#0925 · Paldea · Generation 9

Maushold

Family Pokémon · Normal-type

Maushold is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Family Pokémon, number 925 (#0925) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 2.8 kg.

Maushold is the Family Pokémon: a group of three or four mice in which a larger pair protects one or two small ones that, as far as anyone knows, simply appeared one day. Nobody is sure the family is actually related.

How to pronounce Maushold

Maushold is pronounced MOWS-hohld. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Maushold said out loud:

In Japanese it is イッカネズミ (Ikkanezumi).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Maushold is 0.3 m tall and weighs 2.8 kg in its usual form. The larger pair look just like Tandemaus. The small ones have no grey patches, shorter tails and stubbier limbs, and they hide behind the pair, holding on to their tail tips as they walk.

Behaviour

Per the Violet Pokédex, the bigger pair shields the small ones in battle, but the whole group piles in against strong opponents. Maushold build huge nests with many rooms for different jobs, such as eating and sleeping. Where the small ones come from is a mystery.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Scarlet and Violet it has no wild spawns: it comes from evolving Tandemaus, including in The Teal Mask, or from 4-star and 6-star Tera Raid Battles.

Powers

Its Abilities are Friend Guard, which cuts the damage its allies take in Double Battles, and Cheek Pouch, with Technician hidden. It has a Family of Three form and a Family of Four form, which differ in the number of mice, weight (2.3 kg for the smaller family) and cry. Evolving Tandemaus has a 1 in 100 chance of giving Family of Three. Base Speed 111 makes it a fast supporting attacker.

Name origin

Maushold may combine Maus, German for 'mouse', with 'household', or pun on 'mouse hole'. The Japanese name is Ikkanezumi (イッカネズミ), probably from ikka ('family') and nezumi ('mouse').

Design inspiration

Maushold looks like a mouse family. Bulbapedia suggests laboratory mice, because of the white fur and the nests with dedicated rooms, and the nuclear family for the two forms. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Maushold evolves from Tandemaus at level 25 when it levels up in battle.

In the games

Maushold is the family's final form, and it first appeared in Scarlet and Violet. Its form in Tera Raids is fixed: Family of Three in 4-star raids and Family of Four in 6-star raids. It is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

A Family of Four Maushold debuted in the Pokémon Horizons episode 'The SOS is from Tandemaus?', where it was mistaken for a Tandemaus until its two little ones were found, and it joined the Pokémon who live on the Brave Olivine. 'The Catcher in the Sky' revealed that Mollie had caught it.

Fun facts

• Maushold is the only Pokémon with Friend Guard as a regular Ability; every other Pokémon that has it keeps it hidden.
• Bulbapedia says Family of Three is rarer and has no official key artwork, yet the Scarlet and Violet code lists it as the primary form, and Maushold's logo for the franchise's 30th anniversary shows it.
• Before the Version 2.0.1 update of Scarlet and Violet, Maushold could not learn Baton Pass by TM, though Tandemaus could.

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

Base stats

• HP: 74
• Attack: 75
• Defense: 70
• Sp. Atk: 65
• Sp. Def: 75
• Speed: 111

Maushold’s base stat total is 470. Its highest stat is Speed.

Type matchups

What is Maushold weak to?

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

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

What does Maushold evolve from?

Maushold evolves from Tandemaus at level 25 (by levelling up in a battle (99% Family of Four, 1% Family of Three)).

Maushold is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Tandemaus, Maushold.

Forms

• Maushold (Family of Three) (Forme): Normal-type, base stat total 470 (HP 74, Attack 75, Defense 70, Sp. Atk 65, Sp. Def 75, Speed 111). Abilities: Friend Guard, Cheek Pouch, Technician (hidden).

Abilities

• Friend Guard: Decreases all direct damage taken by friendly Pokémon to 0.75×.
• Cheek Pouch: Restores HP upon eating a Berry, in addition to the Berry's effect.
• Technician (hidden ability): Strengthens moves of 60 base power or less to 1.5× their power.

Moves

Moves Maushold learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (40)

Maushold can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Fake Tears, Agility, Mud-Slap, Protect, Water Pulse, Low Kick, Thief, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Aerial Ace, Swift, Mud Shot, Low Sweep, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Dig, Bullet Seed, U-turn, Shadow Claw, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Grass Knot, Thunder Wave, Rest, Taunt, Substitute, Crunch, Hyper Voice, Encore, Play Rough, Helping Hand, Giga Impact, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Super Fang, Double-Edge.

Egg moves (6), which Tandemaus can hatch knowing:After You, Baton Pass, Bite, Feint, Switcheroo, Tickle.

Breeding & training

• Gender: genderless.
• Egg groups: Field, Fairy.
• Egg cycles: 10 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,280).
• Catch rate: 75 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Fast (800,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Speed effort values.
• Base experience yield: 165.

Pokédex entries

The larger pair protects the little ones during battles. When facing strong opponents, the whole group will join the fight. (Violet)

The two little ones just appeared one day. The group might be a family of related Pokémon, but nobody knows for sure. (Scarlet)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
• Heavier than 10% of all Pokémon (2.8 kg).
• Base stat total 470, ranked #450 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Speed, ranked #65 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 88 white Pokémon.
• Number 20 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 55 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 75: about 9.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• 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: Maushold (Pokémon), Serebii: Maushold (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (MOWS-hohld): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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