#0355 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Duskull

Requiem Pokémon · Ghost-type

Duskull is a Ghost-type Pokémon, the Requiem Pokémon, number 355 (#0355) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 0.8 m tall and weighs 15 kg.

Duskull is the Requiem Pokémon, a small cloaked ghost whose glare from a single red eye, the Pokédex says, freezes even burly grown-ups in fear. It doubles as a warning that parents give to misbehaving children.

How to pronounce Duskull

Duskull is pronounced DUS-kul. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Duskull said out loud:

In Japanese it is ヨマワル (Yomawaru).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Duskull is a black, robe-like ghost, 0.8 m tall and 15 kg, with a skull-like mask, two bone-like patterns on its back and one red eye hovering between the eye sockets. The Pokédex says it can turn invisible and slip through very thick walls.

Behaviour

Duskull is nocturnal and wanders the deep dark of midnight. The Pokédex says that once it picks a target it follows them doggedly until the break of dawn, then abandons the chase. Another entry says it enjoys hearing children cry and startles badly behaved ones into tears.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is forest, and Bulbapedia adds mountainous regions. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild only in Kitakami, in The Teal Mask; it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

Scarlet's Pokédex calls the vital energy of children its favourite food.

Powers

Its Ability is Levitate, which evades Ground moves, with Frisk, which reveals a foe's held item, hidden. It learns Shadow Sneak, Will-O-Wisp, Hex and Shadow Ball, then Future Sight at level 44. With 90 each in Defense and Special Defense but a Speed of only 25, it is slow and easily worn down, a disruptor rather than a hitter.

Name origin

Duskull may combine 'dusk' and 'skull'. The Japanese name is Yomawaru (ヨマワル), which may blend yōma (ghost), waru (something bad) and yomawari (a night watch).

Design inspiration

Duskull may be a hitodama, a Japanese spirit fireball, and its single eye is common among yokai. The skull mask and dark robe could point to the Grim Reaper, and its spiriting away naughty children recalls bogeymen such as Japan's Namahage. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Duskull evolves into Dusclops at level 37.

In the games

Duskull runs the Duskull Bank in Treasure Town in Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness, and it debuted in Ruby and Sapphire. In Legends: Arceus it lives in Hisui's Cobalt Coastlands, Coronet Highlands and Alabaster Icelands.

In the anime

Duskull debuted in the short Camp Pikachu, scaring the Pichu Brothers. Its first television appearance was in 'Get the Show on the Road!', where it popped up in front of May and scared her.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia notes that its base HP of 20 is the lowest of any Ghost type apart from Shedinja.
• Duskull and Shuppet are Generation III mirror images: both evolve at level 37 and both have a base stat total of 295.
• In a flashback in 'Disaster of Disguise', Timmy Grimm finds a lone Duskull in a bush, and Bulbapedia says it is his Dusclops in the present day.

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

Base stats

• HP: 20
• Attack: 40
• Defense: 90
• Sp. Atk: 30
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 25

Duskull’s base stat total is 295. Its highest stat is Defense and Sp. Def.

Type matchups

What is Duskull weak to?

Duskull takes extra damage from Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (½×), Bug (½×).

It is immune to Normal, Fighting moves.

Evolution

How does Duskull evolve?

Duskull evolves into Dusclops at level 37.

The whole family: Duskull, Dusclops, Dusknoir.

• Dusclops evolves into Dusknoir (Trade holding Reaper Cloth).

Abilities

• Levitate: Evades Ground moves.
• Frisk (hidden ability): Reveals an opponent's held item upon entering battle.

Moves

Moves Duskull learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (40)

Duskull can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Confuse Ray, Thief, Charge Beam, Facade, Hex, Icy Wind, Night Shade, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Dark Pulse, Leech Life, Skill Swap, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Trick, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Calm Mind, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Phantom Force, Trick Room, Tera Blast, Haze, Spite, Gravity, Poltergeist, Pain Split, Psych Up, Future Sight, Skitter Smack, Curse.

Egg moves (3):Haze, Memento, Pain Split.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 25 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,200).
• Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 35.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Def effort value.
• Base experience yield: 59.

Pokédex entries

I've heard that the children of Hisui all begin to behave once they've been told the story of how this Pokémon roams about before the witching hour to spirit away misbehaving children. (Legends: Arceus)

Making itself invisible, it silently sneaks up to prey. It has the ability to slip through thick walls. (FireRed, LeafGreen, Shield)

If it finds bad children who won't listen to their parents, it will spirit them away--or so it's said. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y, Sword)

Duskull wanders lost among the deep darkness of midnight. There is an ofttold admonishment given to misbehaving children that this Pokémon will spirit away bad children who earn scoldings from their mothers. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Duskull can pass through any wall no matter how thick it may be. Once this Pokémon chooses a target, it will doggedly pursue the intended victim until the break of dawn. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

It doggedly pursues its prey wherever it goes. However, the chase is abandoned at sunrise. (Diamond, Pearl, X)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Slowest Ghost type in Gen 3: 25 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 39% of all Pokémon (0.8 m).
• Heavier than 36% of all Pokémon (15 kg).
• Base stat total 295, ranked #882 of 1,025.
• One of 65 Ghost-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 51 black Pokémon.
• Number 104 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 47 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 8 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: Duskull (Pokémon), Serebii: Duskull (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (DUS-kul): 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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