Rhydon

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#112    Rhydon

Type(s)

Ground Rock

Generation

  I  

Abilities
Ability 1
Lightning Rod		 Ability 2
Rock Head		 Hidden Ability
Reckless

Rarity Tier

  Uncommon  

Catch rate

  60/255 (7.84%)  

Base stats

HP
105

Atk
130

Def
120

Sp.Atk
45

Sp.Def
45

Spd
40

Base-stat total: 485
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
2

Def
0

Sp.Atk
0

Sp.Def
0

Spd
0

EV-yield total: 2

Base Experience

  204  

Gender Ratio

    50%  
  50%    

Height

  1.9m  

Weight

  120kg  

Rhydon is a Ground and Rock-type Pokémon.

Having evolved from Rhyhorn as early as level 42, it will evolve into Rhyperior by holding a Protector while transacted in any trade.

Obtainability

Wild

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Cerulean Cave 1F 60-64 Morning Day Protector Uncommon
Cerulean Cave 2F 60-62 Morning Day Protector Uncommon
Cerulean Cave B1F 60-63 Morning Day Protector Uncommon
Route 227 53-57 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Route 228 52-56 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Sinnoh Victory Road 1F 45-49 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Stark Mountain Entrance 56-60 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Stark Mountain Entrance Pt 54-58 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Stark Mountain Exterior Pt 53-57 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Stark Mountain Main Cavern Pt 56-60 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Vulcan Cave B1F 36-40 Morning Night Uncommon
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Moves

Level-up

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
— Scary Face Normal Status — 100 10
— Fury Attack Normal Physical 15 85 20
— Tail Whip Normal Status — 100 30
— Horn Attack Normal Physical 65 100 25
— Horn Drill Normal Physical — 30 5
5 Fury Attack Normal Physical 15 85 20
9 Scary Face Normal Status — 100 10
13 Smack Down Rock Physical 50 100 15
17 Stomp Normal Physical 65 100 20
21 Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20
25 Chip Away Normal Physical 70 100 20
29 Rock Blast Rock Physical 25 90 10
33 Drill Run Ground Physical 80 95 10
37 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85 20
41 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 5
42 Hammer Arm Fighting Physical 100 90 10
48 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10
55 Megahorn Bug Physical 120 85 10
62 Horn Drill Normal Physical — 30 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
TM1 Mega Punch Normal Physical 80 85 20
TM5 Mega Kick Normal Physical 120 75 5
TM6 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
TM8 Body Slam Normal Physical 80 100 15
TM9 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85 20
TM11 Bubble Beam Water Special 65 100 20
TM12 Water Gun Water Special 40 100 25
TM13 Ice Beam Ice Special 95 100 10
TM14 Blizzard Ice Special 110 70 5
TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 5
TM16 Pay Day Normal Physical 40 100 20
TM17 Submission Fighting Physical 80 80 25
TM19 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical — 100 20
TM24 Thunderbolt Electric Special 90 100 15
TM25 Thunder Electric Special 110 70 10
TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10
TM27 Fissure Ground Physical — 30 5
TM28 Dig Ground Physical 80 100 10
TM34 Bide Normal Physical — — 10
TM38 Fire Blast Fire Special 110 85 5
TM40 Skull Bash Normal Physical 100 100 15
TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10
TM48 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10
TM55 Roar Normal Status — — 20
TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15
TM61 Sunny Day Fire Status — — 5
TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10
TM68 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 30
TM81 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 15
TM85 Flamethrower Fire Special 90 100 15
TM87 Sandstorm Ground Status — — 10
TM89 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 15
TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
TM96 Thief Dark Physical 60 100 25
TM114 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 40 100 15
TM115 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 15
TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 10
HM01 Cut Normal Physical 50 95 30
HM03 Surf Water Special 90 100 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.
  • Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move’s obtainability.

TM-tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Avalanche Ice Physical 60 100 10
Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20
Dragon Tail Dragon Physical 60 90 10
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 5
Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 5
Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100 20
Frustration Normal Physical — 100 20
Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15
Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 20
Rock Climb Normal Physical 90 85 20
Rock Smash Fighting Physical 40 100 15
Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 5
Zap Cannon Electric Special 120 50 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 tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Ancient Power Rock Special 60 100 5
Aqua Tail Water Physical 90 90 10
Body Slam Normal Physical 80 100 15
Counter Fighting Physical — 100 20
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 15
Dragon Pulse Dragon Special 85 100 10
Drill Run Ground Physical 80 95 10
Dynamic Punch Fighting Physical 100 50 5
Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 10
Endeavor Normal Physical — 100 5
Fire Punch Fire Physical 75 100 15
Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95 20
Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100 15
Ice Punch Ice Physical 75 100 15
Icy Wind Ice Special 55 95 15
Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15
Mega Kick Normal Physical 120 75 5
Mega Punch Normal Physical 80 85 20
Outrage Dragon Physical 120 100 10
Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10
Rollout Rock Physical 30 90 20
Seismic Toss Fighting Physical — 100 20
Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100 5
Swagger Normal Status — 90 15
Thunder Punch Electric Physical 75 100 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.

Egg Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Counter Fighting Physical — 100 20
Crunch Dark Physical 80 100 15
Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95 10
Curse Ghost Status — — 10
Dragon Rush Dragon Physical 100 75 10
Fire Fang Fire Physical 65 95 15
Ice Fang Ice Physical 65 95 15
Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15
Magnitude Ground Physical — 100 30
Metal Burst Steel Physical — 100 10
Reversal Fighting Physical — 100 15
Rock Climb Normal Physical 90 85 20
Skull Bash Normal Physical 100 100 15
Thunder Fang Electric Physical 65 95 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.

Type Effectiveness

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

Leveling chart

Level XP Level-Up Differential Rhydon-Rhyperior Differential
1 163 17 27
2 179 16 28
3 257 78 95
4 458 201 230
5 843 385 439
6 1473 630 724
7 2409 936 1090
8 3713 1304 1541
9 5446 1733 2080
10 7669 2223 2712
11 10443 2774 3440
12 13830 3387 4268
13 17890 4060 5200
14 22686 4796 6241
15 28278 5592 7394
16 34727 6449 8662
17 42095 7368 10050
18 50443 8348 11562
19 59832 9389 13202
20 70324 10492 14973
21 81980 11656 16880
22 94860 12880 18925
23 109027 14167 21115
24 124542 15515 23451
25 141465 16923 25938
26 159859 18394 28581
27 179784 19925 31382
28 201302 21518 34346
29 224474 23172 37477
30 249362 24888 40779
31 276026 26664 44254
32 304529 28503 47910
33 334932 30403 51746
34 367295 32363 55769
35 401681 34386 59983
36 438151 36470 64391
37 476766 38615 68997
38 517588 40822 73805
39 560678 43090 78820
40 606099 45421 84045
41 653911 47812 89483
42 704176 50265 95139
43 756956 52780 101018
44 812313 55357 107122
45 870309 57996 113457
46 931005 60696 120025
47 994464 63459 126832
48 1060747 66283 133880
49 1129917 69170 141175
50 1202036 72119 148720
51 1277167 75131 156519
52 1355373 78206 164577
53 1436715 81342 172898
54 1521258 84543 181486
55 1609065 87807 190345
56 1700198 91133 199479
57 1794724 94526 208895
58 1892705 97981 218595
59 1994207 101502 228584
60 2099296 105089 238867
61 2208037 108741 249449
62 2320498 112461 260336
63 2436747 116249 271532
64 2556854 120107 283044
65 2680888 124034 294875
66 2808923 128035 307035
67 2941033 132110 319529
68 3077296 136263 332365
69 3217790 140494 345550
70 3362602 144812 359095
71 3511819 149217 373009
72 3665536 153717 387305
73 3823856 158320 401997
74 3986891 163035 417102
75 4154764 167873 432638
76 4327615 172851 448630
77 4505602 177987 465108
78 4688910 183308 482111
79 4877757 188847 499684
80 5072407 194650 517891
81 5273182 200775 536812
82 5480488 207306 556553
83 5694840 214352 577259
84 5916908 222068 599126
85 6147580 230672 622430
86 6388056 240476 647558
87 6639988 251932 675068
88 6905698 265710 705779
89 7188524 282826 740918
90 7493373 304849 782368
91 7827643 334270 833090
92 8202799 375156 897883
93 8637168 434369 984777
94 9161089 523921 1107716
95 9826854 665765 1291986
96 10728931 902077 1585783
97 12047788 1318857 2086608
98 14152297 2104509 3006371
99 17862158 3709861 4848136
100 25203424 7341266 8947367

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

  • Original counterpart

  • Shiny Rhydon

  • Pink Rhydon

External Links

  • Rhydon’s Bulbapedia
  • Rhydon’s Serebii