#0769

Sandygast

Sand Heap Pokémon

Sandygast mainly inhabits beaches. It takes control of anyone who puts their hand into its mouth, forcing them to make its body bigger.

In Pokémon GO · 1233 max CP 5 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.5 m

Weight70.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate140(28.0%)Moderate

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP64

Abilities

Water Compaction

Raises this Pokémon's Defense by two stages when it's hit by a Water move.

Sand VeilHidden

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

Egg groups: Amorphous

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Breeding
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

320

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ghost2×

Water2×

Grass2×

Ice2×

Dark2×

Resistant to

Poison¼×

Rock½×

Bug½×

Immune to

Normal0×

Fighting0×

Electric0×

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

Defensive

Moves

Item

Eviolite

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

EV spread

HP76

Def▲196

SpD236

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

Where to find Sandygast

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

Sun

Moon

Ultra Sun

Ultra Moon

Evolution

#0769Sandygast

Lv. 42

#0770Palossand

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

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

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	20	100	25
1	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
5	Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
10	Sand Tomb Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
15	Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	40	100	15
20	Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Status	—	100	15
25	Bulldoze Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
30	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	Psychic	Status	—	60	20
35	Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	75	100	10
40	Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
45	Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
50	Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ground	Special	90	100	10
55	Shore Up Heals the user for ½ its max HP, or ⅔ during a sandstorm.	Ground	Status	—	—	5
60	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns.	Rock	Status	—	—	10