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Sprite of Garbodor in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Garbodor's Type

POISON

Garbodor's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 158

National #: 569

Garbodor's Base Stats

HP:: 80

Attack:: 95

Defense:: 82

Sp. Atk:: 60

Sp. Def:: 82

Speed:: 75

Total:: 474

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Mineral

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

EV Yield:: 2 Attack

Garbodor's Abilities

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

Stench: Garbodor has a 10% chance of making the target flinch with it hit. This does not affect moves that already cause flinching.

Weak Armor: Raises Garbodor's Speed and lowers its Defense by one stage whenever it is hit by a Physical-based move.

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

Weaknesses & Resistances

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

2×: GROUND

PSYCHIC

½: GRASS

FIGHTING

POISON

BUG

FAIRY

Garbodor's Evolution Line

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

Trubbish: starting form

Garbodor: at level 36

Garbodor's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Garbodor 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 Garbodor 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	Pound Damages the target.	NORMAL	40	100%	35	One Target
1	Take Down Garbodor takes 25% of Take Down's damage as recoil damage.	NORMAL	90	85%	20	One Target
1	Metal Claw Has a 10% chance of raising Garbodor's Attack by one stage.	STEEL	50	95%	35	One Target
1	Poison Gas Poisons all nearby enemies.	POISON	--	90%	40	Nearby Enemies
1	Recycle If Garbodor used a held item previously, it reequips that item.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
1	Acid Spray Lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.	POISON	40	100%	20	One Target
9	Amnesia Raises Garbodor's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
12	Clear Smog Removes any stat modifiers on the target.	POISON	50	--	15	One Target
15	Toxic Spikes Sets down 1 layer of Toxic Spikes. 1 layer poisons foes when they are sent out; 2 layers badly poisons.	POISON	--	--	20	Enemy Field
18	Sludge Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	65	100%	20	One Target
21	Stockpile Raises Garbodor's Defense and Special Defense by one stage and adds +1 to the Stockpile counter, up to 3.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
21	Swallow Heals HP based on the Stockpile counter, then resets it to 0.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
24	Body Slam Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	NORMAL	85	100%	15	One Target
27	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
30	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target
33	Belch Can only be used if Garbodor has consumed a held berry at any point in the battle, even if it was switched out.	POISON	120	90%	10	One Target
39	Pain Split Does damage or heals Garbodor and the target until they have the same HP amount.	NORMAL	--	--	20	One Target
43	Gunk Shot Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	120	80%	5	One Target
48	Explosion Garbodor is knocked out after using Explosion.	NORMAL	250	100%	5	All But Self

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Garbodor 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
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM11	Solar Beam Charges for a turn, attacks on the second turn. No charge time in the sun; half damage in the rain.	GRASS	120	100%	10	One Target
TM16	Screech Lowers the target's Defense by two stages.	NORMAL	--	85%	40	One Target
TM20	Self-Destruct Garbodor is knocked out after using Self-Destruct.	NORMAL	200	100%	5	All But Self
TM21	Rest Garbodor 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 Garbodor from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM28	Giga Drain Heals Garbodor by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
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
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Garbodor is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM54	Rock Blast Hits the target two to five times in a row.	ROCK	25	90%	10	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Garbodor attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM59	Fling Throws Garbodor's held item. Type and power depend on the item.	DARK	varies	100%	10	One Target
TM63	Drain Punch Heals Garbodor by half the damage dealt.	FIGHTING	75	100%	10	One Target
TM73	Cross Poison 10% chance of poisoning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	POISON	70	100%	20	One Target
TM74	Venoshock Damage is doubled if the target is already poisoned.	POISON	65	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
TM98	Stomping Tantrum Power is doubled if Garbodor missed the target last turn.	GROUND	75	100%	10	One Target

TR Moves

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

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
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR17	Amnesia Raises Garbodor's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Garbodor's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR22	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
TR23	Spikes Sets a layer of spikes to do damage upon switching in. Up to three layers can be set.	GROUND	--	--	20	Enemy Field
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 Garbodor's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR54	Toxic Spikes Sets down 1 layer of Toxic Spikes. 1 layer poisons foes when they are sent out; 2 layers badly poisons.	POISON	--	--	20	Enemy Field
TR58	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR59	Seed Bomb Damages the target.	GRASS	80	100%	15	One Target
TR64	Focus Blast 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	FIGHTING	120	70%	5	One Target
TR73	Gunk Shot Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	120	80%	5	One Target
TR78	Sludge Wave Has a 10% chance to poison all nearby Pokémon.	POISON	95	100%	10	All But Self
TR91	Venom Drench Lowers all nearby enemies' Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by one stage if it is poisoned.	POISON	--	100%	20	Nearby Enemies
TR99	Body Press Does more damage based on how high Garbodor's Defense stat is.	FIGHTING	80	100%	10	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Garbodor 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 Garbodor.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
EGG	Curse {notghost}Raises Garbodor's Attack and Defense by one stage, but lowers its Speed by one stage.{/notghost}{ghost}Takes 50% of Garbodor's max HP to curse the last Pokémon to hit it, damaging the last Pokémon to hit it by 1/4 its max HP after each turn.{/ghost}	GHOST	--	--	10	Counter
EGG	Sand Attack Lowers the target's Accuracy by one stage.	GROUND	--	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Autotomize Raises Garbodor's Speed by two stages and reduces its weight by half.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
EGG	Rollout Lose control for up to 5 turns, with each hit doing 2× as much. Doubles damage if Defense Curl was used beforehand.	ROCK	30	90%	20	One Target

Where to Find Garbodor

If you're looking for where to find Garbodor, 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 Garbodor in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Garbodor in the Wild

Wild Area: Lake of Outrage

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	30%	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Lv. 55-58

Notes About Garbodor

There is a special Gigantamax Garbodor available in rare Max Raid Battles.