Brute Bonnet
Brute Bonnet is a Grass/Dark-type Pokémon, the Paradox Pokémon, number 986 (#0986) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 21 kg.
Brute Bonnet is a Paradox Pokémon that the Violet Pokédex says only slightly resembles a creature a dubious magazine called a dinosaur-mushroom hybrid. Its caps resemble Poké Balls, which is odd for a creature supposedly from the distant past.
How to pronounce Brute Bonnet
Brute Bonnet is pronounced BROOT BON-it. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Brute Bonnet said out loud:
In Japanese it is アラブルタケ (Araburutake).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Brute Bonnet looks like a mushroom on four stumpy brown legs, with big caps on its head and arms, a jagged pink mouth and a tail. Its head cap is spiked, with what looks like green moss beneath it. It is 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) tall and weighs 21 kg (46.3 lb).
Behaviour
The in-game magazine, as Bulbapedia summarises it, calls Brute Bonnet a bizarre mix of dinosaur and Amoonguss, and says its large size and low intelligence make it a savage fighter. The Scarlet Pokédex says the Brute Bonnet that a certain book lists might really have been this Pokémon.
Habitat
The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet it is found in Area Zero, and Violet players get one by trading with Scarlet.
Powers
Its only Ability is Protosynthesis, which raises its highest stat in harsh sunlight or when it holds Booster Energy. Its highest stat is Attack at 127, so that is what gets the boost. It hits with Sucker Punch, Thrash and Payback, drains health with Giga Drain, heals with Synthesis, and puts foes to sleep with Spore. It can also redirect attacks with Rage Powder. With 111 base HP and 127 Attack it is a hard-hitting bruiser.
Name origin
Brute Bonnet is literally a brute bonnet. 'Bonnet' can mean a hat, and the common bonnet is also a mushroom species. The Japanese name is Araburutake (アラブルタケ), from araburu ('savage') and take ('mushroom').
Design inspiration
Brute Bonnet is built from Amoonguss and a dinosaur. Bulbapedia suggests it may also draw on Syzygites megalocarpus, a parasitic mould that grows on mushrooms. The idea of a dinosaur-fungus cross may nod to the FIMS hypothesis, which proposes that a fungal bloom after the mass extinction hit dinosaurs harder than mammals. These are fan readings.
In the games
Brute Bonnet is one of the ancient Paradox Pokémon of Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A. It was a featured Tera Raid Battle spotlight alongside Iron Hands from 22 to 24 March 2024.
Fun facts
- With the Toedscool line, Bulbapedia notes, it continues a pattern of odd-numbered generations adding fungus Pokémon, after Paras, Shroomish, Foongus and Morelull.
- Its base HP of 111 is the highest of any Grass type in Generation IX.
- A CoroCoro Brute Bonnet was given out online from 15 January to 14 March 2024.
Base stats
- HP: 111
- Attack: 127
- Defense: 99
- Sp. Atk: 79
- Sp. Def: 99
- Speed: 55
Brute Bonnet’s base stat total is 570. Its highest stat is Attack.
Type matchups
What is Brute Bonnet weak to?
Brute Bonnet takes extra damage from Bug (4×), Fire (2×), Ice (2×), Fighting (2×), Poison (2×), Flying (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.
It resists Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×), Ground (½×), Ghost (½×), Dark (½×).
It is immune to Psychic moves.
Evolution
Brute Bonnet does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.
Abilities
- Protosynthesis: Raises highest stat in harsh sunlight, or if holding Booster Energy.
Moves
Moves Brute Bonnet learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 |
| 1 | Growth | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 |
| 7 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — |
| 14 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 |
| 21 | Synthesis | Grass | Status | — |
| 28 | Clear Smog | Poison | Special | 50 |
| 35 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 |
| 42 | Thrash | Normal | Physical | 120 |
| 49 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 |
| 56 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 |
| 63 | Spore | Grass | Status | — |
| 70 | Ingrain | Grass | Status | — |
| 77 | Rage Powder | Bug | Status | — |
| 91 | Solar Beam | Grass | Special | 120 |
TM moves (38)
Brute Bonnet can learn 38 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Scary Face, Protect, Confuse Ray, Thief, Trailblaze, Facade, Hex, Magical Leaf, Venoshock, Endure, Sunny Day, Bullet Seed, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Grass Knot, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Taunt, Body Press, Dark Pulse, Substitute, Crunch, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, Pollen Puff, Earth Power, Grassy Terrain, Giga Impact, Outrage, Leaf Storm, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Lash Out, Double-Edge.
Egg moves (1):Sunny Day.
Breeding & training
- Gender: genderless.
- Egg groups: Undiscovered.
- Egg cycles: 50 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 6,400).
- Catch rate: 50 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
- Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
- Base experience yield: 285.
Pokédex entries
It bears a slight resemblance to a Pokémon described in a dubious magazine as a cross between a dinosaur and a mushroom. (Violet)
It is possible that the creature listed as Brute Bonnet in a certain book could actually be this Pokémon. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | アラブルタケ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Araburutake |
| French | Fongus-Furie |
| German | Wutpilz |
| Spanish | Furioseta |
| Italian | Fungofurioso |
| Korean | 사나운버섯 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 猛恶菇 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 猛惡菇 |
Trivia
- Highest HP among Grass types in Gen 9: 111.
- Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
- Heavier than 43% of all Pokémon (21 kg).
- Base stat total 570, ranked #93 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is HP, ranked #52 of 1,025.
- One of 7 Pokémon that are both Grass and Dark.
- One of 107 gray Pokémon.
- Number 81 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Can learn 51 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 50: about 6.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Brute Bonnet (Pokémon), Serebii: Brute Bonnet (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex), Bulbapedia: Protosynthesis (Ability).
- Pronunciation (BROOT BON-it): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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