#0504 · Unova · Generation 5

Patrat

Scout Pokémon · Normal-type

Patrat is a Normal-type Pokémon, the Scout Pokémon, number 504 (#0504) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.5 m tall and weighs 11.6 kg.

Patrat is the Scout Pokémon, a chipmunk-like lookout that is always on guard. Yet the Pokédex admits it will not notice a foe creeping up from behind.

How to pronounce Patrat

Patrat is pronounced PAT-rat. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Patrat said out loud:

In Japanese it is ミネズミ (Minezumi).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Patrat is a brown, chipmunk-like rodent, 0.5 m tall and 11.6 kg, with a tan face and belly, a black band across its eyes, one large pointed tooth and round cheeks that act as food pouches. Its long tail ends in a scruffy white tip and is usually held upright.

Behaviour

Patrat is extremely cautious and feels insecure without a lookout, so the Pokédex says the members of a group take shifts watching their nest. It can keep watch for days on food stored in its cheek pouches, and it uses its tail to signal to others. In the anime it lives in tunnels.

Habitat

The Pokédex names no habitat. In Black and White it is found on Routes 1, 2 and 3 and in the Dreamyard.

Powers

Its Abilities are Run Away and Keen Eye, with Analytic hidden. In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon it learns Bite at level 6, Crunch at 16, Super Fang at 21 and Baton Pass at 38, and it can use Hypnosis and Mean Look. Attack of 55 is its best stat, so it is a very light fighter.

Name origin

Patrat may combine 'patrol' and 'rat', and is also a play on 'pack rat'. The Japanese name is Minezumi (ミネズミ), which may blend mi (looking) and nezumi (mouse).

Design inspiration

Patrat seems to draw on a meerkat, a chipmunk or a prairie dog, and its endless lookout habit seems to reference scouts on reconnaissance. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Patrat evolves into Watchog at level 20.

In the games

Patrat is one of the first wild Pokémon you meet on Unova's early routes in Black and White. It is not available in Scarlet and Violet, but in Legends: Z-A it is found in many Lumiose City districts and the sewers, and in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Patrat debuted in 'In the Shadow of Zekrom!'. In 'Emolga the Irresistible!', three Patrat were gathering apples when a greedy Emolga tricked them with Attract and stole the harvest.

Fun facts

• Its base stat total of 255 is the lowest of any Pokémon introduced in Generation V.
• Patrat shares the Scout Pokémon category with Sentret and Hisuian Growlithe.
• The English name is also a real Czech word: pátrat means 'to search' or 'to scout'.
• In a flashback in 'A Trip Down Memory Train!', a wild Patrat befriended Clemont's Bunnelby.

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

Base stats

• HP: 45
• Attack: 55
• Defense: 39
• Sp. Atk: 35
• Sp. Def: 39
• Speed: 42

Patrat’s base stat total is 255. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Patrat weak to?

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

It is immune to Ghost moves.

Evolution

How does Patrat evolve?

Patrat evolves into Watchog at level 20.

The whole family: Patrat, Watchog.

Abilities

• Run Away: Ensures success fleeing from wild battles.
• Keen Eye: Prevents accuracy from being lowered.
• Analytic (hidden ability): Strengthens moves to 1.3× their power when moving last.

Moves

Moves Patrat learns by level up in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon

TM moves (22)

Patrat can learn 22 moves from TMs in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon: Work Up, Toxic, Hidden Power, Sunny Day, Protect, Rain Dance, Frustration, Thunderbolt, Return, Shadow Ball, Double Team, Facade, Rest, Attract, Round, Fling, Swords Dance, Grass Knot, Swagger, Sleep Talk, Substitute, Confide.

Egg moves (9):Assurance, Bullet Seed, Flail, Foresight, Iron Tail, Pursuit, Revenge, Screech, Tearful Look.

Move tutor moves (15): After You, Aqua Tail, Covet, Endeavor, Gunk Shot, Helping Hand, Iron Tail, Laser Focus, Last Resort, Low Kick, Seed Bomb, Shock Wave, Snore, Super Fang, Zen Headbutt.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Field.
• Egg cycles: 15 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 1,920).
• 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 Attack effort value.
• Base experience yield: 51.

Pokédex entries

Extremely cautious, one of them will always be on the lookout, but it won't notice a foe coming from behind. (Black 2, White 2, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Using food stored in cheek pouches, they can keep watch for days. They use their tails to communicate with others. (Black, X, Omega Ruby)

Extremely cautious, they take shifts to maintain a constant watch of their nest. They feel insecure without a lookout. (White)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lowest base stat total among Gen 5 Pokémon: 255.
• Slowest Normal type in Gen 5: 42 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Normal types in Gen 5: 255.
• Taller than 19% of all Pokémon (0.5 m).
• Heavier than 31% of all Pokémon (11.6 kg).
• Base stat total 255, ranked #960 of 1,025.
• One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 11 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 59 different moves in Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon.
• Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 3 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: Patrat (Pokémon), Serebii: Patrat (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (PAT-rat): 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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