#0845 · Galar · Generation 8

Cramorant

Gulp Pokémon · Flying/Water-type

Cramorant is a Flying/Water-type Pokémon, the Gulp Pokémon, number 845 (#0845) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.8 m tall and weighs 18 kg.

Cramorant is the Gulp Pokémon, a greedy Flying and Water bird that swallows prey whole. Sometimes it swallows the wrong thing, and then a Pikachu or Arrokuda stuck in its throat becomes ammunition.

How to pronounce Cramorant

Cramorant is pronounced KRAM-er-unt. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Cramorant said out loud:

In Japanese it is ウッウ (Uu).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Cramorant is a blue seabird, 0.8 m tall and 18 kg, with big round green eyes, a long thin yellow beak, a grey bib of ruffled feathers and wings held permanently out to its sides. The Pokédex says it instinctively swallows everything whole, and that it is at its most formidable when struggling with a mouthful too big for it.

Behaviour

The Violet Pokédex calls Cramorant an "incredibly poor learner" that spends as little energy on thinking as it can, and the Sword entry says it may forget mid-battle what it is fighting. The Scarlet entry adds that even with a Pikachu wedged in its throat, it does nothing to let go.

Habitat

The Pokédex says it hunts for food along riverbanks; Serebii lists rocky, grass, river and lake biomes in Kitakami. Scarlet and Violet have no wild ones in Paldea: Scarlet has them in Kitakami (The Teal Mask), while Violet players use Tera Raid searches or a trade. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

Arrokuda, which it swallows whole without a thought, according to the Pokédex.

Powers

Its only Ability is Gulp Missile, which no other Pokémon has. Using Surf or Dive with more than half its HP left brings Cramorant up in Gulping Form, an Arrokuda lodged in its beak; at half HP or less it surfaces in Gorging Form with a Pikachu. When a damaging move hits it, it spits the catch at the attacker for damage equal to a quarter of their maximum HP, then lowers their Defense (Arrokuda) or paralyses them (Pikachu). Its best base stat is Special Defense at 95.

Name origin

Cramorant may combine 'cram' and 'cormorant', the diving seabird. The Japanese name Uu (ウッウ) may combine a choking sound with u (鵜, 'cormorant'), and it is a palindrome.

Design inspiration

Cramorant may be based on two seabirds common around the British Isles, which inspired Galar: the cormorant and the fulmar, which vomits in defence to turn predators away. These are fan readings.

In the games

Cramorant lives on Route 9 and in Bridge Field in Sword and Shield, where it debuted. In Scarlet and Violet it appears in 4-star Tera Raid Battles in Kitakami.

In the anime

Cramorant appeared in every form in the film 'Secrets of the Jungle'. In 'Just a Scone's Throw From Here!', James wins one from the Rocket Prize Master, and it uses an Arrokuda against Goh's Pokémon.

Fun facts

• The Arrokuda and Pikachu in its beak are never Shiny, Bulbapedia notes.
• Gulping Form and Gorging Form have no change animation: Cramorant simply appears carrying its catch once the move animation ends.
• Bulbapedia suggests its orange Shiny colour may be inspired by UK news stories of seagulls that turned orange after falling into curry sauce.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Cramorant (Pokémon) · Serebii: Cramorant (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 70
• Attack: 85
• Defense: 55
• Sp. Atk: 85
• Sp. Def: 95
• Speed: 85

Cramorant’s base stat total is 475. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Cramorant weak to?

Cramorant takes extra damage from Electric (4×), Rock (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Fighting (½×), Bug (½×), Steel (½×).

It is immune to Ground moves.

Evolution

Cramorant does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Gulping Cramorant (Battle form): Flying/Water-type, base stat total 475 (HP 70, Attack 85, Defense 55, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 95, Speed 85). Ability: Gulp Missile.
• Gorging Cramorant (Battle form): Flying/Water-type, base stat total 475 (HP 70, Attack 85, Defense 55, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 95, Speed 85). Ability: Gulp Missile.

Abilities

• Gulp Missile: If a Cramorant with Gulp Missile uses Surf or Dive, it catches prey and changes its form depending on its remaining HP.

Moves

Moves Cramorant learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (39)

Cramorant can learn 39 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Protect, Water Pulse, Acrobatics, Thief, Pounce, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Icy Wind, Air Cutter, Endure, Rain Dance, Air Slash, Sleep Talk, Rest, Fly, Substitute, Liquidation, Tailwind, Surf, Amnesia, Reversal, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Giga Impact, Hurricane, Hyper Beam, Brave Bird, Tera Blast, Uproar, Weather Ball, Dual Wingbeat, Endeavor, Whirlpool, Feather Dance, Throat Chop.

Egg moves (7):Aerial Ace, Aqua Cutter, Aqua Ring, Belch, Defog, Feather Dance, Roost.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Water 1, Flying.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• 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 Sp. Def effort values.
• Base experience yield: 166.

Pokédex entries

This hungry Pokémon swallows Arrokuda whole. Occasionally, it makes a mistake and tries to swallow a Pokémon other than its preferred prey. (Shield)

It's so strong that it can knock out some opponents in a single hit, but it also may forget what it's battling midfight. (Sword)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Def among Water types in Gen 8: 95.
• Highest Sp. Def among Flying types in Gen 8: 95.
• Taller than 39% of all Pokémon (0.8 m).
• Heavier than 39% of all Pokémon (18 kg).
• Base stat total 475, ranked #431 of 1,025.
• One of 8 Pokémon that are both Flying and Water.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 36 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
• Can learn 54 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 2 alternate forms.
• 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: Cramorant (Pokémon), Serebii: Cramorant (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (KRAM-er-unt): 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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