Snom
Snom is a Ice/Bug-type Pokémon, the Worm Pokémon, number 872 (#0872) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 8 and comes from the Galar region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 3.8 kg.
Snom is the Worm Pokémon, a tiny Ice and Bug larva that spits frozen thread to hang from a branch and pass as an icicle while it sleeps. Its icy spikes grow larger and sharper with every mouthful of snow.
How to pronounce Snom
Snom is pronounced SNOM. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Snom said out loud:
In Japanese it is ユキハミ (Yukihami).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Snom is 0.3 m tall and weighs 3.8 kg. Its round white body is mostly hidden under a see-through shell of icy spikes, with two black eyes and round mouthparts showing at the front and four short legs underneath. The Pokédex says its insides amplify the frigid air from the snow it eats, and it uses that cold air to make the spikes on its back.
Behaviour
Snom prefers soft, freshly fallen snow and will munch upwards through the snow of a mountain, aiming for the summit. Bulbapedia adds that a startled Snom burrows into snow, and that in Pokémon Camp it is only satisfied by huge helpings.
Habitat
The Pokédex has it eating snow on mountains. In Scarlet and Violet it lives in the Dalizapa Passage and on Glaseado Mountain, and an in-game trade in Cortondo also gives one.
Diet
Snow, especially soft snow that has just fallen.
Powers
Its Ability is Shield Dust, which blocks the extra effects of moves that hit it, or the hidden Ice Scales, which halves damage from special moves and which Bulbapedia says only Snom and Frosmoth can have. Its whole level-up list is Struggle Bug and Powder Snow, and its base Speed and Attack are under 30.
Name origin
Snom may combine 'snow', 'worm' and 'nom', slang for eating. The Japanese name is Yukihami (ユキハミ), which may blend yuki ('snow') with hami ('eating').
Design inspiration
Snom may take after a jewel caterpillar, and perhaps the larvae of Arctic Gynaephora moths; the Arctic woolly bear moth can survive 70 degrees below zero Celsius (94 below zero Fahrenheit) while dormant. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Snom evolves into Frosmoth when it levels up with high friendship at night. Bulbapedia says it is the one Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII that evolves by friendship.
In the games
Players find Snom on Routes 8 and 10 and around the Lake of Outrage in Sword and Shield, the games that introduced it. In Scarlet and Violet it is wild in northern Paldea, and it is not available in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Snom debuted in 'Curtain Up! Fight the Fights!'. In 'Ice Battle! Cold-Eyed Grusha', a mound of Snom narrowly avoids being hit when Liko and her Pokémon swerve past it while riding a Cetoddle.
Fun facts
- No other Pokémon shares its base stat total of 185, which is also the lowest of any Ice type.
- Snom and Frosmoth are the only Pokémon with the Ice and Bug combination, and the only Ice types in the Bug Egg Group.
- In Pokémon Horizons, Liko's Rotom Phone starts reading Snom's Pokédex entry and Liko cuts it off mid-sentence.
Base stats
- HP: 30
- Attack: 25
- Defense: 35
- Sp. Atk: 45
- Sp. Def: 30
- Speed: 20
Snom’s base stat total is 185. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.
Type matchups
What is Snom weak to?
Snom takes extra damage from Fire (4×), Rock (4×), Flying (2×), Steel (2×) moves.
It resists Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Ground (½×).
Evolution
How does Snom evolve?
Snom evolves into Frosmoth (Friendship, at night).
The whole family: Snom, Frosmoth.
Abilities
- Shield Dust: Protects against incoming moves' extra effects.
- Ice Scales (hidden ability): Halves damage from Special moves.
Moves
Moves Snom learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Struggle Bug | Bug | Special | 50 |
| 1 | Powder Snow | Ice | Special | 40 |
TM moves (14)
Snom can learn 14 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Struggle Bug, Pounce, Facade, Icy Wind, Sleep Talk, Rest, Substitute, Bug Buzz, Tera Blast, Bug Bite, Lunge, Icicle Spear, Skitter Smack.
Egg moves (3):Bug Bite, Fairy Wind, Mirror Coat.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Bug.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 190 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 Sp. Atk effort value.
- Base experience yield: 37.
Pokédex entries
It eats snow that piles up on the ground. The more snow it eats, the bigger and more impressive the spikes on its back grow. (Shield)
It spits out thread imbued with a frigid sort of energy and uses it to tie its body to branches, disguising itself as an icicle while it sleeps. (Sword)
Names around the world
| Japanese | ユキハミ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Yukihami |
| French | Frissonille |
| German | Snomnom |
| Spanish | Snom |
| Italian | Snom |
| Korean | 누니머기 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 雪吞虫 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 雪吞蟲 |
Trivia
- Lightest Ice type: 3.8 kg.
- Shortest Ice type: 0.3 m.
- Slowest Ice type: 20 Speed.
- Lowest base stat total among Ice types: 185.
- Lightest Ice type in Gen 8: 3.8 kg.
- Shortest Ice type in Gen 8: 0.3 m.
- Slowest Ice type in Gen 8: 20 Speed.
- Lowest base stat total among Ice types in Gen 8: 185.
- Shortest Bug type in Gen 8: 0.3 m.
- Slowest Bug type in Gen 8: 20 Speed.
- Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
- Heavier than 12% of all Pokémon (3.8 kg).
- Base stat total 185, ranked #1022 of 1,025.
- One of 2 Pokémon that are both Ice and Bug.
- One of 88 white Pokémon.
- Number 63 of 96 Pokémon introduced in Generation 8 (Galar).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 17 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 190: about 24.8% 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 open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Snom (Pokémon), Serebii: Snom (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (SNOM): 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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