#0750 · Alola · Generation 7

Mudsdale

Draft Horse Pokémon · Ground-type

Mudsdale is a Ground-type Pokémon, the Draft Horse Pokémon, number 750 (#0750) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 7 and comes from the Alola region. It is 2.5 m tall and weighs 920 kg.

Mudsdale is the Draft Horse Pokémon, a calm giant whose mud-caked kicks, the Pokédex says, can scrap a truck. Its mud is so hard-wearing that old houses once had their walls coated with it.

How to pronounce Mudsdale

Mudsdale is pronounced MUDZ-dayl. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Mudsdale said out loud:

In Japanese it is バンバドロ (Banbadoro).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Mudsdale is a large horse, 2.5 m tall and 920 kg, with short brown fur, a mane and tail in black and red that hang in thick dreadlock-like locks, and a red blaze on its muzzle. Red mud coats its hooves. The Pokédex says it mixes dirt with saliva to make a mud that resists wind and rain and sets harder than stone, and that the same mud is prized for pottery.

Behaviour

Mudsdale stays calm and unmoving whatever the situation, and Bulbapedia says it never cries out, however much trouble it is in. The Pokédex says it can trudge for three days and three nights dragging 10 tons, and Bulbapedia adds that at a gallop its hooves can punch holes in asphalt.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat list. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in South Province Area Six, North Province Area One, Dalizapa Passage and Glaseado Mountain, and in 5-star Tera Raid Battles; in The Teal Mask you get one by evolving Mudbray.

Powers

Its Ability can be Own Tempo or Stamina, with Inner Focus hidden. It stamps with High Horsepower and Heavy Slam, and adds Earthquake, Close Combat and Stone Edge. Base HP of 100 and Attack of 125 make it a big physical bruiser, though its Speed is only 35.

Name origin

Mudsdale may combine 'mud' and 'Clydesdale', a draft horse breed. The Japanese name is Banbadoro (バンバドロ), which may combine banba ('draft horse') and doro ('mud').

Design inspiration

Mudsdale looks like a draft horse, for example the Clydesdale, a breed known for the feathering on its legs, and its mane seems to be modelled on dreadlocks.

Evolution notes

Mudbray evolves into Mudsdale at level 30.

In the games

Mudsdale is Hapu's partner in Sun and Moon, where it joins her battles, and Mudsdale Gallop is a Ride Pokémon that carries you across rocky ground. It is found in Sword and Shield, including the Crown Tundra Max Lair, and in Scarlet and Violet, but is not available in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Hapu's Mudsdale appears in 'That's Some Spicy Island Research!', carrying her radishes in its bags, and later battles Team Skull. Acerola and Ash also rode a Mudsdale through the Haina Desert in 'Some Kind of Laziness!'.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says nothing outweighs it apart from Mega Evolutions, Ultra Beasts and Legendary Pokémon.
• In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Hapu's grandmother says the pair have been partners since her own island challenge, and that Mudsdale grew frustrated at repeated losses.
• In 'A Pinch of This, a Pinch of That!', Bray Zenn's Mudsdale accidentally sent a large rock flying at Ash, Goh and Chloe, and Pikachu's Iron Tail smashed it.

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

Base stats

• HP: 100
• Attack: 125
• Defense: 100
• Sp. Atk: 55
• Sp. Def: 85
• Speed: 35

Mudsdale’s base stat total is 500. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Mudsdale weak to?

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

It resists Poison (½×), Rock (½×).

It is immune to Electric moves.

Evolution

What does Mudsdale evolve from?

Mudsdale evolves from Mudbray at level 30.

Mudsdale is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Mudbray, Mudsdale.

Abilities

• Own Tempo: Prevents confusion.
• Stamina: Raises this Pokémon's Defense by one stage when it takes damage from a move.
• Inner Focus (hidden ability): Prevents flinching.

Moves

Moves Mudsdale learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (40)

Mudsdale can learn 40 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Low Kick, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Low Sweep, Endure, Sunny Day, Sandstorm, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Iron Head, Substitute, Iron Defense, Stealth Rock, Heavy Slam, Earth Power, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Close Combat, Tera Blast, Roar, Sand Tomb, Smack Down, High Horsepower, Lash Out, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Curse.

Egg moves (5), which Mudbray can hatch knowing:Double-Edge, Endeavor, Fissure, Roar, Smack Down.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 60 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 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 175.

Pokédex entries

Mudsdale has so much stamina that it could carry over 10 tons across the Galar region without rest or sleep. (Shield)

Mud that hardens around a Mudsdale's legs sets harder than stone. It's so hard that it allows this Pokémon to scrap a truck with a single kick. (Sword)

It can trudge mountain roads without rest for three days and three nights, all the while dragging a 10-ton load. (Ultra Moon)

It remains calm and unmoving no matter the situation. It mixes dirt with the saliva in its mouth to make a special kind of mud. (Ultra Sun)

Its heavy, mud-covered kicks are its best means of attack, and it can reduce large trucks to scrap without breaking a sweat. (Moon)

It spits a mud that provides resistance to both wind and rain, so the walls of old houses were often coated with it. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Heaviest Ground type in Gen 7: 920 kg.
• Tallest Ground type in Gen 7: 2.5 m.
• Highest HP among Ground types in Gen 7: 100.
• Highest Attack among Ground types in Gen 7: 125.
• Highest Sp. Def among Ground types in Gen 7: 85.
• Highest base stat total among Ground types in Gen 7: 500.
• Taller than 93% of all Pokémon (2.5 m).
• Heavier than 100% of all Pokémon (920 kg).
• Base stat total 500, ranked #278 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #65 of 1,025.
• One of 75 Ground-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 29 of 88 Pokémon introduced in Generation 7 (Alola).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 48 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 60: about 7.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 6 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: Mudsdale (Pokémon), Serebii: Mudsdale (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (MUDZ-dayl): 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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