#0611 · Unova · Generation 5

Fraxure

Axe Jaw Pokémon · Dragon-type

Fraxure is a Dragon-type Pokémon, the Axe Jaw Pokémon, number 611 (#0611) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 1 m tall and weighs 36 kg.

Fraxure is the Axe Jaw Pokémon, a hot-tempered Dragon type with a costly weakness: the Pokédex says a broken tusk never grows back, unlike Axew's. So it hones them on river rocks after every fight.

How to pronounce Fraxure

Fraxure is pronounced FRAK-sher. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Fraxure said out loud:

In Japanese it is オノンド (Onondo).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Fraxure is a bipedal dragon, 1.0 m tall and 36 kg, with a grey face, long grey tusks tipped in red, and dark eyes with red irises. A cowl of green segments covers its head, neck, back and chest. The Pokédex compares its skin to a suit of armour and says its tusks can shatter rocks.

Behaviour

Fraxure is territorial, and the Pokédex says fights over turf between Fraxure can turn intensely violent. Because a broken tusk will not regrow, the Scarlet entry says it apparently avoids using them unless truly necessary. Bulbapedia adds it clashes with Bisharp over sharpening stones.

Habitat

Bulbapedia says Fraxure lives alongside rivers. In Scarlet and Violet it is found around Dalizapa Passage and North Province Area One, and The Indigo Disk adds the Canyon and Polar Biomes.

Diet

The Violet Pokédex says it uses its tusks to cut prey into two neat portions, one for now and one kept for later.

Powers

Fraxure shares its line's Abilities, Rivalry and Mold Breaker, with Unnerve hidden. It learns Dragon Claw, Slash and Outrage by level. With 117 base Attack against 40 Special Attack and 70 Defence, it is a physical attacker with modest bulk.

Name origin

Fraxure may combine 'fracture' and 'axe'. The Japanese name is Onondo (オノンド), which may blend ono ('axe'), 'dragon' and -don, a suffix from the Greek for 'tooth' in the names of prehistoric animals.

Design inspiration

Fraxure's elongated tusks seem to be based on pickaxe blades, and its crest may borrow from a basilisk lizard such as the brown basilisk. These are fan readings, not official statements.

Evolution notes

Fraxure evolves from Axew at level 38 and into Haxorus at level 48.

In the games

Fraxure first appeared in Black and White, where it is found on Victory Road. In Scarlet and Violet it can be caught in the wild and in 4-star Tera Raid Battles, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Fraxure debuted in 'Dreams by the Yard Full!' as a stage in Iris's Axew's dream of evolving, followed at once by Haxorus. In 'Drayden Versus Iris: Past, Present, and Future!', a young Iris pushed a borrowed Fraxure to exhaustion in a lost battle, then apologised to it.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says Fraxure is the Unova horoscope's sign for December.
• In X and Y, wild Fraxure can be found only in the Dragon-type Friend Safari.
• In Scarlet and Violet, Axew learns Swords Dance and Outrage at levels 39 and 42, earlier than Fraxure's 41 and 46, so an Axew held back from evolving gets them sooner.

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

Base stats

• HP: 66
• Attack: 117
• Defense: 70
• Sp. Atk: 40
• Sp. Def: 50
• Speed: 67

Fraxure’s base stat total is 410. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Fraxure weak to?

Fraxure takes extra damage from Ice (2×), Dragon (2×), Fairy (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Water (½×), Electric (½×), Grass (½×).

Evolution

What does Fraxure evolve from?

Fraxure evolves from Axew at level 38.

How does Fraxure evolve?

Fraxure evolves into Haxorus at level 48.

The whole family: Axew, Fraxure, Haxorus.

Abilities

• Rivalry: Increases damage inflicted to 1.25× against Pokémon of the same gender, but decreases damage to 0.75× against the opposite gender.
• Mold Breaker: Bypasses targets' abilities if they could hinder or prevent a move.
• Unnerve (hidden ability): Prevents opposing Pokémon from eating held Berries.

Moves

Moves Fraxure learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (45)

Fraxure can learn 45 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Trailblaze, Facade, Aerial Ace, Bulldoze, Snarl, Swift, Rock Tomb, Fling, Dragon Tail, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, False Swipe, Brick Break, Shadow Claw, Sleep Talk, Dragon Claw, Poison Jab, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Taunt, Swords Dance, Iron Head, Dragon Dance, Substitute, X-Scissor, Crunch, Dragon Pulse, Surf, Reversal, Giga Impact, Outrage, Draco Meteor, Tera Blast, Roar, Scale Shot, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Breaking Swipe, Dragon Cheer.

Egg moves (6), which Axew can hatch knowing:Aqua Tail, Counter, Endeavor, First Impression, Iron Tail, Night Slash.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Monster, Dragon.
• Egg cycles: 40 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 5,120).
• Catch rate: 60 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 35.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 144.

Pokédex entries

Its skin is as hard as a suit of armor. Fraxure's favorite strategy is to tackle its opponents, stabbing them with its tusks at the same time. (Shield)

After battle, this Pokémon carefully sharpens its tusks on river rocks. It needs to take care of its tusks—if one breaks, it will never grow back. (Sword)

A broken tusk will not grow back, so it diligently sharpens its tusks on river rocks after the end of a battle. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Their tusks can shatter rocks. Territory battles between Fraxure can be intensely violent. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

Since a broken tusk will not grow back, they diligently sharpen their tusks on river rocks after they've been fighting. (Black)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 47% of all Pokémon (1 m).
• Heavier than 58% of all Pokémon (36 kg).
• Base stat total 410, ranked #590 of 1,025.
• One of 70 Dragon-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 130 green Pokémon.
• Number 118 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 57 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 60: about 7.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 5 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: Fraxure (Pokémon), Serebii: Fraxure (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (FRAK-sher): 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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