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Drifloon's Type

GHOST

FLYING

Drifloon's Pokédex #s

National #: 425

Galar #: 124

Armor #: 135

Crown #: --

Sinnoh #: 65

Drifloon's Base Stats

HP:: 90

Attack:: 50

Defense:: 34

Sp. Atk:: 60

Sp. Def:: 44

Speed:: 70

Total:: 348

Misc. Info

Height:: 1'4" (0.4m)

Weight:: 2.6 lbs. (1.2 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Amorphous

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,640,000

EV Yield:: 1 HP

Base EXP:: 70

Catch Rate:: 125

Base Happiness:: 70

Drifloon's Abilities

Here are what abilities Drifloon can possibly have, along with their effects.

Aftermath: When Drifloon is knocked out by a contact move, the attacker takes 1/4 its max HP in damage.

Unburden: When Drifloon consumes or loses its held item, it doubles its Speed.

Flare Boost: Increases Drifloon's Special Attack by 50% while it is burned.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Drifloon's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: ELECTRIC

ICE

ROCK

GHOST

DARK

½: GRASS

POISON

¼: BUG

immune: NORMAL

FIGHTING

GROUND

Drifloon's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Drifloon evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Drifloon: starting form

Drifblim: at level 28

Drifloon's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Drifloon can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Drifloon learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Minimize Raises Drifloon's Evasion by two stages. Stomp does double damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
1	Astonish Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	GHOST	30	100%	15	One Target
4	Gust Does double damage against targets using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop.	FLYING	40	100%	35	One Target
8	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
12	Payback Does double damage if Drifloon attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
16	Hex Deals double damage if the target is affected by a major status condition.	GHOST	65	100%	10	One Target
20	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
24	Stockpile Raises Drifloon's Defense and Special Defense by one stage and adds +1 to the Stockpile counter, up to 3.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
24	Swallow Heals HP based on the Stockpile counter, then resets it to 0.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
24	Spit Up Hits for 100 power for each Stockpile counter. Resets Stockpile counter to 0.	NORMAL	varies	100%	10	One Target
29	Self-Destruct Drifloon is knocked out after using Self-Destruct.	NORMAL	200	100%	5	All But Self
32	Destiny Bond If Drifloon is knocked out before its next action, the attacking Pokémon is knocked out.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
36	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
40	Tailwind Doubles your whole team's Speed for the next 3 turns.	FLYING	--	--	15	User's Field
44	Explosion Drifloon is knocked out after using Explosion.	NORMAL	250	100%	5	All But Self

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drifloon can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM14	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM20	Self-Destruct Drifloon is knocked out after using Self-Destruct.	NORMAL	200	100%	5	All But Self
TM21	Rest Drifloon restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Drifloon from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM38	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Drifloon is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM46	Weather Ball Doubles its power and changes its type based on the weather condition.	NORMAL	50	100%	10	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Drifloon attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM77	Hex Deals double damage if the target is affected by a major status condition.	GHOST	65	100%	10	One Target
TM78	Acrobatics Damage is doubled if Drifloon has no held item when this attack hits.	FLYING	55	100%	15	One Target
TM97	Brutal Swing Damages all nearby Pokémon.	DARK	60	100%	20	All But Self

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drifloon can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR01	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR09	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR13	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TR17	Amnesia Raises Drifloon's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Drifloon's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Drifloon's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR29	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR38	Trick Switches Drifloon's held item with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
TR40	Skill Swap Swaps Drifloon's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TR49	Calm Mind Raises Drifloon's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR52	Gyro Ball Does more damage based on how much lower Drifloon's Speed is compared to the target's.	STEEL	varies	100%	5	One Target
TR83	Ally Switch Switches places with Drifloon for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drifloon can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Drifloon.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Memento Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by two stages, then Drifloon faints.	DARK	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
EGG	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
EGG	Clear Smog Removes any stat modifiers on the target.	POISON	50	--	15	One Target
EGG	Defog Lowers the target's evasion by one stage. Removes effects on the enemy's field such as Light Screen, Reflect, etc.	FLYING	--	--	15	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Drifloon learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Minimize Raises Drifloon's Evasion by two stages. Stomp does double damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
1	Astonish Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	GHOST	30	100%	15	One Target
4	Gust Does double damage against targets using Bounce, Fly, or Sky Drop.	FLYING	40	100%	35	One Target
8	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
12	Payback Does double damage if Drifloon attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
16	Hex Deals double damage if the target is affected by a major status condition.	GHOST	65	100%	10	One Target
20	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
24	Stockpile Raises Drifloon's Defense and Special Defense by one stage and adds +1 to the Stockpile counter, up to 3.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
24	Swallow Heals HP based on the Stockpile counter, then resets it to 0.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
24	Spit Up Hits for 100 power for each Stockpile counter. Resets Stockpile counter to 0.	NORMAL	varies	100%	10	One Target
29	Self-Destruct Drifloon is knocked out after using Self-Destruct.	NORMAL	200	100%	5	All But Self
32	Destiny Bond If Drifloon is knocked out before its next action, the attacking Pokémon is knocked out.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
36	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
40	Tailwind Doubles your whole team's Speed for the next 3 turns.	FLYING	--	--	15	User's Field
44	Explosion Drifloon is knocked out after using Explosion.	NORMAL	250	100%	5	All But Self

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drifloon can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM04	Calm Mind Raises Drifloon's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM17	Protect Protects Drifloon from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM24	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Thunder 30% chance of paralyzing the target. 100% accuracy in the rain and 50% accuracy in sunny weather.	ELECTRIC	110	70%	10	One Target
TM29	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TM30	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Drifloon's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM34	Shock Wave Doesn't miss the target.	ELECTRIC	60	--	20	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Drifloon is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Drifloon restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM48	Skill Swap Swaps Drifloon's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM57	Charge Beam Has a 70% chance to raise Drifloon's Special Attack by one stage.	ELECTRIC	50	90%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM61	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM64	Explosion Drifloon is knocked out after using Explosion.	NORMAL	250	100%	5	All But Self
TM66	Payback Does double damage if Drifloon attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM67	Recycle If Drifloon used a held item previously, it reequips that item.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM70	Flash Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
TM73	Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target.	ELECTRIC	--	90%	20	One Target
TM74	Gyro Ball Does more damage based on how much lower Drifloon's Speed is compared to the target's.	STEEL	varies	100%	5	One Target
TM77	Psych Up Copies all stat modifiers on the target.	NORMAL	--	--	10	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Drifloon's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM85	Dream Eater Heals Drifloon by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Drifloon's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM93	Cut Damages the target.	NORMAL	50	95%	30	One Target
TM97	Defog Lowers the target's evasion by one stage. Removes effects on the enemy's field such as Light Screen, Reflect, etc.	FLYING	--	--	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Drifloon can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Drifloon.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Memento Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by two stages, then Drifloon faints.	DARK	--	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
EGG	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
EGG	Clear Smog Removes any stat modifiers on the target.	POISON	50	--	15	One Target
EGG	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Destiny Bond If Drifloon is knocked out before its next action, the attacking Pokémon is knocked out.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
EGG	Weather Ball Doubles its power and changes its type based on the weather condition.	NORMAL	50	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Tailwind Doubles your whole team's Speed for the next 3 turns.	FLYING	--	--	15	User's Field

Drifloon's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Drifloon's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Drifloon's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Drifloon is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	290	321	353	384	90
Attack	105	136	168	199	50
Defense	73	104	136	167	34
Sp. Atk	125	156	188	219	60
Sp. Def	93	124	156	187	44
Speed	145	176	208	239	70
Total					348

Where to Find Drifloon in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Drifloon, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Drifloon in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Drifloon in the Wild

Galar Route 5

Overworld Encounters

Any Weather
5%			Lv. 19-21

Watchtower Ruins

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
15%	5%	--	10%	60%	60%	--	--	--
Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29		Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
30%	--	--	--	10%	10%	10%	--	--
Lv. 11-14				Lv. 11-14	Lv. 11-14	Lv. 11-14

South Lake Miloch

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	60%
								Lv. 14-16
Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
10%	60%	25%	10%	25%	5%	25%	5%	60%
Lv. 41-44	Lv. 41-44	Lv. 41-44	Lv. 41-44	Lv. 41-44	Lv. 41-44	Lv. 41-44	Lv. 41-44	Lv. 41-44
Flying Around
Any Weather
15%			Lv. 14-16

North Lake Miloch

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	60%
								Lv. 26-28
Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
10%	5%	--	25%	25%	5%	25%	5%	10%
Lv. 42-45	Lv. 42-45		Lv. 42-45	Lv. 42-45	Lv. 42-45	Lv. 42-45	Lv. 42-45	Lv. 42-45

Fields of Honor

Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 40-45

Challenge Beach

Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 40-45

Loop Lagoon

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	20%
								Lv. 16-21
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 19-24
Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 40-45

Workout Sea

Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 40-45

Stepping-Stone Sea

Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 40-45

Insular Sea

Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 40-45

Honeycalm Sea

Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 40-45

Honeycalm Island

Surfing (w/ Rotom Bike)

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15%
								Lv. 40-45

Location information on where to find Drifloon in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Drifloon

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

Perhaps seeking company, it approaches children. However, it often quickly runs away again when the children play too roughly with it.

Shield

The gathering of many souls gave rise to this Pokémon. During humid seasons, they seem to appear in abundance.

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Sun

Stories go that it grabs the hands of small children and drags them away to the afterlife. It dislikes heavy children.

Moon

If for some reason its body bursts, its soul spills out with a screaming sound.

Ultra Sun

Its round body is stuffed with souls and expands each time it leads someone away.

Ultra Moon

Wandering souls gathered together to form this Pokémon. When trying to make friends with children, Drifloon grabs them by the hand.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X Omega Ruby

A Pokémon formed by the spirits of people and Pokémon. It loves damp, humid seasons.

Y Alpha Sapphire

These Pokémon are called the “Signpost for Wandering Spirits.” Children holding them sometimes vanish.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White

Because of the way it floats aimlessly, an old folktale calls it a “Signpost for Wandering Spirits.”

Black 2 White 2

These Pokémon are called the “Signpost for Wandering Spirits.” Children holding them sometimes vanish.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond

A Pokémon formed by the spirits of people and Pokémon. It loves damp, humid seasons.

Pearl

It tugs on the hands of children to steal them away. However, it gets pulled around instead.

Platinum

Because of the way it floats aimlessly, an old folktale calls it a “Signpost for Wandering Spirits.”

HeartGold SoulSilver

It is whispered that any child who mistakes DRIFLOON for a balloon and holds on to it could wind up missing.