Sandshrew

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#027    Sandshrew Types Ground Generation   I   Abilities Ability 1 Sand Veil Hidden Ability Sand Rush Rarity Tier   Common   Catch rate   255/255 (33.33%)   Base stats HP 50 Atk 75 Def 85 Sp.Atk 20 Sp.Def 30 Spd 40 Base-stat total: 300 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 1 Base Experience   93   Gender Ratio     50%     50%     Height   0.6m   Weight   12kg

#27A    Alolan Sandshrew Types Ice Steel Generation      Abilities Ability 1 Snow Cloak Hidden Ability Slush Rush Rarity Tier   Rare   Catch rate   255/255 (33.33%)   Base stats HP 50 Atk 75 Def 90 Sp.Atk 10 Sp.Def 35 Spd 40 Base-stat total: 300 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 1 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 0 EV-yield total: 1 Base Experience   93   Gender Ratio     50%     50%     Height   0.7m   Weight   40.0kg

Sandshrew is a Ground-type Pokémon.

It evolves into Sandslash as early as level 22.

Obtainability

Wild

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Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier Altering Cave 12-25 Morning Day Night Common Desert Cave 35-40 Morning Day Night Common Digletts Cave 22-25 Morning Day Night Common Dragonspiral Tower 5F 25-31 Morning Day Night Common Dragonspiral Tower 6F 25-31 Morning Day Night Common Eindoak Waterway 25-31 Morning Day Night Common Eriyadu Sulfur Pools 28-31 Morning Day Night Common Evergreen Island Crystal Cave 25-30 Morning Day Night Common Evergreen Island Village Cave 21-26 Morning Day Night Common Evergreen Waterway 25-31 Morning Day Night Common Frozen Cave B1F 25-31 Morning Day Night Common Galeras Island West 27-33 Morning Day Night Common Iron Island 1F 32-36 Morning Day Night Common Mt. Moon 1F 14-16 Morning Day Night Common Mt. Moon B1F 14-16 Morning Day Night Common Mt. Moon B2F 14-16 Morning Day Night Common Route 11 25-26 Night Common Route 111 Desert 20-24 Morning Day Night Common Route 113 19-23 Morning Day Night Common Route 3 12-14 Morning Day Night Common Route 31 5-7 Day Common Route 9 22-25 Morning Day Common Union Cave 1F 8-10 Morning Day Night Common Union Cave B1F 8-10 Morning Day Night Common Union Cave B2F 6-10 Morning Day Night Common Wayward Cave 15-19 Morning Day Night Common Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Diggable Patches

Region	Area	Levels	Rarity
Kanto	Diglett's Cave	18-25	Common
Kanto	Route 3	8-12	Common
Kanto	Mt. Moon B2F	12-16	Common
Kanto	Rock Tunnel 1F	16-19	Common
Johto	Slowpoke Well	18-22	Common
Sinnoh	Route 209	?	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

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Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP 1 Defense Curl Normal Status — — 40 1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100 35 3 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100 15 5 Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100 35 7 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90 20 9 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 50 100 40 11 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95 20 14 Magnitude Ground Physical — 100 30 17 Swift Normal Special 60 — 20 20 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80 15 23 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 35 85 15 26 Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20 30 Dig Ground Physical 80 100 10 34 Gyro Ball Steel Physical — 100 5 38 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20 42 Sandstorm Ground Status — — 10 46 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10 Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP 1 Defense Curl Normal Status — — 40 1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100 35 3 Bide Normal Physical — — 10 5 Powder Snow Ice Special 40 100 25 7 Ice Ball Ice Physical 30 90 20 9 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 50 100 40 11 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95 20 14 Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95 35 17 Swift Normal Special 60 — 20 20 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80 15 23 Iron Defense Steel Status — — 15 26 Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20 30 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 15 34 Gyro Ball Steel Physical — 100 5 38 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20 42 Hail Ice Status — — 10 46 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 5 Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

Egg Moves

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Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP Chip Away Normal Physical 70 100 20 Counter Fighting Physical — 100 20 Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95 10 Endure Normal Status — — 10 Flail Normal Physical — 100 15 Hone Claws Dark Status — — 15 Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95 35 Mud Shot Ground Special 55 95 15 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 50 100 40 Rock Climb Normal Physical 90 85 20 Rototiller Ground Status — — 10 Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP Amnesia Psychic Status — — 20 Chip Away Normal Physical 70 100 20 Counter Fighting Physical — 100 20 Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95 10 Curse Ghost Status — — 10 Endure Normal Status — — 10 Flail Normal Physical — 100 15 Hone Claws Dark Status — — 15 Icicle Crash Ice Physical 85 90 10 Icicle Spear Ice Physical 25 100 30 Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95 35 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15 Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

TMs and HMs

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TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP TM06 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10 TM09 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85 20 TM17 Submission Fighting Physical 80 80 25 TM19 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical — 100 20 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10 TM27 Fissure Ground Physical — 30 5 TM28 Dig Ground Physical 80 100 10 TM32 Double Team Normal Status — — 15 TM34 Bide Normal Physical — — 10 TM39 Swift Normal Special 60 — 20 TM40 Skull Bash Normal Physical 100 100 15 TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10 TM48 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10 TM50 Substitute Normal Status — — 16 TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15 TM61 Sunny Day Fire Status — — 5 TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10 TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20 TM77 Curse Ghost Status — — 10 TM81 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 15 TM87 Sandstorm Ground Status — — 10 TM89 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 15 TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20 TM94 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 — 20 TM96 Thief Dark Physical 60 100 25 TM114 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 40 100 15 TM115 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 15 TM130 Return Normal Physical — 100 20 TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 10 TM144 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 10 TM143 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 20 HM01 Cut Normal Physical 50 95 30 Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP TM06 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10 TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 5 TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10 TM32 Double Team Normal Status — — 15 TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10 TM48 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10 TM50 Substitute Normal Status — — 16 TM57 Hail Ice Status — — 10 TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15 TM61 Sunny Day Fire Status — — 5 TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10 TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20 TM81 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 15 TM91 Aurora Veil Ice Status — — 20 TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20 TM94 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 — 20 TM96 Thief Dark Physical 60 100 25 TM108 Leech Life Bug Physical 80 100 10 TM115 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 15 TM130 Return Normal Physical — 100 20 TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 10 TM144 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 10 TM143 Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 20 Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

TM Tutors

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Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20 Frustration Normal Physical — 100 20 Gyro Ball Steel Physical — 100 5 Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20 Frustration Normal Physical — 100 20 Gyro Ball Steel Physical — 100 5 Work Up Normal Status — — 30 Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move tutors

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Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP Body Slam Normal Physical 80 100 15 Counter Fighting Physical — 100 20 Covet Normal Physical 60 100 25 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 15 Dynamic Punch Fighting Physical 100 50 5 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 10 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100 20 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95 20 Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100 15 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 25 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical — 100 20 Snore Normal Special 50 100 15 Stealth Rock Rock Status — — 20 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 75 100 10 Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90 10 Covet Normal Physical 60 100 25 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100 20 Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 15 Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95 15 Iron Defense Steel Status — — 15 Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 15 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 25 Snore Normal Special 50 100 15 Stealth Rock Rock Status — — 20 Super Fang Normal Physical — 90 10 Throat Chop Dark Physical 80 100 15 Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it. Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Type Effectiveness

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Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:  2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to Grass Ice Water Bug Dark Dragon Fairy Fighting Fire Flying Ghost Ground Normal Psychic Steel Poison Rock Electric All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:  2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to Fighting Fire Ground Dark Electric Ghost Rock Steel Water Bug Dragon Fairy Flying Grass Ice Normal Psychic Poison All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type weaknesses. All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon's type resistances.

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.

• 
  Original counterpart
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  Shiny Sandshrew
• 
  Christmas Sandshrew

External Links

• Sandshrew's Bulbapedia
• Sandshrew's Serebii