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Muk

Sludge Pokémon

Game version

AppearanceStandard

Muk

Muk (shiny)

Height: 1.2 m
Weight: 30.0 kg

Alternate forms (2)

Training & breeding details

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate75(17.5%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP175

Smells so awful, it can cause fainting. Through degeneration of its nose, it lost its sense of smell.

In Pokémon GO · 2757 max CP 4 TCG Pocket cards

Base stats

HP

105

Attack

105

Defense

75

Sp. Atk

65

Sp. Def

100

Speed

50

Total

500

Base Stat Total

Abilities

Has a 10% chance of making target Pokémon flinch with each hit.

Prevents a held item from being removed by other Pokémon.

Poison TouchHidden

Has a 30% chance of poisoning target Pokémon upon contact.

Egg groups: Amorphous

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Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Bug½×

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

ToxTect

PU

Moves

Item

Leftovers

AbilitySticky Hold

NatureImpish+Def/−SpA

TeraDark

EV spread

HP248

Def▲252

SpD8

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

Where to find Muk

Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.

Red

Pokémon Mansion

Blue

Pokémon Mansion

Yellow

Cinnabar Island Kanto Power Plant Pokémon Mansion

Gold

Celadon City Route 16 Route 17 Route 18

Silver

Celadon City Route 16 Route 17 Route 18

Crystal

Celadon City Route 16 Route 17 Route 18

LeafGreen

Pokémon Mansion

HeartGold

Celadon City Johto Safari Zone Route 16 Route 17 Route 18

SoulSilver

Celadon City Johto Safari Zone Route 16 Route 17 Route 18

Black 2

Castelia Sewers Route 9

White 2

Castelia Sewers Route 9

X

Y

Let's Go Pikachu

Kanto Power Plant Pokémon Mansion

Red Japan

Pokémon Mansion

Green Japan

Pokémon Mansion

Evolution

Grimer

Lv. 38

Muk

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Notable moves

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

Sludge WaveSTAB

Moves

Find a move22 of 22

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

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Venom Drench Lowers the target’s Attack, Special Attack, and Speed by one stage if it is poisoned.	Poison	Status	—	100	20
1	Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
1	Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion.	Ice	Status	—	—	30
1	Moonblast Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage.	Fairy	Special	95	100	15
1	Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	20	100	10
1	Poison Gas Poisons the target.	Poison	Status	—	90	40
1	Pound Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
18	Mud Bomb Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	65	85	10
18	Mud Shot Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ground	Special	55	95	15
18	Smog Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	30	70	20
26	Fling Throws held item at the target; power depends on the item.	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
26	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Status	—	90	10
29	Sludge Bomb Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	90	100	10
32	Sludge Wave Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	95	100	10
33	Minimize Raises the user’s evasion by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	—	10
37	Sludge Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	65	100	20
40	Gunk Shot Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Physical	120	80	5
45	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
52	Belch Can only be used after the user has eaten a berry.	Poison	Special	120	90	10
53	Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages.	Normal	Status	—	85	40
57	Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints.	Dark	Status	—	100	10
60	Acid Armor Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Poison	Status	—	—	20

Sprites & renders

30 sprites & renders for Muk.

Official artwork

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Front

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Gold

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Cite this page

“Muk”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/muk.

Species data from PokéAPI.