Sandshrew
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Sandshrew is a Ground-type Pokémon.
It evolves into Sandslash as early as level 22.
It has an Ice and Steel type Alolan variant, which evolves into Alolan Sandslash when exposed to an Ice Stone.
Obtainability
Wild
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| Region | Area | Levels | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinnoh | Ravaged Path | 10-20 | Common |
| Sinnoh | Route 209 | 10-20 | Common |
| Sinnoh | Route 210 North | 10-20 | Common |
Miscellaneous
| Modal method | Location | Level | Held Item | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celadon Daily (task system) | Celadon City House | 5 | N/A | After every 50-divisible task completed, Celadon City's task-master will reward you a shiny counterpart of one of the assignable; Sandshrew is one of those eventualities. |
Moves
Level-up
Egg Moves
Type Effectiveness
Leveling Chart
This is a tabulated leveling chart of the amount of experience that Sandshrew requires to advance per level, as well as a comparative overview of how much less experience is needed to level up at the same levels than its evolution would require; this helps you handily cross-compare their leveling charts to ascertain how many experience points you would save if you were to delay evolving Sandshrew to a later level.
| Level | XP | Level-Up Differential | Sandshrew-Sandslash Differential |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 74 | 8 | 64 |
| 2 | 81 | 7 | 69 |
| 3 | 117 | 36 | 125 |
| 4 | 209 | 92 | 249 |
| 5 | 384 | 175 | 464 |
| 6 | 671 | 287 | 793 |
| 7 | 1098 | 427 | 1254 |
| 8 | 1692 | 594 | 1869 |
| 9 | 2482 | 790 | 2659 |
| 10 | 3496 | 1014 | 3645 |
| 11 | 4761 | 1265 | 4848 |
| 12 | 6304 | 1543 | 6289 |
| 13 | 8156 | 1852 | 7991 |
| 14 | 10342 | 2186 | 9970 |
| 15 | 12891 | 2549 | 12252 |
| 16 | 15831 | 2940 | 14856 |
| 17 | 19190 | 3359 | 17804 |
| 18 | 22996 | 3806 | 21115 |
| 19 | 27276 | 4280 | 24811 |
| 20 | 32059 | 4783 | 28914 |
| 21 | 37373 | 5314 | 33444 |
| 22 | 43245 | 5872 | 38422 |
| 23 | 49703 | 6458 | 43870 |
| 24 | 56776 | 7073 | 49808 |
| 25 | 64491 | 7715 | 56257 |
| 26 | 72877 | 8386 | 63239 |
| 27 | 81960 | 9083 | 70774 |
| 28 | 91770 | 9810 | 78884 |
| 29 | 102334 | 10564 | 87589 |
| 30 | 113679 | 11345 | 96911 |
| 31 | 125835 | 12156 | 106871 |
| 32 | 138829 | 12994 | 117490 |
| 33 | 152689 | 13860 | 128788 |
| 34 | 167443 | 14754 | 140787 |
| 35 | 183119 | 15676 | 153508 |
| 36 | 199745 | 16626 | 166972 |
| 37 | 217349 | 17604 | 181200 |
| 38 | 235959 | 18610 | 196214 |
| 39 | 255603 | 19644 | 212034 |
| 40 | 276309 | 20706 | 228682 |
| 41 | 298106 | 21797 | 246178 |
| 42 | 321021 | 22915 | 264544 |
| 43 | 345083 | 24062 | 283802 |
| 44 | 370319 | 25236 | 303971 |
| 45 | 396758 | 26439 | 325075 |
| 46 | 424429 | 27671 | 347133 |
| 47 | 453358 | 28929 | 370167 |
| 48 | 483576 | 30218 | 394200 |
| 49 | 515109 | 31533 | 419250 |
| 50 | 547987 | 32878 | 445342 |
| 51 | 582238 | 34251 | 472495 |
| 52 | 617890 | 35652 | 500731 |
| 53 | 654973 | 37083 | 530073 |
| 54 | 693514 | 38541 | 560542 |
| 55 | 733544 | 40030 | 592160 |
| 56 | 775090 | 41546 | 624948 |
| 57 | 818183 | 43093 | 658929 |
| 58 | 862851 | 44668 | 694125 |
| 59 | 909124 | 46273 | 730560 |
| 60 | 957032 | 47908 | 768254 |
| 61 | 1006605 | 49573 | 807233 |
| 62 | 1057874 | 51269 | 847519 |
| 63 | 1110870 | 52996 | 889135 |
| 64 | 1165624 | 54754 | 932106 |
| 65 | 1222169 | 56545 | 976458 |
| 66 | 1280538 | 58369 | 1022216 |
| 67 | 1340765 | 60227 | 1069405 |
| 68 | 1402885 | 62120 | 1118054 |
| 69 | 1466934 | 64049 | 1168193 |
| 70 | 1532951 | 66017 | 1219851 |
| 71 | 1600976 | 68025 | 1273061 |
| 72 | 1671053 | 70077 | 1327859 |
| 73 | 1743228 | 72175 | 1384283 |
| 74 | 1817553 | 74325 | 1442376 |
| 75 | 1894083 | 76530 | 1502185 |
| 76 | 1972883 | 78800 | 1563766 |
| 77 | 2054024 | 81141 | 1627181 |
| 78 | 2137591 | 83567 | 1692507 |
| 79 | 2223683 | 86092 | 1759832 |
| 80 | 2312420 | 88737 | 1829269 |
| 81 | 2403951 | 91531 | 1900956 |
| 82 | 2498458 | 94507 | 1975066 |
| 83 | 2596177 | 97719 | 2051831 |
| 84 | 2697414 | 101237 | 2131548 |
| 85 | 2802573 | 105159 | 2214623 |
| 86 | 2912202 | 109629 | 2301609 |
| 87 | 3027053 | 114851 | 2393278 |
| 88 | 3148185 | 121132 | 2490735 |
| 89 | 3277121 | 128936 | 2595586 |
| 90 | 3416096 | 138975 | 2710231 |
| 91 | 3568484 | 152388 | 2838344 |
| 92 | 3739511 | 171027 | 2985713 |
| 93 | 3937532 | 198021 | 3161755 |
| 94 | 4176379 | 238847 | 3382358 |
| 95 | 4479889 | 303510 | 3675470 |
| 96 | 4891130 | 411241 | 4092737 |
| 97 | 5492374 | 601244 | 4735289 |
| 98 | 6451782 | 959408 | 5815589 |
| 99 | 8143042 | 1691260 | 7820432 |
| 100 | 11489796 | 3346754 | 11994988 |
Special Counterparts
- Main article: Pokémon Counterparts
Sandshrew coalesced with an assortment of other Pokémon to have a Christmas-thematized counterpart as a product of the 2016 Christmas Event.
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Original counterpart -
Shiny Sandshrew -
Christmas Sandshrew
