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#0711

Gourgeist

Pumpkin Pokémon

In the darkness of a new-moon night, Gourgeist will come knocking. Whoever answers the door will be swept off to the afterlife.

1 TCG Pocket card

Details

Height0.9 m

Weight12.5 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP173

Abilities

Pickup

Picks up other Pokémon's used and Flung held items. May also pick up an item after battle.

Frisk

Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.

InsomniaHidden

Prevents sleep.

Egg groups: Amorphous

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

122

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

494

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

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

Weakness Policy

Moves

Item

Weakness Policy

AbilityFrisk

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

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

Where to find Gourgeist

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

Sword

Hammerlocke Hills

Shield

Hammerlocke Hills

Evolution

#0710Pumpkaboo

Trade

#0711Gourgeist

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
1	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
1	Explosion User faints.	Normal	Physical	250	100	5
1	Moonblast Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.	Fairy	Special	95	100	15
1	Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Ghost	Physical	40	100	30
1	Trick-or-Treat Adds Ghost to the target’s types.	Ghost	Status	—	100	20
12	Razor Leaf Has an increased chance for a critical hit.	Grass	Physical	55	95	25
16	Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn.	Grass	Status	—	90	10
20	Bullet Seed Hits 2-5 times in one turn.	Grass	Physical	25	100	30
24	Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	100	10
28	Worry Seed Changes the target’s ability to Insomnia.	Grass	Status	—	100	10
32	Seed Bomb Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Grass	Physical	80	100	15
36	Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
40	Trick User and target swap items.	Psychic	Status	—	100	10
44	Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP.	Normal	Status	—	—	20
48	Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect.	Ghost	Physical	90	100	10