#0295 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Exploud

Loud Noise Pokémon · Normal-type

Exploud is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Loud Noise Pokémon, number 295 (#0295) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 84 kg.

Exploud is the Loud Noise Pokémon, a Normal type covered in sound-making tubes. The Pokédex says its voice can be heard over 9.5 km (6 miles) away, and that people once used these Pokémon to pass messages between distant cities.

How to pronounce Exploud

Exploud is pronounced eks-PLOWD. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Exploud said out loud:

In Japanese it is バクオング (Bakuong).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Exploud is a lavender biped, 1.5 m tall and 84 kg, with red eyes and a huge mouth. Tubes with holes in them run over its body: seven form a crest on its head, with others on its elbows, knees, back and the tips of its two tails. The Pokédex says it breathes in violently through these ports just before a big bellow.

Behaviour

Exploud saves its raised voice for battle. The rest of the time the Pokédex says it tells others of its kind how it feels with whistle-like sounds from its tubes, varying the pitch and loudness. It is much more of a communicator than its fierce voice suggests.

Habitat

The Pokédex lists Exploud as a cave Pokémon. It cannot be obtained in Scarlet and Violet or in Legends: Z-A.

Powers

The Pokédex claims its roar shakes the ground like an earthquake. Exploud's trademark moves are Boomburst and Hyper Voice, backed by Crunch, the elemental fangs and Hyper Beam. Like its pre-evolutions it has Soundproof, with Scrappy hidden. With base HP of 104 and Attack and Special Attack of 91 it is a bulky mixed attacker.

Name origin

Exploud may be a blend of 'explode' and 'loud'. The Japanese name is Bakuong (バクオング), which may combine bakuon ('sound of an explosion') with ongaku ('music'), 'king' or 'gong'.

Design inspiration

Exploud looks like a pipe organ, an instrument known for its volume and many tubes, and may also nod to horns, loudspeakers or a megaphone. Its head crest resembles the frill on the skull of a horned dinosaur such as Styracosaurus, and its jaws recall a hippopotamus. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Exploud is the final form of the line: Loudred evolves into it at level 40.

In the games

Exploud first appeared in Ruby and Sapphire. In Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky it appears deep in Concealed Ruins and World Abyss, on floors B16 to B29.

In the anime

Exploud debuted in 'Exploud and Clear!', evolving from Guy's Loudred, then disobeying and leaving him until he defended it from Team Rocket's kidnap attempt. In the short 'Pikachu's Island Adventure', an Exploud helps Team Rocket claim an island.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Exploud can learn more sound-based moves than any other Pokémon, 11 in all.
• In the Hoopa short 'Wake Up', Hoopa summons an Exploud to blast Ash awake, and even that does not work.
• In 'Splitting Heirs!', an Exploud owned by Blake and Heath's father is mistaken for a wild Pokémon and attacks Ash's group.

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

Base stats

• HP: 104
• Attack: 91
• Defense: 63
• Sp. Atk: 91
• Sp. Def: 73
• Speed: 68

Exploud’s base stat total is 490. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Exploud weak to?

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

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

What does Exploud evolve from?

Exploud evolves from Loudred at level 40.

Exploud is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Whismur, Loudred, Exploud.

• Whismur evolves into Loudred at level 20.

Abilities

• Soundproof: Protects against sound-based moves.
• Scrappy (hidden ability): Lets the Pokémon's Normal and Fighting moves hit Ghost Pokémon.

Moves

Moves Exploud learns by level up in Sword / Shield

“Evo” means Exploud learns the move the moment it evolves: Crunch.

TM moves (53)

Exploud can learn 53 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Solar Beam, Screech, Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Icy Wind, Attract, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Whirlpool, Facade, Brick Break, Fake Tears, Rock Tomb, Fling, Avalanche, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Fire Fang, Round, Retaliate, Bulldoze, Stomping Tantrum, Body Slam, Flamethrower, Hydro Pump, Surf, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Low Kick, Earthquake, Fire Blast, Substitute, Outrage, Endure, Sleep Talk, Crunch, Shadow Ball, Uproar, Taunt, Hyper Voice, Overheat, Focus Blast, Zen Headbutt, Work Up.

Egg moves (8), which Whismur can hatch knowing:Circle Throw, Disarming Voice, Endeavor, Extrasensory, Hammer Arm, Smokescreen, Take Down, Whirlwind.

Move tutor moves (1): Terrain Pulse.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Monster, 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 Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 HP effort values.
• Base experience yield: 221.

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon can do more than just shout. To communicate with others of its kind, it'll emit all sorts of sounds from the holes in its body. (Shield)

In the past, people would use the loud voices of these Pokémon as a means of communication between distant cities. (Sword)

Exploud communicates its feelings to the others by emitting whistle-like sounds from the tubes on its body. This Pokémon only raises its voice when it is in battle. (Sapphire, Alpha Sapphire)

Exploud triggers earthquakes with the tremors it creates by bellowing. If this Pokémon violently inhales from the ports on its body, it's a sign that it is preparing to let loose a huge bellow. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

Its roar in battle shakes the ground like a tremor--or like an earthquake has struck. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Y)

Its howls can be heard over six miles away. It emits all sorts of noises from the ports on its body. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, X)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
• Heavier than 79% of all Pokémon (84 kg).
• Base stat total 490, ranked #338 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is HP, ranked #89 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 44 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 71 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% 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: Exploud (Pokémon), Serebii: Exploud (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (eks-PLOWD): 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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