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Swellow

Details


Type	Normal Flying
Abilities	Guts
Hidden Ability	Scrappy
Catch rate	45
EV yield	2 Speed
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Medium Slow
Behavior	Timid 80%, Passive 0%, Aggressive 20%

Base stats

HP	60
Attack	85
Defense	60
Sp. Atk	75
Sp. Def	50
Speed	125
Total	455

Weak to (2x)

Ice

Resists (1/2x)

Immune (0x)

Area	Time	Location	Levels	Rarity
Forest and flower forest, Birch forest biomes, Dark forest	Day	Land and grass blocks, Air (flying)	25 to 35	8.0

Times follow Minecraft ticks; morning is ticks 0 to 6,000, day 0 to 12,000, night 13,000 to 23,000.

Rarity is the spawn weight among all Pokemon that pass conditions in that biome at that moment.

Wild odds: shiny 1 in 8,000 (event and donor boosts apply), ghost palette 1 in 80,000 (boosted at night and in graveyards). Type zone odds: shiny 1 in 15,000, ghost 1 in 80,000, Zone Boss tier 1 in 250.

Other encounter methods

Also encountered by: Headbutt on trees.

Catching Type Zones (Skill World)

Zone	Weight	Levels
Flying Flying Type Zone	1.52	From level 22, scales with your Catching level (cap 80)
Normal Normal Type Zone	0.96	From level 22, scales with your Catching level (cap 80)

Story region encounters

Hoenn (1 area)

Area	Encounter chance	Level
Route 115 1	10% of walk encounters	24

Other appearances

Evolution: evolve a Taillow at level 22.
Outbreaks: eligible for public outbreaks in its spawn biomes, and for personal outbreaks started with Poke Dust in /pokebuilder.
Hunts: can be rolled as a target on the /hunts board.
PvM: summoned as a bodyguard by the Air Wizard in the PvM worlds.
Plushies: has a collectible plushie in the Plushie Dex (region boxes, generations 1 to 5).
Trainers: appears on NPC trainer teams.
WonderTrade and the Grand Exchange: player-traded specimens circulate regularly.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Drops

Drop	Chance	Quantity
Feather	100%	1 to 3
Egg	50%	1 to 2
Muscle Feather	30%	1
Flying Gem	10%	1

Poke Dust: defeating or catching one grants 2 dust, rolled 50/50 between Normal Dust and Flying Dust. Battle combos give up to a 100% chance to double defeat drops. Dungeon Bosses, Pixelmon Bosses, raid Pokemon, and Boss Zone spawns drop no dust.

Wild held items: None

Breeding and leveling

Egg groups: Flying. Egg cycles: 16. Experience group: Medium Slow.

Breed two compatible Pokemon from the Flying egg group (or use a Ditto). Eggs hatch into Taillow. Egg moves are listed in the breeding move table below.

Read the full breeding guide

Moves

By level

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95%	15
1	Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120	100%	15
1	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	-	-	30
1	Growl	Normal	Status	-	100%	40
1	Peck	Flying	Physical	35	100%	35
1	Pluck	Flying	Physical	60	100%	20
1	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100%	30
5	Focus Energy	Normal	Status	-	-	30
9	Quick Attack	Normal	Physical	40	100%	30
13	Wing Attack	Flying	Physical	60	100%	35
17	Double Team	Normal	Status	-	-	15
21	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	-	20
27	Quick Guard	Fighting	Status	-	-	15
33	Agility	Psychic	Status	-	-	30
39	Air Slash	Flying	Special	75	95%	15
45	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	-	100%	5
51	Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120	100%	15
57	Reversal	Fighting	Physical	-	100%	15

By move tutor

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Defog	Flying	Status	-	-	15
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	-	100%	5
Heat Wave	Fire	Special	95	90%	10
Laser Focus	Normal	Status	-	-	30
Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	140	90%	5
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
Tailwind	Flying	Status	-	-	15

By breeding

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Boomburst	Normal	Special	140	100%	10
Brave Bird	Flying	Physical	120	100%	15
Defog	Flying	Status	-	-	15
Hurricane	Flying	Special	110	70%	10
Mirror Move	Flying	Status	-	-	20
Pursuit	Dark	Physical	40	100%	20
Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100%	20
Refresh	Normal	Status	-	-	20
Roost	Flying	Status	-	-	5
Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	140	90%	5
Steel Wing	Steel	Physical	70	90%	25
Supersonic	Normal	Status	-	55%	20
Whirlwind	Normal	Status	-	-	20

By transfer (14 moves)

Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Air Cutter	Flying	Special	60	95%	25
Baton Pass	Normal	Status	-	-	40
Captivate	Normal	Status	-	100%	20
Counter	Fighting	Physical	-	100%	20
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15
Endure	Normal	Status	-	-	10
Feather Dance	Flying	Status	-	-	15
Mimic	Normal	Status	-	-	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10
Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	-	100%	15
Ominous Wind	Ghost	Special	60	100%	5
Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
Swift	Normal	Special	60	-	20
Twister	Dragon	Special	40	100%	20

Shadow Swellow

Details


Type	Normal Flying
Abilities	Guts
Hidden Ability	Scrappy
Catch rate	45
EV yield	2 Speed
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Medium Slow
Behavior	Timid 80%, Passive 0%, Aggressive 20%
Level cap	100

Base stats

HP	60
Attack	92
Defense	60
Sp. Atk	81
Sp. Def	50
Speed	125
Total	468

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Ice

Resists (1/2x)

Immune (0x)

Shadow moves used by Shadow Pokemon have their own effectiveness rules against normal Pokemon.

How to obtain

Shadow Pokemon do not spawn in the wild. Ways to get a Shadow Swellow:

Cloning Machine: any owned Swellow (except Mew and Ditto species-wide) can be made Shadow, with success up to 99% when the machine is boosted with netherite blocks.

Random shadow encounters: trial chamber vaults have a 15% chance (30% for ominous vaults) to release a catchable wild Shadow Pokemon of a random species at levels 60 to 80, and village trainers under a Bad Omen have a 30% chance to carry a snaggable Shadow Pokemon.

Shadow Pokemon use only shadow moves until purified at the purification shrine or with a Time Flute. Purifying returns this form to normal.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Shadow Moves

Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Shadow Sky	Mystery	Status	-	100%	100
1	Shadow Fury	Mystery	Physical	40	95%	100
1	Shadow Recede	Mystery	Physical	60	100%	100
1	Shadow Mist	Mystery	Status	-	100%	100

Shadow Pokemon use only their Shadow Moves until purified. TMs and TRs cannot be used on them.

Corrupt Swellow

Details


Type	Normal Flying
Abilities	Guts
Hidden Ability	Scrappy
Catch rate	45
EV yield	2 Speed
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Medium Slow
Behavior	Timid 80%, Passive 0%, Aggressive 20%
Level cap	120

Base stats

HP	60
Attack	98
Defense	60
Sp. Atk	86
Sp. Def	50
Speed	144
Total	498

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Ice

Resists (1/2x)

Immune (0x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading a Shadow Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 60% success). A failed attempt resets the Pokemon back to normal.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.

Void Swellow

Details


Type	Normal Flying
Abilities	Guts
Hidden Ability	Scrappy
Catch rate	45
EV yield	2 Speed
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Medium Slow
Behavior	Timid 80%, Passive 0%, Aggressive 20%
Level cap	150

Base stats

HP	75
Attack	106
Defense	75
Sp. Atk	94
Sp. Def	63
Speed	156
Total	569

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Ice

Resists (1/2x)

Immune (0x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading a Corrupt Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 36% success). A failed attempt drops the Pokemon back to Shadow.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.

Abyss Swellow

Details


Type	Normal Flying
Abilities	Guts
Hidden Ability	Scrappy
Catch rate	45
EV yield	2 Speed
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Medium Slow
Behavior	Timid 80%, Passive 0%, Aggressive 20%
Level cap	200

Base stats

HP	90
Attack	128
Defense	90
Sp. Atk	113
Sp. Def	75
Speed	188
Total	684

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Ice

Resists (1/2x)

Immune (0x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading a Void Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 18% success). A failed attempt keeps the current tier.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.

Eternal Swellow

Details


Type	Normal Flying
Abilities	Guts
Hidden Ability	Scrappy
Catch rate	45
EV yield	2 Speed
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Medium Slow
Behavior	Timid 80%, Passive 0%, Aggressive 20%
Level cap	400

Base stats

HP	120
Attack	170
Defense	120
Sp. Atk	150
Sp. Def	100
Speed	250
Total	910

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Ice

Resists (1/2x)

Immune (0x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading an Abyss Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 12% success). A failed attempt keeps the current tier.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.

Infinity Swellow

Details


Type	Normal Flying
Abilities	Guts
Hidden Ability	Scrappy
Catch rate	45
EV yield	2 Speed
Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female
Egg Groups	Flying
Egg cycles	16
Experience group	Medium Slow
Behavior	Timid 80%, Passive 0%, Aggressive 20%
Level cap	1000

Base stats

HP	180
Attack	255
Defense	180
Sp. Atk	225
Sp. Def	150
Speed	375
Total	1365

Solid bars are the normal base stats; the animated segment is everything this tier adds on top.

Weak to (2x)

Ice

Resists (1/2x)

Immune (0x)

How to obtain

Created only by upgrading an Eternal Pokemon in the Cloning Machine (up to 3% success). A failed attempt keeps the current tier, with a 1 in 1,000 chance the Pokemon is lost entirely.

Palettes

	Palette	How it appears
	Ghost	1 in 80,000 roll, boosted at night and in graveyards.
	None	Standard wild appearance.
	Shiny	1 in 8,000 wild roll (1 in 15,000 in type zones); donor rank and events improve it.
	Spirit	Spirit palette, a rare special appearance.

Moves

Uses the same moveset as the base form. TMs and TRs cannot be used on tiered Pokemon.