Physical
Balanced
DTier
68Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Attack and Speed carry most of Drilbur's stat budget. Sp. Atk's the obvious dump stat. Common in the wild and yields 1 Attack EV. Follows a medium-fast 1M XP curve.

Base Stats
Avg
HP60
C
Attack85
C
Defense40
D
Sp. Atk30
F
Sp. Def45
D
Speed68
C
Total328
Details
Catch Rate
Moderate120 / 255
Growth Rate
Medium Fast1M XP
Height0.3 m
1'00"Tiny
Weight8.5 kg
18.7 lbsFeather
Base XP66
Low Yield
Abilities
Sand Rush
Doubles Speed during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
Sand Force
Strengthens rock, ground, and steel moves to 1.3× their power during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
Mold BreakerHA
Bypasses targets' abilities if they could hinder or prevent a move.
EV Yield
HPAtk+1DefSpASpDSpe
Attack training source
Pokedex Entries
No Sun Moon entries available

It brings its claws together and whirls around at high speed before rushing toward its prey.

Drilbur Weakness

Water, Grass, and Ice moves hit Drilbur for super-effective damage. The upside? Electric-type moves can't touch it at all. Standard number of weaknesses for the Ground typing.

Drilbur Weakness and Resistance Chart
DamageTypes
2x (Weak)Water, Grass, Ice
0.5x (Resist)Poison, Rock
0x (Immune)Electric
Type ChartAvg
3Weak
2Resist
1Immune
Score-1
4xCritical
None
2xWeak
WaterGrassIce
½xResist
PoisonRock
¼xResist
None
0xImmune
Electric
STAB (5)
FireElectricPoisonRockSteel
How to Beat Drilbur in Sun & Moon (Best Counters)
Tentacruel
Tentacruel
WaterPoison
B
Water is super effective against DrilburView Tentacruel →

Sun & Moon Evolution

One evolution ahead. Drilbur grows into Excadrill through a straightforward two-stage chain. A massive partner pool for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are average hatch time. The evolved forms gain up to 180 total stats over Drilbur. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

2 Forms
Drilbur
#529Drilbur
31
Level 31
Excadrill
#530Excadrill
Stat Comparison 2 Stages
Drilbur
Ground
Excadrill
GroundSteel
HP
60
110+50
ATK
85
135+50
DEF
40
60+20
SP.ATK
30
50+20
SP.DEF
45
65+20
SPE
68
88+20
BST
328C-Tier
508S-Tier+180
ROLE
Balanced
Wallbreaker
TYPE
Physical
Physical

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Drilbur easily with 218 breeding partners from the Ground egg group. Pass egg moves like Crush Claw, Earth Power, Iron Defense and 5 more to offspring.

Egg Groups
Ground
Gender
♂50.0%♀50.0%
Hatch Time
20 cycles·5,140 steps
Quick~5 min with Flame Body
Egg Moves
8moves
Breed With (best first)
raichupikachunidokinggolduckampharosrhydondewgongarbokquagsirenidorinofarfetchdflaaffy
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Sun & Moon Drilbur Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 7.

Try selecting a different game/generation filter, or check back later.

Moves

Don't skip the egg moves. Drilbur picks up Crush Claw and Earth Power only through breeding, and both fill gaps the natural movepool can't. STAB runs through Earthquake and Earth Power while coverage across 9 types adds range.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1
Mud Sport
———15Ground
Lv 1
Scratch
—4010035Normal
Lv 5
Rapid Spin
D5010040Normal
Lv 8
Mud-Slap
D2010010Ground
Lv 12
Fury Swipes
—188015Normal
Lv 15
Metal Claw
D509535Steel
Lv 19
Dig
C8010010Ground
Lv 22
Hone Claws
C——15Dark
Lv 26
Slash
D7010020Normal
Lv 29
Rock Slide
D759010Rock
Lv 33
Earthquake
B10010010Ground
Lv 36
Swords Dance
C——20Normal
Lv 40
Sandstorm
D——10Rock
Lv 43
Drill Run
C809510Ground
Lv 47
Fissure
——305Ground

TM Moves

TM
TM40
Aerial Ace
D60—20Flying
TM45
Attract
C—10015Normal
TM31
Brick Break
C7510015Fighting
TM78
Bulldoze
C6010020Ground
TM100
Confide
D——20Normal
TM32
Double Team
———15Normal
TM26
Earthquake
B10010010Ground
TM42
Facade
D7010020Normal
TM56
Fling
D—10010Dark
TM21
Frustration
D—10020Normal
TM10
Hidden Power
—6010015Normal
TM84
Poison Jab
C8010020Poison
TM17
Protect+4
C——10Normal
TM44
Rest
C——10Psychic
TM27
Return
D—10020Normal
TM80
Rock Slide
D759010Rock
TM39
Rock Tomb
D609515Rock
TM48
Round
D6010015Normal
TM37
Sandstorm
D——10Rock
TM65
Shadow Claw
D7010015Ghost
TM88
Sleep Talk
C——10Normal
TM36
Sludge Bomb
D9010010Poison
TM90
Substitute
C——10Normal
TM87
Swagger
D—8515Normal
TM75
Swords Dance
C——20Normal
TM06
Toxic
C—9010Poison
TM81
X-Scissor
C8010015Bug

Egg Moves

Egg
Egg
Crush Claw
C759510Normal
Egg
Earth Power
D9010010Ground
Egg
Iron Defense
C——15Steel
Egg
Metal Sound
——8540Steel
Egg
Rapid Spin
D5010040Normal
Egg
Rock Climb
—908520Normal
Egg
Skull Bash
C13010010Normal
Egg
Submission
—808020Fighting

Tutor Moves

Drilbur can't learn any Tutor moves

Transfer Moves

Gen
Gen 6
Cut
—509530Normal
Gen 6
Rock Smash
D4010015Fighting
Gen 6
Secret Power
—7010020Normal
Gen 6
Strength
—8010015Normal

How to Get Drilbur in Sun & Moon

No wild encounters for Drilbur in Sun & Moon. It's available in Black, Black 2, or Sword and can be transferred over. The details below show where to find it.

Drilbur is not available as a wild encounter in this game.

Also found in:

BlackBlack 2Sword

Drilbur Guide

  • Get Drilbur to Excadrill at level 31. At 328 BST, Drilbur is just the starting point.

  • Level 31 gets you Excadrill. Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

  • For Sun & Moon, you can run Drilbur through the first few routes without issues. 328 BST won't carry you far though. Get it to Excadrill as fast as you can.

  • You can find Drilbur in Sun & Moon. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 8 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Drilbur joined the series in Black & White and has been available in 9 titles so far. With 6 generations of appearances, it's established itself despite the later start.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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