#0322 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Numel

Numb Pokémon · Fire/Ground-type

Numel is a Fire/Ground-type Pokémon, the Numb Pokémon, number 322 (#0322) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 0.7 m tall and weighs 24 kg.

Numel is the Numb Pokémon, a camel-like Fire and Ground type with a hump full of boiling magma. The Pokédex says it is so dull-witted that it does not notice being hit, but it cannot stand being hungry for even a second.

How to pronounce Numel

Numel is pronounced NUM-ul. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Numel said out loud:

In Japanese it is ドンメル (Donmel).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Numel is a yellow, four-legged Pokémon, 0.7 m tall and 24 kg, built like a dromedary camel with a single hump shaped like a volcano. The hump is green at the top and shades into yellow, dotted with small green spots. It has bangs, sleepy eyes ringed in brown and short, stubby legs. A female has a bigger hump than a male, and the same is true of the volcanoes on its evolution, Camerupt.

Behaviour

Numel is gentle and rarely attacks without provocation. The Emerald Pokédex says it is hardy enough to carry a 100 kg (220 lb) load and has worked for humans since long ago. If it gets wet, the Pokédex says, its magma cools and hardens and its body grows heavy and slow.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat list puts it in the mountains. In Scarlet and Violet it is found in West Province (Area One) and Area Zero, and in The Indigo Disk's Coastal and Polar Biomes and Torchlit Labyrinth. In Legends: Z-A it is in Jaune District's Wild Zone 8, and again in the Mega Dimension DLC.

Powers

Its Abilities are Oblivious and Simple, with Own Tempo hidden. It spits Ember and Flamethrower, and stomps with Bulldoze and Earthquake; the Pokédex says its hump shrinks whenever it uses Fire-type moves, and Bulbapedia explains that the magma inside is being consumed. Its 65 base Special Attack is modest, and Numel is mostly a step towards Camerupt.

Name origin

Numel may combine 'numb' and 'camel'. The Japanese name is Donmel (ドンメル), which may blend don, 'dull, slow, stupid', with 'camel'.

Design inspiration

Numel appears to be a stylised dromedary camel with its hump turned into a dormant volcano. Its barrel-shaped body and simple limbs may also recall a mule- or donkey-shaped piñata. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Numel evolves into Camerupt at level 33.

In the games

Team Magma Grunts use Numel in Ruby and Sapphire, the games where it first appeared.

In the anime

Julie's Numel appear in 'Game Winning Assist!', where Ash and his friends find a meadow full of them and Team Rocket tries to steal them. In that episode James explains that his grandfather bought him some Numel as a winter warmer.

Fun facts

• Numel is pronounced 'NUM-mull', according to a mispronounced-names segment at the 2023 Pokémon World Championships.
• In Generation IX, Bulbapedia says, Numel is the sole Pokémon that can have the Ability Simple.
• In Pokémon Adventures, the second Courtney is revealed to own a Numel in the chapter 'Kyogre Returns'.

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

Base stats

• HP: 60
• Attack: 60
• Defense: 40
• Sp. Atk: 65
• Sp. Def: 45
• Speed: 35

Numel’s base stat total is 305. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Numel weak to?

Numel takes extra damage from Water (4×), Ground (2×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Poison (½×), Bug (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).

It is immune to Electric moves.

Evolution

How does Numel evolve?

Numel evolves into Camerupt at level 33.

The whole family: Numel, Camerupt.

Abilities

• Oblivious: Prevents infatuation and protects against Captivate.
• Simple: Doubles the Pokémon's stat modifiers. These doubled modifiers are still capped at -6 or 6 stages.
• Own Tempo (hidden ability): Prevents confusion.

Moves

Moves Numel learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (50)

Numel can learn 50 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Charm, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Trailblaze, Fire Spin, Facade, Bulldoze, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Flame Charge, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Dig, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Flash Cannon, Iron Head, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Stealth Rock, Heat Wave, Heavy Slam, Flamethrower, Amnesia, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Fire Blast, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Overheat, Flare Blitz, Tera Blast, Roar, High Horsepower, Heat Crash, Lash Out, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Temper Flare, Scorching Sands, Curse.

Egg moves (15):Ancient Power, Body Slam, Defense Curl, Growth, Heat Wave, Heavy Slam, Howl, Iron Head, Rollout, Scary Face, Spit Up, Stockpile, Stomp, Swallow, Yawn.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 255 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium (1,000,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Atk effort value.
• Base experience yield: 61.

Pokédex entries

Numel stores magma of almost 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit within its body. If it gets wet, the magma cools and hardens. In that event, the Pokémon's body grows heavy and its movements become sluggish. (Alpha Sapphire)

Numel is extremely dull witted - it doesn't notice being hit. However, it can't stand hunger for even a second. This Pokémon's body is a seething cauldron of boiling magma. (Ruby, Omega Ruby)

The magma in its body reaches 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit. Its hump gets smaller when it uses Fire-type moves. (Y)

Its humped back stores intensely hot magma. In rain, the magma cools, slowing its movement. (Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, X)

The magma in its body reaches 2,200 degrees F. Its hump gets smaller when it uses Fire-type moves. (Black 2, White 2)

The flaming magma it stores in the hump on its back is the source of its tremendous power. (HeartGold, SoulSilver)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lowest base stat total among Fire types in Gen 3: 305.
• Taller than 34% of all Pokémon (0.7 m).
• Heavier than 46% of all Pokémon (24 kg).
• Base stat total 305, ranked #833 of 1,025.
• One of 2 Pokémon that are both Fire and Ground.
• One of 88 yellow Pokémon.
• Number 71 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 66 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 9 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: Numel (Pokémon), Serebii: Numel (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (NUM-ul): 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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