#0050 · Kanto · Generation 1

Diglett

Mole Pokémon · Ground-type

Diglett is a Ground-type Pokémon, the Mole Pokémon, number 50 (#0050) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 0.2 m tall and weighs 0.8 kg.

Diglett is the Mole Pokémon, a tiny burrower that ploughs farmers' fields for free: wherever it tunnels, the soil is left perfectly tilled. Some farmers cherish it for that, and others call it a pest.

How to pronounce Diglett

Diglett is pronounced DIG-lit. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Diglett said out loud:

In Japanese it is ディグダ (Digda).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Diglett is a brown mole 0.2 m tall and 0.8 kg, with beady black eyes and a big round pink nose that is usually all you see of it. Its skin is so thin that, the Pokédex says, sunlight heats its blood and leaves it weak.

Behaviour

The Pokédex says it comes out only after dark, and Pokémon Sleep counts a Diglett asleep above ground as good luck. The Ultra Moon Pokédex says farmers plant its favourite trees so it keeps ploughing their fields.

Habitat

The Pokédex lists it as a cave Pokémon that digs its own tunnels about 1 m (a yard) down, and Bulbapedia says it sometimes uses burrows left by Onix.

Diet

The Pokédex says plant roots and tree roots; Bulbapedia adds vegetables.

Powers

Its Abilities are Sand Veil, Arena Trap (foes cannot flee or switch unless they are Flying-type or airborne) and the hidden Sand Force. With 95 base Speed but only 10 base HP, it hits early with Dig or the one-hit knockout Fissure and falls fast. Alolan Diglett is Ground and Steel, with three gold whiskers that sense its surroundings and show its mood, and it has Tangling Hair instead of Arena Trap.

Name origin

Diglett may combine 'dig' with the small-size suffix -let. The Japanese name is Digda (ディグダ), from 'dig', which Bulbapedia says also nods to the 1982 arcade game Dig Dug.

Design inspiration

Shigeki Morimoto designed Diglett and says he made it up as a small child. It appears to be based on the mole in Whac-A-Mole arcade games, and its full-health line in Mystery Dungeon begs not to be whacked. Alolan Diglett's whiskers might come from Pele's hair, thin strands of Hawaiian volcanic glass.

Evolution notes

Diglett evolves into Dugtrio at level 26, as does Alolan Diglett into Alolan Dugtrio.

In the games

A side quest in Sword and Shield's Isle of Armor asks you to find 150 Alolan Diglett. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild in Paldea, with the Alolan form in The Indigo Disk, but Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Diglett debuted in 'Dig Those Diglett!', where a colony bothered a dam crew while planting trees. Goh caught one from a crop-eating pack in 'How Are You Gonna Keep 'Em Off of the Farm?'.

Fun facts

• In Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, finding 40 Diglett in the Grand Underground (a Dugtrio counts as 3) briefly doubles the Shiny chance in Hideaways, from 1 in 4,096 to 1 in 2,048.
• A letter in Red and Blue Rescue Team counts the question of whether Diglett has feet among the seven mysteries of the Pokémon world.
• According to Bulbapedia, Diglett and Dugtrio are unique in having both regional forms and convergent counterparts, Paldea's Wiglett and Wugtrio.

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

Base stats

• HP: 10
• Attack: 55
• Defense: 25
• Sp. Atk: 35
• Sp. Def: 45
• Speed: 95

Diglett’s base stat total is 265. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Diglett weak to?

Diglett takes extra damage from Water (2×), Grass (2×), Ice (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (½×), Rock (½×).

It is immune to Electric moves.

Evolution

How does Diglett evolve?

Diglett evolves into Dugtrio (Level 26; Alolan Diglett: Level 26).

The whole family: Diglett, Dugtrio.

Forms

• Alolan Diglett (Alolan form): Ground/Steel-type, base stat total 265 (HP 10, Attack 55, Defense 30, Sp. Atk 35, Sp. Def 45, Speed 90). Abilities: Sand Veil, Tangling Hair, Sand Force (hidden).

Abilities

• Sand Veil: Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
• Arena Trap: Prevents opponents from fleeing or switching out. Eluded by Flying-types and Pokémon in the air.
• Sand Force (hidden ability): Strengthens Rock, Ground, and Steel moves to 1.3× their power during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Moves

Moves Diglett learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (40)

Diglett can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Agility, Mud-Slap, Protect, Thief, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Endure, Sunny Day, Sandstorm, Dig, Shadow Claw, Foul Play, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Rock Blast, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Substitute, Stealth Rock, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Reversal, Sludge Bomb, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Tera Blast, Sand Tomb, Smack Down, Uproar, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Scorching Sands, Throat Chop, Curse.

Egg moves (5):Ancient Power, Final Gambit, Headbutt, Hone Claws, Memento.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 255 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Speed effort value.
• Base experience yield: 53.

Pokédex entries

It burrows through the ground at a shallow depth. It leaves raised earth in its wake, making it easy to spot. (FireRed, Shield)

If a Diglett Digs through a field, it leaves the soil perfectly tilled and ideal for planting crops. (Silver, SoulSilver, Sword)

It prefers dark places. It spends most of its time underground, though it may pop up in caves. (Yellow, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

Around their crops, farmers plant the kind of tree that Diglett like to eat as a way of getting Diglett to plow the fields for them. (Ultra Moon)

It travels through tunnels that it digs underground. It hates sunlight, so it comes out only after the sun goes down. (Ultra Sun)

Many farmers cherish and nurture Diglett because its droppings enrich the soil it lives in. (Moon)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Ground type: 0.8 kg.
• Shortest Ground type: 0.2 m.
• Shortest Pokémon in Gen 1: 0.2 m.
• Lightest Ground type in Gen 1: 0.8 kg.
• Shortest Ground type in Gen 1: 0.2 m.
• Lowest base stat total among Ground types in Gen 1: 265.
• Taller than 1% of all Pokémon (0.2 m).
• Heavier than 3% of all Pokémon (0.8 kg).
• Base stat total 265, ranked #946 of 1,025.
• One of 75 Ground-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 50 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 52 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 13 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: Diglett (Pokémon), Serebii: Diglett (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (DIG-lit): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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