#0982 · Paldea · Generation 9

Dudunsparce

Land Snake Pokémon · Normal-type

Dudunsparce is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Land Snake Pokémon, number 982 (#0982) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 3.6 m tall and weighs 39.2 kg.

Dudunsparce is Dunsparce with extra winged segments and a nest the Pokédex says can run for more than 10 km (6 miles). A very rare Three-Segment Form exists.

How to pronounce Dudunsparce

Dudunsparce is pronounced doo-DUN-spars. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Dudunsparce said out loud:

In Japanese it is ノココッチ (Nokokocchi).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Dudunsparce looks like Dunsparce, with the same yellow body and stripes, but its eyes are partly open, its chin has three prongs and its first segment has a dark blue spiral underneath. It is 3.6 m long and 39.2 kg in Two-Segment Form, and 4.5 m and 47.4 kg in Three-Segment Form. A Violet Pokédex entry for the Three-Segment Form says genes decide how many segments it has, and each segment has its own wings and stripes.

Behaviour

The Scarlet Pokédex says Dudunsparce bores holes into bedrock with its hard tail to make a nest. The Violet Pokédex says it drives enemies out by filling its long, narrow lungs with air and releasing it in an intense blast. A second Scarlet entry, which Bulbapedia files under the Three-Segment Form, calls it gentle: it carries visitors that stray into its nest to the entrance on its back.

Habitat

The Pokédex places its nests deep underground, in bedrock. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in Area Zero.

Powers

Its Abilities are Serene Grace and Run Away, with Rattled hidden. It keeps Hyper Drill from Dunsparce and adds Hurricane and Boomburst. The two forms differ in play only by size, and wild ones, Tera Raid ones included, are always Two-Segment Form. Base HP 125 and Attack 100 make it a bulky physical attacker.

Name origin

Dudunsparce may repeat part of 'Dunsparce' and echo 'redundant', since it looks like Dunsparce repeated; 'double' or 'dud' may also be in there. The Japanese name is Nokokocchi (ノココッチ), which repeats part of Nokocchi in the same way.

Design inspiration

Bulbapedia sees the same tsuchinoko roots as Dunsparce. Its extra winged segments resemble the ultrabithorax mutation in fruit flies, which grows a second thorax with its own wings. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Dunsparce evolves into it by levelling up while knowing Hyper Drill. Before Generation IX, Dunsparce had no evolution at all.

In the games

Dudunsparce is found in Area Zero in Scarlet and Violet, where it debuted. It also appears in 4-star Tera Raids, and The Teal Mask places it at Chilling Waterhead, Oni Mountain and Timeless Woods. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Larry's Two-Segment Form Dudunsparce debuted in 'Dance, Quaxly! The Blue Medali Step!', where it paralysed Dot's Quaxly with Glare in a Tera Training battle before being swapped out. A wild one also lives in Area Zero in 'Total-lie Awesome Pokémon in Area Zero?!', both in Pokémon Horizons.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says no Normal type is taller than Three-Segment Form Dudunsparce.
• Its cry is Dunsparce's cry pitched down, with part of it repeated several times.
• Stripes and wing feathers are counted per segment: two of each on the first segment of Two-Segment Form, one on the second, and three on the extra segment of Three-Segment Form.

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

Base stats

• HP: 125
• Attack: 100
• Defense: 80
• Sp. Atk: 85
• Sp. Def: 75
• Speed: 55

Dudunsparce’s base stat total is 520. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Dudunsparce weak to?

Dudunsparce takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

What does Dudunsparce evolve from?

Dudunsparce evolves from Dunsparce (Level up, knowing Hyper Drill, 99% chance or Level up, knowing Hyper Drill, 1% chance).

Dudunsparce is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Dunsparce, Dudunsparce.

Forms

• Three-Segment Form Dudunsparce (Forme): Normal-type, base stat total 520 (HP 125, Attack 100, Defense 80, Sp. Atk 85, Sp. Def 75, Speed 55). Abilities: Serene Grace, Run Away, Rattled (hidden).

Abilities

• Serene Grace: Doubles the chance of moves' extra effects occurring.
• Run Away: Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.
• Rattled (hidden ability): Raises Speed one stage upon being hit by a Dark, Ghost, or Bug move.

Moves

Moves Dudunsparce learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (74)

Dudunsparce can learn 74 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Agility, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Thief, Pounce, Chilling Water, Facade, Poison Tail, Bulldoze, Hex, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Stored Power, Dragon Tail, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Smart Strike, Dig, Zen Headbutt, Air Slash, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Poison Jab, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Substitute, Drill Run, Tailwind, Shadow Ball, Stealth Rock, Hyper Voice, Heavy Slam, Ice Spinner, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Amnesia, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Baton Pass, Earth Power, Ice Beam, Fire Blast, Blizzard, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Outrage, Hurricane, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Toxic, Spite, Gyro Ball, Lunge, Uproar, Dual Wingbeat, Scale Shot, Pain Split, Psych Up, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Skitter Smack, Throat Chop, Breaking Swipe, Curse.

Egg moves (6), which Dunsparce can hatch knowing:Aqua Tail, Astonish, Bite, Curse, Headbutt, Last Resort.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• 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 HP effort values.
• Base experience yield: 182.

Pokédex entries

It drives enemies out of its nest by sucking in enough air to fill its long, narrow lungs, then releasing the air in an intense blast. (Violet)

This Pokémon uses its hard tail to make its nest by boring holes into bedrock deep underground. The nest can reach lengths of over six miles. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Tallest Normal type in Gen 9: 3.6 m.
• Highest HP among Normal types in Gen 9: 125.
• Highest Attack among Normal types in Gen 9: 100, shared with 1 other.
• Highest base stat total among Normal types in Gen 9: 520, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 97% of all Pokémon (3.6 m).
• Heavier than 60% of all Pokémon (39.2 kg).
• Base stat total 520, ranked #214 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #30 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 77 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 91 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• 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: Dudunsparce (Pokémon), Serebii: Dudunsparce (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (doo-DUN-spars): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

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

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