Greedent
Greedent is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Greedy Pokémon, number 820 (#0820) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 6 kg.
Greedent is the Greedy Pokémon, a squirrel that stuffs so many berries into its enormous tail that they keep falling out, and it is too slow-witted to notice.
How to pronounce Greedent
Greedent is pronounced GREE-dent. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Greedent said out loud:
In Japanese it is ヨクバリス (Yokubarisu).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Greedent is a plump, tan and brown squirrel with a buck tooth, stumpy limbs and messy fur. It is 0.6 m tall and weighs 6 kg. The Pokédex says its tail is roughly twice as long as its body.
Behaviour
Greedent is greedy and gluttonous. The Pokédex says it heads straight for any berry tree, even mid-battle, and wraps heaps of fallen berries in its tail. The Pokédex says berries fall out of the tail constantly, but it is slow-witted and does not notice.
Habitat
The Pokédex says it is common throughout Galar. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Paldea's forests and mountains, such as Tagtree Thicket, and in Kitakami. It is unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.
Diet
Berries, shells and all: the Pokédex says its strong teeth can chew through the toughest Berry shells.
Powers
Like Skwovet, it can have Cheek Pouch, which heals it whenever it eats a Berry, or the hidden Ability Gluttony. It hits with Body Slam, Bullet Seed, Super Fang and Belch. A bulky attacker with 120 base HP, it is very slow. It also has a Cook form that exists only in Pokémon Pokopia, with an orange scarf and kitchen tools on its body.
Name origin
Greedent may combine 'greed' and 'rodent'. The Japanese name is Yokubarisu (ヨクバリス), from yokubari ('greed') and risu ('squirrel').
Design inspiration
The Eurasian red squirrel may be Greedent's model. Bulbapedia suggests its dim wits compared with Skwovet could reference grey squirrels being smarter than red ones, and its forgotten food may allude to real squirrels' lost caches. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Greedent evolves from Skwovet at level 24 and learns Covet as it does.
In the games
In Pokémon Pokopia, Chef Dente is a supporting character who teaches Ditto recipes that temporarily power up its moves. Greedent itself first appeared in Sword and Shield.
In the anime
Goh's Skwovet evolved into Greedent in 'Crowning the Chow Crusher!', which let it win the Pokémon Grand Eating Contest. In 'As Long as I'm with My Friends' a wild Greedent stole the Cheri Berries that Roy and Fuecoco had collected.
Fun facts
- Bulbapedia says it may even stash a Bounsweet in its tail, because it finds the sweet scent attractive.
- Bulbapedia notes that taking damage in the games makes it drop a Leppa Berry from its tail.
- Its German name Schlaraffel nods to Schlaraffenland, the medieval folklore land of plenty, plus raffen ('to snatch').
- In Pokémon UNITE you play it as a melee defender, beginning as Skwovet and evolving at level 5.
Base stats
- HP: 120
- Attack: 95
- Defense: 95
- Sp. Atk: 55
- Sp. Def: 75
- Speed: 20
Greedent’s base stat total is 460. Its highest stat is HP.
Type matchups
What is Greedent weak to?
Greedent takes extra damage from Fighting (2×) moves.
It is immune to Ghost moves.
Evolution
What does Greedent evolve from?
Greedent evolves from Skwovet at level 24.
Greedent is the final stage of its evolution family.
The whole family: Skwovet, Greedent.
Abilities
- Cheek Pouch: Restores HP upon eating a Berry, in addition to the Berry's effect.
- Gluttony (hidden ability): Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP.
Moves
Moves Greedent learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evo | Covet | Normal | Physical | 60 |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 1 | Tail Whip | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Bite | Dark | Physical | 60 |
| 1 | Stuff Cheeks | Normal | Status | — |
| 15 | Stockpile | Normal | Status | — |
| 15 | Spit Up | Normal | Special | — |
| 15 | Swallow | Normal | Status | — |
| 20 | Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 |
| 27 | Rest | Psychic | Status | — |
| 34 | Counter | Fighting | Physical | — |
| 41 | Bullet Seed | Grass | Physical | 25 |
| 48 | Super Fang | Normal | Physical | — |
| 55 | Belch | Poison | Special | 120 |
“Evo” means Greedent learns the move the moment it evolves: Covet.
TM moves (40)
Greedent can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Thief, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, Bullet Seed, Psychic Fangs, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Swords Dance, Body Press, Substitute, Crunch, Hyper Voice, Amnesia, Wild Charge, Earthquake, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Gyro Ball, Knock Off, Super Fang, High Horsepower, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Curse.
Egg moves (4), which Skwovet can hatch knowing:Belly Drum, Defense Curl, Last Resort, Rollout.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Field.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 90 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: 161.
Pokédex entries
Common throughout the Galar region, this Pokémon has strong teeth and can chew through the toughest of berry shells. (Shield)
It stashes berries in its tail—so many berries that they fall out constantly. But this Pokémon is a bit slow-witted, so it doesn't notice the loss. (Sword)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ヨクバリス |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Yokubarisu |
| French | Rongrigou |
| German | Schlaraffel |
| Spanish | Greedent |
| Italian | Greedent |
| Korean | 요씽리스 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 藏饱栗鼠 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 藏飽栗鼠 |
Trivia
- Slowest Normal type in Gen 8: 20 Speed.
- Taller than 25% of all Pokémon (0.6 m).
- Heavier than 18% of all Pokémon (6 kg).
- Base stat total 460, ranked #477 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is HP, ranked #37 of 1,025.
- One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 147 brown Pokémon.
- Number 11 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 54 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 90: about 11.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
- 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: Greedent (Pokémon), Serebii: Greedent (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (GREE-dent): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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