81 | ||||||
| normal | | 150 | 90 | 5 | ||
| 1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest | ||||||
Related Guides
Egg Moves (4)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foresight | |||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 40 | |
| Negates foe's evasion and immunity. | |||||
| Pursuit | |||||
| dark | | 40 | 100 | 20 | |
| Heavily strikes switching Pokémon. | |||||
| Steel Wing | |||||
| steel | | 70 | 90 | 25 | |
| An attack that may up user's Defense. | |||||
| Roost | |||||
| 0 | 100 | 5 | ||
| Lands to restore 1/2 the max HP. | |||||
TM/HM Moves (34)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Claw | ||||||
| dragon | | 80 | 100 | 15 | TM02 | |
| Slashes the foe with sharp claws. | ||||||
| Curse | ||||||
| ghost | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM03 | |
| Works differently for Ghost-types. | ||||||
| Roar | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 20 | TM05 | |
| Scares wild foes to end battle. | ||||||
| Toxic | ||||||
| poison | | 0 | 90 | 10 | TM06 | |
| A Poison move with increasing damage. | ||||||
| Hidden Power | ||||||
| The type varies with the Pokémon. | ||||||
| Sunny Day | ||||||
| fire | | 0 | 100 | 5 | TM11 | |
| Boosts Fire-type moves for 5 turns. | ||||||
| Hone Claws | ||||||
| dark | | 0 | 100 | 40 | TM12 | |
| Raises the user's Atk and accuracy. | ||||||
| Hyper Beam | ||||||
| normal | | 150 | 90 | 5 | TM15 | |
| 1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest | ||||||
| Protect | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM17 | |
| Foils attack that turn. It may fail. | ||||||
| Rain Dance | ||||||
| water | | 0 | 100 | 5 | TM18 | |
| Boosts Water-type moves for 5 turns. | ||||||
| Bulldoze | ||||||
| ground | | 60 | 100 | 20 | TM21 | |
| A Ground attack that lowers Speed. | ||||||
| Iron Tail | ||||||
| steel | | 100 | 75 | 15 | TM23 | |
| An attack that may lower Defense. | ||||||
| Earthquake | ||||||
| ground | | 100 | 100 | 10 | TM26 | |
| Tough but useless vs. flying foes. | ||||||
| Return | ||||||
| normal | | 1 | 100 | 20 | TM27 | |
| An attack that is based on loyalty. | ||||||
| Brick Break | ||||||
| fighting | | 75 | 100 | 15 | TM31 | |
| Removes Reflect and Light Screen. | ||||||
| Double Team | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 15 | TM32 | |
| Raises the user's evasiveness. | ||||||
| Flamethrower | ||||||
| fire | | 90 | 100 | 15 | TM35 | |
| An attack that may inflict a burn. | ||||||
| Sandstorm | ||||||
| rock | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM37 | |
| Inflicts damage every turn. | ||||||
| Fire Blast | ||||||
| fire | | 110 | 85 | 5 | TM38 | |
| An attack that may inflict a burn. | ||||||
| Swift | ||||||
| normal | | 60 | 100 | 20 | TM39 | |
| An attack that never misses. | ||||||
| Aerial Ace | ||||||
| 60 | 100 | 20 | TM40 | ||
| An attack that never misses. | ||||||
| Substitute | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM41 | |
| Makes a decoy with 1/4 user's max HP. | ||||||
| Facade | ||||||
| normal | | 70 | 100 | 20 | TM42 | |
| Double damage with Psn, Brn, or Prz. | ||||||
| Rest | ||||||
| psychic | | 0 | 100 | 5 | TM44 | |
| Sleep for 2 turns to fully recover. | ||||||
| Attract | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 15 | TM45 | |
| Makes the opposite gender infatuated. | ||||||
| Thief | ||||||
| dark | | 60 | 100 | 25 | TM46 | |
| An attack that may steal a held item. | ||||||
| Steel Wing | ||||||
| steel | | 70 | 90 | 25 | TM47 | |
| An attack that may up user's Defense. | ||||||
| Rock Slide | ||||||
| rock | | 75 | 90 | 10 | TM48 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Roost | ||||||
| 0 | 100 | 5 | TM51 | ||
| Lands to restore 1/2 the max HP. | ||||||
| Dragon Pulse | ||||||
| dragon | | 85 | 100 | 10 | TM59 | |
| Attacks foe with a shock wave. | ||||||
| Giga Impact | ||||||
| normal | | 150 | 90 | 5 | TM68 | |
| 1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest | ||||||
| Stone Edge | ||||||
| rock | | 100 | 80 | 5 | TM71 | |
| Has a high critical hit ratio. | ||||||
| Fly | ||||||
| 90 | 100 | 15 | HM02 | ||
| 1st turn: Fly 2nd turn: Attack | ||||||
| Strength | ||||||
| fighting | | 80 | 100 | 15 | HM04 | |
| A powerful physical attack. | ||||||
Move Tutor Moves (9)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agility | ||||||
| psychic | | 0 | 100 | 30 | MT01 | |
| Sharply raises the user's Speed. | ||||||
| Aqua Tail | ||||||
| water | | 90 | 90 | 10 | MT02 | |
| Swings tail like a wave in a storm. | ||||||
| Double Edge | ||||||
| normal | | 120 | 100 | 15 | MT08 | |
| A tackle that also hurts the user. | ||||||
| Earth Power | ||||||
| ground | | 90 | 100 | 10 | MT10 | |
| An attack that may lower Sp.Def. | ||||||
| Endure | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | MT11 | |
| Endures any hit with at least 1HP. | ||||||
| Headbutt | ||||||
| normal | | 70 | 100 | 15 | MT13 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Iron Head | ||||||
| steel | | 80 | 100 | 15 | MT17 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Sleep Talk | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | MT24 | |
| Randomly attacks while asleep. | ||||||
| Swagger | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 85 | 15 | MT26 | |
| Causes confusion but raises Attack. | ||||||