Sandygast - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Sandygast can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Sandygast artwork by Ken Sugimori

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In other generations
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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Sandygast learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
1	Absorb	Grass	20	100
1	Harden	Normal	—	—
5	Astonish	Ghost	30	100
10	Sand Tomb	Ground	35	85
15	Mega Drain	Grass	40	100
20	Sand Attack	Ground	—	100
25	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
30	Hypnosis	Psychic	—	60
35	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
40	Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
45	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
50	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
55	Shore Up	Ground	—	—
60	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—

Egg moves

Sandygast learns the following moves via breeding or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Ancient Power	Rock	60	100
Curse	Ghost	—	—
Destiny Bond	Ghost	—	—
Spit Up	Normal	—	100
Stockpile	Normal	—	—
Swallow	Normal	—	—

Moves learnt by TM

Sandygast is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
05	Mud-Slap	Ground	20	100
06	Scary Face	Normal	—	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
17	Confuse Ray	Ghost	—	100
22	Chilling Water	Water	50	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
28	Bulldoze	Ground	60	100
29	Hex	Ghost	65	100
35	Mud Shot	Ground	55	95
36	Rock Tomb	Rock	60	95
42	Night Shade	Ghost	—	100
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
51	Sandstorm	Rock	—	—
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
86	Rock Slide	Rock	75	90
92	Imprison	Psychic	—	—
93	Flash Cannon	Steel	80	100
98	Skill Swap	Psychic	—	—
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
104	Iron Defense	Steel	—	—
109	Trick	Psychic	—	100
111	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
116	Stealth Rock	Rock	—	—
119	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
120	Psychic	Psychic	90	100
128	Amnesia	Psychic	—	—
133	Earth Power	Ground	90	100
148	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
149	Earthquake	Ground	100	100
150	Stone Edge	Rock	100	80
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100
176	Sand Tomb	Ground	35	85
177	Spite	Ghost	—	100
178	Gravity	Psychic	—	—
198	Poltergeist	Ghost	110	90
202	Pain Split	Normal	—	—
215	Scorching Sands	Ground	70	100
224	Curse	Ghost	—	—

Sandygast egg move parents

In other generations
7
8
9

Sandygast

Sandygast's egg groups: Amorphous

The egg moves for Sandygast are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Sandygast with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Sandygast with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Ancient Power

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Slugma Magcargo Shellos Gastrodon
Breeding	Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Ancient Power

Curse

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Spiritomb Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Pincurchin
TM	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Misdreavus Slugma Magcargo Gulpin Swalot Shuppet Banette Duskull Dusclops Chimecho Shellos Gastrodon Drifloon Drifblim Mismagius Spiritomb Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu Pincurchin Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Misdreavus Slugma Gulpin Swalot Shellos Gastrodon Mismagius Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Curse

Destiny Bond

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Drifloon Drifblim Dusknoir Phantump Trevenant
Breeding	Misdreavus Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Gulpin Swalot Shuppet Banette Mismagius Spiritomb Gallade Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Destiny Bond

Spit Up

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Spit Up

Stockpile

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Slugma Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Stockpile

Swallow

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gulpin Swalot Drifloon Drifblim
Breeding	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Koffing Shellos Gastrodon Sandygast Palossand
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Swallow