#0409 · Sinnoh · Generation 4 · fossil

Rampardos

Head Butt Pokémon · Rock-type

Rampardos is a Rock-type Pokémon, the Head Butt Pokémon, number 409 (#0409) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 4 and comes from the Sinnoh region. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 102.5 kg.

Rampardos has a skull a foot thick that the Pokédex says is harder than steel, and in ancient times people dug up its fossils to make helmets. That thick skull left its brain small, and one entry says some theories blame its stupidity for its extinction.

How to pronounce Rampardos

Rampardos is pronounced ram-PAR-dohs. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Rampardos said out loud:

In Japanese it is ラムパルド (Rampald).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Rampardos is a large, dark grey dinosaur with a pearl-like dome on its head, blue stripes, and spikes on its knees, neck and nose. It is 1.6 m tall and weighs 102.5 kg. The Pokédex says its thick skull stops it fainting even when two Rampardos collide, and one entry claims a revived Rampardos once escaped and flattened a skyscraper with a headbutt.

Behaviour

Rampardos is a brute. It charges into things head first, which Bulbapedia says trains its strength and reflexes, and the Pokédex says it tears down jungle trees while chasing prey.

Habitat

The Pokédex puts it in jungles. In Scarlet and Violet the base games offer it only by trade or transfer, while The Indigo Disk adds 4 star Tera Raid Battles.

Powers

Its Abilities are Mold Breaker and, hidden, Sheer Force. Its best-known attacks are Head Smash, learned at level 58, and Zen Headbutt at level 43, and it gets Endeavor as it evolves. With base Attack 165 and Speed 58, it hits harder than almost anything else but is easy to outrun.

Name origin

Rampardos may combine 'rampart', 'ram' or 'rampage', and 'hard', along with Cranidos. The Japanese name is Rampald (ラムパルド), possibly from rampart or ram plus hard or bald.

Design inspiration

Like Cranidos it is based on Pachycephalosaurus; Bulbapedia says its horns resemble those of juveniles, which were once classed as their own species, Stygimoloch and Dracorex. It also appears to be the unstoppable force to Bastiodon's immovable object.

Evolution notes

Cranidos becomes Rampardos at level 30, with no other condition.

In the games

Rampardos first appears in Diamond and Pearl as the evolution of a Cranidos revived from a Skull Fossil. In Legends: Arceus it appears in space-time distortions in the Coronet Highlands, but it is not in Legends: Z-A.

In the anime

Roark's Cranidos evolved into Rampardos in 'Wild in the Streets!' after being trapped in a net during a Team Rocket attack, and that episode was the species' first appearance. The following episode saw it beat Ash's Aipom and Pikachu before Turtwig defeated it.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia says its base Attack of 165 is the highest of any Pokémon that is not Legendary, Mythical, an Ultra Beast or a Mega.
• Rampardos and Cranidos are the only Fossil Pokémon with a single type.
• In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity, a Rampardos is the shopkeeper behind Box Buster in Post Town, opening Treasure Boxes for 150 Poké; he returns in Super Mystery Dungeon.

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

Base stats

• HP: 97
• Attack: 165
• Defense: 60
• Sp. Atk: 65
• Sp. Def: 50
• Speed: 58

Rampardos’s base stat total is 495. Its highest stat is Attack.

Type matchups

What is Rampardos weak to?

Rampardos takes extra damage from Water (2×), Grass (2×), Fighting (2×), Ground (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Normal (½×), Fire (½×), Poison (½×), Flying (½×).

Evolution

What does Rampardos evolve from?

Rampardos evolves from Cranidos at level 30.

Rampardos is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Cranidos, Rampardos.

Abilities

• Mold Breaker: Bypasses targets' abilities if they could hinder or prevent a move.
• Sheer Force (hidden ability): Strengthens moves with extra effects to 1.3× their power, but prevents their extra effects.

Moves

Moves Rampardos learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

“Evo” means Rampardos learns the move the moment it evolves: Endeavor.

TM moves (61)

Rampardos can learn 61 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Thief, Trailblaze, Facade, Bulldoze, Rock Tomb, Fling, Dragon Tail, Avalanche, Endure, Sunny Day, Rain Dance, Sandstorm, Dig, Brick Break, Zen Headbutt, Body Slam, Fire Punch, Thunder Punch, Sleep Talk, Rock Blast, Dragon Claw, Stomping Tantrum, Rest, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, Body Press, Iron Head, Substitute, Crunch, Dragon Pulse, Stealth Rock, Heavy Slam, Surf, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Earth Power, Ice Beam, Fire Blast, Blizzard, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Giga Impact, Outrage, Focus Blast, Hyper Beam, Thunder, Tera Blast, Roar, Smack Down, Uproar, Focus Punch, Double-Edge, Endeavor, Supercell Slam, Breaking Swipe, Curse, Dragon Cheer.

Egg moves (4):Hammer Arm, Stomp, Thrash, Whirlwind.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 87.5% male, 12.5% female.
• Egg groups: Monster.
• Egg cycles: 30 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 3,840).
• Catch rate: 45 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Slow Then Very Fast (600,000 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 2 Attack effort values.
• Base experience yield: 173.

Pokédex entries

Very little is known about its biology. Can knock down massive trees by smashing its beautiful, pearl-like crown against them. (Legends: Arceus)

This ancient Pokémon used headbutts skillfully. Its brain was really small, so some theories suggest that its stupidity led to its extinction. (Ultra Moon)

In ancient times, people would dig up fossils of this Pokémon and use its skull, which is harder than steel, to make helmets. (Ultra Sun)

Records exist of a revived fossil that evolved into Rampardos. It proceeded to escape and then destroy a skyscraper with a headbutt. (Moon)

The result of repeated headbutts is a skull grown thick and hard. However, its brain has shrunk in size compared with Cranidos's. (Sun)

Its skull is as hard as iron. It is a brute that tears down jungle trees while catching prey. (Pearl, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Highest Attack among Rock types: 165.
• Highest Attack among Gen 4 Pokémon: 165.
• Fastest Rock type in Gen 4: 58 Speed, shared with 1 other.
• Highest Attack among Rock types in Gen 4: 165.
• Taller than 77% of all Pokémon (1.6 m).
• Heavier than 83% of all Pokémon (102.5 kg).
• Base stat total 495, ranked #317 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Attack, ranked #2 of 1,025.
• One of 74 Rock-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 170 blue Pokémon.
• Number 23 of 107 Pokémon introduced in Generation 4 (Sinnoh).
• Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
• Can learn 74 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 45: about 5.9% 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: Rampardos (Pokémon), Serebii: Rampardos (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (ram-PAR-dohs): 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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