Forms

Excadrill Mega Excadrill

#0530

Excadrill

Subterrene Pokémon

Ground Steel

Known as the Drill King, this Pokémon can tunnel through the terrain at speeds of over 90 mph.

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Details

Height0.7 m

Weight40.4 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP178

Abilities

Sand Rush

Doubles Speed during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Sand Force

Strengthens Rock, Ground, and Steel moves to 1.3× their power during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Mold BreakerHidden

Bypasses targets' abilities if they could hinder or prevent a move.

Egg groups: Field

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

110

Attack

135

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

508

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Fighting2×

Ground2×

Fire2×

Water2×

Resistant to

Rock¼×

Normal½×

Flying½×

Bug½×

Steel½×

Psychic½×

Dragon½×

Fairy½×

Immune to

Poison0×

Electric0×

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

Sand Sweeper

Moves

Item

Air Balloon / Leftovers

Nature{"Adamant","Jolly"}

TeraGroundGhost

EV spread

Atk252

Def4

Spe252

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

Where to find Excadrill

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

Evolution

#0529Drilbur

Lv. 31

#0530Excadrill

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Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Horn Drill Causes a one-hit KO.	Normal	Physical	—	30	5
1	Hone Claws Raises the user’s Attack and accuracy by one stage.	Dark	Status	—	—	15
1	Mud Sport Halves all Electric-type damage.	Ground	Status	—	—	15
1	Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	20	100	10
1	Rapid Spin Frees the user from binding moves, removes Leech Seed, and blows away Spikes.	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
1	Rototiller Raises the Attack and Special Attack of all Grass Pokémon in battle.	Ground	Status	—	—	10
1	Scratch Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
12	Fury Swipes Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
16	Metal Claw Has a chance to raise the user’s Attack by one stage.	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
20	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns.	Rock	Status	—	—	10
24	Crush Claw Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
26	Slash Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
28	Rock Slide Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
34	Dig User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
40	Swords Dance Raises the user’s Attack by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
46	Drill Run Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
52	Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
58	Fissure Causes a one-hit KO.	Ground	Physical	—	30	5