#0565 · Unova · Generation 5 · fossil

Carracosta

Prototurtle Pokémon · Water/Rock-type

Carracosta is a Water/Rock-type Pokémon, the Prototurtle Pokémon, number 565 (#0565) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 81 kg.

Carracosta is the Prototurtle Pokémon, a Water and Rock fossil Pokémon whose jaws, the Pokédex says, can crunch through steel beams and rocks along with its prey. Its flipper slap is just as dangerous: the Pokédex claims one blow can punch a hole in a tanker's hull.

How to pronounce Carracosta

Carracosta is pronounced kair-uh-KOS-tuh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Carracosta said out loud:

In Japanese it is アバゴーラ (Abagoura).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Carracosta is a bipedal blue sea turtle with a pale blue belly. Deep blue rocky growths form a mask on its face and a shell over its back and sides. It has long flippers with black, finger-like tips, a thick tail and short, two-toed legs. It is 1.2 m tall and weighs 81 kg.

Behaviour

Carracosta hunts on land and in the sea. The Moon Pokédex says that when prey is on land, it hauls it into the water to finish the job, and the Shield entry adds that it is slower on land.

Habitat

Bulbapedia calls it extinct, though the Black Pokédex says it lived in both the ocean and on land. In Sword and Shield's Crown Tundra it wanders the Frigid Sea. It is not available in Scarlet and Violet or Legends: Z-A.

Diet

The Pokédex says it eats every last bit of its prey, bones and shells included, which keeps its shell thick, and that it could swallow Omastar and Omanyte whole.

Powers

Carracosta shares Tirtouga's Abilities: Solid Rock and Sturdy, with Swift Swim hidden. It learns Shell Smash, Aqua Jet, Crunch, Rock Slide and Hydro Pump. With 108 Attack and 133 Defense it hits hard behind its shell, but its Speed is only 32.

Name origin

Carracosta may combine 'carapace' with costa, Latin for 'rib', and may also involve costa as 'coast' and 'accost'. The Japanese name is Abagoura (アバゴーラ), which may blend abarabone ('rib'), kōra ('shell') and abareru ('to thrash').

Design inspiration

Carracosta shares Tirtouga's sea turtle basis. Its blue skin and dark grey shell match a leatherback's colours, and its steel-beam diet may nod to real sea turtles bending metal bars with their jaws. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Carracosta evolves from Tirtouga at level 37 and is the end of the line.

In the games

In Super Mystery Dungeon Carracosta is the stern but well-meaning guardian who adopted the partner Pokémon. In Black and White, where it debuted, the only way to get one is to evolve a revived Tirtouga.

In the anime

Carracosta debuted in a flashback in 'A Restoration Confrontation! Part 1', defending young Ferris and a Tirtouga from attacking Archen. In the next episode, that Tirtouga evolved into one.

Fun facts

• Of the Pokémon introduced in Generation V, Carracosta has the highest Attack among Water types (108) and the highest Defense among Rock types (133).
• In Pokémon Adventures, Costa the Tirtouga evolved into a Carracosta during Black's Gym battle with Brycen and went on to beat Brycen's Beartic.
• Before Generation VIII, the Tirtouga family's Hidden Ability could only be obtained through the Pokémon Dream World.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Carracosta (Pokémon) · Serebii: Carracosta (Sword/Shield Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 74
• Attack: 108
• Defense: 133
• Sp. Atk: 83
• Sp. Def: 65
• Speed: 32

Carracosta’s base stat total is 495. Its highest stat is Defense.

Type matchups

What is Carracosta weak to?

Carracosta takes extra damage from Grass (4×), Electric (2×), Fighting (2×), Ground (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (¼×), Normal (½×), Ice (½×), Poison (½×), Flying (½×).

Evolution

What does Carracosta evolve from?

Carracosta evolves from Tirtouga at level 37.

Carracosta is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Tirtouga, Carracosta.

Abilities

• Solid Rock: Decreases damage taken from super-effective moves by 1/4.
• Sturdy: Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.
• Swift Swim (hidden ability): Doubles Speed during rain.

Moves

Moves Carracosta learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (46)

Carracosta can learn 46 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Dig, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Icy Wind, Attract, Sandstorm, Rain Dance, Whirlpool, Facade, Dive, Rock Tomb, Mud Shot, Rock Blast, Brine, Guard Swap, Round, Bulldoze, Razor Shell, Body Slam, Hydro Pump, Surf, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Low Kick, Earthquake, Waterfall, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Iron Tail, Crunch, Superpower, Muddy Water, Iron Defense, Focus Blast, Earth Power, Zen Headbutt, Iron Head, Stone Edge, Stealth Rock, Scald, Liquidation.

Egg moves (6), which Tirtouga can hatch knowing:Block, Knock Off, Rock Throw, Rollout, Slam, Water Pulse.

Move tutor moves (1): Meteor Beam.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Water 1, Water 3.
• Egg cycles: 30 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,840).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Defense effort values.
• Base experience yield: 173.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon emerges from the water in search of prey despite the fact that it moves more slowly on land. (Shield)

Carracosta completely devours its prey—bones, shells, and all. Because of this, Carracosta's own shell grows thick and sturdy. (Sword)

Carracosta eats every last bit of the prey it catches, even the shells and bones, to further strengthen its sturdy shell. (Ultra Moon)

Its jaws are terrifyingly powerful. It could eat Omastar and Omanyte whole and not be bothered in the slightest by their shells. (Ultra Sun)

Active both on land and in the sea, this Pokémon drags its land-based prey into the water to finish it off. (Moon)

It constructed its sturdy shell by crunching and swallowing the hard shells or bones of its prey. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Attack among Water types in Gen 5: 108.
• Highest Defense among Water types in Gen 5: 133.
• Highest Defense among Rock types in Gen 5: 133.
• Taller than 58% of all Pokémon (1.2 m).
• Heavier than 78% of all Pokémon (81 kg).
• Base stat total 495, ranked #317 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Defense, ranked #33 of 1,025.
• One of 11 Pokémon that are both Water and Rock.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 72 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 63 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 9 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: Carracosta (Pokémon), Serebii: Carracosta (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (kair-uh-KOS-tuh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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