Roggenrola
Roggenrola is a Rock-type Pokémon, the Mantle Pokémon, number 524 (#0524) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 18 kg.
Roggenrola is the Mantle Pokémon, a small blue boulder with one hexagonal ear and a warm energy core inside. It walks towards any sound it hears, and the Pokédex says it panics and topples over if the noise stops.
How to pronounce Roggenrola
Roggenrola is pronounced rog-en-ROH-luh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Roggenrola said out loud:
In Japanese it is ダンゴロ (Dangoro).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Roggenrola is a roughly round, navy-blue rock covered in smooth facets. It has no face, only a yellow hexagonal opening that is its ear. The Pokédex says its body is earth compressed underground for centuries, as hard as steel, though a long soak in water softens it a little. It is 0.4 m tall and weighs 18 kg.
Behaviour
The energy core sits just inside the ear, so the Pokédex says Roggenrola is slightly warm to the touch and gets very angry if anyone sticks a hand in. Bulbapedia says Dwebble treat it as a free rock to turn into a home, and Rhyperior sometimes mistake it for an ordinary rock to fire from their hands.
Habitat
The Pokédex says it is born deep underground and was found about 100 years ago in a fissure after an earthquake. In Galar it appears in the Galar Mine, Motostoke Outskirts, Stony Wilderness and Rolling Fields, with more in the expansion passes. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet and Legends: Z-A.
Powers
Sturdy lets it survive a hit that would otherwise knock it out from full health. Weak Armor trades Defense for Speed when it takes a physical blow, and the hidden Sand Force strengthens its Rock, Ground and Steel moves in a sandstorm. With 85 base Defense and only 15 base Speed, it is slow and tough.
Name origin
Roggenrola may come from 'rock' and 'rock and roll'. The Japanese name is Dangoro (ダンゴロ), possibly from dango, a Japanese dumpling, and goro goro, the sound of a boulder rolling.
Design inspiration
Bulbapedia suggests Roggenrola draws on geodes and on elementals, spirits of earth. No designer is credited, so this is a fan reading.
Evolution notes
Roggenrola evolves into Boldore at level 25.
In the games
Roggenrola is a cave regular across regions: Wellspring Cave in Black and White, its debut games, Relic Passage in Black 2 and White 2, Reflection Cave in X and Y, and Ten Carat Hill in the Alola games.
In the anime
Roggenrola debuted in 'Gotta Catch A Roggenrola!', where Team Rocket went after fourteen of them and Ash ended the episode by catching one.
Fun facts
- Bulbapedia's trivia says Unova has a televised form of bowling that uses Roggenrola as the balls, and some of them may explode.
- It mirrors Geodude closely: both are Rock types with Sturdy as an Ability, both evolve at level 25 and both finish their evolution by trade.
- Roggenrola's hexagon is an ear, not an eye, yet in Pokémon GO a Shadow Roggenrola's glows red anyway.
Base stats
- HP: 55
- Attack: 75
- Defense: 85
- Sp. Atk: 25
- Sp. Def: 25
- Speed: 15
Roggenrola’s base stat total is 280. Its highest stat is Defense.
Type matchups
What is Roggenrola weak to?
Roggenrola 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
How does Roggenrola evolve?
Roggenrola evolves into Boldore at level 25.
The whole family: Roggenrola, Boldore, Gigalith.
Abilities
- Sturdy: Prevents being KOed from full HP, leaving 1 HP instead. Protects against the one-hit KO moves regardless of HP.
- Weak Armor: Raises Speed and lowers Defense by one stage each upon being hit by a physical move.
- Sand Force (hidden ability): Strengthens Rock, Ground, and Steel moves to 1.3× their power during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.
Moves
Moves Roggenrola learns by level up in Sword / Shield
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — |
| 1 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 4 | Harden | Normal | Status | — |
| 8 | Stealth Rock | Rock | Status | — |
| 12 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 |
| 16 | Smack Down | Rock | Physical | 50 |
| 20 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — |
| 24 | Headbutt | Normal | Physical | 70 |
| 28 | Rock Slide | Rock | Physical | 75 |
| 32 | Rock Blast | Rock | Physical | 25 |
| 36 | Sandstorm | Rock | Status | — |
| 40 | Stone Edge | Rock | Physical | 100 |
| 44 | Explosion | Normal | Physical | 250 |
TM moves (23)
Roggenrola can learn 23 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Rest, Rock Slide, Snore, Protect, Attract, Sandstorm, Facade, Rock Tomb, Sand Tomb, Rock Blast, Round, Bulldoze, Earthquake, Substitute, Endure, Sleep Talk, Iron Defense, Earth Power, Flash Cannon, Stone Edge, Stealth Rock, Heavy Slam, Body Press.
Egg moves (5):Autotomize, Curse, Gravity, Take Down, Wide Guard.
Move tutor moves (1): Meteor Beam.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Mineral.
- 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 Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 1 Defense effort value.
- Base experience yield: 56.
Pokédex entries
When it detects a noise, it starts to move. The energy core inside it makes this Pokémon slightly warm to the touch. (Shield)
It's as hard as steel, but apparently a long soak in water will cause it to soften a bit. (Sword)
It was found in a fissure in a layer of exposed rock. The material that makes up its body is dirt from several hundred years ago. (Ultra Moon)
The hexagonal hole is its ear. Deep in that ear is an energy core, so if you stick your hand in there, Roggenrola will be very angry! (Ultra Sun)
The hexagonal cavity is its ear. It walks in the direction of sounds it hears, but if the sounds cease, it panics and topples over. (Moon)
Born deep within the ground, it compares itself with similar species, such as Geodude and Carbink, to settle which has the hardest body. (Sun)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ダンゴロ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Dangoro |
| French | Nodulithe |
| German | Kiesling |
| Spanish | Roggenrola |
| Italian | Roggenrola |
| Korean | 단굴 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 石丸子 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 石丸子 |
Trivia
- Slowest Rock type in Gen 5: 15 Speed.
- Lowest base stat total among Rock types in Gen 5: 280.
- Taller than 11% of all Pokémon (0.4 m).
- Heavier than 39% of all Pokémon (18 kg).
- Base stat total 280, ranked #913 of 1,025.
- One of 74 Rock-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
- One of 170 blue Pokémon.
- Number 31 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
- Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
- Can learn 36 different moves in Sword / Shield.
- 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: Roggenrola (Pokémon), Serebii: Roggenrola (Sword/Shield Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (rog-en-ROH-luh): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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