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Gourgeist

Pumpkin Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Gourgeist

Gourgeist (shiny)

Height: 0.9 m
Weight: 12.5 kg

Alternate forms (4)

Gourgeist Gourgeist Small Gourgeist Large Gourgeist Super

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP173

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

Base stats

HP

65

Attack

90

Defense

122

Sp. Atk

58

Sp. Def

75

Speed

84

Total

494

Base Stat Total

Abilities

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

Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.

Prevents sleep.

Egg groups: Amorphous

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ice2×

Resistant to

Immune to

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

ZU

Moves

Item

Weakness Policy

AbilityFrisk

NatureAdamant+Atk/−SpA

EV spread

Atk▲252

SpD4

Spe252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026

Where to find Gourgeist

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

Sword

Dappled Grove Giant's Mirror Hammerlocke Hills South Lake Miloch Stony Wilderness Watchtower Ruins

Shield

Dappled Grove Giant's Mirror Hammerlocke Hills Stony Wilderness Watchtower Ruins

Isle of Armor (Sword)

Challenge Beach Courageous Cavern Stepping-Stone Sea

Isle of Armor (Shield)

Challenge Beach Courageous Cavern Stepping-Stone Sea

Crown Tundra (Sword)

Crown Tundra (Shield)

Evolution

Pumpkaboo

Trade

Gourgeist

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.

PoltergeistSTAB

Phantom ForceSTAB

Energy BallSTAB

Moves

Find a move16 of 16

Scroll across the table for type, power, accuracy and PP →

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

Sprites & renders

14 sprites & renders for Gourgeist.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

Black · White

champions

X · Y

Menu Icons

ORAS

Menu Icons

Ultra Sun · Moon

Menu Icons

More Ghost-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Ghost-type Pokémon

Community notes

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Cite this page

“Gourgeist”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/gourgeist-average.

Species data from PokéAPI.