#0195 · Johto · Generation 2

Quagsire

Water Fish Pokémon · Water/Ground-type

Quagsire is a Water/Ground-type Pokémon, the Water Fish Pokémon, number 195 (#0195) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 2 and comes from the Johto region. It is 1.4 m tall and weighs 75 kg.

Quagsire is the Water Fish Pokémon, a huge, relaxed amphibian that keeps bumping its head on boat hulls and riverbed boulders and never seems to mind. It catches its dinner by doing nothing at all, which is also why it hardly ever gets hungry.

How to pronounce Quagsire

Quagsire is pronounced KWAG-sire. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Quagsire said out loud:

In Japanese it is ヌオー (Nuoh).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Quagsire is a light blue, two-legged amphibian with a broad head, a wide mouth, tiny black eyes and a wavy purple stripe down its back. A dark blue fin runs along its spine and out along its thick tail, and it is smaller on the female. It is 1.4 m (4'07") tall and weighs 75 kg (165.3 lbs), with a slimy outer skin and a bottom-heavy body that leaves no room for visible legs.

Behaviour

Quagsire is carefree and sluggish, and the Pokédex says it ignores bumps against boats and boulders while swimming. It is protective towards Wooper, and Bulbapedia says it hides under the water by day to stay out of the sun.

Habitat

The Pokédex lists it as a water's-edge Pokémon, and Bulbapedia adds muddy swamps. In Scarlet and Violet you get one by evolving Wooper, wild ones live around Kitakami's rivers and lakes, and it is not in Legends: Z-A.

Diet

It hunts by lying in the water with its mouth wide open and waiting for prey to blunder in unaware.

Powers

Its Abilities are Damp, Water Absorb and the hidden Unaware. Its Water and Ground typing makes it immune to Electric moves but four times weak to Grass. It fights with Muddy Water, Aqua Tail and Earthquake. With base HP 95, Attack 85 and Defense 85 but Speed 35, it is a bulky, slow tank.

Name origin

Quagsire may blend 'quagmire' with 'sire' or Siren, a genus of salamander. Its Japanese name, Nuoh (ヌオー), may combine numa (swamp) with ō (king), or refer to the ōsanshōuo, the Japanese giant salamander.

Design inspiration

Quagsire seems to be modelled on a giant salamander.

Evolution notes

Quagsire evolves from Wooper at level 20.

In the games

Quagsire's biggest role is the landlord in Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, who sells your team its land. It debuted in Gold and Silver, and in Scarlet and Violet it appears in 4 and 6 star Tera Raids in Kitakami.

In the anime

Quagsire debuted in 'Once in a Blue Moon', where wild ones collect round objects, including Ash's GS Ball, for a moonlit festival at Blue Moon Falls. Crasher Wake used one in his Gym battle against Ash in 'A Crasher Course in Power!'.

Fun facts

• In the Spaceworld '97 demo, Quagsire's early design appears to be based on a beta Pokémon called Mizūo (ミズウオ).
• Its French name was meant to be said Maraisté, but French games showed names in capitals without accents before Generation V, so the final e went silent; the commentator in Pokémon Stadium 2 is the only known recording of the intended sound.
• In 'Love, Totodile Style', Ash's Totodile ends the episode head over heels for a Quagsire.

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

Base stats

• HP: 95
• Attack: 85
• Defense: 85
• Sp. Atk: 65
• Sp. Def: 65
• Speed: 35

Quagsire’s base stat total is 430. Its highest stat is HP.

Type matchups

What is Quagsire weak to?

Quagsire takes extra damage from Grass (4×) moves.

It resists Fire (½×), Poison (½×), Rock (½×), Steel (½×).

It is immune to Electric moves.

Evolution

What does Quagsire evolve from?

Quagsire evolves from Wooper at level 20.

Quagsire is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Wooper, Quagsire, Clodsire.

• Wooper evolves into Clodsire (Paldean Wooper: Level 20).

Abilities

• Damp: Prevents Self-Destruct, Explosion, and Aftermath from working while the Pokémon is in battle.
• Water Absorb: Absorbs Water moves, healing for 1/4 max HP.
• Unaware (hidden ability): Ignores other Pokémon's stat modifiers for damage and accuracy calculation.

Moves

Moves Quagsire learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (60)

Quagsire can learn 60 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Protect, Water Pulse, Acid Spray, Thief, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Bulldoze, Icy Wind, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Fling, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Snowscape, Dig, Brick Break, Body Slam, Ice Punch, Sleep Talk, Drain Punch, Waterfall, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Body Press, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Eerie Impulse, Substitute, Liquidation, Stealth Rock, Encore, Surf, Amnesia, Helping Hand, Earth Power, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump, Blizzard, Sludge Bomb, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Tera Blast, Haze, Toxic, High Horsepower, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Whirlpool, Muddy Water, Sludge Wave, Curse.

Egg moves (10), which Wooper can hatch knowing:Acid Spray, After You, Ancient Power, Counter, Curse, Double Kick, Recover, Spit Up, Stockpile, Swallow.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Water 1, Field.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 90 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 HP effort values.
• Base experience yield: 151.

Pokédex entries

Its body is always slimy. It often bangs its head on the river bottom as it swims but seems not to care. (Crystal, Shield)

It has an easygoing nature. It doesn't care if it bumps its head on boats and boulders while swimming. (Platinum, Black, White, Black 2, White 2, Sword)

Quagsire hunts for food by leaving its mouth wide open in water and waiting for its prey to blunder in unaware. Because the Pokémon does not move, it does not get very hungry. (Ruby, Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire)

This carefree Pokémon has an easy-going nature. While swimming, it always bumps into boat hulls. (Gold, LeafGreen, HeartGold, Y)

It has a sluggish nature. It lies at the river's bottom, waiting for prey to stray into its mouth. (Diamond, X)

Due to its relaxed and carefree attitude, it often bumps its head on boulders and boat hulls as it swims. (Silver, FireRed, SoulSilver)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Sp. Atk among Ground types in Gen 2: 65, shared with 1 other.
• Taller than 68% of all Pokémon (1.4 m).
• Heavier than 76% of all Pokémon (75 kg).
• Base stat total 430, ranked #544 of 1,025.
• One of 9 Pokémon that are both Water and Ground.
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 44 of 100 Pokémon introduced in Generation 2 (Johto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 74 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 90: about 11.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• 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: Quagsire (Pokémon), Serebii: Quagsire (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (KWAG-sire): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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