Pyukumuku
Sea Cucumber Pokémon
It’s covered in a slime that keeps its skin moist, allowing it to stay on land for days without drying up.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows
Where to find Pyukumuku
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Moves
| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baton Pass Allows the trainer to switch out the user and pass effects along to its replacement. | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 |
| 1 | Bide User waits for two turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took. | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Mud Sport Halves all Electric-type damage. | Ground | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Water Sport Halves all Fire-type damage. | Water | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 5 | Helping Hand Ally’s next move inflicts half more damage. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 10 | Taunt For the next few turns, the target can only use damaging moves. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 15 | Safeguard Protects the user’s field from major status ailments and confusion for five turns. | Normal | Status | — | — | 25 |
| 20 | Counter Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took. | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 |
| 25 | Purify Cures the target of a major status ailment and heals the user for 50% of its max HP. | Poison | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 30 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 35 | Gastro Acid Nullifies target’s ability until it leaves battle. | Poison | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 40 | Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 45 | Recover Heals the user by half its max HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 50 | Soak Changes the target’s type to Water. | Water | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 55 | Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 60 | Memento Lowers the target’s Attack and Special Attack by two stages. User faints. | Dark | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
Breeding & egg moves
Pyukumuku can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
10 sprites & renders for Pyukumuku.






Across the games




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Others that share this Pokémon's primary type.
Community notes
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Cite this page
“Pyukumuku”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/pyukumuku.
Species data from PokéAPI.