#0074 · Kanto · Generation 1

Geodude

Rock Pokémon · Rock/Ground-type

Geodude is a Rock/Ground-type Pokémon, the Rock Pokémon, number 74 (#0074) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 20 kg.

Geodude is the Rock Pokémon, a living boulder that sits beside mountain paths pretending to be a stone and flies into a rage when someone treads on it. One idle scholar counted a hundred of them on a single route.

How to pronounce Geodude

Geodude is pronounced JEE-oh-dood. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Geodude said out loud:

In Japanese it is イシツブテ (Isitsubute).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Geodude is 0.4 m tall and weighs 20 kg, a rounded boulder with rocky brows, a wide mouth and two muscular arms for climbing mountain paths. The longer one lives, the more its edges wear away, until old Geodude are smooth, round and calm, though the Pokédex says its heart stays hard and rough.

Behaviour

Geodude is proud of its hard body and slams against other Geodude to see whose is harder. At rest it looks like a rock, so hikers keep treading on it and it swings its fists in anger. In deep sleep it buries itself halfway in the ground, then rolls downhill for food in the morning.

Habitat

It lives in fields and near mountain trails, often half buried as it watches climbers pass.

Powers

Its Abilities are Rock Head, which prevents recoil damage, and Sturdy, which leaves it on 1 HP instead of fainting from a full-health hit; Sand Veil is hidden. It uses Rollout, Rock Throw and Stealth Rock, with a base Defense of 100 and a Speed of 20. Alolan Geodude is a silvery Rock and Electric type with Magnet Pull or Sturdy, and it gathers iron sand as black brows and hair. Its hidden Galvanize turns Normal moves Electric, and only the Alolan trio have it.

Name origin

Geodude combines 'geo-' (earth) and 'dude', and may also nod to the geode. The Japanese name is Isitsubute (イシツブテ), from ishi ('stone') and tsubute ('pebble' or small throwing stone).

Design inspiration

Geodude may be modelled on an earth elemental, such as a golem. Hitoshi Ariga designed the Alolan forms; their black iron sand resembles magnetite, and the Electric type may pun on thundereggs. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Geodude evolves into Graveler at level 25, in both its Kantonian and Alolan forms.

In the games

In Red and Blue, Geodude turns up in Mt. Moon, Rock Tunnel and Victory Road. In Scarlet and Violet it can be traded in, The Teal Mask adds it to Kitakami, and the Alolan form lives in the Canyon Biome of Blueberry Academy's Terarium. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Brock's Geodude, the species' animated debut, appeared in 'Showdown in Pewter City'. In 'Winner by a Nosepass', Roxanne's Geodude beat Ash's Treecko, then lost to Pikachu's Thunder, which Bulbapedia notes should have been impossible.

Fun facts

• In the original Japanese Red and Green, Geodude's Pokédex weight was 2.0 kg instead of 20.0 kg; Japanese Blue corrected it.
• Per Bulbapedia, only Burmy, Wormadam, Mothim, Geodude, Graveler and Golem appear in every one of the five Hisui Pokédex sublistings.
• Bulbapedia notes that Rhyperior sometimes mistakes a Geodude for a boulder and fires it out of its hands.

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

Base stats

• HP: 40
• Attack: 80
• Defense: 100
• Sp. Atk: 30
• Sp. Def: 30
• Speed: 20

Geodude’s base stat total is 300. Its highest stat is Defense.

Type matchups

What is Geodude weak to?

Geodude takes extra damage from Water (4×), Grass (4×), Ice (2×), Fighting (2×), Ground (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (¼×), Normal (½×), Fire (½×), Flying (½×), Rock (½×).

It is immune to Electric moves.

Evolution

How does Geodude evolve?

Geodude evolves into Graveler (Level 25; Alolan Geodude: Level 25).

The whole family: Geodude, Graveler, Golem.

• Graveler evolves into Golem (Trade; Alolan Graveler: Trade).

Forms

• Alolan Geodude (Alolan form): Rock/Electric-type, base stat total 300 (HP 40, Attack 80, Defense 100, Sp. Atk 30, Sp. Def 30, Speed 20). Abilities: Magnet Pull, Sturdy, Galvanize (hidden).

Abilities

• Rock Head: Protects against recoil damage.
• Sturdy: Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.
• Sand Veil (hidden ability): Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Moves

Moves Geodude learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (38)

Geodude can learn 38 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Sandstorm, Dig, Brick Break, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Rock Blast, Metronome, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Substitute, Iron Defense, Stealth Rock, Flamethrower, Earth Power, Fire Blast, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Tera Blast, Smack Down, Gyro Ball, High Horsepower, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Curse.

Egg moves (7):Block, Curse, Dynamic Punch, Flail, Hammer Arm, Mega Punch, Wide Guard.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Mineral.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• Catch rate: 255 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 1 Defense effort value.
• Base experience yield: 60.

Pokédex entries

Makes its home in mountainous regions, using its arms to climb along harsh mountain roads. Can be troublesome—carelessly kicking one will cause it to fly into a rage and chase after you. (Legends: Arceus)

Commonly found near mountain trails and the like. If you step on one by accident, it gets angry. (Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

It uses both hands to climb precipitous cliffs. People who see it in action have been known to take up bouldering. (Ultra Moon)

Geodude that have lived a long life have had all their edges smoothed out until they're totally round. They also have a calm, quiet disposition. (Ultra Sun)

There are plenty of them to be found along any road. A scholar with too much free time once counted a hundred of them along a single route. (Moon)

Its round body makes it easy to pick up, but it is hard and heavy. It's dangerous to play with them as if they were snowballs. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Slowest Ground type in Gen 1: 20 Speed.
• Shortest Rock type in Gen 1: 0.4 m, shared with 1 other.
• Slowest Rock type in Gen 1: 20 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Rock types in Gen 1: 300.
• Taller than 11% of all Pokémon (0.4 m).
• Heavier than 42% of all Pokémon (20 kg).
• Base stat total 300, ranked #856 of 1,025.
• One of 9 Pokémon that are both Rock and Ground.
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 74 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 51 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 18 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: Geodude (Pokémon), Serebii: Geodude (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (JEE-oh-dood): 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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