--- title: "Skwovet (#0819): Stats, Weaknesses, Moves & Lore | pokee.si" url: "https://pokee.si/pokemon/skwovet" description: "Skwovet (#0819): Normal-type Cheeky Pokémon from Galar. Base stat total 275. Abilities: Cheek Pouch, Gluttony. Stats, matchups, evolutions, moves, every Pokédex entry and lore on pokee.si." last_updated: "2026-10-21" publisher: "pokee.si: a Pokédex for families (unofficial fan site)" last_checked: "2026-10-20" --- #0819 · Galar · Generation 8 # Skwovet Cheeky Pokémon · Normal-type ![Skwovet official artwork](https://pokee.si/img/art/819.webp) Skwovet is a [Normal](https://pokee.si/types/normal)-type Pokémon, the Cheeky Pokémon, number 819 (#0819) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the [Galar](https://pokee.si/guide/regions/galar) region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 2.5 kg. Skwovet is the Cheeky Pokémon, a squirrel so anxious about going hungry that it never stops stuffing berries into its cheeks and tail. The Pokédex says the nonstop eating has made it tougher than it looks. ## How to pronounce Skwovet Skwovet is pronounced **SKWOV-et**. The capital letters show the stressed syllable. Listen to Skwovet said out loud: [Listen](https://pokee.si/audio/names/819.mp3) In Japanese it is ホシガリス (Hoshigarisu). Hear every other name on the [Pokémon pronunciation guide](https://pokee.si/pronounce). ## Lore ### Biology Skwovet is a small grey-brown squirrel with a big fluffy tail, orange freckles under each eye and an orange nose. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 2.5 kg. Its cheeks stretch to many times their normal volume, and Bulbapedia says extra food goes into its tail fur. ### Behaviour No matter how much it eats, Skwovet is always worried about getting hungry again, and the Pokédex says it grows anxious whenever its cheeks hold no berries. It turns up on farms looking for more berries. Bulbapedia adds that it spits seeds into rich soil, which grows new Berry trees. ### Habitat The Pokédex says it is found throughout Galar. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in Paldea's South Province and in Kitakami, and it is unobtainable in Legends: Z-A. ### Diet Berries, eaten nonstop. The Scarlet Pokédex says that when none can be found it stuffs pebbles into its cheeks instead to stave off the cravings. ### Powers Cheek Pouch heals Skwovet whenever it eats a Berry, on top of the Berry's own effect, and the hidden Ability Gluttony makes it eat a held Berry sooner, at half health. It learns Stuff Cheeks at level 10; Bulbapedia says no other Pokémon is known to learn that move by levelling up apart from it and Greedent. With 70 base HP but only 25 Speed it is sturdy and slow. ### Name origin Skwovet seems to blend 'squirrel' and 'covet'. The Japanese name is Hoshigarisu (ホシガリス), from hoshigaru ('to want') and risu ('squirrel'). ### Design inspiration Skwovet appears to be based on the Eastern grey squirrel, a non-native species in Great Britain, and its Shiny colouring may nod to the Eurasian red squirrel, which is endangered there. These are fan readings. ### Evolution notes Skwovet evolves into Greedent at level 24. ### In the games Skwovet is among the Pokémon that try to gobble your Berries in the Ogre Oustin' mini-game in Scarlet and Violet, having first appeared in Sword and Shield. Bulbapedia also lists a Pokédex entry for it in Pokémon Pokopia. ### In the anime Skwovet debuted in 'The Climb to Be the Very Best!', where Ash's scones lured it in before Goh caught it. It later evolved into Greedent in 'Crowning the Chow Crusher!'. ### Fun facts - It is both the lightest and the shortest of the Normal types introduced in Generation VIII. - Its Chinese name, Tānxīnlìshǔ, simply means 'greedy squirrel', and its German name Raffel is built from raffgierig (grasping) or raffen (to grab). - In the Pokémon Adventures manga Arven saves a Skwovet from a Titan Dondozo with a Quick Ball, and out of gratitude it asks to stay on his team. Sources: [Bulbapedia: Skwovet (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Skwovet_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) · [Serebii: Skwovet (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/skwovet/) ## Base stats - HP: **70** - Attack: **55** - Defense: **55** - Sp. Atk: **35** - Sp. Def: **35** - Speed: **25** Skwovet’s base stat total is **275**. Its highest stat is HP. ## Type matchups ### What is Skwovet weak to? Skwovet takes extra damage from [Fighting](https://pokee.si/types/fighting) (2×) moves. It is immune to [Ghost](https://pokee.si/types/ghost) moves. ## Evolution ### How does Skwovet evolve? Skwovet evolves into [Greedent](https://pokee.si/pokemon/greedent) at level 24. The whole family: **Skwovet**, [Greedent](https://pokee.si/pokemon/greedent). ## Abilities - [Cheek Pouch](https://pokee.si/abilities/cheek-pouch): Restores HP upon eating a Berry, in addition to the Berry's effect. - [Gluttony](https://pokee.si/abilities/gluttony) (hidden ability): Makes the Pokémon eat any held Berry triggered by low HP below 1/2 its max HP. ## Moves ### Moves Skwovet learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet | Level | Move | Type | Category | Power | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | [Tackle](https://pokee.si/moves/tackle) | Normal | Physical | 40 | | 1 | [Tail Whip](https://pokee.si/moves/tail-whip) | Normal | Status | — | | 5 | [Bite](https://pokee.si/moves/bite) | Dark | Physical | 60 | | 10 | [Stuff Cheeks](https://pokee.si/moves/stuff-cheeks) | Normal | Status | — | | 15 | [Stockpile](https://pokee.si/moves/stockpile) | Normal | Status | — | | 15 | [Spit Up](https://pokee.si/moves/spit-up) | Normal | Special | — | | 15 | [Swallow](https://pokee.si/moves/swallow) | Normal | Status | — | | 20 | [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam) | Normal | Physical | 85 | | 25 | [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest) | Psychic | Status | — | | 30 | [Counter](https://pokee.si/moves/counter) | Fighting | Physical | — | | 35 | [Bullet Seed](https://pokee.si/moves/bullet-seed) | Grass | Physical | 25 | | 40 | [Super Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/super-fang) | Normal | Physical | — | | 45 | [Belch](https://pokee.si/moves/belch) | Poison | Special | 120 | ### TM moves (25) Skwovet can learn 25 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: [Take Down](https://pokee.si/moves/take-down), [Mud-Slap](https://pokee.si/moves/mud-slap), [Protect](https://pokee.si/moves/protect), [Thief](https://pokee.si/moves/thief), [Trailblaze](https://pokee.si/moves/trailblaze), [Facade](https://pokee.si/moves/facade), [Mud Shot](https://pokee.si/moves/mud-shot), [Fling](https://pokee.si/moves/fling), [Endure](https://pokee.si/moves/endure), [Dig](https://pokee.si/moves/dig), [Bullet Seed](https://pokee.si/moves/bullet-seed), [Body Slam](https://pokee.si/moves/body-slam), [Sleep Talk](https://pokee.si/moves/sleep-talk), [Seed Bomb](https://pokee.si/moves/seed-bomb), [Rest](https://pokee.si/moves/rest), [Substitute](https://pokee.si/moves/substitute), [Crunch](https://pokee.si/moves/crunch), [Hyper Voice](https://pokee.si/moves/hyper-voice), [Amnesia](https://pokee.si/moves/amnesia), [Tera Blast](https://pokee.si/moves/tera-blast), [Gyro Ball](https://pokee.si/moves/gyro-ball), [Super Fang](https://pokee.si/moves/super-fang), [Double-Edge](https://pokee.si/moves/double-edge), [Endeavor](https://pokee.si/moves/endeavor), [Curse](https://pokee.si/moves/curse). Egg moves (4):[Belly Drum](https://pokee.si/moves/belly-drum), [Defense Curl](https://pokee.si/moves/defense-curl), [Last Resort](https://pokee.si/moves/last-resort), [Rollout](https://pokee.si/moves/rollout). ## 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 HP effort value. - Base experience yield: 55. ## Pokédex entries It eats berries nonstop—a habit that has made it more resilient than it looks. It'll show up on farms, searching for yet more berries. *(Shield)* Found throughout the Galar region, this Pokémon becomes uneasy if its cheeks are ever completely empty of berries. *(Sword)* ## Names around the world - **Japanese**: ホシガリス - **Romaji**: Hoshigarisu - **French**: Rongourmand - **German**: Raffel - **Spanish**: Skwovet - **Italian**: Skwovet - **Korean**: 탐리스 - **Chinese (Simplified)**: 贪心栗鼠 - **Chinese (Traditional)**: 貪心栗鼠 ## Trivia - Lightest Normal type in Gen 8: 2.5 kg. - Shortest Normal type in Gen 8: 0.3 m. - Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m). - Heavier than 9% of all Pokémon (2.5 kg). - Base stat total 275, ranked #926 of 1,025. - One of 131 Normal-type Pokémon (counting dual types). - One of 147 brown Pokémon. - Number 10 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar). - Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon. - Can learn 38 different moves in Scarlet / Violet. - Catch rate 255: about 33.3% per Poké Ball at full health. - Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries. ## Sources and fact-checking - Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: [PokéAPI](https://pokeapi.co) open game data. - Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from [Bulbapedia: Skwovet (Pokémon)](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Skwovet_(Pok%C3%A9mon)), [Serebii: Skwovet (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)](https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sv/skwovet/). - Pronunciation (SKWOV-et): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name. **Last checked:** 20 October 2026. 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