Is Roggenrola Good in Sun & Moon Playthrough?
Wild in Alola's caves. Roggenrola evolves into Boldore, then Gigalith through trade. AbilitySturdy guarantees surviving one hit. The Rock typing handles Kahili at the E4.
Roggenrola has the type edge here and should clean up Ilima's team.
Roggenrola trades roughly evenly with Hala's team.
Lana's team hits Roggenrola's weaknesses hard.
Roggenrola trades roughly evenly with Kiawe's team.
Roggenrola trades roughly evenly with Mallow's team.
Roggenrola trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Boldore has the type edge here and should clean up Sophocles's team.
Boldore trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Gigalith trades roughly evenly with Nanu's team.
Totem Kommo-o's team hits Gigalith's weaknesses hard.
Hapu's team hits Gigalith's weaknesses hard.
Hala's team hits Gigalith's weaknesses hard.
Gigalith trades roughly evenly with Olivia's team.
Gigalith trades roughly evenly with Acerola's team.
Gigalith has the type edge here and should clean up Kahili's team.
Catch Roggenrola on Ten Carat Hill (walking, Lv 10-13).
Your Roggenrola should hit Level 25 before you reach Sophocles, at typical leveling pace.
Most players are ready to trade before reaching Nanu.
How to Get Roggenrola in Sun & Moon
A trade step sits in Roggenrola's 3-stage chain from Roggenrola. The step cards below map each stage with catch locations and evolution methods. Roggenrola shows up in the wild, so the starting catch is the easy part.
Where To Catch Roggenrola in SM
The path to Roggenrola starts with Roggenrola at Lv. 10-44 via walking encounters. 2 catchable stages total, with locations listed for each one below.
Step 1Roggenrola ✓Ten Carat Hill - InsideLv.10-13GrassRate 30%Ten Carat Hill - Farthest HollowLv.10-13GrassRate 20%
Step 2Catch or Evolve into BoldoreVast Poni Canyon - InsideLv.41-44GrassRate 30%Vast Poni Canyon - Northwest (Hidden Area)Lv.41-44GrassRate 30%Vast Poni Canyon - OutsideLv.41-44GrassRate 10%or evolve from Roggenrola (Step 1)
Step 3Evolve into GigalithBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Gigalith egg.
Roggenrola Weakness
Roggenrola is weak to Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, and Steel. The Rock typing picks up 4 resistances to work with. Roggenrola's physical bulk (base 85 Def) helps cushion physical weakness hits, but special attackers are the bigger threat.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Fighting, Ground, Steel |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Fire, Poison, Flying |
What is Roggenrola Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Roggenrola
 Machop Fighting | C | |
 Crabrawler Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Crabrawler builds →Brick Break 2x72-85% Bubble 2x37-43% | ||
 Mankey Fighting | C | |
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Slowbro builds →Water Gun 2x87-104%KO Brick Break 2x43-52% | ||
 Petilil Grass | C | |
Slowbro WaterPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Slowbro builds →Scald 2x176-207%KO Brick Break 2x43-52% | ||
 Brionne Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Popplio (Iki Town Gift) | ||
 Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Machop Fighting | C | |
Crabrawler Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Crabrawler builds →Brick Break 2x69-83% Scald 2x67-79% | ||
Slowbro WaterPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Slowbro builds →Scald 2x170-200%KO Brick Break 2x40-48% | ||
Brionne Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Popplio (Iki Town Gift) | ||
Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Machop Fighting | C | |
Crabrawler Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Crabrawler builds →Brick Break 2x63-76% Scald 2x62-73% | ||
 Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Passimian builds →Brick Break 2x87-103%KO Energy Ball 2x67-81% | ||
 Mudbray Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Mudbray builds →High Horsepower 2x94-112%KO Double Kick 2x22-27% | ||
Slowbro WaterPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Slowbro builds →Scald 2x175-206%KO Brick Break 2x40-48% | ||
Brionne Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Popplio (Iki Town Gift) | ||
Leafeon Grass | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Passimian builds →Brick Break 2x84-100%KO Energy Ball 2x68-80% | ||
 Vaporeon Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Paniola Ranch Gift) | ||
Mudbray Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Mudbray builds →High Horsepower 2x91-108%KO Low Sweep 2x43-51% | ||
Slowbro WaterPsychic | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Slowbro builds →Scald 2x173-204%KO Brick Break 2x40-48% | ||
Brionne Water | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Popplio (Iki Town Gift) | ||
 Bewear NormalFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Bewear builds →Brick Break 2x91-109%KO Bulldoze 2x50-60% | ||
Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Passimian builds →Brick Break 2x89-105%KO Bulldoze 2x48-57% Energy Ball 2x70-83% | ||
 Mudsdale Ground | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Mudsdale builds →High Horsepower 2x116-137%KO Low Sweep 2x54-64% | ||
 Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Pangoro builds →Brick Break 2x91-109%KO Bulldoze 2x50-60% Bullet Punch 2x34-40% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Victreebel builds →Leaf Storm 2x295-348%KO | ||
Bewear NormalFighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Bewear builds →Hammer Arm 2x118-140%KO Bulldoze 2x50-58% | ||
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Primeape builds →Close Combat 2x123-146%KO Bulldoze 2x43-50% | ||
Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Move Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Victreebel builds →Leaf Storm 2x291-344%KO | ||
 Primarina WaterFairy | B | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Popplio (Iki Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Primarina builds →Sparkling Aria 2x245-288%KO Energy Ball 2x163-192%KO | ||
 Zygarde DragonGround | A | |
Obtain MethodRoute 16 Gift Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Zygarde builds →Land's Wrath 2x91-108%KO Brick Break 2x50-60% | ||
 Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
 Rhydon GroundRock | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Rhydon builds →Earthquake 2x124-146%KO Hammer Arm 2x82-98% Smart Strike 2x58-69% Surf 2x77-91% | ||
 Lilligant Grass | C | |
Passimian Fighting | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Passimian builds →Close Combat 2x140-166%KO Bulldoze 2x47-56% Energy Ball 2x70-83% | ||
 Conkeldurr Fighting | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Conkeldurr builds →Focus Punch 2x199-235%KO Earthquake 2x89-105%KO | ||
Exeggutor GrassPsychic | C | |
 Solgaleo PsychicSteel | S | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Solgaleo builds →Solar Beam 2x348-409%KO Sunsteel Strike 2x131-155%KO Earthquake 2x87-103%KO Wake-Up Slap 2x62-73% | ||
Roserade GrassPoison | B | |
Lilligant Grass | C | |
In Sun & Moon, Machamp's Stone Edge hits Roggenrola for 52-61%.
 Ferrothorn GrassSteel | A | |
Recommended Build AbilityIron Barbs ItemLeftovers NatureSassy Moves View Ferrothorn builds →
| ||
 Machamp Fighting | B | |
Recommended Build AbilityNoguard ItemAssault Vest NatureAdamant Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Machamp builds →Stone Edge52-61% Bullet Punch 2x42-50% Knock Off34-40% | ||
 Landorus Ground | B | |
Recommended Build AbilitySheerforce ItemLife Orb NatureTimid Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Landorus builds →Rock Slide33-39% | ||
 Venusaur GrassPoison | C | |
Recommended Build AbilityChlorophyll ItemLife Orb NatureModest Moves
Damage vs Roggenrola View Venusaur builds →Sludge Bomb85-100%KO Giga Drain 2x284-334%KO | ||
Roggenrola Evolutions
Roggenrola kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Boldore all the way to Gigalith. For breeding, quick to hatch with plenty of partners via one egg group. Evolving adds up to 235 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
SM Roggenrola Best Moveset
Rock at 75 Attack and 85 Defense with AbilitySturdy surviving one hit. AbilitySand Force as a hidden ability boosts Ground/Rock/Steel in sand. The moveset fires at pre-evolution power. Gigalith two evolutions away earns B-tier through AbilitySand Stream.
Best Build
Roggenrola best EVs are Attack and HP
Support Moveset
- Sandstorm
- Earth Power
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Roggenrola gets Autotomize and Curse exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Ground coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Stone Edge and Rock Slide.
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
Transfer Moves
Base Stats
Born deep within the ground, it compares itself with similar species, such as Geodude and Carbink, to settle which has the hardest body.
The hexagonal cavity is its ear. It walks in the direction of sounds it hears, but if the sounds cease, it panics and topples over.
Roggenrola Sun & Moon Guide
In Sun & Moon, For a casual playthrough, Roggenrola works as a placeholder. Rock coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Boldore. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Since Black & White, Roggenrola has been obtainable in 7 games. A Generation 5 debut means a shorter history, but Roggenrola has appeared steadily across every generation since.
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 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
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