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Groudon

Continent Pokémon · Ground-type

Groudon is a Ground-type Pokémon, the Continent Pokémon, number 383 (#0383) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 3.5 m tall and weighs 950 kg.

Groudon is the Continent Pokémon, the Ground-type legend said to have raised the continents with magma and driven off floods with its heat. It is the box mascot of Pokémon Ruby, and the Red Orb turns it into the Ground and Fire Primal Groudon.

How to pronounce Groudon

Groudon is pronounced GROW-don. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Groudon said out loud:

In Japanese it is グラードン.

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Groudon is a bipedal, dinosaur-like giant, 3.5 m tall and 950 kg, covered in thick red plates like armour. It has a grey underside, white spikes along its head, body and tail, and four flat blades at the tip of its tail, like bulldozer blades. Bulbapedia says it can walk on water by forming a path of magma beneath its feet.

Behaviour

The Pokédex calls Groudon the personification of the land, and legends tell of it fighting Kyogre again and again. It once came as a saviour to people suffering from terrible floods. After the feud it went to sleep in underground magma, and an Emerald entry says its awakening is said to make volcanoes erupt.

Habitat

The species data lists rough terrain, and the Pokédex says it slept in underground magma. It is in the Cave of Origin in Ruby and Omega Ruby and the Terra Cave in Emerald. In Scarlet and Violet it appears only in The Indigo Disk's Alfornada Cavern, after a Groudon Treat from Snacksworth, and in Legends: Z-A it arrives by trade in the base game, while the Mega Dimension DLC adds one in Hyperspace Desolate Land.

Powers

Groudon's Ability Drought brings harsh sun, and Bulbapedia says it was the only Pokémon that could have Drought before Generation V. Its signature move Precipice Blades is one no other Pokémon can learn, and it also uses Eruption, Fissure, Earthquake and Fire Punch. As Primal Groudon it grows to 5 m and 999.7 kg with the Ability Desolate Land, which stops Water moves entirely. Even normal Groudon hits hard, with base Attack of 150 and Defense of 140.

Name origin

Groudon may combine 'ground' with the Spanish don ('lord') or with -don, the ending of many prehistoric animal names. It may also involve the Japanese 土 do ('earth'), the booming sound don, and craton, an old, stable block of continental crust. The Japanese name is Groudon (グラードン).

Design inspiration

Groudon may be a personification of land and volcanoes. Its rivalry with Kyogre resembles that of Behemoth and Leviathan in Hebrew legend, but where Behemoth is usually shown like a warthog or hippo, Groudon looks like a theropod dinosaur with spikes like an ankylosaur's. The marks on its arms and legs resemble omega, the last Greek letter. These are fan readings.

In the games

Groudon is the mascot of Pokémon Ruby, where it first appeared and Team Magma tries to use it to expand the land, and Primal Groudon is on the box of Omega Ruby. Primal Groudon returns in the Alola games and in the Legends: Z-A Mega Dimension DLC.

In the anime

In the film 'Jirachi: Wish Maker', a wish gone wrong creates Meta Groudon, a figure of pure evil that only looks like a Groudon, and Jirachi destroys it with Doom Desire. In 'Mega Evolution Special II' the Giant Rock stirs a Groudon awake, and in 'Mega Evolution Special III' a Primal Groudon battles Primal Kyogre over it.

Fun facts

• Groudon shares its category with Torterra: both are Continent Pokémon.
• Bulbapedia notes that a Groudon you catch in Scarlet and Violet always has the Fire Tera Type.
• No Pokémon outside the Fire type can learn Eruption and Lava Plume except Groudon, and because normal Groudon is not Fire type, it gets no same-type bonus from either.
• The DVD cover art for 'Jirachi: Wish Maker' shows a genuine Groudon, although the film's Groudon is something else.

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

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 150
• Defense: 140
• Sp. Atk: 100
• Sp. Def: 90
• Speed: 90

Groudon’s base stat total is 670. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Groudon weak to?

Groudon takes extra damage from Water (2×), Grass (2×), Ice (2×) moves.

It resists Poison (½×), Rock (½×).

It is immune to Electric moves.

Evolution

Groudon does not evolve, and it does not evolve from any other Pokémon.

Forms

• Primal Groudon (Primal): Ground/Fire-type, base stat total 770 (HP 100, Attack 180, Defense 160, Sp. Atk 150, Sp. Def 90, Speed 90). Ability: Desolate Land.

Abilities

• Drought: Summons strong sunlight for five turns upon entering battle (eight with a Heat Rock).

Moves

Moves Groudon learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (63)

Groudon can learn 63 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Fire Fang, Facade, Aerial Ace, Bulldoze, Metal Claw, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Fling, Endure, Sunny Day, Sandstorm, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Shadow Claw, Bulk Up, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Rock Blast, Dragon Claw, Thunder Wave, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Body Press, Spikes, Iron Head, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Crunch, Dragon Pulse, Stealth Rock, Heat Wave, Heavy Slam, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Fire Blast, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Overheat, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Roar, Sand Tomb, Smack Down, High Horsepower, Heat Crash, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Scorching Sands.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Undiscovered.
• Egg cycles: 120 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 15,360).
• Catch rate: 3 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 0.
• Growth rate: Slow (1,250,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 302.

Pokédex entries

Through Primal Reversion and with nature's full power, it will take back its true form. It can cause magma to erupt and expand the landmass of the world. (Alpha Sapphire)

Groudon is said to be the personification of the land itself. Legends tell of its many clashes against Kyogre, as each sought to gain the power of nature. (Omega Ruby)

This legendary Pokémon is said to represent the land. It went to sleep after dueling Kyogre. (FireRed, LeafGreen, Y)

Said to have expanded the lands by evaporating water with raging heat. It battled titanically with Kyogre. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, X)

It had been asleep in underground magma ever since it fiercely fought Kyogre long ago. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2)

Groudon has appeared in mythology as the creator of the land. It sleeps in magma underground and is said to make volcanoes erupt on awakening. (Emerald)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Ground type: 950 kg.
• Highest Attack among Ground types: 150.
• Highest base stat total among Ground types: 670.
• Heaviest Pokémon in Gen 3: 950 kg.
• Heaviest Ground type in Gen 3: 950 kg.
• Tallest Ground type in Gen 3: 3.5 m.
• Highest Attack among Ground types in Gen 3: 150.
• Highest Defense among Ground types in Gen 3: 140.
• Highest base stat total among Ground types in Gen 3: 670.
• Taller than 97% of all Pokémon (3.5 m).
• Heavier than 100% of all Pokémon (950 kg).
• Base stat total 670, ranked #16 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #5 of 1,025.
• One of 75 Ground-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 97 red Pokémon.
• Number 132 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Can learn 69 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 3: about 0.4% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• 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: Groudon (Pokémon), Serebii: Groudon (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (GROW-don): 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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