Orthworm

Orthworm (shiny)

#0968

Orthworm

Earthworm Pokémon

This Pokémon lives in arid deserts. It maintains its metal body by consuming iron from the soil.

In Pokémon GO · 2299 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height2.5 m

Weight310.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate25(7.7%)Hard

Base friendship50Low

Hatch time35 cycles · ~9,180 steps

Growth rateslow

Base EXP240

Abilities

Restores HP when hit by a Ground-type move.

Sand VeilHidden

Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Egg groups: Field

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

HP

70

Attack

85

Defense

145

Sp. Atk

60

Sp. Def

55

Speed

65

Total

480

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Resistant to

Rock½×

Bug½×

Ice½×

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

Shed Tail

UBERS

Moves

Item

Sitrus Berry / Mental Herb

NatureImpish+Def/−SpA

TeraWaterGhost

EV spread

HP248

Def▲252

SpD8

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

Evolution

This Pokémon does not evolve.

Notable moves

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

Flash CannonSTAB

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Tackle Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Wrap Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Normal	Physical	15	90	20
7	Mud-Slap Has a chance to lower the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Special	20	100	10
12	Smack Down Removes any immunity to Ground damage.	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
16	Bulldoze Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
21	Iron Head Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
26	Take Down User receives 1/4 the damage it inflicts in recoil.	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
30	Dig User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
34	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns.	Rock	Status	—	—	10
38	Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
43	Iron Tail Has a chance to lower the target’s Defense by one stage.	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
47	Earthquake Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
52	Shed Tail	Normal	Status	0	—	10

Breeding & egg moves

Orthworm can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.

CoilPoison11 compatible parents

Ekans

Arbok

Furret

Dunsparce

Seviper

Snivy

Servine

Serperior

Silicobra

Sandaconda

Dudunsparce

CurseGhost134 compatible parents

Rattata

Raticate

Ekans

Arbok

Pikachu

Raichu

Sandshrew

Sandslash

Nidoran♀

Nidoran♂

Nidorino

Nidoking

Vulpix

Ninetales

Metal BurstSteel5 compatible parents

Rhyhorn

Rhydon

Mawile

Rhyperior

Perrserker

Sprites & renders

8 sprites & renders for Orthworm.

Official artwork

Pokémon HOME

Animated

Animated (back)

Front

Back

Across the games

scarlet violet

Black · White

More Steel-type Pokémon

Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.

All Steel-type Pokémon

Community notes

No reader notes on Orthworm yet.

Cite this page

“Orthworm”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/orthworm.

Species data from PokéAPI.