Pupitar
rockground
It will not stay still, even while it's a pupa. It already has arms and legs under its solid shell.
Front
Normal
Shiny
Animated
Shiny Animated
Back
Normal
Shiny
Type
RockGround
Dex
#283
Abilities
Shed Skin(Primary)
May heal its own status problems.
Shed Skin(Secondary)
May heal its own status problems.
Battle Armor(Hidden)
Protects from critical hits.
Growth Rate
Slow
Gender Ratio
50% Male, 50% Female
Egg Groups
monster
Hatch Rate
Slowest (40 cycles)
Catch Rate
45
Base Exp
144
EV Yield
2 Attack
Wild Held Items
None
Weak To
water ×4grass ×4ice ×2fighting ×2ground ×2steel ×2
Resists
normal ×0.5fire ×0.5poison ×0.25rock ×0.5
Immune To
electric
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.
How to Obtain
Pupitar appears in Silver Cave Room1 (rare) in the morning and day-time, in Silver Cave Room3 (very rare) in the morning and day-time, and in Silver Cave Room2 (very rare) in the morning and day-time. Wild ones range from level 75 to 79.
Wild Encounters (6)
Evolution Moves (1)
Moves learned upon evolving into Pupitar.
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defense Curl | |||||
| normal |  | 0 | 100 | 40 | |
| Raises the user's Defense. | |||||
Level Up Moves (17)
| Level | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TackleLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal |  | 40 | 100 | 35 | ||
| A full-body charge attack. | ||||||
| BiteLevel: 1 | ||||||
| dark | | 60 | 100 | 25 | ||
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| LeerLevel: 1 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 30 | ||
| A move that lowers the foe's Defense. | ||||||
| SandstormLevel: 5 | ||||||
| rock | | 0 | 100 | 10 | ||
| Inflicts damage every turn. | ||||||
| ScreechLevel: 10 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 85 | 40 | ||
| Sharply lowers the foe's Defense. | ||||||
| RageLevel: 14 | ||||||
| normal | | 20 | 100 | 20 | ||
| Raises Attack if the user is hit. | ||||||
| Rock SlideLevel: 19 | ||||||
| rock | | 75 | 90 | 10 | ||
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Scary FaceLevel: 23 | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 10 | ||
| Sharply lowers the foe's Speed. | ||||||
| ThrashLevel: 28 | ||||||
| normal | | 120 | 100 | 10 | ||
| Works 2-3 turns and confuses user. | ||||||
| Dark PulseLevel: 34 | ||||||
| dark |  | 80 | 100 | 15 | ||
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| AncientpowerLevel: 41 | ||||||
| rock | | 60 | 100 | 5 | ||
| An attack that may raise all stats. | ||||||
| CrunchLevel: 47 | ||||||
| dark | | 80 | 100 | 15 | ||
| An attack that may lower Defense. | ||||||
| EarthquakeLevel: 54 | ||||||
| ground | | 100 | 100 | 10 | ||
| Tough but useless vs. flying foes. | ||||||
| Stone EdgeLevel: 60 | ||||||
| rock | | 100 | 80 | 5 | ||
| Has a high critical hit ratio. | ||||||
| OutrageLevel: 67 | ||||||
| dragon | | 120 | 100 | 10 | ||
| Works 2-3 turns and confuses user. | ||||||
| Hyper BeamLevel: 75 | ||||||
| normal | | 150 | 90 | 5 | ||
| 1st turn: Attack 2nd turn: Rest | ||||||
| Close CombatLevel: 84 | ||||||
| fighting | | 120 | 100 | 5 | ||
| Lowers the user's Def and Sp.Def. | ||||||
Related Guides
Egg Moves (7)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Dance | |||||
| dragon | | 0 | 100 | 20 | |
| Raises the user's Attack and Speed. | |||||
| Focus Energy | |||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 30 | |
| Raises the critical hit ratio. | |||||
| Pursuit | |||||
| dark | | 40 | 100 | 20 | |
| Heavily strikes switching Pokémon. | |||||
| Stomp | |||||
| normal | | 65 | 100 | 20 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | |||||
| Outrage | |||||
| dragon | | 120 | 100 | 10 | |
| Works 2-3 turns and confuses user. | |||||
| Ancientpower | |||||
| rock | | 60 | 100 | 5 | |
| An attack that may raise all stats. | |||||
| Iron Head | |||||
| steel | | 80 | 100 | 15 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | |||||
TM/HM Moves (22)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curse | ||||||
| ghost | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM03 | |
| Works differently for Ghost-types. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Dig | ||||||
| ground | | 90 | 100 | 10 | TM28 | |
| 1st turn: Burrow 2nd turn: Attack | ||||||
| Brick Break | ||||||
| fighting | | 75 | 100 | 15 | TM31 | |
| Removes Reflect and Light Screen. | ||||||
| Double Team | ||||||
| normal | | 0 | 100 | 15 | TM32 | |
| Raises the user's evasiveness. | ||||||
| Sandstorm | ||||||
| rock | | 0 | 100 | 10 | TM37 | |
| Inflicts damage every turn. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
| Rock Slide | ||||||
| rock | | 75 | 90 | 10 | TM48 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Dark Pulse | ||||||
| dark | | 80 | 100 | 15 | TM58 | |
| An attack that may cause flinching. | ||||||
| Stone Edge | ||||||
| rock | | 100 | 80 | 5 | TM71 | |
| Has a high critical hit ratio. | ||||||
Move Tutor Moves (8)
| Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body Slam | ||||||
| normal | | 85 | 100 | 15 | MT04 | |
| An attack that may cause paralysis. | ||||||
| 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. | ||||||
Pupitar in Pokémon Polished Crystal
Pupitar is #283 in the PolishedDex for Pokémon Polished Crystal. This page covers its rock/ground typing, base stats, abilities, level-up and TM/HM moves, evolution chain, and where to find it across 6 encounter locations. Use the moves and counters links below to plan a team around this Pupitar form.
