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Runerigus's Type

GROUND

GHOST

Runerigus's Pokédex #s

National #: 867

Galar #: 328

Armor #: --

Crown #: --

Runerigus's Base Stats

HP:: 58

Attack:: 95

Defense:: 145

Sp. Atk:: 50

Sp. Def:: 105

Speed:: 30

Total:: 483

Misc. Info

Height:: 5'3" (1.6m)

Weight:: 146.8 lbs. (66.6 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Mineral / Amorphous

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

EV Yield:: 2 Defense

Base EXP:: 169

Catch Rate:: 90

Runerigus's Abilities

Here is what ability Runerigus has, along with its effect.

Wandering Spirit: When Runerigus is damaged by a contact move, it switches its ability with the attacker's ability.

Weaknesses & Resistances

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

2×: WATER

GRASS

ICE

GHOST

DARK

½: BUG

ROCK

¼: POISON

immune: NORMAL

ELECTRIC

FIGHTING

Runerigus's Evolution Line

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

Galarian Yamask: starting form

Runerigus: take Galarian Yamask that has taken at least 49 HP damage to Dusty Bowl area of Wild Area

Runerigus's Alternate Forms

Runerigus's Moves in Sword & Shield

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Runerigus 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 Runerigus 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
Evo.	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
1	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
1	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
1	Astonish Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	GHOST	30	100%	15	One Target
1	Protect Protects Runerigus from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
1	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
1	Night Shade Does exact damage equal to Runerigus's level.	GHOST	varies	100%	15	One Target
12	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
16	Brutal Swing Damages all nearby Pokémon.	DARK	60	100%	20	All But Self
20	Crafty Shield Protects your team from status moves for the turn.	FAIRY	--	--	10	User's Field
24	Hex Deals double damage if the target is affected by a major status condition.	GHOST	65	100%	10	One Target
28	Mean Look Prevents the target from fleeing or switching out.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
32	Slam Damages the target.	NORMAL	80	75%	20	One Target
38	Curse Takes 50% of Runerigus'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	--	--	10	Counter
44	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
50	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
56	Power Split Averages Runerigus's Attack and Special Attack stats with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
56	Guard Split Averages Runerigus's Defense and Special Defense stats with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
62	Destiny Bond If Runerigus is knocked out before its next action, the attacking Pokémon is knocked out.	GHOST	--	--	5	User

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Runerigus 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
TM19	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM21	Rest Runerigus restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM22	Rock Slide Has a 30% chance of causing all nearby enemies to flinch.	ROCK	75	90%	10	Nearby Enemies
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 Runerigus from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM26	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for 5 turns.	ROCK	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM38	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Runerigus is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM42	Revenge Attacks last; if damaged this turn, hits for double damage.	FIGHTING	60	100%	10	One Target
TM44	Imprison Runerigus can't use any moves Runerigus knows.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM47	Fake Tears Lowers the target's Special Defense by two stages.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TM48	Rock Tomb 100% chance of lowering the target's Speed by one stage.	ROCK	60	95%	15	One Target
TM49	Sand Tomb Traps the target for 4–5 turns, preventing them from switching or fleeing and also doing 1/8 max HP after every turn.	GROUND	35	85%	15	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 Runerigus attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM60	Power Swap Runerigus swaps any modifiers to its Attack and Special Attack with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM61	Guard Swap Runerigus swaps any modifiers to its Defense and Special Defense stats with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM65	Shadow Claw Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	GHOST	70	100%	15	One Target
TM70	Trick Room For the next 5 turns, turn order is reversed, so slower Pokémon go first. (Priority still functions as usual.)	PSYCHIC	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM71	Wonder Room For the next 5 turns, all Pokémon's Defense and Special Defense stats are swapped.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	Entire Field
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
TM81	Bulldoze 100% chance of lowering all nearby Pokémon's Speed by one stage.	GROUND	60	100%	20	All But Self
TM86	Phantom Force Can't be hit on the first turn, attacks on the second turn. Gets around Protect/Detect/etc.	GHOST	90	100%	10	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 Runerigus 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
TR10	Earthquake Does double damage against targets using Dig.	GROUND	100	100%	10	All But Self
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR17	Amnesia Raises Runerigus's Special Defense by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Runerigus'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 Runerigus's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR38	Trick Switches Runerigus's held item with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
TR40	Skill Swap Swaps Runerigus's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TR46	Iron Defense Raises Runerigus's Defense by two stages.	STEEL	--	--	15	User
TR49	Calm Mind Raises Runerigus's Special Attack and Special Defense by one stage.	PSYCHIC	--	--	20	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
TR62	Dragon Pulse Damages the target.	DRAGON	85	100%	10	One Target
TR65	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TR67	Earth Power 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GROUND	90	100%	10	One Target
TR68	Nasty Plot Raises Runerigus's Special Attack by two stages.	DARK	--	--	20	User
TR69	Zen Headbutt Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	PSYCHIC	80	90%	15	One Target
TR75	Stone Edge Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	ROCK	100	80%	5	One Target
TR76	Stealth Rock Sets floating rocks on the enemy's field. Does 1/8 max HP to enemies that switch in. Weakness/resistance to Rock affects this damage.	ROCK	--	--	20	Enemy Field
TR77	Grass Knot Does more damage depending on how heavy the target is.	GRASS	varies	100%	20	One Target
TR83	Ally Switch Switches places with Runerigus for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User
TR99	Body Press Does more damage based on how high Runerigus's Defense stat is.	FIGHTING	80	100%	10	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Runerigus 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 Runerigus.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
EGG	Memento Lowers the target's Attack and Special Attack by two stages, then Runerigus faints.	DARK		--	100%	10	One Target

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Runerigus can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Poltergeist Fails if the target is not holding an item.	GHOST		110	90%	5	One Target

Runerigus's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Runerigus'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 Runerigus's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Runerigus 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	226	257	289	320	58
Attack	195	226	258	289	95
Defense	295	326	358	389	145
Sp. Atk	105	136	168	199	50
Sp. Def	215	246	278	309	105
Speed	65	96	128	159	30
Total					483

Where to Find Runerigus in Sword & Shield

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

Getting Runerigus By Evolution

Evolves from Galarian Yamask when it is taken beneath a large natural rocky bridge in the Dusty Bowl after it has taken at least 49 HP in damage from enemy Pokémon in a single battle and hasn't been healed since then. It doesn't require gaining a level, as it will evolve just by being brought to the location.

Pokédex Entries for Runerigus

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

A powerful curse was woven into an ancient painting. After absorbing the spirit of a Yamask, the painting began to move.

Shield

Never touch its shadowlike body, or you'll be shown the horrific memories behind the picture carved into it.

Runerigus