Is Croagunk Good in Sword & Shield Playthrough?
Croagunk shows up in the Wild Area and Galar Mine 2. Poison/Fighting with AbilityDry Skin healing in rain and taking extra Fire damage. Toxicroak at level 37 is a capable offensive pick. Handles Gordie and Piers if you keep it away from Kabu.
Croagunk has the type edge here and should clean up Milo's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Nessa's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Kabu's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Bea's team.
Croagunk trades roughly evenly with Opal's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Gordie's team.
Toxicroak has the type edge here and should clean up Piers's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Raihan's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Bede's team.
Toxicroak trades roughly evenly with Leon's team.
Catch Croagunk on Galar Mine No. 2 (walking, Lv 20-24). Snowstorm.
Your Croagunk should hit Level 37 before you reach Gordie, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Croagunk in Sword & Shield
Croagunk's scattered across 25 spots in early-game routes with high spawn rates. Check the list below for the closest location to wherever you are in the game. This one's quick.
Where To Catch Croagunk in SwSh
Croagunk is your first catch on the way to Croagunk. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 10-47 across 26 total spots in the chain.
Step 1Croagunk ✓Forest of FocusLv.10-15OverworldShieldRate 10%OvercastSoothing WetlandsLv.10-15OverworldShieldRate 10%OvercastMotostoke OutskirtsLv.21-24GrassShieldRate 35%All WeatherGiant's CapLv.28-30OverworldShieldRate 35%OvercastGiant's Cap - 2Lv.28-30OverworldShieldRate 35%OvercastGiant's Cap - 3Lv.29-32OverworldShieldRate 35%OvercastStony WildernessLv.28-30OverworldShieldRate 30%OvercastGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%ThunderstormGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%Normal WeatherGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%RainingGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%Intense SunGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%SnowstormGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%Heavy FogGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%SnowingGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24OverworldShieldRate 15%All WeatherGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%OvercastGalar Mine No. 2Lv.20-24CaveShieldRate 15%SandstormStony Wilderness - 3Lv.28-30OverworldShieldRate 15%OvercastBridge FieldLv.27-29OverworldShieldRate 10%OvercastBridge FieldLv.27-29OverworldShieldRate 5%SandstormGiant's CapLv.28-30OverworldShieldRate 5%Normal WeatherGiant's Cap - 2Lv.28-30OverworldShieldRate 5%Normal WeatherGiant's Cap - 3Lv.29-32OverworldShieldRate 5%Normal WeatherDusty BowlLv.42-47OverworldShieldRate 60%OvercastDusty BowlLv.42-47OverworldShieldRate 15%Normal Weather
Step 2Catch or Evolve into ToxicroakStony Wilderness - 2Lv.28-30OverworldShieldRate 35%Overcastor evolve from Croagunk (Step 1)
Croagunk Weakness
Psychic, Ground, and Flying moves hit Croagunk for super-effective damage. Psychic hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. 6 resistances give it solid defensive coverage on top of that. Dry Skin grants an additional Water immunity, reshaping the matchup chart.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Psychic |
| 2x (Weak) | Ground, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting, Poison, Rock, Dark |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Bug |
What is Croagunk Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Croagunk
 Munna Psychic | C | |
 Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Butterfree builds →Psybeam 4x147-175%KO Gust 2x69-82% | ||
 Woobat Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Woobat builds →Psycho Cut 4x156-185%KO Air Cutter 2x73-87% | ||
 Mudbray Ground | C | |
 Baltoy GroundPsychic | D | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Baltoy builds →Psybeam 4x138-164%KO Mud-Slap 2x27-33% | ||
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Noctowl builds →Extrasensory 4x169-200%KO Sky Attack 2x147-173%KO | ||
 Espurr Psychic | D | |
Munna Psychic | C | |
 Golett GroundGhost | D | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Golett builds →Stomping Tantrum 2x106-127%KO | ||
Butterfree Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Butterfree builds →Psybeam 4x142-169%KO Air Slash 2x123-145%KO | ||
 Meowstic Psychic | C | |
Noctowl Normal | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Noctowl builds →Extrasensory 4x168-197%KO Sky Attack 2x146-173%KO | ||
Golett GroundGhost | D | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Golett builds →Stomping Tantrum 2x107-127%KO | ||
Munna Psychic | C | |
 Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Xatu builds →Air Slash 2x125-148%KO Stored Power 4x79-93% | ||
 Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Gallade builds →Psycho Cut 4x308-363%KO Aerial Ace 2x89-105%KO | ||
 Duosion Psychic | C | |
 Orbeetle BugPsychic | C | |
 Claydol GroundPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Claydol builds →Extrasensory 4x224-264%KO Earth Power 2x125-148%KO | ||
 Malamar DarkPsychic | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Inkay (Bridge Field Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Malamar builds →Psycho Cut 4x241-284%KO Pluck 2x68-81% | ||
Gallade PsychicFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Gallade builds →Psycho Cut 4x307-363%KO Aerial Ace 2x89-104%KO | ||
 Indeedee PsychicNormal | C | |
Duosion Psychic | C | |
Orbeetle BugPsychic | C | |
Claydol GroundPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Claydol builds →Extrasensory 4x218-256%KO Earth Power 2x122-144%KO | ||
 Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Indeedee PsychicNormal | C | |
 Reuniclus Psychic | B | |
 Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Lunatone builds →Future Sight 4x408-480%KO Bulldoze 2x47-55% Acrobatics 2x42-50% | ||
 Sigilyph Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Sigilyph builds →Psychic 4x330-389%KO Air Slash 2x138-163%KO | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Indeedee PsychicNormal | C | |
Lunatone RockPsychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Lunatone builds →Future Sight 4x416-490%KO Bulldoze 2x47-55% Acrobatics 2x43-51% | ||
Reuniclus Psychic | B | |
 Golurk GroundGhost | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Golurk builds →High Horsepower 2x206-242%KO Fly 2x129-152%KO | ||
 Musharna Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Musharna builds →Future Sight 4x466-549%KO | ||
 Hatterene PsychicFairy | B | |
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Indeedee PsychicNormal | C | |
Golurk GroundGhost | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Golurk builds →High Horsepower 2x207-244%KO Fly 2x131-154%KO | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 4x540-636%KO | ||
Reuniclus Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Reuniclus builds →Future Sight 4x540-636%KO | ||
 Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 4x522-614%KO | ||
Musharna Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Musharna builds →Future Sight 4x473-557%KO | ||
Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Xatu builds →Future Sight 4x428-504%KO Air Slash 2x135-159%KO | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 4x540-636%KO | ||
Reuniclus Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Reuniclus builds →Future Sight 4x540-636%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 4x522-614%KO | ||
Musharna Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Musharna builds →Future Sight 4x473-557%KO | ||
Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Xatu builds →Future Sight 4x428-504%KO Air Slash 2x135-159%KO | ||
Gardevoir PsychicFairy | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Gardevoir builds →Future Sight 4x540-636%KO | ||
Reuniclus Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Reuniclus builds →Future Sight 4x540-636%KO | ||
Kadabra Psychic | B | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Kadabra builds →Future Sight 4x522-614%KO | ||
Musharna Psychic | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Musharna builds →Future Sight 4x473-557%KO | ||
Xatu Psychic | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Xatu builds →Future Sight 4x428-504%KO Air Slash 2x135-159%KO | ||
In Sword & Shield, Garchomp can KO Croagunk with Earthquake (149-175%). Alakazam threatens a KO with Psychic (356-418%). Salamence's Earthquake also KOs at 145-171%.
 Garchomp DragonGround | S | |
Recommended Build AbilityRough Skin ItemLeftovers NatureJolly Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Garchomp builds →Earthquake 2x149-175%KO | ||
 Alakazam Psychic | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityMagic Guard ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Alakazam builds →Shadow Ball53-62% Psychic 4x356-418%KO Focus Blast39-46% Energy Ball29-35% | ||
 Salamence Dragon | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityIntimidate ItemLife Orb NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Croagunk View Salamence builds →Earthquake 2x145-171%KO | ||
Croagunk Evolutions
Croagunk evolves into Toxicroak. It's a two-stage chain with the method shown below. Plenty of partners for breeding via one egg group. Eggs are quick to hatch. The evolved forms gain up to 190 total stats over Croagunk. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Croagunk easily with 52 breeding partners from the Humanshape egg group. Pass egg moves like Bullet Punch, Counter, Cross Chop and 6 more to offspring.
SwSh Croagunk Best Moveset
Poison/Fighting pre-evo with AbilityDry Skin healing in rain and giving Water immunity. 61 in both offenses and 50 Speed make the moveset non-competitive. Toxicroak adds the stats and Speed to make AbilityDry Skin actually useful on a rain team.
Best Build
Croagunk best EVs are HP and Speed
Bulky Support Moveset
- Knock Off
- Drain Punch
- Encore
- Poison Jab
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Need something that threatens multiple types? Croagunk's movepool delivers. Coverage across 10 types plus STAB from Belch and Focus Blast gives it answers for most defensive cores you'll run into.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It makes frightening noises with its poison-filled cheek sacs. When opponents flinch, Croagunk hits them with a poison jab.
Once diluted, its poison becomes medicinal. This Pokémon came into popularity after a pharmaceutical company chose it as a mascot.
Croagunk Sword & Shield Guide
In Sword & Shield, Croagunk does the job early-game if you need a Poison/Fighting type on your team. Evolve it into Toxicroak before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
Game Availability
Croagunk first appeared in Diamond & Pearl and has been available in 13 games across 7 generations. Obtainable through catching or hatching as a base form in most titles where it appears.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DPDebut
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7LGPE
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves