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Hippowdon Heavyweight Pokémon カバルドン Kabaldon #0450 Male Female Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Ground Unknown Unknown Unknown Female Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Sand Stream Cacophony Female Cacophony Sand Force Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Female Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown 50% male,50% female	Catch rate 60(14.8%)
Breeding Egg Group Field Hatch time 30 cycles
Height 6'07" 2.0 m Male 0'0" 0 m Female 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form5}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form6}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form7}}}	Weight 661.4 lbs. 300.0 kg Male 0 lbs. 0 kg Female 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form5}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form6}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form7}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield 198 Gen. IV Unknown IV 184 V+	Leveling rate Slow
EV yield Total: 2 Male 0 HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Female 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint Female
Pokédex color   Brown	Base friendship 70
External Links On Smogon Pokédex: Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Hippowdon (Japanese:カバルドンKabaldon) is aGround-typePokémon introduced inGeneration IV.

Itevolves fromHippopotas starting atlevel 34.

Biology

Hippowdon is a large, hippo-likePokémon with skin color based on its gender. It is light brown if male, and bluish-gray if female. It has a dark gray back and muzzle with several small and large holes in them. It has red eyes, a large rounded snout, and a massive mouth that is over 7 feet (2 meters) wide when open. This mouth is filled with peg-like teeth, with the two front teeth on its lower jaw being much longer than the rest. Hippowdon also has black feet with four blunt, flat claws each.

Hippowdon is short-tempered, easily provoked into violence, and may hold its mouth agape as a display of strength. Hippowdon's jaws are capable of crushing cars. Hippowdon stores sand in its body, which is used to create twisters when attacking. Excess sand is expelled out of the ports on Hippowdon's back and nostrils to create room for fresh sand to ingest, in order for it to stay healthy. It has a mutualistic relationship withDwebble, which clears any stones stuck in its ports in exchange for shelter and protection.Drapion are known to stay away from Hippowdon. Hippowdon typically lives in deserts, but can also survive in swampy terrain.

Evolution

Hippowdon evolves fromHippopotas.

(For specifics on this Pokémon's Evolution in the games, refer toGame data→Evolution data.)

Unevolved Hippopotas  Ground

→

First Evolution Hippowdon  Ground

Game data

Pokédex entries

Hippowdon in thePaldea Pokédex

Game locations

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Route 228 Platinum Route 228 HeartGold SoulSilver EvolveHippopotas
Generation V Black White EvolveHippopotas Black 2 White 2 Desert Resort (Swarm)
Generation VI X Y EvolveHippopotas Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Trade
Generation VII Sun Moon Trade Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Ultra Space Wilds (Cave World) Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee Unobtainable
Generation VIII Sword Shield Route 8,Giant's Mirror,Lake of Outrage Dusty Bowl (Max Raid Battle) Brilliant Diamond Shining Pearl Route 228 Legends: Arceus Crimson Mirelands:Gapejaw Bog ,Scarlet Bog and nearby, massivemass outbreaks Coronet Highlands:Celestica Trail, massive mass outbreaks
Generation IX Scarlet Violet West Province:Asado Desert Tera Raid Battles (5★,6★) Legends: Z-A Centrico Plaza:Wild Zone 20

In side games

Held items

Games		Held items
Legends: Arceus		Normal Sootfoot Root (35%) Ball of Mud (15%) Grit items by level Alpha Exp. Candy M (100%) Seed of Mastery (20%) Grit items by level

Stats

Base stats

Pokéathlon stats

Type effectiveness

Learnset

Hippowdon is available inScarlet and Violet Version 3.0.0+ andLegends Z-A.

Byleveling up

SV

ZA

ByTM

SV

Generation IX Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  TM001 TM001 Take Down Normal Physical 09090 085}}85% 20 TM005 TM005 Mud-Slap Ground Special 02020 100}}100% 10 TM007 TM007 Protect Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM008 TM008 Fire Fang Fire Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM009 TM009 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM010 TM010 Ice Fang Ice Physical 06565 095}}95% 15 TM025 TM025 Facade Normal Physical 07070 100}}100% 20 TM028 TM028 Bulldoze Ground Physical 06060 100}}100% 20 TM035 TM035 Mud Shot Ground Special 05555 095}}95% 15 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 095}}95% 15 TM047 TM047 Endure Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM049 TM049 Sunny Day Fire Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM051 TM051 Sandstorm Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM055 TM055 Dig Ground Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM066 TM066 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 100}}100% 15 TM070 TM070 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM084 TM084 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 07575 100}}100% 10 TM085 TM085 Rest Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 5 TM086 TM086 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 090}}90% 10 TM089 TM089 Body Press Fighting Physical 08080 100}}100% 10 TM099 TM099 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM103 TM103 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM108 TM108 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 100}}100% 15 TM116 TM116 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM117 TM117 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM121 TM121 Heavy Slam Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10 TM128 TM128 Amnesia Psychic Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM130 TM130 Helping Hand Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM133 TM133 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 100}}100% 10 TM149 TM149 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 100}}100% 10 TM150 TM150 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 080}}80% 5 TM152 TM152 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 090}}90% 5 TM163 TM163 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 090}}90% 5 TM171 TM171 Tera Blast Normal Special 08080 100}}100% 10 TM172 TM172 Roar Normal Status 0000— 00—}}—% 20 TM176 TM176 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 03535 085}}85% 15 TM186 TM186 High Horsepower Ground Physical 09595 095}}95% 10 TM204 TM204 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 100}}100% 15 TM209 TM209 Muddy Water Water Special 09090 085}}85% 10 TM215 TM215 Scorching Sands Ground Special 07070 100}}100% 10 TM224 TM224 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 00—}}—% 10 TM225 TM225 Hard Press Steel Physical 0000— 100}}100% 10

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Hippowdon Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Hippowdon Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

ZA

Generation IX Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   CD  TM005 TM005 Roar Normal Status 0000— 6 TM012 TM012 Rock Slide Rock Physical 07575 7 TM014 TM014 Fire Fang Fire Physical 06565 6 TM015 TM015 Ice Fang Ice Physical 06565 6 TM017 TM017 Protect Normal Status 0000— 15 TM021 TM021 Thunder Fang Electric Physical 06565 6 TM025 TM025 Crunch Dark Physical 08080 8 TM028 TM028 Dig Ground Physical 08080 12 TM033 TM033 Body Slam Normal Physical 08585 8 TM035 TM035 Endure Normal Status 0000— 12 TM036 TM036 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 06060 10 TM037 TM037 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0000— 10 TM044 TM044 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150150 20 TM052 TM052 Earth Power Ground Special 09090 8 TM055 TM055 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150150 20 TM056 TM056 Double-Edge Normal Physical 120120 10 TM058 TM058 Iron Head Steel Physical 08080 8 TM065 TM065 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100100 10 TM069 TM069 Earthquake Ground Physical 100100 10 TM071 TM071 Hyper Voice Normal Special 09090 8 TM085 TM085 Substitute Normal Status 0000— 10 TM091 TM091 Curse Ghost Status 0000— 15 TM094 TM094 Whirlwind Normal Status 0000— 7 TM109 TM109 Facade Normal Physical 07070 7 TM136 TM136 Scorching Sands Ground Special 07070 7 TM140 TM140 Muddy Water Water Special 09090 8 TM154 TM154 Fissure Ground Physical 250250 20

Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Hippowdon Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution or an alternate form of Hippowdon Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations

Bybreeding

Generation IX Other generations: IV - V - VI - VII - VIII

Parent   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Curse Ghost Status — —% 10 Spit Up Normal Special — 100% 10 Stockpile Normal Status — —% 20 Swallow Normal Status — —% 10 Whirlwind Normal Status — —% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must bechain bred onto Hippowdon Bold indicates a move that getsSTAB when used by Hippowdon Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an Evolution of Hippowdon Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations

By a priorEvolution

Side game data

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, andExplorers of Sky Body size: 1 Recruit rate: 8.2% IQ group: E
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Feed anApple to in a dungeon Connected to: None Connection Orb Set: None (♂) Phrases Normal I blast sand upward to create sandstorms! Low HP (< 50%) I…cannot blast sand…anymore…
Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon Body size: Standard (1 tile) How to Recruit: Raise theExpedition Rank to Platinum Connected to:Nidorina,Hippopotas (♀) Connection Orb Set: 3 (♀) Phrases Normal Sand showers make me beautiful! ♪ Low HP (< 50%) Oh no! Sand is flowing off my body… I can't keep my skin moistened…
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Group: Ground Poké Assist: Ground Field move: (Sand Fill ×-) Browser entryR-247 It triggerstremors and opensfissures in the ground. It also spits hunks of sand.
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs Group: Ground Poké Assist: (present) Ground Field move: (present) (Crush ×4) Poké Assist: (past) Ground Field move: (past) (Crush ×1) Browser entryR-284/N-104 It triggers tremors to attack.
Pokémon Rumble Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●			Pokémon Rumble Blast Attack ●●● Defense ●●●● Speed ●●●
Pokémon Rumble Rush Walking Speed: 1.11 seconds Base HP: 61 Base Attack: 80 Base Defense: 58 Base Speed: 60
Pokémon Battle Trozei Ground Attack Power: ★★★★★
Pokémon Shuffle Ground Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #192 Last-Ditch Effort Increases damage when things are looking desperate. Swappable Skill(s): Non Stop+			Pokémon Shuffle Ground Attack Power: 60 - 105 5 #192 Final Effort Deals a ton of damage when there are no more moves left.
Pokémon GO Base HP: 239 Base Attack: 201 Base Defense: 191 Egg Distance: N/A Buddy Distance: 3 km Evolution Requirement: N/A Fast Attacks:Fire Fang,Bite,Thunder Fang*,Ice Fang*,Sand Attack* Charged Attacks:Earthquake,Stone Edge,Body Slam,Earth Power,Weather Ball (Rock-type)*,Scorching Sands*,Frustration,Return
New Pokémon Snap Photodex entry #135 Have you ever seen a Hippowdon blast sand out of the ports of its body? It does that to make room for the fresh sand it'll swallow to keep itself healthy.

Evolution data

Unevolved Hippopotas  Ground

Level 34 →

First Evolution Hippowdon  Ground

Sprites

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IV.
Generation IV Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver Front Back Front Back Front Back
Generation V Black White Black 2 White 2 Front Back Front Back
Generation VI X Y Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Front Back Front Back
Generation VII Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon Front Back Front Back
Generation VIII Sword Shield Legends: Arceus
Cross-Generation HOME

For other sprites and images, please seeHippowdon images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

In animation

Major appearances

A male Hippowdon debuted inSleight of Sand!. He was the father of theHippopotas thatAsh andhis friends rescued inMass Hip-Po-Sis!, and re-encountered in the same episode.Dr. Namba chargedCassidy andButch with the job of obtaining a sample of the sand that Hippowdon shoots out.

InAn Elite Coverup!,Bertha used a male Hippowdon in abattle against Ash, where he was able to defeatTorterra. Hippowdon briefly appeared alongside Bertha during the ending credits ofZoroark: Master of Illusions.

Minor appearances

Multiple Hippowdon appeared inGiratina and the Sky Warrior.

InOne Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!,Jessie used a Hippowdon lent by thePokémon Summer Academy for the first leg of thePokémon Triathlon.

InWorking on a Right Move!, aTrainer's Hippowdon competed in theLily of the Valley Conference. It was defeated by another Trainer'sTangrowth.

Multiple Hippowdon appeared inHoopa and the Clash of Ages.

InVolcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, a Hippowdon was living at theNebel Plateau.

Pokédex entries

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

A Hippowdon appeared inP7-14, under the ownership of a man.

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

Multiple Hippowdon appeared inPDP16.

Pokémon Adventures

Awild male Hippowdon first appeared inBombastic Bibarel & Heroic Hippopotas, whereDr. Footstep set up a sticky carpet to collect his footprint, "finally" succeeding in extracting one from a Hippowdon. This, however, earned the ire of the Pokémon, which proceeded to send him and thethreeSinnohTrainers flying with hisSand Tomb. As a result, Diamond and Platinum landed in the outskirts ofLake Verity, away from Pearl and Footstep, and promptly had to face twoSuper Nerds hired byTeam Galactic to drive out intruders.

Bertha has a female Hippowdon that debuted inTackling Togekiss. It was used as transportation for Bertha, as well as to carry some books for her Trainer.

In the TCG

Main article:Hippowdon (TCG)

Trivia

• InPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, both Hippowdon andHippopotas have the same recruit rate, something rarely found with Pokémon of the same evolutionary line.
• Despite having notable gender differences, both Hippowdon and Hippopotas each have only one officialKen Sugimori artwork,Pokémon Global Link artwork, and menu icons (except for those ofPokémon Legends: Arceus), all of which depict the male variations.

Origin

Hippowdon is based on ahippopotamus. Because of the spouts upon its back that constantly spit sands, Hippowdon and its pre-evolved form may be based upon the legendaryBahamut as, in some accounts of the myths behind it, it is said to support a bed of sand and have the head of a hippo.

Name origin

Hippowdon may be a combination ofhippopotamus,power,powder (as in sand), orpow (onomatopoeia for a bodily hit), anddon (Spanish for lord) or-don (common suffix in extinct animal names derived from the Ancient Greek word for tooth).

Kabaldon may be a combination of 河馬kaba (hippopotamus) anddon.

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese カバルドンKabaldon From河馬kaba anddon French Hippodocus Fromhippopotame andDiplodocus Spanish Hippowdon Same as English name German Hippoterus Fromhippopotamus andterra Italian Hippowdon Same as English name Korean 하마돈Hamadon From하마hama anddon Mandarin Chinese 河馬獸 / 河马兽Hémǎshòu From河馬 / 河马hémǎ and獸 / 兽shòu Cantonese Chinese 河馬獸Hòhmáhsau From河馬hòhmáh and獸sau

More languages Hindi हिप्पोडॉनHippodon Similar to its English name Thai คาบัลดอนKhabandon Transcription of Japanese name

References

External links

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