Forms

Drednaw Gmax Drednaw

#0834

Drednaw

Bite Pokémon

Water Rock

This Pokémon rapidly extends its retractable neck to sink its sharp fangs into distant enemies and take them down.

In Pokémon GO · 2838 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height1.0 m

Weight115.5 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship50Low

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP170

Abilities

Strong Jaw

Strengthens biting moves to 1.5× their power.

Shell Armor

Protects against critical hits.

Swift SwimHidden

Doubles Speed during rain.

Egg groups: Monster, Water 1

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

115

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

485

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Grass4×

Fighting2×

Ground2×

Electric2×

Resistant to

Fire¼×

Normal½×

Flying½×

Poison½×

Ice½×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Shell Smash (Rock)

Monotype

Moves

Item

Air Balloon / White Herb

Ability{"Swift Swim","Strong Jaw"}

NatureJolly+Spe/−SpA

EV spread

Atk252

SpD4

Spe▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Drednaw

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Sword

Bridge Field Dusty Bowl Galar Mine No. 2 Giant's Cap Giant's Mirror Lake of Outrage Route 2 Route 6 West Lake Axewell

Shield

Bridge Field Dusty Bowl Galar Mine No. 2 Giant's Cap Giant's Mirror Lake of Outrage Route 2 Route 6 West Lake Axewell

Evolution

#0833Chewtle

Lv. 22

#0834Drednaw

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Drednaw can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Rock Tomb Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
1	Bite Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
1	Crunch Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
1	Protect Prevents any moves from hitting the user this turn.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
1	Razor Shell Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Water	Physical	75	95	10
1	Rock Polish Raises the user’s Speed by two stages.	Rock	Status	—	—	20
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Water Gun Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Water	Special	40	100	25
21	Headbutt Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
30	Counter Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took.	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
39	Jaw Lock Seeds the target after inflicting damage.	Dark	Physical	80	100	10
48	Liquidation Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Water	Physical	85	100	10
57	Body Slam Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
66	Head Smash User receives 1/2 the damage inflicted in recoil.	Rock	Physical	150	80	5