#0361 · Hoenn · Generation 3

Snorunt

Snow Hat Pokémon · Ice-type

Snorunt is a Ice-type Pokémon, the Snow Hat Pokémon, number 361 (#0361) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 3 and comes from the Hoenn region. It is 0.7 m tall and weighs 16.8 kg.

Snorunt is the Snow Hat Pokémon, a small Ice type in a pointed yellow cloak whose visit is said to bring a house good fortune. It is the starting point of a family tree with two very different branches: a rock-hearted Glalie and a ghostly Froslass.

How to pronounce Snorunt

Snorunt is pronounced SNOR-unt. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Snorunt said out loud:

In Japanese it is ユキワラシ (Yukiwarashi).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Snorunt is a small, black, egg-shaped Pokémon, 0.7 m tall and 16.8 kg, with light blue eyes, wide teeth and a yellow cloak that makes its outline a triangle. Several entries say it can survive temperatures as low as -101°C (-150°F).

Behaviour

Snorunt travels in groups of around five, and one entry says several shelter beneath enormous leaves and live together peacefully. In snowy regions, seeing them late at night is said to mean snowfall by morning. Folklore says a home they visit prospers for generations, and Legends: Arceus describes a tradition of leaving a lump of pure-water ice at the front door for them.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is caves, and Ruby's entry says that in snowless seasons it hides in the depths of caverns, among stalactites and stalagmites. In Scarlet and Violet it lives on Glaseado Mountain, in Dalizapa Passage and in Kitakami, and in Legends: Z-A in Wild Zone 12 and, in the Mega Dimension DLC, Hyperspace Lumiose.

Diet

Several entries say it survives by eating snow and ice.

Powers

Snorunt has Inner Focus or Ice Body, with Moody hidden. It learns Powder Snow, Ice Shard, Icy Wind, Frost Breath, Ice Fang and Weather Ball, and reaches Blizzard at level 60. With every base stat at 50, it is an even, unremarkable first step to either evolution.

Name origin

Snorunt may combine 'snow' and 'runt'. The Japanese name is Yukiwarashi (ユキワラシ), literally a snow child spirit, and may also involve zashiki-warashi, a house spirit.

Design inspiration

Snorunt seems to take after yukiwarashi or yukinko, Japanese snow spirits that look like children, and its Pokédex entries about house luck echo the zashiki-warashi, a spirit said to bring fortune to families. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Snorunt evolves into Glalie at level 42. A female Snorunt can instead become Froslass if a Dawn Stone is used on it.

In the games

Players find Snorunt in Shoal Cave at low tide in Ruby and Sapphire, its first games, and Pokémon XD lets you snag one as a Shadow Pokémon in Phenac City.

In the anime

Snorunt first appeared in the anime in 'Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snorunt!', where it stole Ash's Badges and then joined his team. In 'The Drifting Snorunt!', Ash's Chimchar and a wild Froslass rescued one from a poacher.

Fun facts

• Bulbapedia notes Snorunt has the lowest National Pokédex number of any pure Ice type, though it first appeared in Generation III.
• Snorunt's line is the only Ice-type line in the Fairy Egg Group.
• The Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophy for Snorunt wrongly claims that only males evolve into Glalie.
• It was the lightest and shortest Ice type introduced in Generation III.

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

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 50
• Defense: 50
• Sp. Atk: 50
• Sp. Def: 50
• Speed: 50

Snorunt’s base stat total is 300. Its highest stat is HP and Attack and Defense and Sp. Atk and Sp. Def and Speed.

Type matchups

What is Snorunt weak to?

Snorunt takes extra damage from Fire (2×), Fighting (2×), Rock (2×), Steel (2×) moves.

It resists Ice (½×).

Evolution

How does Snorunt evolve?

Snorunt evolves into Glalie at level 42. Snorunt evolves into Froslass (Dawn Stone, female).

The whole family: Snorunt, Glalie, Froslass.

Abilities

• Inner Focus: Prevents flinching.
• Ice Body: Heals for 1/16 max HP after each turn during snow or hail. Protects against hail damage.
• Moody (hidden ability): Raises a random stat two stages and lowers another one stage after each turn.

Moves

Moves Snorunt learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (30)

Snorunt can learn 30 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Take Down, Fake Tears, Protect, Ice Fang, Water Pulse, Trailblaze, Chilling Water, Facade, Hex, Icy Wind, Avalanche, Endure, Rain Dance, Snowscape, Body Slam, Sleep Talk, Light Screen, Rest, Spikes, Substitute, Crunch, Shadow Ball, Ice Spinner, Helping Hand, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Tera Blast, Spite, Icicle Spear, Weather Ball.

Egg moves (5):Block, Disable, Icicle Crash, Rollout, Switcheroo.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Fairy, Mineral.
• 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 HP effort value.
• Base experience yield: 60.

Pokédex entries

Arrives alongside the first snow. It's thought that homes Snorunt visit will prosper for many generations. By tradition, one might offer a lump of ice made from pure water at one's front door. (Legends: Arceus)

It can only survive in cold areas. It bounces happily around, even in environments as cold as -150 degrees Fahrenheit. (Moon, Shield)

It's said that if they are seen at midnight, they'll cause heavy snow. They eat snow and ice to survive. (HeartGold, SoulSilver, Sword)

Rich people from cold areas all share childhood memories of playing with Snorunt. (Ultra Moon)

It feeds mainly on ice and snow. It's only able to survive in a limited number of places in the warm Alola region. (Ultra Sun)

Their numbers seem to have rapidly increased in Alola. Custom has it that houses where Snorunt live will be prosperous for generations to come. (Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Lightest Ice type in Gen 3: 16.8 kg.
• Shortest Ice type in Gen 3: 0.7 m.
• Taller than 34% of all Pokémon (0.7 m).
• Heavier than 38% of all Pokémon (16.8 kg).
• Base stat total 300, ranked #856 of 1,025.
• One of 48 Ice-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 107 gray Pokémon.
• Number 110 of 135 Pokémon introduced in Generation 3 (Hoenn).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 43 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 12 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: Snorunt (Pokémon), Serebii: Snorunt (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (SNOR-unt): 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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