Aerodactyl

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#142    Aerodactyl Types Rock Flying Generation   I   Abilities Ability 1 Rock Head Ability 2 Pressure Hidden Ability Unnerve Rarity Tier   Rare   Catch rate   45/255 (5.88%)   Base stats HP 80 Atk 105 Def 65 Sp.Atk 60 Sp.Def 75 Spd 130 Base-stat total: 515 EV Yield HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Spd 2 EV-yield total: 2 Base Experience   202   Gender Ratio     87.5%     12.5%     Height   1.8m   Weight   59kg

Mega Aerodactyl Type(s) Rock Flying Generation   I   Abilities Ability 1 Tough Claws Mega Stone   Aerodactylite   Base stats HP 80 Atk 135 Def 85 Sp.Atk 70 Sp.Def 95 Spd 150 Base-stat total: 615 EV Yield HP Atk Def Sp.Atk Sp.Def Spd 2 EV-yield total: 2 Height   2.1m   Weight   79.0kg

Aerodactyl is a dual-type Rock/Flying-type Fossil Pokémon. Its evolutionary line is monophasic, as it does not evolve into or from any other Pokémon. This vicious Pokémon is said to have flown in ancient skies while shrieking high-pitched cries. It can Mega Evolve into Mega Aerodactyl via the exposure of Aerodactylite.

Obtainability

Land

Location	Levels	Times			Held Item	Rarity Tier
Mirage Island Lake	65-70	Morning	Day	Night		Rare
Pink-colored areas denote that this spawn is membership-exclusive Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

From diggable patches and Excavation Sites

Aerodactyl can be revived from Old Amber fossils in any labs like:

• Cinnabar Island's lab in Kanto,
• Ruins of Alph Research Center in Johto and
• Rustboro city or Historical Site in Hoenn.

More info on the fossils page.

NPCs

• Top-tier eventuality of a reward from Daily Challenges (Kanto).
• Potential prize for defeating Brock's boss NPC.

Moves

Level-up

Level	Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	5
1	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
1	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95	15
1	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95	15
1	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95	15
5	Supersonic	Normal	Status	—	55	20
10	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	60	100	35
15	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
20	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
25	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20
30	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
35	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
40	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
45	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
49	Sky Drop	Flying	Physical	60	100	10
50	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
55	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
60	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	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.

TMs/HMs

TM		Moves	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
	TM94	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
	TM284	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
	TM262	Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
	TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
	TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
	TM84	Brutal Swing	Dark	Physical	60	100	20
	TM83	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
	TM79	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
	TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM301	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
	TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
	TM00	Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
	TM72	Detect	Fighting	Status	—	—	5
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
	TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
	TM65	Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	20
	TM52	Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	80	100	15
	TM296	Dragon Dance	Dragon	Status	—	—	20
	TM71	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
	TM23	Dragon Rage	Dragon	Physical	—	100	10
	TM313	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
	TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM38	Fire Blast	Fire	Special	110	85	5
	TM171	Fire Fang	Fire	Physical	65	95	15
	TM85	Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
	HM02	Fly	Flying	Physical	90	95	15
	TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM146	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
	TM102	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
	TM306	Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90	10
	TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM331	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15
	TM319	Hurricane	Flying	Special	110	70	10
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
	TM173	Ice Fang	Ice	Physical	65	95	15
	TM160	Incinerate	Fire	Special	60	100	15
	TM295	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
	TM107	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
	TM31	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM136	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
	TM140	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
	TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM289	Psychic Fangs	Psychic	Physical	85	100	10
	TM20	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
	TM68	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
	TM02	Razor Wind	Normal	Special	80	100	10
	TM33	Reflect	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
	TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
	TM55	Roar	Normal	Status	—	—	20
	TM194	Rock Blast	Rock	Physical	25	90	10
	TM142	Rock Polish	Rock	Status	—	—	20
	TM48	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
	TM114	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
	TM89	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
	TM69	Roost	Flying	Status	—	—	10
	TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
	TM87	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
	TM170	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
	TM133	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
	TM43	Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	140	90	5
	TM163	Sky Drop	Flying	Physical	60	100	10
	TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
	TM156	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
	TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
	TM150	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
	TM123	Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	70	90	25
	TM149	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
	TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
	TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
	TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
	TM39	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
	TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
	TM62	Taunt	Dark	Status	—	100	20
	TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
	TM172	Thunder Fang	Electric	Physical	65	95	15
	TM127	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
	TM04	Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	—	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.

Move Tutors

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Air Cutter	Flying	Special	60	95	25
Ancient Power	Rock	Special	60	100	5
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90	10
Defog	Flying	Status	—	—	15
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	85	100	10
Dual Wingbeat	Flying	Physical	40	90	10
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Flamethrower	Fire	Special	90	100	15
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90	10
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Laser Focus	Normal	Status	—	—	48
Meteor Beam	Rock	Special	120	90	10
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100	5
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
Roost	Flying	Status	—	—	10
Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	140	90	5
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
Tailwind	Flying	Status	—	—	30
Twister	Dragon	Special	40	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. Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
Dragon Breath	Dragon	Special	60	100	20
Foresight	Normal	Status	—	—	40
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100	20
Roost	Flying	Status	—	—	10
Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	70	90	25
Tailwind	Flying	Status	—	—	30
Whirlwind	Normal	Status	—	—	20
Wide Guard	Rock	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.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2× Weak to	Water Electric Ice Rock Steel
1× Neutral to	Grass Fighting Psychic Ghost Dragon Dark Fairy
½× Resistant to	Normal Fire Poison Flying Bug
0× Immune to	Ground

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

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External Links

• Aerodactyl's Bulbapedia
• Aerodactyl's Serebii